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- Will a better router allow me to have more devices connected without dropping internet speeds?
- Ethernet patch panels
- Eeros, Ubiquiti APs, or some other solution with an ethernet backhaul?
- Best LTE Router
- Looking for a router recommendation for home user
- Using UniFi Design Center to plan your network layout
- Security risk of RemoteDesktop into unknown computer
- Which Router
- How do you properly set a Unifi Dream Machine to act as an access point only? Switched over from pfsense + AP and am regretting it.
- How to set ethernet backhaul / wired backhaul for Mesh Wifi in 3-story townhouse
- How is this working? (MOCA network over splitter?)
- What type of CAT cable should I use in my house?
- Netgear R7800 Router keeps rebooting ~3 times daily. Requesting any help you can give!
- Would I be able to buy and use a new router?
- Help understanding router behind switch
- Recommended 5 port network switch?
- Upgraded to Gigabit + Wyze Cams + Best Wifi setup
- Need help understanding why my wall Ethernet ports dont work,,,
- Do I need a wired connection for Zoom?
- How to setup network with concrete basement floor and split coax
- Want to turn old router into true hardware firewall, if there is firmware I can download with which to flash.
- Home Networking Closet Setup
| Posted: 03 Sep 2020 03:29 PM PDT Both my kids use HP Chromebooks and Zoom for school. They have been telling me that the video freezes every 5-6min or so. I can't hardwire them because of where they are in the house and from my experience Powerline adapters are crap. My download speeds are 200Mbps and Upload 10Mbps. I have an Orbi RBR20 system that acts as both a router and AP. The 1st (Router/AP) Orbi is in the basement while the 2nd Orbi AP is hooked up via Moca in the master bedroom. [link] [comments]  |
| Best way to setup PoE Access Points to only show a single network. Posted: 03 Sep 2020 07:05 PM PDT Hello Home Networking Community!! So what I want to setup is a single network visible on my devices. So if I try to connect with any wireless device, it will only show up as "Network ABC" for example. I've setup access points in the past but that usually adds a different network so even if I have the same SSID, you would show up as two "Network ABC" networks on my device. So with a bit of research, it appears that what i'm looking for is a Mesh network. This should allow only 1 network to be visible and with a number of AP's around the house, you can move between them and it will automatically connect to the nearest one. Now, I have a couple of requirements, currently, Ethernet has been run to all 3 locations where I want an access point to be installed. And they are powered by a PoE switch. So I need the AP's to be PoE capable.
TL;DR Requirements
Suggestions please :) [link] [comments]  |
| Will a better router allow me to have more devices connected without dropping internet speeds? Posted: 03 Sep 2020 07:51 PM PDT Need some answers from the professionals. In my household I am known as the "tech wizard" (I built one gaming pc and now everyone thinks I know everything tech related kind of annoying) I usually have an answer for them for things but don't know much when it comes to our internet. Our current internet provider is xfinity and we have the 1000mbps package. The problem is we literally have like 20 devices connected to the internet (TVs, phones, tablets, Gaming consoles, and laptops/desktops) not all of them are being used at once but they're still connected. Our other problem is we been experiencing higher latency when gaming. Some times it's not even worth playing. So if y'all can answer some questions for me I would appreciate it a lot.
