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    Nighthawk R7000 w/Advanced Tomato won't Port Forward except for RDP

    @ ColinTaylor Thank you for the tips. I went through and checked all of these things. I did not know that about RDP. I have tweaked and prodded to the point that I have finally gotten the ports to open..... at least I think so. I have installed the media server software on two different PCs...
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    Nighthawk R7000 w/Advanced Tomato won't Port Forward except for RDP

    Everything is working great on my LAN at home, however I am trying to set up my media server to work outside of my LAN but I am smashing my head against a (fire)wall a this point. The issue isn't just limited to my media server or any one PC, either. I simply cannot get the router to open any...
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    Is r7000 worth extra cost over archer c7/9

    I have used a C7, AC-68U or R7000 as my primary router for the last 3 years or so and I can tell you that unless there is a specific feature that you need from the R7000 or AC-68U then the C7 is just as good as either of those. Any difference range and throughput isn't something that I could...
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    R7000 vs. R6900 (CostCo)... Differences and availability of 3rd party FW

    Nah, that's pretty consistent with what I have experienced in messing around with it so far. Looks like it's going back. Thanks for the assist.
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    R7000 vs. R6900 (CostCo)... Differences and availability of 3rd party FW

    So I would need to flash the firmware to an R7000, first? I tried that and it wouldn't take it.
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    R7000 vs. R6900 (CostCo)... Differences and availability of 3rd party FW

    OK, follow up question. I am very newbish when it comes to alt firmware. I can't seem to find a comprehensive list of routers that can run Tomato. My impression is that if the R7000 and R6900 share the same Broadcom chipset and relatively little differs between the two then I should be able...
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    R7000 vs. R6900 (CostCo)... Differences and availability of 3rd party FW

    Haven't bricked it, yet. I may just return it and try a Linksys EA6900 for the same money then I can keep a clear conscience if attempting to flash it to an R7000 had some bad results.
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    R7000 vs. R6900 (CostCo)... Differences and availability of 3rd party FW

    I have been looking for a router that can run AsusWRT-Merlin firmware that is not an Asus RT-AC68x. Reason, I had a T-Mobile CellSpot that I flashed to stock and loved that I could set the router as the Master Browser on my network. It made file-sharing among my Windows machines so much...
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    N66U vs. AC68U vs. AC87R

    I have been using T-Mobile's CellSpot router that I hacked and flashed back to stock AC68U. I love the AsusWRT firmware because it allows me to set the router as the NETBIOS Master Browser. So, I am stuck on Asus unless there is a different router that can be setup that way. I dropped...
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    Nas OS Comparison (unRaid, eon, Freenas,...)

    Are the files being shared over a wireless network connection? They all seem pretty slow if we are talking Mb/s and not realistic if we are talking MB/s. An unRAID system should run 480-640Mb/s with a modern HDD, it wouldn't really be choked by the Atom CPU. I would think that should be the...
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    Router/AP recommendation for bigger home network (25 users, 5 story building)

    No concern for the insecurity of having everyone on the same network? This sounds like a bad idea for a multi tenant setup. I would think you'd be better off dropping a WAN ethernet connection to each residence and letting them be responsible for their own router and LAN.
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    R7000 or EA8500?

    For AP use, either one is probably overkill. Save some $$$: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BUSDVBQ/?tag=snbforums-20
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    Plex server in AC87U

    Even if you could, you wouldn't want to. Plex transcoding requires a pretty powerful CPU and that ARM is nowhere near being up to the job.
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    Router or RaspPi that can act as permanent Master Browser

    First, the questions.... Is there a router, other than Western Digital MyNet series, that has an option to force the router to be the Master Browser in a network? If not, where would I find information on setting up a RaspPi to be always on and whose sole function is to control the Master...
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    Need advice upgrading from an N300 router

    If I'm not too late, I'd just like to throw in my vote for this one (TP-Link Archer C7): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BUSDVBQ/?tag=snbforums-20 I have used one as my primary router for about 20 months now and it has been nothing short of solid the entire time. I had been curious about the...
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