Hi all
Been considering buying the AC68U to replace our mash up of several old bits of kit.
My main question is, how tall is the router including the antennas? The ASUS site just shows the height of the main unit. I'm just wondering if it will fit in the cupboard we currently have our router in.
My other thoughts/questions, really in case some one can point out any know issues (I am planning installing the Merlin FW on it):
* Previously I've been running DD-WRT on old Buffalo router (but just as an access point/DNS/DHCP server, not actually routing). I've had to do custom DNS records on this configured in DNSMASQ so that hosts that are actually hosted internally resolve to the LAN IP instead of the public internet IP, as the router wouldn't 'realise' it was in fact local and would not work if trying to access it via the public IP (of this connection). Hope I'm making sense here. Does the ASUS either not have this problem or will allow me to do these custom DNS records so it's server responds with the LAN IP instead?
* Any known IPV6 issues?
* Unrealistic for me to have high hopes of this router having better signal in the garden out of the box than our old only 802.11g/2.4ghz ancient Buffalo but with a directional high gain antenna (sat right in the corner of the house at the front pointing out over the house, with garden at rear). I'd love to get down from router + buffalo to one piece of kit
* SNMP: reading forum posts it's not something included with the default or Merlin fw but via OptWare. Any thing that would cause me an issue and not allow me to use this? I like my Cacti and graphs, I miss that with out current router
* I've read of issues with the 5Ghz deteriorating over time, is this problem resolved now?
The kit we've got now is all over 5 years old, nothing wrong with it except the wifi is old slow g. Only got n devices currently but I'm sure we'll have ac kit sooner or later. I want to replace it with something solid and will also last for a good few years! Also I'm a techy who likes to play (as I said, DD-WRT on the old Buffalo!), and the ASUS does seem brilliant for the techies.
I see there's a Linksys that is also highly rated but for some reason knowing Belkin now owns them puts me off (think it's the terrible Belkin AP I had experiences with years ago... unfair I guess). Plus it doesn't have the option of something like Merlin with the 'stability over features' attitude that is nice vs DD-WRT 'features! features! features!'.
Rambling sorry, just getting some thoughts/questions out and wondering what others thing, thanks!
Been considering buying the AC68U to replace our mash up of several old bits of kit.
My main question is, how tall is the router including the antennas? The ASUS site just shows the height of the main unit. I'm just wondering if it will fit in the cupboard we currently have our router in.
My other thoughts/questions, really in case some one can point out any know issues (I am planning installing the Merlin FW on it):
* Previously I've been running DD-WRT on old Buffalo router (but just as an access point/DNS/DHCP server, not actually routing). I've had to do custom DNS records on this configured in DNSMASQ so that hosts that are actually hosted internally resolve to the LAN IP instead of the public internet IP, as the router wouldn't 'realise' it was in fact local and would not work if trying to access it via the public IP (of this connection). Hope I'm making sense here. Does the ASUS either not have this problem or will allow me to do these custom DNS records so it's server responds with the LAN IP instead?
* Any known IPV6 issues?
* Unrealistic for me to have high hopes of this router having better signal in the garden out of the box than our old only 802.11g/2.4ghz ancient Buffalo but with a directional high gain antenna (sat right in the corner of the house at the front pointing out over the house, with garden at rear). I'd love to get down from router + buffalo to one piece of kit
* SNMP: reading forum posts it's not something included with the default or Merlin fw but via OptWare. Any thing that would cause me an issue and not allow me to use this? I like my Cacti and graphs, I miss that with out current router
* I've read of issues with the 5Ghz deteriorating over time, is this problem resolved now?
The kit we've got now is all over 5 years old, nothing wrong with it except the wifi is old slow g. Only got n devices currently but I'm sure we'll have ac kit sooner or later. I want to replace it with something solid and will also last for a good few years! Also I'm a techy who likes to play (as I said, DD-WRT on the old Buffalo!), and the ASUS does seem brilliant for the techies.
I see there's a Linksys that is also highly rated but for some reason knowing Belkin now owns them puts me off (think it's the terrible Belkin AP I had experiences with years ago... unfair I guess). Plus it doesn't have the option of something like Merlin with the 'stability over features' attitude that is nice vs DD-WRT 'features! features! features!'.
Rambling sorry, just getting some thoughts/questions out and wondering what others thing, thanks!
