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Is the SB6121 still considered a good choice for a Comcast modem? My parents are still rocking a 5120 and I'd like to set them up with something newer and save a few bucks each month, once I locate a power adapter for it. Or should I run with this and give them my Cisco DPC3008?
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Now that I have a nice new AC router, I'd like to replace the old wireless card in my laptop with something to match it. What are the good choices? Needs to be a half-size Mini-PCI Express adapter.
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Mar 11, 2016 09:04
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Ynglaur posted:I think he's looking for an internal laptop Wi-Fi card, which ASUS does not make. If you need a Half Mini PCIe consider the Intel 7260. Eletriarnation posted:Intel 3160 is cheap and dual-band AC and has Bluetooth too, what more could you want? I put one of these in a Latitude E6230 not long ago and it works great. Thank you both! Yes, looking to go internal.
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Mar 11, 2016 21:11
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Tunga posted:I have a house with ethernet faceplates in a few places and I want to put a 4-port switch and a wireless AP on each one because coverage is spotty with a single router. Is there a recommended device that does both of these things at once? The recommended ones in the OP don't seem to have wired ports on them. Bonus points for PoE support, though I'll also need a way to add that at the router end. Would be good to avoid having multiple devices that each need power and everything looking messy. https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap-wall/ - just get a PoE switch to feed these. The WAP is the box on the back of the faceplate.
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Apr 18, 2016 18:57
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Ramadu posted:Hey I somehow lost my old USB wireless network adapter. I think it was some rosewill thing you guys recommended like 6 years ago to me that was maybe 10-20 dollars. Is there a good recommendation for this kind of thing now? Preferably on amazon because woo same day shipping. I don't know if there's a go-to model, but for a USB wireless AC on Prime this is $20: https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-AC1200-WiFi-USB-Adapter/dp/B00UA98HS8
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Jun 1, 2016 11:51
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Wow, just Googled and read about it, no wonder they were on Groupon for like $12 a while ago.
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So I finally flashed my Sprint AC-2015 router to stock Asus RT-AC66U firmware. I need to enter the WiFi Calling settings but I don't know where/how to do it. I know I need to enter these: Emergency Location Reporting: TCP 444 WiFi Calling Tunnel: UDP 4500 But I don't know if I enter that under Port Trigger or Port Forwarding or what. Can someone fill me in? Better yet, there's a dummy UI here and a screenshot from it would be a huge help. I need stupid babby handholding for this.
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The guide I've read on doing this literally advises to do so, but doesn't lay out the steps of doing so. The dummy UI linked above confirms that it can be done, and I can confirm that I can enter settings in those tabs.
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Jun 18, 2019 03:57
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This is the guide I used to change it from a Sprint router with these settings hard coded, to an Asus router with these settings editable: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/how-to-sprint-ac-rt66u-to-stock-asus-firmware.25261/
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Jun 18, 2019 04:51
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It really depends on distance between each device and the router, and the building materials used in the apartment's construction (due to interference). If the 1750 is only a few bucks more, might as well go for it.
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Jun 24, 2019 04:17
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Strong Sauce posted:dave rubin getting owned by marianne williamson is good to watch. Are they discussing the merits of Cat5e vs. token ring?
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IndianaZoidberg posted:There isn't one...? Since this is in an office, I assume the Macs get internet? If so, either they have static IPs, or else the switch connects to something that's providing DHCP (hence 'DHCP server'), either your office's router is doing that (handing out non-static IP addresses) or your office has a main server (such as a domain controller) that is doing the DHCP role. Click your start button, type the letters cmd and hit Enter. In the black box that pops up, type ipconfig /all and hit Enter, then copy and paste everything it spits out here. Feel free to look for your company name in it anywhere and replace it with something benign.
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Jul 30, 2019 05:13
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Zhang San posted:We have 4 (yes four) unifi APs in a 990 sq ft apartment because wireless signal seems so bad room to room. All my technical friends think this is huge overkill and I must have hosed something up (I'm sure I probably have anyway by choosing to live here). Now you can tell your friends you literally live in a real-life Faraday cage. IndianaZoidberg posted:I'll try that next time I'm on that network. That will be in a day or two. The Macs have internet I think, but its threw wifi. This is littery the entire wired network for this setup. Really sounds like your laptop just needs to get on that WiFi that the Macs are on, then. That network doesn't have a gateway to the internet anywhere on that diagram.
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Jul 30, 2019 07:02
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You better hope Tanis and her gang of Natives don't burn the produce stand down.
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Bootcha posted:It's almost not worth thinkin' about. That's a Texas-sized 10-4
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Aug 21, 2019 23:12
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Are they in the same building?
