• Recommendations for a wireless cable router suitable for VM Hub3

    From David@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 14 13:20:27 2024
    I've been battling with VM and my Hub3 in modem mode.
    I have a venerable Buffalo cable router which fronts the VM Hub3 in modem
    mode.
    [This because of the lack of functionality in the VM router software.]
    This has been fine yeah these many years, and hasn't been touched.
    Over the last few weeks the Internet connection has been dropping out on
    an irregular basis.
    The main symptom being able to connect to the Buffalo (192.168.0.1) but
    not to the Hub3 (192.168.100.1).

    Complicated by many recent reports of Hub3 needing regular reboots.

    I have replaced it with an elderly TP-Linl cable router which was being
    used as an AP.
    At the time of purchase the price of an AP (with less functionality) was
    much higher than a cable router.

    I have tested the TP-Link many years back as the main cable router but
    testing showed that it was slower than the Buffalo.
    However at least I have Internet.

    It looks as though my best option is to get a brand new cable router with
    the latest WiFi and use that to front VM.


    Recommendations please:

    Cable router with gigabit WAN port and at least 4 gigabit LAN ports.
    Good wireless range.
    Good internal features such as managing local LAN addresses as DHCP, fixed
    DHCP address for individual device.

    A VPN endpoint would be cherry on the cake but is not essential.
    VOIP port(s) could be nice also.

    Forwarding of certain ports required so e.g. a Raspberry Pi can be used as
    a VPN endpoint.

    There will be more that I've forgotten, but a range of flexible features needed.

    Drag me out of the stone age, baby!

    [Ability to use a SIM card or connect to a mobile hotspot would be a bonus
    - see previous posts.]

    Cheers



    Dave R


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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to David on Tue May 14 14:31:38 2024
    David wrote:

    looks as though my best option is to get a brand new cable router

    Mini or Rolls-Royce?

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  • From Dan@21:1/5 to David on Tue May 14 22:15:50 2024
    On 14 May 2024 13:20:27 GMT, David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    I've been battling with VM and my Hub3 in modem mode.
    I have a venerable Buffalo cable router which fronts the VM Hub3 in modem >mode.
    [This because of the lack of functionality in the VM router software.]
    This has been fine yeah these many years, and hasn't been touched.
    Over the last few weeks the Internet connection has been dropping out on
    an irregular basis.
    The main symptom being able to connect to the Buffalo (192.168.0.1) but
    not to the Hub3 (192.168.100.1).

    Complicated by many recent reports of Hub3 needing regular reboots.

    I have replaced it with an elderly TP-Linl cable router which was being
    used as an AP.
    At the time of purchase the price of an AP (with less functionality) was
    much higher than a cable router.

    I have tested the TP-Link many years back as the main cable router but >testing showed that it was slower than the Buffalo.
    However at least I have Internet.

    It looks as though my best option is to get a brand new cable router with
    the latest WiFi and use that to front VM.


    Recommendations please:

    Cable router with gigabit WAN port and at least 4 gigabit LAN ports.
    Good wireless range.
    Good internal features such as managing local LAN addresses as DHCP, fixed >DHCP address for individual device.

    A VPN endpoint would be cherry on the cake but is not essential.
    VOIP port(s) could be nice also.

    Forwarding of certain ports required so e.g. a Raspberry Pi can be used as
    a VPN endpoint.

    There will be more that I've forgotten, but a range of flexible features >needed.

    Drag me out of the stone age, baby!

    [Ability to use a SIM card or connect to a mobile hotspot would be a bonus
    - see previous posts.]

    Cheers



    Dave R


    Asus AX series. I use a RTAX 88U pro with my community fibre gig
    connection. Utterly stable. Or slightly cheaper 86U pro.

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Thu May 16 12:01:05 2024
    On Tue, 14 May 2024 14:31:38 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

    David wrote:

    looks as though my best option is to get a brand new cable router

    Mini or Rolls-Royce?

    Hmmm...more towards Mini than RR.

    Can't think of an exact car to match.

    Cheers


    Dave R


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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to David on Fri May 17 15:09:29 2024
    On 17/05/2024 14:35, David wrote:

    On Tue, 14 May 2024 14:31:38 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

    David wrote:

    looks as though my best option is to get a brand new cable router

    Mini or Rolls-Royce?

    Somewhere in the Audi/BMW area, perhaps.

    Draytek?

