If they are actively waging a war on anything open, you need a new service provider.
Well, openDNS works. So does Google DNS. It’s just this 1.1.1.1 that I can’t get to work.
No argument. They claim it was just a mistake but the timing sure is convenient. It worked fine for basically everyone when 1.1.1.1 came out, then a few weeks later some people complained that 1.1.1.1 no longer worked after a firmware update and had to switch to 1.0.0.1.
The strange part is they kept rolling this update out across the country over the next few weeks even with the reports of the issues.
Then a few weeks after that people start reporting 1.0.0.1 not working after yet another firmware update. I fall into this group and can not get around it unless I use a VPN. It was great for the 2 months I got to use it.
I am hoping the pressure from people will get them to fix it. If not then when my contract expires in a few months I will be switching to spectrum. I get an upgrade to 100mb internet (from my 50mb I have now) for an extra $5 that way anyways.
Google is not open nor private but it is stable and reliable, I use it as a secondary DNS for this reason. OpenDNS while a big step up (it is what I am using now) is still not truly privacy orientated, the filters it offers if you get an account are nice though.
Well after 2 days, ATT running a new cable to my house and reconfiguring the modem, AC68U & my old R6250 I think I finally have my network up and running the way I want minus the lack of 1.1.1.1 DNS.
Gonna run som benchmarks later but early tests look good.
Don't get one of these: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/russian-router-malware,news-27288.html
And WPA2 is hacked now too: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/16/wpa2-wifi-security-vulnerable-hacking-us-government-warns
It won't really mean that you will get hacked as in someone will take your credit card info (unless it doesn't use https, which is unlikely) its more of a problem for rogue access to your network and using your bandwidth.
You can limit MAC addresses to stop that or limit connected devices but it takes a lot of work for something that need upkeep. You could either change it via the firmware when you have others come or let them connect to a separate network that is usually off.
This is probably just paranoia on regards to security but its something to think of if you are getting something new. In fact I would suggest against it until they make another network standard simply because you are getting something already obsolete.
I finally received my tm ac1900. Took a good bit of fiddling to convert it over at a rt-ac68u and to get it to be friendly with the mifi jetpack (tethered hot spot). I'd like to thank all the contributors, especially PD68 and SB for sharing their knowledge. Also would like to thank PD68 for offering to sell me his converted tm ac1900. If I had not already ordered one, I would have taken him up on it.
We now have a much stronger wifi signal and coverage. Download speed is much faster and streaming has quit pausing to buffer. Finally, the hot spot is no longer running hot. Lots of wins on this change.
Yep, same here mine is working great as well. Much much nicer then my last few routers.
Minus the USB port. For some reason it will stop displaying the USB after it has been on for awhile. No idea why so I moved the NAS drive back to the netgear router. It is slower but only by ~10MBs so I am not that worried. I need to get a real NAS anyways.
This really came at the perfect timing. Now that I finally have a computer built this decade running and the option for playing games is back on the table all of the sudden everyone else in the house has been demanding “hinting” that they would like to play some modern games again as well lol
So now I get the fun of trying to track down several more bargain computers just when I thought I was finished :person_facepalming: lol
If you just need an access point, I’ve been very happy with my TP-Link EAP245. It has similar specs to the Ubiquiti AC Pro model but for $50 cheaper.
https://smile.amazon.com/TP-Link-Wireless-Supports-Technology-EAP245/dp/B01N0XZ1TU
I’m not sure if it’s possible to get true gigabit connect speeds even with 3x3. For example, I’m currently connected on this “1750Mbps” AP with a Tx rate of 878Mbps on a 2015 macbook pro. Drops to about 500Mbps at further rooms.
You may also want to consider waiting for the new routers with 802.11ax protocol coming out this year. Won’t be that much faster but should help protect against saturated networks.
Lucky for me the ASUS I got seems to cover the whole house good enough. The outside edges are a little slow but no one needs fast internet in those rooms anyways. All the areas we really need speed seem to be working great.
Awesome, glad you figured out a good solution!
Just a little update, the AC68U is still working great.
I also dropped the temperatures by 25c by “installing” an old 120mm fan on the back with some zip ties.
I got some of these (well, from another listing but same thing)
And then simply used some zip ties to “hang” the fan off the antennas on the back of the router. Since the fan is only getting 5v it is super quite and dropped the temps a ton in the cabinet it is in.
Seeing how well this USB adapter works I can think of several other places that something like this could be used.
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Great to hear. These USB fan cables do look very handy. Gonna order some.
I've been too embarrassed to admit that my unit bricked out a few days after I last reported. I did something wrong during the conversion to AC68U I just got a USB serial cable to see if I can unbrick it It appears to be stuck in some type of boot up loop.
Fortunately, I had received a defective AC68P that I was going to fix up for my father. So I was back in business in no time. The unit had a broken antenna connector, but I knew from my TM AC1900, that that connector was not directly connected to any traces on the motherboard.
The AC68P is built better than the TM AC1900. It has heat sinks on both side of the mother board and 2 separate heat sinks with more mounting points on the radio side. Oh, by the way, the thermal connections to the heat sinks is doesn't look good to me on either unit. Just 2 of those thick thermal pad things. I pulled those and used thermal paste across the whole heat sink connection area on the radio side. There are marks for the thermal square placements. I'm hoping the thickness of the thermal pads is not needed to push the cage surrounding the radios against a specific part. So far the unit is working well.
Good deal.
FYI, I am using this 140 mm fan on my R7000. It already comes with a USB cable and has L/M/H speed setting.
Very happy with my AC68U. Great speed and WiFi range. Got the kids screens locked down by MAC address so their WiFi is switched off at 9pm on a school night. Can monitor traffic from app incase they get sneaky and borrow mum’s ipad 
I’ve gone with Ubiquiti/Unify for all my networking now. I’m not in networking professionally but the options available and performance of their routers and access points blows anything else I’ve used out of the water, especially for the price. Wasn’t any harder to set up for a home network despite being “enterprise” equipment. The UI is certainly more user friendly than any I’ve used from Linksys or Netgear.
Smart QoS (quality of service, basically prioritizing real-time data to eliminate buffer bloat) made online gaming and video chat possible in a house with occasionally 4+ people streaming movies and with phones auto-uploading high-res pictures to the cloud when they get home.
This was the video that made me aware of them: Gamer Setup - This router can save your marriage! - YouTube
Original Xiaomi Mi Router 4
Transmission Rate: 1167Mbps
Speed of Ethernet Port: 1000Mbps
Network Protocols: IEEE 802.11a,IEEE 802.11ac,IEEE 802.11b,IEEE 802.11g,IEEE 802.11n,IEEE 802.3,IEEE 802.3U
Wireless Standard: Wireless AC
Wireless Security: WPA-PSK
WiFi Network Frequency: 2.4GHz,5GHz
Max. LAN Data Rate: 1000Mbps
Not expensive.
Been running an asus router for a while now and it has been great. Found that the Merlin fork of the Asus firmware is even better than the stock firmware. Check it out at:
Yes, I have been using merlin on mine and love it.