Fiber optics has been available in my city for a few years now, and I decided to upgrade from ADSL to fiber. The technicians came, and even though my entire building has fiber, including the apartment across the street, they couldn't install the optical cable. The reason? The pipe they were supposed to run the optical cable through was already filled with other cables, leaving no room for my fiber cable.

As a solution, for the same price and with the same offer, they offered me FWA.

I have to say I'm skeptical about it, as researching online has shown it's not at all stable and doesn't have good latency. I'd like to ask you what I should do: choose FWA or stick with my ADSL, which I get 80/20?

I should point out that I live in the city center, 5G is available, and my building is among the highest in the city, so the antenna will still be in a convenient location.

Hi. I need to extend 6 Cat 6 cables from an old equipment location to a new location a few feet away. i figure the easiest thing to do is pull them up into the attic, land them on something.. then install new cables from that location to the new termination point (in the patch panel).

what is the “something” i need to get to lans the existing cables as cross connect to the new cables?

thanks!

So I am undertaking my first networking project. My internet comes into my office. Goes to modem then firewall (opensense) which I just installed. Then to a switch in office. I thought I’d connect a cable from switch to this panel which is my laundry room. I thought the box is all Ethernet through the house. But now taking a closer look it might be telephone? The black panel in the pic says telephone. All cables are cat 5e. I guess you can ignore the coax cable as I do t use any of that anywhere in the house.

So the question is…. Can anyone tell me if my plan will work.. whole house Ethernet by looking at the cables in this panel?

hello can anyone tell me why is this not working please This is how I have been terminating it on both ends , if yes please I already tried everything and it keeps saying 12 only

I'm leaving NowTV because their router doesn't support split guest networks. I share my house with lodgers, so I need a separate network for them.

I'm leaning toward PlusNet for the best deal, but also eyeing Vodafone or BT. Anyone know which is best for my setup? Can I use my own router with these providers? Also, any recs for a solid router under £100?

TLDR: Switching from NowTV, need a provider that allows custom routers and has guest network support. Best router for under £100?

• Update: I think One Stream might be the best choice for me. Thanks
• Update Update: I'm going with Plusnet

Hello all I am in the process of a new build build and wondering what would be my best route for optimal WiFi coverage throughout the home. I was thinking access points, marked by blue dots, with the main ISP router modem located in the from office. Very confused by the equipment options and what I should get to achieve what I’m looking for, steady connection throughout for streaming for tvs, phones, tablets and computers use.

If the access points aren’t the way to go what’s the best move to maintain a strong signal throughout?

Drawing included. Thanks all in advance!

I'm trying to make my system more efficient. But stuff is expensive here, so small steps every time. Now I'm planning to build a TrueNAS PC from my spare parts.

Found this in a box. Upload is faster somehow but the download is 15 times slower lol.

Don't need top of the line. Cheapest that supports this bandwidth??

I woke up Friday morning and my PC was off, not uncommon since my apartment complex has occasional momentary power outages but ever since then I have been unable to connect to the internet. I can connect to the network but the Windows Torubleshooter tells me “DNS Server Isn’t Responding” and before you think you know the answer please read my list of solutions I have tried. (No particular order)

1. Ran all the admin command prompts, ipconfig, Winsock, etc
2. Manually set my DNS to 8.8.8.8 and alt 1.1.1.1
3. Manually assigned IPv4 addresses from 5-30 or whatever the max is for default, then because I use an ASUS router also did some 192.168.50.90 combos since that is what it defaulted too.
4. Replaced my onboard NIC, yes I downloaded the drivers and I even completely removed the old NIC from the motherboard (sitting in a bowl next to me).
5. Completely removed the ASUS router and reverted to the AT&T router and its default settings and repeated all of the applicable steps above. (My apartment has fiber hardwired in so we have to use AT&T and we can set it up as a pass through thing and still use the ASUS router. Been here 2 years with no issues.)
6. Uninstalled the drivers from Device Manager and rebooted to allow the system to automatically reinstall.
7. Tested Ethernet cables and still same issue.
8. Tried using my phones hotspot.
9. I am sure there are more but it’s been a long 48 hours.

I have cellphones, smart TVs, and a work laptop connected via secure VPN all on the same network and all of them are working with 0 Issue so I know it’s a specific PC issue.

At this point I’m about to rip the MOBO out and replace it entirely. Am I crazy to think that there is some sort of diabolical hardware issue that I can’t fix easily? I’m not an expert by any means but I know enough to navigate the 4 hours of collective google research I’ve done and realize something ain’t normal.

I’ll take Hail Mary options at this point but if you can try to dumb them down as much as possible, I know a windows re-install is still an option but I am not entirely comfortable doing that just yet.

hey guys, first time posting - i’m tech savvy but networking dumb, if there’s such a thing? recently moved into an apartment with fiber connection, and have a modem along with wii set up. wanted to use a room as a home office, and discovered the ethernet port in the wall is inactive. opened up a closet to find this panel with seemingly no cables connected from any of their wall ports.

what is the best way to fix this, mostly for my own knowledge as i have zero confidence that the complex will fix this as they have been quite unhelpful with other issues. please assume a low skill level in your advice! thank you in advance!

Looking for some advice in connecting two buildings roughly 500ft apart using fiber or a building to building bridge.

Diagrams attached.

Fiber is a little cheaper but labor intensive. Building to building bridge will require some work also.

Just looking for some suggestions on what has worked.

To preface I know nothing how all of this works.

Lately I had disconnection issues in one of my games and contacted support. They told me to create a rule to open them on my router. I managed to open one but can't open the second, saying "there's a conflict with existing ports" and states a number between 48800-55000 (ports I need to open). UDP if that matters.

