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New AC68U running Merlin 376.49_5. Running fine except for a quirk with the USB3 port. The router does not see either of my external USB3 drives when they are attached to the USB3 port. Sees them fine on the USB2 port, no problems streaming music to my receivers. The USB3 port seems to be...

Thanks Aaronwt, most helpful!!

DHCP lease renewal I have been running the Padavan firmware for several years on our RT-N56U, very pleased, stable and strong. We have an occasional problem with Verizon FIOS in our apt. building, with loss of the WAN internet connection (on the Verizon end, upstream from the ONT). Verizon...

Thanks for the info. Did more research and am now working on getting a RT-AC68, then install the Merlin FW.

Have been running the N56U for several years on Padavan firmware, been very stable and reliable with all our wired ethernet and N 5Ghz devices, printer routing etc. I do some high volume uploading for work, large quantities of digital photos, occasionally videos. Lately a few times it doesn't...

I am using a USB HDD through the RT-N56U as media server for streaming music, works fine with my AV receivers.

I have been running the Padavan firmware for sometime on our RT-N56U, very stable, does it what is supposed to, media server function works well with both of my AV receivers...I'm an advocate for the Padavan firmware.

IME variations in download and upload speed are usually caused by the network provider, not by the router. I saw this more than a few times when we were on DSL. Has been rare now that we are on FIOS.

Brian, I have a similar setup with my laptop, RT-N56U router running Padavan version 26 firmware, and the USB-N53 dongle on my WinXP laptop (Thinkpad T60), mostly on the 5 GHz band, we live in an apartment building surrounded in all directions by 2.4 GHz networks. I also use the 5 GHz wireless...