wi-fi

I have an extra Huawei eg8145v5 modem and a Palm 1727 xc 11 1 MIMO antenna lying around. The eg8145v5 doesn't have a slot for external antenna but what can I do to hack the two together to make a long range Wi-Fi? Edit : I don't have experience about soldering parts and don't have any tools for...

Hi, I'm having constant issues with the wireless module on my laptop since I've bought it. Works fine, until I unplug the power adapter and try to download something. Then the connection goes off and suddenly the option to connect to a wireless network completely disappears from the control...

Hello, I'm having packet loss to my router/modem on my MSI gaming laptop which is limiting my ability to play games online. the only thing I can think of is maybe 2 weeks ago after a update on my network adapter driver these problems started but im not 100% sure about it. I have already...

So I built a new PC with the above motherboard, build went incredibly smoothly. To be honest my 25 year old daughter did 99% of the work and I'm not kidding. I used the board because it was part of a package deal. Wi-Fi did not work after a Windows 10 install, I scoured Tom's and the web and...

My PC's wifi has stopped working The driver name is Mediatek Wi-Fi 6E MT7922 (Rz616) 160MHz Wireless Lan Card It gets error code 10, the device cannot start. I've tried multiple things and can't update/roll back the driver as Windows can't update the driver for a device with error code 10. Any...

Hello, I switched recently from an LTE internet to DSL internet and faced some strange problem: my photo app (I tried many - all have the same problem, e.g. Amazon Photos and Google Photos) stopped to recognize the WiFi (all other apps do). It writes just "Waiting for WiFi", although it is...

Hello, I bought a xbox series x with game pass ultimate for my younger brother who like to play online competitively. Don't want him touching my PC lol. I logged into my router and see these settings: Enable QoS Enable DMZ Address Reservation Airtime Fairness Which settings above shall I...

I built a pc which has had no issues its now around 2 years old and the Ethernet port stopped working, it lights up orange or red and the wifi has stopped too. I have then bought a NICGIGA 2.5G Base-T PCIe Network Adapter, Realtek RTL8125B 2.5Gbps/1Gbps/100Mbps PCI Express. When i added this to...

Hello, I am using Huawei AX3 router, recently bought. Sometimes several times in an hour, sometimes less often like once in couple hours router appears to reset itself, it's barely noticeable and I only noticed after I turned off the LED indicator light and seen it light up again in moments like...

Hi, I've back to my place after couple months of unpresence, for that time everything in my home including pc and router was disabled just in case, when I came back and turned everything on I noticed that Internet is not good as it was. On pc (connected by Ethernet Cable) is relatively good...

Does using VPN use up more Wi-fi/data than normal if you didn't have it on, and if it does would that mean having VPN on can also slow down the Wi-fi speed for others who are connected to the same network? How? Is it also possible to have a VPN that does not slow down your internet speed at...

Hello. I'm using the hotspot of my laptop to give internet to multiple devices. The problem is that the Wi-Fi connection is viewed as metered by the other devices. When I connect the devices directly to the router's signal, the Wi-Fi they get isn't viewed as metered. But when I connect the...

Hello everyone, sorry for misspellings and noobieness. I just joined and it is 1:31am. I took a speed test on speedtest.net and it shows a download speed of 168.81mbps download speed and an upload speed of 2.19mbps. When I speedtest with the Ookla speedtest from the microsoft store, it shows a...

Hello. There is a person who freely shares his internet connection (he consciously chose to not put a password on his Wi-Fi network). When i asked him if i can connect, the person said yes, he also said he intentionally has no password, so people, who don't have Wi-Fi networks, can use his...

Hello. Do Wi-Fi and Bluetooth adapters come as extra components for laptops and desktop computers, or are they built-in to the motherboard? I want to buy a new PC. The description of the product doesn't say anything about Wi-Fi and Bluetooth adapters, so I'm wondering if the desktop PC will be...

My laptop, a 2017 MSI GE62vr 7RF has been unable to connect to the Wi-Fi recently and all indications point to a failing Wi-Fi card, I want to replace it but I'm unsure about compatibility. It has a MSI MS-16JB motherboard and is currently running an Intel AC-3168 Wi-Fi card. I can't find the...

Hello, Need help with the following: There are two houses ("big" and "guest"), the distance between them is around 4 meters. Wifi router is placed in the Big House. The signal strength in the Guest House is around -75 db according to my laptop. The connection is breaking, and ping sometimes...

I uninstalled my Realtek wireless Wi-Fi driver because it was hidden in the device manager and didn’t work. I am currently connected to my phone via USB, how do I reinstall my Wi-Fi driver? The name of the driver was Realtek RTL8723BE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E Nic in case someone wants the...

Hello. I would like to use my tablet as a Hot Spot to give internet access to all my devices, without connecting my devices to unsecured Wi-Fi, and risking getting viruses. So, this is what i did: I downloaded NetShare+ on my tablet. I connected my tablet to a Wi-Fi network that isn't secured...

