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- House of 8 College Students, Looking for Guidance
- FCC complaint filed and unsure what to do next.
- Question about mesh wifi + ethernet
- Looking for modem and router recommendations for Xfinity and spectrum for 1 Gbps
- Dual wan load balancing: can you weigh download and upload differently? Downloads are 940 (ISP1) & 700 (ISP2) whereas uploads are 880 (1) & 20 (2). Any router recommendations?
- Debian server is not visible when connecting to local network via VPN
- ASUS TUF-AX3000 net access issue
- Detached Garage, Nest Cams, Fiber - Amplifi problems
- Looking for an affordable switch with 4 SFP+ and 1 QSFP+ ports
- How to test if issue is with PC or wifi itself?
- Can't play games with friend despite having the same nat type
- Help with getting kicked every night
- Question about random internet drops
- Asus RT-AC86U Lost WiFi
- Asus ZenWiFi Xt8 Upload Speed Problem
- Wifi to ethernet - What hardware do I need
- Best way to isolate NVR and POE cameras from other LAN devices
- How to access IoT device on a VLAN?
- The modem and router are in my roommate's room which makes the internet slow in my room across the apartment. Can I strengthen the signal in my room?
- PS4 PRO download speeds dropped. Any help?
- ExpressVPN, Netgear R7000 ExVPN custom firmware, AT&T Fiber. Slow Ethernet speeds from the r7000 to any device
- How safe is a Minecraft server running on Hamachi.
- Help with new apartment internet set up?
- Running ethernet into the office
| Never buy another Netgear product Posted: 30 Jul 2020 08:24 AM PDT Even though these 40+ devices have an exploit in their latest firmware revisions, there will be no forthcoming patch that includes a fix. Scumbag Netgear: "Sorry we left your network open to hacks, we won't do anything to help -- you're SOL." [link] [comments]  |
| House of 8 College Students, Looking for Guidance Posted: 30 Jul 2020 07:55 PM PDT Hi all, First, if this post breaks any rules of the subreddit, I do apologize and I will quietly go my way! I do ask you refer me to the correct place, though. Okay. I'll try to be as concise as possible. I am in charge of setting up the internet for my house of 8 total (that includes me) college students. We all have several devices (laptops, phones, gaming PC, consoles, etc.). Because of our location, Cox offers the best internet we can get. In addition, due to COVID all classes are online. We have chosen a 1 Gigabit plan. I am now seeking a modem + router that can deliver what we are paying for, or at least as close as possible. I am a beginner learning all of this. I believe once I have my modem and router hooked up, I call Cox and they activate our internet. What modems + routers do you recommend? Money is not really a problem, considering we are all pitching in--so the price is going to be divided by 8. As of now I have selected ARRIS SURFboard SB8200 DOCSIS 3.1 for a modem and a NETGEAR Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream WiFi 6 Router (RAX50) - AX5400 for a router. I know that I need a DOCSIS 3.1 for sure. I also learned that tri-band is really only going to help short-distance bandwidth, but will not improve anything across the house. Are these sufficient? Overkill? Not enough? The house is close is ~3300 Sq ft. Thank you! TL;DR: 1 Gigabit plan for 8 college students w/ online classes, gamers, video streaming. ISP is Cox. What modem + router is recommended? What else should I consider? [link] [comments]  |
| FCC complaint filed and unsure what to do next. Posted: 30 Jul 2020 08:08 PM PDT Hello, I filed an FCC complaint in June for an issue I have been having since moving in almost 2 years ago. Timeline is as follows. Supervisor and a tech came out. Listened to my explanation of issue laughed about how that was out of their league, but they would check everything to make sure there were not issues with the line to the house at all. (I believe they did their due diligence) They got rid of a splice done on the wire across the street when someone re-ran the drop, and gave/upgraded us to their newest modem Xfinity modem. I told them I would monitor for a few weeks and see if anything changed. After two weeks nothing changed issue still present, called supervisor number left two messages about this with supervisor clearly stating name and call back number at start and end of the call. Week or two after my messages they tried to close ticket stating issue was diagnosed and fixed by supervisor and I had monitored and had not called back. FCC emailed me about this or I would have not have known until maybe to late. I responded that same issue still happening left two messages with supervisor who phone number I was given. FCC added my response to ticket for Comcast and said would keep it open. Received call from the supervisor again, he asked question I gave responses he seemed satisfied and said he would need to escalate this and to expect a call from someone else he could not help me anymore. End of that week I get a call from a network engineer told he was asked to look into it. Asked a lot a technical questions seemed satisfied with my responses said would look into our area and run some tests. He said to expect a call back early the next