Currently, IPv6 does nothing.

In the future, IPv6 will do everything.

OK, here's the lowdown. The IPv4 space (abc.def.ghi.xyz) is made up of four octets (an octet is basically 1 byte) - each octet representing a decimal number from 0-255. Essentially, that's a space of about 4 billion IP addresses (that's how many separate addresses you can construct out of a 32-bit number, or 4 bytes). The world is running out of IPv4 addresses, but so far, through various techniques and tricks, we're still running along just fine.

IPv6, as you can imagine, is a much bigger space. The address is 4 times larger (128-bit, as compared to 32-bit), which is enough to provide an IP address for every atom on the surface of the planet. We won't be running out of IPv6 addresses any time soon. But... as of now, we don't need it yet.

Hmm, I dunno. Maybe, maybe not.

On a 1MBps (10Mbps) fibre line, at max trot you can upload AND download ~3.5GB/hour. Your speeds look a helluva lot faster than that, so you're probably doing something like ~24.5GB/hour upload. Which, over 8 hours, comes out to ~196GB. Which is pretty close to the 225GB mark I'm seeing...

Nah, I'm just messing with ya. Yes, the stats are ridiculous. My own router (same model as yours) is now claiming that I'm transmitting in excess of 47MBps - which, given that not even my WLAN is capable of those kinds of speeds, is quite a mad figure. Heck, it claimed yesterday alone I did 2TB worth of transfers in EACH direction. I think ASUS screwed up the algorithms somewhere along the line.

I have to say, I usually whack an open firmware into the routers I use, but with ASUS, I quite frankly don't see the need. It's got all the baseline functionality I would like from a router firmware, and often I don't need to reboot it for weeks. Even months. When I do, it comes back within 1 minute.

The one thing everyone's asking for is for rate limiting by MAC or LAN IP address - this is not an issue for me, though. Well done, ASUS, for the most part.

Heck, anything ASUS has got out in the market currently can handle a paltry 8-9 devices. Even the relatively old RT-N16 can make things work with about 15 devices (in my case, a mix of PCs, smartphones, printers, VOIPs, even a dedicated Skype device). The problem you'll most likely be facing is that the bottleneck is your Internet connection - unless you had something like a 30Mbps line, you're not going to have everyone streaming HD content from YouTube at the same time with no buffering.

All the modern ASUS routers use the same firmware (more or less; at least they share the same Web interface), so by and large they all support the same set of functions - some more than others, of course. In your case, you probably want something that does very good traffic management and QoS. And again, just about every ASUS router supports fairly complex QoS rules. So go ahead and buy any of their routers within your budget that fits your primary purposes.

Is anybody else having DNS issues using the latest 3.0.0.4_376_2678 firmware (I'm running an RT-N16)? I downgraded back to 374_5517 because of it. My router would simply stop responding to DNS queries after 2 days or so (when Maxis decides to cut the connection and the router has to reconnect); this is not a problem with earlier versions of the firmware. It's annoying because while my PCs can be configured with redundant nameservers, my other equipment cannot.

Maybe I should switch to Merlin instead; any issues with it that anybody can report?

Or, let's get to the root of your problem.

What are the devices you need to connect to your router such that you've run out of Ethernet slots? Can any of them run using WiFi? Are you willing to buy another piece of equipment to *make* them run on WiFi?

Your devices, if they plug into USB ports, can be run and shared via USB on many routers, yes. But there are limits to that kind of connectivity (I believe certain routers won't allow you to have access to USB devices from multiple computers at the same time).

If I'm not mistaken, all AsusWRT-running routers come with this as standard. That is to say, I've never had any issues with gaining access to my SSH server (running on desktop) from my phones when using DDNS, regardless of whether I'm using the WiFi at home or mobile broadband (or public WiFi hotspot, for that matter).

Hi ASUSmy, can you recommend any ASUS brand wireless-N routers that support at least Gigabit Ethernet on LAN side and FULL support for ASTRO IPTV/MAxis Fibre broadband? Looking to replace my current RT-N16.

Edit: Also, wondering if there is a way to reduce the DHCP renewal time (when Internet connection is set to Automatic IP) to less than 1 day. Because Maxis resets the IP every 2 days, but the Maxis router, if set to DMZ, does not inform ASUS router of the IP change (so worst case scenario, ASUS router won't know IP was changed until almost 1 day has passed).

This post has been edited by gkong3: Jul 4 2015, 08:45 PM

Thank you for the response. Do you have any idea when IPTV will be supported, or what are the issues such that it cannot be done?