I'm using local unit. How to measure the transmitted power eh?

As I mentioned before, I have a dead AC86U from China. Really the seller or agent should help me to get RMA, but mine is not helping. With assistance from other lowyat users I got onto Taobao and used the Ali wangwang app to chat (in English!) with Asus Flagship Store. They gave out their return address and a telephone number. If anyone needs it, PM me.

The remaining problem is that they will only send the replacement unit to a China address and I don't know anyone in China.

This post has been edited by tertiary: Jun 19 2019, 05:16 PM

Find taobao agent to help you get asus to send to their warehouse. Then taobao agent to arrange send to your doorstep.

Yes, that may be the only way. Can anyone recommend an honest, reliable Taobao agent?

anyone can get the malaysia adapter in local ? can share the spec of the adapter?

Buy this:
https://www.lazada.com.my/-i211532789-s265886000.html

I used it with my RT-AC68U & RT-AC86U, it's working perfectly without any issues

Anyone know the difference btw Asus 86u router from taobao Vs local unit apart from the warranty coverage? The price for local unit seem to be much higher... Tq.

Wireless transmission power is said to be lower with the China-sourced units. Not an issue in a small unit.

Does it mean that the WiFi speed would be slower for the China unit?

Depends how close your PC is to the router. 5m away, in direct line of sight, I was getting close to 500Mbps with Chinese unit on 5GHz. If there's a wall or two in between, then speeds would be affected.

This post has been edited by tertiary: Jun 22 2019, 04:10 PM

Lower transmit power will result in slower WiFi speed due to weaker WiFi signal.

hi, i have one 86u bought from taobao china and i cannot get full speed ( 800) most of the time is 200+ ~ 300. Is there any optimization need to be done for unifi?

another thing is whenever i run the speed test, my pc cpu will spike to near 100% and my pc became laggy. is this normal?

Thanks,

Did you use WiFi or LAN cable during the test?
What's your PC specifications?

This router can setup VPN? on Unifi

i use LAN. with my previous unifi router i can still get 750+

im running on i5 3570k@ 4.3, 8gb ram, crucial mx500 as windows hdd.. i dont see this lag when using my previous unifi router actually.

i just notice my 86u is running on koolshare-merlin firmware. this is not the merlin firmware from "https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/download" right?

how can flash to "https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/download"?

Here's how: https://www.google.com

Thanks! That's very helpful!

Hi, anyone come across a wall mount bracket for 86u? I need one for my aimesh node. Plan to mount ceiling/tv cabinet. Both mine is china units.

You're welcome. Learn to do your own research instead of asking people to spoon feed you
Find someone with 3D printer & ask them to print this:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3121121