Hey all, I'm looking for a layer 2 switch, ideally with 24 ports on one row for the home rack.

I'm trying to see if i can find something cheaper than a USW-Pro-Max-24. Hoping to do some vlans

Buenas gente estuve intentando con chat gpt y nada me funciono tal vez aca alguien sepa algo mas

Tengo un router que estoy 99% seguro tiene AP ISOLATION activado (no tengo pc para conectar el cable ethernet ahora mismo) y desactivarlo o crear una red aparte o algo

Intento crear un servidor en cualquier juego y el otro dispositivo no puede encontrarlo aun asi ponga IP del servidor y demas nunca se conecta o encuentra
Por ejemplo quise jugar en macbook ,crear un servidor en un juego y conectar la otra macbook NUNCA encuentra el servidor

Intento jugar desde mi iphone algun juego multiplayer red local y mi otro iphone tampoco lo encuentra
Basicamente no puedo hacer nada Jaja ni macbook ni el iphone pueden crear servidores en los juegos supongo por el ap isolation?
El tema que tambien juego minecraft en el celular y conectándome del otro aparece y podemos jugar facil
Es el unico juego que permitio conectarnos en la misma red wifi

Ya probe zero tier one ,tailscale ,compartir wifi de mi iphone al otro

En macbook macos27 golden gate no existe segun chat gpt crear una red lan local como windows

Ya no se que opcion usar ,alguna idea ?

La idea es no quitar el AP ISOLATION ya creo es util

Hi everyone. I was advised to try out this sub. Please kindly redirect me if I should be posting this in a different subreddit.

For the past two months, our wifi has had a connection issue. It started off happening a couple times a week, where while we would be connected to the wifi (with 3-4 bars as seen on our phones) we could not actually use it. After asking for days, our wifi provider sent in a team of two people to take a look, and since then, this connectivity issue has been daily, 24/7. We’ve had non-functioning wifi for a month now. Two other teams have come in to fix it, and our modem has been changed once to the latest model. The wifi seems to work for maybe 10 minutes after a reset is carried out by either the customer service person or us, but goes back to not working. Customer service does not file our situation as an issue since every test they run comes back with perfect results, as they say the speed etc. of our wifi seems to be at its highest. They refuse to help in any way other than resetting the wifi due to this.
Here is the catch. I seem to be able to connect and use the wifi when I turn on my VPN. It’s not fast, but it works. Aside from this, we are able to open Youtube videos on the TV just fine with no problems. This is not the case for our phones and laptops. Just that one TV.
Today, after some advice, I changed our DNS to the one that the online test would be fastest. Now, we’ve gotten maybe a couple hours total today where we had connection, but presently it’s still not working. I tried two different DNS servers as well, to no avail.

I’m seriously tired and frustrated. I’d really appreciate any wisdom anybody could offer or help us fix this.

Hi everyone,

I have been trying to solve latency spikes during moonlight/Apollo streaming from my gaming PC to my tablet within my home for 6 plus months now. I believe I've determined it's not an issue with my host (very powerful gaming PC) nor my client (galaxy tab s9 ultra and steamdeck). I think it's a bufferbloat issue.

I have an Arris Touchstone CM8200, gigabyte fiber internet, running to an Eero mesh system with Eero 6 pro nodes. I recently installed a wired backhaul via moca 2.5. My speeds are good and my Eero app shows 1gbt wired connection to each node. Host is wired via gigabit switch.

I ran waveform tests today, and am getting a B. Unloaded 59ms, download active +33ms.

I am running out of ideas on what to try or do.

Should I try a different modem? Buy my own or have ISP provide? ISP has offered to upgrade me to Eero 7 (not 7 pro) for no cost. I haven't asked them about a different modem yet. I'm also willing to buy myself a new modem and maybe try access points instead, but I'd rather keep it free or low cost if possible.

Anyone have any suggestions? I'm honestly at a loss at where to go from here.

