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- Cat 6 for my (future) doorbell
- Dumb Q: Why do routers wear out?
- I need a good router with wired APs.
- Good looking and simple access points for techie in wired house
- PoE Switch Recommendations
- 2 GHz and 5 GHz band Issues for the Realtek 8812AE series StarTech PCI Express AC1200 Dual Band Wireless-AC Network Adapter - PCIe 802.11ac (PEX867WAC22)
- ADSL Modem Question...
- Wired mesh question
- MoCa advice
- Advice for buried CAT6 UTP (other than "use fiber instead," LOL)
- Upgrading to 150mbps down and 10mbps up. Is my current modem/router good enough?
- Slower speeds on wired devices
- Running cable. In wall vs above ceiling?
- I'm all the way across the house from the router.
- Wifi extremely slow on 1 device
- My new router
- Fios Gigabit. 1800 sq-ft wooden frame 3 level townhouse. Would Edgerouter X + UAP-AC-PRO suffice?
- Cable Tester Results
- I need some help to figure out what to do with the incredibly slow speeds i get from my parents 1Gbit/s network.
- Question regarding hostname resolution
- Our semi-complex home network isn't performing as it should, and I need an upgrade (Network map included)
- Ubiquiti set up question
- Rural Home WiFi Network Optimization
- Hitron CDA3-35, Wifi not working.
- WiFi Bridge to Guest House
| Cat 6 for my (future) doorbell Posted: 28 Oct 2019 09:56 AM PDT I am in the process of renovating my home and was fortunate enough to rewire the entire house with Cat 6 Cable. I was able to provide ethernet to TVs, areas for outdoor cameras, and also for my doorbell. After further research, it seems like PoE doorbells are few and far between (and very expensive) but I saw it as future-proofing. Any suggestions on how to hide the cat 6 so that I:
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| Dumb Q: Why do routers wear out? Posted: 28 Oct 2019 03:40 PM PDT I mean, they are solid state inside. No moving parts. If the firmware is up to date, why would they malfunction? [link] [comments] |
| I need a good router with wired APs. Posted: 28 Oct 2019 04:32 PM PDT My home is a labyrinth, help me upgrade my wireless network. I have a hodgepodge WiFi network in my home. The house is about 5,000 sq/ft and consists of two "wings" (it's not a mansion, not trying to suggest it is). But seriously, the second floors of the two wings are not connected, access is through the first floor and basement only. The main wing has most of the living area while the second wing consists of two garages stacked on one another and a living area above them. As you can imagine, WiFi propagation from the main wing to the garage wing is terrible (air gap between the two wings on the second floor plus a concrete floor between the two garages). I have been pulling cat5e to various locations in the house and using cheap router and access WiFi extenders are APs. I disable DHCP, assign a static address (rather reserve one on the main router), connect to the main router/modem and go. This works but handoff is terrible at best. Also, managing WiFi channels and tracking down problems is terrible. I want to add an outdoor AP or two but figure I should probably migrate towards an all-in-one solution indoors first. Suggestions on replacing my random APs with an all in one system? Keep it reasonably priced. I'm spending about $60 per AP at the moment and am reasonably content. [link] [comments] |
| Good looking and simple access points for techie in wired house Posted: 28 Oct 2019 08:08 PM PDT I'm looking to get a new router and access points. Some details:
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| Posted: 28 Oct 2019 08:31 PM PDT Relatively new to home networking and this sub, so apologies for the newbie-ness. We are renovating our house and I was able to rewire the house with Cat6 cable to:
Looking for a 16 or 24 Port PoE Switch that is somewhat cost effective. I will most likely be getting Ubiquiti Unifi Pro Access points, if that helps with the recommendations. Any help is much appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Oct 2019 07:56 PM PDT I was having a hard time getting this network card to work correctly on my system (Windows 10 Home 64-bit), but I was able to fix it. I'm listing here on Reddit since there isn't much out there on this particular card and this took me forever to figure out. The default drivers that Windows installed didn't allow me to connect to the 5 GHz band, but it allowed connection to the 2 GHz WiFi network. Expected behavior: Connecting to 5 GHz band gives "Connected, Secured". Actual behavior: Gave an error "Cannot connect to this network." Additionally, the connection was intermittent. I knew this was a driver issue since I had previously gotten this card to work on the 5 GHz band before having to do a computer wipe. I suspect this issue is common to all Realtek 8812AE PCI-e cards, regardless of manufacturer. Now, Startech.com has drivers for this particular card but it's got them nested in several folders that seem redundant. The Windows 10 x64 drivers don't work well (the ones from Microsoft Update, Realtek's drivers, or the Windows 10 Startech ones [2023.50.1229.2016]). One of the two sets of the Windows 7 64-bit drivers work, but not the ones in the "7, 8.1, 10, 2008R2, 2012R2, 2016" folder, instead the "XP, 8, 2012" folder has some legacy drivers that do a better job than the recent ones (go figure). Fixing the issue was a matter of pointing it to this driver. To fix it:
