Ayam actually curious if it helps to keep effiiency up for a small 3-5w fan on the side. Its always friggin hot when i touchy it. So far my testing is that yes, fans help keep it cool, but is it worth the power consumed by the fan?

Hell knows. Same thing with the adapter, always warm also..

Well.. the fact all bigger switches screaming like hell into the night and in our server room should be the answer. But those are likely required cooling rather than a luxury.

This post has been edited by Dezs: Dec 20 2020, 04:56 PM

Tp-link routers always run a bit hot (in my experience, at least). Used to have c1200, hot to the touch, but never had any issues. Recently switched to ax50, REALLY HOT, to the point of random reboots. Had a CM laptop cooler lying around. Got three fans that can be moved around. So I just put both modem and router on the cooler pad. Difference is night and day. Router is actually cool to the touch now, no more stability issues. This is with the cooler turned on.

I think tplink routers are just poorly designed. It was my mistake getting the ax50 although I knew my old c1200 oso ran quite hot. Since that one had no stability issues, I thought why not? No more tplink for me after this.

This post has been edited by killerjeya: Dec 20 2020, 04:55 PM

mahal wei, any 5v usb fan will do

With fan on noticeable heat drop.

well.. before too much heatsoak ruins the chip, just open it put a passive heatsink then drill more hole on top of it.

nope. use liquid cooling..

that deserves a friggin award hahahahaha - must as well put my floor fan there hahaha

Same laptor cooler under it. Lols.

imo if you realise some performance drop such as wifi suddenly stop working for short period of time or ocassionally drop packet,
and you touch it and feel it's hot, then such problem gone with fan blowing at it, then only you need to permanently setup a fan for this
most router should be ok to work properly even heat up a bit

My router dunno how many years never shut down no use cooler fan pun, rosak ask your ISP to replace it la

Lmao. This deserve award.

Give it more engines and it will bring your wifi with you anywhere.. owai

Air cond better

Put it in the fridge yoooooo

Plug some cheap USB fan

just placed a random corsair static pressure fan under my ac88u and it's been alright

put rubber feet prop it up setel lah

got gentle airflow over the housing can ady

put fan outside u r jes dissipating the heat buildup dat has found its way to the outside of the housing

u wan effective u drill sum vent holes n install the fan inside the housing directed @ the chipset/pcb

https://shopee.com.my/%E2%98%9EHot%E2%98%9C...7585.3751164890

cheap and good.


edit: haha same link as shared by taiko. mine cheaper by 45sen

This post has been edited by fireballs: Dec 20 2020, 06:07 PM

Why would a router need a fan?
It design to withstand that, my old unifi router last me 7year and force to upgrade because of speed upgrade.
Dont waste ur thought by said it need that to prolong life or what so ever.

Nah, i ask ask only. I put an unused laptop cooler underneath it only.