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I'm in the market for a new router, upgrade from my RT-N56U. I saw on amazon where the Netgear R7500v2 is available for seemingly low price of about $125. The 56U I have works great, except it's a N and I need to upgrade to an AC. Any reason this isn't a good deal? The R7800 is about $65 more (was hoping it'd be the one on sale since it's ranked so high) but not sure it's worth it for me. I have 2 phones, 2 PCs and 2 TVs/Fire Sticks that connect and that's it. No heavy gaming, but do...

Prime Day - New Router

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QNAP to WIFI using ASUS device

July 11, 2017, 12:21 pm

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I have a QNAP TS-469 Pro NAS that I am having to move to a different room for a few months. Unfortunately there is no ethernet connection to the router and powerline adapters are not usable in the present situation.

This pretty much leaves me with the only option of temporarily connecting the QNAP device to a wireless adapter. USB adapters are very touch and go with QNAP devices, so I am pretty much left with the option of an ethernet > wireless adapter.

Being an ASUS fan (though I am open...

QNAP to WIFI using ASUS device

WAN - Virtual Server / Port Forwarding simply is not working

July 11, 2017, 2:37 pm

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Asuswrt-Merlin
Firmware: 380.66_6

Asus RT-AC66u

When I go to the "WAN - Virtual Server / Port Forwarding" page on the admin console, input my settings and click the "apply" button nothing ever saves. Even if I choose one of the preconfig options for example "Telnet" none of the configurations work.

I just want to forward SSH from my work office to my internal network...

WAN - Virtual Server / Port Forwarding simply is not working

Can't change firmware

July 12, 2017, 8:51 am

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I have a T-Mobile Cell that has been flash to use Asus RT-AC68U firmware...Right now it's running the latest from Kong but acting oddly. I tried in recovery mode to flash to RMerlin but failed, can't telnet into router from Windows 10. Tried TFTP, TFTP2 and TFTPD32 with no luck.

ASUS RT-88U slow performance

July 12, 2017, 7:06 am

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Hi Guys,
I encountered some issue and need help. I flash the router with merlin firmware and getting very slow performance. I run speedtest with merlin firmware, I can get less than 100Mbps. If I flash back the stock firmware, I can get 297Mbps in speedtest which is my subscribe internet speed. What could be the problem ?

Secondly, I like to know how to configure the wifi guest network isolate from LAN network when setup RT-88U as access point ? I am doing this because I have EdgeRouter...

ASUS RT-88U slow performance

best for money: NETGEAR R6800 vs R7000P vs R7800

July 12, 2017, 5:25 am

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Hi all, please know someone information about this router?

In my country (czech) I want buy one of these two routers netgear:
1) NETGEAR WiFi Router AC1900 R6800 R6800-100PES -> 126 EURO
2) NETGEAR Nighthawk Smart R7000P-100PES -> 186 EURO
3) NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S R7800-100PES -> 210 EURO

I know that second is liiiiitle better than first, maybe, but price is very different and I not know if is really better pay so many more, between these two routers. Third is for more money but when I now...

best for money: NETGEAR R6800 vs R7000P vs R7800

Latest TP-Link Firmware Update Adds AV, New Alexa and IFTTT Skills

July 12, 2017, 4:08 am

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HomeCare is a new security feature adding anti-virus and malware protection by TrendMicro. It detects network intrusions and quarantines infected devices, while enhancing parental controls and QoS operations.

HomeCare will get its updates from TrendMicro, so supported devices such as TP-Link’s Deco M5, Archer C5400, Archer C3150 and (soon) Archer C2300, can be kept up to date with minimal effort.

Also included in the firmware update are custom...

Latest TP-Link Firmware Update Adds AV, New Alexa and IFTTT Skills

Netgear Introduces Its First DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem Router

July 12, 2017, 4:50 am

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The C7800 Nighthawk X4S DOCSIS 3.1 Ultra-High Speed Cable Modem Router combines a DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem and AC3200 Wi-Fi router.

The DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem supports two upstream and two downstream OFDM channels and 32x8 channel bonding for DOCSIS 3.0 speed tiers to provision the Gigabit services currently being rolled out by cable internet service providers.

This Nighthawk X4S, not to be confused with the R7800 AC2600 class router with...

Netgear Introduces Its First DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem Router

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Can I use wildcards in dnsmasq?

July 12, 2017, 6:43 am

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I'd like to be able to prevent all windows updates inside my local network, and since everyone is pointing at my merlin based router, that seems like a great place to block lookups of all the names mentioned in https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb693717.aspx, but they use wildcards for the names, so I'd need to block using some sort of wildcard mechanism as well. Is this possible with the dnsmasq on merlin?

How to best restrict what resources a VPN client can access (noob)?

July 12, 2017, 8:23 am

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Hello all

I'm a networking novice looking to setup a VPN that allows me to securely access my local NAS over the WAN. I already have this running using PPTP. The router acts as the VPN server. As it is now, this provides the VPN client (Windows & Linux laptops) unrestricted access to my entire LAN. I want to limit this so VPN clients have access to nothing but the NAS. What is the most robust/secure way to do this?

