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Does RT-AC68U support 802.11r?

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I have an RT-AC68U that I want to put into service as a wireless access point with Ethernet backhaul to the main (wireless) router, which is running OpenWRT. It would be great to have Fast Roaming and I can get 802.11r on the main router, but does the AC68U support it? I have updated to the latest firmware but don't see any option to switch it on. I of course know that it has AiMesh, but the main router isn't Asus and I am not changing that. Does AiMesh somehow include 802.11r?

If the Asus firmware doesn't support it, I suppose putting the AC68U on DD-WRT could be a solution; I hope an OpenWRT and a DD-WRT router can speak 802.11r to each other...

(I tried searching the Asus threads for 802.11r, but it is too common/short a search term .)
 
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11r must also be supported on clients. It is focused on the authentication part of the roam, which is generally not the part that takes the most time.
 
The RT-AC68U does support 802.11v at least, as well as 802.11k beacon request/report, both of which should help roaming.
 
The RT-AC68U does support 802.11v at least, as well as 802.11k beacon request/report, both of which should help roaming.
Thanks. Is that on stock, with Merlin, or both?
 

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