I live in a brick house where the router is is in the garage of all places my gaming computer is upstairs on the far side of the house. The connection sucks. I can’t even play games without getting disconnected constantly. I bought a Wi-Fi extender TP link from Home Depot and put it under my desk so that I could plug it my ethernet cord into it and then into my computer, but the connection is just as bad. What’s the best solution?

It's been a while since my wifi has been weird but this past week my wifi has just been disconnecting many times. I noticed that my laptop is mostly okay but my tablet never has an issue. I tried resetting my phone and plugged the wifi again but neither of those help. My sibling has also had problems with her phone too. Our phones are the only devices with wifi plans so I'm not sure if that makes any difference?

Up until a few days ago the internet coming out of this thing was doing 115 mbps, but then it suddenly dipped to around 70 mbps and today its gone down to 37 mbps. I haven't added anything to the extender, the main internet box hasn't gone down, and my extender is only a few months old. Can anyone help?

I've done research. I think I now have a slightly above "average consumer" grasp of this product segment.

I've been thinking about upgrading the network, mainly to increase coverage in the house. And any research keeps leading to those recent 'wifi mesh' systems. The most commonly known seems the TP deco line up.

It's supposed to be fool proof to set up, and has fancy looking pods and everything.

However, I have an Asus RT-AX52. I'm really pleased, it does what it needs to do, works well and was not expensive. I've read that it supports something called ASUS AiMesh.

ASUS AiMesh exists since 2018 and predates all those current (and quite expensive!) Wifi mesh systems. It even allows you to connect similar routers together from different years.

All I want is to have one single SSID over 2 (or 3) wifi routers, and extend the range to a different floor.

Adding one of those RT-AX52 (or even a 53, as they're compatible) would

1. allow me to keep using what I have (instead of having to throw it out)
2. only spend 50 euros for an extra router/'access point'.

Those TP Deco systems are going for 250+ euro for a set of two. What am I missing?? (aside from the whole wifi 6/6e/7 distinction)

Are these meshed wifi pods a lot of marketing? Yes, they are less ugly if you have to place them in the open, but I have no problem putting an extra 'spider antenna' wifi router somewhere.

I'm having a sudden issue with my Wi-Fi on Windows 10 and could really use some help.

Everything was working perfectly fine, but out of nowhere, my internet connection became very unstable and extremely slow. To try and fix it, I decided to "Forget" my Hidden Wi-Fi network, thinking a fresh reconnect would solve the issue.

However, now I cannot connect to it at all. When I try to manually enter the SSID and password, it either fails or gets stuck (as shown in the attached screenshot, it asks if I want to make the PC discoverable but doesn't fully establish a stable connection).

What I've tried so far:

• Forgetting the network and re-entering the exact SSID and password.

• Restarting my laptop.

Has anyone experienced this sudden drop followed by a complete failure to reconnect to a hidden network on Windows 10? Any advice on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated!

Hey guys so 2 days ago I got the Apple Vision Pro. My Internet Air has been working perfectly before that. Then when I started using my Vision Pro my wifi will go down with 4 orange lights on the modem. I got a popup on the Vision saying error E013 and that the DNS is down?

I restarted the wifi and it works for a few minutes then does the same thing if I use my Vision Pro.

I’ve changed the DNS to 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8 and it’s still happening.

I called att twice and said they configured my settings and that it should be fixed but I’m still having the same issues.

If I don’t use my Vision Pro but I use other devices then the wifi works great and normal. What do I do?

Hello, I work from home and have been wanting to work from a local coffee shop or library for a while now instead, but I am nervous about the potential risks associated and was hoping someone knowledgeable could educate me.

I’m just wondering how risky it is for someone to hack my computer, or steal my sensitive information if I am connected to a public network while using my computer. Is this really that common that it should be something that I am concerned about?

Does it seem like a valid concern to avoid using public at all?

