I'm moving to an apartment soon, and as far as I know, there isn't an access point and there is no router available for a hard wired option. Is there some sort of way for me to give myself a hard wired connection so that I can do my work and games with as little lag/jitter as possible? Or am I just out of luck?

I've been battling some wonky issues in my wired LAN after upgrading to 2.5gbps. I used TP-Link TL-SG105S-M2 as my two main switches and cat 6 everywhere.

After much troubleshooting and swapping of cables and devices, I finally figured out that an old Brother printer and HDHomeRun are only 10/100 devices. When I disconnect those, everything is hunky dory.

What can I do here? I thought these switches should be able to handle devices of different connection speeds.

Hello everyone! We've just purchased a new home, built in 1969. We didn't really understand the difficulty of fishing ethernet cable in an older house and had an electrician in today who took a look around and shared that it would likely take two guys one full day of work just to fish cable from the bulkhead in the basement to the wall of my new home office space.

We had plans to fish ethernet into each room for various things (Apple TV, two offices, cameras, etc) and with the visit today, I am wondering if that is even remotely a possible idea.

The home is a bungalow (about 1000 square feet on the main level) and the basement is fully finished. The joists run north to south and the internet connection lives in the north east corner of the house.

The electrician thought sending the wire through the attic would be a possibility, but quoted more than $15k to run four drops. Is that an "attics suck and I don't want to to this job" quote (Canadian - in Alberta) or a reasonable quote?

And then the big question for you all - are there any unique or creative options we aren't thinking about that would allow us to have ethernet speeds/stability/ping/etc without fishing that wire through a house that doesn't really want the wire fished?

I am reasonably technical once I get to the computer/router/switch level, but give me a hammer and a cable and I am back to fully lost. Have any of you upgraded an older home and had luck with anything unique? The previous owners actually just cut a hole through the house wall and ran ethernet to the basement on the exterior of the house (no conduit or anything haha - just Cat6 rawdogging the Calgary winter) but I'm not sure that's really the... best option.

Unfortunately, looking at MoCa - there are no cable tv jacks in any of the spaces we'd like to run ethernet to, and we have fairly limited outlets in all the office/bedroom spaces for powerline adaptors. We get 1gbps down and about 200mbps upload right now and we'd like to keep those speeds (and good ping for my partner's gaming) as closely as possible.

Thank you!

Hello all, I am looking for home firewall (hardware one), I need 10Gbps througput as I am now on 1.2Gbps internet soon to 2.5 and possibly higher later. I also dont want to pay monthly/yearly fee.
Wifi is not required. My routers will take care of that.

I found Firewalla Gold Pro, when the price is rather ok, the shipping and VAT + Customs is killing it (adding more than 35% of product price). Also the trustpilot reviews are horrible, mainly for product support...

Whats your solution, or any other advice?

I'm looking for advices regarding using a router with a SIM card plan that has specific terms of use :

I would like to use a SIM with an unlimited 5G plan to replace my WiFi network. However, the terms of use say that the plan only allows "mobile use" and the network can be limited if they notice a behavior that can disturb the network. It doesn't explicitly bans router use

So I'm thinking of two options :

• the first one would be using a portable router, which is by definition a mobile device. However I am not sure about how the how it would get interpreted by the internet provider

-The second one would be to use a throwaway phone that is always on and shares the network to a router. This is much safer guidelines-wise, but I'm not sure how reliable and feasible this is

So I'd be happy to know what you think is the best option and if you have any other suggestions. Thanks for reading

Hi everyone,

I recently moved into the late 80s home and plan to set up a MoCA network to take advantage of the extensive coax wiring throughout the house. Before I get started, I have a few questions I'd like to get answered. Here's my setup:

• Problem: I have a twostory home with a basement. The main coax splitter is located in the basement (see picture), with coax outlets in the basement and on both the first and second floors. Currently, my Xfinity gateway is in the basement because I have a gaming PC (PC1) that I want connected via Ethernet rather than Wi-Fi. While this solves the latency issue for gaming, the Wi-Fi coverage throughout the rest of the house is poor. Additionally, I'll soon be setting up a work computer (PC2) that must also be connected via Ethernet (for security reasons), and it will be located in my first-floor office.
• Plan: I plan to move the Xfinity gateway to the coax outlet in the first-floor office so I can directly connect PC2 via Ethernet and improve Wi-Fi coverage for the rest of the home. Then, I plan to use MoCA over the basement coax outlet so I can connect PC1 via Ethernet as well.

Questions:

1. My understanding is that I only need one MoCA filter, installed on the incoming ISP coax line before the first splitter. Is that correct?
2. Do I need to connect the MoCA adapter directly to the Xfinity gateway, or can I use a coax splitter to feed both the gateway and the MoCA adapter in the basement PC1? I've seen mixed answers online, and this is my biggest point of confusion (see plan made by CHATGPT)
3. Does every splitter in the house need to be MoCa ready or just the first one?
4. Bonus: Is there a way to use a coax outlet on the opposite side of the house to connect another MoCA adapter and plug in a mesh Wi-Fi node to improve wireless coverage even further? If so, would this have any impact on the wired network performance? What setup would you recommend?

