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    Advice sought regards best solution for providing ethernet to detached garage. Homeplug vs Mesh vs P2P Bridge?

    That is sure promising then...
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    Advice sought regards best solution for providing ethernet to detached garage. Homeplug vs Mesh vs P2P Bridge?

    Thank you to everyone for sharing their expertise and offering their constructive suggestions, I guess without spending a huge rack of money no system (as tgl notes) is totally burglar-proof and thus calls for some level of compromise even with a wireless-backhauled ethernet connection...
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    Advice sought regards best solution for providing ethernet to detached garage. Homeplug vs Mesh vs P2P Bridge?

    Absolutely agree 100% hence my preference for ethernet connections as opposed to Wi-Fi other than for phones, tablets etc....
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    Advice sought regards best solution for providing ethernet to detached garage. Homeplug vs Mesh vs P2P Bridge?

    I had considered the possibility of an outdoor 'above ground' cable, routing along the external (driveway) wall toward the garage but this is complicated because the closest access to ethernet is at the front of the property close to where the primary node is located. The secondary node...
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    Advice sought regards best solution for providing ethernet to detached garage. Homeplug vs Mesh vs P2P Bridge?

    Again this solution is feasible but only for Wi-Fi operation....
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    Advice sought regards best solution for providing ethernet to detached garage. Homeplug vs Mesh vs P2P Bridge?

    As the kitchen window faces the garage this would be a viable option for the door control bridging device as it would likely improve 2.4 GHz signal however the camera would be especially vulnerable connecting by Wi-Fi hence my preference for an 'ethernet' solution.
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    Advice sought regards best solution for providing ethernet to detached garage. Homeplug vs Mesh vs P2P Bridge?

    I intend to minimise the risk of such LAN exposure presented by any random incursions, say by a tradesman (NB. not likely from my friends who would access the garage for me as they are definitely not tech savvy and only connect to Wi-Fi routing in their own homes and cannot comprehend connecting...
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    Advice sought regards best solution for providing ethernet to detached garage. Homeplug vs Mesh vs P2P Bridge?

    Both garage clients (Door Bridge Device (via USB), Security Camera) are dual Wi-Fi/Ethernet but I would as a matter of preference utilise their ethernet connections rather than connect with Wi-Fi....
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    Advice sought regards best solution for providing ethernet to detached garage. Homeplug vs Mesh vs P2P Bridge?

    Approx 15' to 20' (feet) (4.5 - 6 m metric)
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    Advice sought regards best solution for providing ethernet to detached garage. Homeplug vs Mesh vs P2P Bridge?

    Sadly no coax to the garage either....
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    Advice sought regards best solution for providing ethernet to detached garage. Homeplug vs Mesh vs P2P Bridge?

    Hi, I am seeking for some appropriate recommendations for distributing my ethernet LAN to a detached garage to which the laying of a dedicated ethernet cable is not practical. Accordingly, alternate comparative solutions are sought together with the various pros and cons involved as well as...
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    RT-AX88U - 388.2_2 - Previously Working VPN Client (NordVPN) no longer functions - Suggestions for NordVPN Working Settings July 2023

    Brilliant, thanks Colin for the extremely swift and accurate heads up... Such is the randomness of Google search strings that that one eluded me despite my hours of research!! I find it particularly shocking that having only become a NordVPN customer on 20.05.23 that it took me two further...
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    RT-AX88U - 388.2_2 - Previously Working VPN Client (NordVPN) no longer functions - Suggestions for NordVPN Working Settings July 2023

    Following update to the current Merlin (388.2_2 - 05.05.23) Firmware on 22.05.23 neither VPN Client (Express VPN & NordVPN) made a successful connection reporting "Error - Authentication failure!" Inspecting the System Logs indicated a 'keysize' issue in respect of the Express VPN and this was...
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    Concurrent OpenVPN Server alongside OpenVPN Client (Express VPN)

    Hi Justice, Hope I can offer you some assistance to help resolve your OpenVPN Server issue on your iPhone. The following clarifies the successful settings which currently allow my devices to sync.... Firstly, in the case of the iPhone (mine is the '8 Plus' by the way) currently operating on...
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    Running simultaneous instances of OpenVPN Clients using ExpressVPN

    Hi to all, Having recently installed and configured Jack Yaz's excellent YazFi to take advantage of the discrete subnet provisions offered I was able to asign a given subnet to specific devices along with an appropriate OpenVPN Client instance configured to use specified ExpressVPN remote...
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