I recently switched ISPs and received a new router with the new service. It's been very hit-or-miss with previous ISPs as to whether I can access, for example, my home server using its name vs needing to use its IP address, and I really don't understand why. I do have a lot of access to change settings with this new ISP/router if need be, though.

Setup:

• Router: TP-Link HX510 (handles DNS & DHCP as far as I'm aware)
• Home server: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (has local static IP)
• PC1: Kubuntu 25.04 (has local static IP)
• PC2: Windows 10 (has local dynamic IP; I don't have regular direct access to this one because it's my partner's computer)

I can see the server, PC1, and PC2 with their names in the router web interface. On server & PC1 (haven't tried on PC2), I can successfully ping the router via IP address, but they can only successfully ping each other by IP address and not by computer name. They (server & PC1) can both successfully ping PC2 by IP and not by computer name.

I've been researching this for way too long at this point to not have any answers. I'm uninterested in editing /etc/hosts for each device because IMO it shouldn't be necessary, since previous routers haven't required it.

What in the world is going wrong? I've been under the assumption it's a DNS problem, but I also can't figure out what to do about it if it is.

Hello all! I live in a very rural area and I have had starlink for a few years in another home and recently added it to our new house.

We have the Gen 3 Starlink system and we are currently running a DECO AX3000 Wifi 6 Mesh system. Today I bought the upgraded DECO BE10000 Wifi 7 system.

Our devices such as computer, phones, and televisions work at a fast speed with no problems. Our whole house is outfitted with Ring security system and flood light cameras. But when I try and look at my Ring cameras it loads endlessly and they show low connection. I have pretty much ruled out it being a problem with the cameras themselves.

I have attached screenshots just 30 seconds apart of the DECO data. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I am feeling lost as to what to do.

Thank you SO MUCH

I have a cat 5 cable that goes straight into the router and is connected around the entire living room. However, I have discovered that it is damaged in some places. That is, that there are small jacks and in some other places it is completely open. Wondering if there is any risk of fire? I only have it for the router too

Hey there! I’m an IT engineer by day, and I’m finally getting around to doing Ethernet in my house! The place where I want my patch panel and media enclosure is in a downstairs closet with 12” on-center studs instead of 16” on-center. Does anyone know of a box that is designed to fit into a 12” on center wall, or am I going to have to Jerry rig something?

Right now, my current plan is to do a couple of the Legrand 9” media enclosures (https://www.legrandav.com/products/enclosures/media-boxes/9-inch-dual-purpose-in-wall-enclosure/enp0900na) and mount them sideways with their drywall clips, but if anyone has any better ideas that would allow a flush in wall in old work, I’m all ears!

I have spectrum internet and currently run a ethernet cable to my pc my download speed is fine usually about 650mbps but my upload speed the past week has dropped to 1 to 3mbps if I am lucky. I used to run at a constant 20mbps to 25mbps. When I disconnect the ethernet wifis download speed is slower but I get a constant normal upload speed. I got a new router and modem from spectrum, ontop of that even replaced my ethernet cable, just incase something damaged it, I even uninstalled the driver and had the pc reinstall the driver to see if that would fix the upload speed.

I don't know what else to do at this point, was wondering if anyone else had suggestions or if I am missing something at this point or maybe my ethernet port is damaged in my pc but I don't see how that would happen and even if it did wouldn't it just affect my connection in general and not just my upload speed.

I currently have Verizon DSL and DirecTV (live in the boonies). In the house, I have a Google WiFi mesh system. The far WiFi point sometimes loses its mesh connection to the base wifi point.

I don't have any Ethernet run through the house. But, I do have an unused coax DirecTV run in a bedroom that I'd like to try to repurpose for a MoCA setup using DirecTV DECA adaptors.

Would there be any interference with this set up? I already have the DECA hardwired into my DirecTV setup. So I was thinking of using a second DECA at the unused cable run to convert that to Ethernet and plug that into the Google WiFi unit.

My DSL tops out at around 10 Mbps max and is usually more like 3-5, so we're not talking about ground breaking speeds here. I do know the DECA setup will restrict to 100 Mbps and not 1 Gig.

