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    Facetime Ports

    I want to use Facetime on a Mac, which has a static IP on a local LAN behind my Asus RT-3200, which runs AsusWRT-Merlin v 380.61. Firewall is enabled on the router. According to Apple, this requires that the following ports be open: 80 (TCP) 443 (TCP) 3478 through 3497 (UDP) 5223 (TCP) 16384...
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    Frequent Disconnects

    > try downgrading to 270.26b, and see if after a day or two it's more stable. I did, and amazingly, things seem better. About 20 hours on downgrade now, and only one log AsusWRT-Merlin log message since reconnect using new version: Dec 19 23:38:26 miniupnpd[613]: recv (state0): Connection...
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    Frequent Disconnects

    Thanks, and I will try it and report back. Do you think there's a possibility that this is a hardware problem - say, causing lost packets and therefore disconnects? As a note, my Asus -> Thompson WAN/PPPoE cable is Cat6, and I've tried different cables, problem persists. Gus
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    Frequent Disconnects

    I was able to borrow and try a different router, Ubiquiti RSpro running OpenWRT 12.09, still behind the same Thompson TG585V8 configured as a bridge. Seems to work perfectly, no disconnects in 24 hours. Regards comments above: > have line filters installed on all your other phone devices...
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    Frequent Disconnects

    Went back to (latest) Asus firmware. No joy, still frequent disconnects. Telmex has been out here three times - they can't figure it out either. Gus
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    Frequent Disconnects

    I have an Asus RT-66U running Mernin 3.0.0.4.374.33, behind a Thompson TG585V8 DSL router, configured as a bridge, to Telmex DSL. Thus the authentication is by the Asus/Merlin thru a PPPoE connection, thru the Thompson bridge. I am getting frequent disconnects. My Asus log for a typical...
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    Asus RT-AC66U WAN Disconnects

    I have Asus RT-AC66U running Merlin 3.0.0.4.374.33. Connecting PPPoE thru 2Wire 2701C configured as modem only, to Telmex. Getting a lot of disconnects like these: Nov 27 18:36:24 pppd[329]: No response to 10 echo-requests Nov 27 18:36:24 pppd[329]: Serial link appears to be disconnected...
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    OpenVPN Client not Persistent

    I have tomato/merlin on an asus router, and have set up configuration to connect thru a commercial openvpn server. I want my connection to be manual, on request, only .... ie not persistent, no automatic reconnect. How do I configure this? Thx, Gus
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