Bye Bye Singtel’s 2Wire 5012NV

Date: May 31, 2011

This article is to teach you how to dump Singtel’s 2Wire 5012NV Router for your Internet High Speed Fiber Broadband.  This is for those people who ONLY needs Internet at home, and no need to have MIO TV at home.  Although SingTel always bundled both together, means, they give you FREE MIO TV.  But still, I will keep on researching to see how to make it work for MIO TV.  Stay tune.  For now, only for Internet uses.

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1.  What do I subscribe?

I had my fiber Internet for almost 2 months now.  I have been enjoying the high speed internet very much.  I had the following plan from SingTel…  At this home, Internet is important as almost every night there are teleconference to US, Europe using collaboration tools such as WebEx.  What I had before is a 15Mbps High Speed ADSL2+ Plan.  So, upgrading to the 50Mbps will give you true 50Mbps LOCAL download, 25Mbps LOCAL upload, and real 15Mbps International download.  I have been testing it, and so far, it is a true upgrade for me.  As for MIO TV, it never work at my home, it freezes every 20 seconds or so.  So, at this point, I don’t care about MIO TV.  But with the method described below, may be it will also work for your MIO TV.

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2.  What I have before?

This is my home settings.  I asked the OpenNet to pull the fiber into my Kitchen / Washing area.  Because I don’t want UGLY cabling in my home.  From there, I used Aztech Homeplus (using Power Line) to bring the network to my Switch/Router cabinet that hooks into my internal cabling at home.  As me and my wife each has iPhone4 and iPad2.  So, we need 3x Wifi Zone to provide maximum coverage of the Wireless Access for our Apple handheld devices and those will talk to my Apple TV2 and AirPlay movies, Photos onto my TV.

 

 

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A bit complicated for me, but it is necessary at my home.

3.  So, What is the problem with SingTel 2Wire 5012NV Router?

This router provided by SingTel, does not work well with my AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express.  70% of the major appliance in my home is Apple, so, I would pretty much want to use Apple AirPort here fore the wireless.  I cannot throw away my Apple AirPort.

The symptom are, even when you set the AirPort Extreme or Express to BRIDGE MODE, all the wireless devices at home does not get a DYNAMIC IP address from the DHCP running on the 2Wire 5012NV.  I google it and found that it is indeed a major problem.  And every one suspect that the 2Wire DHCP is non-standard.  Because my AirPorts work with the previous SIngTel ADSL modem plus DLINK AP Router.

So, I end up have to set STATIC IP on every Wireless Devices.  And worst has yet to come, AirPort Extreme or Express will sometime loses Internet, and blink amber lights.  And when you check it, double NAT detected.  It has to be some conflict somewhere, and all finger points to this SingTel 2Wire 5012NV Router.  It’s crapy.

4.  Can I simply plug another router to replace the SingTel 2Wire 5012NV?

The answer is NO.  Because SingTel push VLANS onto the Singtel 2Wire 5012NV.  Unless your Wireless AP support VLAN tagging, you are not able to change the 2Wire 5012NV.  Now, that’s evil.  May be SingTel don’t want users to simply anyhow change the router so that they do not need to support any other brand of routers except their own.

5.  So what are the VLAN tagging needed?

SingTel tag the following VLANs.  So, you make sure you tag the port with these VLAN ID, then, you should be able to get the IP from SingTel.  I did this using the 2nd and 3rd Aztech HL280e Gigabits Switch, and I actually can get 2x SingTel IP for the Fiber Internet.  (This is interesting!!)  Does it mean that I can get 2x 50Mbps??  I will test it out and let you know.

VLAN 10 = Internet

VLAN 20 = MIO TV

VLAN 30 = VoIP

VLAN 40 = Management

6.  So, the solution is to put a Managed Switch that support VLAN tagging.

After google it on hardware zone, the recommended switch is Cisco Linksys SLM2008 Switch.  You can buy this from Bizgram at 5th Floor Sim Lim.  And it cost about S$165.

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And then, you simply plug in any Wireless AP behind the switch to do the routing and provide DHCP address.  In my case, I used back my old DLink Wireless AP.  Configure it to get IP from Singtel, and then provide your Internet Network.

