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  1. torstein

    "State of the router 2023"?

    Almost yearly, @RMerlin has written an excellent and entertaining year-in-review about his project and where it's headed in the near future. He also touches in on new and exciting WiFi-tech and what he thinks it'll mean for the users. Will there be such a post this year, @RMerlin? ❤️
  2. torstein

    Is the AX11000U a good purchase in late 2023?

    In this thread I tried to get to the bottom of why my WLAN was slower than I expected. Long story short, my AX86U has only one 5GHz radio and my mac mini and macbook pro are both on wireless (wired is not an option, details in the other post if your're curious, but believe me it's not...
  3. torstein

    Poll: Which Asus router is the new community darling?

    I don't think we have an official vote for a router that is considered the community darling, but from reading this forum for the last three years, it seems like the AC86U came pretty close. Which is it now though? Is it still AC86U or is it a newer one? (There's plenty more models, but the poll...
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  4. torstein

    Why is my wireless LAN speed slower than my wireless internet speed on AX86U?

    TL;DR: My WiFi internet speed is way faster than my WiFi LAN speeds. Why? Answer: It's because using samba to transfer a file between two computers, the AX86U's single 5GHz radio both receives and sends data at the same time - so bidirectional traffic. This saturates the radio, effectively...
  5. torstein

    Feature request asuswrt-merlin: Option to quickly disable radios from the front / status page

    This is for @RMerlin 😊 First of all thank you for maintaining this project. It makes my wireless homenetworking easier and even fun! I have a couple of devices that don't support 5Ghz, and can only use 2.4Ghz. For the occational time (updating software) these devices need to connect to the web...
  6. torstein

    How exactly do IoT smart devices pose a threat to home networks?

    I'm just curious, how exactly does a smart lock, or a light bulb or a smart kitchen appliance pose a threat? If you have your router properly set-up, disabled UPnP, enabled the firewall and no port forwarding, then there's no way some remote hacker can enter my home network through a security...
  7. torstein

    How long will 802.11n be supported by router makers?

    So to my joy Apple re-introduced the big HomePod yesterday. To my despair it now has 802.11n wireless instead of 802.11ac which the previous one had. I expected it to be 802.11ax, so I'm just baffled here. Wifi4 in a brand new product in 2023? What will this have to say for the future of this...
  8. torstein

    Skynet Help needed to understand: Skynet blocks suspicious IPs but they're not showing up in the firewall log on Mac. Am I hacked?

    I need some help to understand what is going on. Also I'm sorry, I'm sure you get tons of these posts, but this is worrying me. TL;DR Skynet blocks outbound connections to certain IPs in asia. These IPs don't show up in the firewall network monitor app I'm using on the mac to find out which...
  9. torstein

    Skynet Is skynet reporting wrong outgoing ip-addresses?

    I've been getting more and more outbound blocks lately from my mac mini serving as a home server - downloads, media, network time machine backups and backblaze cloud backup. I clicked on the otx.alienvault links and this is what I found: The first IP 157.97.132.236 (alienvault link) is from a...
  10. torstein

    How do you protect your home network from online and local threats?

    This is what my household has setup, but I am curious what the rest of you have done? Do you have hardware firewalls? Do you have enterprise-grade routers? Have you installed Pihole? do you have DoH? Do you use Quad9, NextDNS, OpenDNS and the like? AiProtect or not? Do you run antiviruses and...
  11. torstein

    Solved AiProtect and iCloud Private Relay

    Will AiProtect work with Apples iCloud Private Relay in Safari? I just realised that Private Relay encrypts the DNS lookup, before sending it to a second relay. Doesn't this bypass AiProtect, since Trend Micro can't check the encrypted URL/DNS lookup? EDIT: I just tested it, and Private Relay...
  12. torstein

    Question: AiProtect, is it adding anything of value security-wise?

    I know, yet another post about AiProtect. But I couldn't find a very clear answer to my question. I searched both this forum and google. Does AiProtect add anything meaningful security-wise? I think not, here's why: Intrusion prevention system: If the Router is set up properly with disabled...
  13. torstein

    Discussion: General consensus on ASUS vs LINKSYS vs NETGEAR vs TP-link?

    What can be said about the different manufacturers? What are their typical traits? What is this forums consensus on them? What are they known for, good and bad? So far this is my impression: Linksys: Expensive, less intrusive looks-wise, stable firmware, but few features and long between...
  14. torstein

    Suggestion: Ability to specify DNS servers per VPN Client on the router

    Like the title says, if one could specify the VPN-service's own DNS servers directly on the VPN Client settings page on the router, instead of under DHCP-settings which Mullvad requires, then my other devices which are not going through the VPN tunnel on the home network wouldn't be forced to...
  15. torstein

    Solved What is expected speeds on AX86U with OpenVPN?

    Solved: 250/250 is about maximum what the AX86U can do with OpenVPN, due to OpenVPN being single-core only. Higher VPN speeds will require Wireguard, which is multi-core and currently in beta testing for 386.5. Original post: I tried searching snbforums and googling, but I can't find a very...
  16. torstein

    Help! VPN Director and Mullvad VPN forcing all computers to use Mullvad DNS

    TLDR: Like the title says, VPN Director on Merlin 386.3_2 configured with Mullvad VPN is forcing all computers on my network to use Mullvad DNS servers, and not just the one Mac I have tunneled through Mullvad VPN. I hope you can help :) THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO: I want my Asus AX86U to...
  17. torstein

    Skynet Skynet noob question: Is this amount of inbound blocks normal?

    I'm sure questions like these get asked all the time, but I got nervous from what I saw in Skynet, and couldn't find anything concrete when searching the forums. I installed Skynet yesterday, and noticed that in just a few hours I had 1700 inbound blocks, I accidentally reset the key stat...
  18. torstein

    Avoid Consumer Routers

    UPDATE: Most of the statements linked below are false or have been fixed. I should have done a more thorough search before posting. My apologies to the community. TL;DR: All popular consumer routers have outdated software, kernels and services. They have hundreds of knows security flaws, that...
  19. torstein

    So, a new router came today, the AX86U <3

    After having read these forums for a year, and felt a bit of frustration with my AX58U poor performance, and reading how it is an okay-ish entry level product in several reviews with poor performance (just look at Thiggins throughput review) I finally bit the bullet and sold the AX58U and...
  20. torstein

    Buying advice: Get the AX86U now or wait for a 6E-version?

    Hi guys! Should I get the AX86U now or wait for a 6E-version? I read the How To Buy A Wireless Router - 2018 Edition and the Read this before you post by Thiggins before posting :) I've been daydreaming about the AX86U (is that weird and sad?) ever since I started reading these forums this...
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