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  1. TheLyppardMan

    Smart Connect - Am I understanding correctly?

    I notice that the default rules for Smart Connect are: Does this, in theory at least, mean that if I took my mobile phone (for example), from within my house, where the RSSI was say -50 dBm on the 5 GHz band and walked outside, that once the received signal dropped below -82 dBm, my phone...
  2. TheLyppardMan

    RT-AX88U Pro - Block YouTube on Smart TV

    Have you thought about using OpenDNS as your DNS Server to see if that would work? From memory, it does allow you to not only select categories to allow or block but also specific web sites. If you are using Merlin firmware, you can use DNS Director to just specify specific devices on your...
  3. TheLyppardMan

    Smart (?) Connect

    What I couldn't understand was why the router would allocate the opposite of what I was expecting after rebooting, especially since both devices get excellent signal strength on the 5 GHz band. The Android Tablet (also in the lounge) shows a weaker signal strength on the 5 GHz band, but it was...
  4. TheLyppardMan

    ASUS RT-AXU88 Pro Install and Setup Questions

    I think that was the case, but I can't remember which device(s) had problems connecting.
  5. TheLyppardMan

    Smart (?) Connect

    I just tried a quick experiment to test "Smart Connect", using the default settings, but it seems it wasn't so smart after all. To elaborate, I have two Amazon Fire TV Sticks, one in the master bedroom, directly opposite the router with no objects in between and the other in the lounge...
  6. TheLyppardMan

    ASUS RT-AXU88 Pro Install and Setup Questions

    If you have any difficulty accessing your router to begin with, there is a useful ASUS utility called "Device Discovery". It looks like this when you run it: Also, with this router, you can either start the initial setup via a wired connection or connect to the initial open Wi-Fi network that...
  7. TheLyppardMan

    Just curious about Smart Connect - does it cause interruptions

    I'm not intending to switch on Smart Connect, but I'm just curious to know if it causes any loss of service, however brief, when a network device is bumped onto the alternate Wi-Fi band, or is it completely seamless?
  8. TheLyppardMan

    Just wondering what these log entries mean

    Nov 12 11:55:24 kernel: br0: port 8(wl0.2) entered blocking state Nov 12 11:55:24 kernel: br0: port 8(wl0.2) entered disabled state Nov 12 11:55:24 kernel: device wl0.2 entered promiscuous mode Nov 12 11:55:24 kernel: br0: port 8(wl0.2) entered blocking state Nov 12 11:55:24 kernel: br0: port...
  9. TheLyppardMan

    BACKUPMON BACKUPMON v1.8.20 -Oct 12, 2024- Backup/Restore your Router: JFFS + NVRAM + External USB Drive! CIFS/SMB/NFS! (Thread Closed!)

    I wanted to just have a peek at the latest ASUS firmware for my RT-AX88U Pro and also check my procedure for running BACKUPMON, so after installing the stock firmware, I did the following to return to Merlin with the latest firmware: Uploaded the latest Merlin firmware to my router. After a...
  10. TheLyppardMan

    SSD drive not detected/mounted on RT-AX88U Pro after router's reboot

    I have an SSD in an enclosure attached to my RT-AX88U Pro, running the latest Merlin firmware and I can confirm that I don't have any problems with my SSD automatically mounting after rebooting the router. My SSD is a SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB Sata III 2.5 Inch Internal SSD mounted in a UGREEN 2.5...
  11. TheLyppardMan

    Router Speed Test (spdMerlin)

    The advice given by my ISP seems to have improved the situation, both the upload speed consistency and the latency.
  12. TheLyppardMan

    Router Speed Test (spdMerlin)

    Thanks. I did actually do that when I set up spdMerlin. I also reported the issue to my ISP (Zen Internet) and they asked me to reset the ONT and then reboot my router. I did that late this morning and it has already improved things, including the latency. I'm going to leave it running overnight...
  13. TheLyppardMan

    Router Speed Test (spdMerlin)

    Just a quick query - I'm wondering why my upload speed varies so much (even in the middle of the night) and yet my download speed is very constant. My router has been automatically running speed tests every half an hour of the last 24 hours and the results show that the maximum upload speed was...
  14. TheLyppardMan

    A confession - I may be guilty!

    Oh yes, the roundabout from hell; I'd forgotten about that and the first time I encountered it, I pulled over to study the information sign to try to work out how to navigate through the junction! For anyone unfamiliar with what we are talking about, you can see it in action here:
  15. TheLyppardMan

    A confession - I may be guilty!

    Thank you.
  16. TheLyppardMan

    A confession - I may be guilty!

    Why did I change to an SSD or why did I vote for the Labour party in the UK election?
  17. TheLyppardMan

    Asus Smart Connect switch dont work

    It didn't work for me either, so now I manually set what I want to use on each band. In my case, the 5 GHz band seems to have almost the same coverage as the 2.4 GHz band and with much greater data transfer speeds. I only use the 2.4 GHz band for devices which can't connect to the 5 GHz band (a...
  18. TheLyppardMan

    A confession - I may be guilty!

    Oh, that's good. I'd forgotten about the situation with the prisons. Perhaps Sir Keir will grant me an amnesty for voting for his party in the general election.
  19. TheLyppardMan

    A confession - I may be guilty!

    I think I may be guilty of tinkering again!:D From the photograph, you can see that I have swapped my original flash drive for an SSD drive. It's a SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB Sata III 2.5 Inch Internal SSD, Up to 530 MB/s, mounted in a UGREEN 2.5 Inch Hard Drive Enclosure, 5Gbps SSD Enclosure. I...
  20. TheLyppardMan

    Alternative WAN with an RT-AX88U Pro

    I had tried this on a previous router and it behaved the way you have outlined above. But the RT-AX88U Pro only has one USB port and I'm running BACKUPMON and MerlinAU, so that's the difference. Just to be clear, I'm not planning to "tinker", but I was just trying to find out what my options...
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