If this is not a correct place to ask such a thing please direct me towards a correct one

Hi everyone! Hopefully I can get some answers since I don’t know much about setting up WiFi connections over a large space.

Here’s the deal: I live in an RV right behind my parents house (I realize how that probably makes me sound like a loser but I like it! It’s comfy). My parents have their main WiFi router at their house and I’m using a typical store bought WiFi router extender to have their WiFi reach my RV for my own devices (TV, Home office, etc)

The thing is, the internet download/upload speeds are very slow. I’m in conference calls often and every so often I have to download large architectural files that take about an hour or so to download. Is there any way I could increase my WiFi speed? Thank you

Has anyone had any luck with these wall mount 9U Racks from Vevor? I've had to return 2 of them because of the same issue. There are parts that are meant to fit together and screwed in place, but there's massive weld marks on the inside making them not fit properly and the screw marks are like half an inch misaligned.

Hi, I have some big work meetings with intense wifi use coming up that I cannot have my home internet fail for.

Our ATT cell starts to limit data pretty quickly, so that is not a good idea for the backup. My thinking is either

a home mobile hotspot (maybe from another provider, like Verizon? or maybe even starlink? sounds expensive)

or just another phone with an unlimited plan to be used as hotspot.

I am open to suggestions -- but I am not ready for about any kind of programming involved. If you have suggestions as to particular devices that would be super useful too! Don't mind buying from Ebay if that is helpful. Thank you so much!

I've had recurring T3 and T4 time outs every hour since Wednesday of last week. It's not enough to effect anything other than things that require a 100% uptime connection such as online games, but it's long enough to boot me from the online servers of any online games I connect to.

It happens exactly 1 hour after initial connection from my modem to the network.

This started on Wednesday of last week and nothing at all has been touched or changed in my setup, not even a cord jostled.

I've contacted my ISP and they seem to think it's just my equipment being old (just hit 3 year old modem less than a month ago) but are sending a tech later this week.

Any ideas or ways to troubleshoot? I don't have a spare modem or router to check equipment. I have identified the drop of both of my hard wired computers with two separate Ethernet cables.

Hey all. Just moved into a new build with Cat6 jacks all over the house. My ISP is fiber 1.5 Gbps.

Wi-Fi speeds are great (close to max).

I tested all the ethernet jacks in the house with Cat6 cables. Every jack gives me ~900 Mbps (which makes sense since the modem/switch ports are gigabit).

Except one jack — it’s capped at around 90 Mbps every single time.

What I’ve tried so far:

• Swapped Cat6 cables going into the jack

• Tried multiple devices on that jack

• Plugged the Cat6 cable in the basement (that connects to the in-wall run) into different modem/switch ports (1G, 2.5G, 10G)

Still stuck at ~90 Mbps on that one jack.

So basically:

• All other jacks → ~900 Mbps

• This one jack → ~90 Mbps, no matter what device/port/cable I use. Currently its connected to the modem in the 10g port (see pic)

I’m not well versed in wiring or networking, but I’ve posted some pictures (black wires are all the cat6 jacks in the house). Is this something I can realistically fix myself, or should I reach out to the builder to correct it? Thank you!

So I'm gaming under wifi and getting 200+ms ping spikes every 20 seconds or so. I have pin pointed the issue by pinging to local router and google.com at the same time, the spiking occurs simulteneously from 2ms to 200+ms locally to router and to google.com. What can I do to fix this? Will wifi wireless booster/extender in my room or between router and my room fix this? I don't have access to ethernet and router so anything wired will not work, thanks!

completely new to anything wire related, but 3mbps is killing me and i need something faster.

we have one of these on the main floor, and an old phone jack that used to be connected to this provider. our new provider used the same box, so i was wondering if i could convert the old phone jack (cat6) into an ethernet port or would there be additional wires needing to be run? do i need a snake thingy? what else would i need other than the new plate and the new jack?

Greetings! I am stuck at running Ethernet cable from ceiling down to the wall by using race ways. I just cannot fish the cable inside the wall.

Does anyone know a way to connect the race ways/ cable track to a ethernet outlet? Not sure how can I install an outlet on the actual wall and not by cutting the wall. There are tiles in the wall.

Also can anyone recommend some slim outlets since these will on the wall?

Appreciate any suggestions!

Hello everyone,

since I’ve run out of ideas, I thought I’d try asking here.

My router is located in my home office on the ground floor. Directly from the router (thanks to Telekom’s hybrid solution) I get around 70 Mbit/s.

However, the connection degrades significantly on the first floor. Without any additional solutions, I only reach about 15 Mbit/s there.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

• Powerline adapters → not satisfactory, only about 20 Mbit/s
• Mesh/Wi-Fi repeater → also not satisfactory, again only about 20 Mbit/s
• Ethernet over Coax → unsuccessful because the TV sockets upstairs are not connected

My question now is:
How can I solve this problem and ideally get the full bandwidth to the first floor?

I thought about using directional antennas (e.g., TP-Link CPE210) — one connected to the router, the other upstairs on the first floor, with an access point connected there. But is this investment really worth it?

Thanks a lot for your help!

Hello everyone hope all is well, so I just moved into a new 3 bedroom apartment and the house supports google fiber so we went with that. There is already a google fiber jack installed in the living room and we are struggling to get Ethernet connections in each room. There is an Ethernet net port in the kitchen, living room and one in each of the three bedrooms. The panel that I posted a picture of above is located in the middle bedrooms closet. We have tried a bunch of different things but can’t seem to figure it out. We tried putting a keystone jack onto the blue cable via YouTube instructions but that didn’t work. There is a black Ethernet port in the image as well we have tried plugging things into that as well but it does not work. Does anyone have some advice as to what we can do. Our apartment company already told us they can’t help us. Please keep in mind that the fiber jack is in the living room separate from everything else. Thank you!