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- Can someone explain what the difference is/which is the better modem of the Cox list provided?
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- AT&T NID box left wide open?
- Adding new router to the mix. What to do with the old ISP modem combo
- House wired with ethernet jacks but they do not work!
- Where to go next from an Archer C7?
- High Latency, is this on my ISP?
- Upgraded to gigabit, want to upgrade my home network to be expandable and use vpn. Suggestions?
- GL iNet + pdanet, possible?
- Slow internet upload speed on only one machine
- RT-AC5300 in Repeater Mode keeps getting „stuck“ and needs rebooting
- New to Managed Switches
- Wifi doesn't reach my room, router connects with coaxial cable, but there's no other coax outlet in my house. Can I use a phone jack instead? Or do I need the coaxial
- Need help with an operation
- Using coax outlet that was previously used for TV for modem
- Unconnected ethernet?
- Please help out a newb with network security
- idiots question about tracert
- 4 port wall plate or just use switch?
- Can a power outage harm my electronics?
- How to check if Network has been compromised?
- Two routers on the same network without bridge mode
- Use Deco AP mode during temporary living situation
- Newbie getting started
| Asus wireless keeps slowing to a crawl Posted: 04 Nov 2021 04:40 PM PDT I have an Asus RT-5300AC that's about 5yr old. The wired connections are great, but the wireless connection keeps slowing to the point of being unusable. Firmware is current. I reboot, it comes back faster than ever >400MB/s, then after after a few hours, it ends up below 4MB/s or worse. I'm guessing the WiFi hardware is failing; It seems to be affecting both of the 5GHz channels and the 2.4 channel. Any thoughts / suggestions for troubleshooting to verify it's the radios? I'd been planning on buying the ET12 Mesh that was announced in early Sep, but it's still not out yet. [link] [comments]  |
| Can someone explain what the difference is/which is the better modem of the Cox list provided? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 02:10 PM PDT I'm using Cox, this is the list they provide of supported modems: I'm wanting to get the best bang for my buck, and from what I've read, it's better to have a separate modem + router than a 2-in-1. However, I'm looking at the DOCSIS 3.1 Modems but I'm unsure what the difference is between brands/models? Is there a significant difference in speeds from the newest models vs a slightly cheaper one? Do the brands really make a big impact? Also, aside from modem, what would be a good wireless router to pair it with? Thank you [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2021 04:39 PM PDT Just moved and new house only offer 50mbps from att. Should I switch to spectrum 200mbps. I heard spectrum internet shared with other ppl around. Which one is better? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2021 07:14 PM PDT One of my family members noticed that the box outside was left open with all the wires exposed to the elements. I'm not going to lie that I didn't even know we had a box there until now. We have landline and internet through AT&T. There's a thick wire bent in a way where the box no longer shuts properly. My guess is the neighbor may have rammed into it with their lawn mower. But I'm also wondering if it is possible for someone to have tampered with it in a way to be using our internet data or even hacking into our information through it? Should I be worried? If we call AT&T will they put a lock on it (or are we allowed to put one ourselves?) and be able to check to make sure the wires weren't messed with? Have anybody been in this situation and can tell me what they do? Or could they even move the box to the other side of the house? Would that take a lot of time? Any advice would be appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Adding new router to the mix. What to do with the old ISP modem combo Posted: 04 Nov 2021 06:03 PM PDT So I have centurylink ADSL and I just ordered a new router (ISP modem combo is terrible) that should be coming this weekend and what I want to try and do is have my new router do all the routing and just put the ISP's modem into bridge mode. Would it be ideal to just shut off the wifi and put into bridge mode, hook up the router and let it do its thing or should I put the modem into a DMZ and forward the traffic to the router. Forgive me if the posts doesn't make alot of sense. I'm still trying to learn. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| House wired with ethernet jacks but they do not work! Posted: 04 Nov 2021 12:47 PM PDT Hi everyone, I recently purchased a new home and noticed that the home is already wired with ethernet and coax jacks around in the bedrooms and kitchen! I went into the master bedroom's closet and noticed this box (covered by a metal plate) with what it seems to be coax cables and the ends to ethernet cables. Here are some pictures: and I tried testing out the ethernet jacks but they don't seem to be live, I plugged my modem into a room where the coax receives internet signal from the company. (The outlet has 2 coax and 2 ethernet inputs as well) so I figured I'd plug in two ethernet cables and find out which jack around the house receives signal. My question is: I'm new to the home, we were not told about this particular network addition to the house and have no way of knowing which jack works or not. What kind of company is it exactly that I have to look for (and pay) to see if I can get these two inputs to work in two particular rooms? I wanted to plug a gaming router on the second floor through wire because the WiFi signal degrades from 900Mbps down to 100Mbps if I were to do it wirelessly. I hope my question made sense, I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to this. Thanks everyone! :) EDIT: I forgot to mention there is another lock sheet metal box right above these cables, I do not have the keys to it so I do not know what exactly is in there. I'll probably get a hammer or saw and open it up if I cant find the keys. Maybe it has something to do with this? The company name on the sheet metal says "On Q Technologies" but it seems that company has gone out of business. (Can't find them anywhere) This is all in Manvel, Texas [link] [comments]  |
| Where to go next from an Archer C7? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 05:35 AM PDT I got the C7 a few years ago and I love it, but I am moving to a new apartment and will leave the C7 behind with my parents. I was wondering if I should get another C7 or if I should do an upgrade? To which router should I upgrade to? (found the archer A7 and AX20 and they seem nice) Also, where do you suggest me to search for decent and fair router reviews, etc? TIA [link] [comments]  |
| High Latency, is this on my ISP? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 05:08 PM PDT Hello fellow IT pros! I have 3 years of helpdesk experience, but am stuck on this one. I'm renting a room in a townhouse, and am getting terrible ping/latency in online gaming. I use Comcast, but don't run the account so I can't do much. I'm using a direct Ethernet line from the modem/router to a switch, and within the past 2-3 weeks my games have been unplayable due to latency. I updated drivers on my PC, plugged the cable into the PC directly (no switch), saw no change. Checked modem/router for QOS, updated firmware, ensured that it is on 1000Mbp full duplex (and same on my network card) Checked cables on ethernet cord. I found PingPlotter, and found that I get 0 loss on first hop, but hop 2 has insane latency, and is tied to Comcast. Edit: When I first moved in my ping was 6-10ms, download 120Mbs upload 40Mbps, now it is ping 11ms - Down 50Mpbs, Upload 6Mbps. Any more info that can help let me know. [link] [comments]  |
| Upgraded to gigabit, want to upgrade my home network to be expandable and use vpn. Suggestions? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 02:38 PM PDT I recently upgraded my network to gigabit and wanted to upgrade my home network as well. Basically I would like to have my whole wireless network use my VPN (Mullvad) but prefer to have my wired network not use VPN for gaming and for work. Would like to be able to access my NAS on the network but if it's only accessible on the wired network that works. Would like to have a separate cordoned off network for "smart" devices as well. Also would like to have this setup be expandable so when I move into a house I can add a switch and access points (or whatever else is needed) to cover everything. Currently I am in a 2 bedroom apartment. Any suggestions on the architecture and devices I should use? Is a pfsense box the way to go? I currently have a TP Link AC 1750 router and I have to use the company's provided modem. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2021 04:39 PM PDT I live in a building where the max broadband I can get is 3 mb/s, therefore, I've got an unlimited 5G contract with EE (UK) and using this to tether. Although I get good speeds, my phone is always hot and battery drains quickly with 5G+hotspot. I've bought the GL-AR150 and connected it to my phone, it is tethering but the speed seems to be capped at 0.5 mb/s. So it seems EE is capping the tethering speed of the GL-AR150. Tried changing my TTL, that didn't work. I am new to this so don't know my way around, but was wondering if there is a way where I can hide the fact that I am tethering from GL-AR150? pdanet seems to serve the purpose but it needs a laptop at the other end not a travel router. [link] [comments]  |
| Slow internet upload speed on only one machine Posted: 04 Nov 2021 04:24 PM PDT Strange issue that I've been trying to diagnose for a few days. I have one particular Windows 10 machine that I am having trouble getting gigabit internet upload speeds. Right now I am speed testing at about 930/200ish. I have a 930/930 connection to CenturyLink via a fiber connection. My networking setup is a little complicated. I'm running a 10G fiber connection to a Dell switch over SFP+ and from there eventually to a Dell R220 running Opnsense. I switched to the built-in ethernet on the PC and I'm getting the exact same 930/200 speeds though. With the same ethernet cable to my Macbook Air I'm getting the full 930/930. So I don't think it's the fiber connection to the rack, the NIC in the PC, or the switch. Even more puzzling is the fact I can upload and download files to my NAS on the same network from the same Windows 10 PC at way faster than 1G speeds. I'm uploading files to the NAS over the fiber connection at 500-600MB/s (as fast as the SSD can write). So it appears to only effect INTERNET upload speeds. I suspect it's something I need to configure in Windows? I'm honestly at a loss.... [link] [comments]  |
