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- Authentication Server on Home Network
- Downside of multiple small switches instead of large central switch?
- Low(ish) Bandwidth, Improve Latency (For Gaming)
- ISP vs. New router for ethernet plugin
- I need some help finding a good ethernet tester
- How to safely run CAT6/7 copper cabling between two buildings, 100ft apart
- Recommendations for a firewall for home network?
- Modern wi-fi router with data usage logs?
- Need help port forwarding a VSOL router
- Beginner friendly fiber info for underground runs
- Ethernet jack
- Newbie question… what would happen (network wise) if I plugged a switch into a modem?
- Troubleshooting new network
- I'm literally at my wits end
- New Gigabit Connection Slowed by Router/Switch?
- Should I replace my Asus RT-N66U routers?
- Can I Use A Router To Extend My Wifi Range?
- Question. Pc has internet but I can't ping any devices located on the network including my router
- Old alarm panel
- Need advice on proper Wifi advanced setup on Asus Router
- Weird issue with my home internet, can you guys help?
- Just got fiber installed. Slow download speed
- Accessing device on guest network from main network? Asus Router
- Any good mini PCs to run Ubuntu server off?
- Could I use an Ubuntu desktop to run a wireless router?!
| Authentication Server on Home Network Posted: 29 Sep 2021 08:57 AM PDT I intend to setup a Linux authentication server for my home network. Clients consist of Linux and Windows systems, both physical and VM/LXC. I have heard of Kerberos, SAML, (Open)LDAP. [link] [comments]  |
| Downside of multiple small switches instead of large central switch? Posted: 29 Sep 2021 08:02 PM PDT I've re-terminated my cat 5e phone lines in my house to rj45 jacks. I have a box in the wall (where all the phone lines ran) with an 8 port gigabit switch attached to the router/modern and the rest of the house. In other parts of the house I have 5 port switches. One 5 port switch has the TV, Blu ray player, and small PC. In my office I have a second 5 port switch with my main computer and my work computer. In a third area I have switch with 2 printers hooked to it. I do not play online games so latency is not an issue in that regards. I do have a Plex server (on my main PC) that streams throughout the house. Pros and cons of my simple setup versus a central switch with multiple drops to each room? [link] [comments]  |
| Low(ish) Bandwidth, Improve Latency (For Gaming) Posted: 29 Sep 2021 07:37 PM PDT Hi everyone - first time poster here. I have struggled for years with my latency while gaming. I live very rurally in New Zealand and have always had pretty low bandwidth. Recently I upgraded from an ADSL (5mbps down, >1 mbps up) to a 4G based solution (~30mbps down, ~20mbps up). This 4G connection is much better, but we have 6+ active devices on our network at times which means my connection is definitely throttled at times. I've recently been looking into all sorts of networking solutions, but ideally I'd like to implement some sort of hard limit on all wireless connections, and leave my wired desktop PC as uncapped. The other members of my household are totally fine with me implementing this limit as all they are typically doing is streaming video or using social media. I have both a Netgear Orbi (RBR20) and a Netgear Nighthawk D7000 (AC1900) that I can use to implement this solution. I've tried using the built-in QoS settings on both to try to prioritise my desktop PC, but this has only provided me with marginal latency improvements. A real world example I'd like to give is I can open TikTok for example (ew, I know) and scroll repeatedly. The videos load fine as my bandwidth is clearly capable, but my ping on my desktop spikes from 50ms to 350ms or higher. In practice, this means I basically cannot play games online while others are home. Is there some sort of solution I can implement to prevent this from happening? Thanks in advance for any help! [link] [comments]  |
| ISP vs. New router for ethernet plugin Posted: 29 Sep 2021 03:11 PM PDT Hello everyone! I am trying to troubleshoot a particular problem and was hoping for some input from those more experienced. I am temporarily living in a two floor house with four other people that are always streaming and using the internet. I am the only one in the house that plays games, but my room is farthest from the router. I am not in a position to move it so I was thinking about some solutions.
