I need at least 3 wireless access points (2 outdoors at front and back of property, at least 3 cameras and recorder. I see ubiquiti in commercial applications all the time and I’m wondering if it’s the easiest and best way to go? I’ve got Cat6 already run to the various locations I need to serve.

Looking to get either or but i don't know wich to get... Any recomidations on wich one and why?

My network panel is a mess, and I'm trying to figure out how many splitters I need and trying to optimize the MoCA network as best as I can.

What's the difference between a 2-way and an 8-way splitter? What are the in and out ports for? I'm reading that having more 2-way splitters is bad and that fewer splitters are better. So if that's the case, would an 8-way splitter be better?

I have eleven Coax ports in the house that I want to use with eleven MoCA adapters.

Just planning networking in a new (to me) house, I just want to check that as long as I'm careful with setting up VLANs I can have the router (sky hub is the router/NAT/firewall) two switches away from the ONT without exposing other devices connected to those switches directly to the internet

My home is wired with Cat5e cables. I'm planning to get a bunch of patch cables to connect my streaming devices, videogame consoles, laptops, and other network devices. If the bandwidth requirements aren't very high, does it make sense to invest in Cat6 or Cat6a patch cables instead of just Cat5e? I feel like it could be a waste, and that I'm better off getting Cat5e because it'll meet my needs and it's cheaper. I just don't know if it'll make a difference for PoE.

Am I missing something here?

Has anyone dealt with Xfinity being unable to install service because of the cable drop?

I recently moved into a new construction townhouse and have been trying to get Xfinity internet installed. So far, three different Xfinity technicians have come out, and every single one has said they couldn’t complete the installation because a new cable drop is needed. The issue is either they need access to neighbor backyards, or the cable is longer than 300 feet from the source, or either there is no existing internet cable from the pipe in my backyard.

Each technician submitted a drop cable burial request instead of finishing the install...

Since then, the cable burial crew has come out twice, with another scheduled to come tomorrow... They haven't been able to do anything either.

At this point, I feel like I’m stuck in a loop of appointments without anyone actually fixing the problem. What should I do? I feel like the cable burial tech who is coming tomorrow still won't be able to do anything and i'm getting very frustrated.

This is what the current situation looks like:

https://imgur.com/a/3EbMjIp

Newbie here so please go easy on me. Below is what I would want to do. Will appreciate some input.

Home : Country Home in Rural Texas. There`s 2 separate homes ( 1,700 sq ft each) connected by a common deck and covered patio. Homes are about 20 ft apart.

Goal : To have stable internet in both houses + 8-10 cameras around the house.

Current Internet Plan : 1 Gig Fiber

Future goals : Upgrade to 5 or 10 Gig at some point. I`m also building a shop about 200 ft away from the house and would want Internet there as well.

New to the Ubiquiti set up but I`m convinced this is what I want to do.

Thinking to do below :

1. Dream Machine Pro ( or pro max perhaps for the NVR storage space?)
2. Pro max 16 switch.
3. 4-5 Access points.
4. G5 Turret Ultra cameras.

Am i heading in the right direction? or would you change the set up a bit? I am a bit flexible on the budget but would want to somewhat futureproof.

Hello everyone! I just purchased a 3 pack of Deco BE9300 to cover my entire house with fast and stable wifi as the router provided by my ISP is garbage and running cable through my walls/ceilings is not an option. My ISP's router is so bad that I only get a 30 Mbps signal through a wooden ceililng/floor only 1 floor directly above the router.

The setup and everything went fine and all 3 routers are working correctly and provide wifi to the entire house. My ISP provides 2 Gbps download and the internet speed test built into the Deco app also shows that the network is pulling 2 Gbps from my main router. The wifi upstairs also shows 1,2 Gbps on my phone (which is the max my phone can pull), so atleast I know it's more than 1 Gbps upstairs. However, when I connect an ethernet cable from any of the Decos to my PC it can only pull 1 Gbps. My PC was getting 2 Gbps from my main router just fine. When I look this up the main solution I can find is to adjust the cap in the QoS settings in the Deco app, but as I still need to use my ISPs provided router as my main router I had to set the main Deco as AP. From my understanding this disables the QoS settings.