    If you want ethernet WAN (for your VM hub) wth wifi but without VoIP,
    then maybe the 2967ac, I'm looking at one now with an uptime of 267 days
    (it's due a firmware upgrade soon)

    If you want VoIP port(s) you'll have to get one with DSL too and just
    ignore that, then use a gigabit port as WAN, e.g 2765Vac

    https://www.draytek.co.uk/products/routers/broadband-routers

    GUI tends to be "functional" no bells/whistles

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Fri May 17 13:35:51 2024
    On Tue, 14 May 2024 14:31:38 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

    David wrote:

    looks as though my best option is to get a brand new cable router

    Mini or Rolls-Royce?

    Somewhere in the Audi/BMW area, perhaps.

    Cheers



    Dave R


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  • From David@21:1/5 to Dan on Sun May 19 14:00:35 2024
    On Tue, 14 May 2024 22:15:50 +0100, Dan wrote:

    <snip>


    Recommendations please:

    Cable router with gigabit WAN port and at least 4 gigabit LAN ports.
    Good wireless range.
    Good internal features such as managing local LAN addresses as DHCP,
    fixed DHCP address for individual device.

    A VPN endpoint would be cherry on the cake but is not essential.
    VOIP port(s) could be nice also.

    Forwarding of certain ports required so e.g. a Raspberry Pi can be used
    as a VPN endpoint.

    There will be more that I've forgotten, but a range of flexible features >>needed.

    Drag me out of the stone age, baby!

    [Ability to use a SIM card or connect to a mobile hotspot would be a
    bonus - see previous posts.]

    Cheers



    Dave R


    Asus AX series. I use a RTAX 88U pro with my community fibre gig
    connection. Utterly stable. Or slightly cheaper 86U pro.

    Thanks.
    Looking at those now.

    Is the 3g/4g dongle support via the USB socket?

    [If so, why the limitation to 3G/4G?

    A long while since I used a dongle but IIRC it just presented as a router
    to the computer.

    Then again. this is many years ago.]

    Cheers


    Dave R



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  • From David@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Sun May 19 16:50:05 2024
    On Fri, 17 May 2024 15:09:29 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

    On 17/05/2024 14:35, David wrote:

    On Tue, 14 May 2024 14:31:38 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

    David wrote:

    looks as though my best option is to get a brand new cable router

    Mini or Rolls-Royce?

    Somewhere in the Audi/BMW area, perhaps.

    Draytek?

    If you want ethernet WAN (for your VM hub) wth wifi but without VoIP,
    then maybe the 2967ac, I'm looking at one now with an uptime of 267 days (it's due a firmware upgrade soon)

    If you want VoIP port(s) you'll have to get one with DSL too and just
    ignore that, then use a gigabit port as WAN, e.g 2765Vac

    https://www.draytek.co.uk/products/routers/broadband-routers

    GUI tends to be "functional" no bells/whistles

    These seem to be more expensive than the Asus mentioned by Dan.

    Some of them seem to be far above my needs.

    Narrowing down to AX3000 with 3/4G backup.

    Cheers



    Dave R

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  • From Pancho@21:1/5 to David on Mon May 20 00:31:05 2024
    On 14/05/2024 14:20, David wrote:
    I've been battling with VM and my Hub3 in modem mode.
    I have a venerable Buffalo cable router which fronts the VM Hub3 in modem mode.
    [This because of the lack of functionality in the VM router software.]
    This has been fine yeah these many years, and hasn't been touched.
    Over the last few weeks the Internet connection has been dropping out on
    an irregular basis.
    The main symptom being able to connect to the Buffalo (192.168.0.1) but
    not to the Hub3 (192.168.100.1).


    Check the power supply. Swap it with an appropriate new one. You might
    be able to borrow a suitable one from somewhere else.

    If the Buffalo is genuinely kaput, you might want to consider router
    software OpenWrt or pfSense. Makes even more sense now we have separate multiple access point WiFi.

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  • From Dan@21:1/5 to David on Tue May 28 16:25:47 2024
    On 19 May 2024 14:00:35 GMT, David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 14 May 2024 22:15:50 +0100, Dan wrote:

    <snip>


    Recommendations please:

    Cable router with gigabit WAN port and at least 4 gigabit LAN ports.
    Good wireless range.
    Good internal features such as managing local LAN addresses as DHCP, >>>fixed DHCP address for individual device.

    A VPN endpoint would be cherry on the cake but is not essential.
    VOIP port(s) could be nice also.

    Forwarding of certain ports required so e.g. a Raspberry Pi can be used >>>as a VPN endpoint.

