I have a pair of EAP235 access points I want to use. One at the front of my house and the other at the back. Can I use the same ssid on both or will it interfere with each other or Should I just give each one separate ssids?

Hey all! I have an open 4 post rack and it is housed in my basement. I know I could replace the rack with an enclosed one, but my question is short of doing that. Any ideas on how to keep dust and cobwebs away/out of the space? Do they make any products? I worry as it homes a 4ru server currently and will home another possibly in the near future.

The CAT7 cable is UGREEN
The CAT5E cable is from hyperoptic (our ISP)

Should I continue sticking with their cable or swap it out?

Hi guys, I bet you get this question a lot here, but I’m looking to secure my home network. Someone I know had their computer hacked and it got be thinking about my family’s security, their data and the more I read up on this stuff the more worried I became. I don’t have much knowledge about networking and looking for advice on where to start, how to set up a robust firewall, separating my network where one is for guests and one is private. I’ve looked into pfsense but literally no idea where I’d start how much it would cost to set up everything, or what kind of level of expertise id require. I also want to use this opportunity to learn about computer networks along the way so I can be on top of things in case there’s a breach or someone tries to hack me or eavesdrop etc.

Any help or guidance will be greatly appreciated, even If anyone could point me in the right direction or provide a step by step guides etc I’d be forever grateful.

(Apologies for my English it’s not my mothertounge, I struggle with understanding the technical terms and abbreviations)

i'm currently looking a standalone router like the archer be550
or a single mesh unit like the deco be65

i know i can use either as my main router for internet/wifi and im currently leaning towards the single mesh unit as it's cheaper where i'm from.

are there any real downsides to this? what will i be missing out on?

So I was playing CoD 4 Remastered when all of a sudden the game froze, and at the same time my connection to the router have died. All of my devices like phones and TVs connect to the router via wi fi without a problem and can access internet, my pc can connect to the phone hot spot too and load up, it only randomly does not connect to my main router either via wi-fi or ethernet. Is there something the game could have brute forced on the router to "black list" my pc from it?

I inherited a house with a some Araknis access points. After moving in I replaced one of them with my Netgeat router and that’s been working perfectly so far, except for one of the corners of the house, so I decided to set up the access points today.

After resetting the Araknis AP i now have access to the “araknis_initial” signal which does have internet. But im now stuck unable to access the set up.

Going to http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.20.253 doesn’t work and google tells me to use their app but it looks like I need an account to do that.

Can I use this thing or is my best bet to replace it? Having the unprotected wifi signal if making me nervous lol

PS Contacting the installer is not an option

I am looking to run OM4 in my house. I had been looking to buy OM4 armored from FS.com, but I want one cable to start with and that cable costs $60 and shipping $40. The shipping cost is crazy. What other suppliers have folks had good experiences with?

Hello guys,

I use Gigaclear in the UK and my router is an Tp-Link AXE5400, the NIC I am using is a WavLink AX5400. Long story short I began by experiencing huge lag spikes in-game, it would fly up from 4ms to around 4000ms and then plummet back to 3-4ms. I tried changing the onboard NIC, which produced worse results. My PC is upstairs and the router is downstairs in the kitchen.

With the current wavlink I am getting 350mb/s download and roughly the same upload. With other NIC's I was getting lower then 30mb/s and much worse ping. I called the ISP and they can offer no help. I also tried these powerline adapters and hardwired into my PC, but not only was the Speeds much worse, the ping also became more unstable. So I'm forced to use the WavLink as it is the most reliable connection.

It might also be worth mentioning that there are only around 10 devices on the network, some 5ghz and some 2.4ghz with my PC being the only 6ghz connection. Each device has these ping issues but only I really exprience the problems associated with it due to being the only person in the house who games and also hold regular discord calls for university etc.