week, but not Monday as he would be busy. Did not get a call the entire week from him. Next week I went back in phone history to contact him. Found his call in my phone history it was from a private number. Next couple weeks internet very different, it was changing frequently some hours it would be great others back to normal being bad sometimes even worse than before just constantly changing. I then get a email Comcast has requested and extension of time. (To me this was a good sign, they found the issue and needed time to fix it.) They sent a final response, claiming they have been trying to contact me and I am being unresponsive, claim again the supervisor diagnosed and fixed the issue. And that I called in with a new issue and then was unresponsive. When they tried to contact me. I have answer every call in the past month I have received. I have checked email and voicemail daily. Not once was I contacted. I have responded to the old FCC e-mail that I am experiencing the same issue it has not been fixed and has been the same issue the entire time and attached a link of their PDF response. I emailed the one Comcast executive customer relations person who I believe wrote the response. Same issue whole time, never been fixed. Never was contacted during the time they apparently repeatably tried to contact me. (Unless they were that one spam call I got a shit ton of about my non existent student loans.) I test it daily still see issues it has since stopped changing and back to just being plain old awful internet. What can I do? [link] [comments]  |
| Question about mesh wifi + ethernet Posted: 30 Jul 2020 06:09 PM PDT I'm about to set up a mesh wifi network in my house. Each node has a couple ethernet ports. Can I plug a computer straight into the ethernet port for better performance, or are the ethernet ports only used to connect the nodes to each other for backhaul purposes? [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for modem and router recommendations for Xfinity and spectrum for 1 Gbps Posted: 30 Jul 2020 07:08 PM PDT I'm looking for recommendations for a modem plus a router that would be compatible with Xfinity and spectrum ISP. I want it to be compatible with both so I could reuse the modem + router in a planned move in the future. I'll be getting the up to 1Gbps connection they offer so ideally the modem should be rated for this. Im open to all in one devices that combine the modem and router. I'm not very knowledgeable in networking products, but come from a technical background so can read through most the specs you may recommend and follow them. I looked through the networking for beginners guide, but it seems to be 6 years old, wondering if there is updated version. https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/2905p1/networking_for_beginners/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2020 08:08 PM PDT Hi all — I know this is overkill but I was looking to purchase an IPTV subscription like YouTube TV or FuboTv but they are so expensive now that for only a few bucks more I can get Comcast's Xfinity internet+tv deal. I already have gig FTTH which I wouldn't ever drop. The service is super reliable and you can't beat the upload. However... the Xfinity service comes with 700mbps down and 40mbps. For dual wan load balancing, I see that a lot of the time you pick a percentage to weigh the different ISP connections. Is there a way to weigh the download speed different from the upload speed? Any router recommendations? [link] [comments]  |
| Debian server is not visible when connecting to local network via VPN Posted: 30 Jul 2020 05:30 AM PDT I am using softether VPN which is ran on my local Debian server to connect to my home network. I am able to connect to VPN server fine. I am able to see other network devices on the network but not my debian server. Server is visible to devices when connected normally to the local network not via VPN. Edit: Also DCHP is disabled on softether as it is handled by home network router [link] [comments]  |
| ASUS TUF-AX3000 net access issue Posted: 30 Jul 2020 08:58 PM PDT Hey everyone, hope you are keeping safe. Have an issue that I'm hoping someone might be able to help with (my guess is I'm missing something really obvious, but haven't been able to figure it out!) Recently bought an Asus TUF-AX3000 to use as an upgraded router for the home network (couple of PCs, chromecasts etc. PCs are connecting to the AX3000 through ASUS PCE-AC68 adapters) to make use of some of the port forwarding features of the router. There is a Huawei HG659 being used as the modem. Hooked everything up and created the network and everything seemed to be going fine, able to connect to network and access the router, but it just refused to connect to the net while in wireless router mode. After some mucking around I changed it to access point node and it connected to the net just fine. Only problem is in AP mode all the features I want to use on the router are disabled :| I'm wondering if there might be any ideas that would get the router to work in wireless router mode and access the net? Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Detached Garage, Nest Cams, Fiber - Amplifi problems Posted: 30 Jul 2020 08:46 PM PDT Hi.