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7.  How to configure it?

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You log in first.  Configure your laptop to have manual IP of 192.168.1.xx, with sub netmask of 255.255.255.0, plug into the switch.

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Create VLAN of 10, 20, 30, 40

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This is how I do for VLAN 10, 20, 30 40.

After you created the VLAN ID, and make it a member to 1, 2 and 3.  You have to set the VLAN Port Settings.

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So, in my case, the ONT will come into Port 1.  So, I will need to Enable Ingress Filter, and select Tagged Only.  For PVID, I leave it at 1.

For Port 2, that will go into my DLink Wireless AP Router, so, I tagged 10 and Enable Tx Force Untag.  Once you have done this, plug in your laptop to test it, and you will get a Dynamic IP from SingTel.  So, on your DLink Wireless AP, you simply need to do DHCP address from the Internet.

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So, every things work!  I plug in my Wireless AP Router, and then all my AirPort Extreme, Express works seamlessly as before.  And I do not need to configure Static IP on my wireless devices and they do not lost Internet connections.

8.  What else that I have found out?

I also put everything behind the Aztech HL280e.  That means, I don’t need to put the router in front of it.  The Aztech HL280e magically acts as a MEDIA in this case.  i.e. a wire/cable.  If your home does not need to run Internal Network as I need, (because of the NAS), then, you can buy lots of Aztech HL280e just to run Internet into every devices (which able to get Dynamic IP from SingTel).

9.  What’s Next?

Next, I will try to replace the DLink Wireless AP to Gigabits version.  Now it is still 100baseT.

Also, I need to figure out why Synology and iMac does not run stable on 1Gbits.

I will try Jumbo Frame.

Lastly, I will try to make MIO TV work, since now I found a way to do all these.  Let’s see how.

I will update more.

[UPDATES] – Sep 13, 2011

Related Posts:

1.  Phase 2 of my network.  http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-home-fiber-network-after-revamping.html

2.  Initially, I got an Aztech HL280E, the fastest 1Gbps Powerline/Homeplug.  But it keeps going down.  And I finally figure out why.  http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/07/home-networking-why-my-aztech-hl280e.html

3.  So, I dumped the 1Gbps power line, and switch it to the latest HomePlug from Aztech, HL115EP.  And it has been running for almost 6 weeks now, and I have not had any problem with it.  http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/07/home-network-improvement-plan-homeplug.html

4.  I did my bench mark test for my ASUS Black Diamond.  It is really the LAN-to-WAN speed super performance that I like. http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/07/home-network-improvement-plan-asus.html

5.  How I benchmark and improve my wireless at home.  http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/08/network-performance-1-wireless.html

6.  I also satisfy with my gigabits network at home.  And here is how I bench mark it.  http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/08/network-performance-2-is-gigabits.html

7.  Oh ya, about the black diamond.  In Malaysia, LoYat building, you can get it at least S$30 cheaper. http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/08/malaysia-boleh-buy-this-toy.html

8.  I tried to explained why it is important to watch out the power plug and what is the surrounding power noise.  Understanding it, then, you can improve your powerline/Homeplug experience.  http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/08/slow-homeplug-try-powerline-filter.html

9.  The latest benchmark I have done.  I switch to use AFP instead of SMB on my Synology box. http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/09/afp-or-smb-synology-dsm-32-for-ds411ii.html

10.  If you read KLSeet.Com website, you will now that now ASUS Black Diamond has a Beta Firmware 8.1.1.4 that is supporting both Malaysia Unifi and Singapore Sintel exStream Fiber.

http://www.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/RTN56U/#download &

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http://klseet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93&Itemid=87

Again, I am not a tech reviewer etc… I am just an average guy trying to enjoy building my own network, and share whatever I have learn at my blog.  So I have not try to install the 8.1.1.4 yet, because I already have SLM2008 running, there is no urge for me to upgrade it to test out.  I always believe a router is a router, a switch is a switch, and try not to “overload” everything in a single box.  🙂  Have fun readings the updates.

 

113 comments

  1. Can I ask u a question?
    I have added a linksys router onto my 5012 and my 5012 subsequently keep losing connection…what could be the problem?
    Or cannot add wireless router to expand network but switches only?
    Thanks for any advice!!!