Here are the results of when I ping my router on a 6ghz connection:

``Pinging 192.168.0.1: with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=263ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=153ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=200ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 87, Received = 87, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 263ms, Average = 10ms``

and again on 5ghz:

Pinging 192.168.0.1: with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=115ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=499ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=115ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=117ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 45, Received = 45, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 499ms, Average = 20ms

I am literally at my wits end as it feels like I have tried absolutely everything I can and the problem has been ongoing for weeks. Sometimes I get no issues and other weeks it's non-stop.

If anyone could help guide me through this or offer some solutions I would GREATLY appreciate it.

Hi all, my 2003 pre wired home seems to be fairly straightforward, but I never set it up to distribute data at the control panel. Blue are network, yellow telecom (obsolete in my house). Coax on right side of pic are obsolete since no cable/sat.

I typically show 600-700 mbps at the router, but often get less than 150 thru the wireless and mesh network (waaah i know). Bedrooms are at the upstairs far end of the house.

I just ran a gigabit Ethernet wire from the kitchen router to the basement and was wondering what to do with it. There are 2 WAN ports in the middle block and 8 RJ45 in the lower block. Is there a config to connect my router output wire to either block to distribute data to the connected rooms?

In a perfect world, a bridge connection would be all that is needed. Appreciate any advice.

Just set up new network with Cloud gateway ultra and 8 pro Poe switch. Have 8 Poe devices and did not realize there is no additional RJ45 port to plug it in to the controller.

My options at this point seems to be either retuning and getting a 16 Poe switch and eat the restocking fee (not to mention return shipping cost) or find a way to use one of the 2 SFP+ 10G port to communicate with the controller.

Found the SFP+ to RJ45 adapter on the unifi store. Not sure if that will work so was wondering if anyone has tried that before?

TIA!

I’m very new with networking I have an asus router gt-ac5300 wifi-6 it’s connected to my modem, I need more coverage because the internet in the basement is really bad. I know of aimesh, do I need to get a router with the same specs to carry the specs of the gt-ac5300 or can I buy a really cheap asus wifi 6 gaming router and it’ll just extend the specs of the gt-ac5300, I don’t want to spend a lot if I don’t have to but I really don’t know how to do this stuff

Looking to upgrade my parents equipment and make the most of their 1 gigabit service that they use exclusively by WiFi

Planning to grab a coda 56 today and would like recommendations for a router that would maximize the amount of download speed for WiFi devices without going over $200 and preferably staying closer to $10

I’m thinking WiFi 6 minimum but 6E or 7 would future proof right? At least one 2.5ghz Ethernet port seems to be recommended to plug into the coda 56’s port

I've been running a long 30m ethernet cable through the apartment. This was installed after a long hate-affair with Wifi and repeaters. It's been throttling down to 100Mbit since a while (should be 1Gbit). Most of the time I don't notice because that's still higher than the ISP are giving me. But I've been backing up some large files lately and it's become a pain. I did some reading here and thought the cable was damaged or crap or something.

Only long after buying the cable did I read warnings here that CAT7 is some non-standard junk. I remember testing it after initially installing and it was running about 400 Mbit/s to copy a file from my NAS. The cable routing is far from ideal (several right angles, but I tried not to put much stress), so I wouldn't be surprised if it was damaged.

My PC is connected via a 1Gig TP-link switch to the ISP's home router over the long ethernet cable. I've a NAS connected to the router too. Somewhere that was throttling down. I tried using another switch (also 1Gig TP-link but not the same model) at the router end and a short cable to the router. This had limited success. It seemed to run at 1Gig for a short while.

I tried a few things like moving the cable further from high powered devices etc. In the end I switched ports on the first switch. It's a 5 port switch. That fifth port always looks tacked on, compared to the others (see the TL-SG105 for example). I moved to one of the other ports and it seemed to fix the issue. I don't know if that fifth port is a bit weaker, but it seems to be consistent now at least. I kept the second switch on the other end since it seemed to at least make things better if even for a short period.

