[System] You are a professional Wi-Fi router support assistant; I will provide forum posts as background material, and you should learn from them while remaining aware that forum content may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect — when uncertain, explicitly note that you are uncertain and refer the user to official documentation or other authoritative sources for verification.

[User]
Title: Using USB as Ethernet ASUS GT-AX11000 Router?

Hey all! Hope people will see and comment on this thread. Not sure how active this forum is vs maybe another networking-only type forum is, but here goes!

I have the ASUS ROG GT-AX11000 router and it's worked fine for the last 1yr+. I have a 1200mbps down & 40mbps up internet plan from Xfinity. I spent way too much time and energy of my life trying to get those speeds to my desktop PC through the GT-AX11000. I now finally receive the hardware limitations of the device and how I'll never be able to achieve those speeds without more than just the one single 2.5g port on my ASUS router. Meaning, I can plug the ethernet (CAT8) from the modem's 2.5g port into the 2.5g port on the AX11000 just fine, but then all other ports henceforth are capped at 1g. I'm actually considering selling this router as it's mostly useless to me in that regard - I can't access the full speeds I'm paying for, so it's a waste. I've been eyeing the "lower" model new AX6000 as I've heard great things AND it has more than one 2.5g port. I'm 99% sure that'll allow me to get what I pay for. Alas, I want to try one last thing... the USB port!

In fact, ASUS makes this USB-to-Ethernet adapter: https://www.asus.com/Networking-IoT-Servers/Wired-Networking/Wired-Adapters/USB-C2500/

I might be the only person in the world to be curious about this or try it, but what if I keep that same config I just laid out, except instead of using one of the 1g capped ethernet ports on the router to my desktop PC's 2.5g ethernet onboard port, I try using the USB 3.0 port on the AX11000 as an OUT and then plug the USB-Ethernet adapter there, THEN run that ethernet cable to my 2.5 Realtek onboard port on my ASUS Crosshair VIII motherboard?

It's a lot cheaper than a new router (i.e. AX6000), so I might give it a whirl just to see. But curious if anyone's tried it or thinks it technically could be achievable or if there's some limitation or inability I'm overlooking...

I should add I'm running the latest Merlin firmware etc on my router, and there does appear to be a configuration that allows for the USB port to be used as an ethernet in some fashion? See pics.

[Assistant]
thecolin85 said:
I might be the only person in the world to be curious about this

No.

USB to 2.5Gbe adapter on AX88U
Total noob to CLI and non windows networking configuration (and I struggle with that). I was hoping to install USB to 2.5Gbe adapter to be able to take full advantage of the onboard 2.5Gbe of my PC with the already configured WAN aggregation on my AX88U...
www.snbforums.com

you could try the following to buy this device it is somewhat expensive TL-PA7017 KIT in amazon you will get 2 small devices well normal and in there you take it out and plug one of those into the network and together with the ethernet cable that it brings you in the box put it in the yellow one I say ethernet yellow one time I do this you have two ways on the other end I say other side you can plug in the second device that comes in the same box with its ethernet cable whether it is a PC or a router by the way if you want to put a router you must plug in router 2 in blue ethernet and then go to your computer in the 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 section I don't know if it has changed to modify the internal network parameters of the 2nd router and there it looks for LAN TO LAN or LAN TO WAN I don't know as it is and put static ip from there put the ip as if another device was connected to your internet if your pc was previously connected to this ip 192.168.1.10 - 255.255.255.0 - 192.168.1.1 because in the 2nd router you must enter 192.168.1.70 - two 55.255.255.0 - 192.168.1.1 and automatically you should get internet and it doesn't matter if your electricity goes out you will have internet again... I hope I have helped you

thecolin85 said:
Hey all! Hope people will see and comment on this thread. Not sure how active this forum is vs maybe another networking-only type forum is, but here goes!

I have the ASUS ROG GT-AX11000 router and it's worked fine for the last 1yr+. I have a 1200mbps down & 40mbps up internet plan from Xfinity. I spent way too much time and energy of my life trying to get those speeds to my desktop PC through the GT-AX11000. I now finally receive the hardware limitations of the device and how I'll never be able to achieve those speeds without more than just the one single 2.5g port on my ASUS router. Meaning, I can plug the ethernet (CAT8) from the modem's 2.5g port into the 2.5g port on the AX11000 just fine, but then all other ports henceforth are capped at 1g. I'm actually considering selling this router as it's mostly useless to me in that regard - I can't access the full speeds I'm paying for, so it's a waste. I've been eyeing the "lower" model new AX6000 as I've heard great things AND it has more than one 2.5g port. I'm 99% sure that'll allow me to get what I pay for. Alas, I want to try one last thing... the USB port!

In fact, ASUS makes this USB-to-Ethernet adapter:

I might be the only person in the world to be curious about this or try it, but what if I keep that same config I just laid out, except instead of using one of the 1g capped ethernet ports on the router to my desktop PC's 2.5g ethernet onboard port, I try using the USB 3.0 port on the AX11000 as an OUT and then plug the USB-Ethernet adapter there, THEN run that ethernet cable to my 2.5 Realtek onboard port on my ASUS Crosshair VIII motherboard?

It's a lot cheaper than a new router (i.e. AX6000), so I might give it a whirl just to see. But curious if anyone's tried it or thinks it technically could be achievable or if there's some limitation or inability I'm overlooking...

I should add I'm running the latest Merlin firmware etc on my router, and there does appear to be a configuration that allows for the USB port to be used as an ethernet in some fashion? See pics.

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when I need something I pick up the HDD connected to the pc and under the necessary programs etc and when I finish doing it I connect it to the router again in theory nothing happens you can try it. most likely it won't work or maybe it will, who knows... under your responsibility of course...


[System] You are a professional Wi-Fi router support assistant; I will provide forum posts as background material, and you should learn from them while remaining aware that forum content may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect — when uncertain, explicitly note that you are uncertain and refer the user to official documentation or other authoritative sources for verification.

[User]
Title: 1 Gbps with UDM-Pro - Enterprise-8-PoE - U6-Enterprise 6E AP

Will UDM-Pro - Enterprise-8-PoE - U6-Enterprise 6E AP offer 1 Gbps? Seetingbup home network off 1 Gbps ISP. Looks like Enterprise switchbis needed to for 1 Gbps and POE+ for AP.

[Assistant]
Using what for a client, and what's your test case?

I've done some minimal performance testing on my recently-acquired U6 Enterprise APs. The only wireless clients I have today that can do 6GHz are iPhone 15s, and what I see with those is that speedtest.net downloads can more or less reach the 860Mbps limit of my fiber service, while iperf3 testing download from a local wired machine can get close to the 935Mbps rate that I get on wired connections. Upload is a great deal slower, around 500Mbps for the iperf3 case, but I'd blame the phone for that not the AP. I don't try to use channels wider than 80MHz in the 5GHz band, so transfer rates there top out at 600-800Mbps depending on the phase of the moon, which is more or less in line with expectations for my 2x2 clients.

No experience with the other components you mention, so I can't say what their performance is like.

You might be better off asking this question on the community.ui.com forums, where there's a great deal more expertise about Ubiquiti products than you're likely to find here.

I have a UDM SE with the enterprise 8 POE connected over SFP+ and 3 U6 pro access points
the big issue with reaching the 1Gbit speed on my Spectrum internet connection was the 1Gbit interface on an ASUS RT AX89X router
The UDM SE with a 2.5Gb WAN link connected to my cable modem with a 2.5Gb lan interface allows me to reach the full potential of my internet connection when using a laptop connected by an ethernet cable
I also agree with the points made by tgl in his post

on the network stability front I have had 120 days up time before a software update restart and 130 days after

Th UI forums have lots of issues noted, I have to say that I have not seen any of them, but that may be due to the lack of complexity of my configuration with only 120 clients and a UNVR Pro networked video recorder

I have been very pleased with my Ubiquiti investment

Sounds great. A quick question: do you have full(-feature) local-only control or is some sort of account and outside connectivity involved with that gear?


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[User]
Title: Wired router recommendation to connect two subnets with a modem

Hi,
Which router would be a good choice for this purpose? It's a home network with 2 subnets. On each subnet I have ASUS routers, which I want to connect with a wired router to connect to the modem. I don't need dual wan or many ports on this router, but it should provide good security.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

[Assistant]
uzala10 said:
Hi,
Which router would be a good choice for this purpose? It's a home network with 2 subnets. On each subnet I have ASUS routers, which I want to connect with a wired router to connect to the modem. I don't need dual wan or many ports on this router, but it should provide good security.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
I am not really sure what your end goal is for your network but if you find a router that you can flash Tomato on then Tomato using its GUI will let you create VLANS each with its own subnet as well as virtual APs which can be associated with its own subnet.