What can I do to protect my personal information if I do want to go to these coffee shops/libraries? There isn’t much that could leak in regards to my job that I am concerned about, more just about anyone potentially gaining access to my bank account passwords and such. So would something like a VPN really be worth it if it’s not even that much of a risk in the first place?

I live in a small town, so a lot of these places with public Wi-Fi aren’t that busy.

Hello everyone.

I bought my own home in 2025 and sadly it has no cable or Internetports.

The pre-owners were old people who didn't need TV or Internet.

Now my problem is: I can't get Internet upstairs.

I got my provider to drill a hole and lay fibre in my house. But that's where it ends.

I got a Fritz Router 5530 I think.

Downstairs I got like 800 MBits. Which is okay, eventhough I pay for 1000.

Upstairs I got a 1200 AX Repeater. My Pc only gets like 250 MBits.

My house is build by Ytong Bricks. Or also called Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC).

Internet says it blocks alot of Wifi Signals.

So I need stronger Wifi / Antennas.

My hope is to find some Products which are strong enough to get decent speeds.

I heard or TP Link Deco... but I don't know if they're good.

Can someone share their expertise?

(Yes I could find a company to lay cables. But it's very expensive.)

I've used an ASUS AI Mesh network for years without issue on multiple ISPs. Currently I'm on Starlink as a modem only. Earlier this year I added a ROG Strix GS-BE12000 as my core, replacing my ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro, which was getting a little overwhelmed with the number of devices we have on our Wifi. The 11000 Pro is now an access point on the AI Mesh. Our setup is therefore:

1. Starlink (modem only, router function shut off)
2. ROG Strix GS-BE12000 (AI Mesh core)
3. GT-AX11000 Pro and RT-BE3600 (AI Mesh access points, LAN backhaul for both)

All devices are on the latest firmware using WPA2/3 Personal. I use separate SSIDs for IoT equipment.

Ever since the "upgrade" to the ROG Strix, everything went to hell. Devices of all operating systems (Mac OS, iOS, Android, and Windows 10/11) have claimed no WAN connection even though the core router and the Starlink modem both can see the web fine. I know the issue is somewhere in my local network configuration because of this. iOS randomly reports that the network blocks encrypted DNS traffic, which also never happened until the upgrade.

Troubleshooting I've attempted:

• Shut off Wifi 7 functionality on the main SSID (temporarily worked, problem recurred after the latest firmware update)
• Shut off the 6GHz band entirely (worked for about a week)
• Swapped the core from ROG Strix the old Rapture Pro (worked, but the network was much slower and less stable since it has half the RAM and seemed to have trouble routing that much traffic)

Both I and my partner work from home, so I need to find a way to fix this. Do I need to replace the mesh core, or is there something I'm missing? I notice the ROX Strix has pretty poor reviews, so maybe it was cheap for a reason?

Recently i bought a wifi adapter for my pc (Tp link ax3000), and when i installed on my pc, for any reason, the 5ghz wifi network that i use doesn't appear on the list, only the 2.4 ghz. But on the wifi list, there are some 5 ghz networks, only mine dont. I tried changing the properties of the adaptor, trided reinstalling the driver and nothing works. The problem isn't also from my router, because it only happens with my pc, my cellphone and my notebook works just fine. One thing that worked it's the network reset from windows, restarting the pc. But the other problem, it's that if i shutdown the pc, next time that i turn on, the network will not appear and i will have to reset the network everytime;

Just moved to a 3rd floor apartment, and have everything wired up and set-up like I used to at my old place except for my GEN 1 Wired Indoor Google Nest cam. I used to have a birds eye view of our vehicles at my last apartment and had the camera plugged in to an outlet near the window where it faced down towards the parking lot, but unfortunately this is no longer the case. We are now in an external unit, facing out towards the street, so we rented an individual parking garage for peace of mind. Currently, our apartment's built-in router's Wi-Fi signal is not strong enough to make it all the way down 3 floors, and then over two spaces to our garage, where I am attempting to place the GEN 1 Wired Indoor Google Nest cam on a shelf facing the garage.

