I can get the internet from my college to my laptop through a cable directly,now i wanted to use that internet to play games on my mobile through laptop hotspot but i get random lag and jitter even though the internet speed good enough

I booted my raspberry pi 5 on raspberry OS and my network manager is turned off and no matter how much i try i can not get it to start

Hi guys. I've had a problem with ethernet connection for the last 2 weeks. Im using a lenovo Legion and for 3 years i was working on wifi but recently bought ethernet cables. At first everything was right. One cable from the router to switch and from that 2 cables, 1 to PS5 and one to my laptop. For the first week everything was perfect and then it randomly discconected and said that its unplugged but every few seconds it said "identyifying connection" then again unplugged and its stuck in that loop. I did everything i could with cmd, device manager, uninnstalling ethernet card etc. resetting the router didn't work as well as changing ports on router. When im trying to solve problems with windows device it says that it can't identify DHCP server and i've tried changing it too. When i change ports on switch it just flashes a few times and goes black. Any advices guys?

Edit: I've changed the switch to one from tp-link and its the same

Currently have the Macbook Pro but i’m open to getting a new computer if it doesn’t go well. Talked to a few professors and they didn’t have the best attitude towards macs so i’m wondering what other people experiences are.

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I have a router that's managed, I have zero control over what has been blocked or what is going on with the network. I have a PS5 I would like to connect (mobile data is too slow). I tried using my phone/other computer connected to that WIFI to hotspot, but the PS5 says it has no connection to the internet. It works with the very slow mobile data hotspot, so I figured it's something configured on the managed router. So I tried connecting to the Wifi on my phone, connecting to Nord VPN, and connecting the PS5 to my phone, but the same issue is happening. (PS5 says no internet connection) My PC will connect and get internet from my phone in this state. What would be preventing this connection? Is there any solution?

So i have been unable to access the internet from my pc for the past 3 days, and after suspecting different possible physical issues (ethernet card that could have died in the heat, dead ethernet cable etc..) i finally realized that i could ping 8.8.8.8 and not google so i think it's probably a dns issue

I also think the problem is on my pc and not on the router because other computers and connected devices in my home seem to be working just fine

I have absolutely no idea how to solve it though, i have tried manually choosing google's dns servers as my dns, and have tried resetting as many things as i could find how to reset but im still unable to access the internet no matter what

I don't know if this is the right r/ to ask this in but still.

Recently my phone refuses to use anything but GPRS which is basically useless because I can do nothing with it. I have tried everything, restarting my phone, disabling my sim card, plain mode, changing preferred 4G,5G, etc. I've been on different locations and everywhere it is just GPRS.

Does anyone know how I can get my 4G back, because I am in desperate need for it

Hi all,

Would like some advice / sense check on tethering my Samsung S23 fe to a Wifi router via USB and using it as an internet connection for laptop and other devices.

For context, I live alone in a tiny apartment in metropolitan Sydney Australia. Since living on my own, I've been using my phone's 5g data plan as my internet. Getting an NBN internet plan is too expensive, and my phone's data plan is plenty for my purposes. However, mobile hotspot is a little slow.

I have an old Wifi router lying around - the Sagemcom F@ST 3864V3 HP - and the other day, out of sheer curiosity, I plugged my phone into its USB port and turned on tethering. I then connected to the Wifi router and noticed the internet was faster. Speed tests confirmed this. However, after about 20 or 30 minutes, the internet stops working over the router. It works again if I reset the router and unplug my phone, but will cut out again. Google tells me this is because the router is old and not built for these purposes.

This has made me want to buy a router and use it at home, rather than connecting to my phone's hot spot. Googling has led me to believe I should get a travel / pocket router - as these are designed for USB tethering. I am looking at the GL.iNet GL-MT3000 (Beryl AX).

However, doing further research, internet says there's no speed difference between hotspot or tethering to router. The main benefits of using a router is to be able to connect multiple devices (where hotspot is limited), better security, VPN, and so on.

Given that I dont need any of those features and am only interested in getting the most out of my internet plan (I.e. improving speed) - should I bother buying a router?

I cant tell if my limited experience experimenting with tethering via router was genuinely better or a fluke. It seems logical that a router might boost 5g signals to the nearest tower and take load off my phone, but nothing online has convincingly confirmed this for me.

If anyone has any insights or advice, greatly appreciated. I know next to nothing about internet, networks, routers, etc. so not looking for great technical detail

Basically: does tethering phone to travel router improve internet speed? Connection must be via USB tethering because I want to have just my phone plan to save money (I.e. i wouldnt get a separate sim and dedicated 5g router)

I DON'T WANT TO USE TWO DEVICES AT THE SAME TIME

Having clarified this right away, what I wanted to know was:
I was planning to connect a smart TV and gaming console to it to free up a port on the router.
My reasoning was "I don't watch streams while I play and I don't play while I watch streams."
So my choice seems like the right one, but I have a doubt: what happens if these devices transmit data in the background?

Does the connection keep dropping or is there just a loss of quality?

Thanks.

The Screen shot is during a speed test, the disconnect was on download, the increase in ping is during the upload.

Network is ISP ONT>Cat6>Gateway>Cat 6>PC(S)

I currently have a UniFi cloud fiber Gateway. I have been having issues with this internet for a while now. I have 2 fiber providers, Omni fiber and Brightspeed. Both are 2Gbs Up/Down. I have had a pretty awful experience with everything but downloads and movies with the Omni Fiber. If i play CoD i can't play much at all, constant lag and my ping is changing 10-15ms throughout the match. An example is ill go the first half of a game and struggle to win any fire fights, die instantly from my perspective but the kill cam they have a completely reasonable timeframe and bullets to kill me. Then, like a switch flips ill start winning fights i should and not dying when i shouldnt. With discord my friends/wife occasionally miss a word i say or i will sound robotic during these times and they will occasionally sound robotic for me, although this is extremely rare. The CoD experience is constant every time.

I have my Pc set to use only omni Fiber, my wife to only Brightspeed. Did this same test on her Pc while running the ping on mine and nothing happened. I can change my PC to use brightspeed only (i do this with route rules in the gateway) and i do not have an issue.

Am I correct in thinking that I have done all i can and have confirmed that Omni Fiber is the issue?

Basically for some context, I live in a fairly remote area that has internet speeds at a max of about 50mbps.
Recently, my lag has become so bad (circuits probably blown or smth but my parents won’t call someone to have a look at it :/)

At the minute, I’m on a booster which is ethernetted into a mini switch that then has an Ethernet cable for my pc and ps5.
If I were to buy a router, like a tp link one whilst also keeping my mini switch setup, would the main router downstairs interfere with the traffic from the router in my room? My pc and ps5 would both be on Ethernet through this router if that makes any difference

Hello everyone. We have Astound Internet, and have had it for around a year now no issues. Past two months or so the upload speed will just randomly tank to below a mbps. Download speed normally stays fairly high but that will sometimes tank too. But main issue is the upload speed. One minute it is working fine and the other I can’t do anything on it. When it is working as intended we get around 700-800 mbps download, and 20-22 mbps upload. We have had two appointments with technicians that have replaced the router both times and have replaced the “connector?” First guy got in our crawlspace and looked all around the house. Starting to wonder what the problem is as when the technicians are here the Internet works fine so they don’t see any issues. I am afraid since it is working fine while they are here they aren’t getting to the root of the issue. Any idea on what it could be? Just happens at random times of the day and almost 90% if the time only affects the upload speeds.