doing networking for a veterinarian hospital soon, xray machine uses ethernet to connect to its application on a pc, however when you do this you have no internet since the xray machine doesnt have an ethernet in, i was asked if i can do anything about this, i told them about ethernet pcie cards, however ive heard about interference issues where one will randomly disconnect, is there a way to fix/counter this? all of the machines use debian if that matters. kthxbai

I've recently moved to a new apartment, and my wifi speed seems really slow compared to my other devices. Using the same speed test from the same distance from the router, my laptop gets about 15~20MB per second, while on my phone and tablet are getting about 170~200MB per second. This happens ONLY at the new apartment and nowhere else, so its really confusing.
My laptop is a dell Latitude 5510, which has a wifi 6 ax201 network chip, so im pretty sure its not the problem.
Ive been trying to reinstall drivers, using older drivers, resetting the router and nothing works, so i was hoping of someone here could help me :)

I recently switched to Verizon 5g Home plus which offers speeds averaging between 300 and 800. Getting these advertised speeds just fine when running through the Verizon gateway.

I attached my TP Link Deco mesh system (3 - X55 nodes), to the gateway - disabled the gateways wifi, enabled IP pass through, and got everything up and running.

The speeds however when monitoring the Deco app will spike up to 500 then crash down to as low as 2mbps then climb back up then crash all in a matter of seconds.

Is a setting causing these spikes and crashes? Is my mesh not compatible? Appreciate any help to stabilize my signal.

Heya! I purchased the ASUS BQ16 Pro 2 pack to replace my aging Orbi mesh system (RBR50) I’m running 1gig Google Fiber, but was planning to bump to 2gig soon. My home is wired with cat6e cable. I also have a Netgear (GS110MX) 10g unmanaged switch which feeds each room.

Received it yesterday and got it setup. Initial test with just the router was great. I added the 2nd unit as the aiMesh network. Most of my household smart devices I dropped on the IOT network. I have 4 hardwired devices

I’ll have times where the wifi will push 600+ down 900+ up on my iPhone. Then other times, testing in the exact same spot, I’ll get 28/40 down/ up, or it acts like there is no connection and hangs. Also my wired device only shows 400 down and up, which is much worse than my Orbi. Testing at the router itself shows full 1g down and up.

Both units are updated to latest firmware and seemingly functioning as intended.

Any and all suggestions are welcomed!

I am looking for a router that supports the "bridging function" (wireless to wire). The Tplink website doesn't have this as a filter. Can someone please recommend a good router that is not too expensive? it will be used by 1 desktop PC via a wired connection (basically a wired wifi client)

Apologies, I’m sure it’s been asked to death, but I’m network illiterate and an super overwhelmed about extending my home WiFi. I’ve read dozens of posts and am just as lost as I was at the beginning.

We have a two story house on the larger side, and internet upstairs is pretty abysmal. How can I go about improving it. We have a basic comcast modem/router downstairs. And have tried the electrical outlet pods offered by xfinity but see very little improvement. The router is right next to the stairs but for whatever reason as soon as you hit a small bend at the top of the stairs coverage craps out and there are no outlets on the stairs to try and guide it with the pods.

If I run an Ethernet cable from the router to the upstairs, can i set up a device to cover the upstairs.

Also, We have a home office upstairs and my wife would like to be able to use a physical connection. Should I run 2 cables? 1 for a WiFi gateway thing and one for her laptop? Or can she physically plug into the gateway when it’s up there.

And if you could just tell me exactly what you think I should buy. I would greatly appreciate it.

2 adults and 3 kids. A couple Xbox’s and streaming devices upstairs. Nothing crazy

Im looking for a small wireless AP that I can fit in a flight case to give me wireless access to the devices in it. Ideally. I'm not looking for a router all devices that will be connecting wirelessly will be my devices I control and setup, so don't need DHCP.

Any ideas what I should buy?

I have 2 rooms with these Ethernet ports in the wall. What are they and can I get hardwired internet through them somehow?

Every couple of days, I can’t find my Sonos on my eero mesh network anymore. I have to forget my Wi-Fi and connect again, and then it works again. What is the problem?

