wifi

Hello all, I recently upgraded my internet from 300/300 (down&up) mbps to 950/750 mbps. Prior to the upgrade I was getting roughly 340/270 mbps on wireless ac and 340/340 on a wired connection. After the upgrade, I am getting roughly 600/400 mbps while sitting right next to the router...

Hi I'd like to be able to see what wifi protocol my devices are using. I see in the wireless log there is some information but I'd be interested to see which of my devices are using ac rather than n. Is this possible? Thanks

Thank you all for reading this first off. Here is what I am attempting to accomplish and wanted some opinions and data points around then best approach to a solution. Here is my goal: With using what I have already can i configure and setup a solid wifi network. What I have: 1 Asus AC-5300...

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So, my Asus RT-AC1300UHP has been behaving weirdly lately. This has been happening for the last two days. Suddenly, my connected mobile phones will show "No internet", however, a few apps like facebook and Messenger seem to connect. When I go to my router's page, it shows "disconnected" on the...

Hey folks, Seems this problem has cropped up again for me. Presently running: RT-5300AC w/384.7_2 ICMP snooping enabled for all bands (this is what fixed things last time) Tri-Band Smart Connect is enabled WiFi to wired devices is fine, but WiFi to WiFi is problematic. I'm wondering if we're...

I was searching for a solution of my problem now over one year... Problem: I have a repeater (tried several models, even Asus RP-AC66u, using now a TP-Link RE500): This Repeater was linked with the RT-AC88U on 2.4Ghz Wlan. With Asus-Firmware 380.3341 everything worked fine. Repeater got a...

Hi, I have a very large, old home with plaster walls, which I have been covering using an asus ac3200 in the basement and a ac66u on the top floor. They are connect via a Cat 5 (maybe 5e) cable. The distance between the two wired contact points is about 50-75 feet in a straight line (3...

If you're interested here are some shortcuts for use with your router. Best of all its free! :D *iOS only The Shortcuts app, is used to preform the actions. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shortcuts/id915249334?mt=8 * BSSID ...

Hi Everyone, I'm looking for some assistance in getting a mesh WiFi setup that can block (entirely or to some extent) Intranet access when in Access Point mode. I realize that Intranet blocking typically only works when the Mesh WiFi setup is in router mode, but I'm looking for a Mesh WiFi...

NETGEAR today decided to let some of us write about its draft 11ax routers. Companies usually introduce new products--especially first-in-category / next-generation / top-of-line routers--with as much fanfare as they can muster. But NETGEAR is taking a different approach with its first two...

Hi there, First of all, I was not entirely sure on where to post it, so if it's in the wrong place I'm really sorry. I'd also like to mention I'm not familiar with networking so dont mind my poor wording about it all. I just dont understand 95% of stuff around here. Basically our wifi is not...

Qatar-based ISP Ooredoo today spilled the beans on an unannounced NETGEAR AX router. This Gulf Times story described Ooredoo's intention to "roll out first-in-class fibre home devices to "Qatar's Future City" Lusail to ensure Qatar’s first smart city is fully-connected". The first device is...

Hello, I need to access my RT-AC68U in SSH. So I configured the router as follows: Enable SSH = LAN Only Allow SSH Port Forwarding = Yes (not sure this is necessary) SSH port = 2222 Allow Password Login = Yes Enable SSH Brute Force Protection = Yes When I connect from my iMac or Raspberry...

I have an Asus RT-AC86U running the latest Merlin firmware. I have an openvpn client setup. Currently all traffic goes over the VPN. However, my goal is that wireless clients that connect to the guess WiFi are not routed through the VPN tunnel. Is there a policy based routing rule that will do...

Self-acclaimed "leading lifestyle brand for gamers" company Razer today announced its Sila gaming router. Sila is a three stream tri-band 802.11ac router (AC3000 class) with Gigabit Ethernet WAN (1) and LAN (4) ports and one each USB 2. 0 and 3.0 ports. The spec link rates look like it sports...

Just as the Wi-Fi industry is racing to get draft 11ax products to market, the Wi-Fi Alliance today said it would like us all to adopt a new naming scheme. The Alliance's announcement briefly describes the new naming scheme, which includes renaming 802.11ac to Wi-Fi 5 and 802.11n to Wi-Fi 4 and...

Somebody used one of these to connect a Classic Macintosh (SE/30 with a Dayna ethernet card) to WiFi... This is basically a router/bridge on a card - Mediatek Router SOC w/802.11 b/g/n with a fast ethernet port on the other side - runs an old version of OpenWRT under the hood. But the fun...

Hi Everyone, This is the 1st beta release of Lyra series models for AiMesh support. Release note: - First beta release (based on 9.0.0.4.384 branch) - Work with all ASUS models with AiMesh supported. - Lyra series covered: Lyra(MAP-AC2200), Lyra mini(MAP-AC1300), Lyra Trio(MAP-AC1750) -...

Quantenna and Plume on Monday announced they are integrating Plume’s Adaptive WiFi "AI driven" mesh solution with Quantenna's Wi-Fi chipset portfolio. The announcement focused on Quantenna's QSR5GU-AX PLUS chipset, which was announced Sept 12. This is the first draft 802.11ax device to support...