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My dad and I have been trying to set up our cat5 were not sure what were doing I have a picture of the setup were not sure what to plug in the infrastructure is there it's just none of it is connected
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Hi guys and gals, And I don't know if he ever reads it, but Hi Linus I have been watching LTT for 4 or 5 years now and I have learned a lot. But still I'm not a hardware guy especially in the topic I want to bring now. Long story short, I am buying an apartment, and as it is still being built, I have the possibility to alter the design plans for it. So the topic of today's exercise is to design a home internet network. I did some research and found some articles with tips I will try to implement, but I need your help with picking appropriate hardware. I am one of the 'a cable is a cable, and no WI-FI will change that' guy, so I want to have 3-4 Ethernet sockets in each room, and maybe 6-8 in the main room (I know it is overkill, but we live in the times where you can plug a toaster to the internet, so who knows what the future will bring :). I image it all the cables converge in one place near the apartment entrance, where rack box will be hanging. Most probably I will be using CAT6e cable, so 1Gbit is max we can get. It would be nice if the whole setup is as quiet as possible, I don't want to enter the apartment and feel as if I entered server room I want to have one good, central router that will handle whole home network’s with WI-FI access points (PoE) for wireless transfer. I don’t want to play with all the internet mesh technologies when I have the opportunity to do everything right. I have Synology NAS and Intell NUC that would find its place at the bottom of the rack box as well I think. The usage of the network would be standard home usage, some PLEX streaming, some file transfers internally, some gaming, VOD streaming, nothing commercial, no enterprise usages. I know that the devices used will most probably be 'small home company' grade, but it would be great if Ph.D. of rocket science is not required to configure them I mean, I know how to configure networks, but also I know how not user-friendly can those devices be. And last but not least the price... you know, something affordable Goals: - 19" rack 6U-10U - 1Gbit+ - 16 sockets (24 for future-proof?) - router - and switch? - quiet? (passive cooling) - PoE support? - may become handy The articles that I was reading suggested Linkbasic WCB06-645-BAA-C rack but I am not very attached to it now. And it also suggested MikroTik devices because so... so this is the part where you come in. Please bring my plans down to earth and point the stupid things I just wrote, I am not much a networking hardware guy
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Hi, I'm looking to make my home connection more stable. Some info: I have a provider of up to 100mbs modem router connection on middle floor Lan cables running to top and bottom floor Will optimistically upgrade provider in future Can you please recommend modem routers that will do a better job than the one provided for me by the internet company? Also what product can I buy to connect to the cables on the top and bottom floors to have better WIFI signal on all floors? Thanks for the help!
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Hey all, first time posting looking for some help with my strange home network issue. Appreciate any help I can get thanks in advanced! Windows 10 Home Desktop Hardware: X99Pro/USB3.1 i7-5820K GTX 1080 32gig ram samsung evo 870 Network situation Verizon FIOS router - G3100 2 scenarios to be aware of Before issue - router was directly connected to mobo through a cat5e cable After issue - router was directly connected into tp-link TG-3468 ethernet card in a 16x slot Situation A couple days before the issue started happening, there was an outage in my area for FIOS After it came back a few hours later, youtube on my desktop was loading very slow I ran the normal internet speed test from various sources and each one of them said my download was fine at roughly 900mbps but my upload was either 1mbps or less than 1 All my other wifi connected and ethernet connected computers and mobile devices (all mac) were working fine both upload and download were as normal I ran all the typical troubleshooting options ipconfig commands resetting network adapter reinstalling network driver rebooting router factory resetting router Called provider to do a lot of the same but also reset the ONT In the end I ended up going to microcenter and pinking up a tp-link TG3468 and a brand new cat5e to see if it was my onboard network controller While doing some more trouble shooting before installing the new card, I found that disabling IPv6 internet protocol in the network adapter settings actually fixed my upload issue for my onboard network adapter. I know it probably doesn't matter if its off really but I did not like that solution so I went ahead and installed the TP Link card I guess my 1x slot is dead because my computer could not pick up the card when it was plugged in Moved the card to a 16x slot I was not using and it started working HOORAY EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL Sadly, now every couple days for some reason my ethernet connection stops working light on the TP Link card is solid green wifi on desktop still works just fine its just ethernet looking at the router's connected device list, it shows that it doesn't even recognize my desktop through an ethernet connection all ip settings and DNS settings are set to automatic ipconfig /all doesnt show an ip address for my connected ethernet Ethernet card in Network Adapter Settings shows "Unidentified Network" as its status resetting the network adapter and/or re connecting the ethernet cable does nothing the only solution is to power cycle the router Any idea of whats going on? can I somehow make the router force to remember my desktop ethernet connection? Sorry that was a lot of text and thank you for anyone that got this far!
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The problem: my ISP installed the fiber hardware (router and fiber switch) in the farthest possible corner of my house so very slow and unreliable wifi downstairs. We have been using a range extender that sits at the bottom of the stairwell but the connect is slow and unreliable because of brick walls and it not being a wired connection. My solution: I have run cat6 cable downstairs from the room where the router is installed now and I am looking for routers/repeaters/mesh system to provide wifi downstairs. I tried using the range extender with the ethernet as the connection but the ethernet jack is only for connecting a PC to the extender. 1. Would I require a repeater, router or a wifi mesh system(like what ubiquity provides) 2. Is there an almost plug and play solution where I can connect the cat6 to a device and it will provide wifi downstairs? 3. Just for interest sake because I got confused reading threads, what is the difference between a mesh system and a network bridge from your main router to a secondary one?