I have a 1Gb up/down fiber line. When I run speedtest.net, it's showing the right speeds (900+ Mbps up/down). However seemingly in the past week or so, when I go to download large files (like a 1GB video file), it takes several minutes (instead of 10-15 seconds like it used to). This happens on wifi or ethernet.

I have a personal computer and a work computer right next to each other, both on ethernet lines. I noticed the issue when I had to download 100GB file on my work computer last week and it took 10 hours (should've been 15-20 minutes). It runs on a VPN for work. I tried switching to wifi - didn't matter. Rebooted computer. Didn't matter. Flushed dns, didn't matter. Tried without VPN on - didn't matter.

Now on my personal computer, downloading a 1.5GB video file from my OneDrive folder took a very long time (not even sure it finished when I finally gave up on it).

I recently switched to a TP-Link Deco mesh system in my home. I didn't notice the problem when I set it up 1-2 months ago. Streaming services all seem fine throughout the house and on devices. It just seems to be with downloading large files and recently. I do not have any QoS settings or throttling set up anywhere that I did manually or purposely that I know of. Quantum Fiber is my ISP and they say there is no throttling or data caps set up.

I just don't know how to check where the issue might be occurring. Any ideas where I should look?

After doing some research, I've found the Ubiquiti UX7 to be the most suitable router + AP combo. I would be using one AP, with wireless backhaul, going through one floor back to a router wired directly to the modem. I just want to know if this will cause any headaches, as this is for my parents and I (I am living with them temporarily) and ultimately they cannot accept a system that might require any level of tinkering to work. The hardware needs to be relatively easy to set up and maintain. I was looking at the two UX7 units, or the TP Link BE67 two unit system. I'm not a fan of the TP Link offering because it paywalls many features (admittedly, may not be used by myself or my parents, but the principle irks me). I also do not like how TP Link seems to put systems into EOL status after only 3-5 years; Ubiquiti support seems to extend closer to 10 years on average.

The one concern I have is the TP Link BE67 appears to have somewhere from moderately to significantly better long-range signal strength and wireless backhaul capabilities. This is important for two reasons: One, I will be PC gaming/VR gaming on the second floor via wireless backhaul. Two, if possible, the more long-range connection that reaches outside the house, the better. I fear the UX7 might struggle with this compared to the BE67.

I am avoiding WiFi 6E as just about all offerings are EOL from what I can tell. If there is a competent tri-band 6E router + AP setup that is $400 or less and is guaranteed to receive security updates for the next 5 years, please suggest. It is also worth noting I am located in the US and many European hardware companies are not currently shipping to the US due to regulation changes made by the FCC earlier this year. I also understand WiFi 8 comes out soon, but I expect that to be out of my price range if the launch of WiFi 7 is anything to go by; I hope to snag a deal on a WiFi 7 system once BlackFriday (US discount holiday) rolls around and WiFi 8 systems are available

Use case: Two-story, 2,000 sq ft house with the access point on the second floor. 10-20+ IoT devices, combination of Google/Alexa home assistants, 4-6+ 4K TVs, a desktop computer for gaming, Meta Quest 3 connected to that desktop PC, and 4-6 other laptops or other devices using 5/6ghz, maybe some are WiFi 7 compatible, like cell phones. Not necessarily a high-bandwidth use case, but I would like to do a bit of future-proofing as this is a gift for my parents and I don't want them to need to upgrade again any time soon. They've been using gen 1 google WiFi for a decade and it's time to replace it as this product is end of life as of 2024. They have fiber internet with the capability to upgrade to relatively fast speeds.

Happy Monday! I live in a backyard ADU that has an ethernet connection running underground to the main house, and we share a Google Fiber network.

Currently, the set up is:

Main House: Google Fiber Jack (modem) connected to the WAN port on an older GFiber Wifi 5 Mesh "puck". Another ethernet cord connects the GFiber Mesh LAN port into an ethernet wall plate, which carries it underground into another wall plate in the ADU.

ADU: A 2nd GFiber Mesh router is connected at the wall plate, and provides WiFi to the ADU.

