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My initial observations is that FW503 is much better.
There is NO change in RAM usage after 24 hours. Previously with 585/591,I would lose 6MB each day. Perhaps the memory leaks on those firmware is having other undesired side effects.
Another note, the VDSL max sync rate is around 2Mbps higher with less FEC errors. Not sure if that’s just the current line conditions so will monitor.
I will post back in a couple of weeks if the above observations still hold true.
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Thank you for your interest!!! Of course i will sale the AC88U i’m very very disappointed, with AC68U i never had problems!!! And of course, i’m not going to buy again an asus network product, i feel like being a beta tester all the time… as i can see from many many users and their complains about this product!!! I will go to AVM and see if everything is going to work again. Thank you again for your time!!!
Let us know how you progress with AVM (Fritz!Box) and do not forget, ASUS do offer RT series of wifi routers which tend to work very well, especially if using RMerlins (ASUSWRT-Merlin) firmware (specific model). but a separate modem is required.
Well i finally bought AVM Fritz!Box 7590 and everything… works fine!!!
ASUS support was wrong… and they should consider to be more serious about their costumers and their software team should be more carefull!!!
My conclusion is that my FTP problem with NAS was in the firewall or the port forwarding… because not even Synology NAS could cooporate with this modem router and open ports for the FTP service.
Their behaviour force me to buy a new Synology NAS first and the Fritz!Box to work correclty.
AVM is great even for a small company… i believe not as fast as ASUS, but it’s totally stable and their software is great with no problems!!!
ASUS should follow thier example about how a modem router software should work…!!!
Thank you for listening to me and the owners to be patient about firmware problems!!!Liked by:You need to login in order to vote
Just an update before I have to turn off the power (for household maintenance).
FW 503 is the most stable for me. Current uptime of 22 days without my previous issues of the DNS dropping out or the box locking up.
The memory usage is also far superior:
FW503 – 169MB (at reboot) -> 192MB (after 22 days) ~ 1MB loss/day
FW591 – 179MB (at reboot) -> 314MB (after 22 days) ~ 6MB loss/day
I’m also convinced DSL sync is 3Mbps higher, just through observation. Perhaps the DSL drivers has a better algorithm in noisy line conditions.
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I realise the issue was 2.4GHz – I was originally thinking that as the 5GHz temp was so high, this might have caused 2.4GHz to fail (?) only a thought …..
Let us know how you go with ASUS and I will ask them regarding Hardware Versions and design tweaks, I had assumed we all had Hardware Version A1 thus far ?
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).
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way too hot for 5G, and also to hot for 2G, CPU is ok even very low for Asus routers.
Wifi chips have to be below 60°C and CPU should be about 70 and can go up to 80 on some routers if cooling is not well done inside (sometimes bad contact to heatsink).
Return as soon as possible or you will loose 5G or complete router!
The problems you see comes from 5G overheating 2G too beside many other parts on mainbord not designed for that high temps.
If it is a problem to return try it on your own to replace heatsinks and thermal pads.
Maybe 5G chip is already defective and thats why so hot, than cooling cant be improved.
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