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  1. Mastiff

    I can ping PPTP VPN-server from router, but the clients have no connection

    I have a Windows server at home with PPTP (yes, outdated, but please, only answers to the question, not "you need to go to Wireshark or OpenVPN or whaterver"), and I have set up VPN on an RT-AC88U, which is my goto router. I have bought a bunch of them. :cool: I can now ping the server from the...
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  2. Mastiff

    Unable to add RT-AC68U to mesh - what can this be?

    @Ronald Schwerer Thank you very much! That worked! I found that version on the Merlin site and it was in on my first attempt! Edit: Upgrading to the latest firmware after pairing seems to work without a hitch, so it is only the pairing itself that is messed up. I'll just try to remember that...
  3. Mastiff

    Unable to add RT-AC68U to mesh - what can this be?

    I think I'll give it up. I have had it running while working at my home office, and every time it comes to 90 %, counts the last ten in a few seconds and fails. At least 20 attempts now, every other time wired and wireless. There has to be something weird about this device.
  4. Mastiff

    Unable to add RT-AC68U to mesh - what can this be?

    The distance was about 30 centimeters. They were standing on the same shelf.
  5. Mastiff

    Unable to add RT-AC68U to mesh - what can this be?

    OK, thanks! So I'm doing it the right way, maybe just not enough times... Did you reset the node between tries or just fire up the search again?
  6. Mastiff

    Unable to add RT-AC68U to mesh - what can this be?

    This is just weird. I have an RT-AC88U as the main router in my AI Mesh (in access point mode, because my Windows Server takes care of all DHCP, DNS and so on), and I have a couple of the same router as nodes. I was trying to add an RT-AC68U to the mesh because I need one that can fit into a...
  7. Mastiff

    Will mixed ethernet/wireless backhaul on AIMesh work without a hitch?

    Smokey613, fantastic, thanks! It worked that way! It's in now, with Merlin firmware. I have been running Merlin AI Mesh since it came both at my cabin and my house, but not mixed backhaul. Still, it seems to work as it should. OzarkEdge, there's one spot that's only accessible for wifi from one...
  8. Mastiff

    Will mixed ethernet/wireless backhaul on AIMesh work without a hitch?

    Merlin all the way, for many years, which is why I posted in this part of the forum. And thanks a lot, I'll try that!
  9. Mastiff

    Will mixed ethernet/wireless backhaul on AIMesh work without a hitch?

    I have two AC86U set up as an AI Mesh, with ethernet backhaul. But I would like to add another router, an AC68U. The mesh router sees it, but it fails to add it every time. I assume that's because it's set up with ethernet backhaul checked. But if I go from ethernet to wireless backhaul, will...
  10. Mastiff

    I don't get smart connect, so I guess I'm dumb...

    It's a theory, but it's not correct. I can see it on my phone and laptop. They have full bars whereever I am. And when I move them from the home office to the living room, they loose connection for a second and are then back again with full bars when I'm closest to that node.
  11. Mastiff

    Can I put one directional antenna on an RT-AC88U in AIMesh, so my boat gets a good signal?

    Thanks! :) I use hoses for a lot of stuff. And I run it straigt into the box with the router, and it's glued tight with Tech7, which doesn't even let through vapor. :)
  12. Mastiff

    Can I put one directional antenna on an RT-AC88U in AIMesh, so my boat gets a good signal?

    Zombie thread, I'm afraid... I now have a cable running to the dock (inside a garden hose so it won't be damaged on the rocks and by the rodents) and an AI Mesh node in a box there. ;)
  13. Mastiff

    I don't get smart connect, so I guess I'm dumb...

    @Tech9, that's the one I didn't really get anything understantable out of... @leerees, I have had the system running for a couple of of weeks and nothing connects to any of the AIMesh nodes with anything but 2.4 gHz. And some of the devices are literally half a meter from one of the nodes!
  14. Mastiff

    I don't get smart connect, so I guess I'm dumb...

    I'm trying to get my pc's and phones to mainly go to 5 gHz but fall back to 2.4 when the signal is too weak in my AI Mesh system. But no matter what I put in RSSI in the advanced setup, they only connect to the 2.4 gHz, even if they are one room away. I have tried to cut on -50, -80 and -90 dB...
  15. Mastiff

    Can I put one directional antenna on an RT-AC88U in AIMesh, so my boat gets a good signal?

    Yeah, but I'm getting 25-26 now, I'm hoping to get up to at leat 30, preferably 40. As for foil backed insulation that is not used in Norway, no. It's just glass wool. But maybe that's also a problem? For my first attempt I may make a box with a regular AC router and put that underneath my...
  16. Mastiff

    Can I put one directional antenna on an RT-AC88U in AIMesh, so my boat gets a good signal?

    I use it as a backup sky, so I'm not actively playing from it. But with MKVs of up to 70 gig it would still take far too long to do the backups. I moved the router a meter or so and hung it on the wall instead of having it on top of the fridge (big dual fridge), and that helped a bit. I am...
  17. Mastiff

    Can I put one directional antenna on an RT-AC88U in AIMesh, so my boat gets a good signal?

    Ah, too bad. To be honest I had no idea about the speed on 2.4 GHz, because it's too slow. I move rather large amounts of data back and forth, because the boat is my "cloud" for music and movies (I don't do streaming). At the moment, with the weak signal, it jumps up to around 10-15 MB/S, goes...
  18. Mastiff

    Can I put one directional antenna on an RT-AC88U in AIMesh, so my boat gets a good signal?

    If you mean that they are suposed to be folded out so it looks like an Y, they are.
  19. Mastiff

    Can I put one directional antenna on an RT-AC88U in AIMesh, so my boat gets a good signal?

    I have two RT-AC88U in my cabin, one in each end. It works well, I get the speed I should. But my boat, which has a Pi 4 with an USB-AC68 in a waterproof box in the window, with direct line of sight to the corner where the closest RT-AC88U is placed, is not getting a good signal. Only one bar on...
  20. Mastiff

    Some seconds drop when changing AI Mesh node

    :p I need to walk because I'm talking so much on the phone that I need to move a bit every now and then, like getting something to drink. And it's a room with a large metal server cabinet, 4-5 different radio senders (IR to RF and different systems for home automation), two computers (Xeon...
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