Hello. I'm using my laptop as a router to emit signal, so i can connect 8 more devices. The built-in router my laptop has is 802.11ac. My question is, is there a way to make my laptop still emit signal even when the laptop is in sleep mode? Currently, the devices receive internet connection...

Hello, Every time I play online games I have a problem with unstable internet. When I play, after a couple of minutes I get disconnected and a globe icon appears in place of the wifi icon. Connection comes back usually after a couple seconds but sometimes longer. It always reconnects by itself...

I've been using the TP-Link AV600 Powerline Adapter (TL-WPA4220 KIT) for a while but yesterday it decided to stop working. I troubleshooted the heck out of it and can't seem to get it to work again (or at least not fully). I restarted/replugged both my router and the adapters and it started...

The internet connection in my apartment disconnects from time to time for ethernet and Wi-Fi separately. My desktop has ethernet connection while my partners laptop uses Wi-Fi. Sometimes I lose my connection while she still has internet and other times it's she who loses connection while I still...

So i got some new internet because the old one was way too slow and i also got a new router, the Tenda AC10U. The router itself is really good and i can't complain but when i connect to the wi-fi on my phone it says weak security. I've tried to change it but the only options i have are ...

My router is zyxel AMG1302-T11C. I wanted to test a server on port 5555 so I went to my router's admin panel and added a new rule for port 5555. After I was done, I deleted the rule but I ran a nmap scan just in case and I see that port 5555 is open on my router. Is this dangerous? How can I...

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...

I'm currently working on a Dell All-in-one pc that has been in the shop for a while. When booting up initially, it doesn't connect to our wireless network. It doesn't show a list of networks at all. When trying to see the networks through the control panel, it gives me a "ms-available networks...

For some reason any Wi-Fi gateway capable of +300mbps gives me severe migraines. I am trying to figure out what about these high speed modems is causing this EMHS. Here are the gateways I have tried: Arris TG1682G - “No issues” Caused EMHS • Xfinity XB6 (Arris + Technicolor) • Xfinity XB7...

Internet usage very oftenly drops to 0kbps, also usage drops to 0kbps when i open file explorer When wi-fi on pc disappears i can normally use it on my phone I tried literally everything i could find in internet and no result I also tried changing my wi-fi antenna, this didn't help

Hello everyone, Right now in my ASUS TUF DX505DU there is Realtek 8822BE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC, but sometimes I experience connection loses and additionally the signal of networks is kinda low. So I was thinking about upgrading it, as I will open laptop anyway to change thermal...

Hello I recently built a new PC and I have been facing high ping in certain games since new PC was up and running. Used to get 5 ping on my local server in CSGO and Dota2, now each server has ~+30 ping, and some servers are now unplayable as my ping is now ~100 from usual 60-65. On my old system...

Hello, I'm using Miracast to connect my laptop Lenovo W540 to my Philips TV 43PUS6554/12 and I use it as a second monitor. The thing is that I'm experiencing numerous connection interruptions and after digging a lot of information I found out that Miracast events are logged to WLAN-AutoConfig...

As the subject above says, I am paying AT&T for 45Mbps a month internet service. My wifi connection is disturbingly slow. Speed tests from multiple sources show anywhere between 4Mbps and 10Mbps (wifi) and 35 to 45Mbps (connected via ethernet). I am aware there can be discrepancies between what...

I just installed Windows 10 Home on an old PC with some parts that I upgraded, and can’t connect to the internet because Windows isn’t finding a wi-fi adaptor. The motherboard is a P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe, but I don’t know how to find out if it has a wi-fi adaptor. In the network adaptors section...

Can we configure a Wi-Fi router in such a way, like - out of these three devices, only one device can connect to the wifi at a time? If Yes, How? Actually I want to provide internet to others, but I can't trust them that they will use only one device at a time. So I want to configure the router...

I'm supposed to have a 100/100-plan and I get around 80mbps download speed with ethernet. My problem is that I only get around 1-3mbps upload speed. On my phone I can get around 10mbps upload speed. I have tried to swap the cable with no luck. Components: ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER DUAL EVO...

Hey there, I have a Lenovo laptop in which the wifi was working fine, then one day the wifi option just disappeared from my laptop. I checked device manager, and network in control panel the Wifi adapter and option was missing. It doesn't show up in windows 10 network settings, only ethernet...

Hey all, I have been troubleshooting recent issues with my TrendNet Powerline adapters. The models I have are a TPL-406E plugged into my router upstairs as the source, and the TPL-410AP two-port plugged downstairs as the receiver and wi-fi extender. The issue is that lately my Roku TV and...

I have a modem, conected to a switch and one of those switch cables conected into my D-LINK DIR-825 router (Firmware 7.00). I tested this cable without router and get 300mbps in my desktop, but when I connect the cable in my router, the lan and wifi connections are limiteds to 100mbps. I'm...

I bought asmart RGB wi-fi lightbulb and configured it correctly over the 2.4GHz network, but every time I turn it on- both 2.4 and 5GHz wifi and ethernet go down to 0.04mbps. Should I read up on how to limit the bandwidth to that particular device or is there a simpler way to fix it?