networking

[pseudo blade]

But not so common

[somber sandal]

Try and ping your default gateway, that will at least limit your trouble shooting to your pc or your equipment between you and your home router.

[lunar mist]

Yeah I had to do "systemctl restart NetworkManager" in the terminal

[safe mauve]

Is a router the best choice for a WireGuard server?

Also can anyone recommend a good firewall? Also do I need one?

[mystic latch]

It's no better or worse than other options IMO. Just a choice. Could easily do a WG server on a random device (like a raspberry pi). I do mine directly on my router though.

[mystic latch]

You can do OPNSense on pretty much any x86_64 device. I've repurposed an old enterprise thin client PC to act as my router.

[opal pagoda]

fortigate 90G

[clear igloo]

7121F more like it 😛

[main stream]

Hope this counts as "networking" with a cheeky meshtastic device recently acquired, it works like a charm! Made a ping from some dude in a plane lol

[pseudo blade]

LoRa's neat

[topaz patrol]

[opal pagoda]

He said good and not excelent

[pseudo blade]

I'd turn my nose up at it with a 99% discount
I mean 300+gbps of inspected traffic is insane but still

[topaz patrol]

Plus licenses

[pseudo blade]

Maybe it's an Australia thing

Even most ISPs here aren't paying for enough bandwidth in one place to warrant such a thing

[pseudo blade]

Indeed

[pseudo blade]

I think my water-based mobile NOC is a more compelling spend

[topaz patrol]

They’ll be fine

Keep in mind the web UI won’t work anymore

So you’ll have to be comfortable using the CLI

I’m pretty sure the web UI used Java applets

If you don’t want the management features you’ll be fine

Yes, but no browsers have had Java applet support for like 7 years

They may have gotten updated then, but I was working with a procurve 2610 a couple weeks back from a similar era that wanted Java support

[opal pagoda]

btw firewalls arent only used at the edge, you also use them for controlling zone traffic

[ripe pendant]

Can someone help me find a network switch, needs atleast 20 ports

[opal pagoda]

what is your budget, do you need poe? do you want higher than gigabit uplinks?

[ripe pendant]

What's poe?, and My buget is like 100$

1 gigabit is fine, we only got cat5E cables anyways

[clear igloo]

What's a good size house these days, lol

[clear igloo]

[ripe pendant]

No, dont have a server rack

Can I still use the ports for normal ethernet at 1gb?

With POe?

How much more expensive are poe switches

Yeah

[pseudo blade]

It'd pay for a bit over twice my house

[clear igloo]

Who needs house when you have firewall 😄

[pseudo blade]

Me

[clear igloo]

Live in the box it came in, some sturdy cardboard there

[pseudo blade]

It'd better be sturdy

I can't imagine having your most-of-a-million dollar firewall get smashed up in shipping

[topaz patrol]

Cheap house!

[opal pagoda]

even better if it comes on a pallet in a crate

yesterday in one of my 200f clusters one fortigate was down for some reason
i got onsite tech to unplug it and replug it and it came back up
no logs anywhere on why it went down

just bunch of HA logs that it lost communication

[clear igloo]

crashes with no logs are the worst

[opal pagoda]

solar flare be like

[opal pagoda]

thats why everything except access layer is in HA

[clear igloo]

oh definitely, it just is annoying when something crashes and you can't even get support on the phone to figure out why since there aren't logs or anything

[opal pagoda]

also you would guess that it would display a big ass warning "hey one of your HA clusters has lost a member"
but nooo just a tiny red arrow and nothing on a dashboard

[clear igloo]

yah, well of course, don't want to alarm anyone 😛

[opal pagoda]

aw yep
find a waldo moment

[topaz patrol]

so speedy

[main stream]

Sure is!

[ripe pendant]

Can you recommend one?

[ripe pendant]

Yeah

Can I get 1 with and 1 without?

So I can see the price difference

Thats a huge difference

I'll stick with non poe in thag case

[opal pagoda]

https://www.senetic.de/product/R8R50A?configurator=enable
Poe is possible on that budget but it will have to be used, example : WS-C2960X-24PS-L on ebay

[errant crown]

yo i’m lookin to set up sum diy home security with a local nas storage. would prefer to talk to someone with actual experience in this area

ping me pls

[modest fox]

Hey, what's an ideal setup for an older condo unit?

Currently using the modem/router Rogers provides with gigabit ignite (XB7), can't change settings, channels, etc. Looking to go bridged mode. WiFi speeds are okay but gaming is super unreliable. (I know wired is best but I'd really like to exhaust some wireless options. Running a cable is out of the question...)

Thanks friends!

[opal pagoda]

If you have coax in your walls you could use MoCa

[errant crown]

or powerline but it mega sucks compared to moca

[opal pagoda]

even tho "running a cable is out of the question" a stealth run could probably be done

[modest fox]

the PC is in a separate room from where the coax lines are so the cable run would be shorter but still not ideal

[old widget]

so i could use some switch suggestions. my old router died and the spectrum one is trash so it's time for upgrades which i've needed for a bit. so far i have an m720q + x520-da2 + 1Gbase-t transceiver to serve as the opnsense router (still debating on hw or vm), and a tp-link eap225 ap. would prefer at least 1 sfp(+) port. i'm not worried about poe at the moment and would prefer something equal to or quieter than my eaton 5p ups' and NO licensing/subscription bs.

[topaz patrol]

Calling licensing bullshit is a stretch lmao, but I understand if you don’t want it

You also provided very few requirements

[old widget]

well i have 3x intel x520's so the more sfp+ ports the more of my network i can run at 10g speeds. its for my home so requirements arent that extreme. i would prefer rackmount just for organizing purposes

[pseudo blade]

Licensing is bullshit when you're paying inflated prices for the hardware

My hardware shouldn't stop working because I've stopped paying money

[viral meteor]

what is the best ethernet cable for maximoum speeds i currently have an cat 5E cable

[delicate ice]

CAT 6, but it also depends on your networking needs and primarily distance.

[delicate ice]

your 5e is likely more than enough at home unless you're getting into multigig.

[viral meteor]

ok thanks

[delicate ice]

no worries

[delicate ice]

here's a chart for reference.

[viral meteor]

thanks this chart is actually really usefull

[delicate ice]

No problem

[opal pagoda]

This chart is wrong, cat6a can do 10g at 100m

[delicate ice]

ah yea nice catch, 500mhz probably wasnt factored.

[hollow totem]

Guys, for WiFi sages here, a quick question

How much range would an m.2 WiFi card have if you don't attach the antennas?

Would it be okay if you plan to use the wifi/bluetooth for Earbuds only i.e you'll be right next to the case without any obstruction apart from the case glass?

