Ronald Schwerer
Very Senior Member
I ordered an AX3000 to replace my main router (68U) in my mesh LAN. It hasn't arrived yet but I just noticed it only has one USB port. Since I'm currently running (on the 68U) Diversion, Skynet, and a few other add-ons, I use a USB drive with a 2 GB EXT4 swap partition. On the 68U I reserved the 2nd USB port for Dual Wan connection of my cell phone. Since the AX3000 only has one USB, looks like I'll need to give-up either swap or dual WAN. Note: I only used the cell phone to tether when my ISP craps-out for an extended period. Happened every couple months (thanks Spectrum!). My new ISP is Frontier FIOS and they aren't known for great reliability either.
Since the AX3000 has 512MB RAM, is swap still necessary? It doesn't appear my swap gets used often. I'm not sure when it is necessary - maybe for sorting of URL lists? BTW, I have another partition I use for nsru and skynet files. So maybe that forces the USB use for storage instead of WAN. With this configuration, what happens if I pull the USB dive and plug-in a cell? Will it work in this mode without disabling skynet?
Since the AX3000 has 512MB RAM, is swap still necessary? It doesn't appear my swap gets used often. I'm not sure when it is necessary - maybe for sorting of URL lists? BTW, I have another partition I use for nsru and skynet files. So maybe that forces the USB use for storage instead of WAN. With this configuration, what happens if I pull the USB dive and plug-in a cell? Will it work in this mode without disabling skynet?
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