How to Block IGMP Multicast Flood on a WLAN When Watching Telus Optik TV (IPTV)

After being a Shaw TV and Internet customer for several years, I recently made the switch to Telus Optik TV and Telus Optik High Speed Turbo Internet. While I’m very happy with both the Optik TV and Internet so far, there have been a few bumps along the way. For example, the other day I hooked up a DD-WRT powered wireless router to the network and experienced an IGMP multicast packet flood when I turned on the TV. In this article I show you how to use ebtables to block an IGMP multicast packet flood on a DD-WRT WLAN when watching IPTV. Continue reading » How to Block IGMP Multicast Flood on a WLAN When Watching Telus Optik TV (IPTV)




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How to Open the Case of the Netgear WNR3500L Router

In the following video, I show you how to open the case (i.e. enclosure) of the Netgear WNR3500L Wireless-N Gigabit Open Source Router.

Why would you want to open the case of the WNR3500L anyway? As you may have learned from watching my recent unboxing video, the WNR3500L is an open source router, which allows you to install third party firmware on it such as dd-wrt, TomatoUSB and OpenWrt.

Sometimes, however, things can go wrong when Continue reading » How to Open the Case of the Netgear WNR3500L Router

Unboxing the Netgear WNR3500L Router

In this video, I unbox the Netgear WNR3500L Wireless-N Gigabit Open Source Router.

My new WNR3500L router should be an excellent upgrade over the venerable Linksys WRT54GL. Some highlights of WNR3500L include:

  • Wireless-N networking
  • 4 Gigabit wired ports
  • 64 MB RAM
  • 8 MB Flash
  • Fast CPU (for this class of router)
  • USB 2.0 port
  • Support for 3rd party open source firmware
  • Community website