Recent content by zdaw700

We think it was a hardware issue because it was refurb (some random amz reseller; likely trying to make a quick buck and not actually checking hardware). Went for an AX11000 Pro on rMerlin firmware (didn't even bother with stock, it's the first thing done after unboxing). No problems with LAN...

It's showing as $166 on Amazon Canada. I have heard that people run solid on "op24" firmware as reading indicates a more stable driver over stock GoldLuck firmware; but then people never seem to come back to the threads they open on the GLiNet support pages, so our house had skipped over this...

USA Newegg is $20 more expensive now. https://www.newegg.com/asus-gt-ax11000-pro-ieee-802-11ax/p/N82E16833320543 Staples Canada $300 until the 27/11. https://www.staples.ca/products/3061919-en-asus-rog-rapture-gt-ax11000-pro-tri-band-wi-fi-6-gaming-router-black

Have a refurb (it was a bit less). Amazon is selling them new for that. 100% Check for Amazon inventory tags and shrinkwrap removal (not always an indicator). MerlinWRT is golden on it. Couldn't get it to run wifi 7 properly (with multiple recommended settings). Weird shenanigans that when...

I'd say get a Flint 2 but test it. Would not get a Flint 3 over the Flint 2, because it is not better. Wouldn't touch WiFi 7 until the "WRT Two" comes out. Flint 2 - would recommend going full OpenWRT as their builds seem to be more stable, counting you get hardware that works. I had...

Update: Tried to muck around with Flint2 for a week. Updated firmware to what everyone said was stable. Had issues connecting to LAN. Then had issues getting Internet to connect despite it giving itself a WAN IP. Got a secondary router as well. Secondary router-as-wired WiFi backhaul...

Running on an 86U as main is probably going to get sketchy soon.

No. It's ~2.1x more expensive for the perception of future-proof. Not bleeding edge. You could actually be fine using it as a dedicated AP once firmware is deprecated and putting it behind another dedicated hardware firewall/router or Raspberry Pi-hole and be happy for years and years (unless...

Roommate runs VR headset that's dependent on a stable signal with no dropouts or random Eth/LAN resets. AsusMerl seems to always be stable on anything he touches but on the troubleshooting forum (not this one) on that other router, it looks like dropouts are common on various firmware versions...

Thank you for all your work over the years. Raunning this program since grabbing an 86U and it's been fantastic. I hope you continue in good health. Will donate when in a better situation to do so. Again, appreciate all your work. ____ Weirdly Diversion Standard would block a majority of...

Always had fans on 3 of them, even if two are only used as APs and not really processing anything. The main router being used as Diversion+Skynet finally started killing one flash drive it's been using since 2018 (SD Formatter saved it). I don't know why restarts always cause the USB to not be...

If you're buying a Noctua fan and want to run 5vUSB just buy an "NF-F12 5V". It includes an adapter and in what I'm seeing (at least locally) is the same price as a regular F12 minus the convoluted process of a separate PSU or hacked wall warts. Really all ya need, just 1x 80mm fan on a router...

Router: AC68U with Merlin WRT, Diversion and Skynet firewall. Is anyone here using PIA and seeing a bunch of hits in Skynet? I can connect to VPN servers but Skynet is now blocking IPs (so far 17) with 3-5+ hits on various engines (checking on virustotal/"relations" tab). It gets hits whether...

I'm just going to point out that amtm seems to be unresponsive getting updates from the 3 sources it tries to pull from. I just wound up doing curl commands to install Diversion and Skynet. The 68U is able to access the domains, but for whatever reasom amtm isn't accessing them or just timing...

Signed up just to post here. Many cuss words were muttered when I had noticed hphosts lists sudden 404 from the update pool. This hadn't been updated here so figured it was worth posting. As to what happened to hphosts lists, source link quote: