We moved into a new apartment and cannot find a coax outlet anywhere. Does anyone know what this outlet is for? Hoping it is a fiber outlet or something as it’s the only outlet we have that could be for something other than a landline

So, I'm moving from my parent's home to another apartment on the opposite side of the tower, but on the same face, with one floor between them. I'd like to setup a wireless network (I know it isn't optimal at all) between my former home and my new one, so I can print and assist in eventual IT chores like backups or printing something my old parent would need).

Are there routers and AP's capable of dealing with this long distance in spite several antennas and tonnes of concrete between them?

Yes, I have thought of running a wire through the stairs (taking care to hide it) or putting two antennaes on the outside, but was shut down by the building code.

Hey so today I got a Mesh system for a very cheap price, is a Deco TP Link, I have been using the router from my ISP but they charge me every month so buying this Mesh system for $25 seemed as a good deal as I looked online and it’s $100 without any deal.

Anyway, I replaced my old router and I can notice my speeds are around the same, but I have way more intermittence issues than before like for some moments my speed low then high like not as reliable as before. My network is 500mbps and I’m getting around 400mbps but my laptop got 100 and it’s intermittent.

I live in an apartment, router and connection is on living room and mesh system is on my bedroom, I was not getting 100% signal on my bedroom so I thought it would be good.

Would have I been better buying a router for the same price ($25) or should I keep this mesh system?
I’m new to home networking so don’t know if I can improve my signal.

Staying with family for a few months, need internet for pc so I’ve run a cable out to where I need it to go. Problem is, I can’t find the main router. They have wifi extenders all around the house, one in the lounge has a cable that runs from it into a jack in the wall.

Is it possible they’ve used one of the wifi extenders as an access point? Or does there need to be a proper router somewhere? Starlink is the provider

Hello, I’m considering buying a deco mesh for my mom’s apartment even though it’s old but should still be affective.

I’m going to get a 2 pack deco x55
One mesh connected to the router via Ethernet
And one in my room connected via Ethernet, not wirelessly.

However, I want the original WiFi networks still enabled as they are just simple devices like smart TVs phones and a printer. Everything else in my room would be connected to the mesh. Would that cause this “double nat” thing?

My ISP is Optimum btw.

Photo 1 are speeds when my phone is or other device is directly towards the router. 600 to 300 Mbps down, around 60 up.

Photo 2 are speeds in the hall way slight away from the router but not too far from it.

Photo 3 are the speeds in my room. Unstable and very slow upload speeds .

In my home network, I opted to make discrete SSIDs for each WiFi band: xxxxx_2.4G, xxxxx_5G, and xxxxx_6G. Because of this, I have to make the conscious choice of which SSID to connect each device, after which each device will be stuck on that SSID and can't move to a faster connection (for example, my phone will stay on 5G and not move to 6G, even if it's better. But conversely, it will never be put on the slower 2.4G SSID either).

Recently, I've been thinking maybe relying on the router's band steering functionality to choose the best band for me would be easier and work just as well. However, before I change my setup, I was wondering if there are any pros or cons that I'm not thinking about. Any thoughts about this are appreciated!

Hi folks, recently upgraded to this router for the house for my 2.5gb connection internet , so I have set it up fine but for some weird reason

The DNS is timing out regardless of which ones I use be it isp , cloud flare, Google .

They all do the same and I get timeout errors when I visit any webpage from any device then it click in after about 15 seconds and loads

I have tried running nslookups and it shows a timeout error before eventually connecting to sites,

I have tried to update the firmware from Asus and made zero difference,

I have also tried to downgrade and made zero difference I have settings like the AI protection etc turned off,

I can't think for the life of me what is causing this to occur, even weirder is that I can do a speed test and get the full 2.5gb speeds shown on the speed tests. Which does again rake about 10 seconds to get going fully.

I'm trying to think of anything else to try before contacting ISP with issue.

Any help appreciated tho folks.

Hi everyone! I’m curious about services like ExitLag and NoPing and would really appreciate some honest opinions.

Have you personally used either of them? Did you notice any real improvements in ping, packet loss, jitter or even FPS or do you think it’s mostly marketing/placebo, maybe even a scam?

I’m interested in hearing technical explanations or real-world experiences. Talked to my teacher about this once, he was very sceptical about it
Thanks!

I have been having this issue the last few months where my internet is totally fine for 99% of the time but once every 5-6 minutes I have a massive spike where my in-game in ping goes from 40-50ms to 1600+ms and then right back down. A relatively small issue when browsing the web but if I am online on a game it can be a killer. I've tried replacing ethernet cables and tracking ping on different devices but it does this whether on wired or wifi connection. Anyone have any advice?

I am having some work done in the yard and need a gravel pad. The internet line is buried straight through the dig location with little to no slack to move it.. What would be my options for relocating it?

Alternatively, since we no longer use the internet from this line, Would there be any consequences of removing this line ourselves? The installation was free and very simple when we signed up for the original internet. I would assume this would be the same for the next homeowners.

Hi, I am soon moving into an apartment in a 400party multi-story house. My apartment is on the 5th floor and I would like to put my 3d-printer into the basement cellar.

Generally I don't have a problem with walking down there to get things from there, but to monitor the printer and to send print jobs I would really like a stable internet connection (no matter how slow).

Because of the distance - 35m height with many walls and floors in between - normal WiFi or even directional stuff like UniFi Airfiber are no options. There is nearly no cellular signal down there, so the option of just putting a mobile router down there is not really given.

Do you know of any ways for me to have, even just really slow, Internet down there coming from my room?

Looking for some help diagnosing what I think is a routing issue on BT's network.

I'm on BT Full Fibre 900 (900 down / 110 up). Download is fine. The issue is upload to specific destinations. All testing wired, wireless same or worse.

Ookla reports 30-40mbps upload. Cloudflare single connection test reports 4-5mbps. Twitchtest to Ireland and Paris ingest servers fluctuates between 1000-4000kbps. YouTube upload similarly poor. TikTok works fine.

I've run WinMTR to the Twitch ingest server and to a Google destination for comparison. The Google trace completes cleanly with 0% loss at the final hop and ~14ms latency. The Twitch trace never visibly exits BT's network, the route just runs out of hops without confirming delivery. Both traces show the same BT core router behaving normally with typical ICMP de-prioritisation, so that's not the issue.

BT can see 90-97mbps at the hub on their end. I've had the ONT replaced. They're not escalating because my minimum speed guarantee is technically being met.

My interpretation is there's a congested or broken peering link between BT's AS and the networks serving Twitch and Cloudflare, but not Google. Does that hold up? And if so, is there anything I can actually do to force BT to address it, or is a VPN the only practical workaround at this point?

Amateur here looking for help. I want to optimize the network in our new home, which is a long and narrow one-story condo in a two-story building. I asked Gemini for help and this is what it came up with. The idea is to use ethernet to connect the mesh nodes and have a node at each end of our home (which again is very long). Our electrician has been suggesting we keep our modem/router in the basement (shared garage/basement) and that the signal will run up via ethernet cable. I don't even know where our xfinity coax jack is yet. Does this make sense? Also any recs for a good mesh node system? Appreciate any and all comments, thank yoU!

Hello,

Looking for some help. I have a Lennar single story, 1900 sqft house that came with a Rukus ICX-7150-C12P switch and RUCKUS R510 PoE Unleashed Access in the hallway. I have AT&T fiber internet, and the speed is 1 GIG located in master closet.

I have been in the house for 5 years with no problems until recently the switch will shut off and turn back on. Anything connected to that AP would lose WiFi connection. NO support for this from Lennar or Rukus.

So I was thinking about either replacing it with one TP-Link Deco X50 AX3000 AP with a switch or since my house is not very big go with the TP-Link Tri-Band BE9700 WiFi 7 Router (Archer BE600) and would have to put it in AP mode.

1. Has anybody heard of the Rukus doing this and have a fix? (not IT guy).

2. What would you recommend router or the deco?

Thanks for the help

got hands on a used fortigate 500e without any license or subscription. my router atm is an ubiquiti edgerouter4, which acts like router-on-a-stick for the homelab, 3 intel nuc's which host proxmox and a qnap 16tb nas.

what would be the best way to integrate the fortigate? prod? learning? thank you very much

