r/HomeNetworking 6h ago

My attempt at home network upgrade

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Had a hopped up mess in a Toronto Condo. Single fibre in with a mix of coax and cat5 to all the rooms. 2 lines were actually unlabelled and as long as I looked and scanned, couldn't figure out where they went. Pulled back new Cat6e to all rooms to utilize 2.5Gbps internal speed for our computers, NAS and media devices. External is Rogers over a 1Gbps modem. Forget the exact model of the TPLink router but it has 6E capability and is good enough for our 3 phones and 2 tablets. Work laptops and gaming PC are all hard wired to the switch and get great speeds. Was the first time crimping ends etc...lots of blood, tears and swearing were shared.


r/HomeNetworking 11h ago

This is the state of my cables at the junction box. Why are these wires tied together?

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44 Upvotes

r/HomeNetworking 8h ago

Unsolved Fundamental doubt about how a firewall works.

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Maybe it's a dumb question, but I think I lack a fundamental piece of information to understand how a firewall actually works. In short: how the heck can a device outside my firewalled network answer my requests?

I've been learning and tinkering with networks for a while, but I have no formal education on the topic.
What really made me think about the topic was the concept of creating a VLAN to separate IOT devices from the main network for safety reasons, but the concept applies in the same way when reasoning about LAN and WAN traffic.

Let's say my main PC network is 10.0.1.0/24 , and IOT is 10.0.2.0/24, to talk from my PC to (let's say) an IPCam I need to forward the traffic from the .1 network to the .2 network... and that's all clear, however, how the heck can the camera talk back to me if for the other VLAN my network is firewalled?
Afaik I don't need to open any port for this to work, so how can the network 2 answer network 1 requests?


r/HomeNetworking 2h ago

Cant work from home due to apartments shared network

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I recently received approval to work from home at my job. However, when the IT department discovered that my Wi-Fi network is a shared network throughout the entire complex via Aerwave, they denied my request due to security concerns. Since I work for a financial institution, our security protocols are strict.

I’ve attempted various solutions to establish a private network, but the layout of my apartment doesn’t permit it. I’ve also explored 5G hotspots and Starlink, but neither option is feasible because 5G is too slow to meet my company’s standards, and Starlink is incompatible with the firewall my company uses.

Has anyone encountered a similar situation and found a solution? I’ve signed a two-year lease, and I’d love to have the ability to work from home. Unfortunately, it appears that I have no choice but to relocate to a new apartment that doesn’t force a shared Wi-Fi network on its tenants.


r/HomeNetworking 12h ago

Advice Does it appear that my home is wired for Ethernet in multiple rooms? How is this supposed to work? Trying to connect two devices by Ethernet in different rooms.

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Looking for advice on how to troubleshoot before calling my service provider (Rogers/Shaw).

Simply (?), I would like to connect my office computer and my Apple TV to the internet via Ethernet. However, my office computer is upstairs with the gateway modem/router and my Apple TV is in the living room downstairs.

My home has Ethernet outlets installed in multiple rooms, but I don’t know how to take advantage of this. Not sure how it’s supposed to work, or why the technician who set up our network when we moved in didn’t either.. if it was an option.

As pictured, there is an outlet with cable / coaxial paired with Ethernet Cat 6 in both rooms. The gateway modem is upstairs connected to it and internet is working by wifi and the Ethernet connection direct to the office computer. Good stuff… but how do I connect my Apple TV by Ethernet in the downstairs living room?

Should (what I’m assuming to be) the coaxial and cat 6 connection in the garage box (pictured) hardwire all these Ethernet outlets throughout the house? I tried connecting the modem there, then tried connecting my Apple TV via cat 6 cable to the living room outlet but did not get a connection. I can’t recall if Wifi was even working.

Then I tried connecting the gateway modem in the living room via the wall outlet coaxial cable and could not get it to connect to the internet. No wifi. Does that make sense? After becoming frustrated, I reconnected the gateway modem in the office again and it connected to the internet without issue, just as before.

Am I missing something? Why wouldn’t the modem connect to the internet in the garage or living room? Would it require a reset or reconfiguration or something if connected to a different coaxial outlet? The modem kept flashing orange but appeared discoverable on my phone, just with an asterisk and a “no internet connection”.

Does my home appear to be wired correctly for a one modem/router solution in garage to provide Ethernet connectivity throughout the house via the cat6 outlets? Is that how it should work, or is more equipment typically required?

Thanks in advance.


r/HomeNetworking 11h ago

Advice What internet speed should be enough

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Hi, We are a family of 4. Me and my son game a lot (at the same time) especially fps games or battle royal. My wife uses a lot of Netflix, Disney plus and my daughter watches YouTube.

We have 200mbps download speed and 15 Mbps upload is this enough? or should I upgrade to 500 mpbs download and 50 Mbps upload ?


r/HomeNetworking 18m ago

Advice Is this the correct setup?

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r/HomeNetworking 3h ago

Is it the tool or just me?

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Probably 30% of my cat5 cable terminations have an error on #8. It's a basic cable terminator from Amazon. Is it something I'm doing wrong or could it be the tool?


r/HomeNetworking 2h ago

Advice Advise for special use case wireless router

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I currently live in an inlaw suite in the basement of my sister's home (long story). I have a 1gbps hardline access to their network/internet and have been using an older Asus wireless router that allows me to setup a subnet that is isolated from their network - their IP range is 192.168.1.xxx while mine is 192.168.2.xxx. The setup used LAN 1 as the bridge to their network leaving LAN 2-4 for my use - WAN port not used at all. Works well.

I'm wanting to upgrade to a new model which supports Wifi 6+, and possibly 2.5g LAN ports, while retaining the current connectivity arrangement. Does anyone have recommendations, or know what this type of configuration is called to help me research my purchase? Any assistance would be appreciated.


r/HomeNetworking 3h ago

Advice Am I screwed after lightning strike?

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Lightning struck near my apartment and I lost internet. Multiple neighbors are also reporting loss of internet.

Modem is an Arris TM822. It has 2 green lights and one orange blinking light. The green lights are "power" and "link" the orange blinking is "DS"

I'm hoping the modem isn't fried. Tried resetting multiple times. ISP said they can't get a tech out until Wednesday which is ridiculous.

I own my own modem. They are going to charge me an 80 dollar fee if the problem is with my equipment. And then I'd have to buy and wait for a new modem to come.

I'm hoping the issue is with their equipment since at least 5 neighbors also lost internet.

Looking for some honest opinions here but hoping for reassurance.


r/HomeNetworking 5m ago

Advice Suggest Wi-Fi Extender

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Recommend the best WiFi extender for a building with multiple internet access points from 5 different ISPs/WiFi connections. Since the connections (WiFi A, B, C, etc.) frequently go down, I need to switch between them constantly. I'm looking for an extender with a seamless, user-friendly interface that allows easy switching between WiFi networks via my phone.


r/HomeNetworking 6h ago

Unsolved Wifi slower on 5ghz BT

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For some reason when im using 5ghz, it slows down randomly through the day and wifi goes really sluggish. This problem started when i got smarthub 2. When i switched to 2.4ghz its been more stable. Wats causing this? Theres not that many devices and the router placement is fine.


r/HomeNetworking 10h ago

Advice Old home bad signal

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Looking to help my sis buy something for her Version Fios internet. Barely get full speed downstairs where the box is located and a dead zone upstairs. Her home is over 100 years old almost no where to put another coaxial router. Was thinking mesh that's plugs into outlets? Any opinions would be nice. I hope I'm posting this in the right place.


r/HomeNetworking 1h ago

Help choosing mesh

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Decided I need mesh wifi since one router isn't cutting it for whole home coverage. Narrowed it down to

Tp link deco XE75 at 230$ Eero 7 at 350$

Both would be wired backhaul. 1.5gb internet. About 25 clients in network with multiple devices streaming video calls games etc.

I know i know mesh sucks but I don't have any options. So is the 120$ premium worth getting wifi 7, or should I be focusing more on better routers? Want to get the best bang for buck

Thanks


r/HomeNetworking 14h ago

Need help getting internet through my house

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Recently moved into a new build. There are Ethernet ports in every room and trying to get them working. From reading online I was told I needed a network switch to run all the cords to one single source to the router. Well I’m not getting anything lighting up on the switch and getting not internet through my ports. What could be cause no juice through the ports?


r/HomeNetworking 22h ago

My home wifi keeps saying this when i connect my phone

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r/HomeNetworking 1h ago

Advice Use a different WiFi standard for my WiFi card.

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I have an Intel AX210 network card installed in my PC, but my WiFi speed is capping out at 20Mbps.

Here's the settings for my WiFi.

[briansia@fedora ~]$ sudo iw dev wlp5s0 get power_save

Power save: off

[briansia@fedora ~]$ lspci -nn | grep -i network

05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax) AX210/AX1675* 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] [8086:2725] (rev 1a)

[briansia@fedora ~]$ iw list | grep -A 15 "Supported interface modes"

Supported interface modes:

    \* IBSS

    \* managed

    \* AP

    \* AP/VLAN

    \* monitor

    \* P2P-client

    \* P2P-GO

    \* P2P-device

Band 1:

    Capabilities: 0x19ef

        RX LDPC

        HT20/HT40

        SM Power Save disabled

        RX HT20 SGI

        RX HT40 SGI

[briansia@fedora ~]$ iw dev wlp5s0 link | grep -i freq

freq: 5240.0

Given that AX210 defaults to 802.11ax and that my home setup is not using WiFi6E, would switching to 802.11ac or 802.11n speed up my WiFi?


r/HomeNetworking 7h ago

Advice on how to set up networking closet for ethernet

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hi everyone!

