HomeNetworking, community based networking help

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Al_Ex_HD on 2025-03-26 09:03:05.

Hi guys,

looking for some advice from the pros here as i am new to the whole mesh topic.

I've moved from a 60square meter flat to a 3 level, brick wall, house where a simple router is not enough to supply wifi.

the ground floor is covered with wifi and i have a network cable to the first level. Now what to do from here?

Currently my plan is to set up a mesh network over lv 1 and lv 2 with a router as a "mesh master" in lv1.

This is where I'd like some input to my ideas:

Option 1) (budget friendly)

Asus BD 4 double pack with one station on each floor that connect via the aimesh system.

I read that this is a pretty low end option as the BD4 has only 4 antennas and is missing the 6GHz part of WiFi 7 so i am not sure if this is worth installing.

Option 2)

Asus XT9 - otherwise same setup as Option 1 -> this is double the price but i would expect a much better perfromance, right?

Option 3)

AVM Fritz router in lv1 with a mesh plug in lv2 -> wasmy initial idea but after some research i am no longer sure that this is the best option... especially since the mesh plugs seam a bit weak

Option 4)

UniFi Alien with Mesh AP - stumbled over a package deal... do you have any thoughts on this?

Option 5)

UniFi Ubiquity Express 7 plus one or two access points (U7 Lite)

Not sure if that actually works like this because the descirption of teh U7 lite shows a cable input which i would not have... wich i do not understand. Also probably the most expensive and overkill version.

Option 6)

Your ideas?

Sorry for this long a confusing post but i really hope someone out there who knows more than me can give me a simple answer and point me in the best direction :)

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/N00bslayHer on 2025-03-26 08:50:17.

Just got this thing. It still has the service guys phone and laptop connected to the device list under Wake-On-Lan but I can't find them cause theyre offline.

I also cant find the offline list

Thanks, (I tried the arrow)

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The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/sucio2024 on 2025-03-26 08:32:16.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/yskas on 2025-03-26 07:25:13.

Our peaceful community of about 100 homes has become Ground Zero for what can only be described as The Great Fiber Debate of 2025.

It all started innocently enough. Frogfoot, our open access fiber provider, experienced a weeklong outage earlier this year when their core routers decided they'd had enough of our collective Netflix binges. This sparked what can only be called "The Great Questioning" - suddenly everyone became a network engineer overnight.

Fast forward a few months, and Octotel (another open access provider) sensed opportunity in our digital discontent. They secured approval to lay new fiber lines, and that's when our neighborhood transformed from a harmonious community into two opposing factions that would make any online gaming clan war look tame.

The Two Camps

In one corner: The "It's Not The Fiber" Club These neighbors insist their internet works perfectly fine. According to them, the problem must be with everyone else's ISPs (the companies that actually provide internet service over the fiber). They view the trenching operations as nothing short of neighborhood vandalism and look at the opposing camp with the kind of suspicion usually reserved for people who put pineapple on pizza.

In the other corner: The "Packet Loss Posse" (where I reluctantly find myself) We experience consistent latency spikes and packet loss to our first hop. Sure, websites eventually load and videos play, but the internet experience feels like driving a sports car with square wheels - technically moving, but far from optimal.

The Investigation So Far

I've run my own tests and consistently find packet loss issues that explain our frustrating experience. The internet is remarkably good at covering its flaws - TCP/IP will retry failed packets until the cows come home - but that doesn't mean things are working as they should.

My attempts to explain that "working" internet isn't necessarily "good" internet have fallen on deaf ears. The other camp simply doesn't experience (or notice) the issues we're facing, creating a bizarre neighborhood-wide Schrödinger's Internet scenario.

Help Solve The Mystery

Reddit sleuths, I'm turning to your collective wisdom. How can we definitively determine the source of our problems and bring peace back to our fiber-divided community? What tests or evidence would convince both sides that there's either a real problem or we're all just imagining things?

