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- To mesh or not to mesh? That is the question
- Can I set up a Netgear C9000 Cable Modem/Router as a network Distribution point?
- Best router for $200
- Splice CAT5e or CAT6
- Running network to my workshop
- Windows shows strange network device, router says its not on network
- DD-WRT or Buy new router?
- External storage for RPi4 NAS
- Need Advice on Best Value Network Setup for Gigabit Internet Service
- Weird Wifi issues with two PS4s in the same room
- Not very knowledgeable about networking. Experiencing 10-30% packet loss on Netgear All in one. I don’t know where to start
- WiFi Marketing / Wifi Hotspot
- Bear Mesh network setuo
- Gaming home network. Two ISPs.
- Has anyone here had success with Powerlines at 500 mbit+?
- The usual advice request for WIFI in a multi-storey, pre-wired house
- Extending DSL home network wireless 150 ft to a greenhouse.
- Better Option
- Setting up QoS with fluctuating network speeds
- How to create separate network for two computers in a small office to share Quickbooks data?
- New Huawei B525-4G router. Will two internal antennas help?
- Guest VLAN, can't get an IP
- RJ45 Plug or Cable troubleshooting help
- How to isolate powerline networking wifi from main wifi?
- Will this AP do the trick?
| To mesh or not to mesh? That is the question Posted: 03 Feb 2020 08:18 AM PST Our home Wi-Fi covers the house almost perfectly, however there some annoying issues. I also have Wi-Fi in my garden office which is around 70 feet from the house. I'm seriously considering switching over to a family friendly mesh router system. Given what I am trying to achieve (see below) is mesh the best approach or is there another way? I would like to solve the following issues...
If mesh is the way to go, what are some suitable systems that offer good value for money? I'd like to spend under £200. [link] [comments]  |
| Can I set up a Netgear C9000 Cable Modem/Router as a network Distribution point? Posted: 03 Feb 2020 04:31 PM PST Sorry for not using actual terms but here's the deal: My main Router is on the other side of the 125ft (~38m) house from my server. I have run an ethernet cable under the house and installed jacks and all is working well. I'm about to add another server to the mix at the same point as the other server and I was thinking about using this old Router I had as basically a network distribution point to split the signal between the 2 servers. Saw an article here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Configure-R7000-as-a-switch/td-p/1470186 but I don't know if he's asking the same thing I am, it looks more to me like he wants to run this wirelessly. anyway...is what I want to do even possible? Can I please get some advice? EDIT: I Just realized my Typo in the title...its a C7000 not 9000 [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Feb 2020 04:11 PM PST My hard limit is $220, but I am looking for a simple router that can handle gigabit, like 28 devices, has 4 ethernet ports, and I like the aesthetics of a gaming router. Idc if its mesh, wifi 6 would be cool but not ideal. MU MIMO is preferred Its a 3000 sq ft home, 2 story open concept [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Feb 2020 07:37 AM PST Hey everyone, I've been trying to diagnose an issue with an Ethernet port in my rental home. Bottom line I was only getting 100mbps when I have gig service for 1000mbps. The keystones at both ends appeared to be punched down correctly, but noticed the wire from the "network" closet was a different color from the wire at the Ethernet port in the other room. I went up to the attic and found a several different junction boxes with blue CAT5e wires spliced with wire nuts to green CAT5e wire. So the question is, is that common practice for residential homes? Here's a link: https://imgur.com/gallery/Tym9pDk Thanks I appreciate the replies everyone. I had always assumed that you should run a direct line for that type of stuff. Unfortunately the junction box in the photo is not the one that leads to port in question. I just wanted to confirm this with others people in the community. [link] [comments]  |
| Running network to my workshop Posted: 03 Feb 2020 06:17 PM PST Hey all I'm in the middle of remodeling my detached garage into a workshop and an office. I'll be running network cables to it and was curious on the best option. Currently I have Gigabit fiber running into the house, from the "modem" to a 5 port switch, and into another 5 port poe switch. I have a patch panel that is connected to a few drops around my house. From the PoE I'm currently only running my Ubiquiti AP Lite, but I'm also going to wire some security cameras to it. I'm thinking I'll need 5 drops in the shop/ office. 2 with PoE(Cam & AP), 1 for desktop, 1 for 3D printer, 1 for whatever. I'm also going to be running 1 shot to back of house for a Cam and another to the front. Basically my question is, should I run 5 cables to the shop, or 1 and put a switch in the shop? I'm not 100% on how the traffic would be handled, but I'd need to have a switch in the house and then run either all 5 off that, plus the house stuff so a single big switch. Or I'll have to run a switch off a switch if I put 1 in the shop. Will that hurt my potential throughout in the shop? Also, can I run the Cat6(outdoor cable) in the same trench as power as long as I'm running the Cat6 in a conduit? Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Windows shows strange network device, router says its not on network Posted: 03 Feb 2020 12:27 PM PST Hi, Today I saw a new device in my network (from windows). It's not connected to my router, and yet it is shown here? What is it, and why do I see it? off topic: why can't I add an image to my post? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Feb 2020 05:06 PM PST Hey guys, So I moved to Japan and I have a Asus X6 R8000. Now my thing is that the router is region locked and there used to be a way to change it using telnet but I have not been able to since Asus disabled it on this router. The reason why I want to change the region to Japan is because Japan allows the use of more frequencies which according to WiFi analyzer are wayy less clogged up than the American ones. My thing is would installing ddwrt hurt performance a lot ? Should I just buy a brand new Japanese one ? I have a gigabit connection. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Feb 2020 03:03 AM PST I'm in the process of downsizing my media server home, and have set up a Raspberry Pi 4 4Gb ready to replace it. I do not need raid, and have backups of the OS if required. I plan on using external USB drives to store media, and I'm looking at two 8-10Tb drives, which will provide a nice boost over my current 4x3Tb drives in my microserver. Will be moving to a different country, so taking them with is not a particularly appealing option. I'm looking for recommendations between the offering from Seagate (Backup plus hub?) and WD MyBook or Elements drives, but open to suggestions. While I don't often need to transfer data to and from these drives in bulk, it may happen from time to time, so speed is relatively important, I'd like to not have to wait days to copy a few hundred gigs, if possible. The prices I see for the two options listed above are around $200-250 Canadian, which I'm happy to spend. Buying a dedicated NAS and drives is a bit much for the budget at this point, particularly considering I have all the functionality already available on the Pi. [link] [comments]  |
| Need Advice on Best Value Network Setup for Gigabit Internet Service Posted: 03 Feb 2020 04:09 PM PST Hello, Comcast recently offered 1 gigabit internet speeds and I took the bait! I live in a 4br/3ba 2 story 2200 square foot home. There are Ethernet ports in all the rooms and an extra one in the downstairs living room with the main console in the master bedroom upstairs. I currently have a Orbi Mesh Wifi Tri-band set up (1 router / 1 satellite) but noticed my speeds arent anywhere near a gig. At best, I get around 750 down when wired and about 500 down on wireless. I have quite a few IoT devices and at any given point can have around 20 devices connected at a time. Wanted to reach out to the community to see how I can capitalize on the new gigabit speeds. I have scoured the forums and it appears the consensus is: 1) gigabit speeds for wifi are not realistic unless wifi 6 and even then. 2) Mesh wifi set ups are not really meant for gigabit speeds and a good router and access point combo may offer better performance. Looking at the NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S Smart WiFi Router AC2600 and the Ubiquiti Networks Unifi 802.11ac Dual-Radio PRO Access Points. Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated!! [link] [comments]  |
| Weird Wifi issues with two PS4s in the same room Posted: 03 Feb 2020 07:49 PM PST Hey guys, I'm pretty stumped so I figured I'd ask this question here. My fiancée and I both have PS4s and Modern Warfare. I'll usually either set up my PS4 in the game room, which houses a smaller monitor I use for more twitchy shooters such as MW or Apex. Or, I'll set it up in the living room for a more cinematic experience for games like SW: Fallen Order or single player games. I'm having this weird issue now that if we play in the same room (the computer room), I have such a shit connection during play, or I have issues such as connecting with the party or even connecting to the MW servers. However, if I move to the living room, it works fine. And note, I only experience this connection issues on my PS4, she has no issues on her end. I'm assuming there's some kind of issue with the router but it's pissing me off. You guys have any ideas? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Feb 2020 07:25 PM PST Here is the router: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/netgear-nighthawk-dual-band-ac1900-router-with-24-x-8-docsis-3-0-cable-modem-black/4403100.p? Three days ago, I started having connection problems while gaming. My PC is hard wired to the router. Nothing has changed on my network. One parent usually browses the internet and watches YouTube (hard wired), the other streams HULU or Netflix (5GHz band), same as always while I'm sim racing and I've never had a problem. I ran a ping test to google.com since it's classically one of the most reliable sites to test to and found that I have a lot of packet loss. 16% loss out of 100 with an average response time of 60ms, maximum 1257ms, minimum 14ms. I've also logged in to the router and I don't see any alerts about intrusion nor do I see any devices I don't recognize. I'm not sure where to start to troubleshoot and remedy this [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Feb 2020 06:58 PM PST What, why, how. I would like to get some more information about WiFi marketing. How to set it up for yourself without the help of online services like SocialWifi and others? What kind of router is necessary for it? I would need specifications since it won't be a router from the US but Europe. What type is needed? Also, I am trying to find/buy either a code or a plugin that I could set my own website doing wifi marketing with. Does anyone have experience in this? I googled but no full guides can be found anywhere especially for non-US markets :/ Any website, info, tips are much appreciated. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Feb 2020 06:58 PM PST I have the 3 pack Orbi from Costco and has been great, but for the last 6 months it just seems like it is dying. It will not work for 20 mins here and 15 mins there. So I am trying to understand the best option for a new mesh router system, I live in a home with 3 levels and about 4000 sqft. I am leaning toward the orbi wifi 6 mesh 2 pack but really don't want to spend $700. I have 1 gigabit fiber in the home. [link] [comments]  |
| Gaming home network. Two ISPs. Posted: 03 Feb 2020 06:58 PM PST Hello everyone, I've spent couple of hours looking for the answer and I'm more confused now than at the begining. Which is kinda funny because I'm a programmer for a living and I thought I know this and that about networking. The initial problemI have an ADSL 10Mbps connection (often faulty). I bought ASUS DSL-AC55U router (super stable, way better than the one provided by my ISP). I'm a gamer, so stable connection is super important. Unfortunately my connection is often faulty and unreliable. Even if the majority of the disconnects are super small (30sec and it's back) - games servers are unforgiving - they will disconnect anyways. What do I want to achieveI was thinking about a second connection (LTE dongle/modem) which would kick in whenever the first connection fails. And since it's rather quick to get the main connection back, I wouldn't even spend that much time on this secondary connection. What I already didI played with Dual WAN on my router and it works fine. (I don't have LTE dongle/modem yet so I used my smartphone). The main problem(s)
Please help me with these problems. Any input is appreciated. I'm a total noob apparently so I need some guidance. NOTE: none of the posts here or elsewhere helped me, rather added yet another level of complexity to the whole story Thanks in advance [link] [comments]  |
| Has anyone here had success with Powerlines at 500 mbit+? Posted: 03 Feb 2020 06:00 PM PST Hi, I currently have a pair of D-Link powerline adapters that are "rated" for 600 mbits, and I get about 100mbps of real connection speed... which was acceptable for my 100/100mbps connection. Now my connection was upgraded to 500/200 mpbs and I'm not getting the full potential in my desktop PC in my office. I see there are powerlines rated for 1200mbps, will this mean that I'm getting 200mbps (better, not great)? Any other solution at an affordable price? I live in a 2 bedroom flat, but the place where I get the fiber (and cable) isn't helping, it has a steel recuperator, then a plasma TV (yeah, I still have one), then two bedrooms with the mirrors and the pipes, and all the things bedrooms have, so wireless is no go really. Should I go mesh at this point? [link] [comments]  |
| The usual advice request for WIFI in a multi-storey, pre-wired house Posted: 03 Feb 2020 07:52 AM PST Hi everyone, I have been doing a lot of reading about home installations options for pre-wired houses, but I have sort of failed to come out with a decisive, up-to-date conclusion for my own case. Here is my situation : I have a 4-floors, very vertical modern home. All room come pre-wired with Cat5e, which is currently all connecting to a boring, non-managed Zyxel 10/100/1000 switch in the basement. In that very same room is my TP-link modem acting as modem, DHCP server and currently as an AP for the basement (nothing gets much in from the ground level, as expected). On each floor, I have a variety of APs (TP-link, Apple, Xiaomi...) all participating to the same SSID, albeit on different channels, all connecting to the same aforementioned switch. No Mesh features or anything, they all are pretty plain boring APs. There are one of each per floor. Performance-wise, it is a bit up and down. Sometimes some devices stick to the wrong AP, and it is all in all quite clunky. Hence why I have been looking at trying to leverage that pre-wiring efficiently without spending billions. My research : - Orbi/Velop/Deco/Nest Wifi : I tend to see them all as mostly Mesh-dominant solutions, which doesn't appear to be the best response to my paradigm. The absence of web interfaces for some, along the reviews saying that sometimes the Ethernet backhaul is not great, is kind of putting me off from these. - Eero : I have read very contrasting things about it. I don't fancy the all-app approach, but the multi-generation compatibility (?) seems attractive. - Zyxel Multy, Synology solutions... seems expensive to get something to get it to work - Ubiquiti Unifi : it seems to be the cool kid around the corner, but if I try to follow part of their recommended topology, it ends up starting to get really expensive (PoE switch, Gateway, Controller, APs, or Unifi Dream Machine and APs....) and I am not sure I need all that firepower... So essentially, I'm trying to find the right deal to get efficient roaming between all the floors and good but not crazy bandwidth on 3 of the 4 floors.... Any pointers ? [link] [comments]  |