  2. Hi, I am not sure what is the problem. But all I know is after I had 5012, and all my Wireless AP behind it does not work. i.e. all configured with bridge mode, get IP from 5012, but is intermittent. and the wireless devices cannot get IP from 5012. That is why, I replaced the 5012 with a Dlink AP router, and it works well with all my other wireless AP.

  3. Hi Ken, Very nice info.

    What do you do with port 3-8? will these ports become redundant when i place a DHCP router on port 2 and connect all my devices?

    Can i reroute DHCP IP into 3-8 by creating a new Vlan?

    Thanks
    Raymond.

  4. Yes you can. I reused all the 3-8 ports to connect to my iMac, Synology, etc. As it is a managed switch, I can present the port speed. Sometimes, some OS does not work well under automatic settings. So, for some, devises, I will have to force the port to GE to try out.

  5. Hey Ken,

    Thanks for the update! I have been google around and found Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH has the ability to do Vlan tagging just like you did on cisco. do you think it will work?

    I dont watch miotv at all, so dont care but Buffalo does not have RJ-11 phone jack for Digital voice like the 5012NV… do you use the Digital voice or abandon it?

    thanks.

  6. Hi Raymond, if the buffalo router comes with VLAN support, it should work! But, can you google and see how easy to configure the VLAN. There are some discussions on several brands, and I recall there are mentions on some easy to configure, such as SLM2008, some are quite confusing…

    Yes, I plug one of the switch port to route untagged traffic to the 2wire and run miotv. Don't use mio VoIP. Singtel can actually give you voice line on original phone lines.

  7. I found out if i use a aztech powerline to connect my miotv it would freeze intermittently, when i direct wire no issues. found out that powerline was causing some flooding on my 2wire modem, are you able to use powerline with your current setup with mio tv?

  8. Hi

    I saw that you have placed the Gigabit powerline after the modem. I would like to check if placing the Gigabit powerline between the Opennet termination box and Singtel modem will work?

  9. Hi Jem,

    Yes. You can connect between the openNet and Modem. No problem. The gigabits powerline act as a bridge.

    But bear in mind, power line noise still exist. so, some phone charger that uses nearby plug will cause some interference.

    Also, In a later posting, search under “HomePlug” I did share with people my experience using the HL280E, which has some issue on overheating problem. That is why I have switched it to HL115EP which generate lower temperatures.

    –ken

  10. Hi

    Some powerline will cause MIO TV to freeze. That depends on how your home power is run, and along the way, are these power line generates too much powerline noise that interferes with your data line. Things such as hair dryer, hand phone chargers, washing machines, vacuum cleaner tends to generate interference.

    Also, I am not sure which model you are using. If you are using those 75Mbps, these interference will cause enough damage for it to freeze. If you use higher like 300Mbps, then, lesser chance to get stucked.

    You can check it out on my other post too… which is related to Home Plug.
    http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/07/home-network-improvement-plan-homeplug.html

  11. Hi Ken,

    I'm actually suffering the same fate as you are on this situation of Singtel controlling the devices allowed to connect to the ISP. I'm very irritate with this because like you I have a barrage of Apple devices. Not being able to connect directly as I do with Starhub cable make me mad. I would like to discuss more on this issue.

    Do hope to hear more from you.

  12. Hi Ken,

    Great website you have here. I actually have a setup not too dissimilar to yours. My original setup was :

    ONT (in living room) – 2Wire 5012 – Aztech Homeplug HL110EW – Aztech HL110EW (on level 2)- mioTV + Desktop PC.

    This would give me a LAN connection via my desktop, and I could watch mioTV and use LAN at the same time, but the LAN was not running very satisfactorily.

    Recently I bought a ASUS RT-N56 like yourself, and I replaced the 2Wire with it. My internet worked fine, but I realised that the mioTV would not work properly. I realise that I had to connect it to LAN port 4 for the mioTV to work properly, but this would mean that I would not be able to use the internet at all. Can I ask if you have any advice for me in this case? Sorry for the long winded question!

  13. hi Danny,

    Not sure how you setup the system. But would like to share this.

