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    Sponsored: Wi-Fi Mesh System Secrets

    I do general IT work for homes and small businesses. I steer right away from this stuff as it is a can of worms and potentially a waste of time. I do use Ethernet over power sometimes although that can be hit and miss too. Range extenders seem to be of marginal use. It may be I should revisit...
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    VPN Why use OpenVPN

    I should have asked just how to setup PPTN and whether I needed to use the VPN PPTN built into the router I have. I'm not interested in OpenVPN really. I just wanted to set up a customer so he could activate software licenses remotely which simply requires a network connection. I spent ages on...
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    VPN Why use OpenVPN

    I wanted to get PPTP to work. It is for a customer who simply wants to connect to a home desktop for licensing authentication. It is very basic. I can get the VPN to work on my system only if I am on the same network using WiFi. Once I use my phone hotspot. It doesn't work. I opened port 1723...
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    VPN Why use OpenVPN

    I am new to this, probably obvious. On this basis I will ask an obvious question! I am running Windows 10 Pro on two machines. I want my remote VPN Client to powered by my phone hotspot to connect to my desktop computer which is behind my Cable internet Modem which is bridged to my AC87 Assus...
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    ASUS RT-AC87 Firmware - Official Releases

    I have quite a lot of faith in Synology. I have one of their routers and everything works, updates are handled flawlessly and no issues at all. The Linux based Synology NAS is a complex beast from a software point of view. Asus are primarily hardware manufacturers and while I have been...
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    ASUS RT-AC87 Firmware - Official Releases

    I've got the latest firmware and my iPad Air 2 has been working perfectly ok AC along with Surface Pro 3, Nokia 1520, MacBook Air and two Ethernet connected desktops, my Synology NAS and a few other assorted devices and a number of customer computers hooked up on my guest network. No complaints...
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    ASUS RT-AC87 Firmware - Official Releases

    I haven't had any issues with my iPad on 5GHz AC since the 4950 release and I've just installed 5134. I think that they have finally got this router to the point that it is fully compatible with everyone's equipment. It is a great router. I find the AIProtection important as I have so many...
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    RT-AC87U_3.0.0.4_378_4950

    I'm still NOT getting WiFi disconnects on my iPad Air 2 on 5GHz AC. Good. Fixed.
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    RT-AC87U_3.0.0.4_378_4950

    OK. I'm still not convinced it is fixed but I will know in a week if I have no issues that it is fixed. It didn't misbehave all the time on 5GHz but often enough that it always got switched back to 2.4GHz. I can't comment on the iPhone as my wife has a 5 and that doesn't have AC but is fine. I...
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    RT-AC87U_3.0.0.4_378_4950

    My iPad Air 2 works fine so far on this new release using 5GHz AC, it did work fine previously on earlier releases but only on 2.4GHz. I just checked it again and it connects fine from sleep and it has been there for some hours. It is early days for me to pronounce all is well with the Air2 on...
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    RT-AC87U 3.0.0.4.378_4839 beta

    The 4950 is on the Asus support site. I just did the update, reset and cfg restore and all is good. I'm hoping the iPad will be more stable on 5GHz.
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    ADSL Modem/Router for Parental Controls

    I think it depends on the child. You may be lucky and have relatively compliant children. Some of the porn is viewed accidentally too, not just by teenage children but younger also. A low level filter to catch obvious porn material is a great idea and the low level filter stops fishing sites...
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    ADSL Modem/Router for Parental Controls

    I did the job today, setting up a Netgear DGND3700v2 on his home network. It was a bit of a job and I ran all the setup software on his MacBook which made it a bit harder for me. It all works very well but it is somewhat more complex than the AC87 as you have to set up a OpenDNS account. The...
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    Undecided between the AC87U & X6 Nighthawk

    It looks to me like the AC87U is one of the only routers I know of that not only has comprehensive parental controls on the router but it also has pretty good built in protection in their partnership with Trend. I've been looking at other routers for customers recently and it has made me...
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    ADSL Modem/Router for Parental Controls

    I have an Asus AC87U on which I demonstrated parental controls to a customer. He was pleased and I agreed to install an Asus DSL-N55U thinking the parental controls would be similar. They're not. I think that the AC87 can filter what comes in whereas the AC55 just allows an access schedule ie...
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