tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post8975919570349739801..comments2024-02-11T03:06:43.173-06:00Comments on itToby: Setup and Tweak Your New Asus RT-AC66U or N66U Router! (partially OT)Toby Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11479868060801724272noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-232955950824585742019-10-07T07:42:13.352-05:002019-10-07T07:42:13.352-05:00I like the helpful info you provide in your articl...<br />I like the helpful info you provide in your articles. I’ll bookmark your weblog and check again here regularly. I am quite sure I will learn much new stuff right here! Good luck for the next!<br />"<a title="" href="" rel="nofollow">web designing course in chennai</a> | <a title="" href="" rel="nofollow">web designing classes in chennai</a> "<br />"<a title="" href="" rel="nofollow">web designing training in chennai</a> | <a title="" href="" rel="nofollow">web designing institute in chennai</a> "<br />"<a title="" href="" rel="nofollow">web designing and development course</a> | <a title="" href="" rel="nofollow">web designing training and placement</a> "<br /><a title="web designer courses in chennai" href="https://www.zuaneducation.com/web-designing-training-courses" rel="nofollow">web designer courses in chennai</a> | <a title="best institute for web designing Classes in Chennai" href="https://www.zuaneducation.com/web-designing-training-courses" rel="nofollow">best institute for web designing Classes in Chennai</a><br /><a title="Web Designing Institute in Chennai" href="https://www.webdesigningcourse.in/web-design-training-in-chennai.html" rel="nofollow">Web Designing Institute in Chennai</a> | <a title="Web Designing Training in Chennai" href="https://www.webdesigningcourse.in/web-design-training-in-chennai.html" rel="nofollow">Web Designing Training in Chennai</a>zuanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886834460861030798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-51106457633970211442019-07-03T11:55:55.817-05:002019-07-03T11:55:55.817-05:00With a proper and dedicated strategy, it can expos...With a proper and dedicated strategy, it can expose your business to a more specific approach in the form of target marketing. Using the concept of text messaging services for the business you can target your identified market and handle your marketing with flexibility and convenience under one easy-to-use platform. <a href="https://textmymainnumber.com/" rel="nofollow">Business texting service</a> can help you keeping communication with your clients easily.brown smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14540920253511293667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-61987279686355246822019-04-09T01:42:33.147-05:002019-04-09T01:42:33.147-05:00The article is good. Thankyou for sharing a good o...The article is good. Thankyou for sharing a good one. Keep sharing more like this article.<br /><a href="https://www.fita.in/drupal-training-chennai/" rel="nofollow">Drupal Training in Chennai </a><br /><a href="https://www.fita.in/drupal-training-chennai/" rel="nofollow">Drupal Classes</a><br /><a href="https://www.fita.in/drupal-training-chennai/" rel="nofollow">Drupal Training in Velachery</a><br /><a href="https://www.fita.in/photoshop-classes-in-chennai/" rel="nofollow">Photoshop Classes in Chennai</a><br /><a href="https://www.fita.in/photoshop-classes-in-chennai/" rel="nofollow">Best Place to Learn Photoshop in Chennai</a><br /><a href="https://www.fita.in/photoshop-classes-in-chennai/" rel="nofollow">Photoshop Training</a><br /><a href="https://www.fita.in/manual-testing-training-in-chennai/" rel="nofollow">Manual Testing Training in Chennai</a><br /><a href="https://www.fita.in/mobile-testing-training-in-chennai/" rel="nofollow">Mobile Testing Training in Chennai</a>velrajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10314021258868841067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-9176562510803137312016-07-14T17:12:32.917-05:002016-07-14T17:12:32.917-05:00If anybody cares, thanks to the NANOG mailing list...If anybody cares, thanks to the NANOG mailing list I found the way to null route an ipv6 network, which fixed Netflix for me:<br /><br />ip6tables -I FORWARD -d 2406:da00:ff00::/48 -j REJECT<br />Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01461985678757923522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-23932278724457548822016-07-05T21:54:01.321-05:002016-07-05T21:54:01.321-05:00Hi,
Is there a way to null route an ipv6 network ...Hi,<br /><br />Is there a way to null route an ipv6 network in Asuswrt-Merlin? Netflix blocks my ipv6 tunnel because it can't geo-locate it, so I'd like to force Netflix to fail over to ipv4 from my network, but leave ipv6 enabled for everything else.<br /><br />Thanks!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01461985678757923522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-32481757975295367492015-12-24T11:54:20.190-06:002015-12-24T11:54:20.190-06:00Hi