CaptainSTX said:
I am not really sure what your end goal is for your network but if you find a router that you can flash Tomato on then Tomato using its GUI will let you create VLANS each with its own subnet as well as virtual APs which can be associated with its own subnet.
Thanks for your reply. I have split my network in two subnets with two routers and the two routers i have connected to a third router, which is older and too slow. Everything works fine, but I wand to replace this old router with a newer, faster router (at least 1 Gbps on each port). I don't need wireless or VPN or any other features except good firewall and other intrusion protection. Sorry for my lack of technical networking terms, I'm just starting to get into networking a bit.

uzala10 said:
Thanks for your reply. I have split my network in two subnets with two routers and the two routers i have connected to a third router, which is older and too slow. Everything works fine, but I wand to replace this old router with a newer, faster router (at least 1 Gbps on each port). I don't need wireless or VPN or any other features except good firewall and other intrusion protection. Sorry for my lack of technical networking terms, I'm just starting to get into networking a bit.
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Still not clear how your network is setup. Does your ISP provide you with two public IPs from a single modem or do you have two modems and each of these modems is then connected to its own router? Perhaps if you provided a diagram of what you currently have someone could answer your questions better.


[System] You are a professional Wi-Fi router support assistant; I will provide forum posts as background material, and you should learn from them while remaining aware that forum content may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect — when uncertain, explicitly note that you are uncertain and refer the user to official documentation or other authoritative sources for verification.

[User]
Title: Can't go back to stock Asus firmware after flashing gnouton on AX 86U

Currently have an ax86u. I flashed it with gnouton firmware to see if that would fix this instability issue I have. It somehow made it worse so I am trying to go back to the default but whenever I flash the stock firmware from the Asus site the router will give me an error message and go right back to gnouton. I then tried to reset the thing by holding down the reset button with a pen pushed into it and after it reset it was stock on gnouton. Idk how to go back to Asus default.

[Assistant]
What firmware, specifically, did you flash onto your RT-AX86U?

I don't believe GNUton supports that model.

jusjohn55 said:
Currently have an ax86u. I flashed it with gnouton

There is no GNUton firmware for RT-AX86U. Your router is perhaps RT-AX82U.

How do I make the ethernet connection more stable?
My router is the Asus AX82U. When I plug in one computer to it via ethernet, the speed is fine. Once I plug in two devices however, the speeds become much more unstable. Is there a way to make the router support 2 devices easier through ethernet? The cable is a 60 foot cat8 ethernet cable I got...
www.snbforums.com

Stock firmware for it, flash on top of GNUton, reset to factory defaults after:

RT-AX82U｜WiFi 6｜ASUS Global
The AX5400 WiFi 6 gaming router recommended for mobile gaming, PS5 compatible. With fast WiFi speed, large coverage and lower lag, free network security and easy setup.
www.asus.com

Tech9 said:
There is no GNUton firmware for RT-AX86U. Your router is perhaps RT-AX82U.

How do I make the ethernet connection more stable?
My router is the Asus AX82U. When I plug in one computer to it via ethernet, the speed is fine. Once I plug in two devices however, the speeds become much more unstable. Is there a way to make the router support 2 devices easier through ethernet? The cable is a 60 foot cat8 ethernet cable I got...

Stock firmware for it, flash on top of GNUton, reset to factory defaults after:

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What do you mean flash on top of gnouton? I am not tech savy when it comes to this.


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[User]
Title: RT-AC88U Problem in wan

Hello Everyone !

I’m problem in router RT-AC88U, wan port disconnected constant, The problem is not in the provider, because I've already done tests on the outside and the behavior did not happen the same.

Model: RT-AC88U

[Assistant]
Replace the ethernet cable between the modem and your router.

ColinTaylor said:
Replace the ethernet cable between the modem and your router.
I changed the cable for a cat 6, but I still get the same message, it seems to me to be some problem with FW or the wan port of the router itself, interesting that before this error did not occur.

Tech9 said:
What is Dual WAN used for in your setup?
I use in my setup the dual wan as fail over i.e. if my primary internet goes down, I have another provider to hold the internet.


[System] You are a professional Wi-Fi router support assistant; I will provide forum posts as background material, and you should learn from them while remaining aware that forum content may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect — when uncertain, explicitly note that you are uncertain and refer the user to official documentation or other authoritative sources for verification.

[User]
Title: pfSense No More Without Paid Version?

I see that pfSense Home/Lab version is no longer offered. The path for existing users is to reinstall the CE edition and restore your current config. You can also buy a commercial license.

As I don't plan to do this for a company that revoked their offer so quickly, (what is the chance they will discontinue the CE edition), what options are there past OPNsense?

I have some forwards to run servers on my LAN, use Cloudflare DDNS, have pfBlockerNG. No VLAN, nothing special as far as routing/rules.

[Assistant]
If you are using pfsense plus you can still use it. There are no more new licenses. but you can use current ones. You can install Pfsense 2.7 CE now.

I have plus so I am going to run it until my SSD dies.

Opensense would be an option if they would upgrade to FreeBSD14 but they are still on FreeBSD13.

coxhaus said:
If you are using pfsense plus you can still use it. There are no more new licenses. but you can use current ones. You can install Pfsense 2.7 CE now.

Ugh ...

coxhaus said:
I have plus so I am going to run it until my SSD dies.

What are you going to do once there are CVEs against the version you're running?

coxhaus said:
Opensense would be an option if they would upgrade to FreeBSD14 but they are still on FreeBSD13.

Really? FreeBSD 13 is in support until 2026. Refusing to use it so you can use an out-of-date, network-exposed, security-critical application seems like the height of folly.

coxhaus said:
Opensense would be an option if they would upgrade to FreeBSD14 but they are still on FreeBSD13.

FreeBSD 14 hasn't even been released yet (14.0-RC3 only became available yesterday). FreeBSD 13.2 is the current RELEASE version.


[System] You are a professional Wi-Fi router support assistant; I will provide forum posts as background material, and you should learn from them while remaining aware that forum content may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect — when uncertain, explicitly note that you are uncertain and refer the user to official documentation or other authoritative sources for verification.

[User]
Title: An upgradable Router/NAS/PC all in one? Yes.

Intel-Powered Mini-PC, NAS, 2.5GbE Router AIO Retails for $269
The AOOSTAR R1 is a jack of all trades and can be pre-ordered now
www.tomshardware.com

Depending on the firmware/OS, this is what I've been asking for, for the last decade.

Time will tell if it is anything worthwhile looking at.

[Assistant]
Hmmm. Often all-in-one devices don't work well, and this thing is low powered, so the actual "PC" part not be doable, along with routing and NAS-ing. But the article used "or" (as in router or NAS) multiple times, making me think you have to decide which of those two function you want it to do, but that would be strange (maybe just the way the writer prefers to word things).

Interesting, though.

From what I read is ASUS bought all Intel's mini-PC technology.

The Intel N100 is a quad-core, quad-thread processor wielding E-cores with a maximum turbo frequency of 3.4 GHz.

The quote from the article linked above indicates it should be 70% faster than the fastest Asus models today. Add the fact you can put in 8, 16, and 32GB of RAM, and install to an NVMe SSD, it will be more like twice as fast as any Asus model today. The ability to add 2x 2.5"/3.5" SSDs/HDDs is just icing on the cake, along with those 2x 2.5GbE ports.

At the introductory $269 barebones price, it slays what's on the market right now. Particularly in light of what pfSense is doing today.

Using pfSense with a L3 core switch
I was looking and it seems like my Cisco 150ax APs support the Cisco Dashboard as well. I may be able to tie all the hardware into one view. I ran Cisco's Findit software way back when, before I turned off my rack and I had no servers to run it on. If I start using my Windows 11 workstation...
www.snbforums.com

Using pfSense with a L3 core switch
I was looking and it seems like my Cisco 150ax APs support the Cisco Dashboard as well. I may be able to tie all the hardware into one view. I ran Cisco's Findit software way back when, before I turned off my rack and I had no servers to run it on. If I start using my Windows 11 workstation...
www.snbforums.com

https://www.snbforums.com/posts/871841/react?reaction_id=1


[System] You are a professional Wi-Fi router support assistant; I will provide forum posts as background material, and you should learn from them while remaining aware that forum content may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect — when uncertain, explicitly note that you are uncertain and refer the user to official documentation or other authoritative sources for verification.

[User]
Title: Airscale ASIB to Router Cisco

I need to connect an ASIB board from its ethernet ports, from Airscale Nokia to a Cisco router, I thank you for information about it
Thank

[Assistant]
Welcome to the forums @pintor63.

Wow, what network are you looking to power up with this combo?

Heh heh, I need to manage a remote device that connects to a non-IP radio.
IP ASIB 10.91.230.34/29, I define IP router 10.91.230.35/29 or /0 but I can't see what's next.


[System] You are a professional Wi-Fi router support assistant; I will provide forum posts as background material, and you should learn from them while remaining aware that forum content may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect — when uncertain, explicitly note that you are uncertain and refer the user to official documentation or other authoritative sources for verification.

[User]
Title: MT-Link MT-1704-4G-AC(Ver 2.0)

Is it possible to disable any changes including changing router and Wi-Fi passwords on this router?

[Assistant]
Welcome to the forums @Ben_Rocks.

Without knowing that model at all, I would say, no.

Ben_Rocks said:
Is it possible to disable any changes including changing router and Wi-Fi passwords on this router?
Did you try the reset button as you were advised on the level1techs forum?
After reset you can use the default login from the label on the bottom.

I don't think he wants a new password, he doesn't want the existing one being able to be changed.


[System] You are a professional Wi-Fi router support assistant; I will provide forum posts as background material, and you should learn from them while remaining aware that forum content may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect — when uncertain, explicitly note that you are uncertain and refer the user to official documentation or other authoritative sources for verification.

