Router with great wifi range: ASUS RT-AC68U, Netgear R7000 or others?
I have a house with concrete walls and floor that's trouble for Wifi. I have been getting ok performance from a D-Link DIR-645, but it's now playing up. Currently using a laptop and variety of mobile...
View ArticleFiber Router Recommendation
Anyone able to suggest good modem/routers for Slingshot fiber? Preferably Asus or Netgear
View ArticleNetwork Setup Help
Hi,I am having a bit of trouble with my network setup trying to add a separate section onto the network.My Current Network SetupWhat I am trying to achieve:Now my Apple Time Capsule is telling my of a...
View ArticleASUS RT-N66U router and Jumbo frames
I have a gigabit LAN in my home office, storing a large amount of data with triple redundancy.I have been experimenting with Jumbo frames, with disappointing results.The setup:Vodafone high-speed cable...
View ArticleChrome cast via DD WRT
Hi all, I have spent many hours following multiple websites advise but no joy.I have my main telecom VDSL router with Uno Telly DNS loaded via Telent.I then have another router coming off that which...
View ArticleExchange server mail forwarding vs full access permissions
Hello, I am just after some clarification on the differences between:- activating 'mail forwarding' via mail flow in MS Exchange- or using "manage full access permissions" in MS Exchangei.e why would...
View Articlereplacement router adsl/vdsl/ufb compatible?
our dynalink is dying slowly so its time for a new router. the current one has pretty awful wifi range...we will be moving at the end of the year to a new adsl maybe VDSL property and hopefully next...
View ArticleALL OF MY DEVICE INTERNET IP ADDRESSES SEEMJ TO BE BLOCKED BY WEBPAGE I NEED...
I have been having trouble accessing a particular web address ever since I downloaded their software to run 2 years ago. I wish to upgrade now to their paid version because I like it so much, but to my...
View ArticleTo Use CAT5 ethernet cable on 30/10 Fibre, or at least a Cat5e?
Hi guys, straight to the point. Is Cat5 capable in running at least 30mbps? I'm currently running: fibre modem (wifi disabled), running through 30m Cat5 cable to a wireless router, I seemed to have a...
View ArticleDynamic DNS
I'm trying to set up a computer to turn itself on remotely.I've got the Wake-On-LAN function working ok. The next step is setting up some sort of dynamic DNS so I know where to send the wake-up request...
View ArticleHow much good can a wi-fi extender really do?
A question about wi-fi extenders: We live in an old, rambling, two storey farmhouse that wanders all over the place. Our RBI gateway is upstairs to be close to the antenna. Where we need it to work is...
View ArticleHuyawei HG659 won't connect with IE
I am trying to forward some ports and am using a utility called PortForward. to analyse the router it uses IE. I can connect to the HG659 using Chrome and Firefox by typing in the IP address, but when...
View ArticleAny recommendations for the replacement of Huawei HG630b Modem
I have the Fibre uprunning a few days ago and have been trying to replace this modem with a better one. I bought a Netgear R7000 at end of May ready for the upgrading from ADSL to Fibre. It is now over...
View ArticleWake-On-LAN
After finally getting my router (Vodafone Echolife HG556a) to update dyndns.com with it's IP address, I'm now trying to set things up so I can send a Wake-On-LAN message to my computer (actually a...
View ArticleWhy is there a dearth of decent VDSL2 modems in NZ?
Given up on the crappy Who-Are-We Vodafone modem, which doesn't retain manual settings, and requires a DSL restart every second day.Why are there so few decent offerings in the VDSL2 modem market, and...
View ArticleWhich Modem/Router - TP-Link TD-W8960N or ASUS DSL-N12E_C1
I have an older model TP-Link TD-W8960N - the older style case with not much ventilation.It has worked ok until recently when its started to become a bit slow and cranky - I think its probably...
View Articletelnet port open check website ?
hello, apparently there is a site you can use to check whether your LAN devices can connect properly through your firewall in an outwards direction.You run a telnet command e.g. telnet x.x.x.x port# to...
View Articleseparation distances hdmi/ cat5e/ rg6/
Running a bunch of stuff from the media cupboard to the lounge as above. ok to bunch them together or is there some i should segregate? the bunched run is about 10m
View ArticleGCSB Surveillance Vans?
Not sure if this is the right place to post, just looking for some opinion.Today I turned on my Xbox 360 console and was automatically connected to this network...(tried signing into Xbox Live and...
View ArticleVPN route table population
Hello, when you connect to a VPN via your PC client, often your computer's route table gets populated with all the routes that are part of that VPN connection.I am just wondering what the mechanism is...
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