(Sorry if these are just simple questions. I'm not a networking person but I would like to fix this issue. When the internet messes up everything falls on me but like I don't know much about internet. Sorry for the rant) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2020 06:23 PM PDT I helped someone install the Netgear Orbi system in their 8,000 sq ft home the other day and he called today saying he was having performance issues. His house is wired for Ethernet and he has the patch panels installed already and there are Ethernet outlets in every room. However there are 2 separate patch panels one in his laundry room and the main one with his cable router in a closet. There is a feed wire as well as the Ethernet cables that go to the rooms. So what I don't know is does that "feed" wire connect panel A to panel B I'm assuming? I Never have helped someone install a orbi system in a house this big before. Just wanted to get some insight on this if possible, I would really appreciate it! [link] [comments]  |
| Eeros, Ubiquiti APs, or some other solution with an ethernet backhaul? Posted: 03 Sep 2020 08:30 PM PDT I live in a 1500 sq ft, 2-story house (with steel studs, not sure if that creates a Faraday cage effect). I just got AT&T Gigabit Fiber that I'm running through a TP-Link Archer A20 (downstairs). Unfortunately I can't change the placement of my router or modem. Upstairs, I'm only getting around ~250Mbps. How can I improve throughput? Luckily there's a single ethernet connection between floors, so options I'm considering:
I'm not required to keep the TP-Link router since it's still in a return window. Any input or additional suggestions would be greatly appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2020 03:19 PM PDT Hello everyone I need to buy an LTE router with 4g support. I also need it to have WAN connectivity (if I ever need it to connect to the internet without SIM card). I Have narrowed down my options to these ones: Router D-Link DWR‑953 Wireless AC1200 4G LTE Multi‑WAN Router TP-Link Archer MR200 V4 AC750 Wireless Dual Band 4G LTE Router TP-Link TL-MR6400 300Mbps Wireless N 4G LTE Router TP-Link Archer MR400 AC1200 Wireless Dual Band 4G LTE Regardless of price, witch one would you consider to be the best buy? Would you suggest any other? [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for a router recommendation for home user Posted: 03 Sep 2020 04:22 PM PDT Hi, I'm an MSP and have always been using corporate gear at my house. However, I have a good friend who is looking for a recommendation for a router for his house. He is not a fancy user, but I would like something that will be pretty fast, provide good coverage and reliable. Looking for recommendations. Smart TV, 3 computers, 1 VoIP phone, 5 cell phones, 1 tablet, Amazon Alexa and a handful of other smart devices (thermostats, door locks, wearable tech, lights). Suggestions? I'm really out of date on the home networking equipment. I think the last "home" router I used was a WGR614 hahaha [link] [comments]  |
| Using UniFi Design Center to plan your network layout Posted: 03 Sep 2020 11:48 AM PDT Chris from Crosstalk Solutions has created a video that will show you how you can use the UniFi Design Center (https://design.ui.com/login): [link] [comments]  |
| Security risk of RemoteDesktop into unknown computer Posted: 03 Sep 2020 01:06 PM PDT Hi, I have the following situation: I'm a photographer and occasionally do timelapse videos. As these are really high resolution (above 4K), cutting and editing is anywhere but smooth even on my fairly decent PC. A good rendering PC is somewhere around $2000-$3000 and as I don't do that often, I'm not sure I want to spend that. As an alternative, I found that there are so-called "renderfarms" (mostly used for 3D rendering) where one can rent a powerful server (dual Xeon CPU, 256GB RAM, top of the line graphic cards) for a few dollars per hour. You boot a Windows image over a web-interface, transfer your files there via SFTP and then use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to the running machine. And then you could edit video on really a powerful machine. Transfer files back via SFTP, shut down the machine over the web interface. This sounds good and exactly what I need, but I'm wondering about security of my local computer. When using remote desktop to any computer, there's always this message that says "This remote connection could harm your local or remote computer. Do not connect unless you know where this connection came from or have used it before." Is there a risk for my computer when using remote desktop to control the other computer? Like malware or anything else? I've seached the web extensively. Unforunately, all articles I've found were about the situation where a computer is set to accept remote desktop connections or how to secure company networks and computers allowing remote desktop connections. Thanks in advance Antonio [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2020 04:03 PM PDT My wife is a teacher and when she's at home on Zoom meeting, suddenly every other device cannot be used. This includes the Wifi TV, the kids I-Pads and even my PC. Everything becomes super slow to load or wont load at all. Once she's done with her meeting, everything is back to normal. Because my PC is hardwired, I thought that Time Warner/Spectrum may be slowing us down, throttling while she was on Zoom. But on the occasion that I can run the fast.com speed test during her zoom meetings, it still shows us topping over 100 Mbps. Is it our router? We are using the basic one provided by Spectrum. The tech that brought it to us stated that told us that there were much better ones that could be purchased. If so, any advice? I was looking at the Linksys Tri-Band WiFi Router for Home (Max-Stream AC2200 MU-MIMOI thank you in advance for advice. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2020 07:01 PM PDT I recently purchased a Unifi Dream Machine hoping to replace my janky DD-WRT router / virtualized pfsense setup but have found myself wanting for some capabilities. Three things have annoyed me thus far. 1) You can only set a single DDNS provider for reasons. 2) You can't disable the firewall. 3) It's not easy (or I'm really stupid) to set it up as an AP and shut off WAN. Does anybody have experience setting a UDM to act as your wireless AP only with it connected to a virtaulized instance of pfsense? I want my freedom back. [link] [comments]  |