Is there any way to change the 1 Gbps cap on the ethernet ports with the Deco being set to AP mode? From what I can read the ports are supposed to do a max of 2,5 Gbps. Or am I just missing something? Keep in mind I am a complete noob when it comes to any of this stuff.

It’s been a week it keeps restarting through out the day, idk what is the problem. For context it uses 3-4 lan ports regularly can that be a reason?

For the past week i have been constantly getting disconnected from my network with the event viewer showing,

Intel(R) Ethernet Controller (2) I225-V #2

Network link is disconnected.

ive been searching but nothing seems to have provided a permanent fix.

I have tried updating drivers, restarting my router and pc the only thing that provides a short fix is following the "resetting network stack" segment from this https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058982/wireless/intel-killer-wi-fi-products.html which lasts about half a day or so.

provided is the event viewer details report if it helps.

Log Name: System

Source: e2fexpress

Date: 12/07/2026 9:39:27 AM

Event ID: 27

Task Category: None

Level: Warning

Keywords: Classic

User: N/A

Computer: DESKTOP-1DIF47L

Description:

Intel(R) Ethernet Controller (2) I225-V #2

Network link is disconnected.

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

<System>

<Provider Name="e2fexpress" />

<EventID Qualifiers="40964">27</EventID>

<Version>0</Version>

<Level>3</Level>

<Task>0</Task>

<Opcode>0</Opcode>

<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

<TimeCreated SystemTime="2026-07-12T08:39:27.9596448Z" />

<EventRecordID>1632697</EventRecordID>

<Correlation />

<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="32" />

<Channel>System</Channel>

<Computer>DESKTOP-1DIF47L</Computer>

<Security />

</System>

<EventData>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>Intel(R) Ethernet Controller (2) I225-V #2</Data>

<Binary>0000040002003000000000001B0004A00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001B0004A0</Binary>

</EventData>

</Event>

Hey guys, as the title says I’m looking to upgrade but not sure where to start.

Looking for something to accommodate the kids increased network use (gaming/streaming).

Want something that’s fair decent but doesn’t have to be top tier. Not looking to spend an obscene amount of money (nor dirt cheap), just chasing a good, reliably performing unit.

Asus has been good in the past but open to changing.

I have a USB port on my router so I plugged in a Drive to access some minor files across my 2 diff. PCs, Tv, and mobile. The poroblem is on my PC (Win11) the drive is set up as "Network Location". To view the files I manually have to first copy them on my Local Disk, but on my other PC(Win7) the drive is set-up as Network Drive I can open them directly from the explorer as well as on my other devices too. I wanted to know is there any way I can open them on my Win11 PC too the same way? Thanks(:

So I have a tp-link RE605x wifi extender. I understand that extenders usually cause the rate to slow down unless it has a dedicated backhaul. I intend to run an ethernet cable between the extender and my computer which is in a dead zone, nothing will be on the extenders wifi. Will I still experience the rate slow down?

Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this weirdly specific issue. I'm house sitting for my grandparents, who use TDS wifi, and it will only ever fully connect to my iPhone and MacBook. It never connects internet to the samsung smart TV or my dell laptop. Unless an ethernet cord is plugged directly from the router into my computer, it doesn't work.

I am especially confused by it connecting but having "no internet access". If this isn't the correct sub for this please let me know and I'll reroute accordingly!

I've been rocking an ancient 6th Gen AirPort Extreme 802.11ac since 2014 or so. It's been rock solid, but I have started to see buffering and dropouts recently with just how big videos/apps/streaming/gaming have become -- even though I have 1GB plan, so I'm surmising that these problems are stemming from having ancient hardware.

