February 2018 - Thomas Coward

Asus Dual WAN solutions | Losing connection | Switching between modems | Broken webpages

Thomas Coward | February 4, 2018

The performance and features of the Asus Dual WAN varies per build that Asus releases, I recommend using the latest stable build released by Merlin, though in the screenshots below I am using 384.3_alpha3-g0462c71. You can find Merlins builds here: https://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/ Beware that Merlin has no control over Dual WAN, so issues will need to be reported […]

Netgear DM200 Modem with BT or Plusnet Internet and Asus Router (AC68u)

Thomas Coward | February 4, 2018

The Netgear DM200 is relatively simple to set up for use with BT VDSL (BT fibre products). The DM200 is a modem + router combo but does not have wireless access. TL;DR: DM200 is very slow to setup the first time. Change it to Modem only mode and configure your chosen router with ISP settings.