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    Default ASUS RT-87U AC2400 Gigabit Router

    Hi everyone,
    after a number of years running an ASUS RT-N66 it was time to upgrade, for various reasons I went for one of these...

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    ASUS RT-87U AC2400 Gigabit Router

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    Merlin

    It's only AC2400, but that's fine for what I need atm, plus I know there are Asus Mesh Wi-Fi kits and new Ethernet standards (2.5Gb and 5Gb/s) on their way so I wasn't going to spend silly money.
    From what I have seen so far, it's a massive upgrade on what I had. I will post back once I have lived with it for a while.
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    As I expected, it has been excellent! It hasn't dropped my connection once.
    When I was setting up I noticed two of the switch ports can be used to aggregate a connection, so I'm wondering if I'll be able to do this to my switch...probably not, but I'll give it a go at some point and post back.
    Something to note, the standard Asus firmware doesn't have "Release prefix on exit" under IPv6 settings, so I am running the Merlin firmware.
    Main PC :
    | Intel i9-9900K @ Default
    | ASUS Maximus XI Hero
    | Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 32GB 3200MHz
    | ASUS TUF RTX 3060 OC Edition 12GB
    | Samsung 980 PRO 1TB NVMe
    | Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe
    | Sound Blaster AE-7
    | Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE LCD
    | ​Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB
    | Corsair HX850 Platinum
    | ASUS ProArt PA279CV 27" 4K
    | Windows 11 Professional x64
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    Merlin's new firmware 380.68 is excellent! You can now add your own SSL Certificate for the webui and it's persistent through firmware updates.
    You can download it here...

    http://www.mediafire.com/file/gsxo4g...U_380.68_0.zip
    Main PC :
    | Intel i9-9900K @ Default
    | ASUS Maximus XI Hero
    | Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 32GB 3200MHz
    | ASUS TUF RTX 3060 OC Edition 12GB
    | Samsung 980 PRO 1TB NVMe
    | Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe
    | Sound Blaster AE-7
    | Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE LCD
    | ​Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB
    | Corsair HX850 Platinum
    | ASUS ProArt PA279CV 27" 4K
    | Windows 11 Professional x64
    | Full PC List |


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