It should give a prompt saying it installed correctly. Try connecting to the 5 GHz band. Some other background info on my network setup in case it's relevant: Router: ASUS RT-AC68U on Merlin Firmware Version 384.11 Two WiFi bands (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) both with WPA2-Personal, AES encryption. Hope this helps anyone else who has this specific issue. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Oct 2019 04:03 PM PDT I have my internet with EE (unfortunately) and have replaced their stock hub with a netgear R7800. I still have to use the EE router as the modem however but am experiencing daily issues resulting in a reboot at least once a day. Would I see any improvement if I tried with the netgear DM200 ADSL/VDSL modem to replace the hub bridge entirely? My main issue is lag in online gaming (despite opening all ports etc.) but I also have frequent issues with failed connections, slow web browsing etc. Thanks for any help or suggestions anyone can offer! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Oct 2019 07:40 PM PDT So I've read on here that having multiple AP's is the route to go here vs having an mesh system (wired or wireless). I currently have Google Fiber 1Gbps which requires their Network Box. I also use Google WiFi behind the Network Box and all pucks hardwired through Ethernet or moca. There are workarounds to not use the supplied box but i am not network savvy nor am I willing to try it. I have about 25 wireless devices only about 4 or 5 are mobile and I don't need huge amounts of bandwidth with them but I do want to maximize the bandwidth I am paying for. All streaming devices are hardwired. Does anyone have a suggestion to maximize my network performance or am I overthinking things due to not being a power user. Everything is working fine right now but again I'm looking to maximize what I'm paying for and I'm fine with shelling out additional money if it provides a better experience. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Oct 2019 07:38 PM PDT I am moving to a new house next week that has an existing DirecTV setup. I do not plan to have DirecTV service or any other CATV service as I plan to use YouTubeTV. I am planning to use 3 Eero pros and connect them to the coax using goCoax MoCa 2.5 adapters mainly because they were cheaper than the Actiontec products. Is this as simple as I think it's going to be? The house was built in 2004. Anything I need to know or is it plug and play? Do I need a POE filter? Special splitters, etc? I'm sure I don't 100% understand MoCa as this is my first experience with it, so any advice is greatly appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| Advice for buried CAT6 UTP (other than "use fiber instead," LOL) Posted: 28 Oct 2019 03:05 PM PDT I've trenched and laid PVC conduit from my house to both my garage and barn in preparation to install some POE cameras and to be able to connect a PC in the barn for streaming music (and to potentially reroute the existing cable to my WISP's POE antenna if switching antenna locations is warranted after an upcoming site survey). I plan to run CAT6 UTP CMX, and I'm looking for advice on the type (gel-flooded/waterproof tape/powder-filled) and brand to use. Should the waterproof tape-wrapped type be sufficient? How much better is gel-flooded? How does powder-filled compare to either? As for brand... I'm on a bit of a budget, and I've seen several budget CMX options on Amazon, e.g., Dripstone, trueCABLE, etc. Anyone ever use any of the "cheap" stuff? How did it perform? [link] [comments] |