What can I do to upgrade/adjust my Amplifi system, OR do I need to go to something else? Covering the Nest cams plus that detached garage is tough. Thank you for your advice [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for an affordable switch with 4 SFP+ and 1 QSFP+ ports Posted: 30 Jul 2020 08:45 PM PDT Thus far I have found the MikroTik CRS354-48G-4S+2Q+RM which costs around 500USD. However, it has additional RJ48 posts which I am not keen on using. Nonetheless, recommendations for similar switches which are cheaper or better is welcome. The most ideal switch would have only 4 SFP+ ports and 1 QSFP+ port such that it would be inexpensive. [link] [comments]  |
| How to test if issue is with PC or wifi itself? Posted: 30 Jul 2020 04:50 PM PDT I have a room in my house with a PC that has some connectivity problems. For my setup it's a Netgear nighthawk and unifi AP lite. I'm not sure if the issue is the PC or the network itself. The room is in between the router and AP but I have it only connected to the router and not to the AP. I ran a ping test and it gives some responses but then will also give frequent request time outs. This is a work PC and the connections seem to drop during meetings, etc. I have another laptop I can use to also test. What would be the best way to test to find the issue? I was thinking of running ping -t to my router on both machines to see if I could see if one drops connections more often than the other but wanted to see if there was a better, less tedious way. Ideally I'd like to run it for a few hours without scrolling through thousands of lines. [link] [comments]  |
| Can't play games with friend despite having the same nat type Posted: 30 Jul 2020 08:34 PM PDT We both have the same internet provider, and also have nat type 2. We tried playing games on ps4 but cannot because of a nat type error... I am very confused and frustrated [link] [comments]  |
| Help with getting kicked every night Posted: 30 Jul 2020 08:24 PM PDT Hoping someone can chime in.. I have a asus r7000p And always seem to get kicked off of playing call of duty(Xbox hardwired) every day at around the same time..8pm-830pm happens once and it's good.. don't know what can cause it to do it.. I have switched internet providers completely and I still have the issue... [link] [comments]  |
| Question about random internet drops Posted: 30 Jul 2020 08:00 PM PDT So about a month ago I started having an issue where my modem will drop signal then immediately get it back but have to go through it's reset sequence. All in all this process takes about 2-3 minutes for the connection to fully come back online again from when it drops. Sometimes it will only happen once or twice a day and some times it will happen 10-12 times a day. I have not changed anything as far as hardware or settings wise since the service was installed 7 months ago. I have called both the modem company for troubleshooting and they have done all they can do. When I call the service provider, they tell me that they can't do anything because of it being a customer provided modem. Any thoughts on where to go from here? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2020 07:56 PM PDT Lost power briefly tonight. Everything came back within 5 seconds. Above noted router, connected to FiOS via ONT would not reconect after the outage. I reset the backup power thing and rebooted the router, no dice. Connected laptop to router login and was able to get into the setup. Seems that my wireless function on the router is fried? I reset it up, but I cannot see it on any device. I have a second AP wired from the router and can see that wifi network, which works. All LAN ports on my Asus work fine, but the wifi network i had will not show after I reset and established it again. Did the possible power outage/surge kill the wifi chip? It's on a very good surge protector, which is functioning fine now. [link] [comments]  |
| Asus ZenWiFi Xt8 Upload Speed Problem Posted: 30 Jul 2020 03:51 PM PDT Hi folks! I am hoping someone here can help me because Asus has been useless. I have reached out to them via phone, email, and twitter. And at some point via all three mediums they just stop responding. I recently purchased the Asus ZenWifi XT8 mesh wifi pair for my new house where I was looking for better coverage and faster wifi speeds. My new house has Verizon FiOS and I pay for a Gigabit plan. For some strange reason, I am getting very poor upload speeds on the ZenWifi - both wireless and wired. I returned the first one I purchased because I thought there might be a hardware issue, but the second one did the same. When I run a speed test I get ~650 mbps down but only 27 mbps up!! And in practice sometimes the upload is as low as 1mbps or just comes to a halt. My old router gives me ~650mbps both ways so for sure the issue is with the router. I am convinced it's a configuration thing and not hardware because I think the odds of two routers having the same problem are pretty slim (I hope). I would appreciate any help you folks might have. I did all of the usual stuff like firmware update, power cycle, made sure QoS is off, etc.. but please feel free to ask me to check on anything as I might have missed it. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Wifi to ethernet - What hardware do I need Posted: 30 Jul 2020 07:20 PM PDT I will be moving to a rental shortly where the internet is shared with landlord. Landlord will be providing me with the wifi password to access their internet. I would like to use a wifi repeater kind of setup to access landlord's internet, and then covert that to a personal network for my own use with both wifi & ethernet connectivity. What are the devices I would need to have? I would like to spend the least possible amount on this - as money is a huge constraint at the moment. I think I need 1. Some device to bridge between landlords wifi and my LAN 2. Switch to share LAN b/w all the wired devices 3. Wifi AP for wifi connectivity [link] [comments]  |