Is there a way to objectively measure network quality across different homes that would settle this debate once and for all? Or are we doomed to passive-aggressive neighborhood WhatsApp messages until the end of time?

(thanks ChatGPT for dramatization)

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Massive-Ship-3928 on 2025-03-26 07:24:48.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/herbie_jefferson on 2025-03-26 05:17:23.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/LittolGhost on 2025-03-26 04:50:47.

I’m getting a new router and 1 wifi mesh just solely for my personal use in my room. (To bypass the walls weakening the signal issue) I’ve mentioned this many times to the sales assistant yet they kept telling me I need at least 2 wifi mesh for thing to work? And that if I only get one I can only set the mesh as an access point?

What I am thinking if just connecting the cable from the router to the mesh (which would be placed in my room alone) , I don’t understand why I’ll be needing 2 wifi mesh for something so simple? Can someone please help explain? I’m new to wifi mesh , maybe I’m not understanding something here?

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/TheDesertFoxIrwin on 2025-03-26 04:48:24.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Snogrog on 2025-03-26 04:34:48.

Hi all. I'm getting ready to stop using the built-in wifi on my AT&T Fiber Gateway (Model # BGW320-505; for those unfamiliar I *have* to use this as my modem at the very least due to how their Fiber works) since the wifi is really terrible. I've never replaced an active wifi network with a new one and am trying to ensure I don't have too much trouble when making changes. I'm hoping ya'll may have some guidance on how to make sure that my setup goes smoothly.

I'm making a switch to using an Eero Pro 6E mesh system.

Current configuration:

• Modem/Router broadcasting Wifi
• Network SSID: 372 Home Wifi (dual band 2.4 and 5.0 GHz networks)
• Hardwired Ethernet running to the following devices:
  • Ring Alarm Hub
  • Philips Hue Bridge
  • TP Link Switch which has the following devices hooked up to it:
    • Playstation 5
    • Xbox One Series X
    • Apple TV 4k

With that out of the way, my best understanding of how to best set up a new network with this equipment is as follows:

1. On my gateway, enable Passthrough mode so that my gateway only acts as a modem
2. Turn off the wireless radio on the gateway (or even just change the network name so nothing connects to it)
3. Plug Ethernet cord from gateway to set up Eero as my primary wireless router
4. Name the Eero Network the same as my previous network with the same password
   • My understanding is this will have all of my devices connect automatically to the new network
5. For my hardwired devices, I've been told that I can leave them plugged into the gateway's other ethernet ports
   • I'm curious if this could or would cause issues and if I'm better off having those devices just go wireless on the new network as well since I'll have only 2 ethernet ports per Eero device

Okay, I think that's all the relevant details. I appreciate anybody who is willing to read all of this and help me out!

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/PelotonwarriorSC-813 on 2025-03-26 02:29:56.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/moga22 on 2025-03-26 01:40:38.

I upgraded to 5GBPS with ziply fiber (local utilities). However my Google Wifi pro routers only support upto 1gbps. Can someone recommend mesh routers that works well for them with higher speeds. Also will need to upgrade my unmanaged switch that routes ethernet to all rooms. Currently I have 24 port switch that only supports upto 1 gpps. Thanks!

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/resowner92 on 2025-03-26 01:31:52.

Hi everyone! Lately I have been struggling with an unreliable internet connection and I'm hoping to get some advice on what I could do to try and improve it.

I'm currently living in an ADU and share an internet plan with my landlord, which isn't ideal, but it is my only option according to Spectrum because we also share electricity. We have our modem (Spectrum branded) and main node of our mesh router (TP Link Deco X60) located in her living room, another node in a hallway in her house which is closer to our ADU and the third node in my living room. From my node, I have wired everything I can with ethernet cables and two switches that are daisy chained together. Some days our internet connection is fine and we don't notice anything and other days like today we only have 10 down and 2 up when our plan is for 400 down and 6 up.

