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    Before digging down into s/w

    Yes I found there was a panic about a particular obscure vulnerability which Opera fixed within a week of it being reported by a specialist security company...
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    Before digging down into s/w

    Thats very alarming as I had started using Opera cos FF was extremely slow in starting up (I shutdown my workspace every night cos W11 insists on doing things in the bg when it detects inactivity. I have had incidents when the m/c had restarted and hung as it needed permissions. If I had say a...
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    Packet tracer simulator - is it a gimmick?

    You all know the Main player who promotes this PC gui/designer app together with an "Academy" for online courses leading to accreditation and "certificates" and (compulsory) self improvement throughout your career yada yada. Selling the sizzle promises a Walmart shelf filler the prospect of a...
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    Hello

    Wait till PRC AI bots takeover
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    network design and documentation for Asus

    yes you are quite right. many years with Tapo - would I recommend them (enough trouble frigging my own) - I wouldnt go down that route - its like helping a noob fix his W pc. So many ways to go wrong for the uninformed
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    network design and documentation for Asus

    yes I dug into the TP link stuff Deco etc. Those 1 star reviews on amazon say it all . I have used TP IPcams for years and they are a struggle. Those guys come out with some good budget cams "starlight" 1/4 price of other security cam rubbish which just want to trap you and steal info. bad...
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    network design and documentation for Asus

    Oh wow Buddy Im blow away thanx 10^6. I wonder why these options didnt pop up when I was ggling? IMO its these ratfaced marketeers that get in the way of honest engineering and deliberately confused a simple customer into the latest greatest whizz bang sh8t he doesnt need. This is a common...
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    network design and documentation for Asus

    Its getting bad v cold wind 80mph gales up north. Im down SE we get the best uk weather all round. Yes Ill put together a kit list and ground plan. I think this board allows a jpg. I use Tapo link ip cameras - good budget kit for home with phone app for android viewing, also iSpy fo pc...
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    network design and documentation for Asus

    True indeed we in UK have brick inner walls as well as double brick outer. Concrete tile roofs not wifi friendly. Ubiquity - totally floods Google with its own listings - 100s of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bad smell to me. I eventually after 10-15 google search pages found a reddit entry OMG some...
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    network design and documentation for Asus

    cheers thnx 10^6 when I started out with a home router to connect to my isp modem (god awful BT asdm copper line kept dropping out I eventually got fibre and Virgin ISP heaven sent ever since) but I got a cheap used TP link. Simple to set up and worked and gave some improved security 10...
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    network design and documentation for Asus

    more digging and I cant stray into the semi pro commercial area that way over my head and budget. But a cat can look at the King eh?
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    network design and documentation for Asus

    Ive just realised there's something called ubiquite and AP AC lite access points - never heard of them before cos Im not IT smart. I just thougth I could string together some cheap used rt ac68u - looks like Im going the wrong way about it. These used AP units are only ca £5 each
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    network design and documentation for Asus

    I hope I havent upset anyone. I just find the whole home wifi network thing very frustrating. One wise member said "dont mess with that go straight to a PoE ethernet cable system. This is right of course and commercial security cams do this camera. Unfortunately homes often dont lend...
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    network design and documentation for Asus

    Well guys there is an open admission and I thought it was my naivety with Asus home products - but then I read a topic from @RMerlin on merlin fw vs stock asus wrt at it seems the early days 15 years ago were a nightmare of unreliability. It seems Asus has in even recently couple years put out...
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    network design and documentation for Asus

    Hi Guys, hope this isnt a silly question but can you advise on what is the best way to design and document an IP router network for home/office use. Wouldnt be more than say Virgin modem. Ausus routers - 2 networks, extender routers say 4 either repeater/mesh/AP plus IP cameras say 12, 3...
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    Before digging down into s/w

    I wanted to thank one of your senior members for his very wise/oldschool words. I had a lot of bad stuff with my Asus router 68u not send out properly from my pc. I had recently had to reset my router cos I was trying to set up a mesh wifi - thats another story. With all my messing about I...
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    that was hard work

    Hi Tim I cant claim any understanding of running a Board like this and the problems you have with abuse. Somewhere you have a topic where you asked for suggestions - so May I suggest you get a trusted lay person friend to help by trying to sign up and register on your board. I dont know if...
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    that was hard work

    I hardly ever get this type of careless web mismanagement anywhere else . I wonder how many noobs they have lost from joining who just gave up with this level of annoyance I was minutes away from binning the whole thing. All this obsessive security checking - its not the Federal Reserve - its...
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    that was hard work

    trying to register on this board took up ca 1 hour. Your system sent me to my email to confirm which then sent me back to your board said "oop we cant confirm your email" I retried for 6 times over an hour and eventually your system woke up and confirmed my email (I dont have problems with this...
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