What a coincidence! Mine today suddenly got this issue. Earlier I tried to connect with my iPhone. It detected the wifi ssid but it said "incorrect password" which is very weird. So I turned off and turned the router back on only to discover this

Did this work again for you? Will try again tomorrow see if it somehow magically worked again sigh...

This post has been edited by graphidz: Dec 22 2018, 12:09 AM

Unfortunately I don't know. I'm only at home using the Asus router in weekends since I have work in Cyberjaya on weekdays. Don't remember what firmware vision but the only time I updated was during initial setup, which was 3 months ago

Hmm could be. But a lot of the ones I connect also sometime get spark but working well enough so I'm not very sure. If it is though, this might be the first time something died

I guess it's due to a sudden spark, especially initial plug in. Or just overheating. I'll baby the new one I'll get after this OTL

i think i know why my previous router died (this one is a new one. RMA unit by the seller)

the same symptom happened again. my iphone can't connect to the 5ghz. before it can't detect the signal, my iphone says "incorrect password". quickly turned on my pc and tried to log into my router, but couldn't. it just didn't load. had to turn off my router for a bit and let it cool down. after that it works normally again

this time i babied the router. bought a mini fan just for it. only 1-2 devices are connected to the 5ghz at one time and the temps for cpu and 5ghz are always 60C below. so the sudden high temp was a shock. so now i'm worried what should i do now

note : i turn off 2.4ghz because i didn't need to use it because my condo is small. i thought i could save power, heat, etc by turning it off

The unit died and I exchanged for RMA from my seller. Right now it's working fine but I bought a fan for it just in case

Look up MyComputerHome on shopee and Lazada. Bought one for rm999. China unit though but he provides 3years warranty too

I didn't find that when I purchased mine. I could only find those at 1.4k and if I got the twin unit, more value for money. Well now that I know this, I'll recommend it. Thanks for the heads up

Out of topic, but I saw a netgear r7800 for rm1131. Tempting though

Sent it back to my seller and he agreed to exchange to another RMA unit. Works good for me

Don't really think attaching a fan helps THAT much. Although I don't use the fans recommended in this thread so my experience is very different lol. I just use a small fan you can get from any pc shop. Helps to maintain temperature less tuan 60C

Anyway, there was that one time when the router's 5ghz radio temp shot up. Search in this thread I posted a picture. And that was on the new router I replaced. Happened one time with this current fan I'm using.

Yep that's really unfortunate. If you don't use any of the advanced functions (I bought this because it is quite good as a VPN router), you can get the Netgear r7800 for around the same Malaysian unit pricing.

another day, another problem with the router
for whatever reason suddenly today my phone can't connect to the wifi. used smart connect before this and my phone show either "incorrect password" or "unable to connect". same goes if i don't use the smart connect function. fortunately the ethernet is working fine

tried to check the router setting but loading up the settings page takes a long while. finally able to check the temperature of the radios, and found out the 5ghz show "disabled" instead of the temperature. i think this is the second time this has happened but the last one the whole thing didn't work. at least this time at least the router turns on and the ethernet still works

currently running on 384.9 merlin fw btw

i'm seriously regretting this purchase. replace this lemon unit and then sell it to get a better reliable router

No but I am directing two fans at the router and the router's cpu stays at around 60C, 5ghz at 55C and 2.4ghz at less than 50C

Even then I only turn the router on when I'm at home, which is usually weekends because on weekdays, I'm away for work. So this router doesn't have that many uptime really

UPDATE : out of curiosity (but really, it shouldn't be a problem as far as i know), i tried 30-30-30 reset to see maybe it works again by resetting. and after rebooting, the router... became a paperweight. tried pressing the reset button for some time and the power button blink slowly. after searching a bit, it seems like it's in a bootloop issue. so i followed the following method to see if the router can be save, but after going through the steps, not working still :
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/ac86u-see...e-3#post-457517

after the router reboots, the lights flashes but no asus router is detected with phone. connecting LAN gives this weird periodic connect/disconnect issue. at "connected", it detects as unknown connection so can't go into the router page. 5 seconds later, it disconnects. and it repeats this

gonna return the router again in the next few days. so by then, if anybody can suggest any ideas, do tell

This post has been edited by graphidz: Feb 24 2019, 11:24 PM

My replacement unit died (so that's 2 units died) in the span of 6 months. i asked my seller if can get a replacement. he said can't but he said he can take the unit back and compensate. i feel bad about it because both of us are losing money in this, but i blame asus i guess. great but flawed model. hopefully their other models don't suffer from this same fate

but that's the end of me buying the ac86u. can't recommend anyone buying it despite the great function/spec it has

yeah local seller. but also china unit btw. sorry for your loss bro

Can't connect through wifi or lan? Try reset but most probably it's dead

Ouch. That's not going to be good. I was fortunate enough to have bought from a very good local seller so he helped me a lot. Good luck with your warranty