Hello everyone,

I'm running Hestia Control Panel on a Raspberry Pi within my local network. On my desktop, I've successfully mapped domains like pi.local, store.pi.local, and blog.pi.local to the Pi's IP address (192.168.29.100) by editing the hosts file. This setup allows Nginx to route these domains correctly.

However, I'm facing challenges achieving similar functionality on my Android device without rooting it. Directly editing the hosts file isn't an option, and I'm looking for alternative methods to map these local domains to the Raspberry Pi's IP address.

I've considered setting up a local DNS server using Dnsmasq on the Raspberry Pi and configuring the Android device to use this DNS. Before proceeding, I have a few questions:

1. Internet Connectivity: If I set my Android device to use the Raspberry Pi's DNS server, will it still be able to access external websites, or will it be limited to local domains?

2. Upstream DNS Servers: Do I need to configure upstream DNS servers (like Google or Cloudflare) in Dnsmasq to ensure internet access on the Android device?

3. Alternative Solutions: Are there other methods or apps that allow mapping local domains on Android without rooting?

Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

My setup is as follows. 2 isp line connected to tp link er605 in load balanced mode. Now 3 lan port remains on er605. 1 port is connected to my server computer directly where all my media is stored with cat 6 cable. 2nd ethernet port is connected to my wifi router in my room in ap mode with 15 meter long cat 6 cable. My server pc is running serviio. In my room i have connected my firetv 4k via wifi with my room wifi router and try to access serviio files with kodi but usually it buffers alot. The file size usually is around 15gb. With 1gbps connections and the last one as wifi 5ghz connection i dont think it should buffer. Can anyone help.

Equipment as Listed

Modem-Netgear Nighthawk CM2000 2.5G Docsis 3.1

Router-Netgear Nighthawk Tri-Band RAX70

ISP- Xfinity 1.5G Plan

Cables- (All) CAT8

I am so frustrated with this, after I upgraded my plan to 1.5G and come to find out the advertised RAX70 doesnt "actually" directly support anything above 1G. I bought these two around 2022-2023 and paid a good amount for them. Now I find out that the only way the router (RAX70) supports Multi-Gig speeds is thru port aggregation....this is incredibly frustrating now knowing that I will either need to upgrade my equipment or lease new equipment from Xfinity. Why would Netgear sell these two products together if the CM2000 doesnt support Port aggr. ?

I'm basically posting here to make sure that I'm not overlooking something, and understanding correctly.

I do not want to lower my plan as I am a content creator and need the Download/Upload speeds.

If you guys could recommend equipment upgrades please feel free to do so. I don't like to cheap out on equipment so I'm not looking for a budget buy. I'm willing to go for the Rollys-Royce of Modem/Router/Switch if it will get me 2.5G without doing shotty Port aggregation stuff... Thanks

Hi,

I've been having issues with my internet for a a few days now, I'm pretty sure it's only the modem but I checked the Modem dashboard, and it is showing ethernet as down even when the connection finally becomes stable enough to use. My point is if Ethernet is down then how is it getting a connection?

Has anybody succeeded in monitoring multiple UPSes from a Windows machine running WinNUT client?

As far as I can tell, WinNUT client won't allow me multiple copies.

Right now our fiber internet comes through the exterior wall on the far side of our home. There we have an ONT and the router.

My wife would like the router to be moved somewhere else because she doesn’t want it in the kids room.

What are my options?

Looking for a network switch that has at least the following specs:

1 Copper Ethernet RJ45 10GB Port for uplink (Not fiber/sfp)

POE+ 90W+ budget

4 or 5 2.5GB POE+ ports

Unmanaged is fine.

TLTR Wanting to add 3 POE+ WIFI7 AP's to a routers 10GB Copper LAN Port. ISP is 2gbs symmetrical fiber for a high use residential setting. Very possible need for a 4th AP. No need for 10GB all the way but not wanting to bottleneck this part of the lan with just a standard 2.5Gb switch.