| Best way to isolate NVR and POE cameras from other LAN devices Posted: 30 Jul 2020 07:05 PM PDT So I'm going to be purchasing a security camera nvr system with poe cameras. I would like to isolate this system from my other devices and also wan entirely. I would still like to be able to connect by vpn to my local network to be able to use the app for remote viewing. Currently I have an Asus AC68u as my router with many devices on it in the house and also a WAC104 access point, connected to the router, in a different building to provide Wi-Fi and Ethernet there. So if I were to put a router between the NVR security box and the WAC104 access point would the NVR potentially be able to access any local devices on that access point? I would also set firewall rules on the router for the NVR to drop all wan packets. Any better ideas? Will this work? Thanks, just don't want any potential security vulnerabilities from Chinese poe cameras. Would putting an edgerouter x between the AP and the NVR like this work? https://i.imgur.com/zZGX5Nw.png [link] [comments]  |
| How to access IoT device on a VLAN? Posted: 30 Jul 2020 04:31 AM PDT Ive got a main lan, iot vlan, and no internet local only vlan. Ive got my home automation hub (home assistant) on my main lan and google home devices on the iot vlan. Yesterday, I figured out how to cast the screen of my home assistant page to my google nest hub. I had to disable a firewall rule for it to work. I use avahi for mdns discovery so I can control my google devices from my main lan, but it doesn't cover this cast service. My question is, how exactly do I go about allowing this cast service to work, while keeping the nest hub as isolated as possible on the iot vlan? Do I need to watch what ports are used, then allow those individual ports through the firewall or is there another better way to do it? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2020 06:15 PM PDT Apologies for my severe ineptitude, I am not tech savvy. We had 500/500 Fios internet and equipment installed a month ago, we're using the router from Fios as well. Testing speeds in my roommate's room, she gets 50 download/85 upload (not really sure what this means, but the test said it was fast). Moving into the living room, the speed test said 27 download/53 upload. Then in my room, which is on the opposite side of the apartment from the equipment I get .26 download/7.80 upload. Sometimes pages don't load and streaming Netflix or Hulu causes some buffering. How can I make the signal stronger in my room? Can I purchase an additional router and connect it in my bedroom (not sure if that would connect with our other equipment somehow. I have a coax outlet in my bedroom if that helps). My boyfriend has heard of a wifi booster/amplifier, but he's not really sure what that does. What would be the best way to increase the signal in my bedroom? This is the equipment the Fios technician installed for us. The black and white box are inside the master bedroom closet, and the smaller plugged in equipment is on the other side of the wall in the master bedroom. [link] [comments]  |
| PS4 PRO download speeds dropped. Any help? Posted: 30 Jul 2020 06:14 PM PDT So today I upgraded my modem and router. My PS4 was getting getting anywhere from 180-220mbps downloads and 8 upload. My internet plan was up to 600mbps. I decided to upgrade to 1000mbps as it was basically the same price. After I changed my plan and restated my equipment my PS4 now only gets about 60-65mbps downloads. It got 190mbps one time and dropped back down. Any help? Appreciate the feedback in advance. Edit: Router is TP-Link AC1900 (Archer A9) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2020 06:13 PM PDT So I understand that on a vpn your speeds are going to suffer. But going from 1000 mbps to 50 on my vpn is killing me. What kind of speeds are you getting by running the netgear firmware with open vpn config setup. Also why might my speeds suffer from the gateway lan connection (1000 mbps symmetrical) to when im using a lan off my r7000 (230 mbps symmetrical) no vpn connected. [link] [comments]  |
| How safe is a Minecraft server running on Hamachi. Posted: 30 Jul 2020 03:08 AM PDT My family is worried about security risks, with people accessing there stuff. The server is run of a spare computer that has a basic windows firewall. With hamachi I don't have to port anything on my router and the IP is provided by the Hamachi servers. You need acces to the Hamachi network with a password and network name. [link] [comments]  |
| Help with new apartment internet set up? Posted: 30 Jul 2020 05:59 PM PDT The complex advertises internet hook up in every room, but this is the only outlet i see that looks possible for internet access. I called and set up self set up with spectrum because I have a modem and router, thinking there was a coax or ethernet hookup in the room. These ports seem too small for a normal ethernet cable, how should I proceed? Pic of outlet attached. [link] [comments]  |
| Running ethernet into the office Posted: 30 Jul 2020 05:24 PM PDT Hi there. I have that common problem of the phone jack being right in the kitchen/living/dining area, yet our room with all our PC's is down the hall, quite a bits away. So I had a few questions. Firstly, Will it cause any sort of connection problems or performance hits if I have a ethernet cable running from the phone port all the way into the office and then having the router in there, it's about 10M away, or should I have the modem right there next to it and run it through to a switch, and split those off of to or PC's. Also. What would the be the best way to run a cable through the house. Assuming it's a rental, and I don't want to do any nailing/putting things into the wall.
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