[User]
Title: Any thoughts on ISP supplied TP-Link EX820v 2.5Gb WAN/LAN, AX6000 router?

ISP is supplying a TP-Link EX820v router with 2.5Gb WAN, 1 x 2.5Gb LAN, 3 x GigE LAN and AX6000 Wifi6.

Anyone got experience of this unit good or bad?
I am guessing it may be similar to a cut down Archer AX6000 with the addtion of a 2.5Gb LAN port.

Will be used on a 2Gb down, 1Gb up FTTP GPON connection.

TP-Link product page https://service-provider.tp-link.com/wifi-router/ex820v/

[Assistant]
This is a high performance gateway with 2.5GbE ports for WAN and LAN + VoIP + dual 4-stream radios + 160MHz wide channels + many firmware features. If all the features are unlocked - seems like a good hardware device. If it comes for free - definitely see what it can do for you. May save quite some money for own router. ISP provided devices are usually trouble free and secure, but you may find locked features.

ISP charges USD97 install charge to cover 2.5Gb ONT and the 2.5gb route,r plus USD12-25 extra pm for 1.2/1.0,2.0/1.0 or 2.5/2.5Gb connection with static IP over the base 1Gb symmetric with CGNAT and a lower end router Wifi6/GigE router (USD24 with free install).

Do they charge monthly for the gateway, for the static IP or for both? You decide depending on the answer. Keep in mind ISP gateway means ISP's responsibility to fix eventual issues. Your equipment means you take the responsibility. The ISP won't support your equipment. Make sure you know what do you want - 1Gbps vs 2.5Gbps, public (?) IP vs CG-NAT, lower vs higher end gateway. Don't overpay for what you don't need.


[System] You are a professional Wi-Fi router support assistant; I will provide forum posts as background material, and you should learn from them while remaining aware that forum content may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect — when uncertain, explicitly note that you are uncertain and refer the user to official documentation or other authoritative sources for verification.

[User]
Title: Router recommendations for 1gbs fibre WAN and PPPOE

I recently had 1gbs fibre installed in my home and realised my existing ASUS AC87 was not up to the task (maxing out around 500-600mb download). I'm led to believe that 1gb WAN with PPPOE can be taxing for a router and needs a good CPU.

I then tried a Draytek 2865 and there was a slight improvement to 650mb down but still not getting close to what I should be getting. Only the ISP supplied router (THG3000) appears to be getting a consistent 950mb download.

Are there any recommendations for off the shelf routers that is up to the task? I prefer not to go down the route of mini PC/self build with OpenWRT, PFsense or OPNsense as that looks to have a steep learning curve.

WIFI is not a priority as I have a mesh wifi network connected via ethernet.

[Assistant]
kungfuman said:
I have a mesh wifi network connected via ethernet.
Assume the 950 is with this attached to the ISP device directly?

Tech Junky said:
Assume the 950 is with this attached to the ISP device directly?

Yes, all my speed tests have been carried out via direct connection using ethernet to whichever router I was trying out at the time. Also, all other devices (incl wifi mesh) were disconnected to ensure only the laptop I was using was the only device accessing the connection.

I haven't tried any recent router since the Netgear R7800 since going DIY but, had similar issues with Asus which prompted the switch to Synology / Netgear and then finally DIY due to being sick of dealing with constant issues from average consumer devices.

At east you're getting the full bandwidth when bypassing things. That leaves less to deal with getting the provider to fix issues tends to be the biggest hurdle sometimes.

gli.net / synology / etc. could be options depending on what else is being introduced to the connection. If you have plans to run a VPN connection on the router it will make a difference in which will work better depending on OVPN vs WG. In general though if you turn off all the features bundled into the software and just do routing / nat / firewall things should work at speed.

I would start off with a wired only router to terminate the ISP connection to and then add an AP for the WIFI to isolate any potential issues and decrease the upgrade costs when BE comes in the near future. Most brands should behave the same tough as they tend to all use the same internal HW and it usually just comes down tot he SW trying things together. They all run on Linux and then put a skin on top for management. There are some prefab "VPN router" options w/o WIFI under $200 that make DIY easy.


[System] You are a professional Wi-Fi router support assistant; I will provide forum posts as background material, and you should learn from them while remaining aware that forum content may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect — when uncertain, explicitly note that you are uncertain and refer the user to official documentation or other authoritative sources for verification.

[User]
Title: TP Link ER605 - DNS config for devices

Does anyone have this router, or know enough about it, to tell me is there is a way to manually set the DNS for either an individual device or range of IP’s?

Every router I have had allows this function via the DHCP settings. In this router I can only see it available to set globally per WAN.

[Assistant]
You can create VLANs and specify a different DNS server for all devices in that VLAN. I don't know about any DNS override available at the device level.
I have an ER605 as a standby unit in case my main router (Untangle) was to die. It's been a while since I configured it so I'm not up to date with any features they might have added.

Mike

autopilot said:
Does anyone have this router, or know enough about it, to tell me is there is a way to manually set the DNS for either an individual device or range of IP’s?

Every router I have had allows this function via the DHCP settings. In this router I can only see it available to set globally per WAN.

That's not typical for the TP-Link devices I've seen - I don't have a sample of your device - have you reached out to TP-Link customer care or their support forums?

This is a business class router and the cheapest one on the market at $60. This functionality is not needed in business environment with VLAN segmented network. This router is also Omada SDN integrated and some features are not available in stand alone mode.


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[User]
Title: Need Help Accessing Raspberry Pi Webserver by Name on WiFi Devices

Hello fellow network enthusiasts,

I've encountered a bit of a conundrum with my local home network, and I'm hoping to get some advice on how to solve it. Here's the situation:

I have a Raspberry Pi set up as a web server, hosting a website.
My goal is to access this website with a user-friendly name (e.g., "raspi/mywebsite") from all devices connected to my home network.
I can already access the website using the NetBIOS name of the server (e.g., "raspi/mywebsite") on devices connected via Ethernet cables, but not on devices connected via WiFi.
WiFi-connected devices can access the website using the Pi's IP address, but this is not the user-friendly solution I'm looking for.
Unfortunately, my router doesn't allow me to define an alternative DNS address, and it doesn't offer an option to connect NetBIOS names from Ethernet to WiFi.

I'm seeking advice on how to achieve the desired outcome without setting up another server or Raspberry Pi as a DNS server. The reason for this is that I'd like to ensure network continuity; if the Raspberry Pi acting as the DNS server goes down, I don't want to lose internet connectivity (unless the new solution allows for primary and secondary DNS addresses).

So, here are my questions:

Is there a router available on the market that comes with an integrated DNS server? If so, can you recommend a specific product that provides this feature?
Alternatively, are there any other creative solutions or workarounds that could help me achieve my goal of accessing the Raspberry Pi webserver by a user-friendly name on WiFi devices without the need for an additional DNS server?
I appreciate any insights, suggestions, or experiences you can share to help me resolve this issue. Thank you in advance for your assistance!

[Assistant]
isabasu said:
Is there a router available on the market that comes with an integrated DNS server? If so, can you recommend a specific product that provides this feature?
I think every home router I've owned in the last 20 years from various manufacturers have had this ability. It would probably be easier to make a list of routers that didn't support this. Pick a router you like the look of and then confirm it's abilities in its online manual.

The Raspberry Pi OS - it has avahi installed out of the box - so...

You should be able to login directly over ssh as something.local to get local access...

Going in from the WAN - should be the registered domain name from your router...

I fail to see a problem here...

When your computer associates with the router and gets an IP address via DHCP, it /should/ be declaring it's hostname, and your router should be resolving the local names to addresses. Is this really an issue of just not being aware that one doesn't need to use Microsoft's self-standard methods when /actual/ standards are in place?


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[User]
Title: Please help me choose a router

Guys, please tell me which router model is now more profitable (quality-to-price ratio) to buy, which you can flash and as a result get a good router for a good price tag, I’m somewhat limited in finances today, I came from Ukraine, moved into an apartment and a week later I got a router The focus on the financial side has disappeared. I mean, here are the examples of the T-Mobile TM-AC1900 model, which was poured into the ASUS RT-AC68U, but maybe for today there is something more interesting. A router for 1 bedroom (laptop, TV), it is important that it works stably, has a reception range, and can be configured as a repeater. Perhaps you can recommend something?

[Assistant]
Welcome to the forums @setsey55.

If finances are dire, simply use the ISP provided router.

The models you reference are obsolete today.

And a repeater in a 1 bedroom apartment is not needed (in fact, it would be detrimental).

and if you want wireless, more people will be looking at the Wireless buying advice subforum above.

L&LD said:
Welcome to the forums @setsey55.

If finances are dire, simply use the ISP provided router.

The models you reference are obsolete today.

And a repeater in a 1 bedroom apartment is not needed (in fact, it would be detrimental).
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thank you for your answer and for your hospitality the repeater is based on the fact that I’m unlikely to stay in one place, I can move, there will be other conditions, a little for the future, one might say, in any case, thanks for the answer!


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[User]
Title: Asus TUF Gaming AX6000 client speeds slower than in router test speed.

Good day everyone.

Got question about issue with Asus TUF Gaming AX6000 . I currently have *UK BT connection 900/110 and If I measure speed with built in speedtest I got correct speeds ( average 930/115 ), problem comes when I need to test speeds at wired clients . Using speedtests average I get 650-750 / 115, testing speed with download gives same results never higher than 93MB/s. No QoS enabled , MTU/MRU 1492 (as of pppoe). VPN disabled. NAT acceleration is enabled.