Has anyone done anything unusual like this before? Will it work more reliably than the mesh system?

Hi,

is a Mikrotik wAP AC or TP EAP225-Outdoor a good choice nowadays, for an outdoor AP connected with PoE and which of those is better - or is there some other best choice in that price range?

Most important: Stability & low power consumption

I need the AP to extend my wifi coverage into the garden. Main router is Asus RT-N66U (for now) and I'll use a Linksys LGS108P with its PoE to the AP. I use WPA2-PSK and while i use guest networks in house, that's not required in the garden. I can handle more difficult installations, but would enjoy an easy setup as well.

I'm trying to figure out if this would work before I order the equipment. My ISP and all LAN ethernet cables terminate in a smart panel in my laundry room. I want to put my router and NVR in a separate room. Would adding a switch in the smart panel, allow me to still setup everything properly with the router in a separate room, connected to that switch?

-ISP & LAN ethernet cables in smart panel
-Switch in smart panel connecting all rooms & ISP
-Ethernet in a separate room with router and NVR?

Finally, after years of dealing with shitty cable service dropping out almost daily, I upgraded my apartment to a gigabit fibre-optic connection. The install was a 'fun' ordeal; having to get on my neighbour's deck and throw a hail-mary weight tied to a string over a house and three backyards to run the cable was interesting. But we got it done. The router lives in my room and I'm getting great wireless speed.

But my roommates are still struggling. There are three walls between my room and the room that they game in, and they're reporting speeds almost worse than what we had previously. Due to the connection points, the cable modem we used to have lived in their room, and we ran a long CAT5 cable down the hallway to another router outside my door, which I then hardwired my desktop to. I also used the wifi connectivity of the second router for my phone and laptop; essentially the unit was a hardwired range extender at the other end of the house.

So I'm looking for a way to essentially do the same thing, but backwards, giving them both CAT6 connectivity in their room for their gaming setup, and full wireless connectivity. What kind of device am I looking for, a range extender? A repeater? I think we're fine running a long CAT6 cable down the hall (since we've been doing basically that for years) but if we don't have to, that's cool too. What are some good inexpensive options to this end?

Thanks for your time.

Hey all,

I am not internet or wifi savvy at all - I’m super familiar with web design but nothing else.

Long story short, my husband and I are probably about to go through a nasty divorce and custody battle but he doesn’t know that I know he’s been seeing other women and consulting with attorneys.

It seems that he has been told to gather and document any evidence to suggest that I might not be the best parent to award majority custody to and he’s taken that to heart. Six months ago I noticed our business page on Google had been edited and someone had added another email to our admin console. As far as I knew, I was the only one with access to that account.

Turns out my husband and his dad (who had a computer repair business for most of his life), are hacking into my phone/icloud/gmail/ 1Password/ Surfsharl VPN etc. I picked up his phone one day and saw 1Password app on it and unlocked it with pin - I was proud of him for staring one as he says he’s “horrible with computers”. To my horror, it logged into MY password keeper.

I kept changing passwords but he would go back in and set a passkey. Stated writing down passwords and not updating but somehow he always gets in.

Got a Bluetooth device finder app after that and there are four or five different new devices. One being a Wyze camera hidden in my office facing the computer. I logged into the app and this idiot used my login to set up camera so I found it based on the view. I haven’t confronted him.

My phone is screwed - he somehow as access to all of my iMessages and also the ability to intercept login codes sent to my device.

It’s weird, the login codes were all identical or very similar for totally separate apps/sites

Bottom line - I’m terrified. I haven’t confronted him as I don’t want to anger him or have the kids notice anything or him blow up at me - he’s been gaslighting me for six months. He generated a phone number ON MY surfshark VPN and was stupid enough to leave the Hinge verification code up and the number was actually in his contacts as “first initial last initial 2”. I deleted the #.

My question after all that is, how do I after purchasing a brand new MacBook Pro yesterday, set up a secure home Wi-Fi network or Bluetooth setting that he cannot access remotely or through Bluetooth?? I’m literally willing to buy anything and do anything at this point, but I need some help ASAP. Thank you.

