Donut417

Most people are probably going to be using old parts they have on hand. If Im going to buy new parts Id likely buy an Appliance designed for such a purpose like something from Netgate.

Here's the deal, a router is a multifunction device. Most routers have a built in 4 port switch. So the if the LAN ports are Gigabit for example that means that your internal network will work at Gigabit speeds. When it comes to the internet thats where NAT comes in to play. Most router manufacturers dont list the LAN to WAN and WAN to LAN throughput thats the numbers you need to know how fast of internet the router supports. Which is why I said check out Smallnetbuilder.com because they do the testing on some products. Most decent routers now days will have gigabit ports. I would suggest wired if you can because WiFi while it can be fast, its a crapshoot if it will. Sometimes you can have a good WIFi connection one day and the next it goes to crap. I can only recommend what I have used. Which is the Synology RT2600AC. Its limited to just over 800 Mbps internet. It has 4 Gigabit LAN. One of the LAN ports can be used as a second WAN connection. The USB port can be used for cellular base internet. The reason I bought this router is it show per device data usage. I have a 1.2 TB data cap, so its nice to track down what's using all the data. The negative about the Synology Router is its old at this point, only WiFi 5, Im not sure how much longer it will get software support. In the past I have heard good things about ASUS routers, but recently I seen they had some security issues, I think it might have been patched. ASUS has a feature called AI Mesh that allows you to build your own Mesh network if you need. TP Link can be good on a budget, but when looking at budget offerings I would pay close attention to the speed of the Ethernet ports, thats where they try to save a couple of cents by including 100 Mbps ports. I have setup 1 TP Link router before for my sister. It did the job, they tend to no be as feature rich, at least the one my sister bought, but it got the job done. Again I cant speak for features like parental controls. That's something you will have to research yourself. I also cant speak for WiFi performance on any product because frankly your wireless environment is going to be different from mine. As far as WiFi performance goes, take the numbers they provide with a grain of salt.

Router manufactures rarely list the numbers needed to tell you. Smallnetbuilder.com might have the info, but unless someone tests its hard to say. I know my Synology RT2600AC can do just over 800 Mbps, but its a WiFi 5 router. Id probably want to go WiFi 6 at least now days. I cant speak for parental controls. Honestly if the kid is smart enough they can probably figure out a way around. Anything faster than Gigabit internet will require a router with a 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port at least on the WAN side, and 2.5 Gbps on the LAN side if you want to be able to pull full speeds on a single device. The issue is these routers are going to be few a far between as well as expensive.

No one can say what speeds you will get. Two devices in the same area can get vastly different speeds. Because it comes down to how good the WIFi radio is and the differences in the signal the device gets. That being said. Most people will say USB WIFi adapters blow. They have a tendency to overheat and that can lead to issues. Furthermore you will need to make sure you plug in to a USB3 port at least because USB2 is limited to 480 Mbps. If your home has Coax ran, you can use Moca adapters to connect via wire. Its not as good as Ethernet but can be better and more stable than WiFi.

All you need for port forwarding generally is 1) The ports needed to be forwarded 2) The protocol TCP vs UDP vs both 3) The IP address of the device you need port forwarded. In your case this is your gaming machines IP. You will need to reserve the IP address in the DHCP server or set up a static address so it never changes. Looking at the photo from the linked site, Id say the WAN and LAN ports will be the same, the source IP is the IP of your computer, the protocol is what ever the game dev says to use. The Destination IP and MAC should be left blank. Further more you shouldn't need to port forward for steam. Honestly you shouldn't have to port forward for most games. Most if not all my games fine without port forwarding. Some times it can help if you need to host. OR if you're running a dedicated gaming server.

How are you accessing the gateway? Some settings are in the web interface while others are in the app, at least thats how it was the last time I had to fool around with a Comcast gateway. This is why we have our own standard plain Jane cable modem and our own router. Why pay a monthly fee for a shit experience?

It's $10 for every 50 gigs up to $200 in overage fees. The FCC is looking in to data caps currently. They are accepting comments/ complaints if you wish to file one. https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/articles/16136257875348-Data-Caps-Experience-Form Had to look that up. Looks like a plug in to facilitate piracy. Keep in mind Comcast hates BitTorrent with a passion and has been caught in the past throttling the service. The best way I found to deal with the cap is try to reduce data usage. All my steam library is set to be manually updated. Windows is set to be manually updated. I check our data usage before doing large downloads. We use OTA TV via my HDhomerun and Plex to help reduce data usage when we get close. My router (Synology RT2600AC) can not only track data usage by device, I can dedicated or limit bandwidth that each device can use.

