Which router did TM give you? Both the C1200 and DIR-850L are quite good as APs. Maybe what you can do is buy a good router such as a Mikrotik RB750Gr3 for about RM260 then use the existing Asus and TM's as APs. If your have network points around the house, you can place them strategically to cover the entire house.

Here it is as reported by lowyat.net.
https://www.lowyat.net/2017/148206/new-unif...o-rm-10-upgrade

Mine is the HG8240H. TM changed it to this in November when my old HG850a stopped working. Then during the RM10 100mbps upgrade a week later they changed it again to another of the same model.

Yeah, the white one.


The one on the left with the TM logo.

UniFi 100mbps on 2.4GHz wifi.

In summary, for 2.4GHz to go 100mbps or higher, you'll need:
1. Good signal strength
2. Low interference
3. If single chain (1x1), 40MHz channel width.
4. If 20MHz channel width, dual chain (2x2)
*3 & 4 on both your devices and your wifi router.

Router: Mikrotik RB750Gr3
AP: Mikrotik hAP AC Lite


Toshiba Portege z930 2012. 2.4Ghz, single chain, 40Mhz channel width, SGI (short guard interval). Link speed: 150mbps.


MacBook Pro Retina 15" 2013. 2.4Ghz, dual chain, 20Mhz channel width, SGI. Link speed: 144mbps.

Can't get my iPhone 6s to go any higher than 92mbps.

iPhone 6s. 2.4Ghz, dual chain, 20Mhz channel width, SGI. Link speed: 144mbps.


Radio environment.

Notes:
hAP AC Lite is 100mbps ethernet ports only. In order to go above 100mbps, I bonded 2 ports to my RB750Gr3.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 2 2018, 04:46 PM

That's winbox.exe, Mikrotik routers' configuration software. Much faster than using the web config and, best of all, non-modal.



Yeah, all Mikrotik routers have the same features except where limited by the hardware. Even the cheapo RM130 hAP Lite has link aggregation. And 7 different modes of aggregation/bonding.


This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 2 2018, 05:47 PM

I've no idea what's going on with my Unifi bill.

My RYE100 upgrade was on 27 Nov. The next day, 28 Nov, was my usual billing cycle and I was bill RM256.35. This was missing the Special RM50 discount. My 28 Nov bill is here. https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=87403230 So I reported that and was promptly rebated RM63.60 as illustrated below. All good.


Then came 28 Dec and I'm expecting RM189+6% for this bill. Instead I'm billed only RM159.70. Not that I'm complaining but I can't make heads or tails of this bill.


At least the correct discount of RM200 is there in the bill.

While my installation was on 27 Nov, it was only completed, due to some technicalities, on 4 Dec so maybe it's got something to do with those 8 days.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 3 2018, 02:09 AM

I get that once in awhile but it doesn't affect the connection.

No, they should give you the router irregardless.

Forgive me for being blunt but I don't see the point though. It's hard to search for stuff in Telegram or WhatsApp. The forums are indexed by Google which makes it easily searchable. So I'm quite happy with just the forum. Also the noise, I'm in a few Lazada groups and the signal-to-noise ratio is just too low.

How did you find that out? Mine is billed every month on the same day, so every 30 or 31 days except Feb.

Nothing new, I first read that 63 days ago.

Thanks for clearing that up.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 3 2018, 09:13 PM

1 month (28, 29, 30 or 31 days). There's no "before this", it's always been 1 month.

I'm afraid not. You can't connect an AP (eg: a wifi router configured as an AP) to the modem. Additional APs need to be connected to the router. If you move your TPLink router to the store room then you can use the 2 network points for additional APs, switches, etc... Are you using HyppTV? If you are then you'll need to allocate one cable to it.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 4 2018, 11:46 AM

That's right. You can't use LAN2 on the modem or LAN3 and LAN4 for that matter. Typically the only active port on the modem is LAN1 and the main wifi router must be connected here.

I’m hardly the expert but thanks for thinking so.

For CCTV, you’ll need:
1. Public ip: for your house’s network to be aceessible from the Internet. Unifi not a problem
2. Dynamic DNS: UniFi’s IP changes periodically. Dynamic dns keeps track of this. Most routers can do this.
3. Port forwarding of whatever necessary ports from the router to the DVR.

That’s the most common way but exposes your DVR to the Internet. Another popular way is to setup a VPN server in your house then access the DVR using the VPN.

By any chance, is your spare router a DLink?

What router? It can't be that bad. Even my old DIR-615 from VIP5 days can handle 100mbps, almost.
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry87190299

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 4 2018, 11:44 PM

I give up already trying to understand TM's bill. Though I'm not complaining cause I got charged less.

28 Oct 2017 RM189.75 (TQ50 RM179 same as yours)
27 Nov 2017 RYE100 Installation
28 Nov 2017 RM192.75 (1st bill After RYE100 RM189. Charged extra RM50 then rebated RM60 after complain)
28 Dec 2017 RM159.70 (2nd bill after RYE100 RM189)

See my Dec bill here. https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry87552854

Now wait to see Jan bill to see whether it stabilises.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 5 2018, 02:05 AM

Check here, another Larry asked the same question.
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=87571171
In summary, yes, yes, yes to all 3 questions marks.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 5 2018, 09:27 AM

Netflix.com. Very good. Free. Just have to remember to cancel.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jan 5 2018, 10:27 AM