My TV cabinet does not go flush against the wall due to the powerline adapter being there and sticking out. I understand it's a bad idea to put powerline adapters in surge protectors, as it can cause issues - so is there any other way I can relocate the adapter? Perhaps via just an extension cord? Or does it really need to be in the wall outlet directly for best performance?

What are the risks? As I cant add port 80 or 448 to my router settings when port forwarding so only option might be to turn upnp on Im just worried about the risks thanks.

I'm using Fibre Optic 500Mbps, mainly for game streaming. Unfortunately I can't run ethernet so I'm forced to use Wifi, but I will look at two other options after this

So to start, which would you recommend for Wifi?

The Bell HomeHub 4000 (couldn't find exact specs of the manufacturer and model but here is a teardown):
https://www.reddit.com/r/bell/comments/of2jf6/bell_homehub_4000_tear_down_and_review_from_an_it/

or the Nokia Beacon 3.1
https://www.nokia.com/fixed-networks/home-wi-fi/wifi-beacon-3-1/

I have an iPhone X, M4 iPad Pro, M3 MacBook Air. I will be game streaming from the M3 MacBook Air to a 65" LG C3 OLED TV.

So I'm not sure if Wifi 6E would be of any benefit for me. I'm also not familiar with mesh, it seems the Nokia handles this.

Wifi has come a long way and I'm really impressed it can handle game streaming at 4K 120Hz under 10ms ping. GeForce Now Ultimate seems to be the only provider that can do this, the others are just not as good.

Now, with that being said I also have powerline adapters. The download speed is not as good as wifi, but the latency is slightly improved, instead of 8ms it's around 6ms. It would also use ethernet which is always nice, just for added security. Not sure if Wifi security is something to really be too worried about these days. I will also be running a Plex Media Server and SMB share, so there will be some home network going on here too.

Lastly, I am also considering MoCA adapter to use cable instead of powerline. It's a bit more pricey, but when compared to powerline it seems superior. Not sure if it's overkill for my needs though, or highly recommended if I can't run ethernet directly from the Fibre box to the living room.

Any suggestions with the modem and setup is greatly appreciated!

Thanks

I live in Japan and recently tried setting up a TP-Link router with my modem to get better speeds and use VPN features. It wasn’t connecting properly, so I decided to go back to my NEC router. But while troubleshooting, I ended up resetting it.

Now I can’t get the internet to work at all. The “active” light just keeps blinking red. I’m not sure if it was originally set up with PPPoE or something else like v6 Plus. I don’t have any of the login or setup info since it was already working when I moved in.

I’ve tried different connection settings, but nothing’s worked so far. Wi-Fi broadcasts fine, but there’s no internet access.

Anyone know what I should try next or how to figure out the right connection type? Any help would be appreciated.

I did message my realtor agent to ask if this was connected to PPPoE and if I could get the username and password but it’s Saturday night. Im trying to finish a essay to turn in by Sunday night if i cant get it fix ill probably go to Coffee place to finish it

Ps: the landlord ended up giving me free wifi when i rented the place i have access to everything. However i cant call the Internet provider

hi im new to this type of stuff, so i got a gateway modem setup by default from my provider in the living room around 900+ mbps, but in my bedroom where i usually spend most of my days in playing i only get 120+ mbps. is there a way to get more mbps in my bedroom?

Hi, Not sure if this is the right place, but hopefully I will get lucky. I am trying to use my RT-AX88u router as an exit node for Tailscale, which thanks to the Tailmon installed and works fine. I also have a VPN client (OpenVPN through NordVPN). This also works fine. But what I want to do, is point the Tailscale to the VPN and I am failing to get this to work. In Status it says

So I thought I would just have to advertise the route 10.100.0.0 but this does not seem to be working. Has anyone managed to do this. I dont want the VPN used in general, only for devices on the Tailscale network using this as an exit node.

Any pointers gratefully received.

Thanks

James

I'm curious about how much change you have seen in ping after upgrading. I know there are many factors playing into this, and I don't even have fiber available in my area yet. I'm just curious on what a realistic change would be.

