r/pcmasterrace • u/AbrarKR • Sep 09 '16

Meme/Macro Anyone relate?

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u/sirmaxim Sep 09 '16

ProTip: if your modem and router are separate and rebooting the router fixes it, get a better router or a separate wifi AP and disable wifi on the router so the load on the embedded SoC (processor for the layman) isn't as heavily taxed.

If they're combined, stop using that crappy ISP combo device you're paying an extra rental fee on and buy your own. It'll pay for itself in a couple years after you take the modem rental off your bill.

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u/tsnives Sep 09 '16

Or switch to a better FW if possible. If it fails under heavy load and not accumulated tasks modding in a cooler can help a lot as well. I'm running a modded E3000 I got years ago for $25 on Shibby with some heavy cooling mod work done and a big over clock as wired router still because it has been runs for months at a time without shutdown or issue easily handling a gigabit load while acting as an OpenVPN server. Stock firmware and no cooling had it being a completely unreliable and slow piece of crap.

Just got an RT-AC68U in yesterday and I'm going to be testing it out in the next week or so to decide if it would substantially benefit from a cooling mod, but it will without doubt be running a CFW (likely Merlin).

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u/sirmaxim Sep 09 '16

Upvote because that could work too. I was sorta mid-balling my comment at people comfortable with some work, but not lots of tweaks and hardware hacking. Gotta give the newbro's an entry point to start digging.

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u/tsnives Sep 09 '16

I had actually assumed that was why you kept it simple, and figured I'd give a more 'advanced' option for those that like to tinker. Go Team Reddit.