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    Wi-Fi System Roundup

    Pardon me for asking a stupid question - but under the wifi system section, do you exclude "pure" APs? I was thinking specifically of the new Ubiquiti Mesh systems, which don't do any routing of their own, and require a separate router.
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    Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 8 150W Managed PoE+ Gigabit Switch with SFP Reviewed

    I have a couple of the Unifi versions of this exact switch (US-8-150W), and I think other than LAG, everything else is supported under the 5.5.x controller, and it's a lot less of a PITA to configure too... that Unifi GUI is easily the most user-friendly GUI I've run into in all my years of...
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    Drobo 5N2 5 Bay NAS Reviewed

    My complaints have less to do with the device stability (which was an issue) and more to do with the company and the technology. I would still recommend people steer clear, especially for the technology reason.
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    Drobo 5N2 5 Bay NAS Reviewed

    All well and good, but Drobo the company is a horrific entity that preys on people using FUD and then exists only to force you to pay them for service. Case in point: I got a 5D as a birthday present around June 2013. It took me a couple of months to get it set up, but that was far from...
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    Fortress Launches Enterprise-Like UTM Appliance For Smart Homes

    Finally, something for home-use, but for those of us already invested in another ecosystem, it'd be really helpful if it didn't have to be the router.
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    ZyXEL USG20-VPN VPN Firewall Reviewed

    Thanks for the review. Any chance of getting (informal) numbers on what the hit is on WAN-LAN throughput when the UTM features are enabled?
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    How We Test Hardware Routers - Version 4

    Fair enough! Second question, having had time to look through that long PDF: is there scope now for you to test security gateways (I'm thinking of, for example, ZyXel or SonicWall) to get a sense of what penalty there is for activating the UTM features? That would be a really helpful thing for...
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    How We Test Hardware Routers - Version 4

    Would you be able to retest some hardware that you have tested in the past (for example, the EdgeRouter?) so that we have some idea of how much more demanding this test regimen is? Cheers.
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    Help a Noob understand how to set up VPN

    I wish I did, but no. The Asus routers support PPTP and OpenVPN out of the box. If he wanted IPSec, he'd have to install OptWare/Entware and then compile OpenSwan from scratch, unless it's shown up in stock Merlin since 380.57. That seems to be currently out of reach for him. PPTP is indeed...
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    Help a Noob understand how to set up VPN

    Dingo, I'm sympathetic to where you are - I was there, and the problem is that there's no easy explanation of what you're trying to do. If you're wondering why people here seem hostile, let me say they usually aren't - it's just that every couple of days someone comes in asks a variant of this...
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    Replacing Stock Antennas On AC68U

    Welcome! Flying Dutchman above was being quite rude, but I decided I might as well try. I think it's worth the experimentation at the very least. Please do write back with your experiences. After 48 hours or so of running it, temperatures are within the ballpark of where they were pre-routing...
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    Replacing Stock Antennas On AC68U

    Yes, the stock antennae. Hard to take a photo, so here's an approximate diagram; the heights/widths of cabinets and speakers are correct, but the router, antennae and bases are not. Please let me know if anything is unclear and needs clarification.
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    Replacing Stock Antennas On AC68U

    As an FYI for anyone else who is contemplating a similar move, I went ahead and bought a set of these and connected them to the outer two antenna ports on my RT-AC68U with Merlin 380.57 and stock power levels. I have monitored the radio temperatures - particularly the 5GHz radios - and found the...
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    Replacing Stock Antennas On AC68U

    Does the word "unavoidable" have some other meaning that's not in the dictionary? Don't be a dick; if you have nothing to contribute, just go ahead to any of the other threads.
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    Replacing Stock Antennas On AC68U

    Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but there's a half-dozen of these around, and I'd rather not litter the forum more. Due to a recent unavoidable move of our AC68U, we've seen a sharp fall off in the data rate and ability of our devices to stay connected to the router. I suspect the stock...
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