I have a motorola surfboard modem. I have an ...Hi<br /><br />I have a motorola surfboard modem. I have an RT-N66U. I have the latest merlin firmware. Here is my problem. When I download torrents straight from my surfboard through ethernet, I get a solid steady 6.25 mega byte download. My Cox package max 50/5...is right at 6.25 megabytes so this is working perfectly. When I hook up the RT-N66U through either 5 or 2.4 channel the download wildly fluctuates. About second to second it goes like....6.2, 5.2, 6.3, 4.8, 6.6, 6.8, 4.8, 5.1, 5.8....something like that. I also noticed (and am 90% sure these two are related) the router CPU load fluctuates between 100% and 50%...second to second like a roller coaster when im looking at GUI system status while downloading. Is it supposed to be like that? I feel like I am missing something.<br /><br />Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06531411667405208688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-4758452373479975762015-12-24T08:47:09.239-06:002015-12-24T08:47:09.239-06:00Hello,
here's my problem. I have an RT-AC66U,...Hello,<br /><br />here's my problem. I have an RT-AC66U, firmware 3.0.0.4.378_9313 (latest at this moment).<br /><br />Plugging my computer directly into the ONT, I get ~800Mbps download and ~600Mbps upload. However, when I plug the router in, the upload stays roughly the same (goes down to something like ~500Mbps), while the download speed caps at ~210-220 Mbps.<br /><br />I looked at all settings, discussed with the ISP for hours, I'm a bit stuck.<br /><br />Any idea what's going on with the router? Just broken?<br /><br />Thanks!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436749255063632341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-69764326667319669382015-10-24T07:31:42.730-05:002015-10-24T07:31:42.730-05:00Hello ,
I have a ASUS RT-N66 router with Asuswrt-M...Hello ,<br />I have a ASUS RT-N66 router with Asuswrt-Merlin firmware. It's installed in my home.<br /><br />I configured successfully the VPN client to connect to my VPN server from work. I can ping from my home network any IP from my work network.<br /><br />Unfortunately i can't ping th home network from my work network.<br /><br />Can somebody help me with this issue? I like to pay for this service.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12237687585205641423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-43973785541818748662015-09-24T00:01:58.886-05:002015-09-24T00:01:58.886-05:00Hey @Yeroentje!
As usual, Dave C is correct(thank...Hey @Yeroentje!<br /><br />As usual, Dave C is correct(thanks Dave!). <br /><br />You'll either need to setup an internal DNS server to resolve your server's hostname, or if you have only one system it would be easier to update your HOSTS file with the IP of your web server. <br /><br />Depending on your OS, you'll need to modify: <br /><br />%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (Windows)<br />/etc/hosts (Mac OSX, Linux) <br /><br />%SYSTEMROOT% is usually c:\windows for a win based system. <br /><br />In either OS case there should be samples in files that exist there. These files (by default) have default precedence over DNS servers or local name resolution. <br /><br />As an alternative, you could swap the order of your routers. Personally I use a couple different ISP routers (multiple connections) in front of the Asus router. This would allow for the use of <a href="https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/blob/master/release/src/router/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.conf.example" rel="nofollow">DNSMASQ</a> with the Asus router should you choose to do so.Toby Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479868060801724272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-748066861098549462015-09-21T02:12:53.914-05:002015-09-21T02:12:53.914-05:00I would guess that your isP's router is using ...I would guess that your isP's router is using your isp's DNS servers, which are unable to resolve private addresses. <br />You could either have the router itself manage DNS, or your own server do it, or use a dynamic DNS / vhost with a port forward. If your IP is not static this may be worth looking into. <br />Just an idea....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903228782836724316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-50269097957320483552015-09-21T01:57:31.702-05:002015-09-21T01:57:31.702-05:00Hi Toby,
Thanks for this whole walk through. Now I...Hi Toby,<br />Thanks for this whole walk through. Now I have an odd one here. I've got an RT-AC66U with the latest Merlin firmware. It's setup as an AP behind my actual ISP router. I host a website on a server internally and I am unable to reach this via the Asus on DNS name. On IP it's not a problem. The website is reachable from my ISP router and externally too. Any ideas here?Yeroentjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08308205686735004959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-15516494587183372172015-09-20T12:36:48.264-05:002015-09-20T12:36:48.264-05:00Hi Toby,