[opal pagoda]

if you want new switch then
https://mikrotik.com/product/CSS326-24G-2SplusRM
or
https://mikrotik.com/product/CRS326-24G-2SplusRM

[opal pagoda]

you can get internal antennas if you dont want stuff sticking out but running one without anttenas will get you no range at all

[hollow totem]

How much is no range at all

Because I'm about a meter or so away from the case already

The Motherboard has sockets at the back I/O for antennas but running them requires the dismantling of the entire case, which I do not want to do

[opal pagoda]

no range at all = wireless module will probably shut down to protect itself

[hollow totem]

...why would it shut down to protect itself

[opal pagoda]

if you want only bluetooth just get one of those small usb dongles from tplink

[hollow totem]

Yeah I suppose more convenient

I basically need something like this:

Except; the module I want to buy does not come with the antennas, or the wires

What is the name of the screw-in connectors that the antennas use?

[opal pagoda]

ipex on the module, sma on the big side

[hollow totem]

So the IPEX goes to m.2 module and the SMA is the big screw in one

[opal pagoda]

i know that Cisco c9130AXI-E will not even boot without antennas

[hollow totem]

Hmm

[opal pagoda]

sometimes it is rp-sma, at the end it doesn't matter and just get matching cable and antena

[hollow totem]

I think I'll just get a wifi-bluetooth combined USB module

I don't want to bother taking off the GPU, motherboard, cpu cooler just to install and screw some 2 wires

[opal pagoda]

i have used UB500 before, it is deacent

[hollow totem]

F*ck you Asrock for skimping out on $8 worth of hardware

They couldn't have included it could they? Sigh

Cheapos.

Sorry for vent.

[opal pagoda]

they have variant with and variant without it

[hollow totem]

I doubt it

[topaz patrol]

Just put one of these fellas inside your case

[hollow totem]

Not found on their website

[opal pagoda]

thats what i suggested...

[hollow totem]

Nah man I'll just get an USB dongle

Thank you for the information though

I'm quite fluent in hardware, however, I have not once meddled with ngff wifi cards

[topaz patrol]

next gen

[hollow totem]

This is the rig

I am not going in there undoing stuff 1 by 1 just to install 2 skimpy ass wires

[opal pagoda]

when you have to diagnose it

[hollow totem]

What is the most recent protocols nowadays

[opal pagoda]

if connectors are at the back and not just holes wires are already there

[hollow totem]

Just holes

[opal pagoda]

ah

[hollow totem]

Fairly certain I need to take off the I/O assembly to run the wires and screw connectors

Including 20 cent connectors too expensive

Asrock ™

Anyhow, plan m.2 wifi is a no go

USB it is. Wifi 6 & Bluetooth 5.3 is the recent ones I suppose?

[opal pagoda]

wireless 802.11be (wifi 7)
fiber 800GBASE-DR8-2 802.3df-2024

[hollow totem]

Hm, not sure if I need whatever advantage wifi 7 offers

Honestly I just need the bluetooth for my IEMs

[opal pagoda]

then just get that tplink UB500

[hollow totem]

Checking

5.0 is a bit outdated no?

[clear igloo]

802.3dj is in the works too

[hollow totem]

Is that okay for sound stuff?

[opal pagoda]

yea but still in development

[opal pagoda]

yes, i have used it before

[topaz patrol]

Bluetooth 5.0 is the mainstream

[hollow totem]

Earlier I've had issues with multi-channel audio when gaming (Game, Discord, Chrome)

[clear igloo]

fair, yah, probably next year or so

[hollow totem]

Pretty sure that was a 5.0 device with 5.3 compatible earbuds

[clear igloo]

Although fs.com has a 1.6t DAC already out, lol

[hollow totem]

Is there not an upgrade to 5.2 or 5.3 over this?

[opal pagoda]

are switches or nics also avalibile?

[clear igloo]

Not that I know of

[topaz patrol]

In other news - are there any softphones for android and iOS that don't suck? (And aren't 3cx)
Every single one I've tried seems to either have a UI looking straight out of 2010, or it just doesn't work.

[opal pagoda]

in few years we will upgrade the core, maybe it will be avalibile then

[clear igloo]

oh yah, with how fast everything is moving due to AI Hype then I definitely think 1.6 or even 3.2 will be out in a few years time

[opal pagoda]

yea but i definitly dont need it
even 100g that i have rn is overkill

[clear igloo]

Already have 100G SFP-DD out on the market

[hollow totem]

So ugh one last question

I shouldn't run into any issues if I get a 5.0 module instead of 5.3 right?

Because UB500 is more readily available from TP-Link whereas 5.3 ones are offered by off-brands such as Ugreen

[opal pagoda]

bluetooth is backwards compatabile

[hollow totem]

That wasn't exactly my concern, but

Odd, UB500 shows as BT 5.3 in other regions but 5.0 in my region

Old stock dump

[ripe pendant]

Are those 10g switches?

[clear igloo]

1g only

[ripe pendant]

I was confused with fiber optic thing

[clear igloo]

Those are SFP ports, they're 1g only
SFP+ would be 10g but the switch doesn't have that

[zinc fog]

I bough an Acer wave 7 in hope to get better network speed between floors, the two boxes are in direct line between the floors. The speeds are awful. It was a downgrade from my Google Nest. Can anybody recommend anything beside running cable?
I get around 300 down, my router get 500

[opal pagoda]

If you want 10g you would need to pay 60-100$ more

If you have a decent nas it is useful

Even in enterprise i often uplink with just 1g as there is just no demand for more

And since you want redundancy i lacp 2 1g connections together

[ripe pendant]

I def don't need 10g

[young knot]

I think 10G is the minimum I’d accept for an uplink at this point.

At $work, we have 1G access for 99% of endpoints, 10G/25G for the last 1%. 25G uplink to two switches, using LACP. Dual 40G/100G in LACP to the core. 40G is being phased out for 100G.

[topaz patrol]

My IP phones need 10G I swear!

[opal pagoda]

yea for lots of office/admin people
makes no sense for industrial aplications

[ripe pendant]

Whats the difference betweeen a managed and unmanaged switch?

[topaz patrol]

https://youfailedyourselfatgoogling.com.au

[young knot]

But you’re talking about uplinks, supporting 24-48 1Gbps ports.

[ripe pendant]

is a managed switch really needed for a tipical home network because I'm not expecting to get ddosed or anything

[topaz patrol]

You’d know if you needed one 🙂

[opal pagoda]

even more
there was one stack with 8 24 port switches in it that i recently upgraded uplinks on
previously it was a single 1g uplink
now it is dual 10g
i have no idea why it wasnt upgraded before i came

[young knot]

Yeah, but this is my point

For minimum 24 1Gbps ports, I’d want at least 10Gbps uplink

[young knot]

For the love of god, just don’t daisy chain hubs.

[opal pagoda]

he should make a ring from unmanaged switches

[ripe pendant]

router>switch>router>switch ETC till I hit the 2nd floor

[young knot]

I walked into an end-user area reporting weird network issues last week. They had hundreds of netgear switches connected to our access switches.

Another admin had disabled NAC on all of the ports.