Before this one I had TP-LINK Archer GX90 AX6600 and there was no issues, PC`s were giving same 930/115 results from speed tests.

Pretty soon line will be upgraded to 1.8Gbps and that's the reason I got TUF Gaming AX6000 in first place.

Anything I could miss in settings ? Or just faulty router ?

Speed examples:
Wifi:

Wired:

I n router speed test:

[Assistant]
daugava89 said:
same results never higher than 93MB/s

Sound like Fast Ethernet (100Mbps) connection.

Tech9 said:
Sound like Fast Ethernet (100Mbps) connection.
No, it's hitting 93MB/s,which is roughly 774Mb/s. OP is losing a little speed on their wired network but not by a factor of 10x.

Tech9 said:
If it's really MB/s then it's excellent.
It's really not. As mentioned with previous router and if I quickly swop it I get 116.25 MB/s that's a difference. Nearly 20% drop.

Speed samples:
Wifi:

Wired:

Built in router speed test


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[User]
Title: ASUS AiCloud not working even in the local network.

I brought a new ASUS AC58U Router. I was trying to setup AiCloud but i couldn't get it working. "https://[your ASUS DDNS name].asuscomm.com" shows "This site cant't be reached" and "https://[your ASUS DDNS name].asuscomm.com" refused to connect.
I followed exactly as in the manual. When i try "ftp://[your ASUS DDNS name].asuscomm.com", i can access my storage device attached to the router when i am in the same network. (This also not working remotely).
Please help me on getting AiCloud to work.

[Assistant]
I just found out that ISP gives me a private WAN IP address, not a public IP (CGNAT) . So there will be a problem of Double NAT. Please let me know whether this is the reason i can't access AiCloud. Thanks. Please help.

Latest update crashed aicloud, if you rollback to previous version it should work.
Asus is having this problem for few months now, and not doing nothing

Ah I see. Which firmware update should I go for? I tried to flash another version but the Upload link on the Firmware management page doesn't even seem to work...


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[User]
Title: News RV340/345 Security Vulnerability

Cisco RV340, RV340W, RV345, and RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Routers Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

I am having a bit of difficulty in deciding how worried I should be, but I am concerned with the "there are no work-arounds" and "we are not going to fix it statements".

One question I have for the group is what (if any?) impact would I see by disabling the RESTCONF option as described in the article?

(thx to GKToronto for posting this on the Cisco SB Forum)

[Assistant]
If you don't want to disturb your working setup and have security concerns - place another firewall in front of your RV34x router.

That RESTCONF setting has a checkbox for LAN and WAN. Surprisingly the Cisco advisory does not even mention this.

That being so, I'm going to proceed with 'keeping the WAN checkmark set to off' is good enough.

The Cisco Admin Guide for RESTCONF says nothing useful, e.g., "By default, it is enabled on LAN interface. It can also be enabled on both LAN and WAN interfaces."

This is how (RESTCONF unchecked) I have been running since this advisory came out. I have not seen any issues whatsoever. That said, I will be replacing the router shortly I think.


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[User]
Title: anyone experinced with Draytek routers?

I am wanting to make sure my games console is not restricted by the firewall.

What steps do I need todo? I am a home user and looking through the router with firewall filtering seems rather confusing to me.

I have some understanding of port forwarding as I have done that before on tp link routers.

I have port forwarded already on draytek I used Bind ip to mac address, which I assume is LAN address reservation.

my games console IP address into the Ip object and then I used open ports and forwarded my ports using the ip object. I still feel that the firewall is having an effect on my games console, even though it is reporting it has Open NAT.

I want to make sure the firewall is not effecting my games ocnsole, so how do I pass it through the firewall? would that be object settings Ip object I need to use? Firewall Objects Setting >> IP Object

[Assistant]
hopper said:
I am wanting to make sure my games console is not restricted by the firewall.

What steps do I need todo? I am a home user and looking through the router with firewall filtering seems rather confusing to me.

I have some understanding of port forwarding as I have done that before on tp link routers.

I have port forwarded already on draytek I used Bind ip to mac address, which I assume is LAN address reservation.

my games console IP address into the Ip object and then I used open ports and forwarded my ports using the ip object. I still feel that the firewall is having an effect on my games console, even though it is reporting it has Open NAT.

I want to make sure the firewall is not effecting my games ocnsole, so how do I pass it through the firewall? would that be object settings Ip object I need to use? Firewall Objects Setting >> IP Object
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I don't have experience with that brand but if you've forwarded the necessary ports to the console, and the console is showing open NAT, you've done what you need to do. The firewall (assuming it is doing packet inspection) is still involved, unless you disable it completely but that's not really a great idea (and probably wouldn't change much, if anything).

What makes you think it is impacting your games? Your other option is to set the game console as the DMZ device in the router, which will forward ALL ports to it. Firewall (again assuming it is doing packet inspection) will still be involved, but maybe there is some port you've missed. DMZ is a security risk though, so it isn't the first choice. Maybe do it just to see if it makes a difference.

You also have the option of using uPNP, more secure than DMZ, but still a small risk.

In my eyes the Draytek is one of the worst routers ever, my family had one arround year 1997 (before 2000),
a purple vigor and they are always got port scanned, plus we had some viruses on a pc.
Maybe they have changed security in year 2000+ and have now better solutions.
at least our experience so far from the family.

PR3MIUM said:
In my eyes the Draytek is one of the worst routers ever, my family had one arround year 1997 (before 2000),
a purple vigor and they are always got port scanned, plus we had some viruses on a pc.
Maybe they have changed security in year 2000+ and have now better solutions.
at least our experience so far from the family.
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It seems like a no-name brand but you have to assume that things have changed in 20 years. Many routers had far worse security back then, most relying solely on hide NAT with no DPI firewall at all.


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[User]
Title: Opinions on best use of 2.5gb port

So updating my home network, finally got a cat7 cable run from downstairs to upstairs for my backhaul instead of relying on wireless like I was using on my Aimesh set up, question now I have is best use of the routers 2.5gbe port.

In my old set up, Asus Aimesh based, I had the 2.5gbe as my wan port, I'm in the UK on virgin 1gig network, shows 1120 down and 102 up, obviously everything else was wireless, the tri-band system used a 5ghz band for backhaul, however now I've got a cable I'm not sure if I switch to using a normal 1g wan port and using the 2.5gbe on both routers as the backhaul?

Obviously I'm not really using the 2.5gbe port effectively as the wan on a 1gbe connection speed, so if I use the 2.5gbe as backhaul will it be better for LAN use, Plex server on local Nas streaming to TVs in the house etc could use more bandwidth and not fight with the wireless devices as much?

What's opinion guys n girls?

Tom

[Assistant]
It really depends on if you think you are saturating that 1Gbps (each way) between the two routers! If not then I'd probably leave things as they are. Or you can just fiddle and see if there IS any improvement - it's a quick fiddle and there's really no consequence if it doesn't change anything!

Media streaming doesn't use much bandwidth. Typically under 20mbps/stream unless you're doing 4k even that is usually under 30.

On my custom setup I have my AP connected to my 2.5 port to not bottleneck lan traffic. On my setup I can get 1.7gbps to internal devices. If you're doing heavy DLs then leave your wan connection as is for max ISP bandwidth for any wired devices.

Tom Brough said:
I had the 2.5gbe as my wan port

Continue using it as WAN port. It doesn't really matter in your case.


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[User]
Title: AX-86U slow download on Asus router speed test?

So I have an AX-86U connected via the 2.5g port to my 10Gb internet connection via the fibre modems 10GB port. When I log into the router, go to QOS and select the speed test at the top, weirdly I get 1560 down and 2490 up… why is the download coming through slower?

Thanks!

[Assistant]
Try a speed test with an Ethernet wired PC. Oh wait, the remaining Ethernet connections are only 1 GB. Darn! Try WIFI at 160 MHz?

Well, maybe you do not really need that 10 GB connection? (and the built in Speedtest is not always accurate)

bbunge said:
(and the built in Speedtest is not always accurate)

Yeah, that. Router speedtest numbers are generally limited by their underpowered CPUs. It is absolutely routine for the results to be a lot worse than the hardware-assisted routing paths that packets going to/from clients go through. That's true even at 1Gbps line rates, never mind higher.

What do you see when you run speedtest from a client machine? If you haven't got clients that can go faster than 1Gbps, maybe run concurrent tests from several machines to see if you can saturate the 10Gbps link.

And BTW, don't assume that a single speedtest.net server won't itself be saturated by higher-than-1Gbps demand. You might need to put some thought into designing a test case for which your 10Gbps line is surely the bottleneck. (As @bbunge implies, you very likely are paying for more service than you can use.)


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[User]
Title: Great OPNsense/pfSense mini PC with 4 x 2.5gb Intel NICs for just over $200usd on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B28S16HK/?tag=snbforums-20

Add in 8gb ram (16gb if running an IDS) plus 64gb mSATA for about $30 and you've got a great firewall appliance for half the cost of Firewalla, Netgate, etc. I've seen other brands with the same board, CPU and Intel NICs for $300+. I picked up one of these about a month ago and it rocks.

