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  1. tekrich

    Ditch 4 switches and use just one?

    We have a house with 3 levels, ground, 1st, and 2nd floor, with the ISP modem coming in on the 1st floor. My current set up is Modem > AX88U > Main 8 port switch. From the main 8 port switch I have 2 lines run up to the 2nd floor, each to a switch, one is a PoE switch for CCTV, the other...
  2. Julio Urquidi

    CES 2020: NETGEAR Adds 4G LTE To Orbi Tri-Band Mesh Router

    NETGEAR's Orbi 4G LTE Whole Home Wi-Fi router (LBR20) adds a 4G cellular WAN connection to its award-winning mesh networking system. Designed for locations that don’t have easy access to a broadband connection, the newly added 4G cellular connection included with the AC2200 router can either be...
  3. N

    Help Decide Mesh/Router Upgrade for Large House with Many devices (40+)

    I currently own and have been using an ASUS DSL-AC68U for many years now with TalkTalk Fibre Optic 64mb line. Most of the time this has worked fine for us, however we have a large house with 3 floors, mostly only require internet on the first 2 floors though and a bit in the back garden for...
  4. R

    VPN - test cases - client to site, site to site.

    Dear users of forum, Have you met with the OpenVPN configuration, which will allow you to switch automatically conneciont from the udp tunnel to tcp? I note that I do not mean to make that with OpenVPN Access Server. The issue is that I would like to have such a configuration applies to...
  5. bzowk

    Best Method to Monitor Home LAN

    Hey Guys - I'm posting to hopefully get some ideas for the best way to centrally monitor the health & performance of my home LAN - if even possible given my hardware. Below is some information about it, what i currently use, and what I'm looking for specifically. Environment I work from home...
  6. R

    Wireless Solutions for Weak Wifi

    Any help would be appreciated. I'll try to be concise. Question: What are my options for improving my wifi performance at the edge of the signal with no physical access to the modem? Situation Overview: I am on a shared 2.4ghz (802.11n) signal from a modem/router in an adjacent building...
  7. Julio Urquidi

    EnGenius Now Shipping Budget-Priced Dual-Band Mesh Router

    With an MSRP of $69.99, EnGenius’ new ESR530 is a dual-band wireless AC router that can grow up to an 8-node wireless mesh network. Powered by Qualcomm, the new mesh product was designed for the consumer market and includes seamless roaming and self-healing - functions typically found in...
  8. macster2075

    Asus RT-AC68P as AP

    Hi.. I need to have two routers. router 1 is for computers connected using Ethernet 192.168.1.1 router 2 which is on another part of the house is connected to router 1 (connected to the WAN port) using an Ethernet cable and is broadcasting 2 SSID's. 192.168.2.1 - family wifi 192.168.3.1 -...
  9. cdysthe

    [Solved] IPv6 on my R7800

    Hi, I've been running iPv6 without problems on my R7800 without problems. I would now like to switch to my prefered DNS provider (Quad9) but I can't figure out how to enter the addresses on the R7800. The addresses are: 2620:fe::fe and 2620:fe::9 On the R7800 there are the 8 alphanumeric...
  10. J

    Cisco Network Exercises Ideas

    Hello my name is jacob, I am new to snbforums. I want to get in with an active community to help others and to ask questions of my own. I am beginning my journey of diving into the Cisco world more in depth . I am needing ideas for networks I can create here to practice at home . I have 3 Cisco...
  11. S

    Mesh WiFi that offers Guest Network Intranet blocking in Access Point mode

    Hi Everyone, I'm looking for some assistance in getting a mesh WiFi setup that can block (entirely or to some extent) Intranet access when in Access Point mode. I realize that Intranet blocking typically only works when the Mesh WiFi setup is in router mode, but I'm looking for a Mesh WiFi...
  12. S

    Wifi not strong enough, wireless problem

    Hi there, First of all, I was not entirely sure on where to post it, so if it's in the wrong place I'm really sorry. I'd also like to mention I'm not familiar with networking so dont mind my poor wording about it all. I just dont understand 95% of stuff around here. Basically our wifi is not...
  13. N

    Building Home Network, help with segmentation

    This is my first network I've created from the ground up. Cat6 wired in each room with a tech closet. The gateway is a fiber 1 Gbt service. The Netgear switches are L2+, L3. The Qnap NAS has the ability to segment the cameras and Iot devices. A handful of IoT devices require an internet...
  14. W

    Not New to MoCA but New Issues...

    I've been renting for the last 10+ years and upon learning about MoCA figured that was the best route to go to make use of the existing coax lines my houses / apartments have had in the past. Well, I've just bought a house and figured it'd be easy to just keep my MoCA network, and expand it as...
  15. Bijan

    Wake On Lan Does not work

    I recently went from DD-WRT to Asus-WRT Merlin. I have been having some issues getting WoL to work properly. Here is what I have done so far. Administration > System > Enabled JFFS Custom Scripts/Configs Created /jffs/scripts/net-start script that runs `arp -i br0 -s 192.168.1.254...
  16. ac66ub1

    Are all users in same network?

    We can set ip 8 SSID in one router. eth1 - Default LAN 2.4Ghz SSID wl0.1 - 2.4Ghz Guest Network 1 wl0.2 - 2.4Ghz Guest Network 2 wl0.3 - 2.4Ghz Guest Network 3 eth2 - Default LAN 5Ghz SSID wl1.1 - 5Ghz Guest Network 1 wl1.2 - 5Ghz Guest Network 2 wl1.3 - 5Ghz Guest Network 3 As I...
  17. Carrevip

    AIMesh - 3 routers, one after the other?

    Hi, I'm planning the network in our new home and I'm wondering what to do to be fully functional. The primary router, will be in the basement. An ethernet cable will run in the walls to the first floor where I'll have a first node. Now my question is regarding the second node (the third router)...
  18. T

    Subnet of ISP modem/router and merlin router AC68u must be the same

    Hi, I bought a new asus router, the ac68u rev E1. My old asus was N66U with tomato shibby firmware. I need to keep the router/modem of my ISP, this is a must for me (I have to keep a wireless/router"backup"-connection!) I want to configure my asus router (merlin firmware, because tomato...
  19. P

    HP Network Card Not Working ?

    I have a HP Z400 computer and have installed a NC550SFP dual card along with J4858B HP Procurve GBIC Module. this is then connected to a HP ProCurve 1400-24G 24 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch - J9078A via 1m OM3 Fibre Optic Cable LC to LC Duplex Network Lead MM 50 125 Patch LSZH Cable. For some...
  20. Brent S. Smithline

    Network Services Filter Whitelist

    Can and how do I use Network Services Filter Whitelist to block all egress traffic from the LAN to the Internet except subnet 192.168.0.0/16 .... I tried this and I could ping however not surf the Internet ...
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