The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/daehoidar on 2024-11-14 16:13:20.

I want to be able to print over wifi from my device while disallowing discovery/usage to all other devices on network. I apologize if this is a dumb question, but as I'm looking around I can't seem to find a clear answer on this. I've read some things about creating a subnet, but I am not knowledgeable enough to know what that means or how to implement it.

If anyone can elucidate or point me towards a resource that can help me, I would sincerely appreciate it.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Mufffaa on 2024-11-14 16:09:29.

Hi,

Living in Northern Ireland for context (UK)

BT Customer since Summer of 22 on a 24 month contract as standard. Did a house move in April 24 with BT Broadband and everything was done without an issue. However I went to capitalize on some lower price deals and cancel my contract and saw the contract date didn't end until April of 2026?!

At no stage was I informed that the contract would renew or reset - and my complaints have fallen on deaf ears with BT saying there is NOTHING they can do as the call logs where I "would" have been informed of a contract renewal have been erased.

This really doesn't feel right to me? Has anyone had similar experience or can anyone offer advice on what I can do?

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/FanOfMyself on 2024-11-14 16:02:35.

I need a mobile WiFi hotspot that can stay on 24/7. The hotspot will be used to run a low-bandwidth device that needs to be on virtually all the time. I currently use the FranklinT10, the cheapest hotspot available at T-Mobile when I went. However, it turns off after about 5-7 days of being continuously connected to power and needs to be manually restarted. I would like to have something that works like my current setup without needing anyone to physically stop by and restart the hotspot.

One failed solution was using an outlet timer set to turn off for one minute every few days to reset the hotspot. It didn't work because to restart the T10, you have to press a button on the device. Battery is removed as I was prompted to, not that it's made a difference.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Alone-Register-5379 on 2024-11-14 16:00:12.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/DrCaesars_Palace_MD on 2024-11-14 15:36:35.

I'm shopping for a router for my home as my isp is making everyone in the area change modems and I've been needing to switch to having my own modem and router for years. I just want one router as it's not feasible to run cables all around the house, it's in a central location in a roughly 30x20' home, needs to provide decent wireless throughout. Please assume I don't know advanced knowledge about this field and will not be needing anything particularly complicated from it.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/footballhd720p on 2024-11-14 15:25:19.

someone told me that should not on your pc set network card from auto configure into 1000m duplex, then it cause my wan port of router, changed from 1000m to 100m, it cannot fix...

do anyone know how to fix it, i have reboot reset, change cable and use old router to test, since cannot fix the problem yet!

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Vision9074 on 2024-11-14 15:02:34.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/BandMany480 on 2024-11-14 14:48:57.

We’ve had issues with our Xfinity service recently and thought it was a bad modem (SB6190) so we went out and bought the CM1000. Turns out, there was a problem with the line at the pole and the modem was perfectly fine. That being said, should we keep the CM1000 or return it and continue using the SB6190? I’ve read that there were issues with the SB6190 and we had been experiencing issues with the connection being dropped, but not sure if that is an issue with the modem or if it was the problem with line at the pole over time (it was broken).

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Big_Field_8357 on 2024-11-14 14:39:59.

Hello:

I run a stock market trading business that downloads the entire US equity and options market (every tick) from a provider on one computer. I also have other data providers providing other data. The downloads can be as much as 200 GB of data each day on one computer. This data overload at some times delays the data I receive (often my data is seconds behind which is a problem in my line of work). The data is then distributed to about 15 other computers. The issue I have is that at certain market times (when it is busy) the data gets behind and in some cases there could be temporary network disconnects because my network can't handle all the data transfers between computers as well. My current setup is that I have two Cisco (110 series) unmanaged 1 GB switches (24 ports each) daisy chained together. I also have home networking on these switches (cameras, wifi, streaming tv services etc). I use a total of about 35 ports. I have a cable internet provider that provides 2 GB worth of download. However, since my switches have 1 GB ports and most of my computers have 1 GB network cards - this doesn't allow me to use this bandwidth (2 Gbps) on systems when I need it. It is time for me to upgrade the hardware and to buy some new better computers with better network cards. I have a couple systems that have 2.5 GB network cards and when I did some testing (direct connection from cable modem to computer) - the systems most affected performed so much better so I'm certain that I need to get up to at least a 2.5 GB network speed.

