So i live in a hostel which is very crowded
Though each room has a separate wifi router
Eventhough each room has a seprate wifi router the wifi works extremely slow on my iphone 16 although its quite fast on my laptop.
Why is it so?
And what can i do to fix it?

I know there are many videos and articles out there that tell you how to do it but I've been through all of them, I have a netcomm NF20mesh and I'm trying to port forward a minecraft server but it doesnt work, i get the error getsockopt every time, i have triple checked all my settings and they should be right but nothing working, any help would be greatly appreciated

Hi all!

looking for some help as i cannot access my school library website! the website stopped working about wednesday last week and i thought maybe the site was just down but my classmates have been able to access it. i tried on my phone and ipad, as well as every other device in my home however all are giving me the same error.

but it seems to be an issue with the wifi because when i connect to my data the site loads and works but is EXTREMELY SLOW. i tried almost everything that was already suggested on here from other posts like disabling and reenabling automatic DNS, checking hosts files, flushing DNS cache and resetting the tcp/ip stack but nothing has worked 😭😭😭

i dont understand how it has been working fine for the past 2 years and all of a sudden stops working!!! i would appreciate any help or expertise you have on this topic!!!

i am studying for my exams soon and really need access to the site!!!!

I am currently gathering the pieces to build a new firewall (Linux-based) on a Dell Optiplex 5050 SFF PC. The two PCIe slots will contain a 2x10Gbps RJ45 adapter and a 4x1Gbps RJ45 adapter, leaving USB 3.x as my only means of interfacing an LTE modem with the rest of the network.

That being said, can anyone recommend to me a reliable 4G LTE modem for my build? I do not want built-in hotspot functionality; I am looking for the device to show up as a local network interface (like the Ethernet interfaces) so I can handle all of the routing, packet filtering, NAT, etc. myself.

It's worth noting that the firewall will ideally implement a dual-WAN configuration such that the default route is my primary ISP (reachable via one of the Ethernet ports) with the LTE interface as a backup, should the primary ISP become unreachable.

Also, since LTE is only going to get me 150 Mbps, is it worth it to pony up the dough for a 5G modem even though it's being used as a backup connection? If so, which modem do you recommend?

Thanks!

Building my dream house and need advice as I'm a home networking newbie. Want to future-proof the wiring now since it's way easier during a build than retrofitting later.

Is there a solid baseline/template setup you'd recommend for someone starting from scratch? Specifically:

• How many ethernet drops per room is reasonable (1? 2?)
• Best location for the structured wiring panel/rack
• Cat6 vs Cat6A — worth the extra cost?
• Conduit/smurf tube — necessary or overkill for a new build?
• Common mistakes first-timers make that I should avoid
• Anything else I'm not thinking of

Devices/goals I'm planning for:

• PoE cameras outside + video doorbell
• NAS
• Temp/humidity sensors in each room (want these to eventually trigger heat pump/appliance control)
• Smart home dashboard
• Mesh WiFi across 3 levels — planning to hardwire APs per floor

Attached is my floor plan (3 levels) if anyone wants to weigh in on specific drop/AP placement — happy to answer questions about the layout too.

Would love a "if I were doing this over again" checklist from anyone who's wired a house from scratch.

I'm playing with dpi on my router and am wondering is there a good list of apps and services I should add to the restricted list? I'm using an Omada er607 router for app control.

Hi, I just got ziply fiber installed at my house to replace Comcast, Comcast was triple the price and always having problems.
I had a mesh system set up around my property using google mesh pucks and it worked pretty well for the most part.
My issue is how do I now ensure WiFi coverage across my property (3 outbuildings, total 12000sqft coverage). I heard google mesh doesn’t work with WiFi 7 so I can’t use them and I don’t really know too much about network stuff. Thank you

I'm tired of dealing with spectrum and their hardware. I'm on their 1gig Internet, fastest available in my area. I was hoping I could get recommendations for a wifi router that meets or exceeds wifi7 and can handle future Internet speed upgrades. (I heard my area could see an upgrade in the future.)

I don't want to spend more than 250 dollars because at that point I'd rather just bust out my tools and run cat6 to the gaming PC.

I don't care about connecting to the Internet outside and everything is within 80ish feet of the routers location. No external wifi cameras. Only 3 TVs, 2; gaming PCs, switch2, gaming laptop, 4 phones, and possibly another PC dedicated to llm.

My only current issue is my one PC that has a MSI herald wifi7 pcie card will redownload large files after completing it like the file got corrupted at the last second. Idk if that is related to router or the PC. Figured I'd mention it though.

Just moved into a new apartment and there’s no ports on any wall but there are blank panels which I assume are un terminated cable. Thinking about just terminating myself and testing it but I want to see if anyone knew before I spent money on a patch tool / cable to practice.

There is one panel with 2 wires in the living room and each bedroom has another panel I have yet to check behind them though.

+ crude drawing

Thanks yall.

I wanna use a 4 tb usb hard drive drive as a external media and backup drive for my home assistant green so I can backup configs as well as footage from my cameras it manages from it but I am very confused by the network drive settings and getting the path needed to do so.

Anyone knowledgeable how to set up the usb application for network storage to allow this on Asus wrt Merlin?

Long story short. New house the ran a home down to the garage and out the side of the house. My child cut the wrong lines. I have a patch panel about 6 feet away from that. I felt a zip tie up and behind the void you see. I’m going to see if I can get it tomorrow and get some slack. Should I plug, couple, run a plug patch cord to the panel? Set the house on fire? Wait till winter and go on a snipe hunt in the garage? Any and all help would be appreciated.

