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  1. BigBillsd

    Looking for a new routers to replace my Cisco RV320. The last security update came out in 2021.

    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...
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    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+...
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    TP-Link AX55 issues

    I've had an AX55 deployed for a few months and it was working fine till I upgraded it to their new firmware 1.0.9, from 1.0.7. Afterward no client information, as if nothing is connecting to it anymore. Its running in AP mode, used to have ~25 clients connected, most were wired, and mostly...
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    Changing the DNS entries delivered by DHCP on a Velop 4200 mesh system

    Never seen it before. Who would think a large network hardware vendor wouldn't follow the RFC for DHCP when writing their firmware. Why would anyone care that the masses arent complaining about something. That's marketing. I would guess most folks have no idea what either acronym stand for...
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    Changing the DNS entries delivered by DHCP on a Velop 4200 mesh system

    I completly disagree, If it actually worked "perfectly" I wouldn't have created this thread. I spent 30 years implementing all sorts of systems for north and south American Multinational corporations. Its fairly simple for me to spot network issues. And this Velop DHCP is piss poorly...
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    Changing the DNS entries delivered by DHCP on a Velop 4200 mesh system

    If I could change the DNS entries the leases get then my current issue would be fixed. It really is supposed to work like that, not matter what anyone might think. Standards exist for a reason. So folks arent just making shirt up and saying its good. Or it works or what the heck.. Lets call a...
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    Changing the DNS entries delivered by DHCP on a Velop 4200 mesh system

    No it does not. That change actually changed the routers DNS settings. (which is good) but those new DNS entries do NOT get appended to the lease, so all machines still have the gateway address as the DNS address. Sucks! I thought maybe it was a Mac issue, but I changed my DNS entries on my...
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    Changing the DNS entries delivered by DHCP on a Velop 4200 mesh system

    I wish there were no issues with it. But there is with the Velop. I don't want him to have to manually change each device, so I will suggest he get a real router to side step the velop or return it. Option 6 is in the spec for a reason. Things don't always work. And the dns caching is the...
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    Changing the DNS entries delivered by DHCP on a Velop 4200 mesh system

    Thats not what I have experienced at home and in industry. I have gone thru many WiFi Routers and Access Points over the last 20+ years. I have not had one router that didnt allow you to change the DNS addresses delivered via DHCP. I have always set that up with real DNS addresses, I have...
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    Changing the DNS entries delivered by DHCP on a Velop 4200 mesh system

    It might be normal, but it doesnt work well and its not wanted. Are you trying to say it cannot be changed on a Velop?
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    Changing the DNS entries delivered by DHCP on a Velop 4200 mesh system

    My Cuz bought a new Velop system a couple months back and his whole household is complaining about the new crappy internet. We tracked the issue to DNS not being available on and off. The sys defaults to using itself as a DNS Proxy. So DHCP is giving out the gateway address as the DNS server...
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    Looking for a VPN company that supports -silent installs

    Anyone here know of a company that has a client that allows silent installs. I want it for automating Windows Sandbox spin ups. I have asked this in a few other forums and you would not believe the oddball answers I've received. I'm hoping someone here knows of a provider that has a client...
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    Tried eero 6 pro for a mesh network but its not working out as hoped

    Labs is removed when you switch into bridge mode. I published a screen shot of their webpage explaining that a few posts above.
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    Tried eero 6 pro for a mesh network but its not working out as hoped

    I did just buy a second AX21 and it seems to do what I want. Turned on smart connect and now both bands SSID are the same and I also made both AX21 into APs and used the same SSID and password. Seems to act like a mesh when I move around. Very nice. Maybe I should replace them with faster...
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    Tried eero 6 pro for a mesh network but its not working out as hoped

    In any event, are there WiFi 6 AP's out there with wpa3 and maybe other great capabilities? That's really what this thread is about, not about the eero system I cannot use.
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