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    5ghz Bands Suddenly not visible

    Have you reloaded f/w and tried? It is known some times radio chip(s) can go bad.
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    Are either of these NAS scenarios even possible?

    NAS has an own OS.
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    DSL-AC55u Airprint problem

    OP, call ASUS tech support. If it is known bug with this particular router they ought to know about this.
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    watch out where you buy an ac88u

    I wonder what OP did when it came up with Chinese language after hard reset. I can read/write/understand Chinese even tho I am not Chinese. Is there a significant difference in h/w between U.S. and Chinese version?
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    watch out where you buy an ac88u

    I heard grey market product is some times stolen goods or the source of goods is fuzzy. Thieves often steal containerful of stuffs and have to dump it on the market. In my younger day I was very active in the hobby of learning photography . Lens, camera body could be bought for lot less than...
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    watch out where you buy an ac88u

    Hi, If you are getting something it'd be better asking about warranty B4 you pay for it. Ever heard of grey market product? Probably you got it 'coz it was less expensive? I always ask around on the 'net if I am thinking about buying something from not well known seller. Chalk it off as...
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    Reducing power consumption of the RT-AC88U

    Makes me think of ones who care about MPG figures first when purchasing an automobile. Me? Who cares, I just get what I want, LOL! Currently we pay 6.5 cents/Kwh Our router runs 24/7/365, entertainment system, appliances are either on or on stand-by mode.
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    Router for small apartment and one person?

    How big is your place? One level? Multi level? Want to cover whole area? most important is placing the router at a best location(you'll find it by some experiment, higher and central)
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    After few years with Asus routers I'm done with this.

    It is not only in the router business. Literally in every business. automobile electronics system has lots of bugs, iOS, Windows operating system. They are in competition, have not enough time to write reliable softwares compared to making hardware. This is reality on everything. Revision after...
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    RT-AC68U DHCP issues

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    RT-AC68U DHCP issues

    Did you try bypassing router, just plug one device onto modem and see what happens.
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    RT-AC68U hardware issue - no RF output

    Trying to repair it? Lots of time on hand? Even if you suspect that chip, finding replacemnt maybe difficult. Also you'll need little more than multimeter to work on this type of problem. Ideally Huntron will make things easy or RF sniffing probe. Good luck.
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    Switching to SSD for decreasing power cosumption

    Cost of power must be very expensive where you live. It is 7 cents per Kw/h where I live. My router has small NAS connected which serves our family's needs. All laptops(iOS, MS) have SSD. So far no SSD failure in any of them.
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