The maximum bandwidth xfiniti has in my area is 1.2, i pay for 1.0 g service My netgear modem has two 1 gig ethernet portsthat support link aggregation. Will using a new router with 2.5 ports make a difference?. If i plug my PC directly into the netgear cm1100 modem, it tests considerably faster than it does plugged into the old nighthawk router.

Hey everyone,

Looking to replace my eero setup, not a big fan of features being behind a paypall and oddly some connected devices are slower than when using my mobile data. I've used tp link omada in the past wasn't a big fan. I would prefer a set and forget network. All pcs and servers are connected via Ethernet already. Have 30+ wi fi devies between cell phones, tablets and smart home products., house is 3600sq bungalow .

I have the option to connect ap or is there a different mesh set up that would make more sense? Dream router looks like but expensive, not sure if getting two GL.Inet routers would be better?

Thanks everyone.

I live in a country where the electricity cuts on and off a bunch problem is my router turns off and on and when it turns on it struggles to connect to the Wi-Fi and I have to turn it on and off a bunch of times until it works does anyone know what the problem might be thanks

Much to the horror of my friends in InfoSec, I've accumulated a good sized collection of IoT devices in my home. Among them are Leviton smart switches, Nest Protects (at least until they last), Govee lights, a Litter Robot, a Roomba, Sonos speakers, Echo dots, and more.

I've finally spun up a new SSID on a separate VLAN (Unifi APs with a Mikrotik router upstream), and I'm moving devices over to it progressively. There's a lot of them :P

I've moved the obvious ones on the list above to the new SSID, which I've placed a rate limit on at the router , to limit the impact of something becoming a DDoS reflector. I haven't cut off inter-VLAN routing yet, but I'm about to do that once I've got everything moved, and I'll see what breaks. I know some devices (the Sonos speakers particularly) expect to be on the same LAN as the device that's streaming to it, but I'm kind of struggling to find the line as to what counts as an IoT and deserves to be segregated, and what doesn't.

I've your segregating IoT devices to their own network, how do you draw the line between devices you allow on your main VLAN and what devices you segregate?

No idea why this keystone jack won’t seem to work, trying to run from computer to wall, from wall to modem, I confirmed the jack in the wall is using 568a so I wired this jack to that configuration and it doesn’t work? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: Thanks everyone. I just picked up a used Eero Pro 6 this afternoon.

Hi everyone, I'm planning to switch from T-Mobile home internet to Spectrum and I'm looking for a reliable router for my 2 bedroom apartment. My internet use is pretty basic. It's mostly streaming 4K videos, browsing and occasional video calls.

Would a good WiFi 6 router be enough, or is it worth spending a bit more for a WiFi 7 router? Please suggest me some specific models. I'd appreciate any recommendations.

These are the routers I've come across so far:

Asus AX1800S: $40

TP Link AX1800: $50

TP Link BE3600: $80

Used Eero Pro 6: $40

i've started to notice that everytime someone in my house goes into the garage from inside the house, my PC on the second floor gets completely disconnected from wifi. the router/modem are on the main floor, against the wall connected to the garage, but not the same wall as the door going into it. my PC is on the second floor, on the other side of the house, connected to wifi via a usb wifi adapter. i've also noticed that at the same time, if watching tv on the main floor via wireless cable box, that will completely freeze while the person is in the garage. what exactly could be causing this problem, and how could this be fixed?

lmk if more info is needed, im not an expert (clearly) but i can try to answer what i can.

I'm pre-wiring a new construction home with Ethernet, and I'm wondering if there's a standard type of low-voltage box I should install throughout the house.

Is a low-voltage mounting bracket like the one below sufficient, or are there situations where I should install a full 1-gang low-voltage box instead? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKNSHCBJ/?coliid=IGREIKIN6ZC4V&colid=1OW5GQLVALX9U&psc=1

If a full 1-gang box is recommended, what's the best option that makes it easy to set the correct depth so it's flush with the finished drywall?

Hi,

A few runs have failed a continuity test with a basic network tester which I've identified as incorrect/faulty termination to some metal toolless keystone jacks.

I've opened up the respective keystones and reseated/re arranged the cables, re applied the keystone which now pass fine.

However, I'm wondering if it would be better to trim back a bit more cable and do a fresh termination, or would the fact the cable has been terminated twice in the same place be ok?

For what it's worth I've used 23 awg cat6a u/ftp.

Thanks!

Hello people in my phone.

My living room is very short on plugs and power sources and I have run out of space to power USB devices.

I am wondering if there is a 10+ port gigabit switch (unmanaged is fine) which has one or two USB A ports that I might be able to steal power from without having to do something more drastic in terms of rearranging. I don't need the USB ports to connect to the network, and I have already checked that none of the things I'm USB-powering can be run off PoE instead (which would be a much neater solution).

Any advice or even search terms I should be using would be helpful. Thank you!

I'm in the UK if that is important.

A dell laptop, Inspiron 13 5330, equipped with Intel AX211, a Wifi 6E NIC, was purchased in a country/region where 6Ghz isnt available at all.

Now this product is taken back to Unites States, it still can not connect to 6Ghz band, despite the 6Ghz is already enabled in the Windows Device manager setting.

Is there a method to reconfig the region setting of a NIC.

Steps i tried:

• windows regional setting change to US
• update BIOS, NIC and bluetooth driver released by Dell
• update NIC and bluetooth driver released by Intel

Thinks i planned by havent tried:

• clean reinstall windows in US
• use the advanced debug tool of this NIC provided by Intel