Hello everyone, I am looking for a mesh wifi system, but I don't know where i should look for it. My house is 3 floors. I have ethernet cables inside the walls the and I am using 3 router the first is linksys EA 6350 and huawei ax3000 and the last one i don't remember what I did is make all network ssid the same so I don't have to change the network on the phone every time I go from one to another but you can notice the network is changing in some places so

What do you think is the best 150 dollar mesh system?

Situation: My PC always has full bar WiFi connection in my house. I’ll get on my laptop (Alienware) and the connection is usually only 1-2 WiFi bars.

I’ll take my laptop to my mom’s house and it has no issues having full bar WiFi.

So I’m trying to figure out why my laptop is having issues just at my house.

Any ideas?

So randomly my Internet just keeps turning on and off immediately it'll connect and then immediately disconnect does anyone know how to fix this I've tried restarting my router about three times now

Hey, so I've got an upgrade in my internet plan from 300 to 1000Mbps but it seems like my internet is CAPPED at 300. To be clear - yes, I have my duplex on 1gbit, yes I do use an ethernet cable, 5e to be exact. After running a speedtest, it turns out that it runs around 296-299, almost NEVER above 300, even when I switch to wifi on the same device. HOWEVER when I tested it on my phone, I got 600, so it seems like my PC's fault right? I did everything I've read online - power options, updates EVERYTHING. It can't be my cable's fault, because the speed is too stable to be a faulty cable. Thanks for help.

Hey all, I’m setting a network up for a small local business. They had a Nighthawk router and wanted to switch to an Orbi mesh system for better coverage. I installed the Orbi system and everything works alright but the phone system (Yealink W70B with GoTo Connect) will drop calls while ringing.

I’m exploring solutions as they don’t want to use a networking consultant. I thought I might be able to use the Nighthawk router with the Orbi system in AP mode to get the coverage and compatibility.

Is it possible to do it this way? Nighthawk router extended by Orbi mesh?

Thanks in advance!

looking for some advise as to which route to go. what is the key benefit of going the RT-BE92U route vs BT10? I currently have an ASUS RP-AX58 connected to an older mesh enabled Asus router which gives me wifi across the whole house. Wondering if I should simply upgrade the router to RT-BE92U or switch to the BT10

what is the key advantage of going the BT10 route other than I can buy a pair and replace the RP-AX58? Should I buy a BT10 and if that doesn't satisfy my needs get a RT-BE92U and use the BT10 as mesh extender? Thanks

I have a house with three flats and need advice on a mesh system. I have a 300 Mbps fiber connection and currently use the TP-Link Deco X50.

The main Deco unit is on the third floor, where the fiber modem is located, and I have two additional Deco units on the first floor. On the first floor, my speeds fluctuate between 80-240 Mbps, while on the third floor, I consistently get a stable 300 Mbps.

Would upgrading to a better mesh system improve performance?

P.S. I want a fully wireless setup—no cables—while maintaining a fast and stable connection.

I'm planning on installing an antenna in my attic and I was wondering if I can tap into the existing coax cable that runs through it. We never use the upstairs coax plugs so it shouldn't be an issue. Is there some way I can cut the cable and add a connector to the end of it that would hook up to the antenna? Also could I add a splitter in to maintain connection in the rooms in case I need it?

I recently moved and when connecting to my home WiFi, there’s a network that periodically shows up named after the previous home owner. There was only 1 homeowner other than myself and she was the definition of not tech savvy. She did not have WiFi nor any smart devices.

The WiFi network’s name is just listed as her first name. I’ve talked to my neighbors and they’ve said it’s not theirs. The signal is only strong when I’m standing inside my house. I’ve gone through every room and attic — nothing. How do I find out what this Wi-Fi network is?

We're beginning the process of renovating our 1920's bungalow and I'd like to add ethernet sockets and network access points and potentially some POE cameras.

As a non IT professional, it's kind of a minefield trying to identify what products you need as well as to try and futureproof yourself.

I think I've settled on a Pro Max 24 POE with 3 x U7 Pro Wall access points. My plan was then to add some POE cameras.

