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  1. J

    RT-AC5300 Smart Connection Rules

    Your Wi-fi settings won’t be affecting your bufferbloat etc. More likely you need to sort QOS out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  2. J

    Massive loss of speed via wireless on DSL-AC68U

    No need for the DSL version. xDSL is the technology used to push data down a phone line. You no longer have a phone line, you have fibre. The ONT (Optical Network Terminal) is a simple device that turns light (from the fibre) into electrons (in the copper wires of the Ethernet cable) and vice...
  3. J

    Massive loss of speed via wireless on DSL-AC68U

    I was talking from the standpoint of the OP, I did already say the same as you; Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  4. J

    Massive loss of speed via wireless on DSL-AC68U

    I should probably mention the RT-AX86U as well. It as JUST been released. It benefits from a 2.5Gbps WAN port, so more future proofing (when you consider you’ve already maxed out the 1Gbps on the 68U you have and the 88U I recommend). Otherwise it’s is very similar to the 88U. I don’t know if...
  5. J

    Massive loss of speed via wireless on DSL-AC68U

    Ok so you definitely have PPPoE Ethernet Fibre, not VDSL. So given your extremely high WAN speed and wish to have that available wirelessly I can only really recommend the RT-AX88U as your main router. Obviously we’re only going to recommend Asus here! You should also install Merlin firmware on...
  6. J

    Massive loss of speed via wireless on DSL-AC68U

    If you can confirm the connections per above post as well as the layout/size of your house I’d happily make some suggestions for you. RE area covered... It’s a 3 storey house so obviously a bit more than average to cover. Fibre comes in at 1 corner and has the main router there. That router...
  7. J

    Massive loss of speed via wireless on DSL-AC68U

    Excellent point! Easily found out, is it an Ethernet cable from the router to the ONT, or an RJ11 cable to the phone socket in use? Assuming it is the former (on the basis VDSL doesn’t support anything above ~100Mbps!) then the use of a DSL-AC88U is not required and the request for DSL settings...
  8. J

    Massive loss of speed via wireless on DSL-AC68U

    Just to add weight to what everyone else is saying. 350Mbps is pretty good going for most WiFi clients. So it doesn’t sound like you have an issue. To get more you need a client that supports 3x3 AC. These are few and far between though, for example all iPhones are 2x2, MacBook Pro 2016+ are...
  9. J

    Creating a guest network from powerline adapters

    The powerlines just create a Layer 2 bridge so restricting the powerline itself will have no impact on the devices it is serving. The only other option, which will allow bandwidth restrictions but NOT restrict access to your LAN, is to put a second router in. Have it’s WAN connect to your LAN...
  10. J

    Creating a guest network from powerline adapters

    Long term Asus claim to be adding Guest network to AiMesh. So if they do that, you could replace the powerline Wifi extenders with a second Asus router which will Mesh your Guest network and maintain separation and control. No idea on the timeline or if this will really materialise though...
  11. J

    Creating a guest network from powerline adapters

    Cloning the Guest SSID should work, however, your guest will get full access to your network and not be restricted in any way. You don’t even need to clone it, just disable the guest network on the main router and create a new SSID on the powerline - however as above, you aren’t achieving...
  12. J

    Creating a guest network from powerline adapters

    What you want is not possible with home grade equipment (unless you are very technical and willing to play under the hood, plus would need very specific home routers/access points, which Asus may or may not be part of (you’d likely need the RT version running Merlin and pair it with a DSL modem)...
  13. J

    Where to report package conflicts?

    To Entware, not Merlin. Has nothing to do with firmware. https://github.com/Entware/Entware/issues Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  14. J

    mess up website for 384.18 on AC86U

    I’ve had random icons not appearing depending on the phase of the moon in Asuswrt stock and Merlin since the dawn of time! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  15. J

    mess up website for 384.18 on AC86U

    I see no problem? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. J

    Deny Bad Servers

    Could use the Network Services Filter to blacklist the IP’s you found that are bad Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. J

    RT-AC88U low 5Ghz signal?

    Presumably you are comparing the same channel? Low and high 5Ghz bands have different max power levels. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  18. J

    RT-AC5300 with Vodafone

    Only their Gigafast services use VoIP to deliver phone service. Superfast packages use traditional DSL/POTS. Interestingly they claim that various 3rd party voice services will not work with your own router when used with Gigafast. I don’t understand how they can claim that, they would have to...
  19. J

    AIMesh on a budget

    You get the DWB on the 5300 even if it’s a node. Without having tri-band for all routers (or Ethernet) it makes no real odds to performance which side of the equation it sits on as the dual band end is still going to be using 1 channel for clients and backhaul. It makes sense to have the 5300 as...
  20. J

    AIMesh on a budget

    I can say AiMesh with Merlin latest (and for the last 6 months) is super stable with SmartConnect enabled. I have an RT-AC86U master, 2x AC5300 nodes and an AC88U node. I did temporarily run a 68U as a node which doesn’t support Smart Connect, however saw no adverse affects. It still broadcast...
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