@Hucklebury, the 880L has the same processor as my Asus RT-AC68U, which for gigabit service is now slightly old. Anyone with gigabit service, and looking to buy a router should be looking at a a 1.4, preferably a 1.7 Ghz processor or faster in order to handle the throughput and the security services. Realistically speaking, that requires something over 2 Ghz router with a stand-alone wifi access point. It just depends on your budget and how much time you want to spend learning how to set up and run something like a PfSense, OpenSense, Sophos type of router. For an all in one, I'd recommend looking at something like the Asus RT-AC1900P which has a 1.4 Ghz processor. There are other Asus routers with the same or possibly faster processor which will provide Multi User MIMO (MU-MIMO) wifi where the router broadcasts to 4 devices simultaneously for downstream services and receive the responses one at a time from those devices for upstream services. That is the new generation of router that has hit the market recently, but, to take advantage of that, your devices also have to be built with the new generation of wifi card as well, so, I suspect that its going to be several years for that to happen. Despite the number of manufactures around, all with their individual issues in terms of router updates and security, my recommendation at the present time is to look at Asus routers and restrict your search to 1.4, 1.7 Ghz and faster processors. For some of those routers, you would also have the option of running Merlin's AsusWRT instead of the stock AsusWRT.
https://www.snbforums.com/forums/asuswrt-merlin.42/
@Hucklebury, one more item I should have mentioned in addition to a 1.4 Gh or faster processor, external antenna. Whatever you decide to buy, ensure that it has both of those. External antenna are one factor which allows a good router to provide better wifi coverage for your home.
@Hucklebury that's pretty easy. Log into the modem using 192.168.0.1 when you are still connected directly to the modem. Navigate to BASIC .... RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY tab and disable the Residential Gateway Function. Save the setting. The modem will automatically reboot into Bridge mode. During that reboot or following it, connect the router and then power it up. The usual router address from what I remember is 192.168.1.1, which you will use to log into the router and set it up. With the more recent router firmware version loaded, it has a similar approach that the modem has in forcing the user to set up names and passwords on the first login.
So, the first thing you will want to do is run the router firmware update which can be run from the ADMIN .... FIRMWARE UPGRADE page. I'm assuming that you ordered the Asus RT-AC1900P, but its also the same procedure for other Asus routers. Update the firmware and then reboot the modem. If you're ever stuck and having problems with the modem in terms of accessing it, you can start the modem from scratch by wiping the non-volatile ram. To run the NVR clear, turn off the router. As you look at the router from the rear, depress the top left button on the left side. Thats the WPS button. While depressing the WPS button, turn the router power on and keep depressing the WPS button for 30 seconds. That will wipe the NV ram and restart the router so that you can set up the parameters again. Fwiw I've never had an issue with my RT-AC68U and only use the NVR clear when I update the router and start it from scratch.
To log into the modem thru the router, use 192.168.100.1 to navigate to the modems login page. In Bridge mode you can access the modem to check the modem STATUS, signal levels, etc and kick the modem back into Gateway mode if desired. To do that, log into the modem, navigate to the BASIC RESIDENTIAL tab and enable the Residential Gateway function. Save the setting and the modem will reboot back into Gateway mode with its previous settings intact. If you run a factory reset on the modem when its in Bridge mode, it will also reboot back into Gateway mode, but, with factory default settings, so you would have to reset all of the parameters.
@Hucklebury this is how I connect the 4582 modem to my RT-AC68U:
1. Connect port 4 of the modem (bottom port) to the WAN port of the RT-AC1900P; and
2. Connect the PC to any of the RT-AC1900P ports. It won't matter which port you connect to.
If you use a printer that happens to be both wired and wireless capable, you can actually connect the printer via ethernet to one of the router ports and access the printer via ethernet or wifi for printing or scanning purposes. I have a static IP address assigned to the printer so that if I ever reboot the router for any reason, it will always have the same LAN IP address.
To access the modem at the very start to kick it into Bridge mode, you can log into it via wifi or via ethernet using any of the ports. The login address at that point is the same either way, 192.168.0.1
Never worry about asking questions, that's what the RE's and other forum members are here for, to help each other out when questions arise 🙂
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