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I posted about it in the recently-closed thread, but I just wanna throw out some love for the AirPort Extreme Base Station. It's pricey, but it's got dual-band 802.11n, guest network support, disk sharing, printer sharing, and has never locked up or crashed on me. Mine typically serves over a dozen devices (a mix of desktops, laptops, phones, tablets, and game systems) with clients surfing, gaming, torrenting, Usenet downloading, and Netflix streaming all at once during peak hours and I've literally never seen it go down. Its biggest downsides are lack of QoS, and no web interface. You have to use a separate application installed to a machine to configure it. If you can live with that, I consider it the best consumer router on the market. I've set up Tomato and DD-WRT on routers for family and friends and used some of D-Link's higher-end consumer stuff, but the AEBS serves my needs better than any of them.
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There's a goon unloading a Mikrotik RB1000 over in SA-Mart for pretty cheap.
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There's a Motorola SB6120 DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem over in SA-Mart for a pretty decent price.
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Nov 15, 2011 22:56
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Any recommendations for a decent 8 (maybe 16 depending on price) port "SOHO-grade" switch. I don't need it to be managed or anything, but jumbo-frames, gigabit, stable, etc. I don't need POE, while SNMP and QoS are optional depending on price. I've heard Trendnet is decent but I'm just wondering if anyone else has any suggestions. Netgear seems to be the most common result based on those features.
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I really need to get a 5GHz router for my girlfriend's apartment.     Also poor college students use really lovely networking equipment; so many Belkin routers. 
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How the hell is the network "Softball" using up so many channels? At least I'm in the clear on 5 GHz.  
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Jan 23, 2012 06:49
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Devian666 posted:300 mbit/s wireless. I use a similar number of channels so all of the strongest signals appear to be set to avoid my wireless.
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I dunno. fishpond's giving me 300 mbit/s right now, but that's on 5 GHz. I guess it's not important.
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Prefect Six posted:What program is that? Is it built into OSX? Is there something similar for windows?
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poty posted:I'm thinking of buying an Airport Extreme base. Is there a similar product that's cheaper or better? If you have one, do they work with Xbox Live out of the box?
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Is your NAS expecting a DHCP-assigned address? I'm not sure the Windows 7 PC will do that. You might need to set up a static IP on it.
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 The wiring cabinet for the new condo I just moved into. The house came wired with cat6 from every room to that punch down block, but everything after that was added by U-Verse and the kid didn't really seem to know what he was doing. I didn't feel like taking the time to clean them up. Until a few days ago the switch, router, cable modem, and the Schlage box (wireless locks  ) were on the floor of the closet. My project for the weekend was to cram them all in there and close it up.Unfortunately, doing so caused my wi-fi reception to plummet so I'll probably look into adding another access point somewhere else in the house. Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Apr 10, 2012 |
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Apr 10, 2012 02:00
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CuddleChunks posted:Is it a metal cover for your wiring cabinet. If so, you're creating a nice little Faraday cage for your wireless.
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Devian666 posted:That's not what he's saying. He's suggesting just getting a second router to provide wireless coverage, not relocate modem/router. This gives you an excuse to buy another AEBS. Yes that will most likely end up being my solution, but it'll be a Time Capsule instead of an AEBS.
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Devian666 posted:Looks like I was discussing what was in my mind rather than his words. That does sound like an appropriate least effort solution.  Oh well. I guess I'll grab a Time Capsule tonight. It's only money. I'm curious if I should turn Wi-Fi off for the AEBS completely, or just set up the Time Capsule as an extension for the same network. I imagine devices are smart enough to choose which one to connect to. 2.4 GHz performance wasn't affected, only 5 GHz, so it seems like a waste to me to turn off the AEBS Wi-Fi completely, but at the same time I already know that a single access point can service all 3 floors without issue as long as it's not in a Faraday cage.
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Dogen posted:To avoid this problem I got a plastic mount that screws into the wall and just clamps onto my Time Capsule and it lives next to the wiring box. If you can live with the TC mounted on the wall I highly recommend it. Good suggestion though. I'll float that and see if that's a potential solution. Devian666 posted:If I remember correctly you have the devices set to different channels to avoid interference.
