I use Moca to get internet upstairs, connecting to an Asus RT-AX82U. I have no problems there pc is connected with cable and Wi-Fi in all rooms upstairs. The problem is downstairs. I'm using 3 ASUS ZenWiFi AX Mini (XD4) to get the Wi-Fi downstairs, but these are awful. Most of the time they are searching for connection and it's annoying. I was wondering if I bought another Asus RT-AX82U and connect that one with Moca too and put one in AP mode. Would this be better than those nodes? Or should I replace everything with a better router?

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The question here is: How can I *sniff* or trace the IP address used for voice chat or matchmaking to work around any blocked connection for any game I come across or want to play?

Currently I am having issues with No Mans Sky and I am unable to enjoy the multiplayer feature like a normal human being.

An important background is that I live in a country where certain ports and all VoIP connections are blocked by all ISPs.

A prime example to explain my question:

For instance Valorant's voice chat doesn't work (as expected) but there's a workaround where you can grab a VPN server from vpnjantit for a couple of days that opens blocked ports and routes traffic through it.

Someone was able to "figure out" the IP addresses used for Riot/Valorant voice services and hence we can specify them to be routed via the VPN profile using OpenVPN.

Using free VPNs or Cloudflare WARP are valid workarounds but very unstable, intermittently disconnects and has significantly high, unplayable ping.

Almost all games are affected by this whether it's voice chat or multiplayer matchmaking. Among those I tried:

• GTA Online (matchmaking)
• Forza Horizon (matchmaking)
• Grounded (matchmaking)
• Apex Legends (voice)
• Battlefield (voice)
• ... many other games

Xfinity Gateway T-Mobile Phones Verizon work phone

We have been having difficulties with our calls dropping on our cell phones only in the house. My wife and I have Tmobile and a Verizon work phone. All cell phones have the problem. My internet speeds are great. We have 3 roku’s w/ Youtube TV. Never an issue streaming or with my computer (I work from home). I have a a 5ghz signal & 2.4 Ghz signal. Both seperate passwords. Our router is only like 20’ from my work desk and it still doesn’t get good signal.

The issue happens even when our phones are not connected to any wifi. We’ve tried both wifi’s neither one of them is better.

What can I do to resolve this issue? I work from home and need to be on my work phone a lot of the time.

Anything details i left out please ask away!

Thanks!

I want to put a Ring Spotlight Camera with a solar panel but the place where I want to put it is 165 feets away from the router, the good thing is that my router is right on the window that can point directly to the place where I'll put my camera, there's 1 tree of interference but its not a big tree and if I point directly from the window to that place there's only a few branches that get in the way.

I thought about using TP-Link EAP110 or EAP 225 since those say that they have a 330feet range, whats your experience? I can't run wires :(

I live in NYC in a congested neighborhood and terrible wifi and internet. My apartment has concrete floors between the living area and bedroom. My ISP is Spectrum and my speeds are 500mb down. Overall its been a crappy setup with GEN 2 google mesh. i've got by through using moca connections to hardwire into the main router for my office and bedroom - but i need better wifi.

After a load of research i think Setting up a TP-Link Deco AXE4900 Mesh + MOCA Backhaul is my best option. Does the attached diagram make sense? Whats other suggestions for my setup. Its important to be able to hardwire into the ethernet in the office, bedroom and livingroom. Wifi will really only be used on the couch with ipad and phones.

Anything i should think about with this setup?

What would people do without a WiFi enabled motherboard for their PC ? Old house I had PC ethernet direct to modem/router at PC desk. New house PC not on same floor as router. Luckily, I have MSI B450 with WiFi. So, PC is now on WiFi. What would I have done without WiFi MB? What do others do? WiFi card? New MB? Route long ass ethernet cable across house?

Many years ago I was having issues with DSL. I couldn’t get even half the speed I was paying for. So I went overboard.

I installed EMT conduit between the phone box and my router. I cut out all lines inside the house and pulled new, high quality phone cable through. I then bonded the conduit at one end to the house ground at the meter box and installed a ground rod just for the conduit. My DSL increased to about 90% of the speed I was paying for. It probably would have been higher but the phone line to my house is from the 1980s and only had one good pair left.