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Sep 3, 2019 19:43
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Johnny Truant posted:I'm sorry to say I don't know how to trace route to something Click the start button, when the menu pops up simply type cmd and hit enter. A black window will pop up, type tracert 8.8.8.8 and hit enter. Give it a minute or three to go through all its hops, then copy & paste the result here.
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Sep 24, 2019 05:47
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You mean a modem that can support telephony? Or one with e.g. Alexa/Siri/Cortana built in?
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Oct 20, 2019 04:14
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Any good Cyber Monday deals for WiFi routers that explicity support SMBv3?
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Dec 3, 2019 01:35
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If you can get into that router/modem's interface from your phone, I'm guessing you need to set it into a non-modem mode and probably turn off DHCP. I'm assuming you're just setting it up to provide an extra WiFi connection, and your house's main router/modem hands out IP addresses?
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Dec 5, 2019 06:31
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That's a reply link
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Dec 28, 2019 22:36
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It's wireless N. Look for something with at least AC.
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That's the one I have and it's okay enough for my usage. There's no longer Merlin firmware for it, but Asus just released a new stock firmware for it in November. Also, if you do want to try Merlin on it someday, john9527's fork of Merlin supports that model.
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Jan 2, 2020 23:33
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Apologies, I believe I have the non-B1 version.
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I use an Asus RT-AC66u (formerly a Sprint SP-AC2015) and I just picked up a refurb T-Mobile AC1900 that I'm converting to a stock Asus RT-AC68u. Is there any advantage in using the 68 as my router over the 66? Ultimately one will be my router and one will be an AP or repeater.
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Jan 12, 2020 23:57
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Does that switch have an uplink port, or an uplink button that you can turn on or off?
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Jan 13, 2020 00:20
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What's the current recommendation on powerline adapters? Are the models in the OP still current or is there a new goonsensus?
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Jan 14, 2020 05:13
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H2SO4 posted:The four Ubiquiti power user routers listed in the OP were Edgemax routers, not UniFi. You walked into the "recommend me a car" thread, saw the word Toyota, bought a Prius and are mad because you're not able to fit a pallet of plywood in the back. 
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astral posted:He dropped support for that, the AC66U, and some others a while back. There's someone on the SNB forums that maintains an earlier fork, but... john9527 latest release 5/27/2020
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Back in January I cut cable TV and Comcast set me up with Performance internet (100mb/s) for $40/month, since then I had them send me a Flex (streaming box) and added HBO, so all told I was paying $65/mo. Today they called me and offered to upgrade me to Blast (200mb/s) for one dollar more per month, and extend the contract until next July. I said yes. The rep mentioned she was impressed with my modem, which is a personal modem and several years old.
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On paper that combo sounds like a "good enough" option for someone on a budget. The modem is DOCSIS 3.0 with 8 channels down and 4 channels up, which is fine - mine is the same specs and handles my 200Mb internet just fine. Comcast even complimented me on its performance. As long as their internet isn't faster than 343 megabits down it'll be good. The wifi on that router is 'only' Wireless-N, not AC or even newer AX. $40-$50 for the combo seems reasonable.
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Aug 26, 2020 03:25
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KingKapalone posted:What are POE injectors?  Run a cable from the PoE port to your device so it gets power, and run a cable from the LAN port to your switch/router so it gets networked. Not needed if your switch is already PoE.
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astral posted:the goatse security model that the others traditionally do. A big gaping hole in plain sight?
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What is the router you have? For $100 I got two of the T-Mobile/Asus routers, flashed to stock firmware and set up AiMesh. The latest firmware adds Ethernet backhaul mode.
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Dec 10, 2020 07:05
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Cheap router alert: TP-Link Archer C8 for $40 shipped
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skipdogg posted:Get a 6183. Skip the 6190. Thank you for all of this in one place, especially the link at the end. Comcast just bumped me up to 400Mbit and I'm looking at my Cisco DPC-3008 which maxes out at 340. I'm okay with that, but my co-worker offered me his old one for free a few months ago. Need to find out what it is.
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codo27 posted:Just a random tidbit I wanted to throw out there, I used to have some difficulty with the wifi on my laptop, its an old centrino N card. I questioned about replacing it with a newer card and it was suggested to me here that its a waste of time because those cards are fairly specific with regards to the board they are compatible with. Mom spilled some tea or something into hers so I took that same one out of my now scrapped laptop and put in and it picked it up right away, not even any drivers install required. WiFi cards are usually easy to replace, it's just that some laptop makers have a whitelist of WiFi cards in their laptops' BIOS. My old ThinkPad (a Core2Duo model) had this but I was able to flash a hacked BIOS on it to let it accept any WiFi card.
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Question from my cousin:quote:Anybody I know smart in the topic of cable wiring? I’m literally certified in the networking part of things, but I’ve been stumped by this situation.
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You might have to call Cox and have them redetect the MAC address of your laptop's connection.
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