Thanks for this whole walk through. Now I...Hi Toby,<br />Thanks for this whole walk through. Now I have an odd one here. I've got an RT-AC66U with the latest Merlin firmware. It's setup as an AP behind my actual ISP router. I host a website on a server internally and I am unable to reach this via the Asus on DNS name. On IP it's not a problem. The website is reachable from my ISP router and externally too. Any ideas here?Yeroentjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08308205686735004959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-56867562303232020992015-09-03T06:58:35.226-05:002015-09-03T06:58:35.226-05:00Nice write up and the comments are even more helpf...Nice write up and the comments are even more helpful. I stumbled across this because I bought an RT-AC66U and while some devices (my laptop and some of the Androids) are working well, I found that one tablet (Android) and an iPhone have frequent disconnects.<br /><br />Checked this AM and noted that my SSIDs for both 2.4 and 5 are the same so I think when I get back home I will be changing one to see if that fixes the problem. I may go back through and do some of the recommended tweaking. Merchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078700304440117387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-39141227972745608322015-07-04T08:17:26.987-05:002015-07-04T08:17:26.987-05:00Thanks Dave!Thanks Dave!Larry Craddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567219317623410988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-31959699211831441952015-07-03T19:25:57.676-05:002015-07-03T19:25:57.676-05:00Yes Larry, the Asuswrt-Merlin firmware 378.54_2 ru...Yes Larry, the Asuswrt-Merlin firmware 378.54_2 runs just fine on the Asus RT-AC66U. As I have been using Merlin for almost two years just upgraded to this newer version and all is well.<br />DaveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15872336162775100634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-37822349002065290972015-07-01T16:54:49.100-05:002015-07-01T16:54:49.100-05:00Will the Merlin firmware run on an ASUS RT-AC66R?
...Will the Merlin firmware run on an ASUS RT-AC66R?<br /><br />thanks,<br /><br />Larry CraddockLarry Craddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567219317623410988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-35423245147019835942015-05-05T22:54:45.966-05:002015-05-05T22:54:45.966-05:00@marcnz
Yup! Merlin includes dnsmasq; you have to...@marcnz<br /><br />Yup! Merlin includes dnsmasq; you have to enable and use jffs to store config changes. Eric has done an excellent job of writing up documentation regarding the custom config files <a href="https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Custom-config-files" rel="nofollow">here</a>. DNSMasq info can be found <a href="http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I'm not entirely sure of your use case, but hopefully this is what you're looking for. <br /><br />@Jeff <br /><br />Hah! I can't fault you there, though I can't say I'd recommend consumer grade routers for commercial applications; most of them use common soft(firm)ware components that aren't vetted for security. Assuming you're not using wi-fi I would disable it as well. That said I know small businesses may not be in a position to not only buy, but support high end equipment, so keep those scans going and make sure to update the firmware.Toby Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479868060801724272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-15187542224318389442015-05-04T10:38:54.766-05:002015-05-04T10:38:54.766-05:00Tried the merlin, enabled ssh and I still failed m...Tried the merlin, enabled ssh and I still failed my compliance scan. Anymore tweaking is beyond me so I bought a dlink router and it passed!<br />asus going on craigslist or ebay!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771139885029114816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-71535400591198642172015-05-03T21:12:28.981-05:002015-05-03T21:12:28.981-05:00Hi Toby,
I have a lot of interest reading your ex...Hi Toby,<br /><br />I have a lot of interest reading your exposed knowledge and I hope you will be able to help with the following need.<br />I used to have a pfSense router on a fanless device that got fried recently.<br />I have tried both dd-wrt and tomatousb on my RT-AC66U. with dd-wrt, as soon as I enabled the dnsmasq option, I immediately lost all internet access.<br />The most interesting feature for me with pfSense was the DNS Forwarder service. I need that!<br />I host multiple domains in some internal servers and it was a snap to set up on pfSense:<br />domain1.com -> 192.168.1.50<br />domain2.com -> 192.168.1.51<br />etc...<br />Then I could access these domains from the outside seemlessly.<br />Can Merlin Asus firmware do that? How?<br />Thanks a lot for you great articles.marcnzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11850498389734443981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-49629027407350531802015-05-02T11:06:22.542-05:002015-05-02T11:06:22.542-05:00Thanks Toby, I'll give it a shot this weekend ...Thanks Toby, I'll give it a shot this weekend while the store is closed.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771139885029114816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-48165101069886144732015-04-26T21:53:01.873-05:002015-04-26T21:53:01.873-05:00Hey @Jeff!