Now a dozen years later fiber is coming down my street. The new cable I have for inside the house is shielded.

The new cable is already pulled through the conduit. Do I bond the cable to the conduit? I could also bond to the house ground at the electrical box for the router.

I checked the resistance between the conduit and the ground of the electrical box for my router. My meter read no resistance, even though the two are connected over 30 feet away.

Can a home router like ASUS or TP-LINK with USB port where you can plug-in an SSD work as a cloud storage?

Like, creating users-passwords entities which can access different directories?

Or anybody can access all the data from that SSD?

I want to convert all my phone jacks to Ethernet ports. It's a newer build so I know the wiring is there.

I found this hub like thing in the basement that all the wires connect to. I thought maybe I could use this but I'm so confused on the input wires. I assumed it would have to be the router that was connected here?

The input connection is separate from the bundle of cables connected. Comes from somewhere else.

Just wondering if it's a good idea to disconnect the random input that's there and replace it with a connection to the router ?

Just to add, a previous tech converted one phone like to an Ethernet port already. He took one wire from the bundle and connected that to a switch that connects to the router. I want to basically do that but for all

Hello all, trying to figure out the best way to do this. Want to update my home network and implement a NAS. Currently have CenturyLink fiber. The ONT is going into a CS3000Z. I also have a TP-Link RE220 as an extender but it’s awkwardly implemented. I have a 1950’s house with metal lathe so WiFi signal is not great. Looking at getting the TP-Link AX3000. Would I use one of them to replace the CZ? It doesn’t support mesh. Also looking at the Synology DS223j for the NAS which would also be linked with a WIIM Pro Plus. That’s the current thinking. Thoughts? Trying to keep cost down.

Is it possible to configure a DL-WRX36 LAN to behave as WAN without OpenWRT? If yes, how can it be done?

1. I own a DL-WRX36 router
2. It has been working fine since Oct 2023
3. Last night there was a thunderstorm, and a lightening strike occurred VERY close. My window was open and it made me jump. I heard a loud "click" (this was NOT the router) during the strike.
   1. The router is physically separated from where I was by 20 feet, 4 rooms, and was on another floor. Literally on the other end of the house. So the click must have been something else
4. All other systems are confirmed working this morning.
5. The WAN port on the router is dead
   1. I have tried using different cables without fixing it.
   2. no lights coming on the WAN port no matter what.
6. LAN ports on router are working fine
7. Modem is working fine
   1. I connected the modem directly to a device (usually getting internet via LAN through the router), and the device obtained internet.
8. I connected the modem to a LAN port, and I see activity. I can even see the modem's ip address (not 192 series) from the router.
9. I know the DL-WRX36 is capable of using LAN ports as WAN using OpenWRT. However, I wasn't quite ready to install OpenWRT yet. Is it possible to configure it with the built in systems?
10. I tried looking around the manuals (you can get the link from the amazon page) and can't easily find how to set this up.
11. I'd prefer to use LAN as WAN and not replace the entire unit. It was $70, so that's quite a bit if lightening can take it out once a year.

Thanks

Is it possible to configure a DL-WRX36 LAN to behave as WAN without OpenWRT? If yes, how can it be done?

1. I own a DL-WRX36 router
2. It has been working fine since Oct 2023
3. Last night there was a thunderstorm, and a lightening strike occurred VERY close. My window was open and it made me jump. I heard a loud "click" (this was NOT the router) during the strike.
   1. The router is physically separated from where I was by 20 feet, 4 rooms, and was on another floor. Literally on the other end of the house. So the click must have been something else
4. All other systems are confirmed working this morning.
5. The WAN port on the router is dead
   1. I have tried using different cables without fixing it.
   2. no lights coming on the WAN port no matter what.
6. LAN ports on router are working fine
7. Modem is working fine
   1. I connected the modem directly to a device (usually getting internet via LAN through the router), and the device obtained internet.
8. I connected the modem to a LAN port, and I see activity. I can even see the modem's ip address (not 192 series) from the router.
9. I know the DL-WRX36 is capable of using LAN ports as WAN using OpenWRT. However, I wasn't quite ready to install OpenWRT yet. Is it possible to configure it with the built in systems?
10. I tried looking around the manuals (you can get the link from the amazon page) and can't easily find how to set this up.
11. I'd prefer to use LAN as WAN and not replace the entire unit. It was $70, so that's quite a bit if lightening can take it out once a year.

