Recent content by The H-Man Cometh

Understood, and agree that most messages are not worth further action. But when a particular IP such as the one I mentioned keeps banging away at the router, over and over again, for multiple consecutive days, I thought it might be helpful to just add a rule in NSF to block it completely, but...

Thanks, I have not yet. I'm sure it's easy and effective, but was just really hoping to stick with a generic install, relying only on what the GUI provides by default.

AiProtection is picking up a lot of IPS/IDS hits with Source IP = 68.183.158.79 and Destination IP = <Router_WAN_IP>. I thought there might be an easy way via the GUI to just block/reject anything and everything from that IP address, or from 68.*.*.* in general (or from any other collection of...

Sorry, but can someone provide a specific example of the correct settings required to block the subnets (in this example) on the Firewall -> Network Services Filter tab? For example, would it be: Source IP = 185.0.0.0/8 (or /24 ???) Port Range (the first Port Range column) = 1:65535...

Been seeing this issue for more than a month across different models and different firmware versions. Reported the issue here: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/n66u-internet-stopped-working-only-fixed-by-quick-internet-setup.44719/#post-383293 but never got any traction. I initially thought...

I do believe there is some kind of (new?) problem related to power cycling, but I'm at a loss in terms of how to troubleshoot it or identify the root cause. I just had it happen again on a 68U after a power cycle, and this one is running maybe a 6-month-old version of 380 stock Asus firmware...

Thanks for the additional information... sounds like my hunch regarding power cycling (of the router anyway) may not be valid. I continue to be at a loss as to the root cause.

Interesting. Do / did you have web access over WAN enabled or disabled? By "it" presumably you mean you were turning the router off/on (and not the modem)? And then it just started working, or did you have to complete the Wizard setup? I wonder if power cycling the modem for a time would be...

I can confirm the same, or similar, behavior over the last week or so across several different Asus router models... a 68U, an 88U, and an 86U... all running Merlin firmware, but different versions ranging from 380.68.x to latest 382 release. All of a sudden, Internet connectivity is lost, and...

Was this question in the OP ever answered or elaborated on? I still don't understand why Guest Network options exist in the AP Mode UI.

When running an Asus router in AP Mode, many of the configuration options found in Router Mode no longer appear... perhaps for obvious reasons (e.g., they don't apply to AP Mode, etc.). But the ability to create Guest Wi-Fi Networks does NOT disappear from the GUI in AP Mode. If a device that...

Thanks all -- everything you wrote makes sense... although I don't think the PUs would be able to figure out the whole router/switch/modem thing. Or if they did, they'd never be able to put Humpty Dumpty back together again... at least not before I pulled all my hair out trying to walk them...

Thanks for your input. I had thought about setting them up with TeamViewer or something similar, but if a firmware update breaks both VPN and HTTPS WAN access, what are the chances I'll even be able to make an RDP connection? Providers like eero, et al. seem to have figured this out, so hoping...

Okay, thanks. But if the PUs (Parental Units) live out of state and need help keeping their router in tip-top shape, what is the best way to update firmware via remote connection? Over a VPN connection (but always nervous an update will "break" VPN and I'll lose access for good)? Temporarily...

Meaning the router can be compromised even without knowing the admin ID/password credentials?