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I am looking in to buying a new router to use with the Mini in virtual wire mode. The ISP-issued routers I have been being given have not been very kind to it it appears they aren't handling the load well. I am getting my second one in a week tomorrow. I know the Mini has router mode but I'd rather use it in virtual wire. What routers are people using with their devices? I have two gaming consoles, a tv, a Roku, a Mac, and some smart devices from Amazon if that helps. I need something that can handle a big load with a lot of LAN ports because I prefer to wire the tv and gaming consoles. Thanks in advance for any help.

Now that my Deeper Network Mini is finally working after my ISP gave me a new router, I am trying to get everything up and running. I enabled UPNP on the router. Do I still need to make port forwarding rules or is that sufficient? If I need to make rules I know I will have to probably do it manuy as none of my hard-wired devices show up in my ISP's router settings within its app. Hopefully enabling UPNP will help with tunnel stability. thanks in advance. I am new to this but am loving what I am experiencing.

I am trying to get a Deeper Connect Mini to work in virtual wire mode. I learned about onearm mode yesterday. When connecting via onearm mode using my router, the Mini came online just fine. It is when I connect it between the router and the modem that things stop. In researching possible fixes, I have learned that the modem may be bound to the router's Mac address and that the best thing to do is to power everything off, wait a few minutes for the modem to reset the connection, then turn on the modem, the Mini, and the router in that order. Can anyone verify that this works or am I missing something? I have had to buy a 5-port switch for my network owing to the small number of ports on the router. THe router and modem are provided by my ISP. I do not intend to hoook the Mini up to my new switch when I install it. I appreciate any help.