Thanks!

I've been planning on installing ethernet under my house for a while now and now that I'm upgrading I have decided it's time. I have a 1960's house with coaxial running directly inside the crawlspace with a coax junction hanging by the wires under the house. I've decided I want to run a switch to 5 different ports around the house. Seeing that the area of the crawlspace where the current junction is stays dry and clean even in winter, I realized it is an option for me to just have a switch underneath the house since it's pretty accessible. There are three locations I can consider- the hallway closet which is in the middle of the house but far from the router and somewhat near a shower wall and has no outlet, the area where my router is which is on the other side of a wall between a furnace and washing machine in garage, or directly below that spot which is where the coax junction is now. My main concern with going into the wall is that there are power, water, and gas lines all near it since it's part of the garage. Is it worth the installation into the wall or would it be okay to just have the box be under?

For context, I live in a relatively small home (985 square feet), but each room is separated (no open floor concepts). Because of that, there can be some WiFi interference. I just recently switched to fiber internet for my house, and since switching, the wifi coverage to the rest of the home has declined. My prior internet had a wifi extender (provided by my ISP) plugged into the living room which worked quite well. Now I need to find an alternative.

For further context, Im a huge gamer. My current setup is in my small home office on one side of the house. The internet there now is incredible since switching to fiber, for both gaming and streaming/content creation. However, I have multiple smart TVs, Alexas, laptops, etc. that need good connection as well, and the range has definitely declined since switching to fiber.

I guess my biggest question is; What should I use to extend the WiFi connection? Mesh or WAP? For what price range given the smaller nature of my house and really needing only one rather than a whole system?

My network box is in my living room, with an ethernet cable running through the ceiling to my office router. I also have a TV running a Shield Pro in the living room that I currently use with a wireless connection, but we have issues with buffering and stuttering and I want to wire it.

Can I run the ethernet cable from the box in the living room or would I need to connect it to the router in the office for it to be on the same network?

So this area under the staircase (what I would call the Harry Potter nook) is roughly 3 feet by 3 feet, and the height to the concrete base of the staircase above it is about 4 and half feet. Planning to put my networking equipment here - ISP modem, router, and switch at the very least. Eventually may add compute and/or storage. Also planning for ceiling-mounted APs to handle wifi. Cat6 from everywhere in the house should terminate here.

Changing plans because my previous location (laundry/dryer room) has higher humidity/flooding concerns, based on other advise I've gotten on this sub.

Questions:-
1. Would heat/humidity be an issue? I'm in a hot and humid climate (about 80% humidity year round and 30 degrees Celsius daytime temperatures) - but this location is right in the center of the house and not really exposed to the outdoors in any way (for good or bad).
2. Is the size (9 square feet of floor space with four and a half feet of height) at all a concern? Seems bigger than most of what I've seen here, and I don't plan to put anything else in this space.

OK, I admit it... I hit my breaking point with my "documentation", or lack thereof. I have post it notes, screenshots, print outs, digital notes, password app entries, digital user manuals and more. Every time something breaks I end up re-discovering settings I already figured out once, and I have no idea which of my notes are current and which are outdated waste of space.

I'm planning to sit down to build a home ops manual with equipment list, network config (VLANs, SSIDs), and step-by-step procedures for stuff like creating automations, resets, and password changes. I will probably attach the user manuals too. (Will probably include non network stuff too, like procedures for draining water heater.)

I assume many of you have already been down this road, or at least thought about it. How did you structure your documentation: wiki, Obsidian, Notion, something else? Is there anything you wish you'd included from the start? Any templates, outlines, or advice will be much appreciated..

My ping will stay around 40-50 and then suddenly and rapidly rise to over 300 every couple of seconds and back down to 40-50 again just as fast without any real pattern to it any idea on how to fix this. I'm not knowledgeable on these types of things unfortunately.

Hi. I am trying to get a Wi-Fi signal to my apartment garage that is underneath my apartment on the ground level (smaller garage; under 25 units). The garage has no power outlets/power I can use. I do have a Wi-Fi signal in my apartment which is about 3-4 stories above ground. I have tried different devices including a TP-Link CPE210 to try to get the signal to reach inside the garage. However, unfortunately, it will only reach right outside the garage backdoor but it won't reach inside the garage. I am not able to run an ethernet cable to the garage.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

I would like to power my AP's which are POE through a POE switch. Can I do this through a MOCA network or should use individual injectors at the AP site? Thank you for any feedback.

I'm trying to splice together a null modem cable.

