wireless

  • SNBForums Code of Conduct

    SNBForums is a community for everyone, no matter what their level of experience.

    Please be tolerant and patient of others, especially newcomers. We are all here to share and learn!

    The rules are simple: Be patient, be nice, be helpful or be gone!

  1. P

    RT-AC68U or RT-AC86U?

    Hey everyone. I have a fiber internet line of 100Mbps, with the router that came with it. I was thinking of upgrading, but I’m not sure which of the routers to upgrade to. I enjoy gaming (especially Overwatch), and since I play on European servers from South Africa, I need enough bandwidth to...
  2. R

    4G-AC53U: Parental Controls Really Block All Internet Traffics?

    Hi, I am using 4G-AC53U. When I turn ON "Parental Controls" to block a client's Internet access, does the router really block ALL kinds of Internet traffics including system's service (such as OS update checking, license checking, etc.) ? Or it only block normal user's access, e.g. web...
  3. R

    4G-AC53U: Please disable NAT Acceleration for more precise scheduling control?

    Hi, I am using 4G-AC53U, for the Parental Control function page, Asus mentioned "Please disable NAT Acceleration for more precise scheduling control". But I can only disable "NAT Acceleration" for LAN, I can't find the "NAT Acceleration" for Wireless, why is that? Does the Router...
  4. Julio Urquidi

    TP-Link Announces Upcoming Omada Wireless System for Businesses

    Soon be released alongside TP-Link’s new OC200 Cloud Controller, the Omada Business Wireless System will consist of the OC200, two 802.11n/ac access points, centralized controller software, and a mobile app. Designed for businesses, TP-Link mentions Omada would be a good fit for places “such as...
  5. Julio Urquidi

    EnGenius Announces Upcoming SMB AX Access Points For Early Adopters

    The first of the two new APs is the EWS357AP, a 2x2 802.11ax access point powered by a Qualcomm chipset. Targeting small and medium businesses, EnGenius believes their new access points will help early adopting SMBs bridge over to the latest AX standard. The low-profile EWS357AP will support...
  6. S

    Wifi not strong enough, wireless problem

    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...
  7. Julio Urquidi

    Linksys Announces Wall-plugged Velop

    The latest addition to the Linksys Velop family of Wi-Fi system products is Velop Plug-In. The new Velop is a dual-band wireless Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 2x2 MU-MIMO mesh node that delivers maximum link rates of 867 Mbps in 5 GHz and 400 Mbps in 2.4 GHz. The Plug-In has a small profile and is...
  8. B

    Wireless Region - Dropping back from 5g to 2g when setting to "Asia default" to "Australia"

    Has anyone else noticed when setting the region off the default Asia to (in my case "Australia") that the clients then mostly fell back to 2G? Which is congested and not very good at my location. 5G is so much better. I reset the region back to Asia (Default) and sure enough the clients then...
  9. P

    Mobile clients unable to connect to Guest SSID on MikroTik

    Hi there, I am both new to this forum and a newbie in the MicroTik world. We just rolled out a MikroTik wireless network for a client with 2 WLC's and 12 Ap's. The devices are fairly old ones. They contain 2 SSIDS, one for local LAN access that uses Radius authentication, and the other for Guest...
  10. C

    Wireless (RADIUS) via VPN(TUN)

    I have successfully created a site-to-site (lan-to-lan) "bi-directional" VPN connection with 2 x RT-AC68U routers using OpenVPN. Router1 LAN 192.168.1.1 VPN 192.168.200.1 Router2 LAN 192.168.2.1 VPN 192.168.200.2 Clients behind Router1 can access Clients behind Router2 Clients behind Router2...
  11. M

    Looking for home wireless

    First of all, that is my first post on forum, so I wanted to greet you all. My house is 4 storey, 70m2 (~750 ft2) each. It is semi-detached house. First storey, which is underground, is house for a car and jam jars, so I do not need connection here. Next 2 storeys are living area. I do require...
  12. A

    [RT-AC5300] wireless devices cannot communicate to other wireless devices

    I first noticed the problem when trying to set up my Harmony Hub... my phone could not communicate with the hub, and the Harmony software has to basically proxy through their servers to send commands to my hub. At the time, I couldn't get my phone to "see" the Hub on my network... but because...
  13. P

    Please consider reviewing 3G, 4G cell phone boosters

    Hi, Now with so many boosters at the $100 price point, it would be great to read some reviews of what works and what doesn't. I seem to always be in a marginal signal area, how about you? Best, Mike
  14. Julio Urquidi

    Charter Says It Will Have draft 802.11ax Router Next Year

    Service-provider Charter, announced it will be offering 802.11ax routers– a first among broadband service providers. The newer standard, which is still in draft form and not slated to be finalized until late 2019, is designed to work better in congested areas, particularly in densely populated...
  15. Skeptical.me

    [Advice Needed] New ASUS Router

    Currently I have the RT-AC87U but being who I am I want something new. Whats people's thoughts on the RT-AC88U? I like the fact it will give me greater bandwidth within my LAN, but do you think for an ASUS router in that price range I could get better or is this model a good one, in your opinion...
  16. Julio Urquidi

    TP-Link Announces Tri-band Deco Mesh system

    TP-Link’s Deco M9 Plus is a tri-band two-stream AC2200 Wi-Fi system. The new Deco is powered by a quad-core processor, 4 GB eMMC flash and 512 MB RAM and is designed to handle up to 4500 sq. ft. of space with maximum link rates of 400 Mbps at 2.4 GHz and 867 Mbps at 5 GHz (x 2). The second 5...
  17. Julio Urquidi

    TRENDnet’s First Business Router Includes WAN Load Balancing, Router Limits

    The tri-band TEW-829DRU, TRENDnet’s first business class router, is an AC3000 wireless router with dual WAN Ethernet ports providing load balancing and failover modes. Designed for SMBs, the router supports three concurrent wireless bands, two 5 GHz and one 2.4 GHz, running maximum link rates...
  18. Julio Urquidi

    D-Link Adds Dual-Band Wi-Fi System To COVR Line

    D-Link’s COVR-C1203 is a three-piece AC1200 dual-band Wi-Fi system just added to the company’s COVR line-up of products. The MU-MIMO Wi-Fi system uses 2x3 antennas that gives up to 5000 sq. ft of coverage, per D-Link, while providing multi-user support needed to handle multiple concurrent...
  19. D

    Wireless Advice - Mikrotik

    Following deployment of a mikrotik RB1100AHx2 in my office and being very impressed, I'm now looking to replace my home system due to a dying Asus N66u. At present i have Wired Clients --> Netgear Prosafe Switch (House is full Cat 6 to this) --> (LAN) Asus N66u (Serving Wireless) (WAN) -->...
  20. Julio Urquidi

    QNAP Wi-Fi Adapter Adds Wireless Features To Linux-Based NAS And PCs

    Utilizing two Qualcomm QCA9984 NICs, QNAP’s new QWA-AC2600 dual-band dual-concurrent PCIe 2.0 x1 wireless adapter can be used in Linux PCs and QNAP NAS products to give workgroups a wireless bay station with direct access to NAS resources, or as a wireless access point. As a 4x4 MU-MIMO device...
Top