Menu
What's new
By:
Filters Better Search

Recent content by Ian Macdonald

  • SNBForums Code of Conduct

    SNBForums is a community for everyone, no matter what their level of experience.

    Please be tolerant and patient of others, especially newcomers. We are all here to share and learn!

    The rules are simple: Be patient, be nice, be helpful or be gone!

  1. Ian Macdonald

    AdGuard Home, dnsmasq and query reporting

    Yes, AdGuard Home runs directly on the router. And yes, I ran the one-click installer after auditing the entire thing to ensure that the credentials were not being sent off-site. It installs Entware, plus a few other dependencies needed by AdGuard Home.. The main reason not to use AdGuard Home...
  2. Ian Macdonald

    AdGuard Home, dnsmasq and query reporting

    It seems that it's coming very soon: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/2514#issuecomment-802836207
  3. Ian Macdonald

    AdGuard Home, dnsmasq and query reporting

    Ah, so there's hope on the horizon. My travels hadn't brought me there yet. I've added my support for the feature to the issue. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
  4. Ian Macdonald

    AdGuard Home, dnsmasq and query reporting

    No, I know it's not masquerading in the NAT sense. I just meant that the original client is hidden from AdGuard, because dnsmasq is proxying the request. I tried adding the --add-subnet option in a couple of different forms, but Adguard evidently doesn't care, as it makes no difference to the...
  5. Ian Macdonald

    AdGuard Home, dnsmasq and query reporting

    I've got Adguard Home running on an RT-AX88U and it performs very well, but my query log is full of requests from localhost. The issue is that AdGuard sees the router as its sole client, because dnsmasq receives queries from the LAN on the usual port 53 and then forwards them to AdGuard on port...
  6. Ian Macdonald

    Beta Asuswrt-Merlin 386.1 Beta (stage 2) is now available

    I've just successfully upgraded two AX88U units from the now notorious beta4 build to beta4b. TrendMicro has been re-enabled and all is well with the world again. Methinks it may be time to donate to Merlin again. He really went above and beyond for us yesterday. One lingering thought I have...
  7. Ian Macdonald

    Beta Asuswrt-Merlin 386.1 Beta (stage 2) is now available

    Indeed. After withdrawal, I'm getting the fastest speeds I've ever seen on this device. Interestingly, the Time Scheduling parental control features of AiProtection are apparently still active, even after withdrawal. These are by far the most important part of AiProtection for me, so I may be...
  8. Ian Macdonald

    Beta Asuswrt-Merlin 386.1 Beta (stage 2) is now available

    Confirmed here, too, on my AX88U. I'm glad a workaround could be found, since both of the two AX88U's I've updated are refusing to go back to b3 and I'm quite reluctant to reset them.
  9. Ian Macdonald

    [Release 384/NG] Asuswrt-Merlin 384.5 is now available

    Just done the upgrade from 384.4_2. I have been travelling for the last 2 weeks, so hadn't participated in the beta phase. My AC3200 and AC88 (both in AP mode) asked for a manual reboot following the upgrade, and actually needed it, too. (I have experienced many times that the requested reboot...
  10. Ian Macdonald

    Quick way to copy traffic routing rules from one ovpn client config to another

    Ha! I knew it would be something simple. Thank you very much. So, the much simpler working solution is just this: for i in '' 1 2 3 4 5; do nvram set "vpn_client5_clientlist$i=$(nvram get vpn_client3_clientlist$i)" done The commit isn't even needed. I thought of the Base64 issue myself...
  11. Ian Macdonald

    Quick way to copy traffic routing rules from one ovpn client config to another

    I have an AC-86U and an OpenVPN client config (client 3) with 20+ tunnel routes. Now I want to create a second client config (client 5) that uses the same set of routes. I really don't want to type all of those routes into the GUI a second time, so I thought I'd be clever and do it on the...
  12. Ian Macdonald

    Long multicast ping times from device connected to AC-88U

    Good point! I've just tested this and, your suspicion that unicast would probably also fail if the Chromecast weren't in the pinger's ARP cache turns out to be correct: $ sudo arp -d 192.168.1.252 No ARP entry for 192.168.1.252 $ ping 192.168.1.252 PING 192.168.1.252 (192.168.1.252) 56(84)...
  13. Ian Macdonald

    Long multicast ping times from device connected to AC-88U

    OK, but my problem isn't described in that thread. And I have a perfectly functioning AC-3200 in another room, also in AP mode, that proves that the issue I'm describing isn't common to all models. I'm not even ruling out that the possibility that the problem isn't related to the AP at all...
  14. Ian Macdonald

    Long multicast ping times from device connected to AC-88U

    You evidently skipped the part of my posting where I anticipated this kind of response and wrote: The symptoms of this problem don't match those of that problem. And if Google is true to its word, Google Play Services have already been patched in an update rolled out during the last few days...
  15. Ian Macdonald

    Long multicast ping times from device connected to AC-88U

    I have a Chromecast 2 associated over 5 Ghz with an AC-88U running 382.2_beta3, although the issue I am about to describe also occurred with 382.1. The Chromecast streams perfectly. It literally never drops out. If I cast a live TV channel to it, it will still be playing 24 hours later. What...
See more
Top