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    Can only access a website by direct connection to router. Not through switch

    By chance are you using a smart switch which has DHCP on and it is grabbing an outside IP, one of your statics? Try setting the switch up with a private IP address in a network that you are not using. You should be able to access the switch as long as it is not a network inside one of the...
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    Using pfSense with a L3 core switch

    So, I was reading today about Skynet and unbound hitting China's Authoritative servers even though China is blocked. It got me thinking. If I am running unbound on Pfsense I guess the same thing will happen? Even if I am running Pfblocker? It might be better to run Forwarding so China will...
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    External antennas on the likes of AC86U, is that the magic for range?

    It shows as a much higher cost using google looking at Amazon than my last Cisco 150ax AP I bought, like more than twice the price. And it makes less sense with the more expensive ASUS routers. Costs have gone crazy on little routers. I would not buy them. I don't see other people justify it...
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    Lots of 2.4Ghz IoTs, will a 3x3 be better than 2x2?

    Nobody seems to publish this info. Cisco does.
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    Apple Wi-Fi updated and MU-MIMO

    The specs look good but you know me, I am going to run Cisco. I never seem to have issues bad enough to bother me.
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    Using pfSense with a L3 core switch

    So, we have a friend over that is using google cloud and running a VPN to a client working. They lost power in the big storm we had a few days ago so they are here working. Pfsense seems to be working well. The only thing I noticed is we are 2% higher on CPU usage on my i3.
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    Pfsense/opnsense box with AX88U Merlin firmware

    I would think Pfsense would be easier to setup than a bunch of scripts for ASUS. Most all setup for Pfsense is under the GUI. Yes, there is a lot there but easier than scripts and interactions with multiple scripts.
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    External antennas on the likes of AC86U, is that the magic for range?

    Yes, you say that now but then you recommend high dollar routers.
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    External antennas on the likes of AC86U, is that the magic for range?

    Buying multiple APs will be cheaper than buying multiple routers.
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    Fios, AXE11000 2 pack, TP link switch, and do I need vlan iptv?

    You are matching the VLAN not the switch IP. All a switch IP is to identify a switch for access not VLANs.
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    External antennas on the likes of AC86U, is that the magic for range?

    Multi-APs will always beat a single one.
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    Lots of 2.4Ghz IoTs, will a 3x3 be better than 2x2?

    I say backbone with 10 gig and use 1 gig for clients until the heat issues with 10 gig gets better. I think you will have a better overall business network solution. The network is for all devices overall, not testing just 1. But everybody do their own.
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    Switching from Asus AIMesh

    Cisco switches are nice as they track the POE power usage and report it on the GUI if it is a small business switch.
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    Fios, AXE11000 2 pack, TP link switch, and do I need vlan iptv?

    Yes, the VLAN for the IPTV is on the WAN side coming from your ISP. You need to match the VLAN on the WAN side with a pass through into your network.
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    Pfsense/opnsense box with AX88U Merlin firmware

    I did not know ASUS did VLANs. Sounds like in AP mode it can do 7 VLANs which will probably work for home. How about roaming? Do they support fast transition if you run more than 1 AP?
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    Apple Wi-Fi updated and MU-MIMO

    Aruba specs look good. It should be a nice AP with good roaming.
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    Pfsense/opnsense box with AX88U Merlin firmware

    So, using Pfsense as your router and ASUS as a wireless AP will limit you to 1 network. A small business wireless AP will allow you to have a lot of network VLANs probably depending on the brand and coding in the wireless APs. I would assume the better brands will support more VLANs.
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    Lots of 2.4Ghz IoTs, will a 3x3 be better than 2x2?

    Personally, I think it is too early for 2.5 gig connections. You don't gain that much over 1 gig connections with our current internet connections. Maybe in a small business. Some of the first Cisco small business switches supported 5 gig connections as I remember but they were not big...
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    Switching from Asus AIMesh

    How are you powering your APs? What brand of switch are you using? Are they using POE or POE+ or POE++?
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    News SSID Confusion attack, tracked as CVE-2023-52424

    So, you left out WPA2. Is it not affected? So, I guess it is better to run both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz on the same SSID if you want roaming?
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