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It should work with v1 also. The WRT1900ACS supports dual firmware partition, so you can revert to OEM if pcWRT firmware bricks the router. More info here: https://openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wrt1900acs

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@BD The travel router is available now: https://shop.pcwrt.com

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Yes. You scan the QR codes to get to our help pages. A list of help topics is also available here: https://portal.pcwrt.com/support/.

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@ccsmith Thanks for reporting this! This is a bug for the CF-WR619AC model. We’ll fix it in the next update.

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Ethernet ports are gigabit, but you won’t get gigabit on WiFi. For the CF-WR619AC, enabling “Software flow offloading” on the Network Settings page will significantly improve WiFi speed (to somewhere near 500 Mbps). You can also connect your TL-Link as an access point to add more WiFi capacity.

And you’re right, the WiFi LEDs on the box are mislabeled. I’d suggest that you keep both 2.4GHz and 5GHz but use the same SSID for both bands. You’ll have more WiFi bandwidth and your devices will select which band to connect to. Plus the longer range for the 2.4 GHz band.

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@ccsmith Practically WPA2 with a strong password is secure enough (i.e., there’s no known way to crack WPA2 other than bruce force). But if you want to trade up to the model that supports WPA3, we can credit your current purchase.

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@BD Thanks for asking! It’s coming in the next few days!

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There’s so much that you can do with this router that we thought a comprehensive book about all functionalities would be boring to the average user. Are you past the Initial Setup step? Do you have any specific tasks that you want help with? We should be able to provide you specific answers here.

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After factory reset, did you do the Initial Setup again?

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They are not proxies. But the destination content is fetched by these sites and provided to the user, so your browser gets the content from these sites instead of the original websites. You can search GitHub to see if there are existing lists. If not, we can take the initiative to start a list.

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Your computer connected to a different VLAN, i.e., no longer on “LAN”. That’s why you’re getting an IP address like 10.159.158.220. By default, devices on these other VLANs do not have the permission to log in the router.

Connect your device to an SSID on “LAN” or connect it with a cable to a port assigned to “LAN”.

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Good suggestion!

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There’s no easy way to block these websites. You’ll just need to block each one as you find them. Blocking the original websites will not block these download services.

We can perhaps start a project on GitHub to track these sites.

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Looks like the router is connected to another router before the ISP. Let’s start with the state immediately after factory reset. Do the initial setup to secure your WiFi. Would the WAN connection hold steady?

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Please enter a password for LAN even if you don’t want to use WiFi for LAN. Otherwise your LAN WiFi will be open to everyone.

Enter a strong password for LAN WiFi, then disable SSID broadcast.

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