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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 30, 2021

RBK 8 Series Only - Unofficial v4.6.6.11 Firmware Experiences

So since NG is giving out some unofficial FW to those who have called in to NG support and users have posted links to this version of FW, I figured I'd try it myself.  https://community.netgear.com...
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Chuck_M
Mentor
Dec 31, 2021

Would appreciate recommendations and/or what implmenters of this have set for the following settings:

 

Specifically:

On ADVANCED Wirless Settings

  1. 2.4G:
    • Enable 20/40 Coesistence?
    • Enable WMM?
    • CTS/RTS Threshold (set at 64)
  2. 5G
    • Enable WMM?
    • CTS/RTS Threshold (set at 64)
    • On BASIC Wireless Settings:

Enable AX (2.4 and 5G)

 

On LAN Settings:

  1. RIP Direction
  2. RIP Version

On ADVANCED Security | Access Controls

  1. Does it make sense to have acess control on if you dont block any new connections? (which I dont on my LAN) or is this unnecessary computing cycles being wasted?

On ADVANCED WAN Settings

  1. Disable IGMP Proxying
  2. NAT Filtering (Enable/Disable & Secured/Open)

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FURRYe38's avatar
FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 31, 2021
Chuck_M wrote:

Would appreciate recommendations and/or what implmenters of this have set for the following settings:

 

Specifically:

On ADVANCED Wirless Settings

  1. 2.4G:
    • Enable 20/40 Coesistence? I'm using 40Mhz only.
    • Enable WMM? Enabled on mine. 
    • CTS/RTS Threshold (set at 64) Using 64 default here.
  2. 5G
    • Enable WMM? Enabled on mine.
    • CTS/RTS Threshold (set at 64) Using 64 default here.
    • On BASIC Wireless Settings: Manual Channel 1 and 40 on mine. WPA2 and AES only. 

Enable AX (2.4 and 5G)

 

On LAN Settings:

  1. RIP Direction: BOTH
  2. RIP Version: Disabled on mine

On ADVANCED Security | Access Controls

  1. Does it make sense to have acess control on if you dont block any new connections? (which I dont on my LAN) or is this unnecessary computing cycles being wasted? I Don't use Access Controls for my house hold since it's all adults. If you are not actively needing any kind of controls for devices, then I'd avoid using it. 

On ADVANCED WAN Settings

  1. Disable IGMP Proxying: Checked to Disable.
  2. NAT Filtering (Enable/Disable & Secured/Open) Mines set to OPEN since we have two xbox game consoles online.