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Do you guys hear a fan on your RAX120?
Ive been having nothing but issues with this router and today noticed I dont hear the fan coming on. Do you guys? Im wondering if this thing is over heating because the fan is not working.
Thanks in advance
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The fan only kicks on when its needed. I've got the RAX200 and the only time I've heard the fan kick on is during bootup.
There's been a couple people ask this questions and basically the passive cooling covers everything other than the heaviest loads on the router.
Hi
Like plemans, I have a RAX200 and the only time i hear its fan is when the router boots up. I believe the fan only comes on when the router is under heavy load, so you've probably got nothing to worry about :)
- I’ve had both the RAX 120 and 200, returned them both when the fans failed to operate even when the routers were under heavy load. Both routers shut down under load due to overheating despite being in 68° F environments, and took more than 45 minutes to cool down enough to reboot, which implies even the passive cooling system has major issues.
When you router shut off, did power all the way down? I just noticed mt 5ghz band would just disapaear and a reboot is needed for it to some back. Almost daily this happens.
I found your post searching for fan settings as well. My fan wasn't turning on at all and my router was very hot. I think I found the answer after searching for a while. I posted this on another message as well. In your browser, type in "ip address/debug.htm". In the middle of the page is a setting to select "Always enable Fan", check that and click apply. The setting saved for me and my fan is now on. HOT air is blowing out, finally!
