Recent content by wfarid

I am married and yes my wife hated the look of the router. In our previous apartment there was a large internet cabinet so it worked out just fine. My internet speed is 30mbps. My wifi reception around the apartment is actually quite good. The bridge is connected on both bands, but I think it's...

just to add, I have an Netgear Nighthawk EX7000 Extender. It's sitting pretty close to my router (there is a concrete wall and a door between the two but not more than 18 feet in a direct line (ignore all obstructions) . I'm currently using it just as a bridge for my wired devices (not extending...

So I sorta did. I put my netgear router in my media console drawer (solid wood, about 10mm thick). Obviously my signal did take a hit, but I live in a single story apartment so it's not that bad. I did want to see if I could get an antenna with a base that could connect to the router. I plan to...

Adding the DLINK did not solve my issues. Ultimately I had to move the Nighthawk next to the ISP Router and then have everything connected to my Nighthawk... I was able to install some custom firmware on a crappy N router my ISP gave me and use that as an Access Point on the other end of my...

Well I have an old DLINK router sitting around, I could use that instead of a switch! Maybe this is too complicated -- I'll report back if it works. But basically on my DLINK I'd place it in the same DHCP range as my Nighthawk but only handle from 100 - 254 . Then on my nighthawk I would have...

I am having trouble connecting my Shield 2017 with KODI installed to my NAS (QNAP TS-209 PRO). The problem is a classic one - two routers one home setup! My ISP router (Fiber connection that goes straight into a router type device with 4 ethernet ports) can't go into bridge mode without messing...

are you still building a nas/router combo? Do you plan on using pfsense?

My plan is to have a single box that can reliably store (Raid 5 probably) my data and also play content onto my TV. Something that is easily upgradable and future proof. The case I chose was Lian Li PC-Q08 A . It was the only SFF that had 6 internal 3.5" drives and one external 5.25" drive...

I tried to enable jumbo frames with my current setup however it caused finicky connections and speed variances. I want something more reliable than my current setup. So could I get one gs108t and swap it out in place of the Dir-655 and then use the DGL-4500 as a kind of extender/ wireless...

in my current setup would I just need one or would I need two? Does the GS108T 200 support 4k jumbo frames?

My cable modem is in my basement which is currently connected to a Dlink DIR-655 which my main rig, laptop, Qnap Ts-209, is connected to. Then an ethernet cable is connected from the router to another router (upstairs in my living room) the Dlink DGL-4500 which my HTPC, Xbox 360, and a JadooTV...

I have been trying to switch to internet tv for ages and I even built a decent future proof htpc for it. I have a Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H, its got a built in 9400M chip, I gave it 4 gigs of ram, Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16ghz), 1tb green hard drive, and a Blu-Ray/ HD-DVD reader, all in the cheapest...

thanks Tim, you were a great help! Now I gotta save up. This is an out of the blue question, If I'm thinking about becoming cisco certified would it be better to get the cisco router than? Or will that router be to basic to practice the functions I would use in order to get cert'd?

I meant, this. Its the cisco slm2008

wow thanks so much. The 108t looks great. What are you feelings towards the equivalent Cisco router?