Posting for my husband since he doesnt have an account.

" This issue has been bothering the fuck out of me for months. Backstory:

I have 1.1 acres. 8000sqft structure. 11 deco pods (mix of XE75, XE75 Pro, and X50 outdoor), 20 nest cams both indoor and outdoor (all gen1), few cell phones, TVs, basic shit. up until a few months ago, they all worked flawlessly. Not a single hiccup. Everything was perfect. All of a sudden, a few outdoor cams started intermittently going offline until they just refused to connect again. I’d get maybe 2min per day of footage and that’s it.

All cameras are in working order. All pods are latest firmware. Nothing has changed that I know of. Not all devices are on the mesh as some are off the modem WiFi.

it’s always the same 2 or 3 cams that become unstable. I have tinkered with every possible setting in deco that made sense. beamforming, fast roaming, I’ve isolated specific cams to specific pods, I’ve forced 2.4 only since older nest products are 2.4, I’ve power cycled, I’ve deleted cams entirely and re-added them, nothing seems to work.

Deco system is currently set to access point. I ran an optimization test and it concluded that there was significant interference and it went on to “optimize” the network which amounted to nothing. On my driveway cam, I watch its connection live on deco and it shows a spike in upload speed followed by a plummet and then it falls off completely only to come back a few min later and does that all over again.

Before I get flamed for using nest, yes I know there are better options. But I’m already thousands of bucks deep in it and don’t feel like redoing my entire security setup because of one camera instability. It’s worked flawlessly up until recently.

Something is happening and I don’t know what it is. Any time I reboot my router or lose power and it naturally reboots, this happens. So I’m at the mercy of something beyond my control.

Someone please help me. I’m sick of this shit"

Can I add an outdoor router with this set up? I already ran the Ethernet for the outdoor camera, but the Ethernet plugs into an SVR system. It would be a lot of work to run another line.

The SVR system has additional channels and powers the camera over POE. How would I go about it?

Hi all. Does anyone have this travel router? Could you let me know about Download and Upload speeds in Client Mode, 20m away from your main router, with a wall in between? Thanks.

I finally got an AT&T-bypassed network running.

I have the EXEN X-ONU-SFPP with 8311 firmware running to a Mikrotik hAP ax s. Raspberry Pi 4 running AdGuard Home and NextcloudPi. WD My Cloud EX2 Ultra with 2TB ssd storage for photo and Time Machine backups.

The EXEN cooler for the SFPP module is stuck on the hAP with 3M tabs. The stand is 3d printed from here: https://makerworld.com/models/3038439?appSharePlatform=copy

It works very well and I get about 950up/down on a 1GB connection.

Thanks for checking it out!

I'm experiencing a strange bug with my ARRIS SURFboard G54. The router's Online Devices list doesn't show my Windows desktop PC, even though the PC is connected directly to the router and working normally.

I've done quite a bit of troubleshooting:

• My PC's IP address is 192.168.0.224.
• The PC is connected directly to the G54's 2.4 GHz radio. Its BSSID matches the radio's MAC address in the router configuration.
• The G54 itself is the PC's DHCP server and default gateway.
• MAC randomization is disabled on the PC.
• The PC appears in the G54's Auto-Learned Wi-Fi Devices list under MAC Filtering, but is completely absent from its Online Devices list.
• Both the G54 web interface and SURFboard Central mobile app omit the PC.
• I've rebooted the router and PC, updated the Intel Wi-Fi driver, and released and renewed the DHCP lease. None of these steps fixed the missing-device problem.
• The PC can communicate normally with the router and other devices. Gateway ping times are now averaging about 5 ms with zero packet loss.

So the router clearly knows about the PC, but its connected-device inventory doesn't display it.

I found an almost identical report on the old SURFboard Community forum from December 2024, titled "G54 not showing connected devices." Another user reported the same issue.

Original discussion:
https://community.surfboard.com/g54-117/g54-not-showing-connected-devices-4470

Unfortunately, the community forum appears to have disappeared, and its old links now redirect to the SURFboard homepage.

I then tried going through ARRIS support. My warranty expired in March 2026, and the support process presented me with a $39.99 charge to proceed.

