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    Voxel Voxel's firmware for Orbi RBK50 system

    Please let me know how to donate so you can purchase an RBK50 kit (router and satellite) for development. Sells for $291 on Amazon. 10 or 11 victims of the current Netgear Orbi firmware donating $30 each shouldn't be too hard to rally or if need be 20 or 30 peeps donating $10 to $20. Orbi's...
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    Sprint Netgear 341U (LTE modem dongle) with AC68U?

    I struggled through this with different 4G dongles and Androids on ASUS routers for years. I'm pretty sure there is no reasonable way to use a 3G/4G device in any sort of reliable full uptime or automated fail over scenario with any Asus router on any version of firmware. My solution was to...
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    ASUS Routers and LTE modems - recommendations that work

    It's been like this for years with Asus routers. They keep advertising 3g/4g but in fact it is not reliable or automated. In the end, the best solution for failover I found was to demote my ASUS router to AP mode and add a Peplink as the primary router. It is 100% reliable with 3g/4g and even...
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    New AC68 Firmware Version 3.0.0.4.376.3626

    Just a heads up that this firmware release is very... very bad on AC68U in AP mode. Followed all the reset instructions, twice. Every couple of days lost some 2.4 Ghz connections and others dropped to like -91db. Wired was fine, 5Ghz may have been fine too, I didn't look closely. Rebooting...
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    3 months later...AC87U or AC68U to replace N66U

    Not so fast. I have the AC68U for years now and ASUS has still not released a stable firmware to cover all the advertised features. It is now demoted to AP mode, along with the old N66U which is a wireless bridge. In trying dozens of firmwares released over years, the AC68U never could serve...
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    3 months later...AC87U or AC68U to replace N66U

    Why are you limiting options to ASUS routers? I did the same thing for years and just recently purchased my first non-ASUS router in a long time. It is so much better than any ASUS product on the software side. Make yourself happy and impressed, try the competition. Let's face it, ASUS has...
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    My Experiance with the RT-AC87U And No It's not Good

    I've spent years with the N66U and AC68U. While the AC87U's list of basic stability problems sound worse than earlier versions at launch, I can tell you that unfortunately overall the software side of Asus router development has indeed been falling behind the competition. As a long time Asus...
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    Asus RT-87U dual wan USB 3g/4g work

    As I mentioned in the related thread, I did all the research. Dual WAN does indeed not work reliably on ASUS routers, at least not with 4G WANs. I ended up using a Peplink router for dual WAN failover and demoted the AC68U to Access Point mode since that is all it could do reliably for me. The...
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    Failover and Failback with 3G/4G/LTE USB Modem

    After over three years with N66U and AC68U I can tell you that ASUS is false advertising the 3g/4g fail over functionality of both routers. ASUS routers simply cannot sustain and reliably fail over between WANs. I recently researched every thread in this forum and others and worked with ASUS...
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    Asus RT-87U dual wan USB 3g/4g work

    Hi do any owners of Asus RT-87U have reliable function of dual wan with failover using USB 4g card? I have AC68U but the unattended failover has never really worked. i.e. can't failover and then fail back or reliably sustain the health of the 551l USB modem over days. Is anything better with...
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    New firmware - RT-ac68u - Version 3.0.0.4.374.454

    I think it is low priority bug for a low cost residential home router. I pretty much never have a need to check the client list. If it is a regression, shame on ASUS. Regressions seem to be a common problem with large companies these days, weird... No I don't use non-core router features like...
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    New firmware - RT-ac68u - Version 3.0.0.4.374.454

    After 24 hours with new firmware and the proper hardware reset, no issues with this fw. In other words, great performance just like the previous versions. Only 9 of my 18 or so clients showing in the Clients Status list though. So a teeny tiny non critical new bug apparently.
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    [RT-AC68] Looking for feedback on Wifi

    Merlin, I've been the guy posting that all is well with core router performance of this router. All firmwares worked well for me I thought initially. I only had .306 for a couple days but I think it had issues on my Mac. One day on .339 and everything seems faster including on my LAN connected...
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    ASUS RT-AC68U Firmware version 3.0.0.4.374.306

    Good to know. Thanks both.
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    ASUS RT-AC68U Firmware version 3.0.0.4.374.306

    Both show as enabled simultaneously on my router.
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