[ripe pendant]

Nah but I'm only getting 1 switch

[opal pagoda]

i have heard stories about simmilar thing on one of our locations way back
bunch of unmanaged switches, daily issues with various industrial programs, plcs etc
after we pushed them to switch to cisco all of the issues went away

[young knot]

Many of the unmanaged switches connected to each other. When I asked about it, they told me “years ago IT just handed us a bunch of these and it seemed to work”

[opal pagoda]

key word "seemed"

[young knot]

Oh, it “works”.

Every minute or so everything blocks traffic for spanning tree, but it “works”.

They won’t let me fix it either because “somebody from IT tried to replace it with a fancy $10,000 switch but it didn’t work when we connected new equipment”

And of course none of their equipment has a certificate or has its MAC in the NAC.

[opal pagoda]

what kind of hellhole is that

[young knot]

I’d rather not say, and you’d rather not know.

[opal pagoda]

understandable

[young knot]

Doesn’t matter anyway. They’re moving to a new building in a few months to a year, and the new room will be done right from the beginning.

[opal pagoda]

i love when they buy timelapse camera that costs 3k but doesent even support 5ghz wifi so i refuse to connect it

as all ap-s have 2.4 turned off

[young knot]

We don’t have wifi on any of my networks, security concerns.

[opal pagoda]

we have 3
corporate (certificate auth)
iot (password+mac address whitelist)
and guest with everything isolated

[young knot]

My home network is a bit like that though. Both my girlfriend and I like some things on older consoles, so I have a 2nd SSID for legacy equipment.

2.4GHz, disable some newer roaming features

It’s on a VLAN by itself, because the consoles just need to connect to each other 🙂

[topaz patrol]

As in no wifi at all, or just isolated?

[opal pagoda]

i belive 2.4g is turned off bc if you connect antenna via dart and with 4 connectors on top of ap you can only use 5ghz on c9130axe

but i dont really deal with wireless as that is what my colleague deals with

[young knot]

None at all. We have a few links where wifi is used, but with IKEv2 tunnels wherever wifi is used.

And those are point to point.

[topaz patrol]

What kind of environment is this?

[young knot]

It’s a corporate environment that’s theoretically supposed to be secure.

[opal pagoda]

do you even IPS?

[young knot]

Yes.

[topaz patrol]

And no wifi devices at all?

No mobile phones, no laptops?

[young knot]

Any devices with wireless capabilities must have the wifi removed where possible, or at least disabled.

[opal pagoda]

is this a bank?

[young knot]

No, banks aren’t that secure.

[topaz patrol]

Bank branches don't care that much lmao

[young knot]

If a bank gets breached like that, they’ll just blame the vendors.

[opal pagoda]

even bank hq dont care that much

[topaz patrol]

So no laptops or mobile phones?

[young knot]

Mobile phones can be brought into the building, but must be stored in designated areas.

[opal pagoda]

bro works in 9th layer of hell

[topaz patrol]

#networking message
Military or something?

[young knot]

Something like that.

I like not having my phone on me.

[topaz patrol]

I carry three phones half the time lmao

[young knot]

I still carry a pager.

[topaz patrol]

calm

[young knot]

When paged, I can walk to the closest phone to see what’s up. (Assuming it’s not an automated message from my monitoring scripts)

There’s a phone every 50ft or so in the hallways.

[topaz patrol]

What deskphones do you use?

[young knot]

Cisco 8841s

Modified to use fiber optic in some cases

[topaz patrol]

Yes we have done that a couple times

[opal pagoda]

meanwhile we removed most of them...

[young knot]

Send them my way.

[topaz patrol]

DECT too insecure for you guys :p

[young knot]

We never had DECT, but we definitely wouldn’t use it.

I have tried to talk security into allowing wifi so long as it isn’t accessible outside the building and Cisco wifi phones though. They said no.

I wanted to have wifi for my laptop, make it easier when going around and consoling into things. No.

We can’t even run an IPSec tunnel on the same hardware as the wifi connections, they wanted it on a separate device.

[peak cloak]

Sounds like classified facility

[young knot]

8841s are nice phones.

[young knot]

What did you replace them with?

[topaz patrol]

You'd scoff at our chinese phones with cameras on them lmao

[opal pagoda]

webex (teams soon)

[young knot]

I’m pretty sure 8841s are made in China.

[young knot]

There’s a balance between convenience and security. Wifi is a convenience.

[topaz patrol]

We use a mixture of Yealink and Grandstream 🙂

[young knot]

I’ve worked with those before. Not where I work now, but as an independent contractor.

[opal pagoda]

meanwhile here wifi is a critical service that must run 247365

[topaz patrol]

Fantastic things, other than the Grandstream ATAs, they seem to disconnect from our ACS often and not respond to provisioning requests

[young knot]

That’s true many places, but wifi is still a convenience.

In most cases, it could still be wired.

[opal pagoda]

would love to see these wired

[young knot]

I have seen things like that wired

[opal pagoda]

if they are on a rail then they can be
these are laser guided vehicles and are compleatly unthethered

[young knot]

Neat. Yeah, the ones I’ve seen were on a rail.

[topaz patrol]

Speedy

[young knot]

I get the feeling I’ll end up supporting wifi at work in ~20 years.

[young knot]

Full Duplex!

I’ve actually seen network products advertised at twice their rated bandwidth because they’re full duplex.

Marketing people will do anything.

[opal pagoda]

i have seen a unmanaged 8 port switch advertised as 16gbps

[young knot]

Haha

[opal pagoda]

dlink loves duplex speeds

[topaz patrol]

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/09/03/how-navy-chiefs-conspired-to-get-themselves-illegal-warship-wi-fi/
This is what happens when you don't give the people wifi

[opal pagoda]

aw yep

rules for thee but not for me

[topaz patrol]

lol what a poor solution

[opal pagoda]

no qr password sharing?

[topaz patrol]

Very poor AAA solution

[mystic latch]

The philippino mafia strikes again

[earnest orchid]

does this work with a pcie 4.0 x16 slot with 4x bandwith? https://www.amazon.com/Ethernet-Broadcom-BCM57810S-Controller-Interface/dp/B06X9T683K/

[pseudo blade]

Does it work? Idk it's some generic card from Amazon and anything's possible, I guarantee nothing.

Per part No. and spec sheet? Very likely, but it won't be able to saturate both 10 gigabit interfaces simultanously due to running at PCIe 2.0 x4 in that configuration.

[ripe pendant]

I just googled it and it said it can help detect attacks or sum shit

[pseudo blade]

No not at the level you're thinking

They can be configured to block access to unknown local devices by MAC, or ports with unapproved switches connected to them. It's possible to go further with network access control like dot1x but that requires much more than the switch.

[pseudo blade]

No.

Protecting yourself from a DDoS requires much more planning and would typically require you to use a provider like CloudFlare to sit between you and incoming requests so it can take the DDoS traffic for you. Otherwise the weakness is just your internet speed vs. Theirs.

