I see we both kept our AC68U/AC86U's generation of router for experimentation.
Completely agree, I kinda posted about it wireless buying advice, but the last time I had to upgrade, I got a free set of Eero's from my ISP who was also my employer. Have been kinda out of my modding routers and building up a network game for a bit. Playing around with my old ac68u is probably going to be my gateway drug to buy a bunch of new equipment.No, I kept one heavily modified AC86U (not suitable for donation) and purchased one AX86U to see what it is (a disappointment).
Media Bridge on AC68U is not very stable on all firmware versions. You have to experiment what works and doesn't require reboots.
AC68U/AC86U's generation
Oh my memory must be foggy, could've swore it was similar timing, was in university or high school back then probably all blur nowThe two are completely different. Not the same generation. AC86U is much faster HND platform with ARMv8 CPU and better AC Wave 2 radios.
I kinda posted about it wireless buying advice
That sounds like paradise if its residential use.I have one system with 8x APs* and it pushes 4Gbps aggregate traffic to N (2.4GHz band) and AC (5GHz band) clients. 10Gbps link to server though.
* - different brand APs, just an example of possible throughput with multi-AP system.
That sounds like paradise if its residential use.
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