Testing Asuswrt-Merlin on supported devices

[thelonelycoder]

Maybe @RMerlin is the only one that has an answer to that.
Are there virtual machines to test the Asuswrt-Merlin releases on the supported models or can one only test on the physical devices themselves?
Just wondering how it's done best.

 

[RMerlin]

Testing is all done on physical devices, as you need all the related wifi hardware.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Thanks, altough, not the answer I was hoping for. I wonder what your shelves look like with all these (sponsered, I hope) devices...

 

[RMerlin]

Thanks, altough, not the answer I was hoping for. I wonder what your shelves look like with all these (sponsered, I hope) devices...

http://www.lostrealm.ca/temp/router-lab-dec2015.jpg

The RT-N16 is in a drawer, and the RT-AC87U is in stand-by next to the RT-AC88U that's my main router, in the living room.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Yeah, I've seen that pic before. Impressive.

 

[RMerlin]

The RT-AC5300 takes a LOT of space at the top (next to the dead corpse of my initial RT-AC87U development sample).