As title describes I'm deciding on either 2 Deco BE33000 (BE95) or 3 Deco BE10000 (BE 63). The BE95 is quad-band and newer, but with my budget I can only get 2. I live in a 2f 2000sqft house and my current issue is the distance between my PC(on the second floor) and my xb7 router(on the first floor) which gives me shitty wifi speeds. As a result which one should I get?

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Hi, past friday we had problems with our modem, Arris DOCSIS 3.0. The technician replaced the wire but since then the internet has been really slow and goes off for a couple of seconds every five minutes or so

I got the chance to get Event Log and that doesn't look normal at all.

Can I do something to fix it now instead of waiting for a new tech? Not really tech savy but maybe it's not a complicated solution

I live in a flat but I have a garage in a block next to me. I set up two 3d printers there and I would like to connect to them through WiFi to check on how the print is going as they have cameras. The garage is a bit far though. I don't care about throughput, I just want the router that is able to transmit small amounts of data as far as possible. Do you have any recomendations? On a budget if possible

I've been having issues with my internet and some extenders I've been using around my house which caused my download speed to drop to about 120 Mbps but after unplugging them it jumped back up to 400 - 500 Mbps. This got me curious about the plan my parents have so I went online to look at the specs and it said the plan was for 800 Mbps. obviously I know there's gonna be some drop off between the router, network, and device, but that still seems like quite a large difference.

I've been using speedtest.net a few times a day to monitor speeds and my computer is sitting upstairs, directly above the router but even when testing in the same room it's still reading 400 - 500. my plan is also with Xfinity and my router is a little old (5-6 years) but still works just fine, I just want to make sure I'm not getting ripped off. I know very little about this sort of thing so I apologize if this is completely normal.

As title says, I have a computer setup downstairs, while my modem and router are upstairs. I'm currently running a long ethernet through the house from the router downstairs to my pc. But I'm wondering, if I connected a 2nd router, and connected that ethernet to the router, then ran another ethernet from that 2nd router directly to my computer and have the 2nd router right next to my computer, would it be any faster..? Or would it be the same exact thing?

So current setup: Upstairs modem-Upstairs Router- Ethernet cable down to PC

Setup in question: Upstairs Modem- Upstairs Router- Ethernet downstairs to 2nd Router next to PC-Ethernet to PC

Sorry, probably a stupid question but just curious

Hello. I recently purchased the Deco X55 Pro 3-pack kit along with an Arris S33 modem. All seems to work well in the house with wifi but I'm having trouble getting a good signal to the garage. And good wired connection speeds. BTW I have a slight understanding but once it gets past a single modem/router I get lost so apologies for bad explanations.

Originally I had an old Nighthawk modem/router that provided wifi in the house. I also have two old Cisco 2960 switches that were given to me years ago. One switch is in the house and the other in the garage with a router serving as an AP.

Since my Nighthawk died I decided to get the Mesh system so that I'm not having to manually switch the wifi connections on my phone. I assumed I could plug the Deco into the garage switch and it act as an AP but I don't think I have it configured correctly or thats just not how it works. The connection is there it's just not very strong. I also have a WAN port speed warning on the Deco app since plugging into the old Cisco

Makes sense they would be slow but apparently they are hurting my performance. If I plug my computer directly into the modem I get about 400MB download, which is what my service is so that's good. If I connect to the Cisco it's no more than 80MB.

So what would you all recommend for improved wireless in the garage and improved wired connection throughout? In the house I have Cat 5e ran to the office computer, everything else is wifi. The garage has a buried Cat 6 line. Before I never cared about the wired speed but I am putting a new gaming computer in the garage soon and would like the best speeds possible. I feel I need to replace the Ciscos with something but I don't know what. Seems there should be a fairly easy solution but I don't know what it is. Let me know any recommendations. Thank you all!

I need to cleanly bring in an Ethernet cable from exterior of the house. Is there anything like the FTTH surface mount boxes but for ethernet? I’ve seen the pass through wall players but they still look unfinished to me.

Hi everyone!