It's also useless if someone knows your IP and can saturate your connection.

There are other types of Denial of Service which cleverly break applications using design flaws rather than sheer bandwidth, but for that issue you want a firewall with IPS capabilities (there are other techniques too), which is not something switches can/should generally do.

You know those fancy Cisco switches with Xeons in them could definitely run an IDS but that's not in your price point and is also a very "hammer in screws" approach

[gusty basin]

If you want to host things publicly, it is recommended to use a hosting provider that always offers protection or higher capacities. Furthermore, you can always configure pfsense with wireguard (in cases of self hosting)

[thin raptor]

anyone in here have experience with xfinity port forwarding just randomly closing the port?. i deleted and re added the port aswell and its still closed rebooted twice no dice

[covert glen]

can anyone identify that LAN port and how fast it is? it's from an optiplex 3010 i have running as a NAS but for whatever reason it's only giving me sub-100mbps speeds, and it's not anything else, all the cables and connectors and stuff are rated for 1gbps+

If it helps, i have a CAT5e cable running from it into a TP-LINK 8-port 1gbps managed switch, and my pc has a cat6a cable connected to a TP-link 10gbps network card

[topaz patrol]

What speed is it negotiating at?

[jaunty lake]

may be a dumb question but I have little knowledge on home networking. If I run an Ethernet in the attic to a bedroom with wall plate, can I plug a switch into that for multiple Ethernet outlets in that bedroom?

[pseudo zinc]

I accidentally got so many network devices

[young knot]

Now bridge them all together…

[topaz patrol]

Yes

[mild turtle]

Can someone explain to an idiot. Was having issues with the the Ethernet only supplying 100 or less, but pulling the cable from the modem and resetting the switch resolves the issue and starts supplying up to 1000 again. What causes or rather what is the issue/s for devices not being supplied the maximum bandwidth?

[thin raptor]

can someone also help this idiot with xfinitys stupid portforwarding lol

[thorn delta]

When you connect a device, both devices will negotiate a speed. If the devices start seeing errors because of a bad quality / damaged cable, they may drop the speed down from 1000M to 100M to give a steadier connection.

[mild turtle]

What if the device has maintained a higher connection for months on end? I get between 400-500 at peak times consistently. It's just recently. Though recently both my brother and I got a "Ethernet doesn't have a valid IP configuration" but I managed to fix both.

[thorn delta]

Gigabit ethernet can negotiate to 10, 100, or 1000 mbps. The cable could have been damaged or got loose after a while

If it's a copper clad aluminum (CCA) cable, which are annoyingly common on places like Amazon, the wires are pretty brittle and cause issues after a while especially if it sees movement

[mild turtle]

Hadn't thought about that. That would probably explain why it coincided with the modem being moved. I had to do a lot of maintaince on an aquarium and moved it out the way to avoid water damage. I did also happen to as mentioned remove the cable and reconnect, that might've just fixed it on its own.

As for the quality of the cabling, I actually don't know on that front. I had someone wire it up for me because I couldn't be fucked to deal with all the hassle. As far as I'm aware he bought a spool of it from a trader locally.

I did have to strip on of the cables to attach another connector because I snapped the prong on one of the cables and I do think from memory that it was copper underneath the sheething. What cabling is better?

Probably won't respond for a bit, I've got to pop out. I do appreciate you answering my questions though.

[thorn delta]

It's hard to tell visually if you're not looking for it. Copper clad aluminum will still be copper on the outside, but with an aluminum core. Also, less than perfect RJ45 terminations can also cause issues if you have things untwisted too far, or not quite crimped down all the way, wrong pinout, ect

[left oxide]

I've been having a weird issue on my home net. The VPN I use has stopped working on my home net specifically. At my school it works perfectly fine and I can't understand why it does this. Can someone help me with the issue

Also to add when I connect my mac to the VPN at school and come back home it works fine too so I don't know what could be causing my home network to not work with the VPN

[covert glen]

i tried to send over like 300-ish files from it to an hdd on my pc(tried it with an nvme too, its not on my pc's side), and max i got like 80mbps

[covert glen]

(thats what windows file transfer says)

[low gate]

It's official, wifi is faster than ethernet for devices that are limited to GBE

Bell Gigahub on Wifi 6

[covert glen]

nice

[topaz patrol]

https://blog.purestorage.com/purely-educational/understanding-digital-sizes-megabits-vs-megabytes-mbps-vs-mbps/

[covert glen]

yeah i figured it out, lol thx
turns out i'm a bit silly in the head and forgot the metric was in megabytes, not megabits

turns out it's fine lol

[topaz patrol]

It’s confusing don’t worry :)

[covert glen]

thx

(wonder why they use two separate standards)

[topaz patrol]

Network speeds have been measured in bits per second for a very long time

The 56k in 56k modem represents the max speed of 56 kilobits per second

[covert glen]

nice, never knew

[junior stone]

i'm stupid in networking. im pinging from my device (network-1) 192.168.1.35 to 192.168.50.252 (network-2). didnt work even tho i've tunneled it and pinging to 192.168.50.1 is possible

any idea how to connect to it?

[junior stone]

but pinging from 192.168.50.252 to 192.168.1.1 doesnt work

[prime summit]

Guys I have a question, even though it’s pretty simple and should just be a Google search.

So I have a orbi RBR50 with 2 satellites. I just set up a nas and I want to set a DNS manually. With ATAT you can’t do that, but the option is grayed out on Orbi because im running in AP mode.

Anyway I can still have connectivity with being able to set a manual dns?

You have to run with atat gateway or you won’t get connection. And if I manual set DNS on specific device I lose connection

[opal pagoda]

you would have to set dns on dhcp server which runs on a router

[prime summit]

Right but in this specific case I don’t think it’s going to work

[safe spear]

Okay, i will try here. Can anyone suggest me a way to get around the fact i dont have my own public static ip address? im trying to host a minecraft server (its running on my ubuntu desktop) - locally it works perfectly but i cannot port forward because i dont have a public ip (isp uses cgnat because of limited ip addresses, i have to pay extra on my internet bill to get one) - so im trying to find a way to still host my minecraft server externally without paying for a vpn or buying a virtual server... and ddns doesnt work with cgnat. i am so stuck

[quiet minnow]

Since you won't buy a solution your only option left is a free virtual WAN app which people on the other end would have to use.

[safe spear]

I see

So just trying to get a public static ip through my isp is probably the best option then

Not even hosting through ipv6 address is feasable?

[quiet minnow]

Funnily ipv6 statics are plentiful only v4 is the issue. Some ISPs charge different prices for them.

