FTC
Senior Member
Hi,
10 days ago my trusty rt-ac3200 lost (suddently weakened to minimum power) its 5Ghz signal 1, and the 2.4Ghz one was also somehow affected and started acting strange. This was during a big thunderstorm so I believe it was not the hardware that caused it, but somehow a power peak or similar. This was after almost 4 years of hard service, so nothing to complain. I replaced it with a rt-ax88u that is giving me now satisfaction and working flawlessly.
With the 3200, I attempted several times a soft and a hard reset, an electrical reset, went through various official and merlin firmwares, and it still behaves the same way.. 5Ghz1 almost undetectable (too low power), and 2.4Ghz behaving strange. I also disassembled the unit but did not see signs of any burned component...
Now, any idea of something I may have left out / forgotten to revive this router ? Other than the problems with these 2 wifi bands, 5Ghz2 band is operating normally as well as all the rest of the router. any idea on what could this router still be used for ?
10 days ago my trusty rt-ac3200 lost (suddently weakened to minimum power) its 5Ghz signal 1, and the 2.4Ghz one was also somehow affected and started acting strange. This was during a big thunderstorm so I believe it was not the hardware that caused it, but somehow a power peak or similar. This was after almost 4 years of hard service, so nothing to complain. I replaced it with a rt-ax88u that is giving me now satisfaction and working flawlessly.
With the 3200, I attempted several times a soft and a hard reset, an electrical reset, went through various official and merlin firmwares, and it still behaves the same way.. 5Ghz1 almost undetectable (too low power), and 2.4Ghz behaving strange. I also disassembled the unit but did not see signs of any burned component...
Now, any idea of something I may have left out / forgotten to revive this router ? Other than the problems with these 2 wifi bands, 5Ghz2 band is operating normally as well as all the rest of the router. any idea on what could this router still be used for ?