Ultimate Router Guide: Optimize Security & Performance

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  1. pbc
    Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
       #31

    Network Stumbler gave me all kinds of issues (first access was denied as I didn't login as Admin, then it said the Adaptor wasn't Present, then gave me some other common error) so I ended up using WiFi Locator instead to see what channels were being used locally. Nice little program.

    Question, on my router, it has a Channel Width (20Mhz or 40 ... I selected 40), and then offers two channels, one the "Standard Channel" where you can select 1-11 or Auto, and then a "Width" channel that allows me to select 2 or 10 (I selected 6 from the first option).

    What is the Width channel?
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  2. Posts : 54
    WIN 7 ULTIMATE 64 BIT
       #32

    i would like to know if i cut mac address off at certain time on certain comp on my network, if it would cause major probs or mess with other comps on network.also, my son and daughter keep dumping their firewalls for some unknown reaon. maybe for gaming. can this mess up my network even if i have one on my own personal comp? is there a way for me to put firewall on my g wifi router so they cant bypass it?i have e3000 dual band linksys w/tomato on it, but it keeps dropping wifi. can you give pointers on setup to put firewall on it also so they cant bypass it? would it be better to hardwire them since its 2.4 and 5 ghz dual band router?
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  3. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601)
       #33

    original reference?


    Brink said:
    You're welcome gang. Maximum PC did a great job on that article. :)
    Throughout the forum, I am not finding any links/tutorials that are being referenced. Have I missed a setting? - Vet
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  4. Posts : 71,976
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #34

    Hell vet74, :)

    If you mean in this thread, then they are referencing the article at the link in the first post.
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  5. Posts : 759
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #35

    Hi, Brink, One excellent guide on router . Router is now becoming a security threat. I thought, that it was like a switch on and off device.
    I have a problem , of sudden cut in internet, the routers telephone cable light would go off, and tries to blink and then after some seconds , stays on green, the next light turns red for few seconds and then connection is restored. i do not know , why this behaviour. Avast free wifi inspector found no vulnerability and i get connection most of the day, except a few times in the middle of browsing. could you thro some light on this?
    Your first post links go the website and not to the exact page of the article pl check
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  6. Posts : 30
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #36

    What guide? If you followed the link on the first post, that article doesn't exist anymore.

    jraju said:
    Hi, Brink, One excellent guide on router . Router is now becoming a security threat. I thought, that it was like a switch on and off device.
    I have a problem , of sudden cut in internet, the routers telephone cable light would go off, and tries to blink and then after some seconds , stays on green, the next light turns red for few seconds and then connection is restored. i do not know , why this behaviour. Avast free wifi inspector found no vulnerability and i get connection most of the day, except a few times in the middle of browsing. could you thro some light on this?
    Your first post links go the website and not to the exact page of the article pl check
    Last edited by vgchat; 28 Feb 2018 at 15:52.
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  7. Posts : 71,976
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #37

    Well, it is 8 years old and Maximum PC is no more.

    This below looks like a copy of it though.

    http://techpub.com/ask-an-expert/ult...d-performance/
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  8. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #38

    If you have a compatible router I would recommend to supercharge it with a custom firmware such as dd-wrt or openwrt. These firmwares will give you more tools to control your network security.

    Until today, I think tp-link archer c7 is the best one for home router as it is now bellow $100, and it is recommended by a lot of editors.
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  9. Posts : 759
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #39

    My router i d d-link 2730 U model and i could not find any firmware in those dd wrt or openwrt websites. Could you provide the link
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  10. Posts : 19
    W8.1 Pro, x64
       #40


    Unfortunately both articles are away. Does anyone have a copy


    Only one I could find seems to come from another planet:
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