    There will be more that I've forgotten, but a range of flexible features >>>needed.

    Drag me out of the stone age, baby!

    [Ability to use a SIM card or connect to a mobile hotspot would be a >>>bonus - see previous posts.]

    Cheers



    Dave R


    Asus AX series. I use a RTAX 88U pro with my community fibre gig
    connection. Utterly stable. Or slightly cheaper 86U pro.

    Thanks.
    Looking at those now.

    Is the 3g/4g dongle support via the USB socket?

    [If so, why the limitation to 3G/4G?

    A long while since I used a dongle but IIRC it just presented as a router
    to the computer.

    Then again. this is many years ago.]

    Cheers


    Dave R


    Afternoon David. I do not think so it will work.

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Dan on Wed May 29 11:22:45 2024
    On Tue, 28 May 2024 16:25:47 +0100, Dan wrote:

    On 19 May 2024 14:00:35 GMT, David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 14 May 2024 22:15:50 +0100, Dan wrote:

    <snip>


    Recommendations please:

    Cable router with gigabit WAN port and at least 4 gigabit LAN ports. >>>>Good wireless range.
    Good internal features such as managing local LAN addresses as DHCP, >>>>fixed DHCP address for individual device.

    A VPN endpoint would be cherry on the cake but is not essential.
    VOIP port(s) could be nice also.

    Forwarding of certain ports required so e.g. a Raspberry Pi can be
    used as a VPN endpoint.

    There will be more that I've forgotten, but a range of flexible >>>>features needed.

    Drag me out of the stone age, baby!

    [Ability to use a SIM card or connect to a mobile hotspot would be a >>>>bonus - see previous posts.]

    Cheers



    Dave R


    Asus AX series. I use a RTAX 88U pro with my community fibre gig
    connection. Utterly stable. Or slightly cheaper 86U pro.

    Thanks.
    Looking at those now.

    Is the 3g/4g dongle support via the USB socket?

    [If so, why the limitation to 3G/4G?

    A long while since I used a dongle but IIRC it just presented as a
    router to the computer.

    Then again. this is many years ago.]

    Cheers


    Dave R


    Afternoon David. I do not think so it will work.


    Ended up buying the RTAX-88U Pro because it looked to have enough features
    to last for 10 years, and the support for mobile backup through dongle or mobile phone AP.

    Need to do a bit of rearranging before deploying it, but hopefully I will
    see a boost in network and WiFi performance.

    Thanks for the suggestion.

    Dave R


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  • From Dan@21:1/5 to David on Thu May 30 16:17:46 2024
    On 29 May 2024 11:22:45 GMT, David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 28 May 2024 16:25:47 +0100, Dan wrote:

    On 19 May 2024 14:00:35 GMT, David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 14 May 2024 22:15:50 +0100, Dan wrote:

    <snip>


    Recommendations please:

    Cable router with gigabit WAN port and at least 4 gigabit LAN ports. >>>>>Good wireless range.
    Good internal features such as managing local LAN addresses as DHCP, >>>>>fixed DHCP address for individual device.

    A VPN endpoint would be cherry on the cake but is not essential.
    VOIP port(s) could be nice also.

    Forwarding of certain ports required so e.g. a Raspberry Pi can be >>>>>used as a VPN endpoint.

    There will be more that I've forgotten, but a range of flexible >>>>>features needed.

    Drag me out of the stone age, baby!

    [Ability to use a SIM card or connect to a mobile hotspot would be a >>>>>bonus - see previous posts.]

    Cheers



    Dave R


    Asus AX series. I use a RTAX 88U pro with my community fibre gig
    connection. Utterly stable. Or slightly cheaper 86U pro.

    Thanks.
    Looking at those now.

    Is the 3g/4g dongle support via the USB socket?

    [If so, why the limitation to 3G/4G?

    A long while since I used a dongle but IIRC it just presented as a
    router to the computer.

    Then again. this is many years ago.]

    Cheers


    Dave R


    Afternoon David. I do not think so it will work.


    Ended up buying the RTAX-88U Pro because it looked to have enough features
    to last for 10 years, and the support for mobile backup through dongle or >mobile phone AP.

    Need to do a bit of rearranging before deploying it, but hopefully I will
    see a boost in network and WiFi performance.

    Thanks for the suggestion.

    Dave R


    Happy to help David. But remember to update the firmware. The Asus app
    is pretty good and is so useful when setting it up.
    So, it works via a USB dongle? How is that setup?

