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Recently I have been having ping issues in games. My ping now ranges from about 180-250 ms. I have an Eero mesh network, but don't have line of sight of my router or any of the Eeros. I have a WiFi dongle. This is what I have been using for the past year and a half, however my ping started acting up in the past couple months or so. What should I do to fix this issue?
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Hi, everyone! I use a PowerLine in my home to connect my laptop via ethernet, so I have better internet, lower ping, etc. I was thinking of buying cat6 cables to replace the ones it came with, which are cat5, not even cat5e. They can still handle a 1Gbps connection because they're really short, but still, I'd prefer having cat6 just to be sure I'll never have a problem with bandwidth. The thing is, I was looking for cables and came across different types, such as UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) and FTP (Foiled-screen Twisted Pair), and googled it to find that the UTP have no "insulation" to interference and the FTP ones have. But since I'm using PowerLine, wouldn't it be worthless to get the FTP ones since part of the circuit is through the house's electric wiring, which, I'm pretty sure have a lot of interference? Thanks in advance! -
I want a direct line from my living room to my office, should I string a 50ft cable along the ceiling and across the hallway, or purchase two Cat5e / F-Type Wall Plate couplers and setup connection that way. My main concern is going from one 50ft ethernet cable directly from router to computer. Versus 5ft ethernet cable from router to wall plate in living room > from wall plate to 50ft ethernet cable > wall plate in office > 20ft ethernet cable in office into computer. Will I be seeing any change in performance, I'm worried about adding latency. So far my pros and cons list are as follows: (If anyone can add to the pros/cons, that'd be great) 50ft Pros 50ft Cons - Direct line - Unattractive - Own 2 50ft cables - Bulky excess cable Wall Plates Pros Wall Plate Cons - Attractive - Fishing the cable - Less of a mess - Purchasing wall plates (~$15) - Own 2 50ft cables - Adds possible points of failure Back Story: I've just moved into a new apartment and setup my modem/router in my office. However, my router has trouble hitting the other end of the apartment. I've taken all the steps to increase signal strength, I'm on a separate channel than my neighbours, firmware update, etc. I like my router is my office so I can connect my desktop hardwired. If I move my modem and router to the living room, that is the central point of the apartment and I should have no signal strength issues. There are currently coax plates connected in both rooms, I'd simply buy a Cat5e/Coax faceplate to replace it after fishing the cable. Alternatively: Does anyone see any other possible solutions?
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Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming CPU:Intel I5 6400 2.7 Ghz OS: Windows 7 Home GPU: NVDIA Zotac 750ti Problem is I tried installing as many drivers as I could that wouldn't detect my ethernet cable, this is the second time it happened. First time fixed after reinstalling ethernet drivers. It says that there is no ethernet plugged in, but there is. I'm pretty sure the cable isn't broken as I've tried 2. I don't know what to do so I came here for help.
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Hello, I got my hands on a Macbook Air 2012 13" and I want to get a USB to ethernet adapter for it. I tried this one and it didn't work with latest OSX. https://www.linksys.com/us/p/P-USB3GIG/ I recently found this one at around 20 dollars and it seems it has a driver for 10.13. Have you guys tried it? https://www.tp-link.com/us/products/details/cat-5523_TL-UE300.html Do you guys know any other USB to Ethernet (gigabit) adapter that works without problems and out of the box on OSX High Sierra (10.13) ? Thanks -
So I'm installing a media panel in my house and was debating on how to handle the surge. Theres going to be a UPS in this media panel so my question is can I use the built in surge on the UPS? I've heard some people say built in surge is useless and to have dedicated surge protection. Help
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Hi, I was thinking. You can adapt usb-a to ethernet, and I was wondering if you can adapt it back to usb-a with no super special adapters (like a signal booster or etc) for extra range, while still having no glitches and problems Anyways, thanks, i don't really care all that much about this question TBH. I just wondered.
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wifi Pc in one room, router in another. Please send help!
ImNotTooTechSavvy posted a topic in Networking
I’m getting a pc in my room while my router and Ethernet cords are in my living room. Wiring Ethernet through my house would be expensive because it is only one story. Please send help to me smart people! -
What's poppin forum? So over the past year, I've really struggled with my home networking setup. Just for a little context, my current situation goes a little something like this. My router/switch/modem is in the middle of the main floor on the left side of the house, that's fairly optimal for wireless coverage. For the most part, it hasn't presented too many issues. However, my PC is in the far right corner of the top floor of my house. This means that I'm sort of on the waning edge of my wireless network. Because of this my speeds, latency and most importantly connection reliability aren't the best. My ISP operates through the DSL interface, and so I thought that I'd just buy another modem, and put in in my room since I have a DSL jack on the wall in my room. Unfortunately for me, running two modems on a single connection isn't really a thing, and so I'm still left with my PC connected to my sub-par wireless network. As of late, I've been considering Powerline Ethernet adapters. Right now, my biggest concern regarding these adapters is signal quality. I've heard that the quality of the wiring in your house, the distance between the adapters, surge protectors and a couple of other things can degrade the quality of the signal with these powerline adapters. My house was built in 2004. So essentially, I'm coming to the forum to ask people who utilize these adapters; how's the connection? What adapters are you guys using? Over what distance in your house? When was your house built? What sort of speed reduction do you see with powerline adapters, if any? Do you think sending ethernet over the floors in my house is a viable solution? Any and all information on Powerline Ethernet Adapters would really help me out. If you don't use one, I'd still love to hear if you have any of your own thoughts on these adapters, or if maybe you have another network solution for me hehe Either way, if you think you could help out, I'd appreciate your input. Love ya lots <3
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hello people! let me pick at your brains for a second. im looking to install a home network but i have a couple of questions, if i install a 10 switch network board in my loft and plug in my modem to it, will each cable of the switch get the same mbps or will it split into how many CAT6 cables there are? so for example my download is 80mbps and upload is 12mbps, will each cable in the switch board get 80mbps or will they get 8mbps as they are 10 cables? thank you for taking the time to help me! Callum
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Anyone having problems with Ethernet after yesterday's Security Update 2018-004? I know it's probably just me, but LMK! Thx.
