yes, this is for sure.

koolshare, proven stable firmware for ac18, use the v7.9.1

can't complain for the overall performance at this price point with the internal hardware specs.

led bug and minor signal strength decrease is not a big deal, because with a strong signal also does not guarantee you good signal quality as noises and interference plays a factor too in the two way transmission. just my 2 cents.

HGG 380.70

This version superb wifi range coverage, using this and my router uptime more than 100 days now...

Info for this firmware:
http://www.asussmart.com/smart/165.html

This post has been edited by edministrator: Oct 13 2019, 07:33 AM

same steps as koolshare.

yes, can factory reset
yes, no brick

because base code is still 380.70

i use cloudflare and google's ipv6 dns server, within 2 minutes of connection can obtain it already, sometimes faster.

This post has been edited by edministrator: Oct 14 2019, 02:13 PM

i assume u r unable to upload the firmware and flash it. please use internet explorer to upload. other browsers may give issues due to the nature of the cfe webpage behaviour. koolshare is dafaulting to chinese languange but can be changed in the language menu to english.

This post has been edited by edministrator: Oct 25 2019, 09:45 PM

average wifi coverage and no hardware acceleration (CTF/Cut Through Forwarding).

feature wise is great.

This post has been edited by edministrator: Oct 27 2019, 10:39 PM

no issues. uptime record 130 days and counting...

same as koolshare

u r using maximum coverage or maximum speed settings?

unfortunately that means we r not able to use the MESH features in 384.xx firmware although the hardware is capable of it

but it did and just be grateful that we are able to utilise the hardware as RT AC68U for half the price

some info i find worth sharing here:

1. Flashing to original Merlin firmware will result in 5Ghz channel to be limited to 140 only (the firmware checks for region in the bootloader and no region selection available in firmware).
2. HGG firmware is very stable is Router mode, i tested few units and all able to overclock to 1000core/800mem STABLE with no issues, even without active cooling (i highly recommend positioning the router in vertical/standing mode to optimize cooling temp below 80C)
3. HGG firmware is not stable in Media Bridge mode, hence I flashed to Koolshare (we can select the region to unlock more wifi channels) and so far after 60 days still rock solid.

This post has been edited by edministrator: May 6 2020, 12:52 PM

original Tenda firmware can only be flashed on the CFE web page, not the web gui of your current firmware.

login to the admin webpage.

click on 'administration' link, select 'restore/save/upload setting' tab and click on the 'restore' button of factory default.

This post has been edited by edministrator: Jul 14 2020, 02:28 PM

any tutorial on how to modify the CFE?

when will you release your CFE mod tutorial?

at least u can provide a link or something

anyway, i assume u r using the TM1900 to AC68U method?

https://medium.com/@moreless/flash-tm-ac-19...sh-80b84387358a