adequate cooling is needed for this high end router for longevity.



seems like AC86u is prone to failure. Guess i'll skip the AC86u.

my initial was to get ac86u on upcoming sales. But i guess either ax88 or ac5300

ax88 or ac5300 less ppl use ..so less failure rate ....haha

Saw one AX88U died also. So basically == luck. Better get local unit if don't want China warranty hassle.

I know that. My original point was that these failures are caused by manufacturing luck, some units even with adequate cooling still failed
It's manufacturing fault, some chips may have some defect which may cause these failures

that jaw dropping price tag has successful voided ppl from getting it

between AC68u VS AC86u ...which is higher failure rate in this forum ?

Anyone here with 86u local unit encountered device failure before?

I see more complaints with failure on China RT-AC86U.

If you want to get RT-AC68U from Taobao, might as well get RT-AC66U locally.

RT-AC66U is on par with RT-AC68U and it will perform better than RT-AC68U from Taobao.

I notice much lower failure rate but there's no way to measure this as I there are more people buying RT-AC86U from Taobao.

Many people still not aware that routers from CHINA have much lower transmit power resulting in smaller WiFi coverage.

Changing the region in professional settings wouldn't change transmit power, that only change the available channels.

China maximum EIRP is only up to 200mW while SKMM permits up to 1W for 5Ghz.

Wah didn't know about the EIRP limitation in China. Btw, I'm currently using local 86U unit. Just into 6 months of usage but quite worried when seeing feedback of failure rates here. Just curious if local units have the same issues.

I do notice significantly lower reports of RT-AC86U bought locally having issues.

But ASUS provide 3 years 1-to-1 warranty so just whack them if anything happen.

currently using AC68u...

eirp lower meaning more safe to our health?

no need to worried ...if you no luck the unit will down...
if you lucky ..the unit can last long ...

That is so... obvious.. man

so no need to worried about it ...tak kan you say yourself bad luck ? haha...

Damn right Captain O!

just got my rt-ac5300 done setup and connected
but my speed cant get over 100mbps on 2.4 or 5g
while TM's archer gets me up to 150-170 on 2.4 or 500 on 5g

anyone can enlighten me?

WiFi is non-ionizing radiation.

But the consolation prize is worst signal coverage.

Try a different LAN cable.

Do agree my batch is 2019 after claim.back from china hopefully will goes fine

RT86u selling for RMB809, should i wait for better deal?

So Asus official taobao sent a replacement unit back to me. Now just waiting for it to arrive. Will sell it off since I already have a replacement router.

Some timeline for benefit of others.

11/11 bought router during sale. Flashed merlin, installed cooling fans since 1st day. Router positioned on high cabinet with very minimal dust area. (unlike a poster here who thinks everyone puts their router in a sawmill factory )

13/4 router just died during daytime. No lightning whatsoever, it was a sunny day. No LAN connected except unifi modem.

contacted taobao agent in LYN who bought the router for me to contact Asus China.

23/4 sent router back to China using Poslaju Air Parcel (RM62 + RM15 insurance). Declared parcel as modem. Took 17 days to arrive, quite late since this is the cheapest postage.

10/5 router arrived at Asus China facility.

13/5 Asus China sent new replacement unit to taobao agent warehouse without further question. Problem statement already explained during first communication. Then have to fork out RM44 postage from warehouse to Malaysia.

So total spent for this RMA was RM121.

Still cheaper than buying local unit.

Mine died for no reason too (have fans installed too). Wireless strength weaken suddenly. Need to put beside router then have connection.