| Upgrading to 150mbps down and 10mbps up. Is my current modem/router good enough? Posted: 28 Oct 2019 05:31 PM PDT I've had 30down/3up for almost a decade, but I got a new roommate who does a lot of live streaming and is asking to upgrade to 150down/10up. So the 10mbps up is really important for her live streaming. My current modem/router combo is Netgear N450 that has 340 mbps and 8x4 channel bonding. Is this good enough? If it matters, there are three people in this two story two bedroom apartment where one live streams and the other two watches youtube and streaming video. I don't know anything about networking and modems. But from what I read here, people say to stay away from Puma and go for Broadcom. If I have to upgrade, I was looking at either getting the Motorola MG7700 24x8 Cable Modem Plus AC1900, which is a combo. Or get the separate Motorola MB7621 24x8 and Linksys Dual-Band WiFi Router AC1200 Cox recommends a dual band 802.11-AC WiFi modem. I believe both of these set-ups meet that recommendation. Anybody more knowledgeable than me have any thoughts? I don't need anything fancy. Just want to make the most out of the upgraded speeds and to stay connected while live streaming and regular streaming videos. I was trying to stay at under $150, but could push my budget a little further. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] |
| Slower speeds on wired devices Posted: 28 Oct 2019 10:43 AM PDT Apologies for the wall of text in advance. I have tried researching this and I'm struggling to find a definitive answer. I am unfortunately tasked with the network setup in my office. It has 8 desktops with 7 VOIP phones. I recently had a Verizon Gigabit service installed but when I ran a speed test on my desktop it was giving me speeds maxing out at 54 Mbps. I rang Verizon to try figure out what the issue was and he ran a test and said the speed on his end seemed correct. I told him I had a switch connected and he said that the switch divides the Gigabit connection between each connected device which would tap out around 50. This doesn't seem correct to me but I can't find an answer on it. The network is setup as follow: Fios Quantum Gateway-Cat6-Netgear Nighthawk X6 R8000-Cat6-Netgear GS316 Switch-Cat6-All devices I connected a desktop to the Gateway directly and got speeds of 970Mpbs. I changed the cables around to make sure it wasn't a faulty connection. I have tested the other desktops which all get the same speed. I assumed with a gigabit switch the speed for each desktop would hit the 970. When I run a speed test over wifi on my phone I get 270Mpbs. I've looked through the settings on the Netgear router as well as the Gateway and can't see anything that I should change, but my network knowledge is pretty limited. Any help would be appreciated [link] [comments] |
| Running cable. In wall vs above ceiling? Posted: 28 Oct 2019 04:23 PM PDT I have ripped my garage ceiling off, and the walls and I am replacing a bunch of 2x4 studs and doing general work I have a few ethernet runs in there, go across walls like you would for electrical, or go up and into the ceiling and across? [link] [comments] |
| I'm all the way across the house from the router. Posted: 28 Oct 2019 03:37 PM PDT Hey, I'm a high schooler who doesn't know that much about internet/Ethernet and how to maximize it. I know that wired connections are fastest, and that the router should be closer to get better speeds, yada yada yada. My parents don't realize that and keep the modem/router in the corner of their room. I play games and do all of my homework on my computer, but my setup is all the way across the house. In my parents room, the speed is 300 bm/s down 450 mb/s up. In my room, the connection speeds are 1 mb/s down 7 mb/s up. I have a little device made by netgear that comes in a pair of two devices that plug into basic wall outlets and can have "wired" connections from range. One of the devices plugs an Ethernet cord into the router, one of the devices plugs into my computer, and I have "wired " connection. I don't know if this is the best option I can use or if there are better options, but I have heard some things about the little Ethernet outlets put in the walls around the house. I don't fully understand how those work either, are they like a channel for the Ethernet cords where if I plug the modem/router into one of them, then any other cord across the house put into one of those outlets gets the same Ethernet speeds? I know that there is one on the other side of my room, so if I can use that to get better speeds then I could use that. I just am very frustrated that despite our fast internet speeds I am only able to use such a minuscule amount of it only because I'm all the way across the house. Moving the router/modem to any other location is out of the picture, I've already tried to do that and they refuse to. If there are any suggestions, please let me know. Edit: I have done some research and have learned that the type of connection I am using is called a Powerline Ethernet connection. I have heard that these are very effective and will work, but for some reason, my speeds are still very low. [link] [comments] |
| Wifi extremely slow on 1 device Posted: 28 Oct 2019 03:36 PM PDT I've got a desktop running Windows 7 getting sub-1mbps speeds the last few days. Every other device on the network is getting ~180mbps. Here's what I've checked for/done so far:
And here are some things that seem strange to me and might help someone who knows more than I do to diagnose the situation:
I don't think it's my wifi adapter; I'm not experiencing disconnects and the signal strength is great. But that's the only idea I have left right now. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Oct 2019 03:34 PM PDT I live in a big house and the issued router from the company only runs in 5ghz, so i bought a dual band and connected the new router to the issued router, but the speeds are effectively cut in half from the issued router to the new one, I don't know why, and maybe there's a better solution for wifi. Pls help [link] [comments] |
| Fios Gigabit. 1800 sq-ft wooden frame 3 level townhouse. Would Edgerouter X + UAP-AC-PRO suffice? Posted: 28 Oct 2019 02:45 PM PDT Hi fellas, Been lurking on this sub since I built my first PC 3 weeks ago. Back then I didn't realize networking is serious science or even art. I was and am a total noob to networking. I used to think getting network is the matter of buying a 3-in-1 router and plug it in. Now I realized I couldn't have been further from the truth. After reading many posts on this sub, my current plan is to get a Ubiquiti edgerouter x and a UAP-AC-PRO to have Wifi in the house. But I am not sure if this is the best option in my situation and have a couple of questions regarding the setup of edgerouter x, and that's where I need help from you guys. Regarding choice of router and UAP-AC-PRO: House is as title suggested. The ONT box is outside and the current modem (Verizon quantum router) is on the 1st floor in the coat closet. There is only 1 other Ethernet port in the whole house and it's on the 2nd floor, where both my PC and main TV are located. The 2nd floor layout can be found here. As you can see that my PC is pretty far from the Ethernet port. And wife is adamant that no CAT cable shall be seen. And according to what I learned on this sub, powerline adapter is a bad idea. So I am thinking just putting a UAP-AC-PRO at the Ethernet port and connect it to the edgerouter-x which will be placed in the closet on the 1st floor to replace my current router. A couple of questions:
I was watching this video in order to learn how to set up ed-x. But I have a couple of questions regarding the set-up process as well:
I am very new into networking. But I am very willing to learn as I think it's a good skill to have. Thank you so much for your time in advance. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Oct 2019 02:37 PM PDT Hi there...new to crimping and testing cat6A ethernet wires and have a question. After terminating both ends of cables in my house i tested the connections with a cable tester. Some of the drops light up brightly and perfectly on my cable tester while others illuminate dimly. I plugged in the ones that illuminate dimly and they still appear to work. My question is whether i should redo the termination to try to get a better connection despite it appearing the wires appearing to work fine. For the record, 80% of the drops illuminate dimly. I was only able to terminate a handful of them perfectly and it would be a ton of work to redo them at this point. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Oct 2019 02:12 PM PDT I recently temporarily moved back home to my parents and heard they had just gotten a 1Gbit/s fiber network. I was very excited at first but when i checked the speed on my computer in the basement i was lucky to get 20mbit/s. My dad told me the router they had was like 7 years old so i figured that was the problem. I checked the speeds on my phone right by the router and came up to maybe 70mbit/s. Either way i buy a new router, the Asus RT-AC2900 Dual-Band Gigabit Gaming Router. I install the router and everything seems to be working fine. I test the wifi immediately on my phone and get speeds over 500mbit/s so i'm thinking the problem should be fixed in the basement. But no, when i test the speed i yet again only get to about 10-20mbit/s and it's about the same on all the devices i try. The router is placed on the top floor and is about 5-6 meters in distance to my computer at height. We had our router on the top floor for a few months some 3-4 years ago and it was never this bad even though we had 250mbit/s back then. I even struggle watching 1080p videos on youtube. Now the question i have is if there's something i can do with the router to fix this, or if i should get some kind of wifi range extender or something? Or maybe try to get a cable all the way down the basement? The router and my computer is 3 floors apart and the basement roof is concrete(i think). Would love some tips that i can try. Been trying to find something online but haven't really found anything helpful. Both me and my dad are quite annoyed with the situation. [link] [comments] |