| How to set ethernet backhaul / wired backhaul for Mesh Wifi in 3-story townhouse Posted: 03 Sep 2020 04:43 PM PDT Hi experts, recently I moved into a 3-story newly built townhome and there are ethernet ports/jacks on each floor and I have 1 gigabit Comcast internet. I found out the patch panel in the closet looks like this (picture at the end), I have 3 Eero pros and my goal is to set up ethernet backhaul so they won't need to communicate with each other wirelessly, I learned that this would be the most ideal way to have fastest ever mesh WiFi, and originally my wireless Mesh Wifi (with 1 router connect to Comcast modem through ethernet and other 2 router just powered on and speak with each other wirelessly) really doesn't give me good enough speed, the device connected to satellite router can only go up to 200 mbps. So after much research, I kind of have an idea what to do but just want to post here to confirm with experts because it looks like this community is really tech-savvy and inclusive. The question is: based on the picture of the patch panel, do I just need to buy a gigabit switch that has enough ports? Is the process like: connect coax cable to Comcast modem (already in bridge mode), then connect modem to switch using CAT 6 ethernet cable, and then connect switch to each of those ethernet port in the patch panel using ethernet cable and I'll have live ethernet jack in each floor? A side question is: is CAT5e ethernet cable enough for the job or has to be CAT6? Picture: Patch panel overview (right part is phone panel) Patch panel zoom in [link] [comments]  |
| How is this working? (MOCA network over splitter?) Posted: 03 Sep 2020 06:52 PM PDT Frontier ONT with MOCA Light (the link shows the layout currently of the network) Can anyone explain to me how this is working? Maybe I am missing something. A splitter does NOT allow signals to go downstream and then back upstream across the splitter, right? ONT - Splitter - coax 1 - router -coax2 - moca I do not get how coax2 can get network/IPs from the coax 1. My ONT has a light that says MOCA. But how does Coax2 get signal from Coax1? Only because the ONT has MOCA on it? If I upgraded to 1 gb, and no longer had the ONT with "moca" light, I would have to have a different setup, correct? [link] [comments]  |
| What type of CAT cable should I use in my house? Posted: 03 Sep 2020 09:58 PM PDT I plan on getting a professional to add Ethernet jacks to two rooms in my house. We currently have AT&T gigabit fiber. So cat6 should be fine right? [link] [comments]  |
| Netgear R7800 Router keeps rebooting ~3 times daily. Requesting any help you can give! Posted: 03 Sep 2020 09:49 PM PDT Hi folks, [link] [comments]  |
| Would I be able to buy and use a new router? Posted: 03 Sep 2020 09:43 PM PDT Hi! First off I want to say I don't know much about routers/modems/etc so I'm going to do my best. Background is my household uses a modem/router (I think) that we got from TWC/Spectrum years ago. However, this thing is literally the furthest possible place away from my room and can't be moved because 1. my mom has it set up in her office w/ a special security work setup and 2. it has to be connected to a little screw in pinhole thing AND/OR clicky LAN cable looking outlet in the wall that's only located upstairs (I'm downstairs). I like to play MW2 on my PS4 and have made it ok-ish so far using a repeater and connecting it via LAN cable. It wasn't the greatest but recently, because my mom moved it even further away than it was before, my internet has been unusable. I don't even bother using WiFi on my phone anymore, and I have to reset the router+repeater and make sure every device I own is off/on airplane mode before I even turn on my PS4 or I can't even connect to the MW2 servers. I've been looking into buying a new router so I can finally stop lagging out and living like a WiFi-less Neanderthal. However, I don't know if it's possible given our Spectrum thing. Can I buy a new router to use in my room? Am I limited in my choices? And lastly, if it is possible, how would I even go about installing it? P.S. idk if this is relevant but my mom and sibling don't have issues upstairs with the WiFi, it's just me downstairs. Also the distance is too great for a LAN cable directly from the modem thing. [link] [comments]  |
| Help understanding router behind switch Posted: 03 Sep 2020 09:41 PM PDT Hello, I've discovered my router is the bottleneck behind my network (100mbps ethernet). I'm looking at getting an unmanaged switch (1gbps per port), but realized I don't quite understand how exactly everything will come together. Suppose I use the following configuration: Internet -> Modem -> Switch -> (Router, Ethernet devices, access points, etc) Right now I understand that the router will still be able to respond to other devices on the network that ask for local IP addresses via DHCP, but I'm not sure how the DNS will be handled. Is this setup still valid? Or does the router need to be the main hub? More details: * I'd like to point all devices to a PiHole DNS server that will also contain custom entries (for local webservers), but otherwise default to the DNS provided by the ISP. If the router is normally configured to point to PiHole, will it direct other clients to use it? What will happen here? * I plan on using many smart devices / Homeassistant / Plex / Nextcloud. With this configuration, will there still be ways for all devices (whether they're connected via ethernet or access points) to address each other? In other words, will the DHCP provided by the router reach everyone? If not, is this possible without bottlenecks from the router? [link] [comments]  |