Thanks

Is it possible to configure a DL-WRX36 LAN to behave as WAN without OpenWRT? If yes, how can it be done?

1. I own a DL-WRX36 router
2. It has been working fine since Oct 2023
3. Last night there was a thunderstorm, and a lightening strike occurred VERY close. My window was open and it made me jump. I heard a loud "click" (this was NOT the router) during the strike.
   1. The router is physically separated from where I was by 20 feet, 4 rooms, and was on another floor. Literally on the other end of the house. So the click must have been something else
4. All other systems are confirmed working this morning.
5. The WAN port on the router is dead
   1. I have tried using different cables without fixing it.
   2. no lights coming on the WAN port no matter what.
6. LAN ports on router are working fine
7. Modem is working fine
   1. I connected the modem directly to a device (usually getting internet via LAN through the router), and the device obtained internet.
8. I connected the modem to a LAN port, and I see activity. I can even see the modem's ip address (not 192 series) from the router.
9. I know the DL-WRX36 is capable of using LAN ports as WAN using OpenWRT. However, I wasn't quite ready to install OpenWRT yet. Is it possible to configure it with the built in systems?
10. I tried looking around the manuals (you can get the link from the amazon page) and can't easily find how to set this up.
11. I'd prefer to use LAN as WAN and not replace the entire unit. It was $70, so that's quite a bit if lightening can take it out once a year.

Thanks

My apartment currently uses Xfinity internet because it was the only option available. But yesterday a guy came and installed an additional ATT jack and told me I can switch to ATT now. I wonder if I can get both ATT and Xfinity service for my apartment? Has anyone done that?

I'm hosting a lot of side projects using my PCs and would appreciate the increase in upload bandwidth I'd get from having 2 ISPs, I can offload some projects to ATT connection.

Hello! I really need help with a recent problem. I have the TP link Deco mesh routers, and recently my upload speeds tanked down to around 0.5, while my download has stayed the same at high speed. The connection has also been spotty, with super high jitter and ping. I have changed the coax cable from the wall to the modem, the cable between the modem and the router, and reset everything about the routers and got the same results. I have contacted the ISP but they basically said to just get a new router, but mine are less than a year old and were working well a month ago. I am not an expert in networking, but I’ll try anything! Please help, thank you!

Just moved into a 3 bedroom unit and trying to figure out the networking side of things. I've got a Netgear AX1800 (R6700AX) router and Arris SB8200 modem currently setup in my bedroom but it gets a poor signal in the living room. There are cable ports throughout the unit, both me and my sister want to be hardwired for our computers.

I'm a gamer and have on occasion hosted servers locally that my friends connect to, mostly just needing to forward ports. My sister likes the reliability of hardwire, and I want reliable wifi throughout the home.

Right now the easiest solution for my sister is to just buy their own modem. Though I don't know how I should go about the other half of the problem. I've thought about getting another modem/router, setting it up in the living room and linking it with the existing router so the wireless network is seamless. I don't really want to use wifi extenders since they degrade the signal, and I'm not sure about mesh networking (assuming its not just glorified wifi extenders).

How should I go about setting up the internet? Would a second modem/router setup in the living room be able to work seamlessly with the current router if I can link them, or bridge them?

I’m looking for a 4G plus router with optional outdoor antennas. It should cover most of my grandparents house (1st and 2nd floor) because it’s not possible to install any LAN access points.

Lost some equipment today when power was restored from an outage. Had everything on a Rocketfish surge protector but here I am.

Used the method here to determine my power needs https://unifiedpowerusa.com/ups-load-and-runtime-calculator/

I'm coming up with 625VA

But after googling around a bit I'm not sure what product I need to be looking at.

I'm not looking for a long run time after power is out I'm looking for power conditioning to avoid surges.