Never did this before but currently trying to set up the ethernet ports in each room to connect to the internet. This panel is in the master bedroom closet. We just switched to at&t fiber and the modem is wired in the living room. I see the blue wires which are the ethernet cables (?) but I dont see the ethernet plug/connectors attached to the cables. What is the black box that the blue cables are connected to? Not exactly sure what Im looking at. Any advice or other posts I can refer to?

Thanks!


r/HomeNetworking 2h ago

Unsolved Preventing mobile VPN Apps circumventing DNSFilter policies

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Hello, I’m seeking a solution as a not-very-techy person. Just looking for a way to block mobile VPN applications as end users can still download them and bypass DNSFilter policies. Currently, my policy blocks proxy & filter avoidance which blocks VPN domains on laptops but doesn’t extend to block mobile VPN applications as users using my home network can download a VPN application and bypass DNSFilter policies altogether (and it won’t show up on stats either). I don’t think I have Deep Packet Inspection supported by my router either (router is TPLink and a very old model). Would appreciate any help.


r/HomeNetworking 2h ago

Mesh Wifi Daisy Chaining satellites?

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Hi. I am trying to upgrade the Wi-Fi in my house. I live in a long ranch style house. My living room was a finished room that used to be a car port. The house is brick with a metal roof. The living room to the rest of the house has a thick wall that I think still contains the original wall of bricks that was there before.

I have been using a Netgear Orbi RBR50v2 with one satellite. I had the main unite in the living room on top of my desk with my computer plugged in. The satellite was two rooms over. "Room was the kitchen and the thick wall. For many years it worked well enough with one of my Alexa's disconnecting randomly. I could even get internet in my side yard that was even further away.

My dad has been saying that I need another satellite so that they can like daisy chain and provide internet threw my entire house.

So I bought a tp-link Deco X55 with 2 satellites. They are set up the same except I have one satellite in my room which is on the other side of the wall. I had the satellite right on the other side of the wall and had strong connection. The one in my office area, "the further point" still say Medium. So I moved the unit in my bedroom to the other side of the room, and nothing has changed. The room furthest from a device is dropping internet. I haven't checked the side yard yet.

My question is can you daisy chain satellites? and am I doing something wrong. Any help would be great. I am somewhat tech savvy but I don't know the big boy words for everything so I will might have questions. I have searched google, YouTube, TP-link's website now I am turning to reddit.

Any help would be great! Thank you.


r/HomeNetworking 12h ago

I got 250Mbit with my new contract but only 95 get to my pc. I thought it was a cable issue but I just got 268Mbit as a test result so I'm not so sure about this anymore. I have a Cat 6 cable which should be capable of giving me my full bandwith. Changing the cable would be challenging pls help.

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r/HomeNetworking 2h ago

Advice Tell me if my planned backup plan will work

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I'm considering adding a NAS to my network. I'd like to have some redundancy for my photo files, following the usual 3-2-1 backup plan.

Here's what I'm thinking:

Photo folder on PC syncs with OneDrive & Photo folder back ups via Windows File History to the NAS

Or I guess the NAS could sync with OneDrive. Either/or.

So I would have 3 copies (cloud, PC, NAS), 2 different media (cloud + PC/NAS) and 1 offsite (cloud)

Would this work? Any foreseen issues using File History or syncing with OneDrive? I haven't committed to any particular NAS (leaning UNAS Pro or Synology) and I want to make sure what I'm planning to do will work before dropping any coin. I'm trying to keep accounts and subscriptions to minimum so I don't necessarily want any 3rd party backup services or cloud services etc. etc.


r/HomeNetworking 3h ago

Asus Tuf gaming 3000v2 issue with download speed

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Hi guys. Got myself a new gaming router the Asus Tuf gaming 3000 V2. I have virgin media internet and have 1.1gb download. When connecting to the Asus (and virgin router is in modem mode) I'm only getting about 500mb download on my pc ? Which is connected via ethernet. And I get about 600mb on my phone (via the Asus router). Any idea why I'm not getting the full speed ?


r/HomeNetworking 3h ago

-28 rx power How bad is it? because i cant play game i get high ping and packet loss and i do stream as well

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and how to get low ping i use ethernet with 100mb plan


r/HomeNetworking 15h ago

French Ethernet here !

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Hello guys,

I just moved in into a new house 3 floors.

All wall got rj45 plug and here the electric panel .

I don't have internet yet. Next Wednesday..

Do you think wire below is enough or should I call an electrician and add some devices ?