| Recommended 5 port network switch? Posted: 03 Sep 2020 05:41 PM PDT I currently have an 8 port Netgear Pro switch in my garage that feeds my whole house. I have NEVER had to do a power reset to it. When I wanted to expand the network to my home entertainment center, I decided to buy the 5 port version of the same brand/model. I have a pi-hole, streaming box, AV receiver and a drop from the 8 port connected to this. Well, it seems I have to power reset this one at least once a week. What would the community recommend as a replacement? [link] [comments]  |
| Upgraded to Gigabit + Wyze Cams + Best Wifi setup Posted: 03 Sep 2020 09:08 PM PDT I just upgraded to Gigabit service a couple of days ago. This is the modem/router combo that was provided by my ISP, Optimum: Ubee UBC1322 with DOCSIS 3.1 https://www.ubeeinteractive.com/?product=ubc1322 The router is only Wifi 5 so I will not be able to get near Gigabit speeds. I have the following devices in my home:
One of my computers is used for stock trading so I it is connected via ethernet. The others will be on Wifi. The Wyze IP security cameras are on all day and run on 2.4 Ghz. Will it make any difference if I use another router to have two networks; one for the cameras and the other for all other devices? Is the modem/router that was provided of decent quality? I had issues when it was first setup and now I can consistently get 400-600 Mbits/sec. Would I benefit from using the Netgear Nighthawk CM1200 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q5VM51Y ? [link] [comments]  |
| Need help understanding why my wall Ethernet ports dont work,,, Posted: 03 Sep 2020 08:50 PM PDT So my problem is I recently move to an apartment complex and have really great wifi connection but i want to connect via Ethernet using my wall port but I am not getting a connection at all. I can only connect my modem into that ONT port because that directly gives me the wifi/ service.I don't understand whats the issue or how to resolve it. Any advice would be great. Here's some photos to see if anyone can help. [link] [comments]  |
| Do I need a wired connection for Zoom? Posted: 03 Sep 2020 08:35 PM PDT Last semester, on my laptop I was using Citrix web meetings with a crappy panoramic router/modem, and it was far away and I was lucky to get 60mbps at certain times. It was a terrible experience and essentially unusable. We pay for 150mbps download. Recently, we bought a Arris surfboard 8200 and hooked it up to an old router we had bought, a linksys wrt 1900ac, ditching the panoramic. I also put it in my room as I had a coax coming out of my wall but don't watch live tv and only stream. Now I consistently get at least 110mbps on 5ghz and quite often get 130mbps. I have yet to see it go below 100mbps, and usually I have about 10mbps upload. Internet has been an amazing experience, no more having to disconnect and connect several times a day to have a working connection. Question is, with a great wifi connection and those speeds, should I have problems with Zoom? I have my first class friday, and would rather not buy a $30 dongle for my macbook if it isn't going to make much of a difference. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| How to setup network with concrete basement floor and split coax Posted: 03 Sep 2020 08:34 PM PDT I just moved into a house that has a concrete basement level and a first floor. I've got my router/modem as centrally located on the first floor as possible but due to the concrete on the lower story unless I am directly below the router I get a terrible connection. There is coax running a good portion of the house that is all split from one another (using a channelplus h802). If I already have my cable internet coming in on this coax, can I use MoCa? Or will that be a conflict? I've also read on other posts that I might need a input filter but that was for cable TV so I wasn't sure if that still applied. Otherwise, it seems like a Mesh network might be my best option although I'm pretty sure I can create my own based on equipment I already have. Equipment I have/that got left behind: Routers: cisco air-cap3702i-a-k9, netgear wndr3400v3, netgear wnr1000v2 Wifi Extenders: netgear AC1200 Powerline Adapter/Extenders: tplink tl-pa9020 x2, netgear ac750 Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2020 04:12 PM PDT So I would like to build a SOHO, with web, mail, and db servers. These would be juicy targets, so I would like to put a true firewall at the boundary of my lan and the internet. By "true firewall" I mean all the defensive capabilities that are above and beyond the simple ones in a consumer router. Being a tinkerer, I would like to repurpose any of my old hardware routers into this hardware firewall. I suppose that involves flashing new firmware into the router. I have read up on dd-wrt, but that seems only to turn my router into a better router, not a true firewall. I have googled a lot but the closest I seem to get is advice on how to turn it into a network switch. Is what I want possible? Is that a thing? What software should I download and flash? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Sep 2020 07:46 PM PDT Hi Guys! Just getting into this and wanted to ask for your expert guidance. Just moved into a house and identified a closet in the office on the ground floor as my home network closet. Contents:
How would you best organize this setup without it looking like a mess of wires and components? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
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