I am quadraplegic and have a lot of home smart devices that I can control with voice access etcetera. All these devices are directly connected to the modem/router that I get from my internet provider. This means that everytime I switch providers, I have to reconfigure and re set up all my home smart devices. This takes up a lot of time. I would like to add another device between my provider modem and all my home smart devices. So that way if I switch providers and get a new modem, I don't have to set up everything again. I don't know what kind of device to get or what it's called, can you help me please? I am located in the Netherlands.

Looking if someone is interested in 2 fortinet switches?:)

Hey, I am new here - so I am so sorry if that has been asked a lot. I have visitied this website for over 1,5 years, (I can send a link to you guys if needed) - but since like last week I have been "blocked" I would say, I contacted the owner which told me there is nothing he can do about, and my best bet was changing DNS to CloudFlare og Google, I tried that but unfortunately didnt work, he told me maybe a VPN would work, which it did, but the VPN unfortuantely isnt ideal for me and my daily work, is there any way possible to bypass ISP.

I have OPNsense setup on a PC that is connected to a 5 port gigabit switch. The switch is connected to another switch in my roommates room that is an 8 port gigabit switch. Sometimes he kicks his cable and it causes his connection to go to 100 Mb instead of gigabit, and for some reason when this happens and he is downloading something, it causes my connection on my switch to have very bad packet loss and high latency (300 ms ++). When he replugs it in to fix it to gigabit, and is downloading something, the issue goes away. Shouldn't his switch / connection speed not interfere with mine? Why is this happening?

So I'm moving in Portugal and I won't be able to run an ethernet cable from the router to my desktop (not viable because of the wiring around the house).

I was wondering what would be my best option to get the best connectivity in terms of ping, download and low latency as I watch a lot of content and play online games.

My PC would be about 5-6 metres from the router, with a wall separating the room from the living room (where the router will be). I will probably have a 1Gbps download.

I'm considering buying something like a TL-PA8030P-KIT or TL-WPA8631P-KIT (I think the only difference is that one has wifi).

The other option would be to buy a wifi card for my desktop, but I'm not sure which would be the best option to get the performance I want.

Thanks everyone for your help!

I just moved into a different bedroom in my house and the wifi is terrible in here and it’s only about 20 feet from my old room. Wifi is terrible when I play PlayStation and phone has trouble loading videos and stuff. Is there a way I can increase internet speed in this room?

Where I am living has an older Ubee DVW32CB router/modem combo unit from Cox. I have access to the settings in the software. All of my device connections (pc/tv/phone, ect..) seem to stall and tell me I'm offline at 2 hours of use. I have to disconnect and reconnect the wifi connection every time except for my phone which seems to stall for a minute or so then back to normal when the connection resets.

There are NO parental controls set up on the router.

I was able to create IPV6 port forwarding options for game consoles but those still stuck on NAT3 strict connection as well. I cannot find a setting to enable a NAT2 for moderate settings instead of strict. The port forwarding is set up and I connect through an range extender set in AP mode and that seems to be working much better now.

Updating the unit is not an option as I don't control the account.

I am using a TPLink RE600X range extender as an access point but can switch between the connections as needed.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hey guys, I have a storage unit that is about 75ft away from my router (RT-AX82U). I need to have very basic internet connection there for a printer. Neither printer or router can be moved. I can't wire an ethernet cable to that storage unit.

My MacBook Pro (M3) can easily connect from that storage unit to the 2.4 Ghz network and gets around 10 Mbit\s which is more than enough for me needs. Problem is - it is the only device that manages to do that. Neither the smart plug I have in that storage unit, nor the printer, can connect.

What are my options here? If I get a Wifi 6 range extender, will it be able to get the same speed as the MacBook? The printer is also capble of taking an external USB wifi adapter, maybe a better solution would be to get a Wifi 6 USB adapter with some better antenas? I dont mind the smart plug that much.

So in short I've been getting pocket loss only on once device through both wifi and Ethernet. My other devices do not have the same issue and I could not find anything. I am wondering if anyone has any idea or could help me diagnose this issue. Any help would be appreciated. Tyvm

Ps. Not sure why the picture didn't load, but I'm getting packloss on the first hop which would be my router.