Regardless wages have been stagnate for decades. A lot of places dont even give a Cost of Living increase. My employer does, I get about 3% a year. If the Federal Reserve keeps inflation at 2% a year I get about a 1% increase. In the time I have been in the workforce companies have done the "We will do more with less people approach" and the "We will extract as much out of our customers as possible". I mean shit Comcast CEO told investors that the amount they can extract out of each customer is going to be the metric for growth going forward. At the end something has to give. Housing is not affordable. Crippling student loan debt. Social Security is on the brink of collapse. Where the fuck are these companies going to be when people cant afford anything? Ive personally given up on being able to retire or buy a home, Ill live with my parents until they die, and hopefully I can afford the taxes on the house other wise Ill probably have to figure something out.

The first one only has 100 Mbps Ethernet so its hot garbage. The first thing you need to figure out is how fast of Internet you are getting. A router will be limited by its SOC on how fast it can do NAT (how fast of internet it will support). When you start getting to Gigabit symmetrical and beyond you need a powerful SOC or you build your own router with PC parts and PFsesne or some other OS. Just be mindful that x86 is not as efficient when it comes to doing this, so it will suck down power.

Is this a criminal or a civil law or does it do both? Because generally laws that regulate business tend to have Civil penalties and nothing more. Well out side of doing creative accounting and getting fraud or tax evasion charges. I haven't read the law and I dont understand legalese, which is why I ask. Extradition only works if the other country agrees. For someone like Musk or another executive the US would be hard pressed to agree to that. Same could be said about everyone outside the US when talking about copy right laws. Because technically the US can use extradition for that purpose as well.

I just switch the inputs on my displays. For the keyboard and mouse I have a USB switcher that allows me to connect 4 devices and switch between 4 machines. If I recall it was $30 on Newegg.

Wow. Reverse image search….. There are no way the ones at Newegg are the same as the ones at Level One. I mean shit, from my understanding Wendell designed those KVMs himself. Granted the ones at Newegg are cheaper, but they dont pack the same features. Stand corrected.

That depends on what company you work for. A lot of companies have pushed drivers in to owner operators and you dont make any money doing that. I mean he's kinda right. Firstly good wages do draw more people in to a profession. BUT on the other hand there is a shortage of people. At least in the US our population is aging. The boomers are retiring, there are not as many young people, so there eventually will be more jobs than there are people. This is a problem for many first world countries.

Most mesh units have a dedicated radio for communication to the main router unit. Compared to WiFi extenders that have one radio, which can only communicate with the router or with a client, not both at the same time. Go with the mesh system so you have full coverage. Figure out where the networking equipment is going to live and wire up the important spots first. Then just go from there.

2.4 Ghz is not only used in WiFi. That microwave you have, yeah the magnetron uses 2.4 Ghz to cook your food. Cordless phones, bluetooth, wireless keyboard and mouse. Ive heard water pipes in the wall can also cause issues. Ive seen weather cause issues, when storms would roll in my signal would drop a bit. Pretty much 2.4 and 5 Ghz from my understanding are a free for all as long as they follow the governments rules for use.

If that is considered messy then my desk should be condemned.

The ONT is kinda like your cable modem. Its what is authorized to connect to your ISP's network. Some ISP's will use PPPoE for authentication as well. Some ISP's will give you a standard ONT while others will give you a combo device.

Lots of wireless stuff uses this band. So you could have epic amounts of interference which will lead to bad connectivity and or slower speeds.

We have exhausted all the IPv4 addresses. Ive heard a lot of ISP's in your part of the world use Carrier Grade NAT. Which means you share an IP address with many other customers. Because of how port forwarding works, each port can only be opened to one machine at a time.

The OP will likely run in to limits. Hotspot / Tethering a phone in the US tend to have limits. On T Mobiles highest end plan you get 40 Gigs of high speed data before your throttled to like 3G speeds or you might be charged more. The only way to get "Unlimited" via cellular in the US is to have home internet LTE/5G. The issue for the OP is that only T Mobile and Verizon currently have that service.

We are not providing them a blueprint to build the components. Just enough so they can test the board and replace the chips. Im not saying giving them the fucking x86 design.

You cant simply pull the back off the phone and replace the battery. Its glued in I think. Plus there is all the BS about disassembling the device.

Either way, Until the infrastructure is upgraded and built, many will hold on to their dinosaur burning cars.

I just know if you connect via Optical or RCA they will replace the speakers. My dads TV is the same way but the Roku Stream bar is not just a speaker is a Roku streaming device. Plus none of our TV's support ARC or eARC so I cant comment on if that does things different.

The problem is I live in the US and a whole lot of our systems are broken. Thats why it's going to be a challenge. Shit putting Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon was probably easier.