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So what's the thought on the ASUS RT-N12 router? It seems to be the slightly gimped version of the RT-N16 but at half the price. 300MHz Broadcom, non-MIMO, no USB. Though I guess at these specs I'd be better off with a refurb E2000. It has a special build of Tomato off the standard TomatoUSB trunk, anyone know why? BTW: the RT-N16 is $10 less at Amazon.com right now after MIR until 10/31/11 Since the router is for my parents I'll probably convince them to spring for the RT-N16 since they're hoping to stream HD, but I'm just curious.
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Manky posted:Is there a cheap wireless router that'll let me manually set the MAC address? That's really the only feature I need other than being inexpensive and reliable. MAC on the WAN side? I haven't come across one that doesn't.
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Oct 24, 2011 22:45
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ThermoPhysical posted:I'm looking for a modem that I can buy offline, I need it before Sunday as the one I have now is dying pretty quickly. Get it from Amazon.com for $77.99 + $3.99 for overnight shipping to get it Saturday (if you order in the next 15hrs) Don't have Amazon Prime? 1) Amazon.com/student = free year 2) Amazon.com/mom = free year 3) Go to the SA-Mart thread and split with some goons. Also, the SB6121 doesn't have WiFi so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
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Oct 28, 2011 08:22
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uapyro posted:Do they offer Saturday delivery? I've only once seen it. Ordered something immediately, then get an email saying it would be Monday. Called their support line and I was told they don't do it. If it's that specific location, or I just got bad phone rep I don't know. *shrug* The 6120 had it as an option and said Saturday so I would assume so.
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Oct 28, 2011 09:03
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ThermoPhysical posted:Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a shot! I think the guy's a moron. There *is* a wireless/modem combo offering, but it's not the SB6121. http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-SURFboard-Gateway-SBG6580-Wireless/dp/B0040IUI46/ref=pd_cp_e_2
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Oct 28, 2011 19:17
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ryanbruce posted:5GHz is good if you have the equipment to handle it (unlikely on the phone end but it looks like the computers can). You should at least do a quick site survey to see where there's room. The people in this thread may have a better program to try it with though.
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Nov 9, 2011 03:06
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Ragingsheep posted:Is it possible to have two networks on the same router? What I'm after is having a on set of computers on a "private network" and another set of computers on a more public one? Some routers have the ability to choose separate VLANs. Tomato can, for example.
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Nov 10, 2011 10:24
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I installed DD-WRT on my Cisco Valet Plus M20 (still $30 at Amazon btw) and I'm getting it all set up. After enabling UPnP my Xbox is working right, but I can't get the Media Center Extender functionality working. Doing the tests for MCE connection came back good, but when I try and connect via MCE it just sits at that initial screen with the line of bubble things. Is there anything else in DD-WRT that I might not be doing right?
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Nov 11, 2011 01:58
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Refurb D-Link 601 for $13 + $5 SH on 1SaleADay today (expires midnight EST) http://1saleaday.com/wireless/
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Nov 24, 2011 20:37
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Magic Underwear posted:Don't listen to the other guy, what you should really do is cover your walls and windows with tin foil to act as a faraday cage, thus blocking the wifi signal. Also effectively punishing the gf too. So I have an obnoxious issue that I'm trying to get to the bottom of. Setup:  Problem: When trying to stream content to my Xbox from my Windows Media Center, my network drops to total garbage. I'll have the Status page up and I'll go from ~100mpbs/300mbps down to ~11mbps when I'm trying to access my PC's video library. This makes video nearly unplayable without a long period of buffering, and the MCE (well, technically MediaBrowser) interface incredibly laggy. If I'm using the Xbox to stream Netflix, game, etc there is not an issue. Attempted Fixes: * Switched from a WRT54G running Tomato to the M20 Plus (now running DD-WRT) (I don't know if the network was dropping to terrible speeds back when I had the 54G, I just attributed poor performance to it being a G router) * Upgraded my 802.11G Dell wireless card to an Intel AGN card. * Internet suggested dropping my NIC down to 10/100 from 10/100/1000 on the MCE. Other desktops are usually powered off. * Changed router channels, set to auto * Increased width from 20mhz to 40mhz (had it on 20 since I didn't want to be a spectrum hog) Suggestions? This wasn't an issue at my old place where I had the Xbox wired directly to the gigabit switch.
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Dec 12, 2011 01:39
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Devian666 posted:There one bit that confuses me. Is the media centre pc connected to the router by wired or wireless connection. You have references to a NIC and wireless card. Desktops are all hard wired with gigabit capabilities (well, with the exception of the Win7 machine set to 10/100 currently). Though as I'd mentioned, the other desktops are powered down.
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Dec 12, 2011 04:07
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Devian666 posted:The only possible thing I could think of that could occur while everything is operating correctly is: that you may be streaming from the MCE pc higher bitrate that you are getting from netflix. If that is the case then you are probably at the limit of the router's wireless performance. Well that doesn't explain why it drops to crap speeds though, saturating the pipe shouldn't make the overall Rate drop. (117Mbps in the photo but if I were streaming via MCE it'll drop to 11 or so)  Also, keep in mind that the issue happens just on the WinMCE menu too. Granted MCE Extenders work by basically creating an RDP session to my computer, it shouldn't be causing *that* kind of grief (especially when it doesn't cause me any problems when RDP'ing from my laptop to my desktop)
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Since our state isn't being allocated the budget for an IT Director, I've been stuck with the gig as a volunteer position and have been tasked with getting our new state HQ up and running. Currently there's only about 10 clients downstairs and 5 upstairs, but once we've got things rolling, there will be 20-30 wired clients and probably another 10-20 wireless clients. Here's the network as it is now (ghetto and set up with priority to "just getting it to work" first): Currently, the Comcast modem unit is handling the DHCP/DNS and the WRT54GL's are upstairs and downstairs as just access points. I'm curious if one of these WRT54GL routers (which I'll stick DD-WRT on) taking over as DHCP/NAT/etc would make my life easier or if I should leave it as is. I would disable the wireless on it and use a different AP for the downstairs office. I'd like to eventually add VPN support to the mix, but that's assuming the router can handle that too. Worst case it'd be Hamachi or something. I'm not completely opposed to a m0n0wall or smoothwall solution, assuming it's not super scary. (Plus free)
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There aren't any issues yet, but we're still a small office that doesn't have everything hooked up (I don't expect full saturation until closer to mid summer). I'm just preparing now so I don't fry this Comcast supplied box and can spend some time planning it out. I'm hoping to eventually get remote admin functionality, would using the existing combo unit make that more difficult? I've never actually used a combo unit before; always purchased my own modem and then connected a router to it. Inspector_71 posted:EDIT: Also that setup offends me deeply for being stuck at G/100 speeds I work with what I'm given with  To put it in perspective, the PCs we're using are P4 or PD Optiplex systems with a gig of RAM, using ncomputing devices to get 2 additional terminals off them. ryanbruce fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Apr 27, 2012 |
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