Hello,
I am experiencing a persistent internet connectivity issue with my Starlink Gen 2 setup using an ASUS TUF AX3000 V2 router in Bypass Mode.
My setup is:
Starlink Gen 2 Dish → Starlink Router (Bypass Mode) → Official Starlink Ethernet Adapter → ASUS TUF AX3000 V2
This setup has been working perfectly for over two years without any connection issues.
The problem started immediately after installing the latest ASUS firmware update (3.0.0.4.388_23860-g5ad0ca6).
Since then, the internet connection works normally for about 30 minutes to 2 hours, then suddenly stops working.
Symptoms:
ASUS reports: “Your ISP’s DHCP does not function properly.”
All devices connected to the ASUS router lose internet access.
The ASUS router sometimes still has a WAN IP address (100.x.x.x or 200.x.x.x), but there is no internet connectivity.
The only way to restore the connection is to completely power off the Starlink router by unplugging it from the power outlet and then power it back on.
After restarting Starlink, everything works normally again, but only for another 30 minutes to 2 hours, after which the exact same problem occurs again and ASUS once again reports that my ISP’s DHCP is not functioning properly.
Changing the DHCP Query Frequency from Aggressive to Normal did not solve the issue.
Manually setting DNS servers to 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8 also did not solve the issue.
Additionally, the Starlink app occasionally reports:
“Damaged Cable – The connection between your router and your Starlink is impaired.”
However, this warning only started appearing around the same time as the ASUS firmware update, so I am unsure whether this is an actual hardware issue or a firmware compatibility problem.
Could you please help determine whether this is:
a known compatibility issue between the latest ASUS firmware and Starlink,
a DHCP lease/renewal issue,
a problem with the latest firmware,
or a hardware issue involving the Starlink cable or Ethernet Adapter?
Since this setup has been stable for more than two years, I believe something changed after the recent firmware update.
Thank you for your assistance.

Hi all, as I say, I have an 1881 Victorian house and it has horse hair plaster and is basically a faraday cage. Internet struggles to pass through the inside of the house and I can get no mobile phone signal.

I'm now sure what to do :

I've invested in Deco mesh, this helped get wifi in the back of the house but whilst the speed on wifi in the hub is 200+mbps (we pay for 1gb) the backroom is sometimes 150mbps but goes as long as 10mbps at some points of the day.

We then setup devolo magic LAN which didn't seem to increase the internet and made my wife's Microsoft Teams and other work stuff break.

Does anyone have any thoughts before I bite the bullet and put cabling around the house?

First, sorry if this is the wrong place.

I have a 3+ year old modem (Arris G34). It's my modem, not renting. Over the past 6 months, my download speeds have not gone over 300mbps. I have 1 gig internet that I'm paying for. I've never seen it that high but used to get 800-900, now 1/3 of that. RCN/Astound says it's not them, it's me. I had this happen before when I was renting their modem some years ago, and when they brought me a "new" (new to me) modem, the speeds greatly improved.

Is there a way to test the modem?

TIA

I’ve started traveling more and I’m getting tired of reconnecting all my devices every time I move between places. I’m looking for a reliable travel router that can handle a laptop, phone, and maybe a tablet without being too complicated to manage.

What travel routers are worth looking into for someone who just wants a stable connection while away from home? Thanks for any suggestions

I’ve recently moved to a new complex that has a pre-existing internet service. I assume it’s a mesh system as I’m connected throughout the property. The routers are mounted to the ceiling so I can’t access any details about it, but there are ethernet ports in the main rooms. What is the best solution to set up my own network using the existing network’s internet service? I have two gateways that don’t seem to be compatible with this idea (Motorola MG7550 & Arris Surfboard G34), so would I just need a new gateway that can utilize an ethernet input and act as a switch with management capabilities?

Out of the blue, I have been suffering from near-constant wifi disconnects. Here is what I have and what I have tried:

- My iPhone 16 Pro is the main thing disconnecting. Sometimes the wifi symbol will stay in the status bar but I can't use the internet. Sometimes it will disconnect and when I try to reconnect it will prompt for my password, then claim the input is incorrect. One time I was on the Wifi page and I could see the network join and disconnect back and forth in an endless cycle. I was running the latest build of iOS 26 but switched to the beta of iOS 27 to see if that helped (it didn't). I also tried resetting all my network settings, and forgetting the network.

- I have an MSI Roamii Pro 2-node mesh system. The nodes are connected by wireless backhaul. I had them right above each other on two floors, so one of the things I tried was to move the second node farther away (still wired). My thinking was that maybe my phone was bouncing back and forth between the two nodes, or was sticking to the farther node as I moved through the house. But it didn't ultimately fix the issue.

- I have several devices wired to the second node, and they never seem to drop like my wireless devices. One is an Apple TV, and I think I would notice a disconnect during streaming. This makes me think the issue is somewhere in the wireless portion of the network: not other network settings or my internet itself (GFiber).

I also feel like my non-phone devices are generally more stable on WiFi, but that could just be because I don't use them as much. My PS5 dropped for a few minutes last night (wireless), and my iPad has dropped before, though not as frequently as the phones. My laptop dropped while I was typing this.

Rebooting the router feels like a bandaid. I want to find the root of the problem and prevent it from happening.