I have an AC87U. I've been using Asuswrt-Merlin for years now. My internet (wireless point to point; tower is ~200ft away in neighbour's yard, tech, when installing said my connection was as good as ethernet) has been getting less and less stable over the last year.
I've been back and forth with my ISP and their support asked how old my router is. I looked it up, just rolled over 6 years old. So what? I've had routers last MUCH longer!
Still, it's BF/CM so I ran out and bought an AX86U on sale just in case, however, my hope is to return it as it was not an expense I was expecting.
I noticed Asus put out an official firmware this past summer (surprised!) so I reverted to that. I haven't had time to do a factory reset yet, but that's next on my list. If that doesn't work, what else could I try to prevent me from having to keep this lovely looking AX86U?
TIA
I've been back and forth with my ISP and their support asked how old my router is. I looked it up, just rolled over 6 years old. So what? I've had routers last MUCH longer!
Still, it's BF/CM so I ran out and bought an AX86U on sale just in case, however, my hope is to return it as it was not an expense I was expecting.
- I was confused on the Sourceforge page that listed compatible devices: it had AC86U and AC88U but listed AC87U as unsupported. Yet, there's a DL page for it with the latest releases. Which is it? Still supported or no?
- The only thing that's really changed on the network is number of clients. Counting smart devices and such, it's now up to ~20 at any given time (wired & wireless).
- My internet is a piddly 5/1Mbit connection - there's no way that would even tax my ancient WRT54G.
I noticed Asus put out an official firmware this past summer (surprised!) so I reverted to that. I haven't had time to do a factory reset yet, but that's next on my list. If that doesn't work, what else could I try to prevent me from having to keep this lovely looking AX86U?
TIA