Yah, on the Administration->System ...Hey @Jeff!<br /><br />Yah, on the Administration->System page you can enable/disable telnet (default on), SSH, require https, and most of the other settings you'll need to be concerned about. Toby Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479868060801724272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-36697706704759074792015-04-24T11:12:50.804-05:002015-04-24T11:12:50.804-05:00My merchant card processor just started requiring ...My merchant card processor just started requiring us to use compliance program from TransArmor. I failed their scan. It says encrypted communication channel on port 23. It says to transition to using more secure alternatives such as SSH instead of Telnet and SFTP in favor of FTP.<br />If I install that Merlin firmware can I switch to ssh somehow? I don't see where to change it with the present factory firmware.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771139885029114816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-3256215897575572992015-04-11T22:46:51.338-05:002015-04-11T22:46:51.338-05:00@Paul,
That's pretty tough to tell without m...@Paul, <br /><br />That's pretty tough to tell without more information; there are quite a few variables at play. <br /><br />The first thing I would check is the connection log ("System Log"->"Connections"->"Refresh") and look for IP addresses in the "NATed address" category with excessive connections. If any are far and away above their peers, then investigate that machine. Assuming you have Excel you can view the data easier by copying it and saving it to a text file, then importing it to sort by IP. Toby Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479868060801724272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-69711250680981429462015-04-10T02:53:00.416-05:002015-04-10T02:53:00.416-05:00Hi,
I am getting the warning message 'maximu...Hi, <br /><br />I am getting the warning message 'maximum number of concurrent DNS queries reached (max 150). We have about 15 devices all connecting by wifi and my internet provider says either someones laptop must have a virus as overloading modem with requests or too many people have too many applications open at the same time. Is there a way to increase limit to more than 150, or how do i determine what the actual problem is as the internet speed keeps dropping.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06412495310210769618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458589696790815336.post-7016236321538448712015-02-27T22:43:52.432-06:002015-02-27T22:43:52.432-06:00Hey there @Kristian!
Tough to tell what could be ...Hey there @Kristian!<br /><br />Tough to tell what could be going on, but I do suspect something may be strange with your overall network setup; it sounds like you may have two (or maybe three) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classful_network#Introduction_of_address_classes" rel="nofollow">class c</a> address spaces in your network, and depending on your devices that could be what is causing the issues and the client connection count. <br /><br />As an experiment you could try using the slow router connected directly to the WAN router and the Asus connected to that in AP mode only. That should simplify the IP addressing scheme and you can see if the # of clients and disconnects go down even though the router isn't optimal; at least that would identify your problem. <br /><br />Note too that the Asus should be able to pass SIP trafic; I'm not sure if your IP Telephony hookup is a SIP endpoint, but if so you can enable NAT passthrough under WAN->NAT Passthrough->SIP Passthrough & see if that helps you get rid of the slow router overall. <br /><br />@Trevor: Sorry, I can't help with that issue; I'm using Plex for my media server. If I were you though I would try looking at the system log for system log->general log.Toby Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479868060801724272noreply@blogger.com