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First, let me say I'm not a coder. I had need to share my router log file with someone to review, but I wanted to strip out "sensitive" information first. So I spent time with ChatGPT having it create a tool to do the job. It took a good 2 hours of back-and-forth and in the end it needed to...

Can I create a single guest network where devices can interact with each other and reach the internet but cannot reach the devices on any other network on my router? I want guests to be able to show pictures from their cell phones on my TV. The TV doesn't need to talk to other devices on my...

Is there any way I could get a push notification to my cell phone or email every time a remote client connects to my OpenVPN server on my router? It looks like they get logged, but I'd like something more immediate.

Having had to just do a factory reset of my GT-AX11000 running Merlin 388.2_2, I'm now in a holding pattern. I was warned about turning settings on and that some won't really turn back off. Is there a list anywhere of settings that won't probably return to "off"? I might want to try the AI...

So I had been running Merlin 386.7_2 on both my AX11000 router and AC5300 node for a few months now. It mostly worked, and I had 2-4 devices that would be serviced by the AImesh node typically. Yesterday, I upgraded the AX11000 to 388.2_2 (dirty upgrade). Everything seemed normal, but I...

So I set up PrivateInternetAccess on my AC5300 a few years ago for some of my home devices. I was never pleased with the speeds of 20-40 Mbps when my home internet gets 600-800 Mbps down, but I accepted it as "good enough". More recently after seeing PIA was acquired by a potentially sketchy...

I'm having Wi-Fi dead spots in my house and I'm wondering if I should pull my old AC68U out and try to set it up as part of a mesh network. My 4.5 year old AC5300 seemed to reach farther several years back, but I never really checked it at the farthest reaches of the house. Now that I have...

Since mid-week, I've gotten the message "Your ISP's DHCP is not functioning properly" with my Xfinity Gateway in bridge mode. Exiting bridge mode (double NAT) works fine. I tried swapping to a new Arris SBV3202 modem with the same result. I found similar messages and I've done lots of...

My work computer is logging 4 or so times per minute something like this: Mar 18 14:05:05 dnsmasq[1692]: possible DNS-rebind attack detected: b-0.19-[redacted].avqs.mcafee.com It's from my work computer so I can't mess with the computer itself, but I've been using it from home for months and I...

I'm clearly getting dumber as I get older. A few years ago, on my previous Asus Router with Merlin FW, when traveling, I was able to connect my Windows laptop via Open VPN and then RDP (MSTSC) to my desktop computer. Now, on my new Asus router, I cannot get RDP to connect to my desktop. I...

Merlin 384.14_2 has been running without issue for months. This morning, the family reported the internet was broken (except for a device running OpenVPN client through the router which was functional). When I did "nslookup" I got nothing but time-outs. I had been running WAN DNS1 at...

I'm running an RT-AC5300 (with Merlin 384.14_2). On Monday morning, I booted my work laptop which complained that despite connecting to my router (guest WiFi) lacked Internet access. My work cell phone (guest WiFi) and personal cell phone (principal WiFi) were both fine, as was my wired...

I'm running Merlin's 384.9 and lately my OpenVPN Client has been disconnecting daily with "authentication failed" messages. But every time I log in to the router and click to turn it on, it authenticates fine. Sometime later, it's back to "authentication failed". I seem to recall on an...

Now that I have a number of smart devices (thermostat, security cams, etc) in my home, I'm finding internet outages a bit more than a nuisance when I'm away from home. I'm considering a FreedomPOP USB CDMA modem to use in my AC-5300 (Dual WAN - failover). I'm just not finding much current...

I seldom need to connect back to my Asus router via OpenVPN, but I'd prefer to leave it enabled just in case. When I do that, there seems to be a lot of attempts to connect. I don't suppose anything can be done about attempts. But I would like to be sent a notification email of any successful...

I'm seeing lots of ovpn-server messages in my logs recently. I don't recall seeing similar ones before. I have temporarily stopped the VPN server because I don't need it right now. Before turning it off, I did verify that I could successfully connect to it from outside my home. Is someone...

I want to replace my DS412+ with a new DS918+with new disks. I want to switch from ext4 to BTRFS. I want to duplicate my data, encryption keys, backup tasks, other scheduled tasks. In the end, I want the new NAS to have the name of the one I'm replacing and the same two IP addresses. I haven't...

I recently got a new router, RT-AC5300, and I went ahead and flashed to Merlin 380.69_2, figuring I had nothing to lose if things went wrong. Well, it all went just fine! But now I'm seeing there's a new version and I see: "It's generally recommended to do a factory default reset when coming...