[Assistant]
there is HW issue with i225 v1, and you do not know what version you are buying, what you can read official from intel https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/621661

not sure about v2 and new ones and even i226 therefore I did not buy it yet.

Intel cannot solve issue with i225/226 and motherboards for 4years now (it started with Z490 chip generation). Lately Intel told it is close https://www.tomshardware.com/news/i...rnet-issues-but-its-just-a-workaround-for-now
even with this the latest fix I had i225 v3 stop to work, no connection to LAN device, one time and need to disable and enable LAN device to start to work again.

Adooni said:
there is HW issue with i225 v1, and you do not know what version you are buying, what you can read official from intel https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/621661
The NICs on that board are v3. No drops. We get 1.4GB down from Comcrap, and we get the full speed thru that box to the machines behind it running the speed tests.

No issues.....

"Fanless" sounds pretty great. Have you noticed any overheating problems?


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[User]
Title: Merlin VPN Director question

Hi all

I have 2 wireguard client VPNs setup and the VPN director config looks like this

- WGC1 I want some specific IPs to run through and the whole external wireguard server
- WGC2 I want the rest of the LAN to run though

Problem is when both wireguards clients are running I cannot get any internet at all.

Any ideas would be great!

[Assistant]
jebnz said:
Hi all

I have 2 wireguard client VPNs setup and the VPN director config looks like this

View attachment 53433

- WGC1 I want some specific IPs to run through and the whole external wireguard server
- WGC2 I want the rest of the LAN to run though

Problem is when both wireguards clients are running I cannot get any internet at all.

Any ideas would be great!
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Try posting this question to:
Asuswrt-Merlin
Use this forum for posts about all versions of this alternative firmware for ASUS wireless routers
www.snbforums.com

JTnola said:
Try posting this question to:
Asuswrt-Merlin
Use this forum for posts about all versions of this alternative firmware for ASUS wireless routers
www.snbforums.com
Will do.


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[User]
Title: 10gb Integrated box

Saw this the other day...

PALMSHELL NeXT H2 SBC and micro server offers 10GbE for $199 and up - CNX Software
PALMSHELL NeXT H2 is an affordable AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G-powered micro server, also available as an SBC for developers, that features two 10GbE SFP+
www.cnx-software.com

[Assistant]
It does not include the power supply. I would worry about troubleshooting as they might blame it on the power supply.
Do you know which 10 gig chipset they use?

coxhaus said:
Do you know which 10 gig chipset they use?

It's AMD's - built into the R1505G SoC itself...

Not sure how the 2.5Gbe copper port is handled - maybe realtek hanging off the PCI-e bus...


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[User]
Title: Best combination question

Hi
I have a Asus RT-AX88U router with 4 PCs XT8 (1 wired and 3 Wireless) aimesh and it works decent. Gets 300-400 Mbit Wireless from 1 Gbit fiber, but RT-AX88U is a dual band router. Will it be better to use one XT8 as an router with the 3 other XT8 in a tri-band system and don't use RT-AX88U? Or use RT-AX88U as an AP where the wired XT8 where placed, and change the XT8 to main router? Just a thought for better speed.

[Assistant]
Jubel said:
Hi
I have a Asus RT-AX88U router with 4 PCs XT8 (1 wired and 3 Wireless) aimesh and it works decent. Gets 300-400 Mbit Wireless from 1 Gbit fiber, but RT-AX88U is a dual band router. Will it be better to use one XT8 as an router with the 3 other XT8 in a tri-band system and don't use RT-AX88U? Or use RT-AX88U as an AP where the wired XT8 where placed, and change the XT8 to main router? Just a thought for better speed.
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Wired to the 88 you should have no problem maxing out your 1G fiber. If that isn't the case, time to factory reset and reconfigure by hand.

Wireless to either the 88 or XT8 wired node should be able to get 600 to 800 depending on signal and what your client device is capable of. The wireless nodes will get half that.

Changing them around probably won't make any difference.

Do you really need 5 wireless APs though? You may be hurting your speed and coverage rather than helping it.

EDIT the wireless nodes may be able to do better, just noticed the XT8 is tri-band. So if you're using the 5ghz-2 for wireless backhaul only it may come close to the throughput of the wired backhaul device. But are they wireless backhaul to the main XT8 or to the AX88?

I'd work your way through each device in the path starting with closest to internet, test both wired and wireless and see what performance you get. Could very well be that the 88 just needs a clean start and you'll get your full 1G over wired and close to it over wireless.

Now AX88 is the main router (end of main house) and nearest XT8 is wired backhaul placed at extension of house. The second XT8 uses Wireless backhaul 5ghz-2 to the first wired XT8, placed in same extension of house (bedroom and might be overkill). No. 3 (3 walls from AX88 in my sons room used for gaming and gets around 400 Mbit) main house and no. 4 XT8 is placed furthest away (4 walls from AX88 and gets around 180 Mbit) at the main house and both connect wireless to AX88. I guess no. 3 and 4 can't connect to the first wired XT8 or the nearby wireless XT8 no. 2 cause a thick wall between main and extension house.
Without XT8 nr. 4 ip wireless camera outdoor have trouble connecting to XT8 no. 3.
But why does XT8 no. 4 connect wireless to AX88 in other end of house, when XT8 no. 3 is nearby?

Jubel said:
Now AX88 is the main router (end of main house) and nearest XT8 is wired backhaul placed at extension of house. The second XT8 uses Wireless backhaul 5ghz-2 to the first wired XT8, placed in same extension of house (bedroom and might be overkill). No. 3 (3 walls from AX88 in my sons room used for gaming and gets around 400 Mbit) main house and no. 4 XT8 is placed furthest away (4 walls from AX88 and gets around 180 Mbit) at the main house and both connect wireless to AX88. I guess no. 3 and 4 can't connect to the first wired XT8 or the nearby wireless XT8 no. 2 cause a thick wall between main and extension house.
Without XT8 nr. 4 ip wireless camera outdoor have trouble connecting to XT8 no. 3.
But why does XT8 no. 4 connect wireless to AX88 in other end of house, when XT8 no. 3 is nearby?
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If it connected to #3 it would be limited to 200 megs so it is probably preferring to go "direct". Or due to placement it is just seeing the AX88 as a stronger signal. Are these all in a single AiMesh system? If so I believe you can choose exactly what nodes connect where and how?

In an Aimesh system only one is the "main node", I'm assuming that is the AX88, but you can choose to daisy chain "slave" nodes I believe. Not an aimesh user so not positive how that all works. You're sort of mixing a couple systems together.

But can a wired device connected to the AX88 get full 1G internet (same for a wired device connected to the wired XT8?

I believe someone mentioned that using the WAN port on the XT8 gave half throughput when in AP mode, not sure if that has been fixed or if it applies to AiMesh (which I believe requires you to use the WAN port).

So this is how it is connected?
(Dash for wired, ~ for wireless)

AX88------------XT8-1~~~~~~~~~XT8-2
AX88~~~~~~~XT8-3
AX88~~~~~~~XT8-4

I would think you should be able to go in and specify how they connect assuming it is all one AiMesh system? But a wireless "daisy chain" may be worse than the direct wireless. Maybe it is seeing that the 3rd is already using its second radio for backhaul so not picking that one. I would guess that it would always prefer a direct single wireless link than a dual hop link.


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[User]
Title: need help choosing router for 2gb internet.

Hello i need help choosing a stable, secure, good with ipv6 router for future proofing. I was looking at some mikrotik and some ubiquiti but they are pricey and will require spf+ modules, thats another 60 bucks on top of the $3-500 price, and i have to add an access point for wifi so it'll be costly already. I need something that will accept 2gb internet from the modem and have at least one lan output that is 2.5gb or higher. seems like an impossible find.

[Assistant]
redbeard916 said:
Hello i need help choosing a stable, secure, good with ipv6 router for future proofing. I was looking at some mikrotik and some ubiquiti but they are pricey and will require spf+ modules, thats another 60 bucks on top of the $3-500 price, and i have to add an access point for wifi so it'll be costly already. I need something that will accept 2gb internet from the modem and have at least one lan output that is 2.5gb or higher. seems like an impossible find.
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If you want to do it right and be "future proof" then the separate router and AP is a better route. That being said you can do a mini PC with PFSense or OpnSense and an AP for less than those router brands and they will have higher performance too.

If you want an AIO router then Asus has several with 2 multigig ports and other brands do as well. 2G wired is doable with AIO, assuming you don't need VPN as that will be a fraction of that.

Wifi obviously is harder to hit 2G, while most modern wifi routers are theoretically capable your clients likely won't be.

Keep in mind "future proof" in networking is about 2-3 years max timeframe.

thanks for the reply. seems like building one could take some effort. are the mikrotik rb5009 any good? was going to get it, an access point, and a sfp+ module.

redbeard916 said:
thanks for the reply. seems like building one could take some effort. are the mikrotik rb5009 any good? was going to get it, an access point, and a sfp+ module.

I don't have any experience with the microtiks, they generally are well reviewed but have a learning curve. I've used ubiquiti and been happy with it. The TP-Link Omada stuff is generally well reviewed too and may give the best bang for the buck.

