Recent content by fr33m4n

All right. I've taken my chance on the Cisco RV220W and the Ubiquity PowerAP-N. Should be arriving in a few days. I I'm not planning on using any fancy VPN features though I see QoS is also unstable from the Cisco release notes of the latest fw. I'll report back once I have everything set up I...

I'm interested in purchasing this router but with all the negative feedback I'm a little hesitant. However most people who are complaining say they are on FW 10.2.4 and now Cisco has a new 10.3.5 FW out. So far there are no release notes for it so I was hoping that maybe someone who does own it...

Well, considering I used the same cables between my two runs that should not have been a factor, and anyway, I had purchased a Cat 6 cable with the newest of the NASes and I did check that the other one was running on Cat 5e. I have however noticed that if a cat 5e cable is placed close to one...

Thanks. That's very interesting. However in my experience all Gigabit LAN ports are not built equal. In the past I have tried transferring files between two Synology NASes. They were first connected by a D-Link Dir-655 which only gave me about 10MB/s of transfer speed. I then borrowed a...

This is probably a stupid question but one think I don't quite understand: The NETGEAR FVS318N is specced as having Gigabit LAN ports however the review says that routing speed is slow and they measure it as around 60Mbps. This is nowhere near gigabit speeds, but is this internet speed only? I...

I think I need to research the reliability of the netgear more at least, but I am kinda put off by the Cisco because it only has 100Mbit LAN. Maybe I also need to explore other options. The Netgear FVS has also been compared to The Cisco RV120W and RV220W. I checked out the review for the RV220W...

What about the NETGEAR FVS318N? http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/security/security-reviews/31607-netgear-fvs318n-prosafe-wireless-n-8-port-gigabit-vpn-firewall-reviewed It seems to support VLAN's and it has wireless so I wouldn't need a separate AP for the ground floor right? At my local...

Ok thanks. I'll try to read a few reviews but I don't know if there is any one best answer really. My main concern is stability. I simply don't have the time to run around and troubleshoot. At first glance I have made the following list. 2x ASUS RT-N16 1x ASUS RT-N56U 1x Cisco RV042...

Ah, ok, I see. Well your first suggestion sounds much better then. Long lines of cable it is :) So what equipment should I buy? I have googled enough to suspect that DD-WRT supports vlan. A friend has the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH which comes with dd-wrt preinstalled. Is that a good idea or is it...

Ah ok, that clears things up for me. However the reason I was thinking about daisy chaining was because it's kinda a pain to stretch cables that long. But I guess it can't be helped? I have drawn a new "map" of how my new understanding is of this setup. I'd appreciate it if you looked at it to...

I wasn´t planning on connecting multiple routers to my modem because I don´t need each subnet to have different internet IP adresses. Only the adresse within the subnet needs to be unique. Basically I was hoping to connect router 1 to the modem and router 2 to router 1 and router 3 to router...

Ok, so basically I need something along the lines of these two guides? http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-basics/30338-how-to-convert-a-wireless-router-into-an-access-point...

Thanks for the reply. I have read through those articles but as far as I can tell a smart switch mainly relates to the throttling issue. That is of course interesting however it´s not my main concern. I think I gave too little information at first. You see each floor is to be considered a...

On the ground floor of my house I have a 50Mbps internet connection that I would like to fairly share between all three floors of the house while still keeping each floor on a separate network. What I think I need to do is connect 3 routers via LAN cable to my ISP modem and place each of the...