Recent content by A Purohit

Just to clarify for others, correct me if I'm wrong, but the only time HA is affected is when the router is part of the HA integration. I, for example, don't have the router in my HA... so my HA is working fine after the update. I use it primarily for monitoring my solar panels, and EV charger...

Thanks. I assume that since mine shows nothing, that my Trend Micro is fully and completely shut off. I know in the past I had seen recommendations to disable TM, but is that still recommended practice? I'm use the router (AX86) pretty basically, with no scripts, no file sharing (have a NAS for...

Finally got around to doing a dirty flash update from 388.1 to this version... all seems fine so far *knock on wood* (18 hours since install). Thanks Merlin! EDIT: Admittedly, I have a simple install. Only thing "special" is an OpenVPN server setup. Rest is basic home router stuff...

Valid direction, but, again, a casual user would buy a new printer or router... never diving into the settings. Hell, some might even just use a USB cable and call it a day. I promise you they'd never look into the router. I agree that this is the "right" way to resolve the matter, but that...

A casual user would never notice that their speeds were slower, because the wouldn't even know to check speed tests and such. For those people, they'd leave it on auto, never look, and never really realize that their service is slow. At worst, they'll buy a "newer" or "faster" router, which may...

Sure, this is one guy's opinion, and a guy who is far more familiar with Synology than QNAP. That being said, he is correct that QNAP has had issues when it's internet exposed. Frankly, I have no idea why someone would do this at all, and I certainly don't. It never even occurred to me to do...

In the end, this is really your only defense on your backups. Yes, shipping a disk around is theoretically "safe" but if it ever gets into anyone else's hands, then the unencrypted data is fully accessible. Most backup software will encrypt before the data is sent to the target. If you do this...

Yes, I already have 3-2-1. Technically I have 4-3-1 at the moment. I may have 4-3-2 if I add another cloud provider. I hear you about the insecurity of the cloud, but QNAP can encrypt it before pushing it... and/or you can use a system on the computer to encrypt before it gets to the QNAP. I do...

I know that QNAP does NTFS externally as well (eg, via USB). The internal can be forced to NTFS via some tricks, from what I read, but it's not recommended. The RAID support on these boxes prefers Linux formats, as that's what they are running internally... I see no reason to use NTFS on the...

I had issues just using a single slow drive, 1TB, and large files on my AC68. It just isn't that reliable... and that was a single drive. That's when I, too, started looking at a NAS instead, because as many said, the router isn't good for such duty. Maybe you just got lucky with your...

What version are you coming from? Did you do a full factory reset before the install, or are you trying a dirty upgrade?

Just to contribute more datapoints, I have an AC68R running Merlin 386.5_2 (never bothered to go to .7). It's a basic setup otherwise, but I'm running an OVPN server on it, and even while remote connected through the VPN, my NVRAM showed 55200/65536 bytes in the GUI.

Yes, you are correct, I did set 2.5G WAN. Does this mean that if I disable that then it becomes a 2.5G LAN port instead? (Yes, I looked at the manual, and all it says is that it supports 2.5G... not whether its LAN or WAN or configurable. (I could probably use the standard WAN port since my...

Yeah, I figured if I did Link Aggregation, that these two would work together. But I have that turned off, so why is my WAN working on this 2.5G port, and NOT on the blue WAN port (at least according to what the manual suggests). As for the prioritization on the gaming port, does that mean that...

Huh... ok, so I just got my AX86U (replacing an AC68R) and I connected my WAN cable to that left-most RJ45 port. The manual is very unclear about what port does what. But, my internet is working, the router is routing, etc... at least I believe it's all working, since all the devices are...