On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 22:36:29 -0400, Seymore4Head
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On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 01:50:12 +0000, Stormin' Norman
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On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 21:00:21 -0400, Seymore4Head
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On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 00:55:31 +0000, Stormin' Norman
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On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 19:40:32 -0400, Seymore4Head
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On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 22:35:02 +0000, Stormin' Norman
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On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:59:21 -0400, Seymore4Head
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I bought a Asus RT-AC66U router on impulse while shopping for
something else.

I have wanted the capability to use my USB printer as a network
printer without having to keep a computer on 24/7, but it was not a
priority. I also wanted to have another USB port so I could have a
network drive without leaving a computer on 24/7.

Now that I get it home and out of the box. I would also like to be
able to monitor how much bandwidth each computer is using. Tech
support says that the router I just bought doesn't do that. I am told
that even the top of the line Asus router doesn't do that.

Having bandwidth capability is not a big priority, but it would be
nice. Is that a common feature for new routers? What brand?


Here, take a look at this information about DD-WRT firmware for many routers.

http://www.flashrouters.com/blog/201...g-with-dd-wrt/

I have actually read about that at life hacker. It says turn a 60$
router into a 600$ router. I don't understand how features like that
would add so much cost to a router if you can get software that does
it for free?

I am not too comfortable with messing with factory settings. I end up
breaking stuff instead of improving it.


I have successfully flashed 5 Asus routers with DD-WRT. I had one problem,
which resulted in my having to recover the router back to it's factory firmware,
which was not a big deal.

Where there 3 people knocking on the door wanting to know....what have
you done to the Internet this time?

I am by far, old enough to know better than to do any such modification to a
production appliance. Only after thorough testing do I put such devices into
service. I am in a business environment and fortunately, it is my
business......

Congratulations. Having 4 out of 5 successful stories is probably why
you get paid to do this stuff and I don't.

The DD-WRT seems like a pretty slick piece of code. I was going to
try to "Turn Your Old Router into a Range-Boosting Wi-Fi Repeater"
http://lifehacker.com/5563196/turn-y...wi-fi-repeater

and I may still do that without the DD-WRT. I took my router brand
and version number and came to this page:
http://dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database

Since there was more than one choice I decided to pass.

With my odds, I would turn it into a brick 9 out of 9 times.

I actually did start using my old router as another wireless point a
few days after I bought the new router by Googling this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=turn...utf-8&oe=utf-8
and I watched a couple of the videos and it worked.

I think I might be having problems with IP conflicts though.

http://imgur.com/AQGu8q6

I have to figure what I should use for the IP ranges.

I have the ASUS as the main router/wireless and it goes to an 8 port
switch and then it is connected to a 4 port wireless set up as an
access point.

Shouldn't I change the ASUS range to at least 100?

How do I find out what the IP range is for the 8 port switch?

The access point is set up as 192.168.1.2