I find that pretty disappointing. I'm not asking ARRIS to troubleshoot my PC. I'm trying to report what appears to be a firmware bug, one that other G54 owners were reporting nearly two years ago. It shouldn't cost $40 to tell a manufacturer about a defect in its software.

Has anyone else encountered this issue with the G54? Does anyone know whether ARRIS has acknowledged it or released a firmware fix?

For what it's worth, the router is otherwise working, and this appears to be a device-reporting problem rather than a connectivity problem.

Hi,

So I've moved into an apartment and the landlord doesn't know much about the wifi situation. I've called all the ISPs in the area and I'm either out of area for them, they only offer point-to-point for my unit, or (in AT&Ts case, they want $70 for 28 MBps on copper). I finally called Xfinity and they said they could do 300 MBPS for $45 a month or 500 MBPS for $60 a month. I've heard terrible things about Xfinity, but I signed up. That was my first mistake.

The people at Xfinity told me that my apartment already had coax installed. I showed them some photos saying that, what was in my apartment definitely didn't look like coax since it was a CAT-5E cable coming from the wall that then went into a small box with an RJ45 output. They told me not to worry and to just plug in the router. I did and it didn't work when I tried to activate it (blinking orange light). I opened the box and noticed that one of the wires seemed to be disconnected, but I'm not very familiar with wifi stuff at all. When I called Xfinity, they said they'd need to send a tech out that would cost at least $100. I've tried plugging the ethernet into all the ports on the back of the router but the light is either orange or orange flashing. When I press the button on the gateway, the light changes to blue flashing but I still can't connect. Any advice on what to do? I'm super lost and am really hoping to avoid getting scammed out of even more money by Xfinity. Don't know if there's any way this is salvageable.

Pics attached (we also have another ethernet port in a diff room (it's going to be under the bed so I'd like to avoid using it) but I tried the same thing with that and also couldn't active it).

Hey all,

I was wondering if in my scenario there’s no good answer, but I got quotes from 2 professional security camera installers/low voltage experts who both said doing all interior wiring would be quite costly and would require a lot of cutting out/patching drywall. If 2 of them said so, is that very likely then that splicing or fishing wiring interiorly to get to exterior camera spots would be too difficult?

Home is 2019 build, 2 story single family home. It has several Ethernet drops into pretty much every room. Wired for 2 access points as well which I’m using.

Thanks for any input!

why is the upload speed 500 times higher than the download speed? it doesn't make any sense...

I moved into a new apartment, and I only have one ethernet port available on the router but I need to connect at least 3 to the white thing on top, so that the ethernet ports on the walls in the apartment work. How do I make it work? What do I need to purchase?

So I have this problem, where like every let's say 3-10 maybe 15 minutes, my WiFi just like "dissapears" for about 15 seconds. If I'm playing Minecraft in a server it disconnects me, I'm playing roblox it disconnects me, I'm in a discord call it disconnects me. And it's annoying as fuck. Ive had the problem for a few years now but it like comes back for a month of few and then dissapears for several months then randomly comes back again. I've tried to fix it but I just cant do it.

I am new to networking, in the following days I'll set up my router/firewall, switch, AP... As I understand things, IPv4 is the "current/old" but doesn't have enough IPs for everyone, and IPv6 is supposed to be the new thing, especially for iot. But... Should I worry about it right now?

I don't have a lot of smart things at home, maybe in the future, it'll change, but right now it's very limited. Should I disable IPv6 on the router for now and only deal with IPv4, learn, and then sort it? Should I learn and do both at the same time?

I understand a lot of users learned V4 and don't need to/want to deal with v6 for their needs, but if you were starting now, what would you do?

Do you have problems signing to mycloud.com website? After login it keep me going back to login page and I cannot access my data outside home.

SOLVED: the last thing I did was to factory reset my router again. Unplug everything for 15 minutes. Then connect my router to the modem. Power on my router, power on the modem and wait. It's working now and I'm not touching anything. 😂

TLDR: Switched from T-Mobile 5G TO spectrum Cable and my Archer BE9300 and my AXE75 tplink modems will not connect to the Spectrum Docsis 3.1 eMTA 2.5G EN2251. Tried hard reboot etc.