| Question regarding hostname resolution Posted: 28 Oct 2019 02:09 PM PDT I'm currently using a Linksys EA6300. Despite it's somewhat obtuse web console layout, it works well enough for my purposes. However, when attempting to use local hostnames to access devices on my network(i.e. ssh, ping, ftp, ECT...), the hostname will not resolve. I have looked over the manual and done a cursory search for info regarding the problem, but either I'm not searching for the right keywords or the solution is so obvious I'm overlooking it. Any suggestions? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Oct 2019 01:53 PM PDT My network setup right now is semi-complicated, but I've attached a shitty network map. Basically, I live in a 2 story house 3 other housemates , with upwards of 25-30 devices connected at all hours. We were lucky enough to find the house was hard-wired for ethernet ports in nearly every room, and currently have two routers, one upstairs (Netgear R7000) and one downstairs (Netgear R6700). The R7000 is the main gateway router to the internet. The two routers have distinct wifi broadcasts, and the downstairs router (Netgear 6700) is in AP mode. 7 devices are connected via hard wire ethernet connections that go through a network switch to the 7000, or from the R6700 (TV/Xbox/Soundbar) to the switch to the R7000. I'm generally happy with the setup in theory (the house is large enough to where one router doesn't cover a lot of whichever story it isn't on), but as we add google home devices and other wireless smart home things, we've noticed that sometimes the R7000 bugs out and requires a hard reset. Any suggestions on how we should upgrade our setup to handle the number of devices we have? I'm not super cost averse since any new hardware we buy will be split four ways, but I'd rather not have to spend more than I need. Thanks in advance. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Oct 2019 01:43 PM PDT I have a question. Do I need a router in between my cable modem and Unifi USG ? Or does the USG serve as the router and does the NATing? [link] [comments] |
| Rural Home WiFi Network Optimization Posted: 28 Oct 2019 01:13 PM PDT As the title says, we're very rural, so naturally the internet out here is about as slow as your grandma putting on makeup. Most of the family uses WiFi to connect to the router, but surprise, WiFi can only send or receive to one device at any one particular time (until technology catches up), so basically the above, but your grandma is a sloth. Like, an actual sloth. I'm taking a CompTIA IT Fundamentals class, and I've heard about the whole channels thing. Since we're painfully rural, overlapping networks from neighbors isn't a problem, and I had the idea to use the full 2.4gHz space to speed the WiFi up by potentially 3 or 4 times, or at least enough to make better use of our internet. Why don't I use 5.0gHz? Because our house is big and old. We can't set up WAPs in other rooms without either a. spending a lot of money we don't have, b. tear out parts of the wall/floor/ceiling and making it look really ugly, or c. running cords through doorways and down hallways, which is both a safety hazard and annoying as hell because I won't be able to close my door. There's potential for running it through the laundry chute, but that'd also look ugly. I'm not the owner of the house, so those options are off-limits. 2.4gHz is barely enough to stretch through our entire house with minimal signal loss, so 5.0gHz would be a pain, even with range extenders. Not to mention some of our devices don't support 5.0gHz.
DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK C***! F*** rural internet, seriously. [link] [comments] |
| Hitron CDA3-35, Wifi not working. Posted: 28 Oct 2019 01:00 PM PDT I just got the router today, and hooked everything up properly, but no wifi networks show up for us to connect to. I can get on the website; http://192.168.100.1/ but have no idea what to do from there. The Ethernet to my computer is the only device the internet works on. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 28 Oct 2019 12:51 PM PDT Hello all. Thanks in advance for your advice. I'm a networking novice, but I've been reading through the subreddit and have come to the conclusion that the easiest and cheapest way to get internet out to the guest house on our property is a WiFi bridge. It's about 200 feet away. Unfortunately, the view to the guest house from the room in the main house where the modem and router are located is heavily obstructed with a giant oak and other trees: Can I get a bridge to work through all this mess? Or is there a better solution I haven't stumbled across yet? I'd like to avoid running cable. Also, is there a consensus recommendation on the best equipment to create a bridge with? [link] [comments] |
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