Why AC86U so many lemon units eh?

Below is the reply email from Gearbest:-


I am sorry to hear this issue with the product.

Please kindly check our warranty here: http://www.gearbest.com/about/warranty-and-return.html
Your item unfortunately is out of warranty as 12 months have passed since you purchased.

Therefore it cannot be repaired, refunded or exchanged.

The best we can do at this time is to offer 200 points for use on your next order.

Please confirm whether I can go ahead and update your account with this discount.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.


Best regards,

Bob_Feng

BearBest Customer Service

http://www.gearbest.com/

All the while I thought that Asus carry a 3-year warranty - no?

Asus Malaysia yes 3 yrs warranty, but others country not sure.

I have requested Gearbest to assist me to RMA directly with Asus China but below is the answer:-


Thank you for contacting us.



Sorry, for your country have 1 year warranty, so we can't offer help.



Thank you for your understanding.



Best regards,

Bob_Feng

GearBest Customer Service

http://www.Gearbest.com


Looks like i will accept their offer of 200 points.

Hi guys, can anyone tell me how to enable NAT acceleration for this modem? Can’t seems to find this option compare to other Asus model

Do you mind to tell me how to enable the new mechanism, flow cache and packet runner please

hey bro. same case with me. use only for 3 months. I am going to pos laju saturday to ask for quote how much to send back to the seller in china for warranty. See if its worth it for such a big thing. Dang.

Im having this annoying issue right now with AC86U. What is the feasible workaround?

Please try to ask pos laju on the cost. It could be worth while to send it back for RMA. In my case, GearBest has refused to assist me. I am left with a heavy paper weight.

Yup, i will do that. In the mean i am getting from Singapore. Easier to do warranty.

sorry to hear for both of you.

do you guys by any chance are using external fan for router cooling? tried checking your previous posts but doesnt seem to indicate any.

I think blow air in is a better position.

When you suck air out from behind, you actually suck air in from the top.

When you blow air in from behind, the air will hit the surface inside, reflected and continue to flow out from beside the fan, which you can actually feel it by putting your hand and feel the air flow. You will feel air blowing out from the router.

nope. didnt know it requires to put a fan.

Both of them are auto-enabled by the kernel during boot-up.

They will auto-disable by the kernel if certain function is on, especially the QoS.

Normally, Flow Cache will keep enabled, but Runner hard to keep enabled.

You can check for the status in Tools > SysInfo screen (in Merlin firmware).

Guys, is there a way to shut this router down gracefully without damaging the HDD attached?

Go to admin page. Then select Safely Remove disk. After you can power off router any time.

I think my AC86U died after a day usage! This morning wake up all led blinking and WiFi is not working. Tried reset and no response. Can’t access to modem home leg as well.

Anyone know the cost to send back to China

Oh yeah you're right ! So used to the Pc config I forgot that the router has vents at the top as well. How about dust build up though

So yesterday i configured for auto reboot scheduler, which will run at 5am everyday. This morning i noticed the router unable to boot up, all led were off. Luckily after i reconnect the power adapter the router able to boot up successfully.

I didn't dismantle my unit. But looking at this photo taken by somebody, dust is likely to build up at the bottom on top of those USB and LAN connectors, and around the soldiering legs of the ICs, regardless you blow air in or suck air out or without using fan.


Motherboard facing back:


Motherboard facing front:


The front part has a big metal piece, the ideal solution is to dig hole in front of the router, stick the fans onto the metal piece inside, and blow air out.



This post has been edited by ppfoong: Dec 12 2018, 06:58 PM