| RT-AC5300 in Repeater Mode keeps getting „stuck“ and needs rebooting Posted: 04 Nov 2021 02:10 PM PDT I have two ASUS RT-AC5300, one is connected in Repeater Mode to the other one, which is set up as Access Point. Both are updated regularly with the latest Merlin WRT FW, currently that's 386.3_2. The setup was running without any issues for about 3 years, but since a few weeks the AC5300 in Repeater Mode gets somehow „stuck" regularly, like every few days. The symptoms are:
The only fix: power off/on the Repeater and everything is fine for a a few days until it happens again, seemingly randomly. See below an extract of the logs from both devices around the time the issue last appeared.
Any ideas? Logs AC5300 Main Logs AC5300 Repeater [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2021 01:12 PM PDT I have a somewhat odd network setup -- I have FiOS coming into a home office the second floor, and I have an existing CAT6 line running from that room to the basement, where everything else (router, NAS, AP, etc.) lives. The home office also has an Xbox, a printer with flaky Wifi, and an AppleTV in it that I'd like to wire up (particularly the Xbox with the new Halo coming out soon). Given that it's just a few devices and running a second line will be difficult (it'll have to cross through the attic and run down walls made of plaster & lathe, so lots of places to get snagged), I've been eyeing using a pair of managed switches to set up a couple of VLANs running between the home office and the basement. One VLAN would handle bringing the FiOS ONT to the router's WAN port, another would handle bridging the upstairs devices into the router, and one port on each switch would be dedicated as a shared trunk line for the VLANs. That said, from poking around Amazon, there seem to be some significant caveats and potential security risks among inexpensive SOHO-level managed switches -- mostly incompatibilities in their 802.1Q implementation. Does this network topography sound workable? Does anyone have suggestions on small, managed switches (<5 ports)? Are there any caveats or security issues I should be aware of? Edit: the network topography would look something like this: https://i.stack.imgur.com/jdkxr.jpg [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2021 11:03 AM PDT I have a 3 story house, the router is in my basement, wifi barely reaches into my room, so I want to move the router closer to the middle of the house, but there's no coax outlet anywhere on that floor, there is phone jacks. Could I just connect the phone jack and remove the coax cable? Or would that not work? Do Coax in-phone Jack out adapters work? Would I be losing speed? Is there another option? Thank you [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2021 06:34 PM PDT Hello, First, I should mention that I literally don't know anything about networking, so please go easy on me. I have a device that I use for a project, and my goal is to receive some data from it. It only has an IP interface. I managed to get somewhere after hours of work but now I'm stuck, so I need your help. Here's a summary; -The device is connected to my computer via an Ethernet cable. I set the IP of the device to 192.168.0.150, then I changed the adapter options of the connection on my pc and set my IPv4 address to 192.168.0.140. -Then I entered 192.168.0.150 to my browser, and was greeted by the interface page of the device. So far so good. -On this page, there are some settings I can change. I found the one that forwards the data to a specific IP address. In the manual it says " IP packets are sent to the Now from what I understood, the device should be sending IP packets, but I need a way to intercept them in order to process them, right? And I'm developing a software, so I want to be able to do it using C#. For a start, I downloaded this project, ran it, chose 192.168.0.140 as the IP address from the drop-down list, and started monitoring. Well, all I see are packets from 140 to 150. But since 140 is what I assigned to my PC and 150 is the device's address, I assume these are all going from my PC to the device. Then I tried the "test connection" option in the device's page, entered the PC's IP again, started connection, nothing changed. I would like to dig further, but as I said I don't know anything about what's going on. Am I doing right by entering these IP addresses? How do I see the content of the exchanged packets? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Using coax outlet that was previously used for TV for modem Posted: 04 Nov 2021 06:30 PM PDT I previously had cable TV but we decided that it was not worth it. I now have a coax outlet that is not being used where the TV was hooked up to. Recently, I've been wanting to move my modem from the basement to the first floor for better signal. Currently, I only know that there is one coax outlet working at the moment on the first floor where the TV receiver was connected to. If I move my modem upstairs and connect it to this coax outlet, would the modem be able to connect to my internet provider? I previously tried to connect my modem to another coax outlet on the second floor but the US/DS light kept blinking so I assumed that the coax outlet was not connected. I'm hoping that I will not run into the same problem or any other problems. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2021 06:24 PM PDT Hi, just moved into house with ethernet throughout the house. Was told that I just need a switch(?) To get the the ethernet ports to work. What kind of device am I looking for? [link] [comments]  |
| Please help out a newb with network security Posted: 04 Nov 2021 05:25 PM PDT OK so I am having some issues so just to be on the safe side I"d like to re-check the network security I have skimmed through my router"s admin profile, my ISP"s modem has been in bridge mode ever since I started to use my TP-LINK Router
Any other settings I should look out for, and any current settings I"ve listed I should change? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2021 05:09 PM PDT whenever i run a windows tracert on wifi to any domain name, ie google dot com all hops look within acceptable bounds, but without fail the last hop will spike significantly higher, ie from 48 ms to 149 ms. winmtr does not show anything similar, and connecting to protonvpn causes tracert to no longer display the issue (i especially have no clue what this signifies, as connecting to ethernet also solves the problem without masking my ip, so i dont know what exactly a vpn changes about my connection that resolves this). this doesnt SEEM to be causing problems, ive experienced some packet loss in overwatch but it comes and goes while this issue does not. it just makes me feel crazy because i cant find any information about this online. any help is appreciated [link] [comments]  |
| 4 port wall plate or just use switch? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 01:19 PM PDT Good day all, I am currently in the planning stages of hardwiring cat6 in my house and have got a question for you. Amongst other things, I am planning to fit a 4 way wall plate behind my media centre but am concerned that the cable stiffness will cause an issue with connecting a wide spread of ports, unless my cable entry is almost the entire width of the back box. What I wanted to ask is if there is any point in installing multiple ports if everything is on the same network? Would I be better installing a single or double(for redundancy) and just sticking everything into a switch? Is there a substantial speed tax by using a switch before the main switch? Can you think of a reason that I'd be better off installing a 4 way? [link] [comments]  |
| Can a power outage harm my electronics? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 04:29 PM PDT I was just playing on my new Xbox Series X console which is why I'm a little concerned and asking this question. A few minutes ago midgame my entire house went dark for about 5seconds and then the power came back on. I received an email from my power provider saying there were outages reported in the area. Luckily it only lasted very briefly, but is there any chance of damaging electronics from something like this? I have my monitor and computer plugged into a surge protector, but I was told the Xbox has one built into its power brick and that you should always connect directly to the wall jack. Hopefully that is true! [link] [comments]  |
| How to check if Network has been compromised? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 04:28 PM PDT I have a situation where information that is supposed to be secure appears that it may be leaking and I want to eliminate possible sources. I can't be super specific, but I will do my best to explain. I am sending information via email to Person A who is obligated to keep this information secure and act in my best interest. Person B has repeated oddly specific parts of this information on several occasions now, to the point where I suspect it may be more than coincidence. Person C has an interest in sharing this information which is not in the best interest of Person B or myself. The only way that Person B could know this information is because it was disclosed by myself, or Person C. Person C has potentially had access to / knows the credentials to access my network via 2 PC's (1 Desktop, 1 Laptop) and 1 Phone. The emails have been sent from 3 PC's, all of which are exclusively accessed by me. One of these PC's is completely new hardware as of 2 weeks ago, never touched by anyone but myself. Logically, there are only so many points of failure/exposure to this information. 