| Extending DSL home network wireless 150 ft to a greenhouse. Posted: 03 Feb 2020 05:21 PM PST I have a new lighting system that requires a PoE connection and location in the greenhouse. What would be the simplest solution to get a wireless to the Poe Box and lighting controller inside the greenhouse? I am working from a wireless DSL router that is over 150 feet to the greenhouse. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Feb 2020 05:14 PM PST Currently I'm using 2 ASUS RT 86u in AiMesh mode hardwired to each other. Would I get better performance if I were to take my old Linksys EA9500 and disable the WiFi on it and hook the 2 Asus routers to is as access points. Or would I be better off just getting 2 access points and doing the same thing. [link] [comments]  |
| Setting up QoS with fluctuating network speeds Posted: 03 Feb 2020 01:27 PM PST Hello, I'm planning to buy router capable of QoS (based on great reviews and price/performance ratio I'm probably gonna go with Ubiquiti Edgerouter X) for my home network, primarily to decrease bufferbloat and fix latency issues during gaming. Will I be able to use Smart Queue Management effectively without changing the speed limits all the time, or would only solution be to limit speeds to 10Mbit at all times (which would obviously suck)? Is there another solution to this problem? Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| How to create separate network for two computers in a small office to share Quickbooks data? Posted: 03 Feb 2020 01:26 PM PST We have about 6 computers set up in an office to all share with each other. We'd like to just connect two computers so only they can share a quickbooks database. How would we do that on windows 10? [link] [comments]  |
| New Huawei B525-4G router. Will two internal antennas help? Posted: 03 Feb 2020 08:16 AM PST I just set up an EE 4G router and am getting around 22Mbps down which is so much better than my old DSL at around 4Mbps. If I screwed in a couple of internal type antennas on the back would I be able to squeeze a few more out? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Feb 2020 05:00 PM PST Background: trying to learn some networking with a homelab, create a guest VLAN Relevant equipment: pfSense running in a VM (ESXi on a r210II ,no other guests yet), Netgear JGS524PE managed switch, Grandstream GWN7610 AP Topology: Up until now, no VLANS are in use. Everything plugs into the Netgear switch (except for a desktop, not relevant). ISP router handles routing and DHCP for everything right now. pfSense has both its WAN and LAN ports plugged into the switch untagged on default VLAN 1. The LAN port is a static IP, WAN is DHCP from the ISP router. I can and will eventually plug the WAN direct to the isp router. I'm not ready yet for pfSense to take over routing and DHCP yet as I can't get it to work right. pfSense was setup with VLAN 10 and interface using this video as reference. The AP currently has 3 SSIDs: normal use, guest (Using guest isolation from the AP itself) both without a VLAN, and a test SSID assigned to VLAN 10. On the switch, all ports have VLAN 1 untagged. Ports 1 (AP) and 12 (pfSense LAN) on VLAN 10 are tagged. Attempting to connect to Test will not allow me to get an IP, though both normal and guest are working. What am I missing? edit: Have enabled dhcp on the AP for this vlan and can get an IP, but still can't ping the gateway of pfsense [link] [comments]  |
| RJ45 Plug or Cable troubleshooting help Posted: 03 Feb 2020 01:07 PM PST Hello, I'm wiring my Desktop upstairs to the Router downstairs. The house is prewired with Rj45 and 7 plates that all go into a box in the halway. I have figured out the proper lead to couple on the box between the plates I need. However I'm get a patchy signal mostly off but sometimes it connects, depends on the cable is connected, and the connectors seem a bit bent. Most other plates are the same, or actually working properly, should I just replace the plate I need (see https://imgur.com/a/D8kmk5B) or actually relay the cable to it? I would want to avoid the later if the cable is fine, is there a way to figure out whether it's the plug or the cable that is at fault? I have no specific network tools available to me. Thanks, P. [link] [comments]  |
| How to isolate powerline networking wifi from main wifi? Posted: 03 Feb 2020 04:47 PM PST Wifi signal is weak to to a rear bedroom and I want to get a stronger signal there by using a powerline wifi extender such as the AV600. However, I also want the wifi broadcast from the adapter to be isolated to the guest wifi network. How can this be done? Since the other end of adapter is hard wired into an ethernet port the main wifi router, I don't see how it could really be isolated unless there is some kind of firewall within the adapters. I mainly want to prevent any malware worms on devices connected powerline adapter's wifi network from being able to spread to devices on the main wifi network. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Feb 2020 04:21 PM PST I posted before about my internet issues on my computer. Will buying this access point, hooking it up to my router and then plugging it into my PC with an ethernet cable do the trick? I've already explored other options but this seems to be the most practical one I could find. [link] [comments]  |
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