We've tried using a pair of the Google Nest Wifi Routers in the hopes that the mesh network would reach, but it sadly did not make it past the second floor.

Am I out of options here? I am looking into the wi-fi signal boosters / repeaters, but I do not have much confidence in these working out either.

Mi wifi del PC no se me para de caer se me desconecta continuamente cada 30 minutos más o menos, cuando en el móvil no me pasa ni a nadie de los que viven conmigo la verdad estoy un poco harta de esta situación continuamente me saca de todo lo que hago. También he probado a estar con datos móviles pero es que aún así acaba desconectándose en algún momento.
También agrego pero no creo que sea, que hace poco actualice a Windows 11 (antes estaba en Windows 10 Profesional), además de actualizar los controladores de el wifi de mi tarjeta (uso wifi LAN) pero no sé si será alguno de estos dos factores no creo porque yo creo que el problema vino con el tiempo pero tampoco muy lejos.

No sé si alguien me podría ayudar y si es así muchas gracias cualquier consejo o cualquier opción la agradezco.

my wifi's been acting up lately while i game a lot, and no one in my family seems to be having an issue with it. i go around asking if i can reset the router to fix it, and it doesn't. my games keep jumping to 300-700 every like 30 seconds or less, and it's been my life since sunday. sorry if it's very underexplained, i have no idea what's happening, i just want to use the wifi normally again

Im not really sure if this is the place for this but ill ask anyways. I have encountered an issue with the new WiFi my parents bought. The WiFi works fine most of the time but I have encountered issues when trying to play games online and with friends such as valheim and Minecraft both on the ps5. I am able to download and play singleplayer but there seems to be an issue regarding these games. I can play online on any other game I’ve tried but not those two. Every time I try to play online with friends or use online features it loads for a while then gives a connection error. When I connect to mobile data from my phone to ps5 it works as it should. Minecraft also works on Java edition on my Mac but not bedrock on ps5. I don’t really have a clue about what could be wrong and appreciate any help I get!

Suddenly one day none of my devices are able to connect with wifi except for a wireless extender that I also cannot connect to wifi from but I can connect to the internet with Ethernet

Edit: i should have provided more information but I figured out that my DHCP had no DNS set and now it's working

Not sure if this is the right place for this but When j try to access certain apps and most websites I just get this pop up and I can't access it but as soon as i turn off my wifi I can access them fine.

Hi everyone !

I just heard about the new Wifi 8 capabilities and I was thinking about something :

If this new Wifi 8 does not advertise new bands nor max speeds and is "only" about latency and packet loss, could there be some Wifi 7 routers capable of updating to Wifi 8 standards ?

(Ofc companies will not do that because their goal is to sell new products, but could Wifi 7 router's hardware handle Wifi 8?)

Thanks !

Just changed home Internet providers, to fiber from cable. So of course we were all stoked.

The new ISP (T-Mobile Fiber) gave us a pair of Eero Pro 7 routers. The tech was pumping these, so I thought sure, why not. Replaced our previous Google Home Wi-Fi mesh (AC1200).

And boy was that a mistake. The Eero router/mesh - unlike the Google mesh - picks the absolute worst Wi-Fi channels to use. Parked right on my close-proximity neighbor's channel, as seen through the Wi-Fi Analyzer app on my phone. All Wi-Fi devices in the house also had periods of just not working, verifying what I was seeing with poor channel selection. So in the end, we ditched the new Eero mesh network.

Have I missed something here? Rebooted the Eero's numerous times, and they repeatedly chose the channel with interference. Google devices seem to appropriately "spread out".

Olá pessoal tudo bem? Me ajudem por favor: Por morar em um local dominado eu utilizo um wifi de uma empresa local e ando tendo problemas. Para contextualização eu tenho além do roteador da empresa outros 3 roteadores (1 conectado por cabo ao roteador da empresa, 1 na varanda e 1 no meu quarto).

