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Added notes to explain the adblock pause/suspend/resume feature here: https://www.pcwrt.com/2020/05/block-ads-with-router/

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@stuartandfiona It should do better than that – if speed tops at 10Mbps, you’ll see lots of complaints here. Please send email to [email protected]. Tell us the model of hardware you bought, how it is connected to the Internet, Wifi configuration and any relevant details. We’ll help you out!

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@bigbluesky5151 If the only requirement is to manage the pcWRT router from the ER4 side, the easiest way is to set up port forwarding on the pcWRT for TCP port 80 and/or 443 (to the router itself). This is a security risk when the pcWRT is on the edge. But since you have the ER4 on the edge, this is not a problem.

Since the ER4 subnet sits on the WAN side of the pcWRT, you won’t be able to access the LAN side of the pcWRT even with static routing. Both NATting and the firewall prohibit direct access. The pcWRT firmware is built on the assumption that it functions as a router with NATting & firewall enabled (i.e., with the WAN side exposed to the Internet). Turning off NATting or firewall will bring unexpected behavior.

If you need to access the LAN side network of the pcWRT from the WAN side, the best solution would be to set up a VPN server on the pcWRT.

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Is this post helpful to you?

https://www.pcwrt.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-up-another-router-as-an-extender-to-pcwrt/

It’s for TP-Link, but other extenders are more or less the same. If you need more help, please give us the model of your WiFi extender. We should be able to give you more specific instructions.

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@Sarah_Sobek To make sure that I understand your setup correctly, you connected the pcWRT WAN to a LAN port on your main router, and want to connect your WiFi extender to the pcWRT via WiFi connection?

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@casino What I meant is the named domains should not be blocked even when “Block Proxy/VPN” is checked. What you showed in the screenshot was probably temporary (i.e., you won’t see the facebook.com domains consistently blocked).

With “Block VPN/Proxy” & “Block Literal IP” checked, Whatsapp can’t deliver messages because it’s literally connecting directly to IP addresses. You need to white list each IP address Whatsapp is using. But that can take a lot of time.

For your own devices, it is better that you create a separate profile and turn off blocking for VPN/Proxy & Literal IP address.

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@casino If only “Block Proxy/VPN” is checked and nothing else, facebook.com should not be blocked. Normally, you don’t need to white list it either.

Which app are you using? Is this blocking any facebook functionality?

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@casino This has been fixed in 2.0.6

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@casino You may try adding ~-a.akamaihd.net to the black list.

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No problem with the port. Simply we didn’t build the software to control the USB port.

The USB port is usually used to connect a storage device or a printer. We don’t see a strong demand to use the router’s USB port to do these things.

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@kravin Do you mean you have a security device and a router connected to the WAN side of the pcWRT? And you wanted to have visibility to the devices connected to the LAN side of the pcWRT from the security device?

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@markpenn2020 I’m guessing it reconnects after being disconnected? It might be a configuration issue instead of a hardware issue if the disconnect/reconnect happens on a more or less regular schedule. My guess is, if it’s a hardware issue, the problem would happen more sporadically (or fail to work at all).

BTW, so far the AC model had connectivity problems reported only when it’s connected to an Arris cable modem.

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@rjager The type of mesh doesn’t matter. The requirement is to run the WiFi mesh in bridge mode.

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@casino Thanks for the suggestion! Will add that too!

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@rjager You use the pcWRT as a router, and your mesh WiFi as AP in bridge mode. It should work for the cheaper pcwrt too, except that the speed tops at 100Mbps.

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