Comments on: Asus ExpertWiFi EBG15 Review: A Tiny Non-WiFi Router that Could

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 17:27:38 +0000

In reply to Stew. I haven't tried the combo, Stew, but I think it'll work to an extent, though the SDN feature might not. Things will get better via future firmware updates.

By: Stew

Stew — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 15:30:04 +0000

Looks interesting. My setup has all wiring coming into a single point in a bedroom closet with homerun wiring, so a small router I can leave in the wiring closet running everything has appeal. Is it safe to assume that having this in the closet and getting XT8s or XT9s to provide wireless in the house (they would be connected for wired backhaul assuming the OnQ panel all of the wires come into works better with them than they do with my current Orbi access points and their prices have been coming down into a manageable range for the 3 APs I need for whole house coverage) would work well together?

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Sun, 05 May 2024 04:50:54 +0000

In reply to Conor. Honestly, Conor, I don't know, since I've never needed to use that. I'm looking at the interface right now and my take is that you might want to create a new profile and try different settings. Sometimes the labels on the settings are not exactly what you're used to. The naming of certain features/settings vary from one vendor to another.

By: Conor

Conor — Sun, 05 May 2024 03:56:59 +0000

Great write up Dong! I’ve pulled the trigger on one of these! How on earth do you enable IGMP snooping though? It seems to be missing from the GUI, so my IPTV set top boxes (Telus) cut out after 10 seconds. I was easily able to make them work on the LAN (without dedicating a port) on my now end of life ASUS RT-AC1900P. I haven’t figured it out on the EBG15.. even though it mentions IGMP snooping specifically on the product specification page.

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Fri, 03 May 2024 07:49:10 +0000

In reply to Steve sawyer. I'm not familiar with the Edgerouter X, Steve, but, yes, that what's VLAN is for.

By: Steve sawyer

Steve sawyer — Fri, 03 May 2024 07:38:16 +0000

Hi Dong
Great site!
Is it possible to create an individual subnet on each Ethernet port, like the Edgerouter X?
Can traffic be blocked from traversing the Ethernet ports, ie each port is isolated from the others?

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 02:49:58 +0000

In reply to jay2utee. Nice! I'm impressed. Mixing MoCA is always hit or miss so it's hard to say. I'd recommend the EBA63 out of the said options.

By: jay2utee

jay2utee — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:30:15 +0000

I’ve successfully built my wired AiMesh setup with EBG15 as the primary, two RT-AX86Us and three ZenWiFi Minis (XD4) as satellites. One of the ZenWifi Minis isn’t giving me the coverage I want. It uses a goCoax MoCA 2.5 backhaul to the primary. I’d like to replace that node, and I see a couple of options. I could keep the MoCA adapter and use the EBA63 access point or a single EBM68 (overkill?) to stay in the expertWiFi world, or I could use a single XC5 hybrid node which would allow me to delete my existing goCoax adapter (assuming that the two MoCA 2.5 flavors play well). Appreciate any thoughts.

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:38:17 +0000

In reply to jay2utee. Band steering should still be there. It's generally hit or miss anyway. But I haven't tried the particular combo.

By: jay2utee

jay2utee — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:49:20 +0000

In reply to Dong Ngo. Was reading a bit more about this, and I think that with the EBG15 as my primary, I might not be able to use/configure the Smart Connect band steering feature that I get with my RT-AX86U as primary. Is this a concern? I've seen both positive and negative feelings about this feature.