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Hi, My curent ethernet cable is not even a Cat 5,6 or 7, on the cable it says : 2 Category Patch Cord. Will changing my cable to a cat7 increase my internet speed, I pay for 60 Mbps and i get 8Mbps on speedtest. Thankyou:)
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So I'll get right to the point, I've been confused by the whole "buy a new router for increased internet speeds!" Does this only apply to faster WiFi, or will buying a new router also improve ethernet cable connection speeds?
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networking Ubuntu won't recognise the inbuilt ethernet port!
BaconLord222 posted a topic in Networking
I need some help with running ubuntu. I just want to load a few programs onto it before it gets disconnected from the internet permanently, however the computer won't detect the built in ethernet port on the motherboard. I'm running a gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2L (https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-945GCM-S2L-rev-10#ov) with 2Gb of DDR2 667MHz RAM. This is a fresh install of the newest version of ubuntu and I have no clue what is going on! Help! -
Hello,I have a very weird problem which I haven't been able to solve since 2015, when I built my PC. For internet I use two 500 mbps powerline adapters from TP-link, and an Asus Nighthawk R7000 as router. The powerlines work fine, and the speed is outstanding compared to using regular WiFi. Now, the problem which keeps occurring is that the Ethernet connection randomly switches to 'limited' / 'unidentified network'. This usually happens about 5-30 times a day, but there are days that it doesn't happen at all too. To get it working again, I usually plug out the Ethernet cable and then plug it back in after a minute or so, but it sometimes solves the problem by itself too. The time inbetween the event from happening differs a lot; sometimes it is 3 hours, other times only 5 minutes(!). The time that it shows 'limited network' can vary strongly as well; it sometimes fixes itself in less than 10 seconds, other times I can leave it for an hour, and when I come back it is still not fixed.To make the problem even stranger, it only happens when I am browsing the internet (watching YouTube, doing work for school, etc.), or not using the internet at all (video editing), but when I'm gaming or talking to friends on Discord, I never encouter the problem. Is it possible for the problem to appear, only when there is 'too little' networking going on? I've looked into the power management of the adapter settings already, and nothing seems to affect the problem. When I'm using my laptop with the cable and powerlines, the problem doesn't take place at all, so I'm quite certain that it has something to do with my PC, and not the powerlines or cable.Help would be very appreciated at this point, as I think you can easily imagine how annoying it is having to continually pull out the cable from the back of your PC, so thanks in advance. If there is any more info you need to know, feel free to ask.vpyrofan
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So I swapped GPU's and am currently running of my Intel iGPU HD 4000.Weirdly enough my wire connected internet no longer works.I've tried a different cable,ports,re-installing my RAM,updated windows,went to Windows Customer Support and got a useless agent who did nothing of use,updated Intel drivers...Nothing worked.Apparently a new GPU can cause this issue but I can't fix it.
