networking

I recently got the urge to visit the second-hand computer market and got some ancient computer parts. An Asrock H61m-DPS motherboard, an intel i3-2120, and a D-link DGE-530T rev-B2 PCI gigabit ethernet card. My initial idea is to move my file server, which runs on an old dell laptop now, to this...

Hello all, I'm attempting to set up a virtual router for a VPN and I've attempted every troubleshooting tutorial and video out there and cant figure this out. I will first explain where I'm currently stuck followed by the steps I have already taken. Where I'm stuck... Driver...

Hello guys, I hope you all are doing well. Recently I did a clean installation of windows 11 on my HP laptop since then my wifi option not showing in task menu or in setting options sometime it's their sometime it's not which very frustrating please help me to fix it and by the way my wifi...

I have been dealing with constant packet loss with Xfinity that occurs every few seconds at its worst and happens every hour(Down 900, up 20-25). It gets worse from 7pm-12pm like clockwork. In ping plotter you can clearly see an issue with packets, but how can I get to fix this? I am on ethernet...

In May of this year, I made a post in this forum about the mysterious tech issue I am experiencing (Here is a link to the post: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/i-have-a-networking-tech-issue-and-i-dont-know-what-it-is.3764850/). That discussion ended with neither me nor the awesome...

Is it safe to use a downloaded file and seeding it at the same time?

My ISP does not provide me with access to the ARP Tables on my ISP provided Modem Router, this means that I cannot stop the ARP tables from being flushed (not sure if that's the right term) every 5 minutes from my Modem Router after the computer I intend to turn on shuts down. So far I have...

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...

I was able to create folder and close my FTP client (FIlezilla), while HDD was still in standby mode. All actions was made, and after that I heard that my drive begin to wake up. Is this was request on delay or what? My FTP: Router and WD My Book.

As I understand WD drive colors are describing different purposes of usage (Black - for server; blue- for pc's, Green- is ecology friendly, etc.). But how is they differs inside?

Hello Guys, I recently bought this AX 86 U router, I have my PC plugged into via ethernet cable, I use cat 8 cable. I watch a lot of streams (youtube and twitch) sometimes when I click streams or movies to fast forward a few seconds or minutes, my router just times out and resets the...

I'm in the process of running some cat 6 cable from my main router to my basement in hopes of getting a better connection to my Xbox that's in the basement. Right now, my ISP-provided router lives in an addition to the house, which is separated from the main house by an old exterior brick/block...

I was thinking to enter a NTP address in to the router for ftp time sync, but now I bit worry.

If I send command to the server: create directory and enter. Server will create one but not enter in it, is there gonna be an error reported in the event log?

I'm a beginner in the ftp protocol, but I wonder when select file (or even whole share) and cancelling an operation, would be some data corrupted or not? Thanks. I using FtpZilla for managing, and a hdd attached to a router

Good day, I have two TP-Link 1024d network switches located in the same office, connected to each other. One of the switches is connected to my Internet router which is in another room. My problem is that the second switch (the one not connected to the router) does not have internet...

So I have basically been having this issue for around 6 months, every night between 4-7 to probably around 3am-5am, I will have 3-5x more ping to every game, and every server, when running a speedtest, it is at the same speed of 900MBPS as during the day when it is not having this issue, I have...

I got a eero mesh system last week. After setup everything wireless in my house appears to be working just fine. The problem is I have several hardwired computers which no longer talk to the wireless printer. I have Verizon FIOS for my ISP and they use a 192.168.1.x network and the eero uses...

I had huge fps drops so I contacted riot support and after few messeges they told me to use pingplotter to see if thats the issue. It turned out that i have 100% packet loss to their servers. I've tried with my mobile hotspot and the result is the same. So now i dont know if the issue is on the...

Hi y'all, I haven't posted with a problem in a while but this one is really bugging me. My roomates and I have had problems with our ethernet recently that have been beyond frustrating. Both of my roomates have switched to WIFI over ethernet because of slow download speeds, but I don't have the...

I learned that the LLC sublayer of Data Link layer is responsible for Error Detection and Error Correction. However, while I read some articles, I found out that the transport layer carries out Error Checking. I'm really confused about this.

Need some help here. I have just 1 Data Sim. And i have been using it from my phone as a hotspot. Its all good but once you get calls or stuff, it disrupts the hotspot. So i decided to get a MIFI Router. And it became so slow. Like Download speed is horrible. Upload speed seems fine. Stupid...