[safe spear]

Yeah i mean isnt that the whole point of ipv6.. yet when im trying to host with one, it seems like there is no documentation to actually get people to connect to it

[vivid ether]

hi guys, im encountering many problems with my truenas scale server recently, ranging from many different aspects. things that used to work now completely dont. my current issue is im trying to setup a MineOS app to host a mc server (i tried the minecraft app, but also didnt work) i get this error Startup probe failed: dial tcp 172.16.0.22:30015: connect: connection refused
with the minecraft app, it had problems with fetching the software, like bukkit, paper, purpur. so it seems this all has to do with network/internet.
accessing plex via internet also seems a bit bricked, while downloading torrents with qbittorent works fine
im really considering reinstalling truenas altogether, but this would be a serious job bcs there is lots of data and other stuff
also i cannot in any way access smb shares, even with everyone@ access, sometimes asks for some certificates, and asks 3 times to give credentials. any help would be very much appreciated!

[autumn bay]

What would you guys recommend as a home router from ubiquiti?

I would need it to have wifi if possible

[restive kelp]

My dad got the UniFi Express and hasn't had any issues with it. It has WiFi 6 built in, and then has your GbE WAN port, and the GbE LAN port

So you won't be getting 10gig or even 2.5gig on it, but if you're not as interested in that, then it's a solid little router

[autumn bay]

I have a switch and a AP from Ubiquiti so I just wanted to get all the gear

[restive kelp]

Otherwise, the Dream Router is also an option. Has 128gb SSD for NVR, has again only a gigabit WAN port, but it also comes with a 4 port switch and 2 PoE ports if that interests you, and it's only $50 more

Yeah so if you already have a switch and an AP and you need a router with built-in wifi, the Dream Router or the Express would work. The former would have a built-in switch for devices near itself or getting other lines run, the Express is great if all you need is the little box

[autumn bay]

I need to connect my smart heating and cameras

[restive kelp]

Otherwise, if you didn't absolutely need the WiFi, you could get something like the Dream Machine which is what I have. They're great, but they lack wifi, so you'd need to either just use the one you have, or get a second

but yeah the Express and the Dream Router are good options if you just need a simple AP, don't mind only having 1gig, and need WiFi on that box

[autumn bay]

both seem like really nice options

[restive kelp]

Yeah, like I said my dad likes his Express, but if you want a bit more flexibility out of it the Dream Router might be better, but it'll take up more space than the Express

[autumn bay]

ill look for a nice deal. Im fed up with this dam ISP router

[autumn bay]

What else can I use the storage for?

[restive kelp]

Not much I don't think. I have a drive in my dream machine and haven't found any use besides an NVR

which I'm not currently using anyway so it's just sitting there

[autumn bay]

Dam it the Dream Router isnt available

300GBP but MSRP is 159

[severe linden]

Anyone know a good ethernet cable to get or should any from Amazon be fine?

I also dk what category I should get

[autumn bay]

Most are good it depends on the speeds you wanna run.

But CAT5E is most popular and common to use

[severe linden]

I don’t need the fastest speeds but maybe something that is future proof if I end up getting a faster WiFi plan in the future

Does the brand matter?

[autumn bay]

nah not really

just dont get the cheapest one sometimes the outer plastic is very crappy

[lost lily]

PoE has gone too far

[topaz patrol]

There is just about 0 point buying Cat5e in 2024

[topaz patrol]

There are PoE all the things

[autumn bay]

cheap

[topaz patrol]

Not really

[autumn bay]

Oh dam CAT6 is cheap

[clear igloo]

plus these days Cat5e is more likely to be cheaper aluminum based garbage (CCA), if you run PoE over that you're in for a bad time 😄

[tribal sequoia]

copper clad aluminum should be illegal lol

[restive kelp]

cut your own

just buy a big ol spool of cat6, get a little cable cutting kit, and never buy cables again

[topaz patrol]

Eh

It's barely any cheaper

[peak cloak]

not if you need a patch cable

where it's stranded instead of solid

solid mainly for in wall

[restive kelp]

oh yeah I buy patch cables

but I bought 1000ft of Cat5e a while back and the amount of money I've saved by not having to buy/ship/pickup ethernet cables has paid it off, and I think I still have 500ft left

[opal pagoda]

Yea it is fine

[pseudo blade]

Yeah barring the cloud stuff it's simply a question of: "do the devices have a risk of being compromised and causing harm" and that risk is equal to "Are there users/software on my home network who might hack my switch"

For most the answer is that isn't a real risk

The only other issue about the old stuff is that some of it's not very power efficient, actively cooled and therefore a bit noisy

Esp. If the fan bearings are dying from a decade of abuse

[opal pagoda]

Fans can be replaced with much quieter ones

[opal pagoda]

Just give them some compressed air, you never know what environment they ran in all these years

Yup

These switches were in idf for just 1 year

[severe linden]

Is it that much cheaper though?

[restive kelp]

I guess it depends on where you buy cables from. In my mind, I'm thinking time cost as well. You could probably buy some online for about the same price, maybe marginally more expensive than cutting it yourself, but you have to wait for delivery. If you need a cable now, you can run to a store but they'll be way overpriced

[severe linden]

I don’t really need it that fast and Amazon most come the next day

[restive kelp]

Yeah then in that case infinite cable or Amazon is fine. i just like cutting them myself for odd lengths

[tranquil plover]

i have problem with my aps from ubiquiti, i got 700Mbps fiber connection, but my aps over wifi got max 150Mbps. i have uap lr

[severe linden]

Does the brand matter?

And i should just get a cat6?

[tribal sequoia]

i got a datto poe switch that the company no longer cared about and that fucker had spiders in it

[restive kelp]

probably not? Like maybe don't buy the cheapest garbage possible but it's ultimately twisted pairs of copper so if it works it works

[severe linden]

so something like this would work?

i kind of need a flat cable

[opal pagoda]

it could be fake "copper" aka CCA

dont buy that ever

[severe linden]

that cable?

[opal pagoda]

i dont know, need to see description

but flat cables arent known for exceptional performance, especially sketchy when it has 4 diffrent categories in its name

[severe linden]

what brands are known to be good

[opal pagoda]

fs.com
monoprice
infinite cables
datwler

[severe linden]

these in the uk?

[opal pagoda]

how long do you need it?

[severe linden]

like 30m i'd say or maybe even more

i might have to route it across my ceiling

[opal pagoda]

if you are running them throught the walls it makes more sense to terminate it yourself as you need to drill much smaller hole

[severe linden]

i wouldn't be drilling anything

i can get it through the gaps in the door

oh wait actually maybe it will be hard to do that

might have a problem 😭

what do i need to install in order to be able to put my router in the same room?

[opal pagoda]

you can also run cables behind these

[severe linden]

i think my best bet would be putting my router in my room

but it has fiber so idk how hard that would be

[opal pagoda]

what are you trying to achieve?
better wifi?

[severe linden]

more stable

it's already good but i just want it to be more stable

[opal pagoda]

you can install a access point

[severe linden]

are they expensive?

[opal pagoda]

depends
ac is 35$ and up
ax is more

[severe linden]

that's not too bad

but is it better than an ethernet?

