I use this router in an office setting and it does most of what we need. What it doesn’t have is a way to firewall (block) specific IP address blocks. We operate a community access cable TV channel, and need the broadcast server on port 80. We are constantly getting full log files from idiots in Korea and China who keep trying to brute-force the broadcast server password. Our old Dlink router was able to block these idiots once we identified the offending IP range. We could also block all IP addresses other than the known good addresses that needed external access. If Linksys is not going to release the code for this device, they then need to address this need before we go back to Dlink.
FYI: If you continually ban IP addresses on your router, you will eventually burn out your firmware flash and brick the unit. Happens even on Cisco.
Kurt
9 years ago
The reviewers misunderstand the settings with the 5GHz network. By selecting “A only”, you are selecting 802.11a, which is COMPLETELY different and older/slower speeds than 802.11ac. Please don’t confuse the two. No, you currently can’t select AC only, but Mixed Mode includes AC, as well as A and N. Hopefully AC only mode will be released in a firmware update. But what is written in this article is misleading about AC as it is entirely different from A. In other words, by selecting “A only”, your AC capable devices were NOT connected via 802.11ac, only 802.11a.
I use this router in an office setting and it does most of what we need. What it doesn’t have is a way to firewall (block) specific IP address blocks. We operate a community access cable TV channel, and need the broadcast server on port 80. We are constantly getting full log files from idiots in Korea and China who keep trying to brute-force the broadcast server password. Our old Dlink router was able to block these idiots once we identified the offending IP range. We could also block all IP addresses other than the known good addresses that needed external access. If Linksys is not going to release the code for this device, they then need to address this need before we go back to Dlink.
FYI: If you continually ban IP addresses on your router, you will eventually burn out your firmware flash and brick the unit. Happens even on Cisco.
The reviewers misunderstand the settings with the 5GHz network. By selecting “A only”, you are selecting 802.11a, which is COMPLETELY different and older/slower speeds than 802.11ac. Please don’t confuse the two. No, you currently can’t select AC only, but Mixed Mode includes AC, as well as A and N. Hopefully AC only mode will be released in a firmware update. But what is written in this article is misleading about AC as it is entirely different from A. In other words, by selecting “A only”, your AC capable devices were NOT connected via 802.11ac, only 802.11a.