Ha. Meant to send that privately. Oh well :-) On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:24 AM Andrew Dahl <droidjd at gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Dan, > > I'd be willing to take a crack at it. I'm no expert in soldering, but > I've recapped the soundboard of an arcade cabinet ( > https://goo.gl/photos/HVJEzMNoCFFdtKMq9) and, after a few attempts, > re-soldered an HDMI port back on to a TV... so, I could definitely be > worse. :-) > > Unfortunately, I don't have any router suggestions at the moment. The two > in my home are none too stellar. A friend of mine does have a Netgear > Nighthawk he raves about. The range is pretty stellar, but the price is > definitely not. I'm also unsure if it would run Tomato or not. > > > -Andrew > > > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 5:23 PM Dan Armbrust < > daniel.armbrust.list at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Anyone on this list have the proper soldering iron to replace capacitors >> on a board? >> >> This exact repair, actually: >> http://www.nerdybynature.com/2013/10/26/fix-a-fried-asus-rt-n16/ >> >> At least 2 of the 3 capacitors on mine show obvious signs of failure... >> >> Want to take a shot at the repair for a reasonable price, like, some beer >> or something? >> >> I don't have the proper soldering tools / skills for a board this size. >> >> Failing that, what is a good wireless router these days, that can run a >> tomato variant has >> gigabit switch ports, and a USB port? This Asus was/is a good option >> from a price >> point... but I'm not going to buy another if it only lasts 3 years >> because they insist on >> saving 10 cents per capacitor. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dan >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150716/af4218ce/attachment.html>