However you can buy prebuilt mini PCs starting in the mid $100 range and up and install PFSense or OpnSense on them and pair with the VLAN aware AP of your choice. A 10G unit with built in wifi ability was posted in here today starting at $200, I believe it was @sfx2000 that posted it. AMD or Intel (x86 based) PCs are pretty unbeatable for the price if you want to be able to do encryption (VPN) or a lot of routing and firewall. 2.5G switches are coming down in price but if you get a PC that can fit a 4 port multigig card that may be all you need.


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[User]
Title: Eero 6 or Technicolor DGA0122 for USB storage?

Hi

I'm about to upgrade to full fibre and have a query about the router options.

Of the two options I'm looking at, one gives an Eero 6 and the other a Technicolor DGA0122.

My current setup has an external USB hard drive connected to an Asus AC68U which I use as a network drive and I'd really like to keep this functionality.

Of these two routers, would either be able to replicate the Asus functionality? I've not yet looked into configuring my Asus router for the new connection, but its quite old and has had a few hangs so I'd like to use one of the free routers if possible.

Has anyone any comments on network storage with these routers, or any other comments in general?

Thanks

[Assistant]
Jonathan Dixon said:
Of the two options I'm looking at, one gives an Eero 6 and the other a Technicolor DGA0122.

If you attach storage to a carrier/operater provided gateway - they have total visibility into the attached device via TR-069 ACS (the management and provisioning platform for xdsl modems)

Even though the ports and services are available on the DGA0122, I can't recommend using it because of the privacy concerns...

Jonathan Dixon said:
or any other comments in general?

Get a real NAS at some point.


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[User]
Title: How to find out where is the internal antenna in zxhn h108n router motherboard?

i need to add external antena to my old router and i've seen someone did it before in youtube vidoe but i can't find it anymore

[Assistant]
Is this your hardware version?
https://fccid.io/Q78-ZXHNH108N/Internal-Photos/Internal-Photos-1584823.pdf

ColinTaylor said:
Is this your hardware version?
https://fccid.io/Q78-ZXHNH108N/Internal-Photos/Internal-Photos-1584823.pdf

no this mine

Do you have a higher resolution picture?

From a google search it looks like that model has two antennas. They appear to be where I've marked them in the picture below.


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[User]
Title: Looking for a new routers to replace my Cisco RV320. The last security update came out in 2021.

I've been using my RV320 for a long time and they were updating the security once or twice a year, until last year. Now I need to replace it with something that will hopefully get security updates for 3-5 more years... preferably more.. I am finding nothing on the cisco site that isn't 4+ years old already, or cost prohibitive for a home installation. I don't want/need wireless out at the demark where it resides as its way to close to the streets. My AP's are at the back were I need WiFi for laptops and tablets. I was a bit surprised to find almost nothing on wired routers on this site anymore, everything is WiFi here. Is there a better forum site for old school wired networks? Thanks, Bill

[Assistant]
BigBillsd said:
I've been using my RV320 for a long time and they were updating the security once or twice a year, until last year. Now I need to replace it with something that will hopefully get security updates for 3-5 more years... preferably more.. I am finding nothing on the cisco site that isn't 4+ years old already, or cost prohibitive for a home installation. I don't want/need wireless out at the demark where it resides as its way to close to the streets. My AP's are at the back were I need WiFi for laptops and tablets. I was a bit surprised to find almost nothing on wired routers on this site anymore, everything is WiFi here. Is there a better forum site for old school wired networks? Thanks, Bill
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Posted something about Draytek wired routers in this thread last week. There's also mention of the UDM Pro and TPLink wired routers as well.

Release - ASUS RT-AX89X Firmware version 3.0.0.4.386.47468 (2022/10/18)
I put a ticket in for my RT-AX89X and they want to RMA it but they say they don't have any to ship me. So they are asking me if I want a "comparable" unit. Honestly though I don't know of an ASUS product that is "comparable" to this router. Can any of you think of any that has dual 10gb? So far...
www.snbforums.com

You could also head over to the Mikrotik forum. Not many posts on SNB recently.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://forum.mikrotik.com/&ved=2ahUKEwj-w9KF39b7AhWoklYBHZ04CcYQFnoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw27k4VCEnvzwD9EvQ1rFl-D

Most of the development right now seems to be x86 based. Take a look at pfsense, Opensense, and Untangle. These are more sophisticated than any little, small router.

I am looking at the Cisco Firepower 1010 firewall. It also has 2 POE+ ports so you don't need a switch. My problem is they won't sell me a license for updates without a business email address. I don't want to buy without being able to buy a license.

I am running a Cisco RV340 router and it is still supported. We had a firmware update last week.

There are a lot of mini-computers coming out that are cheap and will run the x86 software. So, I think it will be a matter of time before they take over. The small routers don't have the horsepower to run the sophisticated softwares being developed on the x86 platform.

RTWZ80 said:
Posted something about Draytek wired routers in this thread last week. There's also mention of the UDM Pro and TPLink wired routers as well.

Release - ASUS RT-AX89X Firmware version 3.0.0.4.386.47468 (2022/10/18)
I put a ticket in for my RT-AX89X and they want to RMA it but they say they don't have any to ship me. So they are asking me if I want a "comparable" unit. Honestly though I don't know of an ASUS product that is "comparable" to this router. Can any of you think of any that has dual 10gb? So far...

You could also head over to the Mikrotik forum. Not many posts on SNB recently.

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Are any of the routers you mention, get security updates like my Cisco did for 5 years?

Oh My, I have a Mikrotik Metal WiFi router, most cryptic thing I ever used. I had to write down how to make changes as it was so NOT intuitive I couldn't remember how to make changes each time I needed to get hooked up somewhere else.

I just ordered an ER605, of course TP link will not tell you when EOL is.. Until after the fact.


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[User]
Title: Custom firmware for TP-Link Archer Ax73?

Is there any custom firmware available for the model in title?

A friend having Linux experience shall be doing needful for me.

Thanks.

[Assistant]
NetorkinghelpSan said:
Is there any custom firmware available for the model in title?

A friend having Linux experience shall be doing needful for me.

Thanks.

Your only hope with tp link seems to be openwrt and in a few cases tomato, but model support is spotty and mostly older stuff. Openwrt has a page with all the supported models you can see if it says work in progress, but I have one that has been WIP for years.

Better to pick a model that has known support rather than buy something and try to find open source for it typically.

drinkingbird said:
Your only hope with tp link seems to be openwrt

OpenWrt won't provide anything for that model , it's Broadcom based.


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[User]
Title: Faster Network

So, I am going to build my granddaughter a faster game network without wireless. She has gotten into gaming and I thought I would take wireless out of the picture. Wireless is slow and will slow down a network waiting on responses.
Anybody doing this?

Basically, I am building a network vlan without wireless which will be L3 switched out to the internet.

[Assistant]
I don't know much about it but my brother is a gamer and he swears to a wired connection with a DMZ on the assigned network port to get the lowest possible ping.

Yea, wireless is very slow compared to a switch. You want the wireless out of the same L2 segment and in a different broadcast domain.

sfx2000 said:
I game on wired myself...
Wired is the way to go. My thinking though if your gaming IPs are in the same network as the wireless then you will run slower.


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[User]
Title: does my GT-AX11000 Pro limits the wired output to my second router

i have a GT-AX11000 Pro as my main router with a lan (wired via ethernet) connected to my second router (tp link AC5400) on AP( access point set ).

the thing is that my PS4 IS CONNECTED via ethernet on my second router but is only getting about 275mbps but my speeds on my main router are 950mbps.

what is going on, is there any settings i need to change?

i did give priority to my ps4 on the GT-AX11000 Pro but is still crap speed

[Assistant]
What speed you get to different wired client connected to your second router? Game consoles usually connect to download servers with load balancing.

Tech9 said:
What speed you get to different wired client connected to your second router? Game consoles usually connect to download servers with load balancing.
he most 275 at the ps2

Tech9 said:
PS2 is also a game console.
yes i mean to say PS4, PLAYSTATION 4


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[User]
Title: Switching to Fidium & RT-AX88U

Currently I have xFinity (Comcast) using a Motorola MB8611 Cable Modem and the Asus RT-AX88U with Merlin. Advertised is 1.2 Gb Down/ 35 Mb Up but I'm getting maybe 980 Mb. (Pay about $130/month)

Fidium is offering 2 Gb Down / 2 Gb Up for $75/month and it's FTTH (Fiber To The Home). They provide (I think) the modem.

Are there any concerns I should have regarding Fidium and my Asus Router? I just want to make sure I'm setting myself up for unseen problems.

Thank you in advance for any thoughts

Louis

[Assistant]
Your Asus router has Gigabit ports, up to 940Mbps throughput. It also has hardware capable of processing ~350Mbps with no NAT acceleration. You'll never see anything above Gigabit speeds to single client even if you use WAN aggregation and it works. Compatible modem needed. You have to be careful of what firmware options you enable and make sure Runner/Flow Cache are in use. Get the FTTH connection because it's cheaper, but if you want to chase the speed it will cost you. You need a new router like RT-AX88u Pro with 2.5GbE ports. Attention to NAT acceleration still applies. No single device above Gigabit still applies, unless you test your luck with 160MHz wide channels and it works. Compatible client needed and available DFS range. Above Gigabit on LAN - only to 2.5GbE capable client. If you do have more than one capable wired clients - extra 2.5GbE switch needed. Good chance for aggregate throughput above Gigabit, if ever needed. Your speedtest numbers may be the only immediate improvement.