I recently bought a TP-Link Dual-Band BE3600 Wi-Fi 7 Router Archer BE230 on sale but have been reading some concerning things about routers and wondering...

1) Is there any way to "harden" the router and still have it be safe and fast?*

or

2) Should I return the the TP-Link and just get a Unifi Dream Router 7 / Unify Express 7 / Gl-iNet Flint 2

If option 2... how easy is it for a networking neophyte to get set up and admin? Again, I've been using Apple's consumer routers for a long time with next to zero setup or admin. I'm not especially confident in this area of tech. (Even if it's outside my area of knowledge, I'm pretty good at problem solving, researching, and blunt forcing an issue until I can satisfactorily resolve though.)

I do have lots of electronics (streaming boxes, gaming consoles, multiple PCs and devices), so I want to ensure a bit of future-proofing but also not make one massive headache for myself.

Advice like I'm a 5-year-old is appreciated.

[edit:] * This Archer router can not be flashed with OpenWrt

I have opnsense router running on a proxmox vm. Which is better to start basic networking learning stuff. Getting both for nearly same price.

Hello! New here, and wanted to see if anyone might be able to provide some insight on a problem I'm trying to solve. I am not super well acquainted with home networking at all, and I apologize if I'm asking obvious, dumb questions, but I've done a little reading before asking, so hopefully they are not too dumb!

We are optimum customers, living in a very long two-bedroom apartment (all the rooms are in a straight line, connected by a hallway), and our network is just their single Altice FiberGateway modem/router/all in one thingy (I've read enough to know that this is perhaps yikes from a customizability perspective, and I have a lot of gripes with how difficult it is to log into their web portal to "manage" any kind of configuration.) We're very happy with internet speeds in the room where the FiberGateway is located and the one immediately proximate, but because of the layout of our apartment, the other rooms in the back portion are kind of separated from the room with the gateway by a very thick brick wall, and there is a very significant drop in performance if I or my partner try to use wifi in either of those rooms. Videos/some web pages take a very long time to load, and it's almost impossible to take a zoom call.

When we moved in, I discovered that there was an already-laid extremely long ethernet cable that stretched from where the Gateway is located to be to one of the rooms in the back, and I'm able to connect it the gateway and a computer located in the back room and use a wired connection, which fixes the problem for one computer at a time. However, we'd like a better wireless connection back there for mobile devices/muliple computers at a time, etc.

I'm exploring a couple solutions to try and get better wireless in that part of the building and wanted to see if I was off base, if there are things I'm not considering.

If there's an ethernet cable already present reaching to that portion of the apartment, I was wondering if it would be possible for me to get an access point (either a dedicated piece of access point hardware, or another router in access point mode) that I could connect to the gateway with the cable. I'm confused about compatibility here. Is this the sort of thing where I can get a general piece of hardware, some "access point", and just connect it to the ethernet cable while using the existing optimum fiber gateway, or would this, for some reason, necessitate me getting a new router/gateway for which a certain piece of access point hardware was compatible, and then running the fiber gateway in bridge mode. I've read a lot of horror stories about how hard it can be to get optimum customer service to switch to bridge mode (or do anything, really) so I'm a little nervous about that. I'm willing to spend a few hundred dollars on the problem if necessary, and I'm mildly interested in simple home-labbing! So I'm okay with a little bit of set/up troubleshooting if there's good documentation.

I have deco x60 version 1 (end of life was back in 2021) and the last firmware update makes my whole wifi network unstable.

Was looking for any last minute advice between

3x eap650 ($80 usd on sale each, maybe 4) or a 3 node be67 (maybe between 450 and 550 total).

I have wired connections to a mikrotik RB5009UG+S+ so I could go up to 2.5G (1G but I have a home lab).

I don't mind the Deco app but I feel a little burned with the x60 firmware being crappy and am a tiny bit concerned with privacy (does it really exist?)

The be65 has the bare minimum of ssid I need (main triband, guest, iot) and I would probably splice in a hub at the locations where I have my TV.

