You believe the stuff written at PCWorld?

There are other places that tend to be more balanced views as the folks there actually know what they are talking about.

TM stock router in the early days DIR-615 (orange and white) is amazing. Only issue was single band and weak wifi which is easily solved by disabling its wifi and bridging with a good dual band AP (yes dual band was expensive as TPLink, Dlink, ASUS those days were not selling dual bands yet). Runs for months (usually reboot result of TNB power failure) without need for reboot unlike the routers from TM these days which are crappy so it seems.

Many others are saying not to use router provided by ISP, is there any reason for that?

It all depends on the ISP. Generally, ISP modems are cheap and does the basic job. The DIR-615 is an exception by TM who got a good deal and DLink wrote a custom firmware for the launch of Unifi.

Streamyx days when most people were using single band 2.4GHz routers? You can hear the endless complaints around low speedtest, lagging, etc. Did not had problems with TM supplied adsl modem bridged with dual band router, running 5GHz mostly and getting rated speeds for years.

There is no clear cut good or bad with ISP supplied gear. You need to understand what it is designed for and its limitations. Work around its limitations and if you expect more, its fine to look elsewhere.

@XPS
Test your router security here click here to see if your ISP provided router pass security test. or Failed

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Ran the tests and mine's secure. So once again, this router works for me..

C1200 passed but I don't think it its any real indication of security...

My Asus Ac68u pass but tp-link archer c7 failed.
Pls help me how to setting make it pass.

That’s just checking which port is open/responds to a ping from the website. You need to disable WAN ping and then, check which port is open on your router. See here: https://www.whatismyip.com/port-scanner/

Select the Web package for the list of common ports.

Check all 4 package, all closed.

I also use ping.pe to ping my self, again AC68U all red but Archer C7 green.


This post has been edited by Alex9182: May 1 2018, 06:31 PM

What error message does it display?

Appreciate the link. Been using grc for a long time now, cannot remember must be Jaring days and most likely pre-streamyx

DIR-615 passed it the first day it was installed. And checked from time to time especially considering the D-Link firmware was basically not updated being custom TM.

Network is always double protected at firewall and individual client level. Now with the advent of mobile devices and IoT, an Intrusion and Protection System is in place (which was the main factor in getting the new router recently). Plus both DIR-615 and AirPorts are rather aged and as a matter of practice, networking gear are usually due for replacement 7 to 10 years of age even if they work fine.

Its a test that your firewall is properly configured.

Use dslreports.com for bufferbloats and more definitive speed test.

This post has been edited by XPS: May 1 2018, 10:12 PM

Check your firewall settings. By right out of the box routers should not have ports opened. Did you setup the Archer yourself?

The old posts in this forum, circa 2012/2013 had some recommendations for DIR-615 by the couple of gurus who are no longer posting. Stuff like turning off TR-021 in addition to firewall setups. Try a search.

Please note those firewall recommendations will apply to all routers in general. DLink is mentioned as that is your search key.

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yes i setup my self, but nearly everything default, firewall sure is default setting. dont know why fail the test.

no error message, green mean it response to ping from outside, red mean it ignore.


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Check if something like "Respond Ping Request from WAN in Firewall - General" is enabled. It should not be meaning your router will be in stealth mode.

Tq Bro, after enable that one, now pass all d.

Are there any other site that can test our router more better?

Finally solved netflix login issues by updating latest firmware for tm unifi, thanks for your help guys

Hello, sorry for late post. Would like to ask whether can you still perform this in the newest firmware? I can't seems to get through the login part. Thanks

Yes. Why? Which login?