Tech9 said:
...You need a new router like RT-AX88u Pro with 2.5GbE ports....
Thank you so much for the heads-up on getting RT-AX88U Pro. I've checked into this and this is the solution I believe I need. What is great is that I can use my existing RT-AX88U as a node for the mesh network. That means the "old" router is not wasted.

Thank you again for your reply and sorry for the slow response. I was checking and studying. Thanks.

Louis


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[User]
Title: IQRouter Pro

It's been a while since I was last on the forums, so I figured a good return would be bringing up a newer option for those looking for a novice-friendly, reliable wired router that can keep the internet congestion-free at up to full duplex 1Gb -- Evenroute's $399 IQRouter Pro (link):

The Pro appears to be based on a Qotom mini PC with a Celeron or late-gen Atom CPU and Intel NICs (maybe 2.5Gb each?), running the latest OpenWRT, skinned with IQRouter's novice-friendly UI, but also allowing full access to OpenWRT's advanced settings, including the ability to add software packages (ie. plugins). As the picture shows, it also comes pre-configured with simple port-based Guest and IoT VLANs, and is pairable with a wireless AP(s), for proper layer 2 segmentation for the entire access layer. A nice option for those looking to graduate from the consumer flake-ware, but who don't want to go through the sweat equity to learn more complex gear.

Curious to hear how you all view something like this, given what's out there right now, and acknowledging the potential target market (which may not necessarily be any of the "pro-sumers" on this forum, per say).

[Assistant]
With 2.5GbE Ports or better, this would be ideal to use with an RT-AX86U or GT-AX6000 in AiMesh Router in AP mode.

Trip said:
pairable with a $70 wireless AP they sell

They recommend starting from the cheapest VLAN capable SMB AP basically, Omada EAP225v3.

Trip said:
looking to graduate from the consumer flake-ware

(I know, I haven't been here in ages...)

I don't think it has 2.5gb ports, haven't double checked though.

First router I've had I loved since Streamboost was a thing. But do they ever update firmware? Why isn't there a reset button? Why don't they have updated support pages for it? I don't know.

Mine runs a 4th gen i7. Old stuff, but as far as functionality I love this thing.

It is kinda funny they put my thoughts up on the order page without cutting out the swearing.


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[User]
Title: TP-Link ER605 + ASUS GT-AC5300 - DUAL WAN

I've been thinking of ordering a TP-Link ER605 to handle dual WAN between two high-speed ISP's, Fios (1 Gb up/down) and Spectrum (1 Gb down/40mb up). Currently I'm using my GT-AC5300 to handle Dual WAN, but the firmware is buggy at best and doesn't even handle failover/fail-back properly, and load balancing is a complete wreck at best. I have 4 AiMesh nodes connected to the GT-AC5300 via wire in ethernet backhaul mode, so ditching the GT-AC5300 isn't an option. I just want something to handle WAN failover/load balancing reliably.

Is it possible to put the TP-Link ER605 in front of the entire network, connecting to the two WAN devices, and placing the GT-AC5300 behind it, connecting the ER605 LAN port into the GT-AC5300 WAN port? I'm presuming I'll lose functionality such as DDNS, etc. on the ASUS and end up with a double NAT situation? Or is it possible to completely disable NAT/DHCP on the TP-Link ER605? I'm not really interested in load balancing as much as I am just having reliable failover...the problem I foresee with load balancing relates to upload speed...upload is 20x faster over Fios vs Spectrum, so I'd rather not see any clients sent outbound over spectrum due to the limited upstream bandwidth. If Fios goes down, I simply want to failover to Spectrum. Load balancing would only make sense if both WAN's were the same speed, or one WAN was being saturated over another. What happens to port forwarding in this situation? I have port forwarding/DDNS set up on the GT-AC5300, and am hoping I can maintain that configuration somehow with another router out in front.

Any basic setup suggestions would be greatly appreciated, as I haven't really dabbled with placing one router in front of another one, at least not for a home network. Thanks.

[Assistant]
Let the ER605 handle the routing and dhcp functions. Place the GT-AC5300 in AP Mode. The ER605 will also handle ddns but it is limited to the 4 built in providers. Fortunately it supports NO-IP which is the one I use.

ForkWNY said:
Is it possible to put the TP-Link ER605 in front of the entire network

Yes and few folks around run this exact setup.

ForkWNY said:
I'm presuming I'll lose functionality such as DDNS

With 2x ISPs you have to run DDNS on something more reliable than your Asus router and checking more frequently. Otherwise on WAN IP change your router may not react very quickly and you have to wait to access your VPN server, for example.

ForkWNY said:
and end up with a double NAT situation

This is not a problem. You can still run the services you want and forward the ports you want plus all Asuswrt features as usual (except Instant Guard, but alternatives are available). UPnP in 386.7_2 doesn't work with private WAN address, roll back to 386.5_2 if you need it.

Smokey613 said:
Let the ER605 handle the routing and dhcp functions. Place the GT-AC5300 in AP Mode. The ER605 will also handle ddns but it is limited to the 4 built in providers. Fortunately it supports NO-IP which is the one I use.
I also use No-IP DDNS. What about the manual DHCP assignment I have set up within the ASUS device? Can all of those be transferred over to the ER605?


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[User]
Title: does asus router have auto mdi / auto mdix / auto crossover function?

does asus router come with auto mdi / auto mdix / auto crossover function?
i'm considering to get one, RT-AX88U or RT-AX86U

[Assistant]
chris13 said:
does asus router come with auto mdi / auto mdix / auto crossover function?
i'm considering to get one, RT-AX88U or RT-AX86U

Yes, almost every switch does these days.

IIUC, auto-crossover is effectively required by the standard for gigabit and faster ethernet (cf wikipedia). This whole issue only matters for obsolete gear that can't run faster than 100Mbps.

tgl said:
IIUC, auto-crossover is effectively required by the standard for gigabit and faster ethernet (cf wikipedia). This whole issue only matters for obsolete gear that can't run faster than 100Mbps.

We use a carrier grade switch (I'd classify it more as a multi-bridge chassis since each port is configured independently and mapped to other ports manually) company called ADVA. It lets you set everything totally independently. Normally for Auto MDI-X to function you have to have auto speed/duplex enabled too. This one lets you set speed, duplex, and MDI-X totally independently (and even lets you hardcode the MDI to straight or cross, or set it to auto). Pretty sure they're breaking a few standards but the thing is flexible as hell. Can even set it to non-standard ethertypes etc.

Most true router ports still don't do auto MDI-X, only switch ports, at least on the enterprise gear. But I have seen it on a few true routers and firewalls here and there.

On the flipside have yet to see a gig switch, even the cheapest home based one, that doesn't support it, at least when set to gig/auto.

Of course if you're using a fiber SFP, you always need crossover, but assuming that isn't the case being discussed here (and swapping a fiber from straight to cross is a 5 second thing, unless its an old 100M MTRJ connector).


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[User]
Title: Zyxel ZyWALL USG 20 Works Fine on Comcast Business Internet, but Has Poor Connection on Faster Fiber

Greetings! I have an old Zyxel ZyWALL USG 20 (the first version: https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-reviews/zyxel-usg20-unified-security-gateway-reviewed/ ) in my small office which has worked fine for years on my Comcast Business Internet (25 Mbps / 5 Mbps). I recently had fiber internet (100 Mbps / 100Mbps) from a different company installed and am having significant connection issues.
I'm only getting ~70 down/up on the fiber connection, but I get a consistent ~100+ down/up on the fiber if I direct connect my computer to the fiber modem/ONT. This first item is relatively minor, but not insignificant and perhaps relevant to the second.
My computer (while connected to the router, which is connected to the fiber modem) will lose internet connectivity to the point where I can't even browse web pages. An interesting detail, however, is I can still Remote Desktop to my home computer at these times via the VPN connection established between the office ZyWALL USG 20 and my home Zyxel USG20-VPN ( https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-reviews/zyxel-usg20-vpn-vpn-firewall-reviewed/ ).
The home Zyxel USG20-VPN (which is the newer version of the USG20) is on a fiber connection with the same provider and gets ~340 download and 140 upload just fine.

I have tried disabling the VPN connection just to rule out if that is contributing to the office connection issues, but it makes no difference.

The only thing that is different between the Comcast setup vs the fiber setup at the office is that the office ZyWALL USG 20 is plugged into the Comcast business router/modem (because they will not let me use my own modem), I think maybe via the DMZ port (or some other method to minimize/avoid double-NATing), whereas the ZyWALL USG 20 is directly connected to the fiber modem/ONT. But in both cases it is functioning as my primary router and firewall.

I know there is more network topology details I can potentially get into, but here is my question: Can there be some sort of hardware limitation (given how old the ZyWALL is) that would result in the above issues? It seems like that could be the case, but I would love to understand more of the "Why/How." I could understand it maybe struggling with the higher throughput (eg, being limited to ~70 down/up), but I don't understand why that then translates into a loss of connectivity on my computer?

I have gone ahead and ordered from Amazon a Zyxel USG20-VPN (same model as home router, but now called USG Flex 50), but I can return it unopened (after it arrives tomorrow) if there is an easier solution with my existing hardware.

Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated!