Hey all ! I'm new to networking and had just setup a OMV NAS and am struggling to allow access to users on the same network. I think it has something to do with my setup, as I have the isp router combo next door, and I am running the ethernet through a switch then a powerline adapter to get to...

Hello, Im not sure if im posting this in the correct section but here i go :D So ive been trying to make a batch file to send any file i put in a folder to a specific folder in multiple servers in my network. Problem is when the file name contains Cyrillic characters - it ends up scrambled and...

Hi, Is it possible for me to send my WIFI to my friend? His WIFI is terrible and it takes hours for him to download even small games. Can I somehow send wifi to him or download games for him from my WIFI or even send games without him using his WIFI? Thanks, ExplosiveGeek

I live in Indiana and yet I get 70-100+ ping to ESEA (3rd party CS:GO client) servers. I have 300/300 fiber from a smaller company (TDS Telecom) and the default routing is hit or miss for example to League of Legends I get about 30 default, (Chicago server) But to other Chicago servers it can be...

Hi guys, I have 2 Fiber service with the same spec (300 Mb up/ 300 Mb down) at my place. Using two different modems I could Load Balance the Services using my Asus TuF-AX5400 in Dual WAN mode and Load Balance with 1:1 structure. The total output was 540 Mb up and 500 Mb down which looks perfect...

When I booted up my pc today I didn't have any internet, even though my ethernet cable says it's connected. I checked if the problem was with my cable, by connecting it to my laptop, It worked perfectly on my laptop so it's not that. I've tried numerous fixes; Restarting the router, ipconfig...

I have recently swapped isp companies and since the swap they installed fiber internet and gave us a modem and i plugged our router into it and our internet works fine but i have the ports opened on my router but when i check if the ports are open it keeps saying no, and previously it had worked...

Trying to get better connectivity on the front end of my house. Currently have Modem>router>router but am getting about 100 less mbps up front at the 2nd router. Is it possible to go modem>router>switch>router? This would put everything up front hardwired to the switch, and the 2nd router just...

Hi There Everyone, Long Bit I have a great question for you all. A Bit of Background, I was running for a long time, A Netgear DGND3700v2, connected to my DoDo ISP Router with Voip. So I'm running Kodi for all my movies. Im getting Dropouts and Buffering So I Run Cables Between my 3 Main PCs, 1...

My isp is not well developed company. so they only have ipv4 running their whole system there is no ipv6. How can i get ipv6 for my daily use of like vps or some other network related things. i see microsoft teredo tunneling but that did not help me.

I use an ethernet cable on a Linksys extender box. Every time my connection is lost, the box stays on and my brother can still play. While I get disconnected from the game. My port goes dark every time it happens. I have no clue if it has something to do with my hardware or my OS

Hi all, So I have an issue that I hope you can help me with. I have a smartphone that is connected to an wireless access point. When I ping from the Access Point(AP) > smartphone, I experience high and inconsistent ping times compared to when I ping from the Access Point > a non-smartphone...

Hey, I want to end terms with my home network service provider and looking to buy a private router and set it up - which I have no idea how to do exactly. I don't know how this goes in other regions, but here you pay for a package deal to have a network infrastructure and a service provider...

Can't find any possible way for me to get ipv6 address on a ipv4 only internet. In linux i was able to get ipv6 by miredo, but in windows i found solution like installing windows teredo adapter, but there is no teredo adapter in windows, i reinstalled windows many times but that solutions is not...

So I am a college student and for a project, I am very interested in whether or not there is ANY way for me to apply port security settings to the ports of an unmanaged switch. I realized that unmanaged switches do not have any sort of interface in which to naturally do this, unlike managed...

I currently live in a university dorm that only has wireless internet access. There are no ethernet ports inside the rooms and connections come from wireless access points in the hallways. I have been streaming on twitch the past few weeks and the overall quality of the stream seems to be...

My desktop PC has abruptly stopped recognising the Ethernet cable that connects it to the router (the PC doesn't have wifi capability), and therefore no longer connects to the internet. This happened after I switched it on and Windows did not boot as normal - instead, I got a blank screen with...

Hello, I have a problem with slow browser download speed. I tried to change browsers, but the speeds were the same, so i switched to linux on virtualbox and download speed went from 1 mb/s on windows to 5 mb/s on linux. Anyone know what can cause a problem on windows and how to fix that?