Initially I was thinking of buying the following:

https://techspecs.ui.com/unifi/switching/usw-enterprise-48-poe?subcategory=switching-enterprise

Questions about this switch:

1. Would I still simply connect the cable modem by ethernet to any one of the ports on the switch (just like I have with the Cisco switch) to get internet on all my systems?
2. Could I use one of the SFP+ port (10 GB) speeds to connect my cable modem if my internet speeds at some point in the future exceed 2.5 GB? Would I get the benefit of these >2.5 GB speeds via this port if my network cards could handle these speeds?
3. I was told that I could add the following network card to some of my systems. https://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/intel-x710-dual-port-10gbe-sfp-adapter-pcie-full-height-v2/apd/540-bdrd/wifi-and-networking

If I had this card on a few of my computers - could I get 10 GB downloads using the switch listed above? or is it limited to 2.5 GB? Or if I had a switch with 10 GB ports - could I get 10 GB download using this network card? How would you connect this to your switch? (optical wire or RJ45)

My cable provider (Rogers) says they are aiming at 10GB downloads in the future and have already gotten up to 4 Gbps download and 1 Gbps upload using DOCSIS 4.0 modems (see below)

https://about.rogers.com/news-ideas/rogers-bringing-comcast-industry-leading-network-technology-to-canadians/

I was told to expect this availability (4 Gbps) soon so I want to make sure that I have something that will be up to the best standards for a decent period of time - thus maybe a 10 GB switch might be better longer term.

https://techspecs.ui.com/unifi/switching/ecs-48-poe?subcategory=switching-enterprise

It is expensive but I'm told by my stock market data provider that I would actually use 10 GB at times just to keep my data "real time".

Questions about this switch:

1. If my cable provider had a download speed of (2.5 - 10 Gbps), could I get these download speeds with this switch above if I used the network card listed above (intel 10 GbE SFP+ port)?
2. How would you connect this? Would you go from a regular 10 GB port on the switch to the computer using a SFP+ RJ45 adapter?

https://ca.store.ui.com/ca/en/category/switching-enterprise/products/uacc-cm-rj45-mg?variant=uacc-cm-rj45-mg

or

from a SFP+ (or SFP28) port on the switch to another Optical Module on the computer? using the following adapter:

https://ca.store.ui.com/ca/en/category/switching-enterprise/products/10-gbps-multi-mode-optical-module?variant=uacc-om-mm-10g-d-2

Thanks for reading and - as you can tell I don't understand networks very well so I would appreciate any feedback. thanks

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Ghorardim71 on 2024-11-14 14:29:12.

I have an Asus RT-AX88U router. I turned off smart connect and created dedicated 5g network with 802.11ax/Wi-Fi 6 enabled but none of my WiFi 6 supported devices connect to it as WiFi 6. So I'm not getting the full performance on WiFi. I have updated the firmware yet it's still the same.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Solar_Nut on 2024-11-14 14:08:18.

I am having a problem installing a 90w poe++ injector made by bv-tech.

Currently my tp-link router is in the house, I have an underground cat6 to the shop about 100 ft away. In the shop I have a regular poe+ switch that can do up to 30w per port running 3 cameras, all work fine.

I want to add another camera at a distance, so want to bypass the current poe switch and just use the 90w injector.

here is the issue... I took the new injector in the house and connected to the router with a 1 ft cable and plugged in a camera with maybe a 75 ft distance, all worked fine

when I plug the new poe injector directly into the same router from the shop, now using the 100 ft underground cable the poe light will not come on and it will not power the camera

This is my first use of an injector, but I just dont see what the problem is, there is no problem with the underground cable, everything connected to it works fine, except this new injector

???

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/sizlo on 2024-11-14 13:48:19.

I have recently had my home rewired, which included running ethernet to several rooms, and running cables for PoE IP cameras. Currently only a small number of rooms are connected to the router due to a lack of ports. I have not yet purchased any IP cameras. I want to buy a network switch to allow me to connect more of the rooms up now, but I would like it to work for my plans for the cameras in the future.

I want the cameras to be unable to access the internet, to reduce any risk of randomers being able to view their feeds. I want other devices at home to be able to access the internet, and view the camera feeds.

I believe I can achieve this by creating a separate VLAN for the cameras. My understanding is I need to get a managed network switch to be able to set up a VLAN. I have read online that I might also need a router which is compatible with VLANs, but some sources seem to indicate that is only necessary if you want the VLAN to have internet access.

Can I achieve my goals with just a managed network switch, even though my router does not support VLANs?

Is there a simpler setup for me to achieve these goals?

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/badasskickstand on 2024-11-14 13:47:33.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Fine_Excitement3305 on 2024-11-14 13:32:08.