[Assistant]
We tend to find issues with hw when the speed increases. Similar issue with an old Asus router that had gig wan but only did about 300mbps. It's possible it's just not capable on the 1st gen to get full speed. As for the PC connection bouncing that could be a myriad of things. Troubleshoot one thing at a time.

Thanks much for the reply! That is a helpful confirmation regarding the speed issue.

The PC connection bouncing is the high priority, though. I can potentially live with the speed limitation, but I can't wrap my mind around why the connection becomes so unreliable just from switching to being plugged into the fiber connection (as opposed to the cable internet).

If the Ethernet cable didn't change then I would look at the adapter settings and see if you had anything set static that might conflict with the ISP settings. If nothing shows up as odd then maybe delete the Ethernet adapter in devices manager and reboot.


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[User]
Title: AC-86U High Temperature (90 C)

Hey,

Recently I noticed some problems in my Wifi,
I looked a bit , and noticed the the Temp is quite high - IS IT NORMAL?

Its currnetly 30 C inside my home.
Is there a solution that I can do?

** freshly rebooted- and restored to default - after fresh install of latest merlin

[Assistant]
That's about normal for that model. My RT-AC68U (a different model) had the same temperatures also.

Confirming normal for this model. Your home temperature is quite high though.

Tech9 said:
Confirming normal for this model. Your home temperature is quite high though.
Yeah , the middle east is quite high on temps
At that temp - is the performance get hit?


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[User]
Title: Problems with GT-AX6000 after the factory reset: transmit queue 0 timed out

Hi guys. Here's another strange problem that I started experiencing with my new Asus router.

1. After I unboxed it, I updated to the official firmware GT-AX6000_3.0.0.6_102.
2. On the same day, I flashed Merlin: 388.2_2.

Everything worked fine for a few days (except some little bug with my Realtek 2.5Gb drivers on Desktop PC).

4. Yesterday, I decided to restore the factory settings, directly on Merlin 388.2_2. I thought it would be better to clean everything up after having fun for the first few days.

Instantly after the factory reset, I noticed that my NAS 2.5Gb USB adapter is crashing with error: "transmit queue 0 timed out". I spent almost entire day trying to fix on the NAS side (since I was trying different drivers for realtek-r8152 drivers before).
I ended up restoring the full system image backup from April 2023 which I am 100% sure that worked flawlessly without issues for weeks without restarts. Unfortunately, nothing helped:

5. I started restoring factory settings on the older, official Asus versions, without uploading backupped settings. Unfortunately, nothing helped. This error was extremely easy to reproduce, because I could trigger it faster by starting wireguard (but of course it still occurrs without wireguard running).

This is how "transmit queue 0 timed out" error looks like:

The worst thing is that my NAS freezes / crashes fully when this r8152 driver has a problem.

6. Searching for more information about this problem, I found this thread: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216884

timo 2023-03-12 15:25:15 UTC
Sorry for the confusion; my reply was clearly posted in the wrong thread.

In my case, the errors happened when I connected a wireless router (TP-Link Archer C9) to these NICs of my server. Initially, I thought the error was in the Linux kernel of the server. However, I have recently replaced the wireless router by a different model and since then, I don't see the 'transmit queue 0 timed out' errors anymore. Not sure what happened; maybe the old device was sending repeated pause frames? Anyhow, it seems to be solved.
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7. I decided to connect my old router (Xiaomi AX6000), also with the 2.5Gb LAN port.

Voila! The problem is fully gone. Nothing bad happens.

I decided that GT-AX6000 is not worth the money if there are firmware bugs like this one. I know it probably doesn't affect most of users, but in my case the problem is 100% the router, and I'm sure it started happening after restoring the factory settings on the newest version. There must be something really wrong, possibly related to this? https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1050466

I'm going to test how my NAS runs on the old router for the next 24h, and then I'll refund GT-AX6000, since it's too risky to keep that device for me I really liked that Asus routers allow a lot of configuration settings, but I can't always worry about errors of this type

Anyway, has anybody heard about something similar recently happening?

[Assistant]
You may get more support over under the ASUS side of things.

No such issues have been observed or reported for the GT-AX6000 here.

I suspect your setup.

The only issue I have with my AX6000 is that it takes a good amount of time (30 sec to 1 minute) to establish a 2.5G link even if I manually assign a static IPv4 on windows adapter properties. I use Marvell Aquantia 10G PCIe card and it works flawlessly on all 2.5G or 10G routers/switches where link is established within seconds.


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[User]
Title: RT-AX88U Pro - TL-SG108E managed switch and VLAN

Looking for Guru how to configure my Ethernet cable going downstairs, I can only have one cable. So I need to have my main intranet plus one or two Vlan with no access to intranet to the second switch, the Wi-Fi config was easy got two IOT in guest network, but I am not completely sure about the wired situation I saw this post https://superuser.com/questions/943312/how-to-securely-run-two-lans-on-a-single-ethernet-cable
which is similar to my Case, so because of that got two pieces of TL-SG108E
. So now I confess got a little bit lost how to configure them plus the vlan tab on the router firmware .0.0.4.386_51665-g8072e52?

[Assistant]
How to configure 802.1Q VLAN on TP-Link Easy Smart/Unmanaged Pro Switches - https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/788/

I was looking for something more detailed specially about the VLAN connection of the router but thank you anyway.

clouless said:
more detailed specially about the VLAN connection of the router
First step is to configure your switch VLAN. This step includes defining the VLAN ID.

Second step is to configure your router. You would do this in the "Guest Network Pro" section. Use "Custom Network" and turn off 2.4 & 5 Ghz band by selecting "None". This step means you will be using a wired connection. Fill in the rest of the fields making sure you use the same VLAN ID as you used in your switch for the router LAN IP field in the "Custom Network" . Follow the directions that Asus shows in their FAQ page here: https://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1049415.

The second step will set up a VLAN profile which is found on the LAN > VLAN page. On this page you can make adjustments that affect how your router interacts with your VLAN.

IF you have configured all ports on your switch to be a single VLAN, then you can assign a port on the router for that VLAN only. In this case, your entire switch would be assigned a separate sub-net. In my use case, only a few of the switch ports are VLAN. So, I am not sure of the setup for a switch if all ports are to be on a separate sub-net.

IF you have configured some (not all) ports on your switch to be a VLAN, then you should leave "Mode" on LAN > VLAN > VLAN set to "Default".


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[User]
Title: Frequent and extremely consistent "Request timed out"

I installed a new Asus Zenwifi AX. I have a switch connected to it and all devices are wired. When pinging Google I am getting a "Request times out" message exactly every 6th reply (so 5 are good and then times out, repeat). This is happening exactly the same way on multiple computers. When using a voip phone I can hear the person on the other end perfectly but I keep cutting out for them, so seems to be on upload? ISP claims all is good on their end. I cannot figure out what is causing this but I'm hoping the consistency will mean something to someone who can help?

[Assistant]
If your Zenwifi is like other Asus routers log into its GUI, go to Network Tools - Network Analysis and perform the ping test there. Do you see the same timeout issue?

First try to remove the switch - maybe you have a loop (or switch issue)?

ColinTaylor said:
If your Zenwifi is like other Asus routers log into its GUI, go to Network Tools - Network Analysis and perform the ping test there. Do you see the same timeout issue?
I ran a ping test from the router GUI and all was good there. But actually when I pinged the router from cmd it failed all 4 times?


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[User]
Title: i cant connect to my router web GUI

i have an Huawei EchoLife HG8245T and i cant connect to my routers web GUI for some reason with my routers default ip

[Assistant]
How do I access, configure, and manage my routers | HUAWEI Support Global
Learn about 'How do I access, configure, and manage my routers'. Find all usage guide, troubleshooting tips and resources for your HUAWEI product.
consumer.huawei.com

192.168.100.1

Username root
P/word admin

AndreiV said:
How do I access, configure, and manage my routers | HUAWEI Support Global
Learn about 'How do I access, configure, and manage my routers'. Find all usage guide, troubleshooting tips and resources for your HUAWEI product.
consumer.huawei.com

192.168.100.1

Username root
P/word admin
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As you can see i cant connect to the site it self and its the same for my pc


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[User]
Title: Linksys Velop AC2300 Triband Router - no tweaking options ?

Dear Colleagues,
I started another thread in the ‘wireless buying advice’ forum where 2 Asus routers were dropping connections.
So I have decided to reconnect my internet providers router only ( a Linksys AC2300 Triband Router ). The ASUs routers had a configuration page for ‘RTS Threshold, Fragmentation threshold and beacon interval’ to speed up the wire-less ( YouTube loading faster and web pages appearing quicker in general ).
I’ve logged in to the routers configuration page and looked under advanced settings - no options to configure the above?. Only MTU settings.
I’ve looked on Linksys homepage and the manual and there are no such options - which is disappointing.
Shall I shelve this router and get another with these options?.

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cohen87 said:
YouTube loading faster and web pages appearing quicker in general

Unlikely. Most home users don't need to change any of the settings above. Most Plug-and-Play style home routers don't have such settings.

@cohen87, what setting were the defaults and what did you change them to? Also, what ISP speeds/latency do you have?

Yes, cheap plug and play devices don't have selectable options.

cohen87 said:
The ASUs routers had a configuration page for ‘RTS Threshold, Fragmentation threshold and beacon interval’ to speed up the wire-less
No need to change these settings, just change the wifi channel if you have issues.