You are forgiven. Now you must recite three Hail Linus and five Mohrs Laws. > On Jul 16, 2015, at 9:24 AM, Andrew Dahl <droidjd at gmail.com> wrote: > > Ha. Meant to send that privately. Oh well :-) > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:24 AM Andrew Dahl <droidjd at gmail.com <mailto: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 <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 <mailto: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/ <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 <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> > _______________________________________________ > 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/a7c472a3/attachment-0001.html>