RT-AC5300 vs RT-AC3200
Hello, I've been a fan of Merlin and John's work on the firmware and my experience with ASUS has been relatively good. I currently have an AC66U and will be upgrading to a Triband router, with the...
View ArticleTPLink Archer C7 - Worth it ?
Hi, I have a very old Asus N300 router, and have just bought a TPLink Archer C7 v2. My requirements are simple; a semi-decent budget router which is stable and hopefully better range, this is my first...
View ArticleGuest network BSSID
I appoligize in advance if my search-fu wasn't good enough to find this already answered. I want to create a guest network with a specified BSSID. The default is 00:00:00:00:00:01 for the first, and I...
View Articlenew solid state drives for NAS / router testing
hi guys to improve my testing of both routers and nas type devices im looking for a few solid state drives to use for testing etc to remove and hdd issues while testing they dont have to be big in size...
View ArticleAsuswrt-Merlin the question
Hi I have a question Asuswrt-Merlin has limited Port Forwarding List (Max Limit : 32) , or unlimited ? Thanks for the reply
View ArticleImportant! things to know when using VPN with Merlin Firmware
I wanted to make a post of my findings and hopefully people can benefit from this. These tests where made with 66u 68u 87u ASUS routers With the original ASUS firmware when a client connects to the VPN...
View ArticleIs it possible to use router VPN functionality in AP mode?
Hello, My router is in AP mode and I'd like to use VPN server functionality of router behind my main ISP provided router. I wanted to port forward for PPTP or OpenSSH and then connect from external...
View ArticleHomePlug: different networks in same house?
Hi, two questions: a) is it possible to have two separate networks in the same house using homeplug? b) if so, does it hurt performance? I have my WAN antenna at the roof and no lan cable going...
View ArticleBlock China, russia etc ..
I know it has been discussed but I tried with that : https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Using-ipset but I can't see if it's working or not or don't know how to test it. I still can see china...
View ArticleTransplant Router settings
I have two RT-AC68U routers with the same firmware and CFE I am interested (but reluctant) to make a backup of router settings because I would like to swap the routers out with a minimum amount of...
View ArticleMikrotik CCR igmp snooping
Maybe somebody has experience with the following scenario, and could help me a bit? Trying to setup routed multicast IPTV using an CCR1009. Problem is that this multicast goes through all bridged...
View Articleac87r as a bridge?
does this router have same/any issues in bridge mode? tired of messing with it, but would like t oget some sort of use out of it. rt now im using ac68p as my media bridge but if I go with one of asus...
View Articlesharing cameras with upstairs neighbor & web access
gentlepeople i'm installing analog security cams & a dvr (with 1 network port) & would like to share some of the cams with my upstairs neighbor. setting up the dvr on its own subnet with a...
View ArticleNeed to upgrade and my purchase is based on your advice for my use case.
The family has made the decision to cut the cable TV, but I have a big hurdle to overcome before it becomes reality and I need some advice. Right now everyone complains that the internet is slow, the...
View ArticlePIA AES-256-CBC with OpenVPN is out but not working on Asus routers
PIA AES-256-CBC with OpenVPN is out but not working on Asus routers. Any idea what i need to do to have this working? They have some kind of patch but this asus is router i can not install unless it's...
View ArticleWhat is the best cable modem?
Hi all, What is the best cable modem? I was looking to upgrade my cable modem from Surfboard extreme SB6120, I am looking at the ARRIS SURFboard SB6183 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem...
View ArticleQuestion on networkmap process
Hi all, Yesterday my RT-AC87U running 380.57 decided to reboot by himself ..... and since then, I see (ps -w|grep netw) there is a networkmap process followed by --bootwait What does it mean ? Thx, GS
View ArticleAdd another AC1750 access point or just get an AC3200 router?
So right now I'm using an Asus RT-AC68U in my home with about 40 devices accessing it at any time on both 2.4 and 5 GHz. I'd like to move off my NAS and NVR (which are using a wireless bridge to...
View ArticleFast router with VLAN
Hi, I have FTTH 1Gbps internet connection. Currently I am using Asus n66u router with Merlin firmware. I would like to create a VLAN to separate my less secure devices and guest network from my...
View ArticleError accessing snbforums on 12th Feb 2016
Was unable to access the forum on 12th Feb 2016 Tried on various browsers and even through Tor Browser Error I got attached View attachment 5524
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