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Hi all, long time SNB stalker, first time poster. I really hope someone can help as this is doing my head in. I've been given (free, yay) a Draytek 2820 wired dsl modem router. Also just bought a Netgear wndr3700 on foot of the SNB review and recommendations on the forum.
But all is not well. I have a 75sq ft apartment nicknamed 'The Bunker' as its built like one and wifi signals die (MBP 5ghz, 15ft, 2 walls to wndr3700= RSSI: −85), especially when streaming even SD video, stutter after about 10ft, no 2.4 or 5ghz interference by other electronics in the apt but there is a wireless tower on a public service building 30ft away which we suspect is killing signals somehow. The apartment came with inbuilt networking, 10/100 only back to patch panel in utility room with the wndr3700 + Draytek2820 + NAS. So I have a Belkin N1 Vision in AP mode in the bedroom over lan to wired/wireless clients and an Airport express AP on N to wndr3700 to stream audio to living room speakers.
Device list is (almost all the gear bought 2nd hand, I’m not loaded)
2 Macbook pros (1 wifi, 1 wifi + wired to N1 Vision to patch to wndr3700, always on)
2 Vaio laptops (N wifi to 5ghz on wngr3700)
1 Mac mini (lan to Belkin N1 Vision to wndr3700, always on)
1 Toshiba laptop (G to wndr3700)
2 iphones (G 2.4ghz to wndr 3700, always on)
1 iPad (N to wndr3700 or N1 Vision, always on)
2 PS3's (Lan, 1 to Belkin N1 Vision, 1 to 10/100 patch panel to wndr3700)
1 Popcorn Hour A110 (lan to 10/100 patch panel to wndr3700)
1 Acer Easystore H340 (gigabit lan direct to wndr3700, always on)
1 Brother wifi printer (G to wdnr3700)
As a result of all this I think the wndr3700 is faltering doing PPPoE auth, dsl traffic and DHCP routing wired and wireless (with poss interference leading to error correction issues) as I'm seeing stalling during browsing (Opera 11 with +100 tabs) syncing iDisk + Dropbox, Justnotes, iTunes, Evernote, utorrent running but not hard on Mac's. 3 Macs use Teleport controlled by 1 mouse/keyboard using TCP/IP with DHCP by wndr3700, now very hard to control due to stuttering. Also getting wifi dropouts on the wndr3700. Have flashed firmware but issues persist. Not convinced its faulty, yet.
I need the Draytek 2820 to do PPPoE auth and handle dsl traffic (24mb line, relatively stable) passing back traffic to wndr3700 doing DHCP instead of running 2820n bridged to 3700 to try limit the stress. On top I'm also losing access to all the 2820's features such as failover by running in bridge. I believe a half-bridge mode will do what I want, am I wrong? The Draytek 2820n doesn’t seem to do this but it does have a 'True IP DMZ' mode. Does anyone know if this is essentially the same thing and if so how can I configure it, is it safe? Netgear say none of their products do half-bridge.
Also have a Netgear WNHDE111 HD 5ghz I want to connect to the wndr3700 (via patch panel lan to living room) to take care of 5ghz clients. Have searched and keep finding threads on connecting WNHDE111 to wifi routers via wifi. I'm looking to use the 111 to extend the same SSID of the 3700. Am I dreaming, delusional etc. Sorry for the long post, I'm going crazy trying to figure all this out. Thanks.
PS: Mods please move this if its not the right place, wasn't sure where to put it.
But all is not well. I have a 75sq ft apartment nicknamed 'The Bunker' as its built like one and wifi signals die (MBP 5ghz, 15ft, 2 walls to wndr3700= RSSI: −85), especially when streaming even SD video, stutter after about 10ft, no 2.4 or 5ghz interference by other electronics in the apt but there is a wireless tower on a public service building 30ft away which we suspect is killing signals somehow. The apartment came with inbuilt networking, 10/100 only back to patch panel in utility room with the wndr3700 + Draytek2820 + NAS. So I have a Belkin N1 Vision in AP mode in the bedroom over lan to wired/wireless clients and an Airport express AP on N to wndr3700 to stream audio to living room speakers.
Device list is (almost all the gear bought 2nd hand, I’m not loaded)
2 Macbook pros (1 wifi, 1 wifi + wired to N1 Vision to patch to wndr3700, always on)
2 Vaio laptops (N wifi to 5ghz on wngr3700)
1 Mac mini (lan to Belkin N1 Vision to wndr3700, always on)
1 Toshiba laptop (G to wndr3700)
2 iphones (G 2.4ghz to wndr 3700, always on)
1 iPad (N to wndr3700 or N1 Vision, always on)
2 PS3's (Lan, 1 to Belkin N1 Vision, 1 to 10/100 patch panel to wndr3700)
1 Popcorn Hour A110 (lan to 10/100 patch panel to wndr3700)
1 Acer Easystore H340 (gigabit lan direct to wndr3700, always on)
1 Brother wifi printer (G to wdnr3700)
As a result of all this I think the wndr3700 is faltering doing PPPoE auth, dsl traffic and DHCP routing wired and wireless (with poss interference leading to error correction issues) as I'm seeing stalling during browsing (Opera 11 with +100 tabs) syncing iDisk + Dropbox, Justnotes, iTunes, Evernote, utorrent running but not hard on Mac's. 3 Macs use Teleport controlled by 1 mouse/keyboard using TCP/IP with DHCP by wndr3700, now very hard to control due to stuttering. Also getting wifi dropouts on the wndr3700. Have flashed firmware but issues persist. Not convinced its faulty, yet.
I need the Draytek 2820 to do PPPoE auth and handle dsl traffic (24mb line, relatively stable) passing back traffic to wndr3700 doing DHCP instead of running 2820n bridged to 3700 to try limit the stress. On top I'm also losing access to all the 2820's features such as failover by running in bridge. I believe a half-bridge mode will do what I want, am I wrong? The Draytek 2820n doesn’t seem to do this but it does have a 'True IP DMZ' mode. Does anyone know if this is essentially the same thing and if so how can I configure it, is it safe? Netgear say none of their products do half-bridge.
Also have a Netgear WNHDE111 HD 5ghz I want to connect to the wndr3700 (via patch panel lan to living room) to take care of 5ghz clients. Have searched and keep finding threads on connecting WNHDE111 to wifi routers via wifi. I'm looking to use the 111 to extend the same SSID of the 3700. Am I dreaming, delusional etc. Sorry for the long post, I'm going crazy trying to figure all this out. Thanks.
PS: Mods please move this if its not the right place, wasn't sure where to put it.