home networking

I'm in a home networking sort of dilemma -in a two story house, only 1 coax cable running through a wall into the room the pc I'm trying give a wired connection to, is available. This coax cable is connected into the homes cable modem. and cable modem connected to the router via ethernet...

I am trying to connect two routers via a bridge as I am receiving poor connectivity on my first floor. I am planning to connect the 2 routers with Ethernet cable from LAN port of Router 1 (R1) to LAN port of Router 2 (R2). Is it the right way? My ISP's R1 is a FTTH dual band - some Chinese made...

Hi. I have a NAS, that although it is wireless capable, it is in fact hardwired to my switch. I also have two laptops hardwired into that switch. At one time, both laptops could see the NAS without issue. Now, Laptop A can no longer access it, but B still can just fine. If I click on...

I realize that this question is probably a bit esoteric, but bear with me - old guy that used to know most of this stuff that hasn't seriously studied in awhile. So, the wife and I upgraded from a 100 Mbps cable company internet connection for about $110 a month to a Fiber Gigabit line about a...

Hi! We are in the process of building a new house and we want to design a good networking system from the beginning. First, we want to hardwire most of the rooms in the house. From the research i've made, my understanding is that the most comon setup is modem>router>switch>patch panel> rest of...

Before I begin, I'll try to describe the layout of my home network. I have two separate rooms of ethernet devices, we'll just define them as Room 1 and Room 2 below: Room 1 (All ethernet) 2x PC 1x MacBook Pro w/ dock 1x Network Switch (Netgear GS105E) 1x Powerline Adapter (Netgear PLP2000)...

I need an ONT but it must be best performance. Which brand do you recommend? Ericsson, Nokia etc.

So many options to choose from. I admit I am a beginner, can you please tell me if this is a good set up. We are renovating our house. TP-Link EAP225-Wall Omada AC1200 Wireless MU-MIMO Wall-Plate Access Point TP-Link TL-SG1008P 8-Port Gigabit PoE Ethernet Switch (4 PoE Ports, 55 Watt Budget...

I have been experiencing large lag spikes and slow speeds on my ethernet connection. Pinging the router shows large spikes (over 1000ms ping) that seems to coincide with the windows service host on my computer sending and receiving packets from a Cloudflare server. Using netstat -aon does not...

I have a home wired for Cat5. All the wires in the closet were cut and dangling. I made the effort to wire then all to a patch panel. The remaining issue is that I was only able to identify about 5 of the 30 to the wall plates. I have gone through two different sets of Wire Tone Generator...

I was considering trying to build a mesh WiFi system using a Netgear RAX200 with an EAX80. Would this greatly hinder the performance of the router compared to it running independently? If so, what are some other options for a high-performance WiFi 6 mesh system?

Hey everyone, I am trying to setup a two router wireless/wired network. I have basic knowledge of networking and router setup and I used to have a setup like this a while back but I can't quite remember how I did it. Heres my situation, Downstairs entertainment center has a smart TV, Game...

I currently live with my folks and as many people, I’m sure, have seen before they don’t want me tinkering with their network too much. They don’t mind if I had a home lab in my room, but the problem with that is there are no Ethernet ports ran upstairs. I did research on power line, MoCa (I...

WHAT I WANT TO DO: My wife has started purchasing "smart" devices and I can no longer just say no. So, I'd like to separate my Smart / Internet of Things (IoT) devices from all of the other devices on my home network by creating an entirely different network through my single home internet...

I am having problems with my PC. What is happening is some intensive games (Fortnite, PUBG, Rainbow Six Siege) are giving my system black screens when I try to play them at ultra. My system USED to be able to handle this. A temporary fix, (at least for Fortnite) is running the game at the lowest...

Hi everyone, i'm curious is there any way to switch between RivaTuner OSD "modes" by one click? What i mean is sometimes i want to check the temps/loads and sometimes just a fps counter (let's say Full Stat and FPS counter mode). Right now when i want one of this options i'm entering MSI...

brightness problem : when i press fn+brightness key in acer laptop it doesnot work with the windows 10. earlier it was working when the laptop was enabled with windows 8.1.

Hello, so my computer doesn't want to turn on at all after trying to install a new power supply which I was told on another thread here http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2415629/power-supply-working.html this will tell what's up with my counter and what was happening before it decided to...

Recently purchased 2 120 Scythe fans for my new build. in/out config. I'm still in testing phase. I have no video card untill friday or hard drive . I have a msi 970A-g46 MB, Fx6350 cpu, a Coolmax 679W Psu, and 8 gb of hyper blu 1600 ram. When I turn on sys (no video card or Harddrive) I get...