guys, dont need to bash him about this. What you need is a router that supports VLAN on WAN and LAN (some call this IPTV), im sure some on your list supports it. You should remove dlink from your list.

Bridging is fine as even for TM you have the modem then the router. For maxis its pretty much similar too but i believe maxis uses the modem as a router too while on TM they only use the device as a modem only.

i normally suggest mikrotik too, but think about his experience, you wouldnt want him to be stuck with a working paperweight that he couldnt figure out how to use without wanting to chuck it out of the window.

This post has been edited by System Error Message: Feb 1 2018, 03:08 AM

some of us may learn mikrotik via google easily, but many people just arent able to learn and figure out networking. The thing about mikrotik is that its not just adding a bunch of rules, you have to know what you're doing. For instance do you know how to use pcq to get the best quality and bufferbloat? To use the NAT, firewall and mangle to get good security and do all sorts of weird routing?

theres also pairing up mikrotik with another device to do IDS/IPS.

Mikrotik is powerful and capable but only if you know what you're doing. Just copy pasting rules online without knowing isnt helpful. How many here remember to drop connections marked as invalid?

thats not good, i thought these big companies give international warranty, i guess it depends on product as laptops seem to get international coverage.

cloudcomputer and cloudstore are very expensive. There are some problems i see with malaysian pricing.

https://mikrotik.com/product/RB750Gr3

Listed price on mikrotik is $60. $60 is RM233 according to google. No one in malaysia sells this for less than rm300. When i bought my CCR1036 in europe i paid only slightly more than RRP because of shipping. So shipping + taxes the price i got was very close to the RRP listed on mikrotik shipped from EU to UK.

UK's customs are worse than malaysia, they like to charge taxes/duty where not applicable and break your stuff, however even with customs it was still cheaper.

Mikrotik's hardware is not made in europe. They dont do it themselves as they contract a manufacturer to make it along with their PSU which is the only problem that CCRs face. Everything is shipped from the same factory. https://www.balticnetworks.com/mikrotik-rou...wer-supply.html Just add shipping and taxes and you get the RRP price. So why than do mikrotik products in malaysia cost 50%-100% more? In countries like indonesia, mikrotik is liked for its low cost but in malaysia it is sold like a luxury item and not a budget product or even close to its RRP.

Great, now i can buy it locally.

i bought from eurodk when in UK, they had the best prices till they started selling on amazon where they doubled their prices.

Thats true, some mikrotik routers come with backdoors preinstalled by vendor but upgrading all the OS (normal and internal or any other partitions) gets rid of it. It used to be a big issue back in routerOS 3