Hi
My current TPLink Archer D7 has served me reasonably well. However, it does suffer from occasional need for a reboot (made worse by Plex it seems). I’m shortly going overseas for up to 6 weeks so need something a little more reliable.
First I looked at the AC68u as that fitted most of my needs (Plex, torrents, lots of WiFi clients), but then spotted an AC86u on gearbest for a very good price. I don’t really need incoming VPN or USB file sharing, but would probably use it if the router made it easy and did it effectively.
However, I’ve read a lot about 5 gHz channel issues with the Chinese sourced unit. Some say, just change say the region to get the channels back, some say update firmware, some say Both ASUS & Merlin firmwares are locked, some say it does work but reverts to default on reboot. I’m guessing each of these refer to different firmware versions.
What is the current situation please? Am I wasting my money buying a Chinese router to use in the UK.
I’m happy updating firmware, but not to comfortable with boot loaders, and manually editing hex or config files.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
My current TPLink Archer D7 has served me reasonably well. However, it does suffer from occasional need for a reboot (made worse by Plex it seems). I’m shortly going overseas for up to 6 weeks so need something a little more reliable.
First I looked at the AC68u as that fitted most of my needs (Plex, torrents, lots of WiFi clients), but then spotted an AC86u on gearbest for a very good price. I don’t really need incoming VPN or USB file sharing, but would probably use it if the router made it easy and did it effectively.
However, I’ve read a lot about 5 gHz channel issues with the Chinese sourced unit. Some say, just change say the region to get the channels back, some say update firmware, some say Both ASUS & Merlin firmwares are locked, some say it does work but reverts to default on reboot. I’m guessing each of these refer to different firmware versions.
What is the current situation please? Am I wasting my money buying a Chinese router to use in the UK.
I’m happy updating firmware, but not to comfortable with boot loaders, and manually editing hex or config files.
Thanks in advance for your advice.