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Home router that logs per-device internet usage
Gargoyle provides exactly what you are looking for.
You did not indicate what requirements you had for speed but I would guess that lack of AC Compatibility would not be a deal breaker being how much ...
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Coax to CAT5 Converter?
You may have a slight misunderstanding of the equipment. Without seeing specific model information, this is an educated guess, but likely correct. The Verizon equipment is a cable modem/router ...
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Phone with physical keypad and hotspot
The big issue you're going to run into is the need for a hotspot. While there are still recycled and cheap phones made by one or two manufacturers which possess the other features, it's very rare ...
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Wireless card for a DIY Linux router/firewall
I recently decided to build my own wireless router - and I found the Airetos AEX-QCA9880-NX performing very well on my DIY machine: 3 channels 802.11ac/n/g in a miniPCIe shape.
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Router that supports ping based QoS out of the box
I realise that I'm a little late to the party and you may have already solved this problem yourself but thought I'd chip in with my two cents in case it would be of any use.
The router you are ...
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WiFi range extender + router + bult-in data card
Industrial:
Cisco offers products with this capability: 4G Routers. I have used their products to build similar configurations. There are many industrial products like this from Cisco and others. ...
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PCIe WWAN adapters known to work with Linux out of the box
The FSF has h-node, a database of hardware that works with free operating systems. Currently, the only PCIe WWAN adapter in the list is the Sierra Wireless, Inc. MC8775.
There is one caveat, however: ...
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Building a computer science lab
2,000 isn't much. You can buy 1 very expensive desktop with that, or 5 reasonably priced ones. You want 30.
Assuming you want all workstations to be identical, this leaves you with 66 dollars and ...
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Manageable Router with multiple wifi networks capability
While I could not find the ability specific to the wifi network for the RT-AC3200 that @gabygg4 recommended. I was able to determine that you can do this using adaptive qos on this router.
In fact ...
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Gigabit Switch for Home LAN
For home networking, TP-Link and Netgear are the brands I've found most affordable and relilable; TP-Link tends to be a little cheaper and Netgear a little more reliable, but there's little difference ...
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Small Business Firewall - ZyXEL v. Fortinet
Assuming you have any basic level of competence, the hardware on most of these is a bit... naff, running lower end mips or arm processors, tied up with a custom ASIC.
About 200usd would get you ...
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Whole home wifi system
We just upgraded ours from our Netgear R7800 to an Eero wifi system. I love the new Eero system because it is easy to use, and does everything I need it to do. Ours came with a pack of 3, but you can ...
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IT Networking: Tiny managed 2-port network switch?
Mikrotik has various devices, for example mAP with suggested price $45. Wireless You can disable. You can power it via POE.
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Such a thing as a "subtitle screen"?
Thinking about this what you are wanting is what amounts to a one way chat application. Someone is typing into a chat window and what they type is displayed on the LED displays.
What the LED display ...
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Router that can support multiple wired and wireless networks/vlans
Having had a very similar use-case, I highly recommend Ubiquiti EdgeMax Routers for managing your network. They are high quality options (with some nice security and resource delegation features) and ...
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Multi-WAN gigabit Router
What you need is a product from one of the enterprise-level (or enterprise-like...) manufacturers. All of them have this in one form or the other, and they are usually not expansive at all (though ...
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Networking hardware that allows configuration of IP for each port
You can do this with a managed switch. My personal experience is only with small/medium business managed switches, but either the ProSafe M5300-28GF3: 24-port Gigabit SFP Managed L3 Switch (GSM7328FS ...
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Looking for solution for gaming via remote desktop
First, if you plan on using Windows Remote Desktop you will have the following issues:
Input latency may be too high for some games
Video streaming quality/compression & latency may be ...
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Questions about extending wifi to outside
I can answer your first question:
Yes, it is possible to attach several routers to an ethernet switch (not a splitter) and have that switch also connected to an internet gateway.
If you set up all ...
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16-port 19" rackmount PoE Switch with low noise
Since no one else answered I will give the answer, as in the meantime I choose the "Ubiquiti Unifi 16-150W" switch. It has one (maybe even 2) fans, but they only come on at a certain ...
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Looking for Routers with long-term updates
Mikrotik support regular updates and upgrades for thier RouterOS for very long time https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs
All Mikrotik routers have the same RouterOS, only license differ. SOHO\Home ...
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Why are ethernet connections disappearing from new laptops?
Probably fake answer that laptop manufacturers are gonna give you: yes, we need to make laptops thinner and ethernet ports are too big.
Probably real answer: Cost saving. Good network controllers can ...
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External hard drive (SSD/NVME) up to 1TB which can be connected to **two or more** operating computers simultaneously
Direct attach storage (DAS) can only connect to one computer at a time, but only requires a simple data connection like USB. Network attached storage (NAS) can connect to many computers at the same ...
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Coax to CAT5 Converter?
MoCA WAN Bridge
Assuming your friend is using Verizon FiOS, the "modem" you're talking about is an Optical Network Terminal (ONT), and it connects to the Verizon router via MoCA WAN (not to ...
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Looking for dual-wan wifi router
Any wireless router which has both a 2.4ghz band and a 5ghz band is capable of this, so long as the router firmware permits these to run on two separate SSIDs.
I know your pain with ASUS; I have a ...
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Ethernet to wifi converter?
Raspberry Pi 3 $35
cheap sd card 4g or 8gb
power via usb port
Has networking RJ45 and wifi built-in.
The Pi3 will automatically DHCP an ip address
Configure hostapd and start up the process.
Ipv4 ...
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Choosing module SIM for pushing data form car-mounted microcontroller to remote server
TL;DR: It doesn't matter, pick a carrier with the best service in your area and get the appropriate SIM.
To understand why it doesn't matter, let's understand what a SIM is.
A subscriber identity ...
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Access point for small business hotspot
In a real world scenario, around 25-30 per AP gets the best out of the bandwidth of the access points. If you wanna a simple configuration, FS AP-D1750 is recommended, its software is based on the ...
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Router that can connect to a wifi network and create a new wifi network
Assuming your network B has a different, wired WAN that is occasionally offline, I'm recommending the Pepwave Surf Soho MK3. It's available for $199 (not including shipping) on 3G Store, with the ...
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Router that can connect to a wifi network and create a new wifi network
Just connect router B's WAN(Internet) port to any free port on router A. Enable DHCP service on router B so it can provide addresses to the machines connecting to it. Machines can also use static ...
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