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  1. Carnagerover

    Decent WiFi gaming performance/QOS

    Hi all, I will try and keep this condensed, I had been enjoying Geforce Now on an Nvidia Shield at 4K/60fps, I bought a Laptop with a 1440p/120hz screen to use with it. In my Sons room his PC has been connected using powerline and his Xbox via WiFi. To improve both our connections I bought a...
  2. Carnagerover

    AX86u to replace Dream machine?

    Hi all, I have a Unifi Dream Machine that used to be stable and did most of the things I wanted, even had SQM which for the most part worked ok, except when multiple flows from the same PC or device would occur. However my UDM updated itself automatically from 1.5.6 to 1.8.0 firmware and every...
  3. Carnagerover

    Rebooting and stability?

    Hi all, I have Merlin installed on my AC86U, I have a split tunnel setup but currently I am not using the vpn so there are no clients in it and the vpn is not active. I also have FreshJR QOS installed, that is it for custom stuff, after around 30 days wireless devices start to drop and not be...
  4. Carnagerover

    iPerf results with AC86U 5ghz

    Hi all, Any reason when testing from my iPad using iperf that I get the following; Why is it so low, the iPad is connected at 866.7 Mbps as is in the same room as the router, I am running a iPerf3 server on my wired gigabit machine and connecting the iPad Pro Gen 2 as the client? Am I doing...
  5. Carnagerover

    Netgear X4S OpenWRT Range and Cake vs AC86U Merlin

    Hi all, I am in the market for a router to provide QOS and good wireless range for my networking devices and users in my house. It has over 30 connected devices. I bought both the AC86U and the X4S, the AC86U has OpenWRT on there and the AC86U has Merlin with the FreshJR QOS script. First...
  6. Carnagerover

    Asus AC86U Merlin vs Netgear R7800 OpenWRT

    Hi all, I have a 70Mbps down connection and a 20Mbps up connection that is constantly getting saturated when it comes to the >30 devices connecting with a mixture of wired, wireless and smart devices. I tried Mesh systems but devices were too sticky and there was no QOS. I did like the parental...
  7. Carnagerover

    Sonos issues? Network related?

    Hi all, I recently bought a ASUS AC86U and a Sonos One and I’m having an issue with the Sonos One, I have the latest Merlin firmware on with the FreshJR QOS. I have a mixture of 27 wired and wireless devices. Basically when listening to music through Amazon Music and Alexa casting it to my...
  8. Carnagerover

    Orbi Rbk40 - TP Link Deco - Traditional.

    Hi, I bought a Netgear Orbi RBK40 as one of my sons room doesn’t get a great WiFi connection. I live in a 2 floor, 3 bedroom semi detached house in the U.K., it isn’t massive by any stretch of the imagination. I was also interested about the Circle integration built into the Orbi for my older...
  9. Carnagerover

    DSL-AC88U Alexa issues? DFS?

    Hi all, I recently purchased this router as it has a built in VDSL modem with G.inp and for the future G.fast to use with my isp BT in the U.K. I had left the wireless to the default settings and I noticed this morning that my Amazon Echo said it was connected to the 2.4ghz however it would...
  10. Carnagerover

    Other device interference? 5Ghz

    Hi all, I am currently back to my ISP router while they sort out some internet issues, however I noticed when checking a channel graph using WifiAnalyzer on my S8 that I have two devices that are also using the 5Ghz band, they are; Nvidia Shield - Direct-Android - 48 (42) Astro A50 Wireless...
  11. Carnagerover

    Synology RT2600AC Blocking PSN?

    Hi all, Does anyone know of any setting on the RT2600AC that would cause PSN to have issues, I am trying to play BF1 on the Playstation 4 Pro but I keep dropping from the server and it says that I have lost connection to the EA servers. I have checked on the network test and my NAT type is 2...
  12. Carnagerover

    Orbi temperature and overlapping issues.

    Hi all, I bought this system to improve my signal at one end of my house and hopefully give me some range into my back garden, I live in the UK in a 3 bedroom semi detached house so its not massive, however I have struggled to get a signal on one side of my house and the garden so I bought the...
  13. Carnagerover

    Love Apple Extreme but would like more reach

    Hi all, After plenty of battles with Linksys, Netgear and Asus in regards to wifi stability I went with an Apple Extreme which currently has 171 days of uptime with zero drops. I have some range issues with phones and iPads at one end of my house so I was thinking of extending. I see it is...
  14. Carnagerover

    AirPort Extreme losing internet in bathroom?

    So I have a AirPort Extreme and it been working great 17+ days uptime but in my Bathroom I lose internet on my iPad? I have two or 3 bars in my bathroom and when it works I get my full internet speed when testing my iPad Air 2 on the speed test app, however 8-10 times when I go upstairs into...
  15. Carnagerover

    WRT1900AC slow wifi browsing

    Hi all, I bought this router on a whim over the weekend as I read good things about its stability compared to Netgear, Asu and D-Link routers I have used recently, however I am having an issue with slow wifi browsing. The router has a current uptime of 3 days, since I bought it and has the...
  16. Carnagerover

    Dir-880L 30 days of wifi

    Hi all, This router has been the most stable router I have used for a few used having used Asus and Netgear more recently. It's rock stable for 30 days or so a wireless device will no longer be able to connect until the router is rebooted. Here is a list of my wireless devices; iPad 2 iPad 3...
  17. Carnagerover

    Wifi timing out, Wired fine?

    Hi, Basically to cut a long story short my wired internet is fine but both my 2.4ghz and 5ghz wifi continually timeout on websites and apps like twitch for example. Router = Dlink Dir-880L Devices that timeout iPad 2 2.4ghz iPad 3 5Ghz iPad Mini 5Ghz iPhone 5s 2.4ghz iPhone 4s...
  18. Carnagerover

    AC87u iPad mini losing Internet

    Hi all, I had Merlin installed on the AC87u but it would only get a moderate nat in Advanced Warfare on PS4 after trying many option I installed the latest official firmware. Basically now every couple of minutes the iPad mini is losing Internet connection until I turn off wifi and then...
  19. Carnagerover

    Moderate Nat in Call of Duty? AC87U

    Hi all, I recently set up a Asus AC87U with 376.47 Merlin firmware for a friend, both his Xbox One and PS4 needed ports forwarding to get an open nat, yesterday they received call of duty advanced warfighter on PS4 and they have a Moderate Nat in game even though the console is type 2 which...
  20. Carnagerover

    Adaptive QOS worth using?

    Hi all, I am wondering whether this is something worth using on a 80Mbps down and 20Mbps up connection, there is a fair usage of Dropbox in the house that will saturate the upload to around 2.5MBps but usually when you are using a QOS setup it has determental effects on download speed and...
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