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I tried 3 different configurations for my AEBS and Time Capsule based on Apple's page on extending a wireless network. The first one I tried is what Apple calls Wirelessly Extended Network and is how the device set itself up by default when I fired it up. Both access points serve Wi-Fi, with the second device set to extend the primary network. There is no physical link between the two access points, with the secondary merely acting as a repeater for the primary device. It worked just fine, but considering I could use a gigabit link between the access points, it didn't make a lot of sense to leave it in this configuration.  A Roaming Network is what Apple actually recommends, so why it defaulted to the previous option is beyond me. In this configuration, both devices act as independent Wi-Fi access points using the same SSID and WPA2 details. They're smart enough to throw themselves on opposite channels, but the possibility of interference still increases. Devices will choose independently which access point to connect to depending on signal strength. After a few minutes of the network running in the manner, it became clear which access point was the winner:   With every device in the house hopping on the Time Capsule's Wi-Fi due to the better signal strength it was apparent that I was better served simply disabling Wi-Fi on the AEBS.  I included one last graphic to demonstrate my final solution, though I doubt it's really necessary. Now I get to wait for my Time Machine backups to complete and then I think I'll finally be content with this network setup.
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CuddleChunks posted:Sorry I thought I saw another router in the mix with your other stuff in the cabinet. Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Apr 10, 2012 |
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Apr 10, 2012 21:48
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Make sure whatever you're looking at is at 100 or higher (preferably a bit higher if your provider does Speed Boost) on this chart: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/view
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Powdered Toast Man posted:Hmmmmm. Local store (Micro Center) has the Asus Black Diamond for $109, so...why wouldn't I just go with the fastest drat router on that list? http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31436-asus-rt-n56u-black-diamond-dual-band-gigabit-wireless-n-router-reviewed The downsides appear to be: no custom firmware support, no 450mbps Wi-Fi
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Anyone have that router?
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I have no idea why I just impulse-bought another AEBS (5th gen) off of SA-Mart, but hey it was only a hundred bucks.  I'll probably end up reselling it to a buddy who's looking for a new router, or setting it up for a family member.
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May 9, 2012 23:30
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Updated the AEBS and added TC. Thanks Binary Badger.
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yellowjournalism posted:Question: Can I passthrough a wifi signal from my Macbook to my desktop via LAN?
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Motorola SB6120/SB6121
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Yeah I haven't heard that either. I scoured the spec sheets when buying my modem and couldn't find any published differences between the SB6120 and SB6121. I bought the 21 because they were the same price at the time, but I'm still not sure there's any difference. I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up with a worse version, since identically-spec'd tech gadgets with minor casing revisions are usually just done to mask cost-cutting.
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Most consumer NAS drives have USB ports for direct access.
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Nostrum posted:(a Motorola SB6141)  !
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Binary Badger posted:Probably because it's a special model made under contract by Motorola for TWC.
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They're probably the exact same modem, just that the 6141 is brown-boxed as a TW OEM cable modem. Just stick with the 6121.
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Yep I had the same problem with Cox. They had to replace our block's node because it was on the fritz and they ran a new line to the house at the same time.
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I can't guarantee it's the same issue, but it sounds like something on Cox's end. Get a technician out there to do a line quality test.
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There's a new-in-box AEBS for $100 in SA-Mart: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3507003
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OliverObtuse posted:What gives? How can I make this sucker broadcast 100 meg internet?
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The AR9285 in your computer doesn't support more than a single stream (150mbps in a perfect world, not real world) and I highly doubt the phone does either. Getting a newer router might improve throughput, but you'll still never come close to maxing out your connection over Wi-Fi with those two devices as clients.
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OliverObtuse posted:OK. What about for my Xbox? It's a newer one with wifi embedded. Any hope for it?  I believe the 802.11n adapter for the earlier revisions supported two streams, but I really couldn't tell you what the new one does. If I had to guess, it's probably a single stream.
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Or accept that your Xbox and phone will never get over 15-20mbps, which is more than enough for those kinds of devices. The only one you should really be worried about maxing your connection with is probably your computer.
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Minidust posted:I want an Airport Extreme, but I'll need to hook up two ethernet switches to accomodate my wired connections (one on each floor, with a long ethernet cable running from the router to the basement in my current setup). Any reason why this wouldn't work?
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I can't recall if you're one of the folks that's taking Mavericks for a spin, Bob. Just know that extensions are completely broken in Safari 7 due to the new threading model.
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Looks like the 802.11ac AEBS and Time Capsule are vulnerable to Heartbleed. A firmware update for those devices just went out that patches the issue. Earlier AEBS and TC models are not affected.
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evil_bunnY posted:What's a good basic wifi router I can set and forget? Money is basically no object (let's say $400) My antique airport extreme got the added feature of DNS proxy'ing, and now it's making GBS threads the bed pretty regularly instead of going years without reboots like before.
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