    I learned about Black Diamond RT-N56 support SingTel from klseet.com website. http://klseet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=78

    You go to the ASUS firmware site, you will learned that there is a beta firmware 8.1.1.4 there. It support SingTel. http://www.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/RTN56U/#download

    However, there is not much manual there, so, I am guessing you need to find out from asus tech support or search google on it.

    For me, I did not use Black Diamond to untag the VLAN tagging. I used the SLM2008. And for MIO TV, I used back the SingTel 2Wire for the MIO TV. And Internet I uses ASUS Black Diamond.

    Hope these info help.

  14. Hi Kenneth,

    Thanks for your info, actually to simplify my question, I would like to know if it is possible to use two pairs of home plugs (1 plugged to LAN port 1 and 1 to Lan port 4 of the ASUS Black Diamond and the other two pairs, 1 to my desktop PC and one to my mioTV STB).

  15. Hi Kenneth,

    I am using the Asus n56u to completely replace my 2wire5012NV from the singtel ONT. Using the 8.1.1.4 firmware, I can get internet access from LAN ports 1 and 2, and Mio TV from LAN port 4.

    Unfortunately, I have more than 1 device at the TV area that needs internet services. I have 1 physical LAN point at the TV area which is connected to my N56U router. I just bought a Netgear GS108T( its a managed switch like the SLM2008) for use at the TV point.

    Can you help me configure it such that one port from the Netgear switch gives out MioTV, and the rest just internet access? I know it has something to do with configuring VLANs etc.

    Right now, I can get either only Mio TV(if I plug the switch into LAN port 4 of the Asus), or only internet access(if I plug into either LAN port 1 or 2).

    thanks!

    Jon

  16. Hi Danny,

    The answer is NO. In your home, usually, there is only single phase of power behind your power meter. I believe there can only be 1 transmitter and 1 or more receiver. And thus, I don't think you can put 2 pair of aztech to run 2 different network, i.e. mioTV and Internet.

    Ken

  17. Hi Danny,

    I still cannot get what is your home config. So, ONT in living room, mioTV in living room, internet in 2nd floor, another mioTV in 2nd floor? is that correct?

    If that is the case, the simplest solution is to buy another Aztech. And put Aztech in front of any router, instead of behind. i.e.
    ONT -> Aztech1 -> Aztech2 -> 2wire -> MIOTV at living room
    ONT -> Aztech1 -> Aztech3 -> 2wire -> Black Diamond at 2nd floor
    Black Diamond port1 -> Internet
    Black Diamond port2 -> another MIOTV

    Or you can buy additional switch to do the work too. Bear in mind, the more Aztech you put, it will split up the bandwidth.

    Hope this help.

    Ken

  18. Hi Jon,

    Black Diamond running beta firmware of 8.1.1.4 has already untag the VLAN traffic for you. And ASUS actually try to provide the VLAN tagging functionality in the same router.

    And your Netgear switch (managed switch) don't have to untag traffic.

    So, you have to run another LAN cable connecting to port1 or port2 to your TV console area. And plug it into the Netgear, and use it as a smart switch (means, need not to do any config at all).

    If you do not have another LAN cable, then, use Aztech HomePlug to deliver it. that will solve your problem.

    May be you share exactly what you try to do, I can give more advise. 🙂

    –ken

  19. Hi Ken,

    Thanks for the response.

    Is there a way to get a “pure” signal from the ONT to say LAN port 3 of the Asus N56U? Can I configure the Asus 56U to have one of the ports deliver an unmolested signal from the ONT?

    I cannot run another physical LAN cable to the TV area, and I do not wish to use a homeplug or wireless solution

    regards
    Jon

  20. Hi Jon,

    I did not install the 8.1.1.4 beta firmware. But from KLSEET.com, i.e. http://klseet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93&Itemid=87 , there are screen shots that I am guessing that, you can try to use the “OTHERS” in the “Select ISP” field, and see if you can put “10,20,30,40” there or not? If cannot, then, you may want to write into ASUS help desk and seek for help in this area. But the chances are slim, I guess. 🙁

    Sorry, may not be any help here. May be later, I got time, I take a look at the source code and see if there are any reference or guides there or not. 🙂

    Ken

  21. Hi Jon,

    I took a quick look at the source. I think there is “manual” setting that you can choose, instead of “SingTel-MIO” and “SingTel-Others”. Unfortunately that there is no other documentations and readme file that I can refer to, so, I have no idea how to configure it. As I did not install the 8.1.1.4 beta firmware.