Are these poor solutions? Can anyone recommend something else? I tried researching this on Google and looked in previous posts but I could not find anything similiar. Thanks for the help! The house has coaxial wire running through the walls. The setup in use is an ARRIS surfboard SB8200 modem to a netgear nighthawk R6700v3 router. [link] [comments]  |
| I need some help finding a good ethernet tester Posted: 29 Sep 2021 08:24 PM PDT Hey guys, I did some research on here trying to find a good ethernet tester but most of the ones people are posting are crazy expensive, way to cheap, out of stock or don't have the feature set I want. I need something to verify POE, continuity, length detection, a remote tester because the cables have already been run through the house, and preferably something that can determine link speed. My budget is around $200 with some wiggle room. Do you guys have anything you recommend? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| How to safely run CAT6/7 copper cabling between two buildings, 100ft apart Posted: 28 Sep 2021 09:28 PM PDT Before I get started, I respectfully ask that you please do not recommend fiber. I will get into the reasons why later, but it has been basically impossible for me to find the information I need because every answer everywhere is "use fiber", rather than explaining how copper can be done correctly. Overview of the situation Standard suburban American home with split phase electrical 240v/120V service. There is a free standing single room structure henceforth referred to as 'the boathouse' approximately 100 feet from the main house. There are 2x 20A 120V, and 1x 30A 240V circuits in the main breaker box in the house which supplies up to 70A to the boathouse via direct burial UF-B cabling (this existed when I purchased the home, so details are sparse). There are 2x UF-B (direct burial) 12/2 cables with grounds (3 conductors total) and 1x UF-B (direct burial) 12/3 cables with grounds (4 conductors total), running between the main breaker box in the house, and the boathouse. The electrical outlets in the boathouse are directly connected to the two 20A 120V lines. The 30A 240V line is planned to support a future sub panel, but is currently not connected.
Design Goals I need to get data network, HDMI, and potentially some analog audio into the boathouse from the main house. I plan to run CAT7 for an HDMI extender, and 4-6 (however many I can fit in the conduit/get from my 1000ft roll of cable) CAT6 cables for networking, analog audio, and future expansion. The total distance for the HDMI run is around 150 feet (from the cable box in the house). I am looking at this device or similar: https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Bi-Directional-Passthrough-JTECH-HDT150/dp/B079LVRKGF/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 For the data networking bit, the line will be carrying POE+ and data to a Unifi AP-U6-LR. So electrically, the device will not be connected to anything in the boathouse. The other extra lines may be used for other wired gear at some point in the future (who knows, always run extra UTP/STP, it can do so much!!). Fiber If this were a packet data network only, I would just run fiber and call it a day, no scary electrical complications. The issue is that there are a ton of wonderful long range devices that use standard CAT 5e/6/7 which I want to also be able to take advantage of (like the HDMI extender, or analog audio via a balun). I am aware that there are fiber based alternatives for some of these things, but definitely not all. Fiber based HDMI extenders tend to be about 2x the price for half the specs. I have not been able to find many that do 4K60/HDR. Additionally, these fiber extenders are such niche items, they have single digit review counts in most cases, making them extremely risky purchases. The limitations of fiber based HDMI extenders aside, I want to be able to run arbitrary analog signalling via a balun for future things. Concerns with Copper The Internet seems to be in agreement that copper between buildings is generally a bad idea.
Ground Loop My understanding of ground loops and how they happen is decidedly insufficient, despite googling, reading many web pages, and looking at graphical descriptions. I understand that the Earth itself has a certain voltage potential, which is generally tied to the ground contacts in home outlets via a long conductive rod sticking deep into the dirt somewhere on the exterior of the house. In my case, where both the house and boathouse share a common set of hot, neutral, and ground lines, is this a thing I need to worry about? The boathouse is not separately grounded, so as I understand it, there should still be only a single path to ground, and no loop. Please assist me in understanding and correct any errors in my logic. Lightening This one seems simple enough to understand, but what is the solution? I've seen answers online like just put it in an electrically rated conduit and call it a day because the conduit itself is grounded by virtue of being a long conductive piece of metal in the ground. But then I also see lots of stuff about surge suppression/arrestors, or something about gas discharge tubes. Some sources say put it at both ends, some say just one or it will create more problems. I could get surge suppressor things, but they are all rated for ethernet, not arbitrary signalling. And some are rated for 10/100 while others are rated for gigabit, which leads me to believe it is actually doing something and not so agnostic about the signalling. So for something that is carrying some proprietary protocol, like the HDMI extender, or for something that is carrying analog signalling, like audio via a balun, what is the proper and safe way to terminate the ends of the cable runs? Risk Assessment Unsure what to do, and the level of risk I'm taking on seems to vary from 'you might blow up your switch', to 'you might blow up your house'. So if anyone can help level set my risk for various solutions, with explanations I can understand, that would be super helpful. Did I miss any important details? Let me know in the comments and I will add the missing details via edits. Lastly, I was pretty split on what subreddit this belongs on, so please do let me know if I should re-post in a more applicable subreddit. [link] [comments]  |
