Grievous Angel
Regular Contributor
Been using Asus/Merlin for some years now, first with the AC66U and now over 3 years the 3100. I'm happy with the 3100 range (I have a 3,000 sq/ft house on one level) and functionality but the stability seems to be suffering. I'm on the latest stable Merlin version.
I've had it on a laptop cooler for its entire life but moving it the other day the laptop fan started making noise, so I removed it. Since then, I seem to have to reboot it every few days to get to the admin page. Tonight, I just set it it up to reboot every night at 5:00 AM. This thing has been rock solid before I took away the laptop cooler.
Perhaps this is self inflicted. Perhaps I did this to myself by using a usb powered laptop cooler all this time. Perhaps I have too much dust in there.
Where to go from here? Take it apart and blow it out, or replace? I'm of the belief these things degrade over time and I've had this one over 3 years. Is there a spiritual successor to the Asus AC3100? The array of choices from Asus and especially Netgear are overwhelming. I'd hate to lose the Merlin flexibility at this point.
I've had it on a laptop cooler for its entire life but moving it the other day the laptop fan started making noise, so I removed it. Since then, I seem to have to reboot it every few days to get to the admin page. Tonight, I just set it it up to reboot every night at 5:00 AM. This thing has been rock solid before I took away the laptop cooler.
Perhaps this is self inflicted. Perhaps I did this to myself by using a usb powered laptop cooler all this time. Perhaps I have too much dust in there.
Where to go from here? Take it apart and blow it out, or replace? I'm of the belief these things degrade over time and I've had this one over 3 years. Is there a spiritual successor to the Asus AC3100? The array of choices from Asus and especially Netgear are overwhelming. I'd hate to lose the Merlin flexibility at this point.