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  1. htismaqe

    Best router for experimenting with Merlin FW?

    I have just about 10" between the shelf and the ceiling. The tops of the R7800 antennas are about 1" from the ceiling.
  2. htismaqe

    Best router for experimenting with Merlin FW?

    I'll have to take a measurement and see if it will even fit in my situation.
  3. htismaqe

    Best router for experimenting with Merlin FW?

    I have a Netgear R7800 in production right now, running Voxel's FW. It works great but I forgot how stripped the NG firmware is and I'm wanting to experiment with Merlin to see if it fits my needs better. Here are my requirements: 1) Feature and performance parity with R7800 as best as...
  4. htismaqe

    Custom firmware build for R9000/R8900 v. 1.0.4.35HF

    Anybody here using the R9000. I'm on the R7800 right now but the R9000 is an intriguing piece of hardware, particularly for the ability to do Amazon Cloud backup.
  5. htismaqe

    Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.72SF

    Love having SSH access.
  6. htismaqe

    Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.72SF

    I never had any stability issues with DD-WRT on this router. The longest uptime I had was 45 days. I've been up on Voxel's firmware for 5 days and 17 hours with zero issues. I've never used Netgear stock FW on the R7800 (haven't used it since the R7000 days). I think you might be pleasantly...
  7. htismaqe

    If you have a Roku and problems with the Attached Devices page, we have a possible workaround...

    I'm not fond of it either but it's my mother-in-law's. I tried several different solutions for her and she had problems with all of them except the Roku. It's much more user friendly but it's certainly not network friendly at all.
  8. htismaqe

    Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.72SF

    They can be okay depending on the driver implementation. But given that NTFS is completely proprietary, we're at the mercy of the OEM driver and there's not much that can be done if it's slow. Can you setup an EXT3/4 partition on the drive just to see if it's faster? It's really hard to...
  9. htismaqe

    Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.72SF

    Do you have to access it from Windows? NTFS is generally really bad for these Linux-based Samba devices.
  10. htismaqe

    Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.72SF

    Why are you using NTFS? In general, you're going to get better performance from something like EXT3/EXT4.
  11. htismaqe

    If you have a Roku and problems with the Attached Devices page, we have a possible workaround...

    I'm going to put in some wiring this weekend, I'll add the Roku to the list. :cool:
  12. htismaqe

    If you have a Roku and problems with the Attached Devices page, we have a possible workaround...

    Roku boxes are the worst when it comes to networking. Broadcasting on overlapping 2.4Ghz channels, this problem - it seems like every time I have a networking issue, it's the Roku that's causing it. I'm gonna have to breakdown and get them an Apple TV. They had a Fire Stick and it was...
  13. htismaqe

    If you have a Roku and problems with the Attached Devices page, we have a possible workaround...

    What's up man? Send me a PM, for some reason the board won't let me PM you.
  14. htismaqe

    Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.72SF

    FYI, I have found a way to replace the icons in Attached Devices. You cannot change the device types/names as they are referenced in multiple files, not always by name, and are also hard coded to the broader device types in the Netgear Nighthawk app. So don't try to change the names/types or...
  15. htismaqe

    Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.72SF

    I can't imagine what it would take to actually tax the R7800, it's pretty beefy. The only time I've seen high CPU is with untested DD-WRT builds using 4.x kernel and then, it's because the firmware is buggy, not because the R7800 is underpowered.
  16. htismaqe

    If you have a Roku and problems with the Attached Devices page, we have a possible workaround...

    A brief explanation of the issue: Attempting to update name, icon, or QoS settings of some devices in the Attached Devices page resulted in a blank grey screen, so affected devices could not be updated/changed. A brief explanation of my findings: Most devices like Android or Apple will strip...
  17. htismaqe

    Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.72SF

    Does your Roku (or any other device) have a special character in it's name on the device itself? That's what caused it for me - the TV shipped with a default device name of 40" Roku TV and the quotation mark wasn't able to be processed by the NG firmware. Android and iOS remove the special...
  18. htismaqe

    Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.72SF

    I'm only here because of people like you and @Voxel. I vowed never again to use stock Netgear FW or suffer through their support after the R7000. I chronicled my journey with them at one point. The only reason I ever came back to the R7800 was because Kong was actively developing DD-WRT for it.
  19. htismaqe

    Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.72SF

    So with help from @kamoj, I was able to isolate the problem. It was indeed the Roku TV. Most devices like Android or Apple will strip out special characters when they send their device name to the router. An iPhone with a name of "Jimmy's iPhone" will show up in the router as JIMMYS-IPHONE...
  20. htismaqe

    Custom firmware build for R7800 v. 1.0.2.72SF

    I think I found out which device is causing it. It's a Roku TV. I've turned it off before and disconnected it from the network but this time it appears to be the device causing the issue.
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