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Upload speed significantly slower than download speed (PROBLEM)
Woxtrot posted a topic in Networking
Hi Recently i got fiber optic internet and it's really fast. But my computer is the only computer in the house that suffers from significantly slower upload speeds. The download speed is on par though. It's not the ethernet cable, because when i plug the same cable into my laptop both speeds are 100mbps. I've tried everything i could think of, updating drivers, uninstalling some programs etc. Does anyone have a solution to my problem? Or is it a hardware problem? The ethernet cable is plugged into my motherboard. (MSI B250M BAZOOKA - Motherboard) ( Realtek® 8111H Gigabit LAN controller)
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Hi, I'm planning to use some Linux distro alongside Windows. Everything's fine and dandy except that the wireless chip on my mobo for Linux and other Unix-like systems. I have three other usb wifi dongles, and they're all acting up on anything other than Windows. I'm going for the safest and easiest option: connecting some wifi adapter through an ethernet cable. Now I'm not sure what it's called, but I found a few devices that might work this. So again, I have a router downstairs, and I want the adapter to connect to that one, and communicate with my computer through an ethernet cable. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Universal-Extender-Broadband-Ethernet-TL-WA850RE/dp/B00AHXXJVW/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/RE200-Universal-Extender-Broadband-Indicator/dp/B00KVD6CJY/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/NETGEAR-Extender-External-Antennas-EX2700-100UKS/dp/B00NIUHAG6 What am I exactly looking for? Are any of these capable of doing what I want? Or they only work the other way around (eg. router to adapter through ethernet, adapter to pc through wifi)
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Hey guys, I am looking for a reliable USB 3.0 to Ethernet adapter for my ASUS laptop. So far I've tried two models, one from UGREEN and one from StarTech. The one from StarTech was DOA, and the one from UGREEN would constantly disconnect and reconnect at random intervals. So I turn to you good people of the LTT forums, for a recommendation. Thanks, Mike
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Hey, there's a slight problem with my monitor / pc connecting to Wifi. I hooked up an ethernet cable to my pc and plugged the other end in the Lan slot on my router, and started up my pc, but unfortunately, the wifi icon was ordinary and had the "x" on it, for no internet. I have a feeling maybe I incorrectly wired the motherboard or IO shield, but everything else on the motherboard and i/o shield seems to be working perfectly fine! I'm not keen on buying a WiFi PCI or any USB adapters. SPECS: i7-8700 , GTX 1060 6GB , 2 TB HHD , 250 GB SSD , ThermalLake 750W RGB , Corsair Spec Omega ( White ) , HP Omen 25" 144hz Monitor NOTE: I've tried restarting the router, monitor and pc but can't seem to find a fix..
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I have a long (15m) ethernet cable going from downstairs where my router is to upstairs where my PC is via the outside of the house. The connector on the PC end of that ethernet cable broke, so I replaced it myself, making sure the colors are the same as the router end (facing upwards, clip on opposite side and left to right it goes: WO, O, WB, B, WG, G, WBr, Br). Before I replaced the connector, the speeds I got were over 200mbps down and 12 up (which is what I pay for). Now, the connection seems to cut out multiple times per minute, and I only get 1mbps down and 12mbps up. Here is the peculiar part: The same ethernet cable plugged into my laptop gets me 70mbps down and 12 up. A different ethernet cable plugged into my PC or laptop gets the good 200+ down and 12 up. Currently using a WiFi dongle with my PC. I don't know what has occurred to cause this. If the ethernet cable was broken, wouldn't the speed be the same on all PCs it's plugged into? If the router was the source, the other ethernet cable would also produce the same, slow speed. If it was my PCs fault, the other ethernet cable would also be slow, it is not. Please help me out. I'm not a networking expert. PS. (I wasn't the person who installed the outside ethernet cable in the first place).
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My home network is made up of a router, and four desktops connected via ehternet cables, and ocasionally, some smartphones via WiFi. Our ISP provides a guaranteed 50/20 MBits down and up, and on three out of the four desktops we achieve around 70 both up and down. My issue is, that on the fourth PC, we can only get results of around 10 MBits both down and up. So far, I've updated the BIOS, the LAN driver, reinstalled Windows, and also tried swapping cables, but my PC got the same 70/70 results, whereas my brother's PC only recieved his usual speeds of 10/10, so for me, that means that the cables are fine. My brother has recently moved out for a few months, and at the other location, he has managed to achieve the speeds provided by the ISP over there, without any issues, which lead me to think that it's not his motherboard causing the issue. I've also messed with the Duplex settings within Windows, and disabled any bandwith restrictions on both the router and in Windows, but I couldn't make any progress. Could you guys give me some feedback on what should I try next? Thank you for your replies in advance
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I've been trying to connect my PC via Ethernet for a day now. It's a regular self-built desktop. The motherboard, an ASRock AB350 Pro4 does not have on board WiFi support, so I've been using external USB sticks for awhile now. I'm looking into permanently switching to Ethernet, but I've discovered something about my computer isn't responding right. I've confirmed that the wire is functional via testing on a different device. I've tried reinstalling drives, flushing the IP config in Command Prompt, and restarting my computer and router. The lights around the Ethernet port on my PC display a solid green and blinking yellow, but the light on my router only displays a solid green. I believe there's a good chance my motherboard may be causing an issue as many others online report Ethernet problems with this board. Does anyone know where I can go from here? -
Hi, I'm kind of a noob at this whole network stuff and I need some help. So at the moment I have a main router that's connected to my modem, an old router that I configured as an access point and a PC. I need to connect my AP which is in my room to the router which is in another room, but I don't really want to lay down another long cable. So I think I need a switch that would go in my room and connect to the AP and the PC. Would that work?
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Tips and tricks to remove a stuck ethernet cable from a tower’s motherboard (behind pc)? The problem is that it’s one of those soft plastic, molded plastic models that tie the clamp thingy to the actual cable. i tried the ol’ screwdriver trick, and the half razor blade trick, but for some reason it’s still stuck. I can’t actually break it and pull it out in multiple peices cuz it’s soft plastic. At this point I’m not touching it cuz im afraid i’ll break something if I use pure force to pull it out.