| Recommendations for a firewall for home network? Posted: 29 Sep 2021 07:47 PM PDT Any suggestions and / or recommendations for deploying a robust firewall for SoHo use? I have two dedicated NAS which run all the time. I need to protect the data on it by using a dedicated hardware firewall. I don't have much expertise in configuring firewall, but I am willing to learn. I am thinking of OPN Sense or PFSense, Netgate, Fortinet, and/ or Sophos is an option, but I do not want to spend more than $500, and I do not want to pay recurring license fee. Was thinking of UDM Pro, just for firewall and IPS, but don't know if it's robust enough as PFSense or other hardware units out there. [link] [comments]  |
| Modern wi-fi router with data usage logs? Posted: 29 Sep 2021 03:26 PM PDT Greetings, Our wi-fi router needs to be replaced and I would like to replace it with a Wi-Fi 6 router with the latest technology. One of the things I wish our current Wi-Fi router had was some monthly logs of how much data every device is consuming. We sometimes get close to hitting our Xfinity data cap, and I'd like to know who the worst offenders are on the network so we can dial them back a bit. Any ideas where we should go with this? It doesn't seem to be a common feature on home routers, but there have got to be some out there. Preferably not a very expensive one either, as I doubt I can convince the wife to spend more than $150 or so. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Need help port forwarding a VSOL router Posted: 29 Sep 2021 07:08 PM PDT I'm trying to port forward port 30000 to use FoundryVTT with a group of friends but my router doesn't seem to have the same general layout most router have (At least as far as I have seen in internet tutorials). The thing is no matter how many times I try to open the port via the Virtual Server Configuration tool I don't seem to get it right. It asks for: Server IP, External IP, External Start and End ports, Protocol, Server IP (again) and Server Port. Does anyone know for sure what I have to put in each section? The Router's Model Is: V2801REW [link] [comments]  |
| Beginner friendly fiber info for underground runs Posted: 29 Sep 2021 03:08 PM PDT I have three buildings with two runs of Cat6 snaking through PVC conduit. I have always been spooked by having copper underground and I'm finally financially able to make the leap to fiber for these runs, but I am absolutely clueless as to what I should be getting for my non-enterprise needs. What kind of fiber, and how many strands do I need to support at least 1Gb across the spans? What equipment do I need to take the terminated cable and translate it to Cat6/5e for use with the existing router and switches? I don't have anything that will take those slot based transceivers. Are there any special considerations for fishing fiber through conduit? Really appreciate the help! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2021 03:07 PM PDT Super noob here. I have a concrete wall between my bedroom and living room. Router is in living room and mesh equivalent is in closest place to the bedroom (ends up being still behind the same concrete wall). The internet in the bedroom is sticky not ideal. I would like to create a Ethernet jack between the two walls so I can have my bedroom router connect directly to the modem/main-router. But I can't do this myself- so what kind of person/contractor does this kind of work? Thx! [link] [comments]  |
| Newbie question… what would happen (network wise) if I plugged a switch into a modem? Posted: 29 Sep 2021 06:51 PM PDT |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2021 06:47 PM PDT Ran some cat6a in my house, It's way overkill for what I have but it was free to me. Have a Nighthawk AC1750 for a router and TP-Link TL-SG108 8 port switch. My speeds are all fine but I get a lot of strange issues. I get random huge ping spikes in games and when I got to any website 5 out of 10 times it will say this page cant be reached for about 1 second then load. Or it will load. but does not load the whole page so its looks like a word document if that makes sense. Anyone have any ideas? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2021 06:22 PM PDT Hello all - I've been experiencing cable modem disconnects/restarts for the past few years, but it's recently got to the point where I can't get anything done. Currently through Spectrum, using a Cisco DPC3216 Modem (just replaced 2 weeks ago) and a Netgear AC1750 Nighthawk that is about a year old on a factory reset with current firmware. Had a Spectrum tech come out yesterday and state that my levels were too high, and said that he got them back down to spec before leaving. When running the Modem direct to my Xbox One X, I have 0 disconnects and good speed/latency. Having the modem plugged in to the router is when I start experiencing the disconnects, which are on average 15-20 per hour. I'd love any pointers or advice y'all might have on this. [link] [comments]  |
