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    Converting a Cisco Ironport C170 to Opnsense router

    Maybe "lag" was a wrong word for it. It looks like the server (Netgate server / repo) for pfSense is just slow? I am still under the process of updating from 22.01 to 22.05. It needs to download 169 packages (almost done). There seems to be no "mirrors" for these and the download speed is...
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    Converting a Cisco Ironport C170 to Opnsense router

    Ive been playing with pfSense and OPNsense for the past week and testing them out and deciding which i will actually put on my DS20U. I think I will go with pfSense. Just one question, are the updates very slow? I mean I did upgrade from CE 2.6.0 to Plus 22.01 which went pretty fast. But...
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    Zenwifi XT8 - can node use the WAN port for LAN?

    Oh, I thought there was a option to make it work just as lan port. well the gb switch is a possible thing too.
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    Zenwifi XT8 - can node use the WAN port for LAN?

    I just got the XT8 to replace my first-gen Netgear Orbi for my Wifi and am little baffled. My current setup also has oterh "new" stuff, as we got our 1gig fiber connection few weeks ago (hence wanted to upgrade my wifi too). Also I installed pfSense to a mini-pc to act as a router/firewall. So...
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    Needing good performance WLAN

    I got me an WNDR3700 yesterday and the signal levels and the wlan performance went up much better. I'm at the moment using a USB stick (Netgear WNA3100). The signal is pretty good (using 2.4GHz N-WLAN). But I'm still thinkin of two possibilities to make the network work well. At the moment it...
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    Needing good performance WLAN

    The nameless stick was N dongle but seems only 2.4GHz. I'll do some testing today and will move the time capsule to a little bit better place and see if if yields any better results. If no I'll get the wndr3700 tomorrow. How does the WET610N actually work? Do I first connect ethernet...
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    Needing good performance WLAN

    Thanks for the reply...couple of questions... PC and TimeCapsule are in different rooms, and in the between there is thick walls. I actually had an nameless usb-wifi adapter at home and tried it, and got a much better results with it than the pcie cards. Couple of questions more:) if...
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    Needing good performance WLAN

    Hi all, my first post here actually... I bought a new desktop PC for christmas, and I set it up on my bedroom. at the moment it's the only place where to put at the moment in the current house. I also have a Macbook Air. At the moment I have Apple Time Capsule as my wlan ap which is...
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