Testing with iperf helped a lot. Much better than a janky file copy. Still learning why I'm only getting 400Mbit rather than full 1Gig for a file copy. Maybe it's the spinning rust or samba is crap. Anyway, hope this helps someone in a similar boat.

So we live in a mobile home running spectrums 600 plan, I’ve currently got 2 switches each one running to the living room for a gaming area and to my pc. Those come from an Orbi rbr10 into a cheap little switch.

We have permission to do anything to the home so I could run cables underneath, however it’s a crap shoot if the place is built correctly so I’d rather run the cables on the floor or ceiling if possible. I have tried 3m strip channels and nail-in channels to not much success in terms of looks and long term use.

My question is besides a network card for each of 2 computers, good cables, and a multi gig switch is there anything else I’m missing?

Also is there any product you’d recommend the cables to be ran in on the ceiling or floor? I was thinking maybe a ceiling “rgb cloud” for lighting and hiding the cables?

Where I live I receive fiber through a router/modem combo box delivered from my ISP. Its a Genexis Platinum 7840, and I cant switch this router/modem out for anything else, and the wireless that this router provides is pretty bad. I've had TP-Link Archer 3200 laying around, and I thought I could connect this to the modem/router, and disable the WIFI on the Genexis box.

I'm a tech savvy guy, but I rarely do networking stuff so I never get to really get a complete understanding of it all. Does my modem need to have a bridge mode to avoid getting double nat? How can i set this up? Any help is appreciated, even a link to something helpful.
Sorry if this is an easy google search, i just feel a bit helpless.. ehe

I have an ISP with an ONT configuration (HG8145V5). I have an additional router connected to it (ASUS RT-AC58U) and a lan cable being run across to the other floor of my house from the ONT into a desktop switch.

The IPTV provided by my ISP (seems like an x96 mini) only works on Ethernet if the switch connection is directly from my ONT, additionally the box has had its wifi capabilities blocked by my ISP.

I am trying to rework my internet with a better router and a mesh configuration with ethernet backhaul. However I believe my IPTV on the other floor would stop working. Is there a way to configure either the ONT or the router so the box continues to work? New to networking so might be lacking technical details.

Location is Pakistan, ISP is Optix for Context

Hi Everyone. First of all I apologise for any stupid questions, it's been a very long time since I've done any sort of home networking.

I have just had YouFibre installed (in the UK), which brings 1Gb fibre into the house and from that Netomnia box on the wall via CAT6 to their router (an Arris NVG57BLX). This is located in the lounge at the front of the house (it's a single story bungalow).

The WiFi signal is amazing in the lounge, but terrible at the very rear of the house where there is the master bedroom, and the third bedroom which has been converted into a snug with a TV and Xbox Series X.

We previously had Virgin Media (fibre over their cable TV infrastructure?), with everything in the same place. The WiFi to the Xbox obviously wasn't going to be good enough for online gaming, cloud etc. so I laid in an ethernet cable from the router in the lounge direct into the Xbox, which runs great. WiFi was still terrible, so I have a couple of old TP Link extenders (TL-WA850RE) which I have to try and extend the WiFi, but they're not very good (I think they only support 300Mb/s and 2.4GHz).

So my thought is - could I put a new router on the end of the ethernet in the snug and use it to distribute the WiFi signal to the back of the house, connecting the Xbox directly via ethernet to the new router? Is this the best solution in my situation? And if so, could anyone recommend a good, cheapish, router to go in the snug to do this?

Many thanks!

Hello, I want to connect my PC to a wireless network that built on top of AX72 router. For that I bought a cheaper router AX12 that I connect to PC and plan to put it into a wireless bridge with AX72. However I noticed (according to AX12 Web Interface) that AX12 can be only bridge host (if I can call it this way), not a bridge client. It states that wireless bridge on AX12 will allow OTHER clients to connect to it. This is opposite of what I want. Is it something I am doing wrong? Is there a simple way to connect two routers via wireless? Thanks.