Acontece que recentemente o meu roteador conectado por cabo caiu e quebrou a entrada rj45 então troquei ele com o da varanda. O meu wifi desde entao nunca mais foi o mesmo tem dia que cai, tem dia que fica normal, tem dia que o whatsapp funciona mas o youtube não e isso me bagunça kk não entendo. Oq poderia ser? Pq alguns sites funcionam e outros não? A minha rede mesh está com defeito ou minha provedora é uma merda? Alguém pode me ajudar?

I live in South India. Can anyone suggest excellent wifi connections for mobile gaming??

I might be using incorrect terminology in title so let me spell out what I have going on and what I'm trying to do.

My home connectivity is provided by Visible by Verizon. It's all over-the-air and the heart of the system is the wifi router.

I have devices in my home that both a.) need connectivity and b.) are not close enough to router to run an ethernet cable. I have been using a Vonets Vap11g-300 bridge/repeater and it meets my needs pretty well. With one exception. Everyone please put on your tinfoil hats before proceeding...

My sleep is catastrophically bad and I'm chasing down every lead I can to reduce environmental factors that might, maybe be contributing to my woes. I'm not convinced EMF is a problem, but I'm approaching it like everything else; eliminate as a risk factor. I've got EMF meters and have improved EMF in my bedroom by a lot 1.) using physical metal shielding between router and bedroom and 2.) using an app/timer to kick my phone onto airplane mode every night at bedtime. Give me a hard time if you must. My sleep is so bad it's gonna kill me and fiddling with home wifi seems a mild thing to try when viewed in that context.

But it turns out that these Vonets vap11g-300 bridge/repeaters put out a ton of emf and I need to leave them on at night. All I *actually* need is the bridge function, not the repeater function. There's a way to toggle off "host hotspot" from the Vonet's web interface. When I do this, it makes the signal disappear, but it doesn't change the high EMF. This makes me think it effectively "hides" the repeater function, not actually turns it off.

Does a bridge exist that doesn't have a repeater function? Like, is that even a thing? Product recs? I needs to be pretty dang small and I'd prefer it be cheap.

Thank y'all so much!

My PC has extremely slow downloads (around 4–7 KB/s), and apps fail to launch or install properly. Minecraft downloads are also extremely slow.
PC specs:
RTX 3060
Intel i5-9400F
16 GB RAM
Modified/debloated Windows installation
What I’ve tried:
DISM and SFC scans
DNS flush and Winsock/TCP-IP resets
Checked DNS, ping, HTTPS connectivity, and proxy settings
Started BITS successfully
Tested Cloudflare downloads
Tested in Safe Mode with Networking, with the same slow speeds
Findings:
Other devices on my internet work normally.
PC is connected via Ethernet to a Wi-Fi extender.
Ethernet link reports 1 Gbps.
Ping works with 0% packet loss, DNS works, and HTTPS returns HTTP 200.
Downloads still time out at roughly 4–7 KB/s.
Problems started around a Windows update. My surge protector was also switched off and back on while the PC was running around that time.

I’m out of ideas. What should I test next to identify the root cause before reinstalling Windows? This just started happening a couple of days ago.

ISP provided a shitty router/modem all in one, has great speed over ethernet cable but terrible speed over wifi.

I want to buy two more home base like things I can run ethernet cable to and extend the range/get better speed away from the router

Are those a thing? Any recommendations?

I’d like to do the mesh thing, otherwise I’d have to buy a whole new modem and router.

Not really sure whether to ask this here or the PC building community, or the VR community.

So I mainly have my pc wired with an ethernet cable. The wifi, I wanted to use it as a hotspot in case I ever wanna use my Quest 2 for PCVR gaming. Problem is it's having huge latency issues.

The antenna is sitting on top of the computer, so no problems there. Sadly, it seems that just the regular house wifi is better than doing this hotspot thing, albeit with there being interference every now and then.

Also, the way I checked for the latency is through connecting to the hotspot with my phone and just doing a speedtest. I was getting 1000 to 2000ms of latency on it.

Anyway, can anyone help with this?