Hi there, I'm about to move into new rent apartment and I'm wondering what will be the best solution for connecting my and my fiance PCs. Router is quite close to the room but there is a corridor between and I dont want to make any holes and cable covers in the corridor.

My question is what will be the best solution for flawless gaming & downloading? My whole life i had my PC connected by ethernet cable and I'm concerned now.

I'm planning to use 600Mb/s internet and looking for least loss

This is what I'm thinking about:

1. Are wifi routers are fast enough for 2 PCs nowadays (low ping and stable connection)?
2. IS PCL worth it? (Internet via power cables) If I would use PCL is there a problem with Port forwarding?
3. Is there any other solution I missed?

https://preview.redd.it/nl49kmqzbv0e1.png?width=1171&format=png&auto=webp&s=7283487dca28d99a0c182106e1a1719337aaf301

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Hour-Key-72 on 2024-11-14 13:12:13.

Can any of my r/homenetworking or r/networking friends recommend a quality Ethernet-to-WiFi bridge that supports 5GHz (802.11ac)?

Specifically looking for the bridge to connect to an existing wireless network so that an Ethernet device with only an RJ-45 port can cross-connect to it for network access.

Currently using IOGEAR's "Universal Ethernet to Wi-Fi N Adapter" (GWU637), which is reliable / works great - but it only supports 2.4GHz.

Saw a product on Amazon from VONETS which claims to do this, but user reviews indicate it's unreliable.

Also saw BrosTrend offering a similar product, but user reviews indicate that while it does offer bridge functionality, it only does so while either acting as an AP or as a repeater - which creates new SSIDs which can't be disabled / would cause interference with my existing network.

Anyone?

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/BlueMew92 on 2024-11-14 13:00:07.

Hi, bit of a noob but I've just got a brand new Vodafone ultra hub with fibre 2 broadband which I get around 65 mbps on WiFi but when I connect my brand new cat 8 ethernet cable I'm only getting 32 mbps? I thought ethernet was supposed to be faster? Sorry if this has been asked 1000x t.i.a.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Miclao on 2024-11-14 12:50:58.

https://preview.redd.it/h9xfhx836v0e1.png?width=1254&format=png&auto=webp&s=6db5fe902cbfe8d33e8d9037a7115ac6f71fe5b0

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/incrediblekid_ on 2024-11-14 12:46:04.

I have a Panasonic toughbook laptop model FZ55-2. Windows 11 pro.

I use this for work and it requires me to dock the computer in the car to be charged. We purchased the vehicle used along with the laptop. The issue I'm having is when I dock the computer it tries to run the internet off the old modem. The modem is hard wired into the dock. I have unplugged the modem. We use aircards (simcards) for internet from ATT. I can't drive the vehicle with it undocked due to it flying around my car. When I undock it. I have to reconnect the internet which isn't an issue it's just becoming annoying and inconvenient.

I've disabled the ethernet connection via the software but it still doesn't help. I can't find the setting to make the sim card the priority internet connection.

Any help or insight would be great. Google didn't help much.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/senne1009 on 2024-11-14 12:43:45.

Hi all,

I’m running into a strange issue with my network setup, and I could use some advice. Here’s my current setup:

Network Configuration:

• Modem: Telenet CV8560E (in Bridge Mode)
• Router: Asus RT-AX59U (receiving a public IP address)
• PC: Wired connection with a static IP (192.168.50.58)

The Problem:

• I have set up port forwarding on the Asus router for both TCP and UDP ports needed for Call of Duty (BO6). The specific ports are:
  • TCP: 3074, 3075, 27014-27050
  • UDP: 3074, 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036
• When I run a web server on ports like 8080 or 3074 (TCP), I can access it externally without any issues. This confirms that TCP port forwarding is working properly.
• However, when I scan for UDP ports using nmap, all the specified ports show up as filtered or no response, even after disabling the firewall on the Asus router.

What I’ve Tried So Far:

1. Verified port forwarding rules on the Asus router (set to BOTH TCP/UDP where applicable).
2. Disabled UPnP, NAT Acceleration, and DoS Protection on the Asus router.
3. Temporarily enabled DMZ for my PC’s IP address (192.168.50.58), which results in an Open NAT type, but I’d prefer not to use DMZ for security reasons.
4. Restarted the modem, router, and PC multiple times to ensure settings are applied correctly.
5. Confirmed that my PC’s default gateway points to the Asus router, and I’m using the router’s public IP or DDNS for external access.

My Question:

• Why would TCP port forwarding work perfectly, but UDP ports remain filtered, even when the firewall is disabled and the correct rules are in place?
• Is there something specific with the Asus RT-AX59U that could be causing this issue with UDP traffic, or is there another setting I might be missing?

