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Sure - I am using revision 3 of the Merlin Fork (see the sticky on the Asus-Merlin forum). I am in the US but I nonetheless ran the commands via telnet to update the region settings to #a, etc. My transmission power settings then bumped up to 500. I am in 1 acre suburban zoning and, as a...

Hey Guys, Just wanted to report that I have now applied the #a region settings and also maxed out the transmit power on the router. I am getting really great performance with this router. From about 10 feet away from the router, I am getting around 55MB/s transfer rates over my network...

Ugh, sorry for the dumb question and thanks for letting me know. I had tried using telnet/putty after I couldnt figure out the CMD page but I can't tell if the region & transmit power settings stuck. In GUI, it still only lets me enter a max power of 200. I was using these commands...

Hi, I'm not sure if this is an issue that is specific to the TMobile AC1900 (AC68U) or if it is a configuration issue or if it is a bug in update 3 of the fork. I posted this on another thread that is specific to the TMobile flavor of this router and someone else there seems to be seeing the...

Thanks, I will see if I can report it as a bug (perhaps it is just this version of the router, who knows). I don't want to move to the newer firmware since i want to experiment with the transmit power settings and region codes. I think I got them set via telnet but I cant tell if the settings...

I'm not sure if I have no idea of what I am doing or if I have a legit issue. When I try to hit the Tools menu item in the Merlin fork firmware GUI it seems like the page doesnt fully load. It is hitting the /Tools_Sysinfo.asp page. The webpage has an all white background and all I can do is...

Thanks, I just read a bunch of threads about the signal strength and region settings. This doesn't seem like it will have a big impact for me, regardless. I'll try it out, even if just to enable the additional channels with the EU or GB region settings. I have no need for overclocking but...

Hi Everyone, I just installed the Merlin 374.43 fork on my new TMobile Cell Spot (ie. Asus RT-AC68U). I have a couple of quick questions that, for whatever reason, were not completely obvious to me but probably should be. - I'm looking to get better range on both 2.4ghz and 5ghz without...

I received mine last night. Mine came with a slightly older version of the Asus/TMo firmware. I was able to install the Merlin fork firmware without recovery mode, ie. via the OEM GUI. Seems to be working totally fine. Was a completely painless, 5 minute process including download / md5 hash...

Very interesting. I really appreciate your coming back on this! I will have to verify just to be certain, but I am fairly certain I am running 40mhz mode on both 2.4ghz and 5ghz. In the case of 2.4ghz, I am running channel 1 / upper. For the 5ghz, I just left the channel on Auto since I...

I'm making some headway with this -- just been working late and didnt have a chance to fiddle with it more until today. I believe there might be something up with either my CAT6 line that was running to the RT-N66U or there is a problem with that hardware after all. I went back to the...

Right, the testing I was doing was without the baby monitor plugged in. This isn't ideal since we actually use it. However, I might be able to put it onto an electric switch of some kind so that it isn't on all the time. I'll do some more testing around the monitor but it seems that something...

Perhaps there is an issue with the CAT6 lan cable between the router and the Asus AP. Will test more tonight, as well as fiddling with the other routers I have around to see if I'm able to replicate the performance with other hardware and an even more simple setup.

Yes, I can try with a different client. This testing was mainly conducted with a newer acer laptop and some generic wireless card in the old desktop that is in the farther away spot (that card is unfortunately 2.4ghz only). I forget the wireless card that is in laptop but I am sure it is some...

Ok, I spent some more time fiddling with this issue last night. I am still having some issues but the situation seems to have changed now. Here is what I did, plus more details. - Disconnected the new RT-N66U and went back to the original RT-N66U. - Unplugged the baby monitor, the...