I confirmed that Pin 3 on one side was connected to Pin 2 on the other side. I soldered Pin 3 to Pin 2, I soldered Pin 2 to Pin 3, then I spliced and soldered Pin 5 to 5 (ground). I confirmed that Pin 2 on one side was connected to Pin 3 on the other side in continuity mode on my multimeter, I did the same for Pin 3 to 2 and Pin 5 to 5.

I tested the resistance between both sides of the cable on each pin and it registered about 3 ohms. I tried to put a jumper between Pin 2 and 3 and I ran a loopback test and the cable does not work.

This was the loopback test.

stty -F /dev/ttyS5 9600 raw -echo; (cat -v /dev/ttyS5 &); sleep 2; printf 'AAAA\r' > /dev/ttyS5; sleep 3; pkill cat

This timed out with no echo.

I shorted pins 2 and 3 on the DB9 connector of the PCIE card while running the echo test and I got an echo. So I know the serial port is ok and the cable seems to be electrically fine but it will not pass a loopback test.

I would really appreciate any help.

The PCIE card I'm using has an ASIX AX99100 chip.

I found them among some old stuff I'm sorting. They were in a box full of ethernet and telephone cables, some old ADSL splitters, a big bag of terminations and a cable tester, so I assume they're somehow related to networking. They are all identically shaped but have different numbers printed on them. The numbers aren't a continuous set and have some duplicates. They're the only thing in the box I am drawing a complete blank on. Siri thinks they're guitar picks.

I currently have cat 6 non rated outdoor cable ran in conduit currently from the main house to the detached garage. It’s been sitting there for about 3yrs just terminated to the inside of each building.

I’m now looking to get things running and I want to just do it right with fiber. I’m trying to figure out what kind of fiber optic I need? And what type of converters I’ll need? It’s about a 100 ft run from building to building.

I just ordered a TP-Link EAP613 Wireless Access Point as well as a network switch model # tp link TLSG108Pe. The home house has a g3000 router from Verizon I’ll be connecting the fiber optic too.

My plan out in the garage is to run the fiber to the switch I ordered - and then do home runs using indoor rated cat 6 cables to my desktop computer , my tv as well as the access point.

Am I on the right track so far? Any help is appreciated or if people think the fiber is over kill for right now would I benefit keeping what I have currently ran in cat 6 and add Ethernet surge protectors that get grounded?

I just upgraded my internet to a way faster line.

Connected are pictures of the Wi-Fi speed tests before and after on

1. My phone next to the router

2. My moms laptop all the way across the house from the router

3.My computer in between the two distance wise

All devices except for my computer seem have a significant increase in speed but my computer seems to always be stuck around the same. I don't understand why this is happening I even got a new Wi-Fi card in an attempt to fix it and nothing. Does anyone have any advice?

The only odd behavior I've noticed is when I do a Wi-Fi speed test it seems to spike up very hight at the start and then shoot down instantly on my computer.

One router in the living room corner for years, bedroom and kitchen both stuck with weak-signal buffering. Blamed the ISP forever. Set up a 3-node mesh this weekend and every room hits full bars now. Also merged three separate SSIDs into one — roaming between rooms is finally seamless. Wish I'd done this two years ago instead of just living with it.

Hi.

I’ve been using Powerline Adapter for internet upstairs, it’s not amazing but it has done the job. They have given up life and suddenly stopped working.

I thought this might be a good opportunity to change things up. I’m looking to run an Ethernet cable instead. I have a planned route for which I can run the cable. However, I’m looking at having it come outside the house out of an existing hole used for other cabling for a portion of the route.

I assumed I will need an outdoor rated Ethernet cable? I have seen people say they used regular and it has worked okay but I’ve also seen outdoor rated be recommended.

Also, are there any recommended brands to look for? I’ve seen a few on this sub but when I’ve researched them, they don’t seem easily obtainable in the UK.

Any advice is super appreciated, I have been browsing this sub for a bit and trying to read up and educate myself as best I can.

We are moving into a new build 1680 sq. ft apartment (plus some patio space) that is two stories and I am trying to figure out the best wire runs and AP setup. This was not a custom build and the builder did not run CAT6 cables to the rooms unfortunately, but as part of closing they seem fairly amenable to getting someone in to do the cable runs as long as we can tell them where to go.

For AP

I used design.ui.com/ to mock things out, and my take away is that we need to have an access point on the second floor. In the attached images I have only included a UDR7 which we already own but adding something like an AC Lite anywhere upstairs seems to give good coverage everywhere. Any advice on anything I'm missing here or confirmation this looks good would be much appreciated.

For Wired

For wired connections the most important is getting a wire run upstairs to get an AP on the top floor as indicated above. Ideally we would have one in each of the downstairs bedrooms as well since either might be a home office at one point and then potentially one in the living room to wire a TV? I was thinking something like the following, which may need to be adjusted depending on feasibility of doing cable runs. Any feedback on these wired locations would be much appreciated, since this is the part that seems most uncertainty in terms of choosing best locations for uncertainty future use.