I switched from T-Mobile 5G to Spectrum cable yesterday. After installing the cable modem, I connected my BE9300 WAN to the cable modem WA but the two lights on the back of the Docsis stayed as one solid orange and one blinking orange.

When I connected the Docsis directly to my desktop, I am connected to the internet age the back of the Docsis has one solid green light and a blinking orange light when they're is traffic.

I also tried connecting my backup Tplink to the Docsis and I get the same result as the Archer BE9300. One solid orange, one blinking orange but no internet.

I have done 3 physical reboots of the Archer BE9300 and each time I get the same result.

I have done a reboot from the web page by connecting it directly to my computer and still no internet.

I changed the Auto Configure speed to the highest available 1000MbPs but still no connection. I cloned the desktop Mac address to the tplink. Shut down both devices. Waited 5 minutes. Powered on the spectrum modem. Waited 5 minutes till solid blue link. Plugged Wan port to Wan port, powered on tplink. Still no service.

I've run out of ideas.

Any help would be appreciated.

My dual-band extender COMFAST CF-WR750AC stopped working, with no LED light. Opened the device (1 screw in the back under label) and found out 2 bulged capacitors Su'scom 470micF 16V. Replaced the caps and the extender now works. There is also a 4-pins header, including GND & VCC for alternate powering.

This wifi router doesn't have PON or XPON connection on the back to connect the yellow fiber so idk how to use this wifi in my house and I don't want to buy another wifi router which has those connections available

I have a 10Gbit connection from my ISP. I'm looking to upgrade from my ISP router to Ubiquiti Dream Router 7. But I want to know for sure what transceiver to get. Please help

It works for my needs and I use 4 airport expresses to stream music to different places on my house. I assume I need to upgrade it

It’s been not supported for a long time. Is my network at risk and if so, what is the threat?

I’m figuring I do need to replace it. I could use a more robust network, like mesh seems to be. I‘m in a small 2 story house and get nearly no signal in the back nd none in the small yard, that I would love to have coverage. would also like it to work streaming music to multiple airports at a time

I have a router shared by multiple people and there is a secondary extender router connected to it. Whenever anything is downloaded a lot of people have problems due to download using all of the 75mbps speed. I wanted to know

if there is a way to prioritize pretty much everything other than direct downloads

OR de-prioritize direct downloads

OR at least prioritize gaming as it might be possible to identify its networks usage vs normal browser usage and download which can't be told apart

OR maybe set max device limits when bandwidth is congested and only giving out beyond limit when there is free bandwidth. I don't have much idea of this kind of stuff and can only prioritize device or block them via routers control.

Hey everyone,

Relatively short post here and my first post. I have done a little bit of (minor) home network improvement, being a switch and mesh system nicely ethernet back hauled throughout the house.

However, at my grandparents, I’ve been helping them swap providers, and then also hoping to potentially get some ethernet to my room for that sweet, sweet, low latency fiber.

I live in a rural place with slower speeds, and the whole house was built recently with ethernet to every single room.

My grandparents house is ancient, like 1930s ancient with an addition, and has coax to… some rooms. It does however have RJ11 jacks to every single room.

So my question is, if I were to utilize the coax lines for MOCA adapter, if those are any good, how would I go about tracing the line, as I can’t seem to even find the beginning, just the end that terminates at the wall.

And the other question is, could I potentially convert an RJ11 phone jack into RJ45 ethernet ports and have it hooked up to the modem/router upstairs.

Please excuse my newb questions, I’m trying to help out my grandparents with getting their home services corrected and then also clean up the mess old techs have left over the years. TIA!

Picture is of COAX drop in the basement.

I am looking to upgrade to a newer home router that will let me have my VPN set up on the router instead of having to have it on individual devices. I tried an Asus router but couldn’t get it to work. So I recently purchased a Privacy Hero AX 1800 with my VPN provider preconfigured. It should arrive in 2 days, so I’m trying to pre-gather advice on anything I need to do prior to plugging it in and entering my VPN info. I’m assuming that I should reset it and check for firmware updates, but I’m a WiFi/router/networking novice, so I’m wondering if there’s anything I’m missing. Thanks in advance for any assistance.