Recent content by Hank Barta

Hi all, I'm ion the process of segregating my home LAN using a VLAN for IoT devices and a normal LAN for everything else. My edge device (DHCP, DNS,firewalling etc.) is a small box with two Ethernet ports and running pfSense. I connect the LAN port to a TP-Link TL-SG108E (8 port switch) which is...

Thanks, that seems to work. One of my local hosts was listed but not resolving. After removing it and adding it back, the router now resolves that host. Unfortunately changing the "Name" on the DHCP page (http://router.asus.com/Advanced_DHCP_Content.asp) seems not to work. I tried assigning a...

I'll continue the post in a reply. No, I can't. It seems that something in this discussion is triggering a Cloudflare block. Maybe I can post the description to Google Docs and provide a link to that. My question remains: Can I add local entries that will then be resolved by DNS with the Merlin...

OK, either the remote access program which shall not be named or the file that is used to resolve host names and which shall not be named is the culprit. But inserting an ellipsis in the bad word seems to bypass it. Apologies for working around this 'protective feature' which is probably a...

Thanks for the tip. Here is the text I am trying to post: The OP is http://www.snbforums.com/threads/dns-for-renamed-hosts.36052/ I wonder if the program which shall not be named is a trigger word. I know it is a Bad Thing() from a security standpoint. I got the 'blocked' popup here just...

Still getting the "you are blocked" message. Associate info is CloudFlare Ray ID: 30afe38b757554bc • Your IP: 2601:249:e00:6b53:2dd0:de6f:4da1:f6af This happened when I tried to reply and hit 'more options'

When I got my RT-AC68W I was thrilled to see that it replied to DNS requests for hosts on my LAN. In other words I no longer had to schlep hosts files from host to host in order to access hosts on my LAN by name. Unfortunately I have found a spot where that dos not seem to work. If I give a...

Trying to post I keep getting this. Can't figure out why and I'm not sure my message via 'contact us' went through. I'm curious if this will go through. Edit: It posted. There must be something in the content of my post that is causing this. I just tried posting that again and it went through...

You sir are magical! I just looked at the configuration page for guest networks and see that option. I'm quite certain it was not there before or I would have seen it. Yes... quite certain. ;) Thanks, I should have looked a little more carefully before asking. Edit: The results of setting that...

FWIW I pass 10/10 at http://test-ipv6.com/ running stock 3.0.0.4.380_4118-g7f117e6 on an RT-AC68W. (But I had a feeling that would work when the last time I typed "what is my IP address" into Google and it reported an IPV6 address.)

I have a guest network configured on my RT-AC68W (configured as a router) with the intent to use it for IoT devices. I'd like to partition them from my primary network. I was a little surprised that I could send UDP messages from a host on the main LAN to the guest LAN, particularly since UDP is...

Thanks for the tip. I suppose the only "why not?" is that I was not aware of that (but I'm keen to learn) and I'd have to upgrade to Merlin firmware which seems like not a bad thing. thanks, hank

Nooo!!!! I want it to last forever. <sigh> I just looked up the purchase date on my ASUS RT-AC68W and it is a bit over two years. :( This makes me wonder if '2 years' is a result of technology change or is that simply how long I can expect the equipment to operate in a normal household. But I...

Hi folks, I have a question about this. Does this mirror all traffic through the router to the destination? (Hmmm... I hope that traffic to the destination doesn't get resent to the destination or it seems like it would result in an avalanche.) My intended use is to monitor traffic to an IoT...

I have that same card, I think. I used it on an older board when the built in Ethernet crapped out. Unfortunately this board has no PCI slots. I guess I'll go with the less expensive card. The other card is described as a "server card" and while my rig is technically a server, it is only...