Recent content by LTC59

I think DHCP sounds easier. But the phones needs to find the Laptop IP and you probably need to have routing and NAT running in the Laptop depending on whats needed. And it probably would be easier to let the Laptop do the DHCP (through "Internetsharing"?). The AP is a bridge device so it might...

A DMZ setting would most likely expose your whole machine to Internet. Everything that is not configuerd to use specific ports in the router using portforwarding to an other local LAN IP will be forwarded to the DMZ IP machine. It's like you put the machine directly on Internet without anything...

Are the ports even gigabit capable? On the modem and/or the router? I think you have to rely on auto setting (is there even an indication of what speed is used?). With CLI access (other firmware?) you might be able to see/set port speed but if disabling AUTO you probably need to set both sides...

Also USB 2.0 tops out at 480 Mbit, any USB adapters probably will not come close to that.

We used to have these router/modem "combos" where you sometimes wanted to put them in bridge mode because you wanted to use your use your own router/firewall "behind" it. I don't know your Linksys model but it seems it might be running an openwrt firmware (looks similar to my ISPs Technicolor...

I prefer to have the same name (SSID) and "password" letting the WiFi "unit" select which radio to connect to based on availabliity and signal strength. Especially interesting if having more than one AP. You might have to make (at least for computers) the "unit" able to do this (roam between...

I got "much" worse (about 40% "loss" of) upload speed when testing briefly with Google speedtest (I didn't know that existed) compared to using speedtest.net. The Google test reported a server which was much farther away than the servers speedtest.net (Ookla) used, so that explains a bit/the...

You need 4 pair ethernet TP cables (8 leads all working) to get gigabit ethernet Cat 5e or better are recommended so don't reuse any really old 2 pair cables (4 leads), throw those away. You can briefly (for a short test) test a cable by putting it between 2 ports in the same switch (as in the...

I also think it might be the cable. For gigabit you need a straight cable with 4 pairs/8 leads (all must be working otherwise you wont get gigabit speed) and most/all stuff has auto MDI/MDI-X and auto speed negotiation functionality nowadays. If holding the RJ45 connectors side by side facing...

You most likely want only one DHCP server on your LAN that's why you need to turn the second one off. If using only the LAN side of a router you can use it as a switch (some "routers" have an AP setting where you use the WAN port to connect it to the rest of the LAN maybe disabling the LAN ports...