[opal pagoda]

nothing is better than hardwired ethernet (except fiber)

[severe linden]

i have fiber but i use wifi on my pc

which is why i need ethernet for my pc to maximise speed and make it more stable

i dont know much about this stuff

[restive kelp]

I mean the best way to do this is to run it through the walls, but if that's not an option, you can get a super long cable, otherwise you can get something like a repeater or an access point that has a LAN port and you can get it from that

[severe linden]

i'll probs end up going with the first option icl

[restive kelp]

the hard part about that is you have to open the walls

that said, if you happen to have an attic or a crawlspace, you can try running cables through that and drop it down, but if you have a fire break in your walls it can be annoying to punch through

[opal pagoda]

tier list would be
wired>moca>powerline>wifi>wifi repeaters

[severe linden]

so there's no way of putting my router in my room really

[restive kelp]

well you don't need one, but it would be hard

[severe linden]

and then just hooking it up to a short ethernet

[restive kelp]

if your router is a modem combo, you'll need to get your internet drop to the new room which can be hard depending on your internet setup, and you might need to pay someone for it

if you have a separate modem/router like I do, you can do that, but then you still have to run a long cable from the modem to the router

so what you'd probably want is to get something like an access point that has a direct connection, then drop that to a switch that goes to your PC, that way you still have wired internet, but you also get better wifi

or you can ignore the access point and just go from the router to a switch via a really long cable, and then go from that to the PC

or, again, straight to the PC from the router with the long cable, I prefer putting a switch in for versatility

[severe linden]

damn that's confusing

and sounds like a pain to do 😭

[restive kelp]

maybe in text format, but basically your internet goes:
ISP -> Modem -> Router -> Switch -> Whatever else

though you might have a router/modem combo, in which case you just merge those two

[severe linden]

how can i know what type of setup i have?

[restive kelp]

A switch just allows you to take one input and spread it out among multiple outputs, so say you had a wifi access point, your computer, a printer, and an Xbox, you could hook all of them up to a switch that then takes one line back to the router

[severe linden]

oh i get it

[restive kelp]

You don't really need to worry if you have a router/modem combo unless you plan on moving the router, which I don't really recommend for now

the big thing you need to do is get an extra long ethernet cable, and if you can run it through the walls/attic/crawlspace, do that, otherwise you can staple it to the ceiling or on the floor, it's up to you

[severe linden]

might be able to do the floor

[restive kelp]

then hook that up to your PC. Adding a switch in front of the PC becomes super easy after that but if you only care about the PC, then just do that

floor works, but make sure you either tuck it away or hide it, because if you pinch it, trip on it, or a cat eats it, you'll lose your internet line to your computer

[severe linden]

yeah it's only for my pc

[restive kelp]

my dog chewed through mine before I moved my setup to a different room and didn't need the cable on the floor

[severe linden]

i don't have a pet atm lol so i don't need to worry about that yet

[restive kelp]

Yeah then in that case make sure you don't trip on it. If you do it bad enough, you could bust your ethernet port on one or both ends of devices. Just gotta make sure it's "safe", however you want to do that

[severe linden]

put it under a carpet maybe

is it fine if it gets stepped on?

[restive kelp]

I mean I wouldn't stomp on it with heels but if it's under the carpet then that should be okay, as long as it's not sitting on a carpet tack

[severe linden]

alright

thanks

[restive kelp]

and if you have the option to punch it through a wall, it's not too hard to add an RJ45 keystone panel into a wall, you just have to know where a stud is and make sure you clean it up

but that's more advanced

[severe linden]

yeah i would probably break something

or collapse my wall

[restive kelp]

I doubt you'd collapse it, but if running it on the floor/under the carpet/similar, then I'd just do that

it's easy to install, easy to uninstall

[severe linden]

yeah lol i was only jk but it could definitely go wrong

[sleek saffron]

Delete if not allowed. I'm looking to setup my home lab. The issue I have is I can't interupt my family network So I am trying to setup a Opnsense firewall behind my main family router. I want to have to internet facing services such as game servers. I am just running into an issue on the be way to do this. Any ideas on how to properly do this?

[peak cloak]

there's two options, one of them is more elegant, but requires static route support

1. Double-Nat, so just generic router behind router. If you want anything open to internet you will need to port forward on both routers

2. You setup the opnsense router, but without NAT. Then setup a static route in your family router that tells it where the subnet behind opnsense is (the opnsense router IP). Then you only need to portforward once, on the main router

[sleek saffron]

Is there an easier way of doing this all that you would possibly recommend?

[peak cloak]

both are pretty easy imo

words may seems complicated, but it's basic networking

[sleek saffron]

I'm talking if I should even bother with the Opnsense router behind the Main Router.

[peak cloak]

depends what you want to experiment with

more on the networking side, then yes

more server stuff it may not be needed, but it allows for some isolation of the servers with firewall rules from the home network

either way it's good to know

[lucid marsh]

Is the default gateway the same as public IP???

[peak cloak]

no, it rarely ever is

I can't actually think of a home network scenario where it would be

[sleek saffron]

@peak cloak Thanks for the assistance, That helped me get my rules figured out

[turbid umbra]

Hey guys I recently picked up a AX58U to replace my ISP provider router and I have one problem that really bugs me for what ever reason when I try using the cable that came with the router as the WAN cable the router always reports the network cable as unplugged however all other cables work and then to throw me off again that same cable works completely fine as a LAN cable but whenever I try using it in the WAN port it refuses to connect

Does anyone have any idea

[pseudo blade]

"My arm hurts when I touch it"
Don't touch it then

It's likely a bad cable and you're just having unusual luck with it

[turbid umbra]

I’m serious though every time I try it on WAN it fails but works perfectly fine on LAN

[pseudo blade]

Ok, sure

This does not impact my response.

[turbid umbra]

I guess

It’s just one of those things that bother me like how does this even work

[pseudo blade]

Just because you're observing something in a comparative situation does not mean that it's happening due to the observed difference between the two. Could be that half twist you put in it, or the other device doesn't put up with the same BS on the CPE side

Either way, probably don't use unreliable cables

[turbid umbra]

The cable that doesn’t work in WAN is the one that came with the new router

[long thistle]

so use one that does work

[tacit birch]

is the Asus 4G-AC86U a good modem?

[opal pagoda]

for 4g?

[tacit birch]

Yes

[pseudo blade]

If you're not buying new kit or improving the physical conditions you're probably not going to get speed improvements.

What is the modem's model?
How are you connecting to the modem?

But yeah I'm not going to be able to say "Yeah here's your awesome 2x speed code", the best you can do is deal with physical factors if WiFi or 4G is involved.

[topaz patrol]

You'd have to know somebody with a support contract willing to send you the file, or have faith in some random post online

[pseudo blade]

Depends on your standards I guess, but it's definitely servicable for home use.