| New Gigabit Connection Slowed by Router/Switch? Posted: 29 Sep 2021 06:05 PM PDT Hi everyone, so, I just got new fiber installed for the apartment. I'm beyond excited. When I run a speed test that is on my router's app, I get my advertised speeds. My setup goes as follows: Modem -> Router -> Switch -> Devices So, I just got back from Micro Center because I thought maybe my cables were too old, so I replaced a cat5 cable I had going from my router to my switch with a cat6, and have a cat6 going from my switch to my desktop. When I run a speedtest on the desktop, my results are significantly worse. When I run a speedtest with my pc directly connected to the modem, I again get 1gb up and down, as advertised. Can anyone see first glance if I'm doing something horribly incorrect? Perhaps my switch is too old? Or my router? [link] [comments]  |
| Should I replace my Asus RT-N66U routers? Posted: 29 Sep 2021 06:02 PM PDT I have two Asus RT-N66U "Dark Knight" routers, one as the main router from the Fios box and the second router is set up as a repeater. We use all the ports for Cat6 runs to a number of devices. We've been noticing some dropped calls and other oddities with wireless connections and have been thinking about upgrading or adding a third router to the top floor of our home (which is tall), but I'm hesitant because replacement because these routers have been workhorses for many years. Three young teenagers and us using the internet regularly. I work from home. Looking for thoughts from you: Will replacing the routers make a big difference? We have 60MBPS download and upload on the hardwired computers according to Google speedtest. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Can I Use A Router To Extend My Wifi Range? Posted: 29 Sep 2021 05:57 PM PDT I have a modem/router combo from my ISP and I get bad signal from my bedroom. To solve this, I aim to purchase a TP-Link A9 router to use as a wifi range extender alongside my modem/router combo. Is it possible to have the M/R be a network in it of itself and then have a router connected to it via ethernet and have that router also have a network with its own password? I couldn't find much info on this matter and as I am not very tech savvy i was hoping I could get some advice here. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Question. Pc has internet but I can't ping any devices located on the network including my router Posted: 29 Sep 2021 05:56 PM PDT So this happen about a month ago when I could not access my plex server via IP and then I discovered I can't connect to anything locally. I believe the last thing I did network-wise was used my extra 2.5g ethernet port connected directly to my work laptop to have a RDP session. I thought my router was the problem but when I got a new one this week it still has the same problem. I've tried enabling and disabling Microsoft defender firewall but that doesn't seem to do anything. I can ping google.com but when I try to ping my router or NAS i just time out. I also cant ping my PC from my work laptop. My router can see my pc in the dashboard [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2021 05:53 PM PDT So, we just got our own place and it came with some dated stuff.. The first thing is an old alarm system from 2003 which has been superseded by something else. Honestly I don't know if it even works. The second is a network of RJ11 jacks that were all run with Cat5e. Since we don't have PSTN service from our internet provider (they quoted us $80/mo for line rental!) I re-terminated all the Cat5e with Ethernet jacks and replaced the messy looking voice panel in the basement with a patch panel. A cable from the other side of that is just an RJ11 cable out to the ONT outside. From what I can see it's basically just a weird looking junction box plus a test socket. One of the cables going into that was from the alarm system which I'm not too worried about (like I said, it's no longer used so whatever). What's more concerning though is that I just noticed that there's a red wire that runs from the sprinkler system into the alarm system also, making me wonder if I should re-connect the alarm system back to the PSTN so it can call out to the fire dept if the sprinklers activate... Can I Just grab a cheap phone junction box and splice the wire from the alarm system to the wire from the Verizon ONT? Should I even bother(like I said, we don't have a phone service...but I assume it would still allow emergency calls to be placed)? [link] [comments]  |
| Need advice on proper Wifi advanced setup on Asus Router Posted: 29 Sep 2021 05:42 PM PDT Need advice on the-right-way of Wifi professional setup on Asus Router.Just to note everyone, everything is actually already in a working state. I just need confirmation if some of the stuff listed on the settings should be set in a 'more of a right way' because i don't actually know everything 🙂 (edited by adding) extra reference let me know if i need to make changes or if there's any recommendation . thank you 🙂 [link] [comments]  |
