RT-AC68U

You're thinking of the T-Mobile Cellspot Router, which was a rebranded ASUS RT-AC68U (branded instead as TM-AC1900). I still have some lying around that I flashed to stock ASUS firmware a while ago. They're old as hell now, but not entirely useless as auxiliary wifi units/part of an ASUS mesh.

If that Asus is the RT-AC68U then it's at least meshable if you buy a newer Asus router to use as your main router. That's one of the things that I like about using AiMesh. You can get a better router, and still put your old one to work somewhere else in the house. My current RT-AX68U Pro replaced b

Go find an older AC68u and use it in mesh mode closer to the garage.

It's probably best to reset both Asus routers and reconfigure them from scratch, just to ensure there aren't any conflicts with the new router's settings. You should be able to set them up as AiMesh AP mode - they'll still work together and have central management, but the routing stuff will all be

So that’s a lot of aimesh how much sq footage are you covering? Also take that AC68U out of the mix that’s a wifi 5 system and that’s going to bottleneck your system a bit as all the other ones are wifi 6 systems does it work sure will it work well probably not as it uses different wireless protocol

Can't go wrong with any of the modern Asus routers tbh. I have an AX11000 and an Ac68U connected with Ai mesh for coverage all over the house (4 bed semi), the garage and down my garden. Good thing about them is u can connect other Asus' down the line if u wish, with their own Asus AI mesh software

I also use a wired backhaul for all the Nest Routers that operate as points. It really peeves me that Google gimped the product in such a way. If it isn't the one assigning DHCP leases, the mesh just craps out. So annoying. Any reason for the Ubiquiti U6 and Asus Zen WifiPro over cheaper but well-la

That ASUS AC68U should work just fine as a dumb AP. What do you mean by WiFi is not supported? Does OpenWRT not have any WiFi support for that device? I am not familiar with it. If it does, then it would seem logical to use it's WiFi capabilities if you have a wired backhaul. If you can get a wired

When j looked it up a while back they said openwrt somehow doesn't support ac68U's with radio. Haven't followed up on that as that really didn't bother me much. I have 5 mx3800 that gives full WiFi 6 coverage of my home. I don't need more WiFi 5 signal to crowd the airwaves. I chose Batman in the be

ASUS RT-AC68U supports MerlinWRT, which comes with excellent VPN management tool - VPN Director. You can have permanent connection and point either certain devices to go through the VPN, or certain destination addresses or even domains (because of the integration between dnsmasq, ipset and routing t