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Dan on Thu May 30 17:25:58 2024
    On Thu, 30 May 2024 16:17:46 +0100, Dan wrote:

    <snip>


    Ended up buying the RTAX-88U Pro because it looked to have enough
    features to last for 10 years, and the support for mobile backup through >>dongle or mobile phone AP.

    Need to do a bit of rearranging before deploying it, but hopefully I
    will see a boost in network and WiFi performance.

    Thanks for the suggestion.

    Dave R


    Happy to help David. But remember to update the firmware. The Asus app
    is pretty good and is so useful when setting it up.
    So, it works via a USB dongle? How is that setup?

    Firmware needed a couple of updates but all seems up to date now.

    The biggest issue was that the network is 192.168.50.1 instead of the
    usual 192.168.0.1 so all the Ethernet connected devices needed rebooting
    to pick up their new DHCP details.

    This included the wireless APs.

    Cheers



    Dave R

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Dan on Thu May 30 17:16:17 2024
    On Thu, 30 May 2024 16:17:46 +0100, Dan wrote:

    On 29 May 2024 11:22:45 GMT, David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 28 May 2024 16:25:47 +0100, Dan wrote:

    On 19 May 2024 14:00:35 GMT, David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 14 May 2024 22:15:50 +0100, Dan wrote:

    <snip>


    Recommendations please:

    Cable router with gigabit WAN port and at least 4 gigabit LAN ports. >>>>>>Good wireless range.
    Good internal features such as managing local LAN addresses as DHCP, >>>>>>fixed DHCP address for individual device.

    A VPN endpoint would be cherry on the cake but is not essential. >>>>>>VOIP port(s) could be nice also.

    Forwarding of certain ports required so e.g. a Raspberry Pi can be >>>>>>used as a VPN endpoint.

    There will be more that I've forgotten, but a range of flexible >>>>>>features needed.

    Drag me out of the stone age, baby!

    [Ability to use a SIM card or connect to a mobile hotspot would be a >>>>>>bonus - see previous posts.]

    Cheers



    Dave R


    Asus AX series. I use a RTAX 88U pro with my community fibre gig
    connection. Utterly stable. Or slightly cheaper 86U pro.

    Thanks.
    Looking at those now.

    Is the 3g/4g dongle support via the USB socket?

    [If so, why the limitation to 3G/4G?

    A long while since I used a dongle but IIRC it just presented as a >>>>router to the computer.

    Then again. this is many years ago.]

    Cheers


    Dave R


    Afternoon David. I do not think so it will work.


    Ended up buying the RTAX-88U Pro because it looked to have enough
    features to last for 10 years, and the support for mobile backup through >>dongle or mobile phone AP.

    Need to do a bit of rearranging before deploying it, but hopefully I
    will see a boost in network and WiFi performance.

    Thanks for the suggestion.

    Dave R


    Happy to help David. But remember to update the firmware. The Asus app
    is pretty good and is so useful when setting it up.
    So, it works via a USB dongle? How is that setup?

    Haven't tried it yet but documentation suggests there are a number of USB sticks with SIM cards which will work.

    It can also allegedly be configured to connect to a wireless AP on a
    mobile phone.

    I have finally found a PDF copy of the manual so hope to be looking at
    that soon.

    Cheers



    Dave R



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  • From Dan@21:1/5 to David on Thu May 30 20:03:14 2024
    On 30 May 2024 17:25:58 GMT, David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 30 May 2024 16:17:46 +0100, Dan wrote:

    <snip>


    Ended up buying the RTAX-88U Pro because it looked to have enough >>>features to last for 10 years, and the support for mobile backup through >>>dongle or mobile phone AP.

    Need to do a bit of rearranging before deploying it, but hopefully I
    will see a boost in network and WiFi performance.

    Thanks for the suggestion.

    Dave R


    Happy to help David. But remember to update the firmware. The Asus app
    is pretty good and is so useful when setting it up.
    So, it works via a USB dongle? How is that setup?

    Firmware needed a couple of updates but all seems up to date now.

    The biggest issue was that the network is 192.168.50.1 instead of the
    usual 192.168.0.1 so all the Ethernet connected devices needed rebooting
    to pick up their new DHCP details.

    This included the wireless APs.

    Cheers



    Dave R



    Agree, I use pfsense, it is a bit more complicated than 192.168.1.1
    Even more so with pfgblocker, no more trackers and ads!!!

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