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  1. philmiami

    Tried JUMBO Frames still getting slow LAN

    I changed my wiring and put my QNAP TS-419P+ (with latest firmware) EVERYTHING has jumbo frames enabled my iMac ethernet the LAN 3&4 on the RT-AC68U router the QNAP Ethernet 1+2 (in fail over mode if 1 goes out but only uses eth1 plugged into LAN 3&4 on router) A dlink green 8port dumb 1Gb...
  2. philmiami

    RT-AC68U 5G Channel

    also on mac there is Wi-Fi Explorer itunes/mac app store
  3. philmiami

    RT-AC68U 5G Channel

    Hold down the OPTION KEY (left) when you click the WIFI fan on the Menu bar. It shows mac transmit speed on it. I use all Apple (iMac(2)/Mac Mini/Macbook Pro/Macbook) I also use Wi-FI analyzer on my Android phones. it's free and shows 2.4 and 5 ghz (if phone has dual band) Also the Amped...
  4. philmiami

    NETGEAR R7500 Nighthawk X4 AC2350 Router

    Thanks for sharing that with us... of course, the only thing that I found interesting , for me, was the girl in the white dress..... but that's just me.....:p
  5. philmiami

    NETGEAR Debuts AC3200 Nighthawk

    yes, and next week I will probably replace the Asus RT-AC68U with a Ubiquiti Edge Router Lite and a Ubi Pro-AP Return the Asus to Amazon and swear off consumer routers because once they went away from plain old single band routers, they added more and more stuff but the products got worse and...
  6. philmiami

    NETGEAR Debuts AC3200 Nighthawk

    I returned to Amazon a WRT1900AC Linksys router because it was just too problematic...... I agree to NOT have a Linksys right now..it wasn't ready for prime time And to have something that looks like a turned over beetle with so many antennas, I would walk in and grab a can of RAID and try to...
  7. philmiami

    RT-AC68U with latest Merlin build could be SLOW Wifi

    ok I am just asking
  8. philmiami

    RT-AC68U with latest Merlin build could be SLOW Wifi

    I am also looking at the LAN>DHCP SERVER and I see only 1 space to put in a DNS ip address. Can there be TWO ip's separated by a comma?
  9. philmiami

    RT-AC68U with latest Merlin build could be SLOW Wifi

    This is from a iMAc, sitting here on the desk, 5 foot away from router It is connected both wired and wireless it is a 2010 iMac 21.5" OS X Mavericks 10.9.4 Look at the transmit speed on the wi-fi it's just 300 Mbps, at 5 foot. If it wasn't wired thru a 1Gb switch then router it would be slow...
  10. philmiami

    RT-AC68U with latest Merlin build could be SLOW Wifi

    Also what does this mean? Jun 29 21:17:37 kernel: DROP IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:c4:ed:ba:80:bd:87:08:00 SRC=192.168.211.1 DST=192.168.211.255 LEN=240 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=138 DPT=138 LEN=220 Jun 29 21:17:37 kernel: DROP IN=eth0 OUT=...
  11. philmiami

    RT-AC68U with latest Merlin build could be SLOW Wifi

    I just put the router back to stock firmware 3.0.0.4.374_5656-g8d0a991 and I am still getting the same speeds ONLY if I make 5Ghz 80Mhz wide and sitting next to it (3 feet) I am getting 150Mbps on the Straight Talk GS3, wife's LG F6 shows 5Ghz @ 150 Mbps too. Usually it is showing it as 135...
  12. philmiami

    RT-AC68U with latest Merlin build could be SLOW Wifi

    I have tried with and without beam forming 20/40 and 20/40/80 on channel width had SNR go from 30db to 70db and all around I doubt there is difference between AC68U and AC68R but still I am just not 'feeling' it with the RT68U. The linksys wrt1900ac that caused me problems, the SNR was better...
  13. philmiami

    RT-AC68U with latest Merlin build could be SLOW Wifi

    Ok thanks KGB7 I did that BUT still sitting here next to it....... still showing me the same speed
  14. philmiami

    RT-AC68U with latest Merlin build could be SLOW Wifi

    And I have 4G LTE on my phone so I expect the same or more on Wi-Fi
  15. philmiami

    RT-AC68U with latest Merlin build could be SLOW Wifi

    Ok I will try AES only as right now it's AES+TPIK and go from there I am not looking for gigabyte speed Just not 1X phone speed from my Wi-Fi in my own house ten feet Away
  16. philmiami

    RT-AC68U is doing the same..stopping upload to USB3 drive

    ok...... going to try that today FTP it, to the hybrid drive
  17. philmiami

    RT-AC68U with latest Merlin build could be SLOW Wifi

    My wife's LG F6 on 5Ghz, sitting next to the router is 135Mbps, on 2.4Ghz it is only 72Mbps I have 2 Galaxy S3's, one is MetroPCS SCH-530 which I put the pictures up and the other is a straight talk CDMA-V SCH-S968C (for Verizon towers 3G only, that I use when traveling in other states) Anyway...
  18. philmiami

    RT-AC68U with latest Merlin build could be SLOW Wifi

    Just wondering because here inside my townhouse, built 1984 (wood studs, copper pipes, romex, dry wall) 20 feet away like right now,2 walls,I have a strong signal at 72Mbps
  19. philmiami

    RT-AC68U with latest Merlin build could be SLOW Wifi

    more screen shots
  20. philmiami

    Cloud based monitoring and optimization

    Me neither..... I mean it's a good concept, and maybe in some places of the country it would do good but for me, with Crapcastic 30/6 I never have had a slow down because on the crapcast network router problems yes, network no....
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