Recent content by gyrene2083

So just so everyone is tracking, I have ATT fiber, and I refuse to use their cable/modem, so I have my Asus hooked up to it. Now in the past with other companies, I would just go to my router port forward and bam be done with it. Well apparently with ATT you have to set up port forwarding on...

@dave14305, thanks for the reply. Then it must be something else that is preventing me from opening these ports. I'm going to have to call ATT and see if they have those ports closed for some reason.

Hello All, I am using a Asus RT-AC88U powered by Merlin router with Firmware 384.13. I am trying to use port forward but I don't see the apply button to get these ports open. <Please see the screen shot below>

@avtella the Modem/Router combo, is the crap Spectrum gave me. I would be more than happy to purchase one, if you had a suggestion or a link I could go to, to research. Also, the walls are made of sheetrock. Not like my Co-Op were they are all cinderblock. @energized thanks for the input I'll...

@avtella, thanks for pointing that out. I did look at the chipset of the Synology and R7800 just before you posted and saw they had similar chipsets the only difference was the pricing actually. I don't need link aggregation and I do have a VPN but honestly, only run it when I use my laptop...

@energized thanks for the response, I actually looked at the reviews on here regarding the Asus ROG-AC5300 and the GT5300. I also, looked at a few other sites regarding those two, and I can't recall and could be wrong, but I believe there was some wifi drops at some point with the GT model. I...

Hello All, I just bought my first home, a 2300 sq ft single floor. I have Spectrum, and they gave me their Cable/Wifi Modem, which I hate, always dropping wifi connections. In my Co-Op I had a Netgear 1900, and had Cat5e throughout the Co-Op. I plan on running Cat 6 cable to four rooms. Family...