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    Asus RT AC5300 died. Should I upgrade / repair / repurchase?

    Back a few days later. The ISP tech came in and got me back online with a new modem (turns out my pre-existing modem was also a dinosaur so they swapped it out with a new model), and in the same day my router came in (Asus RT5300). I went ahead and flashed Merlin onto it and everything went...
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    Asus RT AC5300 died. Should I upgrade / repair / repurchase?

    So I went ahead and tried factory resetting my old Asus RT AC5300, and low and behold... It's indeed dead! lol. Which is fine. I decided to just buy another. Fortunately I was able to find a lightly used one for $206 ($191 + tax and shipping) from Amazon. I figured that I can bite the bullet of...
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    Asus RT AC5300 died. Should I upgrade / repair / repurchase?

    That's a good point. I haven't heard of Merlin until today, but looking it up it seems like a really great firmware.
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    Asus RT AC5300 died. Should I upgrade / repair / repurchase?

    Oh haha gotcha, that makes sense, I can never remember the nicknames of these things, so I usually just refer to them as "block plugs" or "fat plugs". XD That seems to be the case I suppose, which sucks!!! I didn't notice any smoke / debris / strange sounds coming from it either (in constrast...
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    Asus RT AC5300 died. Should I upgrade / repair / repurchase?

    Thanks for the responses guys! I'm curious! What would be the benefits of a router with switch + AP combo vs an AIO?
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    Asus RT AC5300 died. Should I upgrade / repair / repurchase?

    I didn't get a Wall Wart one, but I did get this one just to test: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JTZOCR8/?tag=snbforums-20 And of course there was no response / no lights coming on on the unit. But I am more than willing to try a different power supply if that one wasn't compatible...
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    Asus RT AC5300 died. Should I upgrade / repair / repurchase?

    So a few days ago a my Asus RT AC5300 died in a power outage / power surge when lightning struck a powerline near my home. I had no problems with this router and it's been an amazing 4 years of use with it. So here's my dilemma. I contacted ASUS about it and they said that since it's not under...
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