It seems like the BRT-AC828 unable to establish PPPoE connection or worst come to worst, your line is down currently. Does the previous firmware cause you such issue?

reseting the router after flashning new firmware is recommended to start everything from fresh. Well, I am glad that solves your problem. Enjoy your new ax router dude.

ax56u or ax3000 would be better choice over here - futureproof
ac86u with better processor although it lacks one core compared to the tri-core clocked at 1.5GHz for the two models on above, but still a good choice for wireless coverage - non-futureproof.

Avoid ac68u completely. Its an old router with old hardware. Not really recommended these days. Minimum AC86u is recommended.

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I can vouch that AX56U's wireless coverage way better than AC68U. I am an ex-AC68U user, the router with three-antennas.

Refer here for the answer towards the question above.

My suggestion only, because you're the one who can decide what is best for you. Go for AX56U or AX58U (also known as AX3000). AC routers are not relevant these days.

You're not alone mate. The wireless coverage for AC68U is not good as it was before. The current best option is to enable both 5GHz and 2.4GHz. Pick the maximum channel width, i.e. 40MHz (you also can try to set either 20/40MHz or 40MHz) for 2.4GHz and 80MHz for 5GHz. The best channel for 2.4GHz are non-overlapping channels such as 1, 6 and 11. I always put on channel 11 while for the 5GHz, I always pick channel 149. It works for me well. It doesn't improve much, but it certainly better compared to stock settings, i.e. auto.

Hi mate. You have to play around with the 5GHz channels and use WI-Fi analyzer for android to scan through your home network to see which channel is the most congested. At least it will help. The signal strength of AC68U is not good as it used to be. So ya.

As mentioned by brother blacktubi, use both bands. Do note that 5GHz signal has limited coverage unlike 2.4GHz, this is where the mesh system was designed to overcome this limitation.
It can be too much of obstacles, i.e. walls from your device to the router that affects the 5GHz delivery.

tuf ax3000

I vote for tuf-gaming ax3000 due to multiple vpn feature. It is a useful feature. That's why.

Yes. That is just your PPPoE credentials. A good real world example will be logging into your facebook acc using a new laptop/PC from old laptop/PC. So ya, you can save your PPPoE credentials to be used in your new router.

EDIT: Just makesure to keep the credentials for future use, just as a safety precaution.

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Refer to your unifi installation document (blue paper) or you can request from unifi itself. Just say you accidentally reset your router and need the credentials to set up the router back again. Or another simple method is to gain your PPPoE username and password through the wireless router admin panel (also you can refer to this thread - credit to bro soonwai, just in case) and its pretty simple if you follow the right guide especially if you're a novice user. Sorry for the delayed response mate.

My old AC68U faced the same problem, unstable 5ghz band even with merlin fw flashed and died last week. Not only one model affected, I believe.

AX56U will undergo a proper patch process. However, I opt for deco m5 (read my reply to bro tharmaraj since deco m4 is too good as WAP already. The decision to switch to tp-link was made since the good reputation of deco series as WAP, and with its quad-core cpu, it will be a decent WAP for my edgerouter.

Any idea on the actual date for the patches of DNSmasq vulnerabilities will be live for the public to download for the affected router models?

My bad. I forget to mention official firmware. Pardon me for my language. I am not keen to use beta firmware which will be hassle for me to setup the router from scratch later on after so much customization has been done.

From a security point of view, it is not safe to use a USB port on a router (if implemented wrongly). However there are a few ways you can put a good use of the USB port apart from sharing printers or ext hdds.



I mainly use my router's USB port to run skynet scripts.

Mau jimat pi D brand or T brand. Nanti lepas setahun mungkin xkan dapat firmware patch (nanti kalau ada severe CVE, memang kampeni akan purax2 ignore. 'A' brand worth it la, cuma duit kena kikis lebih sikit untuk dpt a decent router. Lagipun beli yang ada support merlin. Tu je nasihat sy.

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Both supported officially by Asus-Merlin. Should be fine then. I can't give comment on the aimesh functionality since I am not using it. Usually merlin firmware slightly stable over stock firmware.

Beli AX86U kalau ada budget or buy any asus router in your budget and flash to asus-merlin. Merlin firmware configuration for vpn is far more advance than the stock version. Makesure you buy the router supported by asus-merlin. Flashing to merlin firmware wont break or harm your router. It gives more superiority compared to the stock version. Please refer to the image provided below for your referrence. VPN settings for GT-Ax11000 (flashed with asus-merlin)

https://pictr.com/image/BPihQJ

Kelebihan merlin software:

[1] - Kill-switch - route specific client through a special vpn profile
[2] - Can add more vpn profile - sama macam itu fungsi Multi VPN (TUF-punya naming scheme) or VPN Fusion (ROG punya naming scheme)

EDIT:
I am personally using Surfshark. Planning to add more vpn profile in the future (probably express)

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