Reviews - ASUS RT-N66U 'Dark Knight' router

[aceuk]

The LEDs is too bright and difficult to sleep at night... any ideas how to dim it down?

Install the asuswrt-merlin firmware. There's an option to turn them off under Tools » Other Settings.



Alternatively, just put some black tape over the LEDs.

[scottyman]

I've bought ASUS RT-N66U yesterday and its great!

The LEDS is too bright and difficult to sleep at night... any ideas how to dim it down?

As an engineer, I'd suggest cutting a small square of black gaffer tape and placing it carefully over the LED
If you get the alignment right, then it might look to be part of the case

[crossy]

I've bought ASUS RT-N66U yesterday and its great! The LEDS is too bright and difficult to sleep at night... any ideas how to dim it down?

I had the same problem with the lights on my Virgin StupidHub, sorry "SuperHub" , and originally I tried black duct tape. The downside of that was that it meant that it was really difficult to see the lights at all - which made deciding when the hub had lost signal a bit difficult.

So I removed the duct tape and tried some (white) double sided foam tape that I got from Maplins (for attaching a cable tidy to the side of my case). That worked to an extent, but the person sharing the room with the SH said it was still "a little too bright" so I ended up putting on a second layer. Big plus over the duct tape is that the foam tape diffuses the light, so at least you can still see if the hub is connected to the network without having to remove the tape.