My plan is to run my ISP router from Virgin Media in modem mode into a switch and then run the access point and ethernet sockets from the switch. Is this assumption correct? Do I need to manage the switch? If so, do I need a dedicated PC to do this or is it web based?

For the cameras, I don't know which cloud gateway is required. Would a Cloud Gateway Ultra work?

Thanks for your help in advance

Hi, my Windows PC is connected to my router with a Wi-Fi usb key (Archer T3U Nano from tp-link), using ethernet is not possible.
I tried the connection by pinging my router and noticed that every exactly 30 seconds, the ping time goes up to around 1000ms when it's usually 1 or 2ms. I also tried the ping command on my phone and there is the same issue.

So I used wireshark to find the problem and saw that at the same timing there are approximatively 120 SSDP packets.
I then searched about it online and saw that it may be linked to UPnP which i disabled on my router for IPv4 and IPv6 as well as on my PC, however that did not solve the problem.

I'm very lost and could use help, please...
Thanks !

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I've been bashing my head against this problem for days, finally wore me down enough to seek help from the hivemind.

Router is ASUS branded RT-AX 3000p.

ISP is Aussie Broadband (which uses CGNAT by defualt but Ive called and asked them to take me off that service already)

Tried to open a port for a game (42420), it didn't work. Tried to open any port as a test, also didn't work. Here's how things stand right now:

Firewalls temporarily entirely disabled.

Port forwarding is enabled in router settings.

Testing for port on canyouseeme

port forwarding tab in router settings

no matter what happens, every port remains closed

I've already checked to make sure I'm not testing on a port blocked by defualt by my ISP.

Don't know what I'm missing to be honest. The ISP should support port forwarding and has a help page for it as well (https://www.aussiebroadband.com.au/help-centre/internet/port-forwarding-and-cgnat/).

Please save me from this hell I beg of you

I’m going to be in an Airbnb for the next couple months while our new place is being done

I work from home so need decent internet. I picked an Airbnb with verified fast WiFi….which is true if you stay in one room.

Sitting at the dining room table I get 250mbs which is great but 10 feet either way? I’m lucky to get 5

This means my kids have to be in the same room while I work to get a decent signal

It’s a condo unit with multiple floors. Each floor has an extender or something similar in the middle of the building

Could I buy another WiFi extender and just connect to the network I’m using if I plugged it in where there is a strong signal?

Any other fixes or workarounds?

I don’t need super speed in the rest of the place (only 600 sqft) but 20mbps would be good

When I moved into my house 20 some odd years ago, I wired the house for ethernet with about 12 drops all coming into a patch panel in the closet. I’m in the process of trying to figure out what I need to upgrade to support 2.5 G for some of the drops. I’m assuming I will need to replace the drops I intend to upgrade using cat six cable and replace the cat five keystone jacks with cat six jacks. I only need two runs to support 2.5 so that shouldn’t be too difficult. However, I’m wondering if replacing the patch panel that has built-in keystone jacks is going to be a requirement. The patch panel is 20 years old so it’s a safe assumption It’s not cat six.

Hey guys. I want to start off saying that I am not an IT pro. I have to usually hire outside help. But in this case I figured I’d get another opinion.

So I have Comcast as my main ISP at work. And this past week I got a Verizon cellular service as my failover service. The team configured the WAN 2 on failover on the UDMP and we ran some test. The failover happens as schedule and works well. The problem that I’m running into is the failback. It seems that once service is restored, the UDMP has trouble going back to WAN1. It starts dropping like 50% of its packets. And then it reverts back and forth between WAN1 and WAN2. The service becomes unusable. It’s not until I manually disconnect both WAN1 and WAN2 cables off the UDMP and restarting both ISP routers that the UDM begins to work.

Is there anything you guys could think of that could be causing this? Both ISP routers have a IP reserved for the UDM but not sure if it’s better to just put both Routers in bridge mode instead? Should I just go back to using my Linux server and just have the UDMP for my access and network controls? Any help is much appreciated. This manual reset is rather frustrating.

Hardware: ASUS RT-AXE7800

VPN configuration: OpenVPN profile for specified device tunneling (configured under VPN Fusion tab in ASUS admin UI)

Question: how do I enable/disable this OpenVPN profile connection via SSH commands?

