[ale] Looks like time for a new wireless router

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Fwiw https://www.asus.com/event/network/eol-product/

On December 28, 2024 11:28:23 AM EST, Tom & JaVonn via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>Leam:
>
>I'd like to throw out two recommended features that our 6 year old ASUS
>RT-N66W offers.  The ability to schedule the WiFi (ours is set to go
>off at 11 pm and on at 7 am) plus the ability to set output power level
>(we keep it at level 3 of 4 as it's only used for cellphones -- our 3
>workstations are all wired).
>
>When we leave town, we turn off the scheduler and raise the power level
>to high, for the use of a couple of WiFi security cameras.
>
>My engineering background and boatloads of studies lead me to minimize
>exposure to radio waves.  Since we learned that 5G had come to our
>neighborhood last year, we sleep inside of a shielding canopy.
>
>Tom
>
>On Fri, 2024-12-27 at 20:46 -0600, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
>> Currently using a 3 year old ASUS RT-ACRH18 with two wired and 4-6
>> wireless clients, usually low load. It was having issues delivering a
>> video, and the log showed a bunch of dropped connections from all
>> over the IPv4 range.
>> 
>> When I remotely rebooted, its IP pinged but the routing and web
>> interface didn't come back up. Tried a short power off, same issue. A
>> little longer power off worked, at least for the moment. Did a
>> firmware update once it came back up fully. After I send this I'm
>> going to shut it off for the night and see if it helps clear things
>> out.
>> 
>> However, having a backup is always a good idea. Recommendations?
>> House isn't too big, wood and whiteboard internal walls. Main issue
>> is that my wife's Mac is old and sometimes doesn't keep a good
>> connection. Cost is a consideration, still haven't found a job yet.
>> 
>> Recommendations?
>> 
>> Leam
>>   
>
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