    May be you sent me some of the screen shot of the config options for the Select ISP, i.e. “manual”, “singtel-mio” and “singtel-others”, may be can figure out from there.

    But according to what I read, there are options to set port by port VLAN ID. But whether or not you can set up a port to pass thru the tagged traffic, I am not sure.

    I think the best way is to send an email to ASUS support to ask them directly. Ask them how to setup the VLAN, etc. may be there are people who knows? How about hardware zone? any one has figure that out?

    Sorry, could help much here. Thanks.

    –ken

  22. Hi Kenneth.

    I am considering to subscribe to SingTel's fibre service, under the following conditions.

    1. exPlore Home 50
    http://info.singtel.com/personal/com…am/price-plans
    2. MioTV is not critical to have.
    3. Would like to have digital phone line.

    Issue: Would like to replace SingTel's 2WIRE router with my existing router, which is Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station, as scanners, printers and hard drives are shared using this router and like to keep it that way.

    Could I use the above mentioned steps to guide me through?

    Thanks and much appreciated on your advices and help!

  23. Hi Joseph,

    In order to reuse everything you have. You need a switch to untag the VLAN. And then, you simply place your Apple AirPort Extreme behind the switch, and everything will work as before.

    For the switch, I uses Cisco SLM2008.

    –ken

  24. Cool. I'll subscribe to SingTel then. I don't think I'll be using the switch besides using it to replace 2WIRE entirely. So the AirPort Extreme will be the main router and switch.

  25. Oh yes, besides the Cisco SLM2008, what other switches would you recommend? Considering there's no budget and would like to have excellent performance. Thanks Kenneth!

  26. Oh yes, could I still use the digital line? How is done? Connect to the 2WIRE? 2WIRE still work while Airport does the routing?
    Should I get Cat 6 or 7 cables? I am novice when it comes to networking. Please guide me 🙂

  27. Hi Joseph,

    You need to configure one of the port so that you do not untag the VLAN. And then, plug the 2wire in. You still need the 2wire to deliver the VoIP for you. But my advise is, just tell Singtel to deliver a normal analog phone line for you. As they still have the copper line into your home.

    All switches simply doing switching function. so, all switches should be in the same class. It is just a matter of how easy to configure it. In Sim Lim, I see there are this MikroTik switch, and it is about $65+. It is a small switch that you can do VLAN tagging. I think it is on the 4th floor. You may be able to try it. I am sure hardware zone has it too. You can google it too.

    Yes. you can still use the 2wire, and you need to pass thru the same tagging (means you do not untag the vlan) and connect the 2wire to that port. So that the 2wire can untag the voice port.

    You only need to get Cat 6 cable if you run a server at home, and your PC and other devices needed to connect to the server, i.e. NAS at 1Gbps speed. Otherwise, a cat5 cable will do.

    –ken

  28. Hi Kenneth.

    Thank you for explaining!
    May I further clarify the following?
    Configuration can be be:
    TP->ONT->Mikrotik->2WIRE and AirPort
    (2WIRE->DECT Phone and Home PNA)
    (AirPort->Desktop, Wireless, printers, hard drives, etc.)

    Note: Do not untag VLAN for cable to 2WIRE and tag VLAN for cable to AirPort.
    How do I perform tagging on Mikrotik? Never done configuring switches before.

    Does it mean that 2WIRE and AirPort can function at the same time, just that I disable the wireless and routing function of 2WIRE?
    According to your post, MioTV can't work. In this case, can the MioTV work?

    Thanks Kenneth!

    Waiting for SingTel to get back to me on installation.