I have read many different forums suggesting to use “service start_vpnserver1”, but this is for enabling a VPN that all devices connected to the router would go through. I’m trying to enable only the profile in the VPN Fusion tab that 1 device tunnels through.

Thank you in advance!

Hi, so we live in a not so huge flat but with a very poor layout for wifi.

Essentially at the eentrance to the flat is the wifi box with several walls and a long corridor between it and any rooms we might use it in. Luckily we have some ethernet plugs set up all over the house, so I was hoping i could somehow leverage those to improve my signal in places like the lounge or bedroom.

Not looking for anything crazy, just want to be able to stream whilst casting or play some games online. ATM we have a Tp-Link Wifi extender in the hallway which gives us about 15 MBPS on a separate network.

I'd like to ideally be looking at around 60+ if possible, but just not sure what best tech is for that. Happy to do some research if someone can point me in the right direction; thank you!

Forgive me if this description is hard to understand. I have a brand new house. There is a line drop from the electrical pole to my garageBox, from the garageBox an underground set of cable goes below the back yard to the junction box on the back of my house. Within this junction box there are 2 white coaxial cables that connect directly to a smart box within the home. From this smart box, there are coaxial/ethernet cables to various rooms within the house.

Recently, when the Internet technician came to install, and he toned both the lines from the junction box to the smart box, only one of them was working and we used this for the modem. But I want the 2nd (backup) cable to be working as well, because it's always good to have a spare and apparently this 2nd cable was supposed to be used for some kind of camera or alarm system.

My builder has told me the "alarm guy" will sort out this problem when we try to hookup the alarm system.

My question is... how will the "fix" this, do we have to tone/follow the cable to find where the problem is? If the cable is damaged will we have to cut a hole in the drywall and ?fish it out to replace it?

Requirements....

• 1200-1500 sqft coverage without mesh
• Omada compatible
• Minimum 4 SSID
• POE
• Preferably not the size of an extra large Boston deep dish pizza

Does anyone have any suggestions ?

I am trying to change my mac address to change my Ip address due to being restricted to playing some games because of stupid decisions that have happened a while back. I change the mac address and until I change it back to the original mac address I wont have internet access. I have tried other ways of changing my ip address like leaving the wifi off overnight. Any solutions?

I can't configure a friggen VLAN properly

Hey all! There is an endless slew of posts on this sub for help with VLANS and I am just hoping this gets some amount of attention.

I do not think my issues are unique, just that I am struggling to get things configured, lol.

Lab Set Up

So a while back I set up an opensense Firewall. With the new OS Upgrade to 25 I thought it would be neat to finally configure VLANs on my home network.

The Opensense FW is a VM on a Windows Hyper-V Host, no real issues with that, I don't think.

My Switch is a NetGear GS308E.

I have configured the switch inspired by these instructions.

I have 802.1Q Advanced configuration enabled and have the following configurations:

VLAN Identifier Setting:

VLAN Membership

VLAN ID 1

VLAN ID 5

PVID Configuration

Now in theory, I believe that port 2 should be blank in VLAN 1 and have a PVID of 5 however the moment I configure that, I am unable to ping my default gateway (10.0.0.1).

Within OpenSense I have attempted to configure a VLAN interface that use VLAN Tag 5 and set up KEA DHCP and gotten it assigned. The Interface has the IP of 10.0.50.1 which I can ping from any device on the switch.

My general understanding is that I should be able to configure the VLAN and still have it route out the default gateway without needing to have specific interface though (this might be wildly incorrect, please tell me if so).

If anyone can help me with what I might be doing wrong with the configuration, I would be incredibly grateful, I suspect there is something fundemental I am just not grasping here. Once I can get the VLAN working I will worry about the subnetting later (:

Anybody knows how to enable qos option on halny router? I have issue with downloading more than 1 file in the same time, cuz every few minutes my internet connection is down for about 30 seconds. When I'm downloading only 1 file everything is ok, size doesn't matter