Recent content by Jonathan Dixon

Hi folks Some family has poor wifi and I want to set up a mesh for them. They have this router (from shell) and I have an old one of the same model going spare. I think they support EasyMesh and I'm wondering if I can use the old one as a mesh node? Is this easy/possible, and, if so, any...

Hi I'm about to upgrade to full fibre and have a query about the router options. Of the two options I'm looking at, one gives an Eero 6 and the other a Technicolor DGA0122. My current setup has an external USB hard drive connected to an Asus AC68U which I use as a network drive and I'd really...

Thanks folks

Just wondering if there are any methods of monitoring my internet speed over a period of time? I have an Asus AC68U router and wondered if there might be an option there but I can't see anything obvious. I'm looking at changing from Vodafone fibre to 5G and would like to be able to see the...

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Does that mean things like hosting websites? I'm not really interested in that kind of thing, I'll just be a standard user (browsing, streaming etc). I'm guessing that not knowing what it means would imply I won't notice!

I'm looking at options for a new broadband contract and thinking of going with Three 5G instead of the usual ISPs. Speed and cost seem good. Currently I have an Asus AC68U with a couple of USB hard drives that I use as NAS and I'd like to keep them. Would the easiest way be just to put the asus...

If you set up your VPN client, at the bottom there is an option for 'Force Internet traffic through tunnel'. Select 'Policy Rules'. Under the section that will appear, you just need to put the domain range in for 'Destination IP'. I just googled the domain range to get the IP. So for Pandora it...

Thanks for that. I eventually got around to putting Merlin on my router and it was easy :)

Good shout - thanks

Posted too soon. Was going to delete post, but in case it helps anyone, the issue was a 'minidlna.log' file. I couldn't see the file until plugging directly into my laptop and showing hidden files. I don't know what it was, but it was 1.4TB so I deleted it. Maybe I'll run into problems later but...

I have a 4TB hard drive plugged into an Asus AC68U router to use as a NAS. All has been fine for a good year, but randomly it now shows full and I can't put any files on. The files already there are accessible and don't seem corrupted. If I look at properties, I get: 7412 items totalling...

Hopefully this is the best place for this question... I have an Asus router handling my network and have 3 Google Home speakers. I also have a Nord vpn subscription. I live in the UK and I'd really like to be able to use the streaming service Pandora (for which you need a US vpn). I know I...

Haha, probably! Actually, I had a look at the files with the swap manually turned on and the router hung again so it didn't solve th issue anyway so I give up. I'll come up with something else.

OK, I've created a swap usb and got it mounted using that tutorial. However, I tried to created a script so that it would automatically start after a reboot but I'm struggling... I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to command line stuff. I managed to get into the router using Putty and created the...