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I did use custom network instead of guest. Still, not satisfied with the result and instability. Just my two cents.

I’d honestly stay away from these routers if VLAN-style segmentation is what you’re after. I spent days trying to get a stable VPN/DNS/guest-network setup working on a BE88U and it was a constant headache. Configuration changes are slow, frequent reboots are required, and things tend to break...

It's located via the network tab in the main menu.

4 years in with Brave as the main browser, I haven't seen a single add on youtube.

The KillMon plugin or configuring iptables should fix this. I haven't used my BE88 in anything other than AP mode for months, but if I recall correctly, the VPN kill switch did work on some stock firmware.

"I am trying to set Wireguard in Merlin to work with my Pihole when I am away. I see the blue dot when I connect to wireguard in the Asus webpage\VPN" That sounds like you already have an config file. just add a line in that file (notepad will do) and put in DNS = 192.168.0.25 <-- whatever ip...

On your Wireguard client config file add a line with DNS settings. example: [Interface] address = 10.0.0.1/24 PrivateKey = somePrivateKey DNS = 192.168.0.25 <-- whatever ip you have on your pi-hole

You need to make sure you're pointing to your local DNS IP (the Pi-hole) in your VPN settings on the Asus router. Additionally, you should also set the DNS IP to your Pi-hole in the WireGuard app on your client device. This way, when you're connected via WireGuard, all DNS queries will go...

Yes, OPNsense needs at least two NICs (ports), one for WAN, one for LAN since it sits between your modem (or fiber converter) and your network. My setup is listed in previous post.

I recommend a dedicated machine for OPNsense. My own setup runs on an older Intel i3 8th gen CPU with 8GB RAM, two 120GB SSDs in RAID 1, and dual Intel NICs. My entire WAN is behind a VPN and the machine pushes full gigabit speeds without any issues, even under full load, it only reaches around...

@weaverinva Don’t be intimidated by OPNsense. It's much easier than it might seem at first. The web interface is clean, well organized, and honestly no harder to learn than the GUI on most consumer grade routers like Asus, Netgear, or TP-Link. Even if you’ve never worked with FreeBSD or...

These firmware "updates" have been nothing more than a joke since this router was introduced :( I have spent countless hours trying to sort VLAN setups with guestnetworks and what not. Everytime a new firmware arrived it made nothing easier. I'm not even gonna bother to install this one. I use...

Agree! I tried every possible way I could think of but never got it working good. I've tried with both stock and Merlin firmwares. In the end i gave up and setup OPNsense on a pc. The BE88U is now used as an AP. Will probably not look back.

Correct, My bad. when using wifi analyzer I see two hidden ones.

I have the same router running same firmware and i cant see anything else except the 2 ssid ive setup.