If it has a fan that might be annoying

Well in that case it'll do home stuff

For a homelab it's not going to teach you a lot you couldn't learn without it

It's seemingly a fairly basic managed switch, so you've got VLANs and some basic security features

If you want to learn those sure but you can do that in a virtual lab if that's all you wanted

Have fun

[forest stream]

Recently moved and my office will not be able to have ethernet in it because it is an old house. That being said, the WIFI is pretty stong. I have a few smaller computers that do not have WIFI built in, is it possible to plug those into a router if I make it into and access point, wire those PCs in via ethernet, but connect via the router to the network over WIFI?

[opal pagoda]

Some routers and ap's include option called client mode so you can connect endpoints to it or via switch

[forest stream]

is it marketed as client mode if I were to try and look for one online? its basically a "reverse access point"

[opal pagoda]

Most of the time it isnt marketed

But you can always use openwrt https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/openwrt_as_clientdevice

[forest stream]

does openwrt work in place of firmware on a router or in addition to?

[opal pagoda]

Fully open source replacement

[forest stream]

I currently have a verizon router, is that an issue?

[opal pagoda]

As a primary or one that you want to use for this?

[forest stream]

primary. this wifi access point thing would be a router i buy

[opal pagoda]

It shouldn't be an issue

If you want to buy a router preflashed with openwrt you can buy one of the gl.inet devices

[peak cloak]

I know mikrotik APs can do this

routerOS is kinda a mess tho

[karmic marten]

nah, router OS is as good as it can be

Anyone experienced with XDP eBPF?

[peak cloak]

powerful but an ugly mess

I prefer something like vyos

[karmic marten]

dont use winbox if you dont like it. I use ssh as well..

[peak cloak]

I don't mean the UI, the actual architecture

[karmic marten]

well, in price/performace mikrotik products are the best

[peak cloak]

like sometimes there's multiple ways to do one thing, or certain things are overly complicated

I haven't used it for a while now so I forget specifics

[peak cloak]

yeah

[karmic marten]

I got a CCR2004--.........XS

[pseudo blade]

That's your opinion

Not everything needs to look like MacOS or a Linux terminal, I just need it to do what I want

[karmic marten]

THIS

Shit

Its 4:30 Am

[peak cloak]

Look what I said below, IDC what it visually looks like but the architecture is pretty crude and annoying to work with imo

[karmic marten]

So cisco is crude as well?

[pseudo blade]

Cisco's is dreadful, and every vendor I've seen either rips that off or is home networking++

[peak cloak]

I like the vyatta style cli

[karmic marten]

Mikrotik rips it off. Right?

right?

[pseudo blade]

Cisco/Bare Linux hybrid :P

I've certainly seen many worse

[pseudo blade]

No

They do directory-style context sensitive

It's bloody annoying to script, I will say

[karmic marten]

That, i agree with

[peak cloak]

I find it really easy to setup what I want in vyos or edgeos, unlike routeros where I need to learn the details of the Linux stack and then there's like 3 different ways to do what I want

[pseudo blade]

Copy run start is at least readable

[karmic marten]

Well, for firewalls, bsd with xdp/dpdk with a mellanox smartnic is good

[pseudo blade]

NGL if I go > gigabit for home networking I've considered just going bare linux

[karmic marten]

But gn. My first class is fucking PE and its almost 5AM and Ill pass out in class

[pseudo blade]

When I don't have to have VDSL anymore

FTTP for September 2025...

Counting the days

[topaz patrol]

Ooooh - Running BGP?

[karmic marten]

No . I dont have an as

[topaz patrol]

[long thistle]

I had a networking exam on mikrotik in June

the only routers that my school has

[solemn otter]

i just bought 2 cisco AIR-CAP26021-E-K9 and i dont know how to config them. I go to the IP and nothing. Does it need a certian device ? like a special switch

[opal pagoda]

You need a poe switch and a wireless controller or flash them to standalone

[solemn otter]

how do i flash them to stand alone?

[solemn otter]

i have a poe injector

[opal pagoda]

Do they boot up?

[solemn otter]

they flash

[opal pagoda]

There is a console port on the back

[solemn otter]

i have that plugged in

[opal pagoda]

Do you get any logs?

[solemn otter]

how to i acsess them

[opal pagoda]

Connect to that com port with putty

[solemn otter]

how do i know when its on

its just solid green now.

[south blade]

I've got an odd issue, my PC is locking up around the time of going to sleep while hooked up over wired LAN. My WiFi USB adapter was disconnecting me a lot so I hooked up a router setup as a repeater to get internet wirelessly off of that. How do I go about figuring this out?

Sometimes it's actually asleep and other times display is just off, power light isn't blinking like in sleep, but it just won't show anything on display so I force power off and turn it back on.

Without it wired to the router (the router setup as a repeater) it seems fine, even the WiFi adapter that keeps disconnecting intermittently, so it seems to just be a wired LAN issue.

[tribal sequoia]

i wouldn't even flash them to standalone tbh, the mobility express works well enough and is easy to use

well, i guess i need to check if 2602i's can run a mobility express firmware

i see they can only join ME controllers up to version 8.5

yeah they can't, so either you run them standalone (autonomous firmware image) or you connect them to an old controller

or you buy like an 1852i and setup mobility express (version 8.5 or lower) on it and connect them to that

[topaz patrol]

Hmmm. I have a feeling that switch uses Java applets for the web UI. You’d be best to use the CLI for management

Ah

[hallow junco]

100 Mbit/s ethernet jacks on HDTVs should be a crime

[ocean pivot]

it's cause it costs nothing

[meager ginkgo]

AT&T BGW620 Manual - https://manuals.plus/vantiva/bgw620-wi-fi-7-gateway-manual

has WiFi 7 and 2 10G ports

[ornate jungle]

Eh, yes and no. Extremely few streaming services actually require more than 50mbps to function, so opting for a 10/100mbit port instead of a 10/100/1000mbit port can save the manufacturer let's say $5-$10 per TV. Multiply that by say 100,000 TVs sold, and they save $$$$$, allowing the TV itself to be cheaper for the consumer. To be clear, I also find it "annoying" but it does make sense from a manufacturing standpoint.

[carmine trench]

hey folks quick question does anyone have google fiber? I have a question about router settings

[topaz patrol]

https://dontasktoask.com

[carmine trench]

yoooo ur so cool bro holy shit thats insane

[thick minnow]

having odd issues across all our wireless devices, random "Authentication failure" messages
in some cases it acts like the password's wrong, but we know it's right since the device had been connected only seconds ago
affected both a Technicolor CGM4331 and our TP-Link Archer AX3000

network is WPA3/WPA2

this has literally been driving me up a wall for months
doesn't matter if it's a fire tv, an iphone, a laptop, etc

[thick minnow]

there are no commonalities in wifi chip, hardware, or software between them, making me think it's a network issue

what's interesting is that when i made the network open, nothing could connect

all devices gave authentication failure messages

[topaz patrol]

[hallow junco]

gigabit ports cost less than 5-10$, especially for manufacturers at scale.
Sure its cheaper. but the difference is much less.
And maybe im not streaming over the internet (even though the internet can saturate the port) but locally!

