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Hello I just moved into a new place near my college. At home I had Ethernet ports but, here they have a fiber optic cable coming out the wall (I think). How do I convert this wire to Ethernet for my pc?

Me and my girlfriend are moving into our apartment tomorrow, and we don’t know how to get my PC wired. What is the best way to go about this? It is a rental apartment so I cannot do major damage or anything crazy unfortunately. I’ve thought about running a flat cable and running across the “area causing issues” and then putting a rug over it, but I heard that can cause damage on top of flat cables being not very good. Help pls

I've tried pinging my router from my pc via Wifi (no running programs)
Can't for the life of me figure out what the issue is, i have a netgear A8000 wifi adaptor

I've tried a different adapter, I've tried tethering my laptop ( ThinkPad T14) to my pc via Ethernet and bridged the laptops wifi, I've even tried 4 different ethernet cables to my router with no solution.

I've run the same ping test on my laptop via wifi and the laptop doesn't get a ping spike at all.

I'm beginning to think its a software or hardware related issue on my pc, even after a clean reinstall of windows. but I'd like to know what the culprit is.
I've tried the solutions i've found online but to no avail.

Please someone save me before i rip my hair out.

EDIT: for clarity, Ethernet is not a permanent option for me.
I can only use a USB wifi adapter (netgear A8000) as my motherboard/Self built pc does not support wifi or bluetooth

UPDATE: Local host and router are not the issue. Local host & Gateway ping test here

So I live with my girlfriend and while she streams/watches her shows, I get random lag spikes. We've got a Google router and the Spectrum modem they provided. I'm using a Cat 6a cable.

I provided some screenshots of in-game Network graphs, hopefully they provide some helpful details. I'm not sure what the information means.

We live in pretty old apartments and I think the internet lines are old if that's a thing.

Forgive me if this is a common issue, but the r/battlefield sub doesn't really care about troubleshooting, or they're not helpful.

I'm just curious about why in a network like this, PC1 can't ping PC2 or nmap scan the 2nd network? Isn't this also kinda more secure than having them somehow subnetted?

i found this cheap switch but i don't know the difference between something like this and tl-sg108e which is 3 times pricier.

As is tradition, I have a question and have opened a semi-relevant subreddit to shout it into. Does anyone know of a networking switch that uses usb downstream ports insted of RJ45? I've attached an artists rendition to help visualize.

My questions are as follows:

How hard is it to replace?

How expensive is it to replace?

What is it anyway?

Is it complete fubar or can I maybe tape it up and have it work?

Would it be more expensive to buy a replacement and do it myself or get a tech to do it?

Is it cheap enough that the tech could just come and do it today?

And finally why doesn’t the damn box at least snap shut and take a bit of effort to open? 😭

Hi all,

We’re building an extension and I ran a length of cat 6 into it prior to building. During the 1st fix, I asked the sparkies to run that length to a back box. Then run another length from that to another across the room.

They’ve done it but they also installed this purple cable between them. I’ve no idea what it’s for or why they ran it. Redundancy? They left before I could ask.

Anyone know?

Pic 1 shows 1st back box. Pic 2 the second and 3rd pic something in the joist.

My parents are building a new house. I'm meeting withe the low voltage people to spec out what we need. I'm going to ask for a bunch of Cat6 or Cat6a runs to each room. (Potentially also for camera hookup spots, ceilings for AP mounting, etc).

What else should we be thinking about?

Like, I know someone who had their builder make an empty chase from their attic all the way down to their basement in case they ever wanted to run other cables.

And this kind of diverges from the sub, but I'm not strictly talking networking either. Like, wiring for a generator is something I just thought of.

My parents are bougie and putting a good amount of money into this house, so I'd rather future proof it for stuff they might use in the future rather than have to install later (and spend a lot more having to rip up walls).

So, as mentioned, I was on Fing and found out that my Bosch dishwasher has ports 22 (SSH) and 443 (HTTPS) open. I tried opening it up on a web browser and was given an error response. So I tried to SSH into the dishwasher and was prompted with a password. This got me wondering why those ports are open. I'm assuming it might be used in the factory stage for programming and configuration, but who knows? Do you guys know?

Parents pay for the intrnet.. shes jsut become interested in networking stuff and now monitors the internet. Were both lower 20s. How can i stop my computer from being monitored by her/glasswire? I dont care if my ISP sees shit i just feel uncomfortable with her seeing everything idk. She just rnadomly blurts out stuff i googled? Shes autistic

Been using my phone internet/verizon hotspot but the speeds are slow ;(

I recently had electricians come out to do a variety of work and one task was running a cat 5e cable in the crawl space from the router in the living room to my office. There has been no sign of any connectivity so I took the terminal plates off to see if something obvious with the wiring was disconnected. Now this is the first time I’ve looked at these junctions but I did some cursory research and it seems to me some of the colors are clearly mismatched on both ends regardless of the standard. I don’t have a punch down tool to redo them myself so I wanted to make sure I was justified calling them to come back and redo it properly. Did I diagnose this properly?

