Redirect Internet traffic, blocking when VPN is down
Hi I use the openVPN client in Merlin to connect to my VPN provider. As with all VPN-services the connection is lost from time to time, and I've been looking for a way to block all traffic when this...
View ArticleAsus RT-68u Limited Connection/Stuck Identifying network but only on one...
Hi All, My laptop is an Asus G75 with an Asus N53 USB adapter and an Asus AC56 USB. I've had some connection problems with Windows 10 and the AC56 dropping constantly so I decided to revert back to...
View ArticleFirewall trouble... please help
I have setup with a fibre-connection, a TP-Link Archer C8 (orginal SW) router physically connected to a Sipure SPA-2102 VOIP box. Ipads, phones and laptops connect fine to the C8. In addition I have a...
View ArticlePPTPD password restrictions/custom chap-secrets
Specifically, my question is why are certain special characters (notably ampersand) are prohibited from being used in the chap-secrets file for pptpd passwords? I am assuming that this is probably due...
View ArticleFree - Linksys box of old stuff - 1
NSLU2 - factory firmware w/Maxtor 250GB One Touch USB drive WRT54G v(something), DDWRT/OpenWRT friendly, it's the linux device, not one of the horrible VX Works based ones Free - you pay shipping...
View ArticleFree- Linksys Box of old stuff - 2
WRT-610N and WRT-160NL The WRT-610N, in it's day, was a premium N600 class Router/AP, with Storage Link on it's USB2 port The WRT-160NL is a single band Router/AP based on the Atheros chipset - has...
View ArticleFree - Airport Extreme 802.11n - Gigabyte/Dual Radio (3rd Gen)
Airport Extreme 802.11n - this is an N900 class Router/AP from 2009... This is the Marvell WiFi radio based device - these all buzz a bit on Wireless access, nothing to worry about though... Overview...
View ArticleFree - older Macbook Pro's
two of them... free or freecycle... Both are still supported by Mac OS X 10.10.x 15" Macbook Pro 2008 - needs battery, should work otherwise - SuperDrive/DVD is a bit spooky, but 11n (2 stream), 2GB...
View ArticleMSI-Wind Box - SFF/HTPC - $150 plus shipping
MSI Wind Box DC111 running Ubuntu 14.04LTS - runs Kodi like a mo-fo... might be a good basis for a plex server or an entry level NAS with the USB3 ports. Note - this is a barebones box that does not...
View ArticleAC68 with multiple bridge devices kills wifi
I was able to segment my wired network into vlans with no problem. When I bring up the vlan interface with an address it works fine. If I create an new bridge device, add the vlan to it and bring up...
View ArticleWeird Adaptive QOS Behavior
My AC56U is on 378.55 and I notice a peculiar thing with Adaptive QOS. My ISP connection is 150MB/150MB but when the QOS is enabled, my download speed gets capped at 50MB while the upload speed stays...
View ArticleCoaxial Modem with asuswrt
I Just installed another internet with different ISP They used Coaxial cable to their own modem and I plug their modem to my modem. My simple question, can I convert the Coaxial to my Asuswrt (RT N66U)...
View ArticleNeed help on choosing a router.
Hi there! I need a new router since the one I have is useless since it doesn't cover the majority of my apartment (in fact it covers only the room which is in and part of the next room). The router is...
View ArticleLooking for a secure router/firewall, 'OPNsense A10 Quad Core SSD desktop'?
Hello everyone I'm looking for a good router/firewall for my home. I think that security is extremely important, you could say it's my top priority, and therefore I'm looking to get a really secure...
View ArticleASUS RT-AC66U vs TP-LINK Archer C8
Hello, I'm new here. I'm going to change my Internet ISP and speed soon (offering 300Mbits). First of all, I have only few devices that can handle 802.11ac, I want to use that standard for them, but I...
View ArticleVPN and Squid
Have OpenVPN working fine. I have a Raspberry Pi on my local network running Squid, how can I get all VPN traffic to use this caching proxy? AC68U.
View ArticleUPnP: Actual security risks of allowing ports below 1024.
I have a few applications that need to forward ports below 1024 through UPnP. I would like to know if there are any actual security risks involved with allowing that? Does it really matter if a...
View Article"Unknown" listed as device name on my rotuer's DHCP list
I have an Archer C8 wireless router. Most of my devices, when connected, show up on the DHCP list with the name I assigned them for easy recognition; for example I named my iPhone "Eldram's iPhone" and...
View Articleprinter issue
I have an Asus RT68U, and I have a brother HL-2270DW printer connected to it via the USB2 port. I have used the Asus utility to connect a couple of computers on the network to the printer, and it works...
View ArticleOwncloud port forwarding on AC68U problem
System config AC68U 378.55 firmware + Owncloud 8.1.3 on Debian Jessie running on a Solid run Cubox-I 4x4 with esata WDRED 3TB RAID ( total server power use ... 10 watt...!) Got everything configured...
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