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    Difference between DNS Director "Adguard Adblock" and setting up an "Adguard Home" instance

    I wanted to setup a fast/effective way to block ad-related DNS queries on my LAN. I was going to setup an Adguard Home VM instance on my network... when I realized that Merlin has DNS-based filtering support already. Are there any benefits to just using DNS Director Global Redirection...
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    Are there any performance advantages using an Integrated 2.5Gbps NIC verses addon PCI?

    I already have the 1200 plan. I got a good deal from Comcast. I currently only get about 900Mbps as opposed to the full 1400Mbps bandwidth. This is for my headless Internet-facing server with multiple self-hosted services; including nzb news client.
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    Are there any performance advantages using an Integrated 2.5Gbps NIC verses addon PCI?

    Im curious what makes the Intel 2.5Gb chipsets garbage? Do you have a resource I could check out. I only have experience with old fashioned 1gb Intel NICs
  4. MKANET

    Are there any performance advantages using an Integrated 2.5Gbps NIC verses addon PCI?

    Thanks for the advice. I was actually asking the performance difference between Integrated 2.5Gbps NICs verses the equivalent addon card. I definitely want to take advantage of the extra speed.
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    Are there any performance advantages using an Integrated 2.5Gbps NIC verses addon PCI?

    I just ordered a great Intel-based motherboard... however, I realized afterwards that it only has an integrated old-fashioned 1Gbps Ethernet NIC. I'm curious is there any difference in performance/resource utilization/latency by using an Intel based 2.5Gbps addon NIC verses Integrated Intel...
  6. MKANET

    Asus router suggestion for >1200Mbps via WAN port (Comcast)

    Thanks. Ill look for deals. I'm currently only getting around 900Mbps Max to my primary PC. Comcast's 1200Mbps tier (which I already have) is actually closer to 1500Mbps downstream speed. I don't consider 60% improvement in downstream speed a small increase.
  7. MKANET

    Asus router suggestion for >1200Mbps via WAN port (Comcast)

    I'm currently using an Asus RT-AC5300 with the latest Merlin firmware connected to my Comcast "XFi Gateway" with Bridge Mode enabled. However, my Asus router only accommodates old-fashioned 1GB full-duplex Ethernet via its WAN port. I would like to upgrade my Asus router to be able to...
  8. MKANET

    Can't Login to GUI

    Did anyone figure out a definitive way to resolve this issue? I've had this issue intermittently as long as I've used Merlin. All I know It's not specific to any Merlin version; and, none of the items below are enabled on my setup: -VPN -Bandwidth analysis - Remote access - Mesh networking...
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    Entware Has anyone installed Python 3.x via Entware on Merlin?

    My apologies, I know this is an Asus-Wireless forum. However, I'm not sure where else to ask this question. I am curious if anyone here has installed Python 3.x via Entware on Merlin. Would an RT-AC5300 be able to comfortably handle running something like fail2ban? Thanks (and sorry again...
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    Assistance to create a script that blocks inbound CIDRs via iptables

    @ColinTaylor Your suggestion worked perfectly. It was exactly what I wanted. Thank you for the great support in this community. Heck, even RMerlin chimed in to help.
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    Assistance to create a script that blocks inbound CIDRs via iptables

    I think I found out why it wasn't working. You clearly told me earlier, "In which case you need to use the FORWARD chain rather than the INPUT chain". I didn't realize what you meant until I saw your example code. I had changed -A to -I only. I should know if this was effective by tomorrow...
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    Assistance to create a script that blocks inbound CIDRs via iptables

    Thanks @Huib , I was hoping adding the drop rules from the previous post to do what I want.. since it was relatively simple to do. However, it didn't seem to have any affect after restarting the firewall. @ColinTaylor, my apologies if I misunderstood what you were saying previously. But...
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    Assistance to create a script that blocks inbound CIDRs via iptables

    I forward port 80/443 to my web server PC running nginx. I prefer to stop the traffic at the firewall (before even reaching my web server). Previously, I was DENYing the CIDR via Nginx config.
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    Assistance to create a script that blocks inbound CIDRs via iptables

    Thanks. My intention is to block specific incoming unsolicited traffic from reaching my webserver via port forwarding. EDIT: I'm curious why would -I work in this case, but not -A?
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    Assistance to create a script that blocks inbound CIDRs via iptables

    I have very limited experience with Linux. I was hoping someone could assist me to create a script that will update iptables (to block a few incoming CIDRs). I already have a script called, /jffs/scripts/services-start which is executed when my router boots up. Could someone please assist...
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    External DNS CNAME records takes precedence over LAN SMB hostnames :-(

    Thank for explaining. Actually, the domain name for my LAN was (and still is) SUPER.NET. I didn't need to change that. That wasn't the issue. I've kept the same SMB workgroup name (with a dot) for over 30 years on all my LAN configs... dots are valid characters for SMB workgroup names...
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    External DNS CNAME records takes precedence over LAN SMB hostnames :-(

    If the below fictitious information was true: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASUS router's Internet DNS CNAMES: SUPER.NET (202.51.34.133)...
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    Almost there.. need a little help with custom DDNS script

    Update. I got it working. I had done everything perfectly before. Except, I had created the ddns-start using a tool like, "WinSCP". I had to follow the instructions in the link below to create the file using CAT... then, pasting the contents in the file.. and finally adding execute...
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    Almost there.. need a little help with custom DDNS script

    I'm using the provided DigitalOcean script here: https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng/wiki/DDNS-Sample-Scripts#digitalocean Only changing: ACCESS_TOKEN="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" DOMAIN="website.com" RECORD_ID="xxxxxxxxx" I've set the...
  20. MKANET

    Not getting gigabit Internet on AC5300 (Merlin) - Enable Hardware Flow Acceleration (Level 2) ?

    The NIC already connects negotiates a 1GB/Full duplex connection automatically on that PC, otherwise, the PC wouldn't be able to receive SMB file transfers at 1Gbps. I did explicitly set the NIC to 1GB/Full duplex, but it didn't make any difference. Thanks though.
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