Reply To: ASUS – DSL-AC88U / DSL-AC3100 Firmwares (beta's) etc. Looks like a new Beta Release for the DSL-AC88U is available, this version has Telnet enabled and improved 2.4GHz wifi (I believe). DSL-AC88U_v9.10.06_build581_debug.w.zip https://www.asuswebstorage.com/navigate/s/604D61534F2541D1B3CE1CC031A697E4Y UK Sentinel In a completely…

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UK Sentinel wrote:

96 °C does seem a tad too hot, especially for wifi chipsets, It is getting warmer in the UK, any chance of you moving router to another location as I am sure any heat (dry air) from NAS is rising and then not helping the ASUS router. My RT-AC86u which uses the same wifi chipset (one is same / other is slightly older) is currently running at: 2.4 GHz – 51 °C 5 GHz – 56 °C Personally not seen temp that high and when I have spoken to ASUS previously about core temperatures, they say it is all expected and no one should worry, (for normal operation) as the ASUS DSL-AC88U can work in environments operation temperature (room) 0°C ~ 40°C A couple of early firmware’s was causing issues with heat (if I recall correctly) but this was a long time ago. Any chance of measuring air temp where ASUS is sitting ? just out of curiosity ?

 

I agree 96C is high, but it was 2.4G causing no connection issues at 72C
But temperature is the only thing I noticed as to why 2.4G wasn’t working, I noticed the underside was hot. I let the router cool and hey presto, all OK. I’ve stuck the router on it’s side at the moment, not ontop of the NAS

I don’t have a normal air thermometer, but have an infrared one and this measures the top, back and wall behind of NAS without my router on top at 23-25C

The router is showing a hotspot on the right front side around 40C

I was wondering if different hardware revisions had design tweaks for cooling

I’ve raised a support case with ASUS also

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