Hi all,
I recently have my AC86U and AC68U switched duty for NAS.
When the AC86U is set to access point (AP) mode, the "USB Setting" option under Administration>System disappears. The good thing is USB drives connected to it still spin down after the default set time of 300 seconds when it was set in router mode. The AC68U does not has this problem when set to AP mode. Both are running the latest 384.19 firmware.
The other problem I have is with the AC68U (version 2 with 1.4ghz cpu) showing "HiddenSSID" on top of the 2.4ghz band when set to router mode. I do not recall seeing this when it was running in AP mode. Both Wifi Analyzer and the router's Wireless>WDS>Remote AP List show the same MAC address of this hiddenssid (CA:3A:6B:57:04:3C). My Roku Streaming Stick+ shows a very similar MAC address, but it start with C8 with the rest the same. If I change the wifi control channel, this hiddenssid also follows. This hiddenssid still show up even if I disable the radio for 2.4ghz band. If I change the wifi control channel after disabling the radio then the hiddenssid channel does not follows. The signal strength and distance report by Wifi Analyzer is different for both of course depending on where I'm at.
This is just weird and I want to know why.
Thanks
I recently have my AC86U and AC68U switched duty for NAS.
When the AC86U is set to access point (AP) mode, the "USB Setting" option under Administration>System disappears. The good thing is USB drives connected to it still spin down after the default set time of 300 seconds when it was set in router mode. The AC68U does not has this problem when set to AP mode. Both are running the latest 384.19 firmware.
The other problem I have is with the AC68U (version 2 with 1.4ghz cpu) showing "HiddenSSID" on top of the 2.4ghz band when set to router mode. I do not recall seeing this when it was running in AP mode. Both Wifi Analyzer and the router's Wireless>WDS>Remote AP List show the same MAC address of this hiddenssid (CA:3A:6B:57:04:3C). My Roku Streaming Stick+ shows a very similar MAC address, but it start with C8 with the rest the same. If I change the wifi control channel, this hiddenssid also follows. This hiddenssid still show up even if I disable the radio for 2.4ghz band. If I change the wifi control channel after disabling the radio then the hiddenssid channel does not follows. The signal strength and distance report by Wifi Analyzer is different for both of course depending on where I'm at.
This is just weird and I want to know why.
Thanks