What UPS will minimize surge risks in the future?

To protect router I will buy surge protector outlet (APC or EATON) with telephone line port. On Amazon I found this LAN protection thing. How much is it useful? Will surge protector outlet be enough or do I need something like this or something more expensive?

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I'm trying to learn how to thread (I think that's the right term) an ethernet connector, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I have pass-through connectors and a pass-through crimper. Photos of my most recent attempt are here. When I connect the cable to the tester, 2 and 3 don't light up (which I think are orange and green-white), and I can't figure out why. This same error has not occurred twice in a row. Can you guys see anything in the cables that looks incorrect?

I have the Asus RT-AX88U Pro running the latest stock firmware (3.0.0.6.102_33308).

It's configured with the WPA2/WPA3-Personal authentication method. I have some Ring security cameras that I'm trying to protect from WiFi jammers. Ring devices are WPA2 only, so using only WPA3 is not an option.

I want to turn on Protected Management Frames but when I select "Required" and click Apply, the page refreshes and it reverts back to "Capable".

(1) How do I make it stick? Is this a bug?

(2) What does "Capable" mean in this respect? Is it only applying it to WPA3 devices but ignoring it for WPA2 devices?

I tried setting it to WPA2-Personal only, but then the PMF options are "Disable" and "Capable". There is no option to force it to be required.

Would I have better luck using ASUSWRT-MERLIN ?

I wanted to build a homelab for a while, and I finally got an opportunity to bring some discarded equipment home from my job, to get started. It's all fully functional, but a good bit of it is EoL:

Cisco C3900

Cisco 4451

Cisco 3925

Cisco 3945

Cisco ASR 1002

Cisco Nexus 5548p

Cisco Catalyst 3560-x

Cisco ASA 5510

...and some older HP and Dell enterprise servers.

A big chunk of that equipment is quite old, but maybe I can use it anyway for learning?

I'm learning networking in school, but we either use Packet tracer or entry level Ubiquity gear, so we won't get hands-on experience with Cisco equipment.

I can bring home 2-4 pieces of gear and I thought of getting the Cisco 4451 as a router, but I'm not sure if I can use any of the switches because of their EoL status?

Also, can I use the Cisco ASR 1002 for anything? It seams like an interesting piece of equipment, but maybe not relevant for a home/homelab setup?

What are your thoughts on this? Any suggestions? Is it all worthless maybe?

I can also get one or two servers which I plan to use as NAS and backup system, and do some other projects as I learn more.

What are your thoughts on this? Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

I use Rogers in Canada and my Nokia ONT which provides internet is located in the basement.

Scenario 1: In the basement, I used a cat 6a cable to connect the ONT to my Asus rog be98 pro router and I am able to get internet.

Scenario 2: I have a cat 5e cable which goes from the basement to the second floor and used it to connect the ONT to the XB8 modem/router Rogers provided and I am able to get internet.

Now here is the weird part: I use the cat 5e cable from the basement to the second floor to connect the ONT to my Asus router and my router is unable to get internet.

I then tried connecting the Asus router to the XB8 that is connected to the ONT through the cat 5e cable and I am able to get internet.

Has anyone ever faced a situation like this? What could be the cause of this?

I have an Asus RT-AX86 router that sometimes, randomly wont allow internet connections, on some devices but not all.

For example; both mine and my partners work laptops sometimes will show as having no internet connection, despite being connected to the router even though other devices are connecting ok. This doesn't happen to both at the same time, generally.

Sometimes other people who come to my house and have connected to my WiFi network before will not be able to reconnect to the the WiFi when they visit again.

When I was setting up a new shield pro device a few days ago I couldn't get it to connect, either through WiFi or ethernet.

I had disconnected my ps5 to get the shield up and running and when I plugged the ps5 back in, after getting the shield working, it could not connect.

All of these issues can be fixed by restarting the router but it's a pain to have to do this semi regularly.

Is it a case of I should be looking at purchasing a new router? Checking for a firmware update? Or could it be something else?

I take it the issue somehow relates to DHCP not being handled correctly by the router but would enjoy finding out the exact reason behind it also.

TIA :)