I am trying to get my MOCA network setup and here's how it is now:

ONT->Ethernet->CR1000A>coax on the wall>G1100 in bridge mode>Laptop with USB-C to 1Gbps ethernet adapter

CR1000A is also connected via an ethernet cable to a linux PC that is running a samba server and iPerf3. The share is on an internal 1TB HDD.

Now, due to G1100, I am getting only about 500 Mbps speeds on the local network (iPerf3), which is OK.

I am trying to test the speed by copying a large (1.3GB mp4) file from a samba share on a server.

I am getting about 300Mbps when I copy this mp4 file. To see if the HDD was the bottleneck, I copied a file to /dev/shm on the linux PC and created another samba share that points to /dev/shm and surprisingly the speeds were lower.. about 100Mbps.

Where could be the bottleneck? What can I do to improve the speed.

Also, can I get another CR1000A and configure it to be an bridge/AP (like how the G1100 could be configured)?

So I bought a used but still new gaming laptop just a few hours ago from a guy on marketplace. It is excellent, no damages at all. But when I connect to the wifi via wireless, and tried downloading games on the laptop i noticed that it has a poor download speed. I figured it must be the wifi being slow. but when i tried speedtest, i noticed that it has a lower download speed than the upload speed as shown in this link: https://www.speedtest.net/result/17077489679

so i tried the same speed test on my old laptop, and this is the result: https://www.speedtest.net/result/17077543659

tried it on my phone and amazing speed and download too.

If anyone can help me on this one, that would be greatly appreciated!

I am confused on how to extend wifi connection between floors. i tried using a repeater and it doesnt work (like the internet speed turns way worse than using the original router.) I've searched about mesh but i still have no idea how it works and what the difference is between using a repeater. another way i thought is by connecting an Ethernet cable between my router and my repeater. would that work?

thanks in advance

From a speed, performance and signal standpoint, will the tplink WiFi 7 routers do the same as Ubiquiti WiFi 7 APs?

Not necessarily looking for enterprise features. Just need speed, handoffs performance latency etc

(Wired across 3 rooms in a 1950 sq ft house)

Looking for APs that go with RT-AX82U and AX86 routers. Any recommendations? Can I go with non Asus APs?

And looking for APs that can backhaul wirelessly because we can't get cable ran through the house.

Am I correct in believing all I need are unshielded 100% copper (not Copper Clad Aluminum) CAT6 patch cables for my TP-Link Powerline adapters? It will in a straight line from one side of the room to another so I just need it to be bendable at the two ends.

Which out of 1 or 2 would be the best (I need 3-5m cables) for a home/residential use case scenario? Is the 2nd one shielded, hence why the cable is fatter? Is low profile better? Are both of these 100% copper?

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i want to upgrade my switch to a 16 port 2.5gbe but i have 2 PoE devices, which would drasticaly increase the price range of the switch. Is there any adapter or alternative for powering those devices via usb etc. and still maintain lan connection?

I currently have an Asus Rt-AC5300 router as my main wifi. It is setup as an access point and I have several AIMESH nodes attached via cat5e throughout the house. . I'm looking to replace the RT-AC5300 with a new router. Other than speed, the most important feature I am looking for is area coverage. I have probably 80+ 2.4g wifi devices throughout the house including some outside which are as far away as 60 feet so they all need to be able to connect. Those 2.4g devices don't need speed, just accessibility. I don't necessarily need to stick with an Asus router but since I have several nodes that are AIMESH compatible, that would be a bonus. Any suggestions?

I got a new wifi router today it’s an upgraded version supposedly from Cox. But my pc won’t connect through Ethernet . I’m not exactly sure how Ethernet works but I know it connects to WiFi somehow for those who are experts my pc is upstairs and I have a 6 inch Ethernet cord that just plugs into a home cox block which someone works and uses Ethernet and I don’t have to plug anything for Ethernet into the actual router. But I don’t know what to do cuz wifi isn’t an option and troubleshooting doesn’t help when I click on what the issue is with connection PLEASE HELP!