Recent content by margentieri

If the 3 bands of my router had separate SSID's, sure. The whole thing with Smart Connect is you have a single SSID for all 3 bands, and the router intelligently decides which band is most appropriate for each client to use. The feature works wonderfully for all my other devices, but I get...

You don't seem to be understanding what I'm asking. All my devices on all frequencies work just fine, with the exception of my Chromecast, which is built into my TV. Not to mention the TV is literally feet away from my router. There is something specific about this device that makes it not want...

anyone?

My router is a RT-AC5300. I have a TV with a built-in Chromecast, and the Chromecast does NOT want to work properly when on a 5GHz band, but works just fine when on 2.4GHz. Unfortunately, with tri-band smart connect, the Chromecast keeps being placed on one of the 5GHz bands. I can make it work...

It appears on the Network Map screen on the Client Status section (the icon to the left of the external storage section/button). I see all my devices plus that 1 rouge MAC, the rouge MAC having 240+ connections listed there. I attached a screenshot. I hadn't considered the ONT, but I have...

A few things Pete: 1) The only cable plugged into a LAN port of the Actiontec is the pass-back connection from the Asus, i.e. it is supplying an internet connection TO the Actiontec, not getting one from it. This step is REQUIRED in order to provide a LAN MoCA signal to the TV STB's. See the...

Hey guys, I have an interesting and very strange problem, and I am hoping someone here might be able to help (and if anyone can explain how this is even POSSIBLE, that'd be cool, although unnecessary). TLDR version: I have a rouge MAC address on my network, and it is appearing HUNDREDS of...

I actually did that a few times before I eventually figured out that the WAN IP was being grabbed by my desktop. Idk if this matters, but my desktop isn't plugged directly into my router, but rather it is connected directly to a LAN MoCA bridge (which is connected to my ac68u via coax; coax...

I'd be curious to see if anyone has any idea how my WAN IP could possibly pass through my router and assign itself to my desktop, as I described above, rather than the router grabbing the IP for itself. As I mentioned, I found a solution, but my solution doesn't address the root cause. I've been...

Well since you cannot set the IP on the STB itself, you have to assign them those IPs through DHCP

Also, on a slightly unrelated note, if anyone is using the same router configuration as me (see my previous post) with FiOS, and you are having issues with On Demand working properly or at all as I originally was, I found a solution to that in some obscure corner of the Internet as well (so...

Hey all. So I was actually having the same problem myself for months until I finally figured out what was happening (but not why) and how to fix it. First let me start by saying I am using the ac68u with FiOS via MoCA. I have my router set up in the following configuration, which once I solved...

Thanks, I'll have to try this when I get home; however, I imagine that this would only block accessing the network drive via Samba. What about DLNA? Any ideas for that? Sorry, I actually don't know much about the workings of DLNA, so this might be a silly question.

That first link is actually an old thread of mine if you noticed. That's where I got the iptables rule mentioned above; however, all this rule does is prevent those VPN clients from communicating with other clients on the network. It unfortunately does nothing to prevent access to my network...

I was thinking that what I want to accomplish would be possible if the VPN connection in question was treated as a guest network. I have a guest network already enabled. Would it be possible to VPN into this existing guest network or to set up a dedicated guest network for the VPN?