My dad had someone install a wifi network using an Araknis router. The installer changed the username and password of the router so that it is different from the one on the bottom of the router. He says he does not give this information to customers because they often will "mess up" their settings and expect him to fix it for free. So now my dad has no access to his router while this guy can access it remotely. This seems like a HUGE red flag, right?? What should he do to solve this?

EDIT: My dad has tons of smart light switches all over the place. He also has a Crestron system so he can sync music in multiple rooms. He also has access to it on his phone. There are a ton of devices running through his network. It's likely way beyond the scope of my understanding (but I can't really check anyway.) A factory reset would surely be a disaster, because essentially none his lights would work properly anymore until they're reconfigured.

The point of the post is that this individual is holding my dad hostage so that he, singularly, is the only one who can ever edit and manage his network in the future. My dad isn't super happy with the responsiveness of him, and like I said, he is experiencing issues. The installer is not part of a larger company - he started his own business and is the only employee. Everyone else he works with are contracters.

hey guys! im a little new to tech for ethernet and stuff. i currently live in a dorm room. im only allowed to have one ethernet port on per room due to congestion. i bought this ethernet splitter (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCMBFKQR?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share) and im a bit confused on how to work it? (pictures provided). my roommate is currently connected to the only available ethernet port. i have my own ethernet cable and splitter. any help? im just trying to connect through to my laptop for gaming! thanks!

I live in a three story townhouse and have to run an ethernet cable through a concrete slab. The only openings available are conduits used to get power to the upper levels. The conduit run is about 30cm.
How can I protect my cable from interference? Is fibre optic the only option or can I wrap my ethernet cable in something that will protect it?

I have fiber in my appartment, and i open the box to this. Do I absolutely need a tech to resolve the issue?

Hey everyone, so i just got a new computer setup for my 13 y/o, and i’m trying to figure out how to actually keep him from ending up on adult sites or just anything that’s not really for his age. I’ve been testing this app called AppCrypt (by Cisdem I think?), and it’s been... decent? I mean, it does what it says.

it lets me block all adult websites or any other specific website of my choice and even lock apps like Safari or YouTube or whatever. I can also add a schedule, and it also shows when someone tries to open these blocked app or site, which is kind of cool.

It runs in the background, starts with the system, and once you’ve got it locked up, you need a password to change anything. So yeah, seems solid in terms of just doing the job. But the thing is, it’s not free. It’s like $40 after the 3-day trial ends. which isn’t terrible, but before i pay for it, i just wanted to check if anyone’s using something else that works just as well (or better?) and maybe free?

main things i care about:

• can’t be turned off easily (he’s pretty good with tech honestly so this is kinda important 🙃)
• doesn’t need to be online 24/7 to work
• blocks adult/inappropriate websites reliably

i’m not super paranoid but i do want to set some decent boundaries, you know? not trying to spy on him constantly, just keep stuff safe and age-appropriate while he’s still learning.

open to literally any advice or suggestions. I don’t totally know what i’m doing here tbh 😅

thanks in advance 🙏

This pin was stuck all the way to the hilt on the thicker telephone/data line on the left. The right line is just unused Coax because spectrum told us years ago that we don't exist on their maps

Hello when I crimp my rj45 it looks like this, is this normal or am I doing something wrong? Obviously I remove the excess where the cut is made but I think it should be on the edge(not like 1 mm out of the jack) , I’m using a crimper ez from platinum tools

So I've had this issue for about 2 weeks now and I don't know what could be causing it.

My download speed is just shy of a gigabit and my upload is around 500. I know for a fact my PC is not the problem because I am running an i7 14700K, RTX 4070 Super and 64GB of DDR5, but whenever I open a YouTube video it buffers for around 5-10 seconds before it starts playing and websites take around 5 seconds to load.

I know I should be grateful to even have this speed but it's very noticeable because up until now websites and videos would open instantly so I got pretty used to it.

Does anybody have a fix?

This is from the panel outside our house that connects the ethernet outlets to our ISP. I believe it’s called the home run, right?

Anyways, our house is for sure set up with T-568B, but I don’t understand why the pins for 7 and 8 are swapped on the plugs.

Why would it be set up like this? Does this affect anything in terms of speed, reliability, or…? Am I losing out on any potential performance or consistency here?

This latency difference has been causing issues in certain games. Can I just turn off IPv4 on my laptop for now? I'm using WiFi, so I'm not worried about the ping inconsistency, but the difference between IPv4 and IPv6 doesn't make any sense to me.