Recent content by RMerlin

A link dropping to 10 Mbps usually indicates a device going into sleep mode, so nothing abnormal there. It goes to the lowest possible speed as it doesn`t need more than that to just listen for WOL packets.

No you don't. I recommend you do some reading on what a VPN is, and how it works first. Your goal is to configure a VPN server on the router, and then you use a VPN client on your computer to remotely connect to it. This has nothing to do with a paid VPN service provider.

They already launched the BCM6718 back in October, so that's a second wave of WIfi 8 products from them, including the main CPU/SoC.

The only way you can prevent the use of Icloud Private Relay is to use a DNS server that will backhole the canary domain. If you use DNSDirector, that means using Cleanbrowsing-2. If you use anything else, it has to be on the WAN page, but additionnaly you must also enable "Prevent client auto...

Cleanbrowsing-2 blackholes Apple's canary domain, which is why the description says it also prevents VPN/proxy usages (Apple Relay is really a VPN): $ dig @185.228.168.168 mask.icloud.com ; <<>> DiG 9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2-Ubuntu <<>> @185.228.168.168 mask.icloud.com ; (1 server found) ...

I don't play any multiplayer games, so that will have to wait to some later time where I feel like trying hunt for something to test.

Check your System Log if you see events related to miniupnpd cleaning ups or ISP renewing your IPv6 allocation or lease.

I don't have a gaming console. Consoles can also report moderate NAT with a working port forward because it's not identified as Fullcone NAT. The last change to UPnP was actually in 388.9_2 itself, where miniupnpd was updated to 2.3.8. There has been no change since then.

Could it be disappearing because your ISP renewed/changed your IPv6 lease? Honestly, IPv6 pinhole is one of these things that since nobody ever uses, I doubt the miniupnpd author even tested its implementation. He probably just implemented the official RFC specs, and left it at that. Whether...

If things go like in previous generations, I suspect we might see a "second gen Wifi 7" platfrom from Broadcom before that. They did it with WIfi 6 (BCM4912) and Wifi 5 (the move from SDK7 to HND 5.04). I could see them potentially launching a BCM4920, with either a node shrink or a clock...

NAT type is when you have a remote connection connecting with you, it determines how the port mapping will be handled. Whether NAT type is restricted or full cone, a port forward will still work if it's forwarded (i.e. masqueraded or static NAT). It will either be more or less restrictive in...

NAT type and UPnP port forwarding are two totally separate things...

Asus is a 100% Taiwanese company. The US administration is banning based on nation location/ownership, not on the (reported) products flaws. It's is purely a political decision, it has nothing to do with product security, except they use that as an excuse to justify their decisions. In the...

iperf is used internally by the firmware, including in various closed source portions. That means an upgrade can potentially break functionality without me even being able to notice, so I'm not touching it.

Regardless of whether it's deserved or not, if the US administration end up banning TP-Link products, one major impact on customers will be they will most likely lose any warranty support, as TP-Link would be unable, among other things, to provide replacements in case of a defective device...