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  1. M

    Turning an extra Netgear router into a wireless access point AND VPN

    I currently have a R8000 Netgear Nighthawk wireless router hooked up to my Xfinity modem. I then have several network switches throughout the house with hard wired equipment (PS5, Xbox, FireTV, laptops, MAC, Windows desktops, etc). All works good. I recently was given a Netgear Nighthawk R7000...
  2. wordlesswind

    DoT usage problem

    Hello guys, I encountered a problem when using DoT: I cannot use a DoT, but the others are working fine. I have no problems when using kdig to test, but I cannot use it in R7000 (Firmware 384.19 by Xwrt-Vortex, CEF 1.3.0.7). I don't know how to test in Router, can someone help me? I know I...
  3. E

    Router purchase advice - replacement for R7000

    Hi everyone, Giving first context. Just had fiber installed at my house and the velocities are awesome. I tested the velocities with my main PC connected directly to the fiber switch from the ISP inteno xg684, and got 675Mbps, 1.64ms latency and 2.98ms jitter using the cloudflare speed testing...
  4. T

    New router to replace Netgear R7000

    Looking for a new router to replacing my aging R7000. Although it still works OK I’m tired of playing firmware roulette with this thing. Last year I updated to a firmware that made it completely unstable. I rolled back to an older firmware and that mostly solved that except for an issue where a...
  5. H

    Best Replacement AC1900 Router, Factoring In Firmware and Reliability

    Hi all, It's my first time posting here, so I apologize if anything I write violates forum etiquette. I chose my current router, the D-Link DIR-860L, in 2015 based solely on value for performance from the Router Ranker data, but I realize now that this approach is quite a gamble...
  6. S

    Merlin: RT-AC68U? R7000? Something else?

    My RT-AC68U is having problems: About every day and a half it needs a reboot; a firmware update and a bunch of resetting didn't help. It seems time for a replacement. I'm using a lot of what Merlin offers, and I'm not sure if I should replace it with another AC68U, or load Merlin onto an R7000...
  7. M

    Ubiquiti UniFi UAP-AC In-Wall (IW) AP’s

    Hello, I live in a 3-story 3,000 sq ft house. I’ve been using Netgear R7000 (freshTomato firmware) located more or less centrally. Coverage has been great — I had internet throughout the house (other than the garage and outside). But I was only getting like 50Mbps link speed on my MacBook Pro in...
  8. P

    Advice: What R7000 firmware for my needs?

    Hello, I am switching to a new ISP which gives me the possibility to use my own router, I have a Netgear R7000 and would like to use this for the following reasons: 1. VPN - I would like to configure my router to handle my VPN connection so certain devices always use a VPN connection and som...
    • Patrick van Bavel
    • Thread
    • advanced tomato dd-wrt lacp merlin r7000 tcpdump tomato vpn
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Routers
  9. JJQuin

    No Internet using VPN Kill Switch over Media Bridge

    Hello, was hoping someone could help me with this. I recently upgraded from a Netgear R7000 (Merlin Vortex 380.69) to an ASUS RT-AC864 (Merlin 382.2_beta2). I wanted to get some use out of my R7000 and I've had issues with the wireless USB adapter on my PC so I setup the R7000 as a Media...
    • JJQuin
    • Thread
    • killswitch merlin r7000 rt-ac86u vpn
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: VPN
  10. P

    [SOLVED] I bought R7000 and ac68u. Which to return?

    Hi everyone, I just bought the Netgear R7000 (111 euro) and Asus AC68U (114 euro), but eventually will return one of them. I know they are identical when it comes to SoC and I plan to use Merlin on both. Can you provide some reasons for keeping one over the other? What ASUS/Netgear specific...
  11. apcr.com

    [SOLVED] Please help with firewall rules for errant daughters devices

    SOLVED My teenage daughter has begun a habit of getting online in the wee hours of the morning and not sleeping. The situation is complicated, as she has a mental illness. Not sleeping is bad for her health and we need to lock her access down so shes not doing this. Her devices are assigned...
  12. cdysthe

    Netgear R7000 isn't up to speed on a gigabit connection through CM1000 modem

    Hi, I recently got a Netgear CM1000 modem on my gigabit Xfinity connection. When I hook my laptop up to the modem directly I am getting close to a gigabit connection, at least above 900 Mbps consistently. But when I hook up (ethernet) through my R7000 with fully upgraded stock firmware I'm...
  13. S

    Amazon Fire TV/Asuswrt-Merlin R7000/-50% speed 5GHz

    Hi All, I have a bit of an issue and I've been searching endlessly with no luck of a solution. My ISP provides with 150 Mbps. Amazon FireTV forces to use Channel 36 with 40MHz to get max speed of 70 to 80Mbps. Unfortunately with this setting all my other devices can only achieve 70 to 80Mbps...
  14. M

    Lacie NetworkspaceMax LAN problem

    Hi all, I try to ask you because I did a lot of checks but solution seems not be so easy. I summarize the scenario: 1) Network configuration: ADSL Router --> Netgear R7000 Router (1GBit/s LAN) --> NetworkSpaceMAX NAS (1 GBit LAN). Transfer rate from wi-fi very good with NAS. 2) 1 week ago NAS...
  15. R

    Help needed two routers one running openVPN only

    I have a Netgear R7000 running Tomato Shibby configured working well with PIA and openVPN client. I recently acquired an Edgerouter X that I would liked to set it up to take care of the openVPN part only. I am aware of the performance or the lack of the Edgerouter X with openVPN and I am OK with...
    • Rookie
    • Thread
    • dual router edgerouter openvpn r7000
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: VPN
  16. cdysthe

    Firmware with full (passthrough) VPN support for my Netgear Nighthawk R7000

    Hi, I have a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 with stock firmware. The router works well, but I am now in a situation where I need to have all traffic pass through a VPN connection. If I were to flash new firmware which options do I have that offers this kind of VPN support? As I understand it stock...
  17. A

    Interesting VPN Speed Loss on Asuswrt-merlink

    Hi Guys, The long and short of it, I had ADSL2+ and got upgraded to fibre. ADSL2+ (Private Internet Access VPN) Desktop Client Without VPN: 7Mbps With VPN: 1Mbps When the fibre upgrade happened, bought a shiny new R7000 Nighthawk, flashed it with Asuswrt-merlin 380.58 and setup a new VPN...
  18. A

    AC Routers (Canada)

    Hi All, I've been using a TP Link Archer C7 (V2) for about 2.5 years, and I've started experiencing some issues (wireless strength/range, DHCP problems, speed issues). Running stock firmware. I'm thinking it might be time for an upgrade, and I've narrowed it down to the Netgear R7000 or the...
  19. gkasica

    R7000 running XVortex 380.64_0 OpenVPN question

    I've got the VPN up and it works beautifully from away from the local network or via LTE cellular, I'm curious to know if you can make any changes to the login process or script it seems to use to also allow it to connect while on the Local LAN/WiFi? It's not a huge issue but if I could get it...
  20. gkasica

    R7000 running XVortex 380.64_0 can't see Dell-2155cdn in AirPrint

    Hello: I've just changed internet providers from Uverse to a local high speed wireless carrier - Ethoplex here in Jackson WI. The reasons were cost, speed and AT&T was blocking ports that we needed after 10 years and wouldn't/couldn't/didn't know how to unblock them. Anyway the issue. I have a...
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