Does anyone have any recommendations to try out? My landlord is very open on helping my partner and I because my partner works from home while our landlord is retired. I feel like the best course of action is hiring someone to dig a trench and bury a fiber/ethernet cable underground, but I'm not sure how much something like that would cost. I will also mention that the mesh router is also up to date, we have it on a schedule to restart every night, and we also restart the modem every now and again, but it doesn't seem to help. I also haven't tried calling Spectrum yet to see if maybe it is a problem with our service.

Here is the layout of our buildings. The distance from the ADU node and middle node is roughly 30ft.

https://imgur.com/a/yTQXIvk

Thanks in advance!

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Mr-Twister- on 2025-03-26 00:43:35.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/RobertoSeda on 2025-03-26 00:36:24.

Hi!

Our wifi router is in the basement in a utility room and from there Ethernet ports are routed to our upstairs living room (builder put it here for some reason)..

Obviously the internet upstairs is crap and worse as I walk outside. Smart TV are a bit slower than normal, and I have a smoker outside that uses WiFi signals to keep me updated but loses connection the further it is from the house.

Is there anything I can “plug in” to these Ethernet ports to create another WiFi signal upstairs? Something low profile preffered. Most of our ports are on the wall behind TVs.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/AffectionateGur3060 on 2025-03-26 00:17:39.

I’m a homeowner, I want to replace all my in wall network cable.

I’m going to be installing a network rack with a video matrix with 8 outputs running over cat6 cable.

Then I’m going to have 6-8 poe cameras running over cat6/cat6a

Going to have 5 poe access points

10 data drops around the house.

So minimum 3 drops in each room.

What are the odds of interference and not the ability to achieve 10gig speeds over cat6.

I only have 2 drops in the office that I want to to absolutely achieve 10gig speeds to communicate back to the rack.

So going to have over 20 runs easily. Maybe more.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/beepyq on 2025-03-26 00:03:56.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Manofbrazil94 on 2025-03-25 23:43:47.

Boa noite,

Tenho um contrato de internet de 700mb porém a velocidade de internet do meu computador não passa dos 250. Já no celular chega a 1GBs. Comprei um cabo CAT8 porém ainda continua a internet limitada. Já fiz a configuração da placa de rede para 1gbs porém ainda fica limitada. Alguém pode me ajudar?

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/draxula16 on 2025-03-25 23:16:31.

I’ve learned a ton from lurking this sub, but we’re on a budget considering the crucial house renovations and repairs.

Is there a budget modem and router setup anyone could recommend? Or am I stuck with a combo?

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/wewilldiesowhat on 2025-03-25 23:09:38.

hey guys,

I have a 2012 macmini that i use as a home server running docker containers and whatnot. It runs arch linux, btw.

For some reason, it takes so much time to download stuff on it as compared to all my other devices on the same network.

I used speedtest-cli and have some results to show. Mind you, this behavior is constant with changing cables or ports on the router.

the ethernet connection seems to be fine on the motherboard because I can get full speeds when i test the connection within my network between devices.

pic 1 = speedtest results.

pic 2 = LAN speed test using a tool similar to iperf.

did anyone face the same weird issue?

a local connection uses the whole bandwidth, but not to the internet.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/RadElert_007 on 2025-03-25 23:08:56.

Greetings.

I am looking for a way that will allow me to use my Raspberry Pi as a relay to forward RDP traffic from the internet to an internal host that is not exposed to the internet, routing through my Raspberry Pi.

I do not wish to expose the machine I intend to connect to via RDP to the Internet, so I am hoping for a way to use my Raspberry Pi, which is exposed to the internet, to route RDP traffic to my unexposed internal host.

My use case does not allow me to use a VPN or similar nor any remote access solution other than RDP. I need to be able to type my IP address into RDP and for it to connect me to my target.

How can I achieve this?