| Weird issue with my home internet, can you guys help? Posted: 29 Sep 2021 05:11 PM PDT Hello all, so a bit convoluted here… I stay in a big city, right outside of our airport, and any types of data connections are terrible over here. I have two separate home internet solutions because of this. One of which is xfinity, which pisses me off at least once a day which is why I also decided to get the T-Mobile home internet. I elected to keep both because my two phones, being T-Mobile and Verizon, also do not really work in this neighborhood and I didn't want to go the T-Mobile home internet route and it be worse than xfinity has been. But here is my issue. The T-Mobile internet has worked amazingly for the week or so that I have had it. Speeds average around 280mbps on LAN and just generally perform far better than my phone does… despite using the same towers, weird but whatever. Well yesterday I started having issues. When trying to connect my computer to Steam I would constantly get a network error, but switching to my other network and connecting before switching back to T-Mobile would work fine as far as the connection to Steam, but playing online games would give me pretty frequent "connection interrupted" pop ups. Well doing a speed test I'd still show speeds upwards of 100mbps while all of this is going on so I figure ok, dropping packet data or some type of bandwidth issue? Should not be bandwidth, as the only connections to the T-Mobile home network were my pc and my console. Long story short, I couldn't figure out the issue. I woke up today and went to check my connection just to see I was now getting less than 1mbps. I figured ok, it works off of the cell towers, my cell coverage out here is not great, so maybe this is just what I was expecting. Well to further confuse myself here, I decided to disconnect the LAN cable and test a wifi connection. Well, on the same pc in which I am getting less than 1mbps down speeds while hardwired I'm getting upwards of 140mbps wireless. Now I still have some connection issues wirelessly, but not nearly as bad as when hardwired. Can anyone help me figure out what the hell is going on? [link] [comments]  |
| Just got fiber installed. Slow download speed Posted: 29 Sep 2021 05:06 PM PDT Does anyone have any clue what would cause low download but upload is fine? Modem (Nokia BGW320-505) AT&T Fiber Internet 1000 I had Suddenlink for years. I was paying $124 a month for 200 mbps unlimited, It worked fine. I just hated their unannounced and unexplained annual price increases. Getting their mailer advertising their prices for new customers was infuriating. Anyway, My new AT&T connection doesn't seem to be working right. I'm getting 225mbps down and 800mbps up on a wired connection. I have an ethernet line connected to the BGW320 and it goes down through the floor into the crawl space and then up again through the floor about 15ft to a Netgear gigabit GS108 8 port switch. [link] [comments]  |
| Accessing device on guest network from main network? Asus Router Posted: 29 Sep 2021 08:25 AM PDT I have an Asus router running an older an older version of AsusWRT-Merlin and am using the guest network setup for an IOT device that I do not want on the rest of my network. To connect to this device, I must connect my computer to the guest network first and I can then access it. I understand this for security reasons and why it is set up like this. Is there a way to access that device on the guest network while still being connected to the main network with a setting? I see an "Access Intranet" option but am unsure if this is only for devices connected within the guest network solely. Naturally I want this IOT device on the guest network to be isolated and I'm happy this router is doing this properly. Curious if there was a setting or way to specify my computer on the other main network can communicate directly with the item on the guest network without requiring connecting to the guest network. [link] [comments]  |
| Any good mini PCs to run Ubuntu server off? Posted: 29 Sep 2021 03:28 PM PDT I've begun using Speedify to bond my cellular and ISP connections. The results are great and stability is far better than simply running both connections through a load balancer for failover etc. Ideally, I'd much rather run Speedify at the network level. The project currently only supports Ubuntu Server and Raspberry Pi OS. As I already use Ubuntu on the desktop, the thought of throwing Ubuntu server on some hardware wouldn't phase me. But the question is ... what hardware? I'd need something with enough ports (2 x gigabit WAN for both incoming connections from the modems and at least one LAN). But beyond that ... I'm not sure what my requirements are. Has anybody specced out a router built running on Ubuntu Server and could point me in the direction of some products? Something pre-built that fits the bill would be preferable. [link] [comments]  |
| Could I use an Ubuntu desktop to run a wireless router?! Posted: 29 Sep 2021 03:25 PM PDT OK crazy idea. I'm not sure about the technical feasibility so said I would throw it out there. Currently I'm using Speedify to bond my cellular and ISP routers. The results are great. Superior performance to putting them both through a load balancer. I also have an access point in my network that I use to share WiFi. My long term plan would be to run Speedify on the network level. And to achieve that by buying dedicated hardware for it (it only runs on top of Ubuntu Server or Raspberry Pi to this likely means buying something like a mini PC which a bunch of ethernet ports). However, a wacky idea I just had was .... what if I used the desktop as the source of the bonding. Ie: I leave the desktop running with its bonded connection always in place. I then buy another USB to ethernet adapter to try share the bonded connectivity over ethernet to the access point that drives the WiFi network. Could something like this possibly work? [link] [comments]  |
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