[ale] Looks like time for a new wireless router

[Leam Hall]

It was worth a good bit when I moved to one state while my Beloved had to remain in the other for a few weeks. Brand new, and NOT EOL, ASUS router serving the wifi needs in the new digs.  :)

Thanks!

Leam

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On 12/28/24 14:24, dj-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
> 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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