Edit: It has been suggested a diagram of my desired result would help explain better.

https://preview.redd.it/z3japui66xqe1.png?width=919&format=png&auto=webp&s=afe2bbdcda5e0ee4efdbebb8b3407b25cfe75912

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Snicklefritz229 on 2025-03-25 23:05:33.

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Thick-Ad5302 on 2025-03-25 23:00:37.

I've searched previous threads before posting, watched videos, talked to grok and I get so much conflicting info.

I have two problems to solve. One is an external cable run from downstairs, up to roof, over roof and into a rear bedroom/office. When the cable(s) come into the office, they will pass an 8kw heat pump. At a guess it's 30-35 meters (accounting for cable routing for aesthetics) Research points me towards Cat6a STP external for this. I want to future proof for 10gb speeds.

The other is an internal run, office/bedroom to landing to connect to a unifu U7 ceiling mounted downstairs. 5 meters max. The floor run has loads of 240v electrical cables running though, I can't avoid cable being close/crossing them.

I'm hoping to use the external cable needed for the first point internally (to save buying two cables).

Reading into shielding means I know (sort of) the complications this now brings with bonding/grounding.

So, I guess my questions are:

1. Is cat 6a STP the right call or not?
2. Any issue with the external cable internally
3. Assuming run these cables into a patch panel and then ground it. All should be ok?

Was thinking this: https://amzn.eu/d/11aVucI (patch panel) And using it with this: https://amzn.eu/d/11aVucI (earth lead) And this: https://amzn.eu/d/11aVucI (grounding plug)

Will this work? Does it make sense to do?

Thankyou

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Richiedafish on 2025-03-25 22:39:01.

So I was cleaning up my desk and had the awesome idea to move my backup hard drive from my Mac (used for Time Machine and extra storage) to the cubby where my router lives and connect it via the usb port on the router. I was able to get it networked, and re-established to Time Machine. I quickly learned that the transfer speed is wayy slower over WiFi rather than being locally connected to the Mac via usb. Additionally, I felt my WiFi speed on all other devices was suffering.

So I picked up my hard drive and tried to move it back to my Mac. In the process of connecting it to the router, I must have encrypted the drive, to where neither my MacBook or PC can see the drive. I can see it’s connected in device manager, but I can’t connect to it or see it in file explorer.

Question 1. Is there any way to un-encrypt the drive so my Mac can see it again?

Question 2. If I’m stuck this way, is there anything I can do to make it faster or smoother to access and backup to?

Question 3. If I wanted, could I replicate this setup with an old pc tower with networked drives connected via Ethernet and get a better outcome?

I will also take any criticism that doesn’t fall under questions 1,2, and 3.

Thank you!

The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/cheddacide on 2025-03-25 22:34:13.

Hi, just had my router swapped out from an Arris due to faulty behaviour and was upgraded to a Sagemcom F@ST 3896 router. Was able to login but i noticed something strange,all settings have been locked behind an app. I find this as very strange because you should be able to directly configure the router using a computer. Now I'm at a loss because there is literally no information for this router readily available and the ISP was contacted I was informed that those are the new routers being issued. Is there anyway to bypass this whole app thing, because the app isnt even available in my country and IMO its stupid that you cannot configure a router with a computer

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The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/Mikep976 on 2025-03-25 22:16:05.

Hoping someone can help me out here, as I have a very specific use case / issue.

I have a base 6 Pro, with two nodes. Base is hardwired directly to my ONT with 1Gbps Fiber.

I have a relatively high end gaming PC that is set up via direct Ethernet to an unmanaged switch, that is then connected to the base station 6 Pro.

My issue comes when I try to remote to the gaming pc via my Ally X. Be it via Ethernet or WiFi, it stutters like mad and consistently tells me it has a bad connection. None of my other devices have this issue, multiple phones and iPads have no issues.

I’m trying to figure out if it’s the Ally, though I have very few issues with it streaming outside the home, it’s really just when on my home wifi it gives me problems.

Any ideas?