reliability

Greetings everyone! I have a question I hope you can help me with. I haven't bought a new router since my ASUS 87's in 2015 so I'm more than a little rusty, ok — rusted over. I need to install some cameras to watch the outside of a small building in a shopping center so if the building gets hit...

Good afternoon! I've been lurking for a while but don't find advice that fits my exact situation. I work in a university, but in a small satellite campus where the IT is less reliable. We have some lab systems that rely on networked computers, and unfortunately the LAN in our building is the...

My RT-AC68U (with Merlin) has been incredibly stable and reliable for the past three or four years :) For the upcoming switch to gigabit service, I am looking to upgrade to the RT-AX88U which seems very capable and also supporting the next-gen WiFi standard. I have been trying to get a feeling...

Background: I'm replacing a re-branded ASUS RT-AC68U. It's been perfectly reliable for years, and has pretty good coverage in my 2100 sq' 2-story house, but I do use a TP-Link range extender near my smart TV. The firmware in the re-branded router is not being updated, and I've seen recent...

I am still on 380.68_4 on my RT-AC68U which is very stable. I have seen quite a few posts in this forum about issues with more recent versions. What is the latest super-stable (especially in respect to WiFi) Merlin version for the RT-AC68U?

What tools do people use to test the longer-term (hours) reliability of their high-bandwidth wireless connections through a router? I'm looking for something a little more sophisticated than "copy a large file" or "watch Netflix". I know about iperf3 for measuring throughput, but I would like...