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Hi, I've noticed that my ping will randomly spike every five minutes for a few hours and then be perfectly fine. I replaced my wifi card with a usb wifi adapter, I'm getting better download, but I'm still having the problem with random high ping spikes. I ran a tracert to google.com, pinged my...

My friend and I just moved into an apartment for college and were both looking into setting up our pcs with ethernet. (Sorry if this upcoming part is unclear/confusing) I believe we have some type of fiber line/internet. We have a Nokia modem that has the 10g Lan port light up. We then have an...

I have two routers, the main router (ASUS RT-AC66U B1 ) is connected to the internet from ISP and the second one in my room (ASUS RT-AC1200G+) is connect to the main router via ethernet cable. I have already set up WIFI SSIDs for the main router, if I want my second router to repeat the same...

I bought Cisco RV340 Router for my office to connect two WAN 1 has 300mbps connection another is 5mbps I am getting 300mbps speed when I connect directly from modem but through RV340 getting only under 90mbps speed. I have connected with 4 pair cable and port mode is on auto negotiation...

I'm currently using a WD Mycloud, but the interface is clunky. I managed to set it up (and had to write down) so that everyone on my network can have a networkdrive to which they can back up their stuff. It's just that.. if something goes awry, I'll have to clue how to set up that WD Mycloud...

Hello, I have a question about adding a NAS to my home. I currently have my Virgin Media router in modem mode and the Asus router I brought is connected to it upstairs. I want to add a NAS downstairs next to the Virgin Media router, is this a problem, and will it work.

Hello, about a year ago you guys helped me build my pc and now I'm asking for help with my router. Context I just moved in. Excuse my lack of knowledge and words for some items. So there is a cable box cable as what I can describe twisted onto the bottom of the router and that is twisted into...

Hi I’m a networking newbie so I’ll take as much explanation as possible. I moved to a new apartment that has Ethernet ports in each room. My modem/router is in the living room and is plugged via coax cable. I have a patch panel in a closet (pic) that looks like the Ethernet cables are punched...

[Moderator Edit to break up a solid paragraph and remove bold font.] Hi everyone, I am looking for some help so if you have any info please share, I'm going to explain what I'm trying to do and then hoping you can tell me if any of my ideas are possible or if you have better ideas please share...

Router model - SR516ac I'm trying to access the router settings for my SMART/RG router. I have tried entering the default gateway, and the ipv4 address provided in command prompt after typing ipconfig. I enter them in the browser(chrome) address bar and it fails to connect to anything. I have...

So this is a bit complicated to explain but this is something I simply can't solve. Essentially I had an old computer that I had in place of this new one that used the same ethernet cable that I am currently on. With my old PC I had no issues accessing my router settings with 192.168.0.1. I also...

Hey fellas! I have a problem with my D-Link DSL-224/R1 router. Basically the WAN connection is lost for 5~ minutes and then goes back up. I'm not sure what causes it, but I've snooped this from the logs, connection is down from Aug 13 16:45:47 to Aug 13 16:49:36 : Aug 13 16:36:58...

Hello, I am using Cisco RV042 Dual VPN wan router for the last 7years but now I want to upgrade its max bandwidth support is 100mbps. now I am having 300mbps + 50mbps plan in my office but it is only giving me around 80mbps. So now I have to buy a new one which is a gigabit router I have seen...

This question has been asked quite a lot of times, but none of the solutions featured helped me. I'm using a Windows 10 PC with a Realtek PCIe gaming ethernet, which is connected by Ethernet to an AP. The AP itself is connected to the main router through Ethernet as well. I've switched my...

Just recently, I reseted my pc and noticed that it had much slower download speed and higher ping than I should. I than tried to plug my laptop into the same ethernet cable and the speed and ping got back to normal. Before I reseted my pc the download, upload, ping was around (850, 850, 2) but...

Hello, I am using TP Link WiFi router WR740N v4 which is 5-6 years old. I am getting "Request timed out error" 2-3 times intermittently every 5-10 minutes. Since I am working on VM hosted on Azure, this stops me working for few seconds. For normal browsing/streaming that would not be an issue...

Out of the blue, my router will start blinking red light. When i dive into wireless settings-- "Wan port is Unplugged". i have to physically unplug and re-plug the ethernet cable that goes into WAN port. BOOM I Have Internet connection. Again when i lose internet(random once a day).. have to...

