Menu
What's new
By:
Filters
Better Search

Recent content by TheLyppardMan

  • SNBForums Code of Conduct

    SNBForums is a community for everyone, no matter what their level of experience.

    Please be tolerant and patient of others, especially newcomers. We are all here to share and learn!

    The rules are simple: Be patient, be nice, be helpful or be gone!

  1. TheLyppardMan

    Smart Band Steering

    I've just tried an experiment. I took my laptop down to the bottom of the garden and it stayed on the 5 GHz band, but with only one signal bar showing. The speeds were OK though (over 100 Mbps). I then rebooted the laptop and it connected to the 2.4 GHz band, still only with one signal bar...
  2. TheLyppardMan

    Smart Band Steering

    But doing that causes devices on the 2.4 GHz to often be unable to connect to devices on the 5 GHz band (e.g., my Canon printer). The Smart Connect feature seems to have solved that problem and apart from the one incident I reported in my OP, everything seems to be working fine. For instance, I...
  3. TheLyppardMan

    Smart Band Steering

    I've just booted up the backup laptop in the same location as yesterday and it's connected to the 5 GHz band as expected. I've run a speed test on it as well and I'm getting excellent results:
  4. TheLyppardMan

    MAC Filter Options

    If you could provide a bit more information then someone might be able to offer an explanation. For example, were you using the accept or reject option for the MAC Filters and had you ensured that the devices were not using randomised MAC? Using the MAC filters for this purpose has so far worked...
  5. TheLyppardMan

    Smart Band Steering

    It's only happened once with my backup laptop, but I'll monitor it for a few days to see how it goes. I've also now changed the network to "private" rather than the default "public" as that is how I have my main laptop configured, but whether that had anything to do with it I have no idea...
  6. TheLyppardMan

    Smart Band Steering

  7. TheLyppardMan

    Smart Band Steering

    No. These are my settings:
  8. TheLyppardMan

    Smart Band Steering

    I noticed that my auto weekly backup of my Macrium Reflect disc images was running really slowly on my backup laptop this morning (Data was transferring at around 40+ Mbps instead of the usual 700-900 Mbps) and when I checked my Wi-Fi connection it showed that the laptop had connected to the 2.4...
  9. TheLyppardMan

    MAC Filter Options

    This has been my standard practice up until now. I've actually found another use for MAC filtering as well. I've decided to give the Dual Band Smart Connect feature ago to see if it solves the problem I've had with devices on the 2.4 GHz band being unable to communicate with those on the 5 GHz...
  10. TheLyppardMan

    MAC Filter Options

    Or just tell the one trying to use randomised MAC to provide the real MAC or else no access.
  11. TheLyppardMan

    MAC Filter Options

    Thanks for the instructions. DMZ doesn't appear to be available on the FRITZ!Box and the instructions for Port Forwarding aren't exactly detailed: So what would be the settings I would need for the Port Forwarding feature on the FRITZ!Box. Also, would the WireGuard VPN server on my ASUS router...
  12. TheLyppardMan

    MAC Filter Options

    Oh I like science as well, although I don't understand most of it. For instance, I find it awe-inspiring that mankind has gone from knowing nothing about the planet on which we live, (other than that God made it and the universe in 6 days) to developing the incredible technology we have now...
  13. TheLyppardMan

    MAC Filter Options

    How would I set that up if I wanted to try that idea?
  14. TheLyppardMan

    MAC Filter Options

    Have you ever read Matthew chapter 1 verse 7, "Do not judge, or you too will be judged"
  15. TheLyppardMan

    MAC Filter Options

    I don't think that's available on Merlin at the moment, but I have set up a guest network for IoT devices, which despite my son's original aggresive response towards me, does in fact work perfectly well with his latest IoT device. I just don't want him sneaking any more unknown IoT stuff onto...
See more
Top