Recent content by badbob001

Silicondust support told me to try the January 2025 hdhr beta firmware, which has many changes related to mdns. I updated my hdhr devices and it resolves the issue. Can't really say if that means it's an issue with the hdhr as the last stable firmware release was from 2023. So something must...

Used wireshark and saw that my firetv cube and hdhomerun were blasting each other with MDNS (multicast dns) messages. It looks like the firetv sent the first query. No idea why only these two devices are behaving this way to each other suddenly. I didn't see a way to disable mdns on either...

I have a few AC68U (AP mode) running 386.14_2. Recently, my LAN performance is rather poor and I noticed all my AP have 100% Core 1 usage. When I unplug my hdhomerun tuner from an unmanaged network switch, the cpu usage instantly drops. What does this mean? I'm guessing the hdhomerun was...

I have five routers (AP Mode only) with merlin and when I have all their admin pages opened, it's hard to tell which router's admin page I'm on. Suggestions on how to make this easier? The top of the page shows the router SSID but unfortunately I use the same SSID on all my routers. Current...

Any tools like Wireshark that can easily identify if the network has any loops? Trying to avoid lots of disconnecting a device from the network and then running to the corresponding switch to see which light goes off...

The laptop nic was not used until after I discovered the issue with the dock.

I connected the second nas nic for minor reasons: Have a second ip to ping in case the primary ip fails to help identify where the network failure is. Clients can connect to the second ip with different samba credentials from the first. Directly connected means nic to nic; no switch involved...

Would two switches connected to each other with more than one cable count as a network loop? If so, I then I'll need to audit my cabling to see if I have multiple interconnections. Some computers have two nics but I only have one connected. I do have a couple of synology nas with multiple nics...

My Dell Latitude 5400 laptop has a WD19 dock with an ethernet jack. I connect it to my home network, which has a few unmanaged switches. When the laptop is on, no issues. But when the laptop is off, after a few minutes, all traffic from the closest network switch is blocked. Connectivity is...

Don't you think more heat can be displaced with the rear vents facing up? This is only a prototype. Maybe for production, I try to find a fancy wooden hanger.

I just realized I just realized that just this morning! I previously only had wifi enabled on the access points, where the intranet block option for guests doesn't work. But when I enable the same settings on router...

I have an external dhcp server on my LAN and wifi users connected to the ac86u router can't obtain an ip address. Ethernet users don't have issues obtaining an ip. AP isolation is not enabled. If I enable the built-in dhcp server on the ac86u, wifi users are able to obtain an ip. Is this a...

I've replaced the hanger near the antenna with a plastic one.

I don't want my ac86u in the basement closet so I wall mounted it outside the closet with two clothes hangers. The main hanger has a horizontal bar that can be unhooked so I ran that through the space behind the clear plastic with the asus logo. The other hanger is just to keep it pointed...

Also, tried to block wifi users from accessing R2 router's management interfaces but NSF rules don't seem to work for that. Maybe Asus don't want us to accidentally block ourselves from the router, though I do have enabled management from WAN (which is R1's LAN)? NSF rules I tried...