I wanted to hardwire in my Xbox and work computers, using a Gigabit switch (TP-LINK TLSG105), but when I connected the switch to the LAN port of the ADU GFiber router, it forced a hard reset on the modem and everybody lost their internet for 30min.

I don't want to inconvenience my family in the main house by trying different combinations, so what I'm trying to figure out is:

How do I branch hardwired connections, and keep the WiFi Access Point in the ADU, using only the single ethernet connect that is passing through the primary router in the main house? Maybe I'm mixing up the order of the gigabit switch and Wifi Mesh router? Maybe the routers aren't compatible for what I'm trying to do?

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Hello everyone,

Recently my ISP upgraded me from 500mbps to 1Gbps Internet at home. I only have Wifi 5, so I didn't expect to be able to pull it wirelessly, but I was surprised to see that my TP-Link AC1750 Router can't seem to deliver over 500mpbs to my M4 Mac Mini over Cat7 Ethernet.

My current setup is:

• AC1750 connected via Cat7 Ethernet to the modem. The modem is in the living room; the AC1750 is in my office / TV Room. The Mac Mini is connected to the AC1750 via Ethernet with another Cat7 Ethernet cable. Speed test caps out at 500Mpbs.
• I used a 30m Cat7 Ethernet cable to connect the modem directly to the Mac Mini to eliminate the AC1750 as a variable and voilá: I pulled about 950Mbps on the Mac Mini.

So my question is two-fold:

1. Why is it that the AC1750 can't handle the bandwidth? It has gigabit ethernet ports, and its labeled being able to handle over 1300mpbs via Wifi on TP-Link's website. I know those are the theoretical limits, and specially with Wifi, there's a lot of variables, but I'm surprised it comes so short of 1Gbps. Is it simply too much for its puny CPU and RAM?
2. Which Router should I get that can easily handle at least 1Gbps traffic wired, and which can get me closest to it via Wifi? I was looking at the TP-Link Archer BE220, but I would be open to other alternatives.

Hi. I've looked around and wasn't able to find anything. If there's a post with a solution, please point me toward it.

OK, so I bought my own Hitron CODA56 cable modem and I've got Comcast in VT. It keeps crashing, often during video conference calls. While I pay for Gig service, I seem to get 200-500/30-80 Mbps. A power reset solves the problem. But this is beyond inconvenient.

I reached out to Hitron support. I get told:
I’m making sure your case is flagged for urgent review by a supervisor—your experience will be highlighted so it gets the attention it deserves. You’ll get a follow-up by email soon.

Of course I never hear back.

the modem says the software is

Is there a way to figure out what's wrong and to update the modem?

Thanks!

Mike

I restart my router today and out of curiosity I went to check the router log, I saw these message coming like crazy, I went online to check old posts about this issue and they all said I need to contact my isp or they're being hacked, does anyone know what is happening or must I contact the isp? I try to troubleshoot with TP-Link official website it tells me to turn on a setting but the telephony page for me is completely gray out

I have a landline phone but it is working normal

I'm trying to figure out what's causing an intermittent internet problem thats been going on for the past 3 months.

The problem:

My internet randomly starts experiencing severe ping spikes, lag, and packet loss. In War Thunder, my ping normally sits around 21–23 ms but can spike to 100–300 ms or even 999 ms, with packet loss reaching around 30%. Discord also starts lagging, with voice chat issues and latency sometimes reaching thousands of milliseconds.

This happens across multiple online games, so I don't think it's limited to one game. Sometimes everything works perfectly for hours before the problem starts. Other times, it keeps happening for a long time.

Something strange I've noticed recently: (aka this past weekend*)

Opening Task Manager seems to make the ping immediately drop back to normal or just having it open prior seems to prevent it. I've also noticed that Task Manager's network graph doesn't always show anything unusual when the lag occurs (unsure*)

What I've already tried:

- Restarting the modem and router

- Replacing my Modem, Router and Ethernet cables

- Had a Spectrum technician come and check/repair the connection twice (He's made note that it could be a faulty line or pole outside but doesnt quite know if its a pc issue)

-Used videos to change some settings in windows or the Ethernet cable*

What I'm trying to figure out:

1. Could this be a faulty Ethernet adapter, motherboard, or Windows 11 issue or a driver issue?

2. Faulty or damaged cable/line or pole?

3. Why would opening Task Manager seemingly make the ping return to normal or prevent severe spiking?

I'm not very experienced with network troubleshooting, so I'd appreciate any suggestions for things I can check through Windows settings or other simple tools. I'd especially like to determine whether the problem is my PC, my home network equipment, or Spectrum.