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Wiggles114 on 2024-11-14 12:03:58.

Asus RT-AX92Us have developed the problem where they randomly drop the AiMesh uplink from 5Ghz to 2.4Ghz. Problem persists following firmware update, and looking online this seems so be a common, unsolvable problem - sometimes rebooting the AiMesh node will resolve the issue, and sometimes not. Units are long out of warranty, so I'm looking at the TP-Link Deco BE-25s - would those be any good? Thanks.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/pythonuser2020 on 2024-11-14 11:54:09.

I can connect a laptop with Ethernet cable then I can open Hotspot from laptop and use this to connect other devices via WiFi. I have a project to build a device for just this purpose. I need to understand how normal laptop is doing this. Is there anyone can help me? I don't know how can I learn that kind of thing?

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Chewy93 on 2024-11-14 11:22:42.

Slow internet connection using DECO BE11000 BE65

I have been using the DECO for several years now. Started out using the M5 unit and decided it was time for an upgrade and purchased the BE65 2 pack. Why is it when im connected to my wifi that is nearest the isp router i am getting speeds of 400mbps but when im connected to the 2nd unit wifi i only receive a speed of about 100mbps. Please note I connected the two units using an ethernet cable. For those not fully aware of TP LINK’s routers the BE65 is wifi 7 and has 4 2.5gbps ethernet ports.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/RexCommander501 on 2024-11-14 10:55:43.

I'm trying to build a home lab which components are my comercial router, a minipc with pfsense installed, and a couple of proxmox nodes. For now I'm just using one of the proxmox nodes.

The current config of the pfsense is a WAN (DHCP 192.168.1.x), a LAN (192.168.2.1) and I want to set up VLANs. Right now I'm trying with a VLAN (called VLAN10) 192.168.10.x, it's the only one I've tried to set up.

The firewall has 6 ports, from 0 to 5.

The pfsense config is:

• eth0 WAN (DHCP 192.168.1.x)
• eth1 LAN (192.168.2.1)
• eth2 VLAN10 192.168.10.x
  • the parent device is eth2

The DHCP for VLAN10 is enabled.

When testing from my laptop I'm wired to the eth1 LAN. The laptop uses ubuntu and I'm changing the profile of the fixed IP.

I use my laptop to try to test all the connections, the problem is:

• When I try to ping the gateway of the VLAN, which is 192.168.10.1, from my proxmox node and my laptop, I can't reach
• When pinging between the proxmode node with an IP in the VLAN10 and the laptop, they can't reach each other
• From the proxmox node, if I ping google or 8.8.8.8, I do reach
• I can reach the VLAN gateway from the LAN from my laptop by configuring an IP for that LAN
• The proxmode node has only one RJ45 and it's connected to eth2

The proxmox node installation is fresh.

The pfsense firewall rules are the default.

Every component is new and has nothing installed from before. The pfsense version is 2.7.2. The proxmox version is 8.2.

The outbound NAT is in automatic mode.

I've just added one for VLAN10 from any to any, any protocol, any port, so *.

My goal is to have VLANs with internet access, where members of the same VLAN can ping each other.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Aishla on 2024-11-14 10:54:35.

Hola buenas, tengo un problema sobre la conexión wifi de mi ordenador ya que vivo en una casa de dos plantas y el router está en la primera planta y mi cuarto arriba en la esquina opuesta, sumando además que mi ordenador no tiene tarjeta wifi (es nuevo y no sabía), busqué que hay dispositivos por usb para solucionar esa parte de mi ordenador.

Mi problema reside es que no se como hacer para poder tener una buena velocidad de descarga porque conexión tengo pero por ejemplo 5 gb tarda como media hora y en la planta baja como mucho 5 minutos cosa así y no se que aparato debería usar para poder aprovechar esa buena conexión de la primera planta a la segunda ya que para mi trabajo de administradora de redes es necesario para poder descargar archivos de gran tamaño.

Cabe mencionar que tengo conectado por cable a mi ordenador un repetidor pero no consigo tener una buena velocidad de descarga que es lo que me interesa.

Espero poder contar con su ayuda para poder resolver mi problema, gracias <3

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/charmixnails on 2024-11-14 10:49:27.

Hi. I will get 300 mb/s internet soon. I have a 300 mb/s router, but the LAN ports are only 10/100 mb/s and I will run the internet thru the LAN cable. So should I buy a new router that has LAN ports 10/100/1000 mb/s? I play online pfs games. Thank you