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    GT-AX6000 - Beginner Setup (Merlin etc)

    Hey all! Am relatively new to custom firmwares etc and seeing the power that routers can have. I just got the Asus GT-AX6000 to replace my Netgear R7800. Wanted WiFi6 and slightly better hardware. I'll be using WiFi to connect pretty much everything (Besides a philips Hue bridge and an old NAS...
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    Asus AC86U WiFi channel 13 not working

    Hi all, I have an ASUS AC86U with Asuswrt-Merlin and have been using the channel 13 on 2.4GHz without problems for 2 years. A few days ago, channel 13 stopped working without any reason and without doing anything on the router. I was watching a movie online, and suddenly the WiFi dropped on...
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    ASUS-RT-AX82U Router Randomly disconnecting

    Hello everyone, Thank you for a great forum. This is my first post, so please go easy on me. I bought an ASUS-RT-AX82U last year and although most of the time it's great, I've been having a lot of problems with it where it randomly disconnects from 2.4GHz / 5Ghz WIFI and wired LAN devices...
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    Asus AP power saving settings

    looking at buying kwickset wifi lock and the biggest complaint is the battery life. I can easily run a 5volt power cord to it but I'm curious if there are any settings on rt-AX82u I can tweak to lower the wifi power consumption on the lock. I know most of the threads on here are about...
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    WiFi connection problem

    RT-AX68U, fw Merlin 386.4. WiFi connection problem. I don't understand the reasons. I see a successful connection: Mar 1 15:05:21 dnsmasq-dhcp[1489]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.50.22 a0:20:a6:2f:77:57 pzem3 Then many attempts to get the device name: Mar 1 15:06:21 dnsmasq-dhcp[1489]...
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    AX88U/MBA 2020 switching between channels randomly

    Video: https://streamable.com/5nf8k0 I just reset the router to default settings as well, I have no idea what it could be. Has this happened to anyone here?
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    AX86U Dropping on Ethernet and Wifi, Different Devices

    After buying this router last year to solve another lag issue, another issue has been progressively getting worse where devices are randomly and briefly dropping from the internet. It starts off as outgoing packet loss (noticed in VoIP calls, hearing others but not being heard, and in games...
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    Home Automation

    Hi all, I am evaluating Laxone home automation server for our detached property. We prefer connecting remotely through VPN than using a 3rd party cloud. The other alternative is leveraging Thread and Matter (due mid this year) compliant services / products over wifi. Our current set up is -...
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    WiFi unicast, group ciphers and group key update interval for proper operation of IoT devices

    The smart home topic discusses the operation of IoT devices and WiFi router settings. The possibility of enabling "unicast ciphers", "group ciphers" and "group key update interval" is mentioned. Is there a similar thing in the firmware for Asus? On my Asus RT-AX68U with Asuswrt-Merlin 386.4...
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    YazFi Guest Network for WiFi Smart Home Devices

    Hi all, Happy New Year! Making a guest WiFi network for smart devices (Hue lights, Alexa, Google Home etc). Should I enable/disable any of two way to guest, one way to guest or client isolation? I'm not 100% sure I truly understand what they mean. Thanks.
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    ASUS ET8 Roaming Assistant Disconnecting 2 nodes from each other (possible fix)

    This is a tip post as I was noticing my 2 ET8 AiMesh nodes would disconnect randomly from each other. Hope this helps others or comment if it did/you have any tips! I have a setup of 2 ET8 notes and I would notice occasionally I would have the non-router node upstairs disconnecting. In the...
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    Could this help me to get better/stable internet?

    I have a Tenda f3 (V4.0) router i think this is current latest, using it as main router, a wire coming from my isp directly to the modem, isp have a fiber modem near my house from which a ethernet cable attaches to my router (f3), it requires a username and password to access internet (i tried...
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    WiFi working only on 5 Ghz not 2.4 Ghz

    Hello, I'm struggling with one issue I cannot understand: on my AC68U with FreshTomato, i've successfully set up all the VLAN I could, bridged them, assigned DHCP. Then configured the two main WiFi (2.4 and 5.0 Ghz) and added a couple of Virtual Wireless, as in the picture: Now, please...
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    Getting dial up speeds on fibre - Intel AX210 and Asus AC68U

    Greetings all, I never thought I would take this issue to the forums but this has been driving me totally crazy for the past two days, so any help would be more than appreciated! As the title states, I have a very strange connection problem on my setup: - An old ASUS DSL-AC68U running on...
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    NoDogSplash cross compilation for captive portal page on connecting to WiFi

    I want to install NoDogSplash in an android(version 7.1.2) embedded device which has realteks WiFi module. Target board details: OS: Android Linux Kernel: 3.14.29 Architecture: arm64 Compilation Procedure followed: - Compilation of libmicrohttpd: - ./configure --build=x86_64-linux-gnu...
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    No email with WiFi

    When trying to send email from my iPhone thru my Spectrum router using WiFi, the message gets hung up in my outbox. If I turn WiFi off on the phone and resend the message from my outbox, it goes fine. Any suggestions?
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    WiFi upgrade to work with RT-AC68U?

    Hello all. Looking for advice for boosting my existing wifi. I have fibre to my home, currently on 360mbps down and 75mbps up. My modem is a fibre modem that runs direct to my Asus RT-AC68U. Most of the data hungry devices are wired throughout the house such as PCs, voip phone, PS5, satellite...
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    AC-86U Wireless Radios Fried?

    Found this forum while looking for possible solutions and so far none have worked. Less than 24 hours ago my router seemed to brick itself rather hard. I went to check on it and saw that the power light would flash on occasion but the router itself was otherwise entirely unresponsive. After a...
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    RF environment scan does not work on UAP AC Pro

    All, we are running 2 UAP AC Pro since the end of 2016 at home. They work fine and are not auto modes. I am managing the UAPs directly on my iPhone and did not deploy it on my PC. We are facing two issues: If we were to choose a DFS channel for each UAP, it does accept them. However, the...
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    AX86U range compared to my old AC87U

    Hi All. Will the range of a AX86U be as good as or better than my AC87U? I've had my AC87U For many many years and it has been great. The key reason for buying it was the range. I live in a 100year+ old house with solid walls which really challenges wifi signals. I'm considering a AX86U but I'm...
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