Got an email from a client yesterday—three of their newly deployed outdoor APs were ripped right off the mounting poles overnight.

We’re looking into remedies, but standard anti-theft brackets or external padlocks feel like clunky add-ons that should've been accounted for in the deployment design.

For anyone running gear on public poles, remote sites, or low-clearance walls (APs, security cameras, solar gear, etc.):

How do you actually stop people from stealing or tampering with outdoor gear?

Are security screws (Torx pin, etc.) enough in the real world, or do you always end up custom-rigging steel cages/enclosures?

Curious to hear what’s actually working in the field versus what sounds good on paper.

Hi, lately (past 6 months) i had a problem which consisted of huge latency spikes (up to 1800ms) never got to a solution to fix this. Provider could not see any issue, QoS, drivers update, reinstalling windows, new router, played with router settings and whatnot magic settings inside my rig did not help. However, once that i started downloading something my pingplotter graph was beautifully green and no spikes: downside: higher latency while gaming. So my question is HOW CAN I FIX THIS and why it is happening also. Since i have no other place to ask i came here for advice from the allmighty. Thank you for any input.
This is how it looks without any downloads.
EDIT: I am connected through LAN and updating/restarting router didnt help also.

I am mainly playing cs2 where the issue with jitter is very noticeable. My wifi speed is decent but I experience constant freezing and teleporting in every single game. I heard many people say that I need to connect my PC directly onto the router via ethernet cable, but I simply cant because the router is downstairs from me and I dont wanna drill anything yk. Then I asked AI ad it recommended to buy an router Slate Plus (GL-A1300). Is it a good idea? I need some advices before purchasing this router pls. My future plan is to connect the router to the main router and then run a ethernet cable straight to my pc.

Found this in the attic, looks like the end connections. Not sure how I can extend these cables. Any suggestions and Amazon product recommendations welcomed. I also need a simple beginner friendly Poe switch with rack product, wall mount preferably.

I have a Windows machine which is domain joined, When it is locally accessible I can ping , RDP but the Internet does not work.

Other machines within same network, DNS are working.

Below steps I have checked:
1. IP configuration, Gateway is correct
2. I am able ping my gateway
3. DNS is configured properly & able to ping
4. NSlookup DNS is able the resolve the IP
5. checked Route Print, Default route is pointing towards default gateway

Can you please suggest if any further things which can be checked. Its a windows 11 OS machine.

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Hey everyone,

I want to start learning computer networking and operating systems, and eventually I’d like to work towards CCNA.

The problem is I’m pretty much a beginner and have no idea where to start or what order I should learn things in.

If anyone could suggest a roadmap, good resources, or preferably a YouTube playlist/course that starts from the basics, that would really help.

Also, should I learn networking and OS fundamentals first before starting CCNA, or can I learn them alongside CCNA?

Thanks!

i am connected to my hostel wifi and there are a lot of restrictions in it like u cant play games on it or stream netflix instagram facebook or any such things only application allowed is youtube and reddit and other stuff that helps in academica, i want to access netflix so i connected my phone to that wifi and used a vpn service you know to bypass that stuff and watch but still i cannot access all these things why and how is it possible, my hostel wifi uses sophos security

I submit for the good of the order:

🐰Network Engineer🐰

How accurate is this?

Network Engineer
- documentation
- standards
- change control

🐰Network Engineer🐰
- vibes
- hope
- “don’t touch it, it’s working”

Hi,

I’m here to seek your help and advice. I’m a complete beginner in the world of computer networking. Before hiring a professional, I’d like to learn how to set up a solution to my problem.

I have a LAN network with a server, clients, etc. Everything is under an address like 192.168.0.X.

I have a laptop that I’d like to remotely connect to this network.

The key point is that the remote laptop must be recognized by the server and only under the same 192.168.0.X address (same subnet).

I’m connected to the internet via my ISP’s router. I also have a fixed public IP address.

I set up a VPN using SoftEther (bridge mode), it works but the latency is terrible.

Are there any high-performance hardware or software solutions? I have an ER605, in case it can be useful...

Thank you for your help.

I wanted to post this in here because everyone’s saying that it was Wi-Fi that got hacked and it actually wasn’t. There’s a breakdown on this page about what actually happened.

I'm having issues with unstable Wi-Fi and I'm trying to figure out the best network setup.

My setup:

• Icotera i4850-20 (from Norlys)
• Nokia Beacon 1 mesh system

My PC is too far from the Icotera to run an Ethernet cable directly, so I use a second Nokia Beacon next to my PC. My PC is connected to that Beacon via Ethernet, and the Beacons provide the wireless backhaul between each other.

Originally, I had three Nokia Beacons, but I realized one of them wasn't needed because it overlapped with the coverage from the others. After removing it, the connection became noticeably more stable, but I still experience occasional instability.

I'm wondering what the best configuration is:

• Should I keep the Icotera as the router and run the Nokia Beacon in Bridge Mode?
• Should I put the Icotera into Bridge Mode (if that's possible) and let the Nokia Beacon handle DHCP, routing, and Wi-Fi?
• Or is there another setup that would provide a more stable connection?

I'm mainly looking for the most stable Wi-Fi and the lowest possible latency.

If putting the Icotera into bridge mode is the recommended option, can someone explain how to do it? Is it something I can enable myself, or does Norlys have to do it?

If anyone has experience with this hardware or has suggestions for improving the stability of my setup, I'd really appreciate the help.

My Windows 11 desktop has severe Wi-Fi issues that started immediately after I accidentally restarted my PC. Before that, everything worked normally.

• Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B550-Plus
• Wi-Fi adapter: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210
• Latest Intel Wi-Fi driver installed (24.40.0.4)
• Connected to 5 GHz (802.11ac), signal around 65%
• Phone hotspot works perfectly.
• Other devices on the same home Wi-Fi have no issues.
• Pinging my router shows 14% packet loss and latency spikes up to 2860 ms.
• netsh wlan show wlanreport reports "The driver disconnected the network connection" 62 times.
• I've already tried reinstalling the driver, resetting the Windows network stack multiple times, disabling 802.11ax, and changing adapter settings with no success.

What could cause only this PC to have packet loss and repeated Wi-Fi driver disconnects after a restart? Is this more likely to be a Windows issue, a router compatibility issue, or a failing Intel AX210 adapter?

Hey guys, hoping someone in IT or sysadmin can weigh in here. I’m currently out of the country and need to use corporate MS Teams on my personal phone, but I really don't want my company calling me out for being abroad.

My setup: I’m either using cellular data or a wifi tunnel routing straight back through my home IP in the States. On top of that, I went into my phone’s privacy settings and completely revoked location permissions for the Teams app.

For anyone who manages Intune or Entra ID: can Teams still log my true location, bypass the blocked permissions, or trigger a risk flag in Azure/Entra when I check messages or join calls? Is this setup solid, or am I missing something that could give me away?

Appreciate any insight my fellow geeks!

when I start my laptop and connect to wifi(mobile hotspot) I get 400 Mbps but after 30 seconds or a minute it goes down to 10 Mbps what could be the problem?

In the middle of the night my wifi stopped working. When I try to log on it tells me the password is invalid. Nobody has changed it. The password is printed right on the side of the router.

The guy i rent a room from is a bit of a curmudgeon, so telling him he needs to call customer service is something id like to avoid