  29. Hi Joseph,

    TP -> ONT -> (Port 1 normal) Mikrotik -> (Port 2 normal) -> 2WIRE

    TP -> ONT -> (Port 1 normal) Mikrotik -> (Port 3 tagged VLAN=10) -> AirPort

    OK. I have not used Mikrotik before. I bought one at home, but I have no time to configure it yet. So, you need to study. here are the manual.
    http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/SwOS

    some mentioned on hardware zone.
    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:efGDzKjZfu0J:forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php%3Ft%3D2936076%26page%3D15+%2Bmikrotik+hardwarezone+vlan&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=safari

    2Wire will get a new IP from Singtel, and Airport will get another IP, so, both router will need to set to different subnet in DHCP. So, if you don't need to run wireless and routing, just turn it off.

    MIO TV works in my post by simply place the 2wire behind.

  30. Hi Kenneth

    Thank you. Will try all that out and let you know if it works!

    “2Wire will get a new IP from Singtel, and Airport will get another IP, so, both router will need to set to different subnet in DHCP. So, if you don't need to run wireless and routing, just turn it off.”

    How do set the routers' subnet so that they can work concurrently?

  31. Hi Joseph,

    Your 2Wire will get a separate IP from SingTel, so, if you need to run wireless and routing function, then, you have to make it a DHCP so that it will give out say a subnet of 192.168.0.x (make sure it is different then the Apple Airport dynamic IP range) private IP. The 2Wire basically will automatically untagged VLAN10 and get an IP.

    But I thought you say you do not need to run network on 2Wire. So, just turn the wireless off.

    Then, your Apple Airport will need get another IP address from Singtel as the Switch (MikroTik) has untagged the VLAN10 traffic for you, so, Apple Airport will do the same, run the DHCP and provide the original subnet that you have design, i.e. may be 192.168.1.x.

  32. Hi Kenneth

    Assuming that 2WIRE is using 192.168.0.x by default, it should not be a problem as my AirPort Extreme is using 10.0.0.x.
    I will most probably off the 2WIRE wireless, but if it is on, would it cause any problem?

  33. Hi Kenneth

    Ah yes, I was thinking about a guest network too though AirPort is capable of creating one.
    Thanks a lot Kenneth!
    Now waiting for SingTel to get back to me and going to get the Mikrotik switch. Will keep you posted if I am successful 🙂

  34. Hi Kenneth,

    Nice blog you have to support newbies like me with network problem.

    I want to replace my unstable 5012 with N56U for my singnet fibre. Do I need to buy the smart switch to untag the Vlan and then use together with the N56U? Or does the N56U has this Vlan feature?

    David

  35. Hi,

    If you replaced the 5012 2wire router with N56U. What you need to do, is to download the firmware and upgrade the firmware to the 8.1.1.4 beta firmware. In this release, they will include Singtel MIO settings and it will untag the VLAN ID for you. So, you do not need to buy another switch to do so.

    When I buy the N56U, there are no 8.1.1.4 firmware then. That is why I buy a managed switch.

    Ken

  36. Hi Ken,

    Thanks for the explanation. I can go and hoot the N56U now.

    Also, I noticed you like to use Aztech home plugs. But I find them unreliable. I have 3 of the Homeplug AV 200Mbps. Middle LED always red flashing. I used the Ruckus for my mio TV and no freeze. Maybe it is my power line that is not clean.

    Cheers,
    David

  37. Hi Ken,

    I read the review on the R56U. I noticed that it is stable for the wireless feature. My problem with the 5012 is frequent d/c even with wired connections. Do you think changing router will solve this d/c problem?

    Cheers,
    David

  38. Hi Kenneth. On second thoughts, would you recommend me to get the same switch as yours? Cisco sounds like a more reliable brand than Mikrotik. Thanks!

  39. Hi Ken,

    My kids always use the word d/c, which I learnt from them is when the internet is disconnected (dc)when they are gaming. Haha, I am more “in” than you.

    I have bot the N56U at Cybermind yesterday at $209. Going to install it today. Hope it is seamless.

    Cheers,
    David

  40. Hi Ken,

    I cannot connect ONT direct to N56U. I think it has not been flashed with new firmware. So I connect back 5012 to ONT and connect R56U to 5012. I am able to go internet. But I cannot go to Asus to update the firmware. I go webpage and type 192.168.1.1 but it is not there. It is located at 192.168.1.71 but I cannot access it. So how do I flash the firmware which I have downloaded to PC.

    Cheers,
    David

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