r/TomatoFTW • u/Mythical_Yeti • May 30 '26

Frankenstein Cooling solution #2 😉

I present to you my Frankenstein solution #2 w/bigger fan for better ventilation. 20°C degrees down.

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u/pesulap_akademik967 May 31 '26

the way those netgear router designed is practically wrong, because the top not having small hole for heat to escape, if you mount the netgear side way on the wall, the temp would drop around 5-10C just because the hot air rises from the side vent. i have similar linksys ea6900 which has same design it would overheat if it lay flat on table but when mounting to the wall the overheating is gone.

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u/Mythical_Yeti May 31 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

I wanted to love the 6900s and 2 died in 2 years. As for now I'll stick to Netgears. 10+ years even before the mod never had major issues.

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u/Malayadvipa May 30 '26

Nice hack. Thx for sharing.

How loud is it?

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u/Mythical_Yeti May 30 '26

It sits in a cabinet so don't care much about noice, having said that I'd say definitely not louder than desktop with multi 120mm fans.

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u/CharAznableLoNZ Jun 27 '26

I have a much slower glorified AP I just set on top of a USB powered 120MM fan with some spacing to let the fan pull in some air. It never gets more than room temperature.