Networks

Well I went ahead and purchased the TP-Link Axe75 router. Link below. I also purchased some new network cabling, CAT 8. All of my cabling I currently have is Cat 5, maybe one or two is Cat 5e. So with the new router and the new cabling, I am looking forward to trying that all out and seeing the improved performance, which I am betting will be significant. So I can wait to get it all set up.

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Tri-Band-Archer-AXE75-Wireless/dp/B0B3SQK74L/ref=sr_1_1?crid=24PZE7FGP8BD1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MmOYjhmQuCKbgxUgjauUIjLTLq4UXbPH-XrFO3oC9WsgfC2JZ2T7rmwcRZcVSO3wlwVXDeAAbEfvj0gXjqtgV5mnqXA8-TYnWSoI62L79NYzzwhTnJBEChApZxwdfUcAVCK2NSFgSifDqva19to_7vbAEPLINusAQnZg_-6it-8hSezlzmc8cOlMuNG2B4dc2ZNE1rq7bZgWI0oKecyPawOYXhZppbjC2RtSo2hZVWw.oAFQF3SFl8miAR0fAxA1lft4gAlpAweuqlhwMT-VftM&dib_tag=se&keywords=tp+link+axe75&qid=1723647619&sprefix=tp+link+axe%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-1

It looks like the last update for this router was back in 2017. So I am thinking that this router isn’t supported anymore. I have looked up a couple of open source router firmware. One I looked up was DD-WRT. It looks like the last firmware update they did for this device was in 2020.

I also looked up OpenWRT and their last update for this device was in 2024.

Which open source router firmware should I have so I am up to date with security stuff? I know there are others out there. What do you all recommend?

Hi all,

Looking to purchase a router on Amazon that would be better than the current hub Virgin offer.

Hi. Nice to be part of this.

Im really hoping you can help me. I’ve got some issues on a network I’m responsible for at work which consists of three locations. These are all in the UK and we have offices in London, Manchester, and Bristol.

We have MPLS circuits between these three sites which has worked fine up until we recently added new firewalls in each location (a couple of days ago), and now we cannot seem to connect (or keep a connection) to any of the remote offices (I’m in Manchester fyi). We are getting disconnected after about 30 seconds and I have absolutely no idea why.

The new firewalls are Juniper SRX 300’s connected to a Cisco Catalyst 3750-24PS switch. We also have Cisco 2900 routers in each office that connect the MPLS circuits between offices. The IP ranges in use are below

London

192.168.12.0/24
Firewall IP is 192.168.12.254
Switch IP is 192.168.12.2
Cisco Router IP is 192.168.12.1

Manchester

192.168.11.0/24
Firewall IP is 192.168.11.254
Switch IP is 192.168.11.2
Cisco Router IP is 192.168.11.1

Bristol

192.168.10.0/24
Firewall IP is 192.168.10.254
Switch IP is 192.168.10.2
Cisco Router IP is 192.168.10.1

Is this enough for you to determine what is wrong, or would you need more info?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Hi Mark,

I have a 1gbps powerline adapter that I usually use with the laptop upstairs (as I previously didn’t get good speeds) I have great speeds to the Virgin hub, but very poor speeds when ethernet is connected, and without the VPN too!

With ethernet disabled and wifi enabled I get much greater speeds, just like I am now seeing on the Nvidia Shield box.

Is it time to ditch these?

I have the new hub 4 with 1gbps speeds to the box and 1 wifi pod which appears to be helping massively.

Speed upstairs to the laptop via wifi is…

… which I’m very happy with, I know it varies from device to device but considering I was once getting only 19mbps up here in the top room I’m very happy with the results, but slightly concerned as to why speeds are so slow via ethernet.

After setting up the Nvidia shield last night by using the ethernet port to gain better connection speeds I did look into this earlier at the 100mbps cap, I wondered if this is something that can changed, or if it’s capped at that because it comes via the powerline apator? Seems a lot ask the question.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/discover/292894/network-100mbit-on-my-shield-help-/