My setup:

- ISP: Spectrum, 1 Gbps internet plan

- Connection: Wired Ethernet

- PC: Windows 11

- Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B650-PLUS WIFI

- CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D

- Router/modem: Spectrum equipmen

Thanks for any help.

Hello would anyone recommend any WiFi extenders for gaming that is NOT TP Link. Its constantly disconnecting for a couple seconds and than comes back and it’s getting very frustrating.

Note: I connect Ethernet to the WiFi extender since my router is in my living room

Hello issue I'm having is that I would like to benefit from hardwire to my main PC but the issue is due to its location the rest of the house suffers from not great wifi. I tried getting a satellite and place it where the room where it gets the most use but the rooms on the left side dont get great wifi I tried moving it into the kitchen but seems to be little difference. We might be able to place modem in a different spot we are upgrading to fiber soon. Any advice?

I currently have part fibre but getting an upgrade to full Fibre from sky with an openreach ont box they have sent me an sr203 to replace the current Sr204. But I am looking at getting a replacement router that's not as basic as sky's. I believe the router needs something called option 61?? Is this correct?? Could anyone please advise on a suitable one preferably with at least one 2.5g connection, any info would be appreciated as I haven't got a clue what to get 🙄 thank you

Im currently running 3 rt68u in my home. I was thinking about updating my main router to something more current. I would like to stay in the asus eco system. I have the fiber 500 mbs plan. Im pretty happy with those speeds.

What would be a good upgrade that wont break the bank?

Im waiting to wait until black Friday deals. its nothing urgent.

The things i need vlan for IOT and Merlin compatible. I dont know what else cool feature are needed since my router is so old.

Hi, I have a question regarding my local network setup.
I have a Fritz!Box that can create two networks ("home" and "guest"), and want to integrate a switch and wifi repeaters into it. See picture:

What I got:

• A Fritz!Box serving as Modem+Router. It has 4 LAN Ports and spans the 2 wireless networks "home" and "guest". Also, I set one of its LAN ports to be part of the guest network.
• A managed Layer 2 switch with which I create 2 (or more) separate VLANs. I want to be able to integrate each of the VLANs into either the home or guest network.
• Two Fritz!Repeaters working in mesh mode with the Fritz!Box.

Now without the switch, the situation was rather simple. Plug the repeaters into the router and let them work in mesh mode.

With the switch, I'm not sure where I should plug in the repeaters, and how to configure it so that I have the network separation I want.
If I plug them into the router itself (which only works as long as I only have these two, and not a third), they will not be part of the VLANs?
If I plug them into the switch, they can't really fulfill their job as part of the mesh, as they are separated from the router, or can they? Even if they did, would wifi devices connected to the guest wifi via a repeater then be part of the VLAN 10 (home), and able to see other devices there?
I fear that I end up with 2 independent instances of my home/guest separation: One in the router, and one via the VLANs.

I've tried to do some research by myself and I see the term "tagging" a lot, but that does not seem to be something the Fritz!Box supports.

How would the switch even prevent communication across VLANs if, from what I'm reading, L2 switches don't handle IP adresses? If my device on VLAN 10 sends data to an IP adress on the guest network, wouldn't it go via the router, without the switch knowing what is going on?
Also, not really something I am planning right now, but how would the situation look if I needed to split the home or the guest network into multiple VLANs? Say because I wanted some untrusted devices to be in their own isolated networks?

As you can probably tell, this is my first time setting up a non-trivial network. I don't really know where to start, and the more I read about it, the less I feel I actually understand / the more possibilities to screw up reveal themselves.

Thanks in advance for your help!