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My family and I live in a rural arae, but are all very tech savy and use the internet a lot for work and pleasure. pertitually my mother who runs her own small business freelane editing, writing text books and editing or creating content that goose with it. Because of our rural location our internet has always been slow and that's ok. We live close to a big city just not many directly around us so running on old phone lines. Over the past couple of years the internet has actually gotten slower and less reliable all while trying to charge us more. We are often running under .2 Mbps went form working slow most of the time particularly in the afternoon when many neighbors get home, we got used to that. But recently it has gotten holey unreliable randomly cutting in or out and making it difficult for all members of the family to get work done brother, sister and often have homework that they need the internet for. As i said It is critical to my mothers job. so much so that my brother has resorted to going to friends houses to get work done, and my mother has started going to fast food restaurants and using there free wifi. My mother and several other neighbors have called and complained but nothing has improved we have been looking into all kinds other options but with are rural arae there don't seem to be many options. If it where our router I would build our own wich there are tutorials on that. I have even looked into building a media server to try and download things when it is working and store for later use. but that will not fix the problem and they want to charge us more. we have looked and call arouded trying to find another service the problem is with our rural location no one can give us time tables on when things might improve. I wanted to ask if anyone here knew of any solutions or advice with five poeple in the house and the amount of content that goes in and out of my moms business including hours of video supplementary material as well as video conference calls, we are not realy comfortable with data caps. most of our data is comming in but my mom does also have to upload project text as well as the conference calls and videos so upload speed are sort o important. Fiber optics is not available in my area and know one has been able to tell us when it will be. I looked into satellite but the data cap and slow upload speed I came across the term wimax I did not know it that I an option I am easily in sided the 30 mile radius of a large city. but did not know where to look for an isp I se a couple that come up like this web site http://www.cblcon.com/wirelessisp/resbroadband.htm or http://yellowjacketbroadband.com/plan-pricing.php but did not know if i could trust that. Is there an option for unlimited data over a cell phone network 4g network we already have a phone service and don't want it to be tied to a single phone, Is there a router like device that could be left at home and would work no matter wich phones are there without paying for hotspots on everyone's phone does anyone know if there is still an unlimeted option https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/05/karmas-mobile-hotspot-adds-neverstop-a-50-per-month-unlimited-data-plan/ http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/18/10782780/karma-neverstop-data-plan-changes-throttling ps. sorry for mess of a post just really frustrate currently .07mbps for $50 any advice is helpull
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As the title says, the basic Verizon Fios gigabit router we have just does not cut it for the amount of users we have online at once, and the devices at use. At one time we can have up to TEN seperate devices all using the internet, and it really bogs down connection speeds (not to mention we're already throttled by our ISP, surprise surprise). We do pay for gigabit but at most I can only get up to 100Mbps up/down. So, I need recommendations from not articles, and some better reasonings as to why because I'm a home networking noob who also wants to wire the house for modern day internet (and if you so wish, some tips on that please!!). Most devices we have run on the 2.4GHz WiFi frequency aside from phones and my sisters/my PC's. We live in a decently large size home and the routers location is the living room, main floor, smack dab in the middle of the home basically, open air. If by chance there are other things that I can do settings wise to mess around with the router, other setups I can try that are low budget/low-medium effort, before I try replacing, that would be fantastic to know and at least give a shot. I'm open to anything. If you need more info on what we're running, feel free to ask and I'll try my best to provide
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Hey everybody, I'm trying to get my Wi-Fi at home to extend coverage to the majority of my backyard so I'm currently looking at getting a Asus RP-AC68U to extend my signal. I currently have an Asus RT-AC66U router and it does a great job on its own at covering my 2 story home but the backyard has very bad coverage so I want get good coverage for about 35ft back enough to stream music and 1080p video from YouTube not like 4k streaming or gaming or anything heavy! I have a couple questions before going out and buying that unit and whether or not going this route is even the best option. First question! If I buy the RP-AC68U will it act as it's own router with it's own SSID/Password etc... by default? or will it just repeat the signal and act as a "dumb" secondary access point not handling IP assigning etc...? I want this unit to act as a secondary access point so when you're far enough away from the Router it'll auto connect to the that access point if it has a better signal than the router. I don't want it to be assigning IPs on its own and acting as a stand-alone router, I'd like the router to handle all that if possible. So just want to make sure this unit is capable of doing that, and if I have to change a whole bunch of settings if there is a guide or somebody can briefly explain what I'd need to do to set that up! I'm not terrible at networking so a brief explanation should be enough for me to figure it out should I need to do that! Second question! How badly will a exterior wall affect the signal strength of the unit? I live in Canada so our exterior walls are well insulated, As well the house is newer so it uses a mixture of wood and metal in the wall structure and we have quite a bit of window area where I'll be placing the unit should I get it. I'd place it around 2ft away from a very large thick glass patio door. Which just past that door is the point where the coverage gets bad. Will that positioning pose any issues? Will the walls interfere that much? Lastly I guess is the RP-AC68U a good choice? I'd like to stick with Asus because my whole network uses their gear as well as to avoid ANY incompatibilities even if there isn't much chance for it. Thanks in advance!
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So I'm in terrible need of new internet, but it turns out the modem I'll be needing in order to get the speeds I'm planning on paying for, gets it's signal from a Coaxial cable and not a telephone/ Ethernet cable. It has a Ethernet Out cable for the router/ computer. Now the problem I have is that the room I'm in and am planning on having the access point in only has a phone jack. Is there an adapter or something that my Google-fu is missing that would allow me to plug my phone line into my Coaxial modem? Everything that I seem to be finding is for turning the Coaxial signal from the wall into an Ethernet signal. I need it to be the other way around. I really don't want to have to rewire my house if I don't have to. Any help would be appreciated!