1) I could have mistakenly disclosed information. *I don't believe this is the case, but I have taken steps to monitor and prevent this just in case. 2) Person C could have compromised my email. *I have reviewed all login records, logged out of all devices, and changed the password prior to the most recent occurrence, etc... so this does not seem likely. 3) Person C could have compromised my network. *Person C has the knowledge, means, and motivation to do so. 4) Person A could be disclosing information to Person C. *This is an absolute last resort accusation and I must eliminate all other possibilities before addressing this. I feel that I have #'s 1, 2, and 4 pretty well handled, however I do not have the knowledge to verify #3. What tools can I use, or steps that I can take to ensure that my network has not been compromised? I appreciate any help that can be provided, and if you need more information I will do my best to provide it. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Two routers on the same network without bridge mode Posted: 04 Nov 2021 03:39 PM PDT The modem/router that was supplied to me by my ISP seems to be having trouble connecting my smart home devices (that require 2.4GHz) to my network. I have tried separating my network into two separate 5GHz and 2GHz networks and still no luck. I had an old router kicking around and connected it to a switch on my network. To my surpise, I was able to connect my smart lights with no problems at all to the 2ghz network of my old router. I am planning to continue to use my new router for my laptop, phone, smart devices that can handle 5ghz, etc as I have no problems with their current connectivity. However, I plan on keeping the old router in the basement somewhere for all smart lights/devices that cant seem to connect to the new network of my ISPs router. my main network has a 10.0.0.x private ip address but it seems that the old router is assigning the smart bulbs 192.168.0.x addresses TLDR Is there anything that could go wrong by having two separate routers with one router connecting to the other router through ethernet without bridge mode? I don't intend to have any local communication between the smart lights, I am okay with them being on separate subnets/networks as they will be controlled using my google home. The old router will only be for smart devices that communicate directly to the internet. Current network diagram: https://imgur.com/a/di10eta [link] [comments]  |
| Use Deco AP mode during temporary living situation Posted: 04 Nov 2021 03:12 PM PDT Hi All, I'm usually just a lurker as I want to get into home network once we buy a house, but have a situation that I don't know the best option when living with friends for a month or so. My wife and I are living with our friends for a month or two when we move over the new year. They have a very large house (they insisted we live with them instead of spending money renting a place) but they noted the basement doesn't get the best Wi-Fi which is where we will be staying. I currently have two TP-Link Deco m5s which I was thinking about putting into AP mode and use that but my concern was that the handoff between the deco and their router whenever we are not in the apartment/basement area would not be ideal. Realistically, I only need Ethernet for working and can deal with their Wi-Fi for our phones and stuff. I was thinking about using the decos without the Wi-Fi broadcasting and then connect my unmanaged switch to the deco in the basement but I cannot find any info on if the deco can turn off all Wi-Fi broadcasts. My other thought was to just have my two decos connected in AP mode and we never use their Wi-Fi so our devices will have seamless handoff between the deco upstairs and downstairs. I'm taking their word for it that the Wi-Fi is hit or miss in the basement as we won't be there until the holidays, and I might find that is usable for the month or two but just trying to plan as I work remote and rely on internet. To summarize the two options I thought of with both using my Decos in AP mode: 1. Turn off broadcasted Wi-Fi and connect my unmanaged switch to the slave AP for my high priority device and use their Wi-Fi for wireless devices. 2. Connect all our wireless devices to the APs only and never use their Wi-Fi. Main AP near their router on the main floor and Slave AP in our living space. With option 2 would there be interference with the their router and my main deco AP? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2021 02:59 PM PDT Hi, I am currently trying to transition careers and applying for entry level jobs, however I've been told I do not have enough experience, so I have installed windows server 2019, created a domain and setup a client for experience and getting started. This was not hard for me and found it relatively easy to install, My question is, what would you suggest I implement to learn in setting up this network? I've created users, yet I am unsure what to do now. What experience should I have as entry level? What programs should I install and learn or what hardware should I implement? What security features should I enable etc? [link] [comments]  |
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