SOHO Router Equipment
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I still like Netgear for the small office. Their equipment still seems decent to me, just pray you don't ever need to contact support.
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@art_of_shred Agreed...their support is by far some of the worst...
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@ajstringham - Thanks for the offer of help BTW AJ.
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@bsouder No problem.
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The router is working pretty good. More a factor of the hardware than anything else, The DD-WRT is awesome. We are still going to swap out for the Buffalo product since it has the dual radios.
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@bsouder Awesome.
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I agree, I have a few sorta newer Linksys routers and they have definitely been hap hazard with connectivity.
Since I had two I decided to upgrade one to DD-WRT (not really as straight forward as I'd like - but I can't really complain either). At this point I'm only kicking myself for not doing it sooner! My wireless has been rock solid ever since switching. I'd like to say my internet speed are better, but my meager 30 Mbit is pretty lame so I'm sure my router wasn't causing me much issue there.
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@Dashrender 75 down, 35 up here.
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@ajstringham
huh?
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@Dashrender You said you have a 30Mb connection. I have a 75Mb down and 35Mb up connection. I've pulled probably 85-90 for short times before. That's down and not up. LOL
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@ajstringham I can upgrade my Cox for double what I'm currently paying for something close, not sure it's really needed, the money would be better spent on my travels
35Mb up? wow what do you do with all that speed? Are you allowed to host your own servers.
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@Dashrender Double your speed and you still haven't touched mine.
The up is handy for transfers to my NAS in NY which is on the same thing (75/35 FiOS).As far as servers, I could. I have ways to get around the dynamic IP issue.
But at the moment, I don't. -
Dynamic IPs are easy to get around, but what about port blocking?
FIOS isn't available where I live.Centurylink has recently rolled out 1 Gb Fiber, but again I live in the wrong part of town, so I'm currently out of luck.
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@Dashrender I'm not aware of any port blocking on my WAN connection. I've never had any issues with it at least.
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You're lucky, Cox and most other ISPs block port 80 and 25 incoming to their consumer customers. Of course you could host on other ports, but that is difficult at best.
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@Dashrender How do they differentiate between a normal person's traffic v. someone hosting a server? Just volume?
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@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender How do they differentiate between a normal person's traffic v. someone hosting a server? Just volume?
I don't understand? Consumer traffic for Cox is one network, commercial traffic is a separate network, or so they tell me. In either case, they block ports 80 and 25 from the outside destine for your home on consumer connections.
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@Dashrender I know. I'm on a home account. Ok, I think I just answered my own question. They will block requests being sent on those ports to your IP but if you are the one requesting they don't block them. pounds forehead
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@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender I know. I'm on a home account. Ok, I think I just answered my own question. They will block requests being sent on those ports to your IP but if you are the one requesting they don't block them. pounds forehead
That's how a normal firewall works. You home firewall does the exact same thing.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender I know. I'm on a home account. Ok, I think I just answered my own question. They will block requests being sent on those ports to your IP but if you are the one requesting they don't block them. pounds forehead
That's how a normal firewall works. You home firewall does the exact same thing.
I think @ajstringham was just having a 'slow' night. Happens to us all.