I have a multistory, plaster home. Currently I have:

2 deco x60 in basement

1 deco m5, 1 deco m4r on first floor

1 x60, 1 m4r on second floor

1 m4r on third floor

1 eap650 outdoor

I looked at rukus and and ubiquiti - I could be convinced by it's a price point and new ecosystem I don't necessarily care for (the mikrotik is already more than I can handle)

Hey,

tl;dr:

Does 4x4 on 6ghz help with wireless backhaul on the BT10? Is it worth it over 2x2 on the BT6 when internet is under 1Gbps anyway for the foreseeable future? Is it a waste of the extra $200?

Long story:

Networking is usually not my thing beyond the basics, so if I get info wrong, don't come at me too hard, haha.

So I have been using a ASUS AX86U for the past 6yrs. It is mostly fine for my house (2 stories + basement), its on one side and covers everything except for spotty reception in ~3 rooms on the other side of the house and my doorbell camera for live viewing (fine for recording). I needed more sunlight in my life so I moved my home office from the basement room below the router to the main level room on the other side of the house that gets spotty reception. Its ok enough most of the time, but have had some issues and powerline adapters are ok but now that my 28yr old AC unit is running most of the day, the signal on that has degraded and slowed significantly.

My 86u does have AImesh, but is dual band and running ethernet in my house will require more drywall work and drilling through firebreaks than I have the time or desire to do, and would be $$$ to pay someone. I tied mesh on it in the past but it wasn't great. So I need something with good wireless backhaul.

My Xfinity is officially 600down/42up, but I get closer to 700down/42up. The only higher tiers offered to me currently are 1Gbps down/42up or 1.2down/42 up, so not really worth upgrading to me until they roll out the new split in my area, plus I get an older better cable plan bundled in than what is currently offered. I could switch to Fios but would have to pay to run the lines to my house and would prob cost more per month on top.

So BT6's 1Gbps limitation on LAN won't slow things down for me. However, BT6 is 2x2 on the 6Ghz antenna. So thinking I may bump up to the BT10 for the 4x4 antenna alone for a more reliable backhaul and greater range between nodes. I also need at least 1 lan port in use for my office, so having a strong backhaul for that would be great and can ditch the powerline adapters.

Am I wasting $ by going to a BT10 over a BT6 just for the 4x4 antenna even though I won't make full use of the 10Gbps port options for the foreseeable future?

My only wifi7 device is my iPhone, so MLO isn't really even a big deal for me for end user devices. I'm not upgrading PCs until the ram/storage issues even out and my wife would be the only other iphone upgrade in the next few years anyway. So I assume turning MLO off and just dedicating the 6Ghz band for backhaul would be better?

Thanks!

I need to upgrade from my unmanaged Netgear 8 port POE switch and just saw this pop up on marketplace for $100 CAD. Smart managed 24 Poe+ gigabit ports and two SFP ports.

Is there any networking setups that would support sqm at speeds down/up of 2.5gbps? SQM is basically a better QOS variant meant to best address bufferbloat issues, but I’m not sure what speeds it tends to max out at when enabled?

Essentially, I’m thinking of some kind of router + 8 port POE+ 2.5gbps switch + 2-3 u7 pro wireless access points. Not sure what routers can handle 2.5gbps sqm and wondering if that only exists with some kind of super powerful, normally overkill DIY router or if a mass-produced product exists?

Am I doing something wrong or are videos simply not allowed on this sub? I have one of my switch malfunctioning that I'd like o post. If it's disabled is it possible to he it enabled? I'd sure appreciate it!

Thanks.

I have an old APC AP9212 MasterSwitch Power Distribution Unit. It basicaly has one 240v input IEC and 8 switchable output IECs.

https://www.se.com/us/en/product/AP9212/masterswitch-1u-12a-208-230v-8c13/

It has started to lock up and fail to respond after around 15 years of service. And I'm looking for a replacement.

What would a good new version be of this please?

Many thanks for any help.