I'm thinking of creating two VLANs. Most of my LAN would run on VLAN1, but...

How to best restrict what resources a VPN client can access (noob)?

OpenVPN client and traffic bypass

July 12, 2017, 6:29 am

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At first, I'm not a Merlin user yet. But I think about that...
I've got an OpenVPN error on the original Asuswrt:

Jul 6 01:05:45 openvpn[17462]: [ru8.nordvpn.com] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]94.242.62.132:443
Jul 6 01:05:47 openvpn[17462]: SENT CONTROL [ru8.nordvpn.com]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Jul 6 01:05:47 openvpn[17462]: AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED
Jul 6 01:05:47 openvpn[17462]: SIGTERM[soft,auth-failure] received, process exiting

And router pass all...

OpenVPN client and traffic bypass

RT-N66U 2.4 GHz problem

July 12, 2017, 7:02 am

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I wonder if anyone can shed any light on this please?

I've been using an RT-N66U for years since it's rock solid stable and has great wifi coverage in my house. However, I was messing about with IPv6 settings earlier today (to fix an unrelated issue) and something has happened to my 2.4 GHz performance.

With a device as close as a few feet from the router, I am getting sync speed of around 150 Mb/s but actual download speeds are terrible - like maybe 3 Mb/s maximum. And then when I check...

RT-N66U 2.4 GHz problem

R7000

July 12, 2017, 8:08 am

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I notice there is a periodic slow down in wifi speed with my R7000 running V1.0.7.10_1.2.3. The speed would drop to zero for a few seconds and goes back up again. Some times laptop would lose internet but still connected to router. Any advice? Thanks in advance.

Settings to optimize wifi AP

July 12, 2017, 7:36 am

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Hi all, I have install a TP Link EAP245 wap powered by Linksys LGS308P POE switch with R7000 router. However I'm not happy with the wifi performance so I would like to know how I can optimize the system with the right settings in both wap and switch. This is the 1st time I'm using these equipment and am overwhelmed by the many settings in the GUIs. Hope experts here can help me. Thanks!

VPN client on excluded device

July 12, 2017, 7:38 am

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I have a ASUS AC68U running merlin firmware. I have the router setup to connect to an OpenVPN sever and have a policy in place to exclude my Amazon TV. I excluded the Amazon TV because I use Playstation Vue on it and they do not support the use of VPN with their service.

I would still like to use VPN on this device when not using PS Vue. I have the possibility of still side loading a VPN client onto the Amazon TV if I wanted. My question is if I sideload the client and connect to the VPN...

VPN client on excluded device

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Suggestions on how to backup files to my NAS

July 12, 2017, 10:38 am

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I have for a few years been backing up my personal files on my Windows PC to my Synology NAS box using a differential backup method (Acronis true image 2014) which runs once a month. However of late i've had the need to be able to access my files on my NAS using my phone or tablet.
I have tried Acronis and Easeus applications to backup but this software will only backup the files as a compressed file (specific to Acronis or Easeus) which can only be accessible if you have the relevant...

Suggestions on how to backup files to my NAS

Samba share everyone write access

July 12, 2017, 10:39 am

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I am affected by this error and cannot save image backups to the drive. The solution to this is to enable write access to everyone. What is the most beautiful way to do this for single share?
Is there such control in the GUI or should I modify smb.conf via postconf script in that way:

Code:

       create mask = 777
       directory mask = 777

Help Creating Reliable WIFI Network in my home.

July 12, 2017, 2:26 pm

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Hello, found you guys while searching for router options and figured I would ask some questions to get a better feel for what I need to do.

A few details
- 2800sf tri-level split with finished basement
- Cable modem and primary router is in the top corner of the house (not ideal)
- Not power users
- More concerned about reliability than bandwidth
- Not wired for ethernet
- Need single SSID for walking around between the router and AP without dropped calls
Current setup...

Help Creating Reliable WIFI Network in my home.

AirTies Gets Quantenna Into Mesh Wi-Fi

July 12, 2017, 11:29 am

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Wi-Fi chipmaker Quantenna announced it is partnering with AirTies to add mesh capability to products based on its chipsets.

Based in Istanbul, AirTies has quietly been providing its mesh Wi-Fi technology to service providers in Europe and Asia for years. The company has only recently begun to work its way into U.S. ISPs including...

AirTies Gets Quantenna Into Mesh Wi-Fi

Correct way to add DNS entry for ipv6

July 12, 2017, 2:27 pm

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I am using the ASUSWRT-Merlin RT-AC68U 380.66-4 Firmware, and trying to register my router name in the DNS.

Not sure if this is unique to Merlin or should I post this in the Asus wireless area?

I added the following to /jffs/configs/hosts.add

2605:e000:aaaa:bbbb::1 RT-AC1900P-ABF0.psp.mydomain.com RT-AC1900P-ABF0
2605:e000:aaaa:bbbb::1 router.asus.com

this works, but if my ipv6 prefix (2605:e000:aaaa:bbbb) changes, then it won't be right anymore.

Is there a way to add the ::1 address...

Correct way to add DNS entry for ipv6