Yes for asus TF AX3000. Others brand and model not sure. My initial asus ac68u have problem with voip. Even with latest firmware also fail. Then I changed to TF Ax3000 and the phone voip function as normal.

Old laptop still can upgrade this wifi card AX200? My laptop is lenovo x230 i5 3rd gen

So cannot yea ?

Technician computer shop usually can do ?

OpenWRT, Tomato, even Cisco & Ubiquiti use dnsmasq since it's very efficient DNS forwarder. dnsmasq is disabled on my Edgerouter as I rely on my Adguard Home server, which doesn't need dnsmasq. Besides, my Adguard Home only uses DOT upstreams, no DNS upstream at all. So I'm safe here? 😬

Yeah agree with you. Hardware specs alone don't give the bigger picture here, tplink always win in providing value for money for the specs.

I was a tplink user and actually love their simplified web/app interface, but it's a bit limiting in feature set. For example, the opnvpn server is just a passwordless and doesn't support user/password connection, doesn't have built-in vpn client, etc.

Then I upgrade to ax56u, it was a culture shock to see soooo much advance feature available and very fast and snappier to load, it is quite overwhelming at first and after couple of days starting to get used to it. It's just the web/app interface IMO a bit messy for my liking.

Maybe for normal day-to-day user, this feature set is not really matter for them anyway, in that case perhaps tplink maybe a clear choice? 

If you just need a simple router that works reliably and very stable, the AX73 is a good choice. The WiFi performance is really good.

The parental control on the AX73 is also really robust and it does offer the Avira antivirus.

However, I don't recommend enabling those antivirus feature these days. Not only they slow things down, they are pointless as all browsers already block malicious URL by default now.
The C3150 V2 does not have a built-in repeater mode, you will need to pull a LAN cable if you want to use it as AP.

Hello all,

Wanna seek your recommendation on wifi setup at my house

House type: 2 bungalow with bridge link
Area of each house : 2500 per floor
Budget: 2-2.5k

Wanna install Maxis Fibre when the connection reach the house. As of now, my plan is to install 1 router at each floor, whilst connecting the upper floor router with a LAN cable run. should be around 50 meter distance, using the bridge as a cable tray.

I'll also install 1 router at the ground floor at each house, and connecting all through Asus Ai Mesh.

Currently looking at 2 RT-AX3000 and 2 RT-AX55 or 2RT-AC86
Any comment on this setup?

I think that image is a simple representation of it.

What model do you recommend for the router with backhaul, and the other 2 wireless?

Is 2 AX3000 for the backhaul and 2 AX 55 enought for it?

hi all sifu, im currently looking for routers with vpn client capabilities so that all my devices at home connected to vpn. can suggest the recommended routers available on market now? my budget within below rm500. also, any mesh wifi routers support vpn client? thanks in advance sifu

Hi all! I've just encountered something and hope sifus here can advice.
Hardware:
1) Tp-Link AX20 (5GHz, Channel 149, 80MHz width)
2) DLink Dir868l (5GHz, Channel 149, 80MHz width)
3) Samsung Galaxy S7

When I connect to the AX20, I get a link speed of 433Mbps, however when I connect to the 868L, I can get a link speed of 867Mbps. Why does this happen?

House Type : Semi-D (new)

Size : approx 3500 sqft

Cabling : fibre into the ground floor store room; the house comes with Cat6 cables to living room (G), family room (first floor) and master bedroom.

Internet : Planning to sign up for Time Broadband 500MBps

Devices :

A. up to 4 video streaming / gaming (smartTV, gaming console)

B. about 10 PC/Mobile devices

C. about 15 other IoT devices (smart aircond, fridge and washer)
Question :

Want to ask if this configuration correct ?

Will it deliver the best possible performance using Dlink products ?

Appreciate all your inputs and advice. Thanks!

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Thanks for the advice.

You mean the AX5400 should connect to the ONT ? The AX5400 only has 4 Ethernet ports - do I then connect the switch to the router via the uplink port ? Would the AX5400 be the bottleneck ?

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Oh one more thing - I plan to get DLink switch model DGS-1010P-E, which has 8+2 ports. 8 POE ports + 2 uplink ports

The router will connect to to 1 of the uplink ports - which will give better performance right ?
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Yes, the fibre terminates right next to the LAN cable box.

Hi guys ive got a tight budget between RM400 to RM600...i wanted to find the best reliability router....i dont need the speed as much as i think im gonna end up using cheapskate 30mbps unifi connection anyway.....but i wanted something reliable...im sick of needing to restart my tplink router everyday just to get a fresh performance out of it...fyi my house just around 3000sqf double story terrace house...

My shortlist is here:
1. Refirbish china Asus AC86u
2. Asus AX3000
3. Dlink ax5460
4. Tp Link AX73 (is hard to trust this brand but the price is tempting)

Hi guys, my gf’s family is using Maxis Fibre. They also have a phone line and because of that they provided a crappy white color router with a telephone port. I want to get a new router for her but most routers I see (i.e the Asus AC88u I use) does not have a telephone port.

Is it possible for me to set it up so that the ori Maxis provided router stays so they can use the telephone, while I plug a 2nd ethernet cable from the modem to the 2nd router?

Yup you are exactly right.. such a nuisance. Anyway yes I got an AC86u for my gf to connect to the Maxis router as an AP. The Maxis provided router is shite (the one they give if you need VOIP).