Menu
What's new
By:
Filters Better Search

Search results

  • SNBForums Code of Conduct

    SNBForums is a community for everyone, no matter what their level of experience.

    Please be tolerant and patient of others, especially newcomers. We are all here to share and learn!

    The rules are simple: Be patient, be nice, be helpful or be gone!

  1. LoneWolf

    My Experiance with the RT-AC87U And No It's not Good

    I'm reserving within the pool at the moment; a single /24 mask is enough for use at home. If I do decide to use vlans, I'll probably put my Watchguard firewall at the head-end, bring my managed switches online (those and the Watchguard are currently my lab configuration) and use my HP...
  2. LoneWolf

    My Experiance with the RT-AC87U And No It's not Good

    I have not had to do this. My RT-AC87R has been up for weeks. The last time I restarted was precautionary, when I enabled AiProtection. Unlike some, I'm not using USB (I believe that storage and printing are best done as network services through TCP/IP, not shared via a USB port), but I'm...
  3. LoneWolf

    RT-AC87u - and AiProtection on FW 2061

    I am running firmware 2769. I turned on AiProtection about a month ago, and have had no issues with it with all features of it enabled.
  4. LoneWolf

    Ubiquiti UniFi AP-AC Reviewed

    Heck, *I'd* loan you something if you upgraded the WAP371 to the latest firmware and lent it to him. It wouldn't be amazing (probably 2x2 2.4GHz draft-N with DD-WRT), but I'd do it.
  5. LoneWolf

    Which switch to buy?

    Either that, or possibly a Ubiquiti Edgerouter Lite, and a managed 100Mbps switch to go with. If have 100-250Mbps of Internet to share, there's no reason not to save money and go with a 48-port Fast Ethernet switch with two gigabit copper uplinks, connecting one of them to the router. This...
  6. LoneWolf

    Best companion for Netgear Gs108Tv2

    Cloud200 is right, unless you want to upgrade the switch you currently have, and then move the GS108 v2 to the remote location. In that case, the GS108Tv2 might be a good choice for the upper end, as it's a managed smart switch. Or, you could go with a GS108Ev3 if you want unmanaged (or less...
  7. LoneWolf

    Ruckus Announces Affordable AP Product Line

    http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-news/32543-ruckus-announces-affordable-ap-product-line These look really interesting. Ruckus is known for having some of the best resistance to interference and beamforming setups out there. One thing I didn't notice in Ruckus' own sheets...
  8. LoneWolf

    TP-Link Switch Monitoring report

    Also an option. Good call.
  9. LoneWolf

    RT-AC68P (with upgraded CPU, NOT R or U)

    The antennas look like those used on the RT-AC87U.
  10. LoneWolf

    3 months later...AC87U or AC68U to replace N66U

    Neither. Which sounds cryptic, but that's because I'd actually seek out the ASUS RT-AC68P, which appears from what I've been reading to be an updated version of the RT-AC68U, equipped with the newer dual-core 1GHz Broadcom BCM4709 that is used in the RT-AC87U. The biggest selling point of the...
  11. LoneWolf

    RT-AC68P (with upgraded CPU, NOT R or U)

    So....one could infer from this that the RT-AC68P would have better performance than the 68U/R, all other things being equal? If so, for almost everyone, this might be a great cost alternative to purchasing the RT-AC87. As MU-MIMO isn't really a usable feature right now, and some of the 87's...
  12. LoneWolf

    RT-AC87 WAP-mode, SSID, and VLAN questions

    Hey everyone, RMerlin, you may be the best equipped technically to answer this question, but for anyone who is doing advanced networking and using the RT-AC87 U or R, I have some questions. Because I'm Watchguard certified, I recently took an offer to get a very discounted Watchguard firewall...
  13. LoneWolf

    TP-Link Switch Monitoring report

    If you can, I'd try a new cable for that run on the same port. If it's a run with patch panels/wall port and you can't change the run, I'd try the following: 1) switch out the patch cables in the run on both ends, and test again 2) Re-terminate at the patch panel and the wall port, and test...
  14. LoneWolf

    Cable tester help

    I used a Fluke LinkRunner AT 1000 to check lengths, and to work with undocumented cabling (it can actually report what a connected switchport is if your switches support LLCP or CDP, or be used with an Intellitone digital toner if they aren't connected). However, if you want to certify cables...
  15. LoneWolf

    Some basic VLAN help

    I don't disagree with your points. I think you and I would probably do it differently. My use of VLANs in the three buildings would probably be like this, were I to do it --it would be device based. Quick-and-dirty example: VLAN 100 - OP's private network VLAN 101 - Security cameras (if the...
  16. LoneWolf

    Some basic VLAN help

    I agree with Azazel that I wouldn't do a server here. The best-practice way (yes, it would cost money) would be to get a firewall with UTM (unified threat management) from someone like WatchGuard, Dell/Sonicwall, Zyxel, Sophos, etc. This gives you gateway antivirus, the ability to block...
  17. LoneWolf

    Linksys Intros WRT Switch

    Within that price, I'd rather have a metal-boxed NetGear Prosafe or Prosafe Plus. I'm not willing to buy a switch just because "it stacks nicely" under a specific model of router I might not own as long as the switch.
  18. LoneWolf

    2x 48 Gigabit Switch

    htismage, I know you're playing devil's advocate here, but ask yourself --if someone is coming here (a site named "small"netbuilder) for advice on 48-port switches, of which they plan to buy two: How likely is it they have a 10Gbe link to the Internet, and how likely is it that they have a...
  19. LoneWolf

    2x 48 Gigabit Switch

    Respectfully, if you plan on doing ten gigabit at any point, IMO Linksys is not the switch brand for you. At that point, I'd be wanting Cisco Catalyst, or Dell's N2000/N3000 line, which are significantly more expensive. Evaluate how likely it truly is that you'll do ten gig ethernet. You'd...
  20. LoneWolf

    RT-AC87 in AP mode questions

    Just curious about the RT-AC87 in access point mode. I am looking at a firewall and managed switch to replace my AC87 at the head end of my network (already have the equipment). Does the 87 still function as a basic switch in AP mode? Where I have it located I still would like to use it as...
Top