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  1. Klueless

    Guest WiFi on repeater?

    Huh. Now I know. Thank you for tolerating my ramblings ...
  2. Klueless

    Guest WiFi on repeater?

    I stand to learn much from you my new friend. I've never configured an Asus router as an AP so I did not know that you could configure it with multiple SSIDs. I'm not sure the router needs to know ... anything. Your script would be on the AP. It would simply apply the "rules" to the AP SSID...
  3. Klueless

    Guest WiFi on repeater?

    Uh, over my head but, like, holy crap Batman, I am impressed! So in addition to VLANs, etc. your script adds a 2nd SSID to the AP? If that's true then why bother with messing with the router, VLANs and a 2nd subnet? You already know the address space (192.168.50.X). Why not just add the 2nd...
  4. Klueless

    Need an AiMesh (2nd router) recommendation.

    Same here! I've used the others. I run several sites. Two of them had a multiplicity of problems. It wasn't until I stumbled upon Asus that I was able to make the problems go away. I've been loyal Asus ever since. I've moved on from the ol' N66U. I run AC86Us at a couple sites and 68Us at...
  5. Klueless

    Time Warner, Spectrum, etc.

    I live in New York State where “Spectrum” took over our failing Time Warner service. We had a phone company that, “by the way”, provided a 7 Mbps Internet service. We had a cable TV company (Time Warner) that, “by the way”, provided a 35 Mbps Internet service (and, “by the way”, provided a...
  6. Klueless

    Need an AiMesh (2nd router) recommendation.

    <lol> Well put!
  7. Klueless

    Need an AiMesh (2nd router) recommendation.

    <lol> 4:30 AM and we cross posted. What are the odds? If I'd have seen your post first it would have saved me a lot of typing. You said it better and ... far more succinctly : -) However, I tend to differentiate between "Repeaters" and "Extenders". Repeaters --> use the same radio for the...
  8. Klueless

    Need an AiMesh (2nd router) recommendation.

    Aha. I too used to use the term "AP" to refer to "Wired" Access Points but too many use the term to refer to anything that offers a WiFi service (e.g., repeaters, extenders and even mesh nodes) so I've taken to calling them out as "Wired APs'. I was recently reading up on a few consumer grade...
  9. Klueless

    Need an AiMesh (2nd router) recommendation.

    OK, I'm a little slow. APs and Extenders are also wireless?
  10. Klueless

    Can I add two APs wired backhaul in a mesh config to an existing router?

    You got me on that. I'm going to have to do some reading to catch up with you : -) "Same name"? Do you mean the same SSID? Both 2.4 and 5 GHz radios can be set up to use the same SSID names/passwords and multiple APs can all be set to use the same SSID names/passwords. IMO a "mesh" is...
  11. Klueless

    Guest WiFi on repeater?

    By my definition yes but, not everyone is on board with my understanding of the vernacular. Expanding and using the 7 layer OSI model as a reference point, a "repeater" connects two networks at layer one, a "bridge" connects two networks together at layer two (which is essentially what using a...
  12. Klueless

    Need an AiMesh (2nd router) recommendation.

    Wow, my compliments, you sure move fast. I was going to reply last week but I forgot. Just as well, you found something that works so congratulations! I was going to say for a mere two nodes I don't see the benefit of "mesh". For multiple nodes the benefits are ease of configuration...
  13. Klueless

    Can I add two APs wired backhaul in a mesh config to an existing router?

    Two wired APs? I'm not seeing the need for "mesh". I think the bigger question is do you need "guest" (as in guests have no access to your internal network) for your extended WiFi network? If not it could be a simple as a couple of dual-band Netgear 6150's (or the Linksys equivalents) for...
  14. Klueless

    Guest WiFi on repeater?

    The Pros use a distributed architecture; a router dedicated to being the best it can be, switches to distribute Ethernet as needed and wireless access points to distribute WiFi access where it's needed. Professional equipment often uses "command line interfaces" to provide the optimum in...
  15. Klueless

    RT-AC2900 Web GUI down

    OK. Here's a really silly thought. For years the default IP for Asus was 192.168.1.1 Recently that was changed to 192.168.50.1 Is it possible you're simply using the wrong IP? Yeah, I know, that was kind of silly.
  16. Klueless

    Home setup with no ethernet cabling run

    Wish I knew more. What's your service speed and what kind of speeds are you seeing here and there? I'm guessing you're seeing pretty good performance when you're close to your Velop router and it's everything else that's pretty bad? "Renovation" suggests plaster and lath which could make...
  17. Klueless

    Spectrum service, not.

    Part of me agrees with you. Part of me doesn't. I'm sure, to some extent, regions vary. Things run fairly well in our area so we may just have a little less to complain about than you. Luck of the draw there I guess. Time Warner in our area was bad. The only alternative we had was the...
  18. Klueless

    Spectrum service, not.

    It occurs to me when you say "spectrum signal" I'm not sure what you're trying to say? And "E-mail blocked"? What does that mean? Everything works but e-mail? In any case I worked a problem for a friend with similar symptoms. Intermittent outages Sometimes minutes. Sometimes hours. The...
  19. Klueless

    Spectrum service, not.

    You might find something called PingPlotter useful? It's a combination tracert/ping package that graphically charts results that span hours and even days. It will likely give you the "pen and ink diary" of failures that you seek. In addition it might even pin point where the failure is. Hop...
  20. Klueless

    Advice Wanted on Upgrading my RT-AC68u

    I only have three sites so my observations ain't science. When I upgraded one site from an N66U to an AC68U I got slightly better range. When I upgraded the other two sites to AC86Us I got noticeably better range. (But, in all three cases, I still needed access points to get to those hard to...
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