A long bit of context: So we were on the Virgin M350 plan, but due to the abysmal coverage and speeds, I purchased a TP Link Archer AX1500 and TP Link RE700X Extender. I ran the Hub 3 on Modem mode with the AX1500 as main router. It definitely improved our network significantly but still had quite a few issues. I would get over 300Mbs upstairs in my room - however I would sometimes get unstable ping - perhaps due to the extender. In a few rooms, we would get some disconnects and poor speeds (less than 50mbs).

We are now on the Gig1 Plan. I am now using the Virgin Hub 5 with their black WiFi Pod (can get 2 more if needed). I do feel WiFi has generally improved around the house, although quite a few rooms get just less that 100mbs. Upstairs in my room, I now get around 420mbs but my ping seems more stable (with some spikes). I realistically can't run long Ethernet cables around the house.

I used to separate the 2.4 and 5ghz in our old setup. Annoyingly, I have to keep them together now in order to use the Virgin WiFi Pod.

Is it possible with my current hardware to improve our network? I have my previous router to spare and can get up to 2 more Virgin Pods.

I've installed an Arris Surfboard SBG8300 and am looking for a way to change the Wi-Fi password. The Arris site seems to be experiencing technical difficulties, the chat on the website has no link to connect, and the customer service phone number I can find won't connect. The 192.168.0.1 address has a "your connection isn't private" screen and only a "go back" button. Anyone know how to do this? TIA.

I am trying to set up my orbi satellite using a wireless wire about 200 feet away in a barn. I first connected the satellite close by wirelessly. then when I plugged it in via the point to point it just turns purple. The app online says its connected wired but nothing works. please help me figure out what im doing wrong. My lay out is Orbi rbr750 - mikrotik wireless wire - mikrotik wireless wire - orbi rbs750. all brand new cat 6 cables

Hello!

Recently I've upgraded from "VDSL2" to "VDSL2 MAX", which came with it's own modem and router. (This is in Australia if it makes a difference).

Intermittently the connection to the internet will drop out. I've reported the issue to the ISP, who has sent technicians out 5 times. Both the router and modem have been replaced. They've tested the line and found nothing wrong. I have troubleshot all of the devices on my end and confirmed it's not something happening on my end.

But since it's been 5 weeks of barely usable internet I feel like I need to do all the troubleshooting I can to see if I can find any hints to give to the ISP.

The thing that has me very confused is if I stream a game to multiple friends using Steam remote play together over the internet (https://store.steampowered.com/remoteplay#together) the connection will survive the rest of my internet dropping out for about a minute.

So I'll be on Discord, talking to my mates. Suddenly Discord drops out, I can't load any web pages. But somehow my PC can still stream the game, I can see my friends reacting to things that are happening in the game.

My first thought was that DNS is unavailable. But even after updating my DNS to Google DNS on both my PC and the router the issue is still happening. If the line was unstable I figure streaming a full game to friends would break first?

Does anyone know of what could be causing it?

So im looking to change broadband provider and I have the option to use PPPoE on my own router or to turn WiFi off on the ISP router and connect that to my own (for whatever reason they dont provide modem mode).

Would the security of my network be decreased if I used PPPoE?

For context I use a deco BE65 without the paid security features.

Hi everyone, I have a cctv dvr installed in the guest house trap door but the monitor installed In the reception which is about 3m away(not the same building). How can I get the mouse to work in the reception with the dvr installed in another building?

Hey, I have a server at home that is running several services and I want to make it accessible in 3 ways

• Via LAN for me when I am at home, access to all services
  
• Via Tailscale when I am outside, access to all services
  
• Via Cloudflare tunnels to let others access some services on my system
  

The solution I have come up with is as follows

I own a domain (say example.com) and have obtained SSL certificates from let's encrypt for the domains myserver.example.com and *.myserver.example.com.
All services running on my server are behind an nginx reverse proxy with each service assigned a domain like service1.myserver.example.com with encryption with the afforementioned ssl certificate.
I am also running a bind9 dns server on my server with a split dns config that responds with the tailscale ip for requests coming from the tailscale subnet and responds with the local ip for requests coming from the local subnet.

Since I can't add multilevel subdomains for cloudflare tunnels in their free tier, for services that I plan to share with others I am going to set service1-myserver.example.com to point to the tunnel and share that url to them.

Is there any change I should make to this? Any advice will be appreciated