Hello, Could someone please recommend the best router for £100-150? (Is that enough for a decent one?) Virgin media modem is downstairs and the new router is to be positioned upstairs, connected via cat6 cable. I live in a 3 bed house set over 2 floors. It's not a huge house by any means...

Hi all! I'm just getting into homelabbing and am seeing some strange behavior from my setup. I'm running pfSense on a Dell R210 II and a Brocade ICX-6450-24P switch. My setup is the following: Verizon -> pfSense on Dell R210 II -> Brocade switch (layer 2 firmware on boot) The Dell R210 II...

I have a wifi 4 router now. With 250mbps fibernet connection. Maximum speed i get on lan is 100mbps and on wifi is 50 mbps. wifi drops if i try to connect more than 4 devices. Will be connecting maximum of 10 devices on wifi. and 1 on lan Home use. 4 rooms .Total 1000 sq ft. Single floor. Only...

Pic 1 I don't know what to fill in these bars when I fill them with the ipconfig info this error pops up Pic 2 I have a Huawei 4g router 3 pro b535 purpose of the static IP (I'm also quite new to networking so pls beginner-friendly answer <3) The main purpose for all this is so I can open up...

Hey there, I ordered dualwan load balancing router. Would like to get answer about load balancing. I have an adsl internet and my neighbour also have adsl internet. We want to load balancing both networks. My question is, will it possible to use one lan from adsl and second from wifi repeater...

Hello, my router died and I need to get a new one. Can someone recommend a decent one? I don't need a modem/router combo, but I do need one with wireless. I tried the googles but there are so many different kinds ... Thanks for any help :)

Hello. Nice to meet you! I ask you – Did I make the right choice? Please read and please respond with a simple yes or no answer and if you could explain why you feel I did or did not and what you would have done. Last week, I purchased a new router from Amazon.com. It is the TP-Link A6 V3...

So i got a problem with my DLink-2750U router in that the upload /download speeds randomly (many times a day) get really low and/or becomes nul until either i disable then renable wifi on my phone or pc or i reboot the router altogether at first i thought that this may simply be a problem with...

Hi all, My question is related to the topic of DHCP lease time. Or at least, so I believe. The office where I started working recently had ISP issues for the longest time and therefore a weak internet connection. Or so they believed. Recent inspections revealed that a network loop might've...

Hello I recently moved to Germany, to an apartment with a TAE socket. My ISP provided me with a FRITZ!Box 7530 with a TAE to RJ45? DSL cable, but I will have to return this in a couple months. I thought I ordered a correct good replacement, an ASUS DSL-AC68U, But found that I didn't receive the...

I live in a house with two floors. Initially I had only one router which is a TP-Link archer C6. I getting consistent speeds of 250 Mbps on all my devices. The problem was that the range wasn't enough for the top floor. So I decided to use a second router for the top floor connected to the first...

Hello, I'm playing in a NHL09 league with few friends trough created server by one of them. We connect to his server by his IP, to choose our game and then play. We used to play trough hamachi (to connect to your opponent) but they told me that i can connect trough direct ip after...

Hello, I have a Tenda F3 router, which has a 1*10/100M auto-negotiation WAN port. My problem is that I have a wifi modem from my ISP, but it's range is terrible (speed is 100mbit/s), so I tried to use my Tenda F3 router to increase the wifi range. Connected them with a cat 5e cable, set the...

I have a specific situation that could be solved if this is possible. I am a musician and for livestreams on stage I use multiple phone cameras as webcams (with an app called IVcam). They all connect to the laptop via the venue's wifi. The Venue's internet is good enough for livestreaming...

Hello everyone, My current router is nearing end of life and i need a high end router that works for my extensive use. So here is what i need exactly: I have 50-75 devices and will need to add more so i need a router than can handle that load and perform optimally. I Can only use 2.4GHz as of...

Hello all, So a couple of days ago my computer was behaving a bit weirdly. I wasn't even using it but noticed that I had lost connection to Discord. When I went to check it out, it said that I had no network connection at all. I checked the System Events and saw a lot of these e1rexpress...

I've been setting up a new home with fresh cabling and am at the final stages of configuring all of the settings for both the router and switch on the network. I'm having a problem where the router says "Your ISP's DHCP does not function properly." I have the modem plugged into port 24 on a 24...