[mystic latch]

Have you tried doing wpa2 only?

[thick minnow]

yes, didn't fix it

[pseudo blade]

To my understanding It's the other way around now and gigabit interfaces are actually more common and cheaper for new designs.

I understand it to be more a lack of desire to redesign the platforms around newer parts since that's been true. (Still saving money in the end I guess)

[opal pagoda]

There is always crackheads selling modems/cpe that have no use after removal from original locations

[drowsy fossil]

not yet, only the tv controller chips new on the market after ~2020 have built in gigabit, and the older chips are still quite popular

[topaz patrol]

Not just crackheads - mostly just normies who can't fucking read

[solemn otter]

i have been wondering for like 10 mins and google isnt any help. does it matter what orentation the wires are in a rj45 connector as long as there the same on each end ?

[topaz patrol]

Yesn’t

[crude scroll]

Hey guys, I have a question about routing Ethernet. I'm planning on routing about 12-15 Cat 6a cables through my walls (concrete) which will all terminate in my room where they will connect to my network switch. I want to have them in conduit so that if in future I need to replace any of them I can pull a replacement through. But how would I do that though? What I'm most concerned with is the junction where all the cables will have to split off to go to their respective termination points, how do I make sure they don't get caught in a junction, as this junction will likely not be in an easy to reach area

[topaz patrol]

Can you just bring the smurf tube into the back of the rack?

[crude scroll]

I'm sorry, I don't quite understand. What is a Smurf tube

[topaz patrol]

Conduit

But flexible

And it looks like a smurf

It comes in all colours though

[crude scroll]

I see, but my issue isn't going to the switch. It's halfway between the switch and all the terminations where it branches apart. I don't really know how to explain

[crude scroll]

Do i get that from normal hardware stores? I can only find T splitters

[topaz patrol]

They should have it.

If not a proper plumbing store will have them

[crude scroll]

I'll try that tomorrow then

thanks!

[long thistle]

is there any cheap a'la-enterprise ethernet card worth of buying?

I need something that would restart immediately when restarted through control panel

so there won't be 10-second lag like with integrated realtek

[forest stream]

Any ubiuiti pros out there? Looking to find a network switch that will access my router via wifi, thus connecting my non-wifi LAN only devices to the network

[mystic latch]

Just to be clear, you want a switch to be connected to a router via only wifi?

[drowsy fossil]

anything from the ui iw series

[nocturne thorn]

anyone know an easy way to find the main coax cable to use it to ethernet my house with bridges

[opal pagoda]

wut
does not compute

[nocturne thorn]

🤣

im new to this stuff i may not be using the right terminology

@opal pagodamy house used to use coax cables for internet using ethernet bridges but now it has one cat 6 cable to get internet?

i want to reactivate the coax cables using this instead of wiring the whole house with cat6

[opal pagoda]

isp probably installed a fiber modem (ont) on the exterior wall or in attic and ran wired ethernet to where you had router

[opal pagoda]

the ting with those is that one pair is good but more you add the shittier it gets
it acts like a hub

[nocturne thorn]

yes they did its in my garage

ohhh ok

i wanted to use one to get my office upstairs wired

it sucks because it was working before until he cut something and installed the one cat 6 cable

[opal pagoda]

installer might had removed some coupler in there

[nocturne thorn]

in the attic or something huh

[opal pagoda]

do you know where all the coax lines go to?
like a communication panel?

might look something like this

[nocturne thorn]

no

its so bad at my house

i was going to buy something like this

[opal pagoda]

tbh it might be easier, cheaper and more reliable in the future to just run a cat6 cable to your upstairs office

[nocturne thorn]

honestly yeah i was going this route or cat 6 one

cat 6 option was expensive only because of the 500ft wheel but way better

thanks for helping buddy!

[opal pagoda]

you can buy it in smaller quantaties too
i know that stores here sell it by meter, 100m reel or 305m box

just dont get cables that are "CCA" which means copper clad aluminium
they are awfull as they easily break and arent technically in spec for any category cable

[river sun]

Hewo, Anyone able to recommend a good 10gig nic? As the asus one i have right now is only pulling in 3gig and i have gotten my isp to check my network and is 7gig up and 9gigs down

[compact thistle]

what router OS do y'all use?

[opal pagoda]

Cisco iOS

[sacred sentinel]

so my router just went kaputs, any recomendations?

[polar coral]

Hey any of y'all take the Comptia Net+? I scheduled my exam for the 2nd, any advice? I know its only somewhat relevant here sorry

[pseudo blade]

Nothing special. Read the material, do practice tests, ideally try stuff in a lab or simulator.

[fervent brook]

If I have my Google TV connected via Ethernet, should I leave Wi-Fi enabled in case I need it for things that use wifi that aren't nececarilly the "internet connection"? Like i gues WiFi Direct if that's still a thing?

[drowsy fossil]

theres no need if your wifi and wired network are the same

[fathom nimbus]

I need some help im a avid gamer and wifi is everything i need good wifi isnt satellite (i live just barley outside the city) and cant find any wifi that works

[peak cloak]

internet service?

in the US: https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/home

[thorny osprey]

Im getting a "XHR Request time out" error in Luci openwrt
ive been trying to setup adgaurd home on my router and i need to put my adgaurdhome dns server into da router
but y am i getting da error??

?????

??

[thorny osprey]

wtf

[topaz basin]

good looking switch for the price? looking for the 10 gig sfp+ primarily but the PoE is nice, saves me from getting another switch

honestly would like a 2.5 gig switch and use PoE+ injectors if needed because realistically the only thing i would power with PoE is an access point or 2

[meager ginkgo]

UniFi OS

[pseudo blade]

Looks cheap, especially for PoE. As long as there's nothing wrong with them. the only annoyance might be noise (as I doubt it's fanless and the bearings would have a life of wear on them)

[pseudo blade]

I have RouterOS, (involuntary) OpenWRT and an Ubuntu Linux VM doing routing in my house at the moment.

The day I can kill off the ISP router will be a happy one. 12-ish months to go.

[topaz basin]

I’m pretty sure it’s MSRP ~$300, but it’s old enough where it’s cheap as used enterprise gear

Yeah the fans are probably loud but they’re replaceable so I can change them to noctua ones

[pseudo blade]

Sounds fine to me then

I'm seeing them retail for ~$2k

Oh I just realised the 10 gigabit ports need licenses to activate

That's bullshit actually

[pseudo blade]

Yeah do keep in mind the 10 gigabit ports need extra licensing

I don't think this is $300 switch behavior

The cheaper ones tend to just give you what you paid for https://mikrotik.com/product/crs328_24p_4s_rm

And even they aren't $300 with PoE

[pseudo blade]

Oh this is new

It's still not a home router UI but I'm sure it'll quell some of the whining about it looking like Windows 95

Noob Mode

[topaz basin]

Oh what the hell

[tribal sequoia]

Yep..they do..and it's hilarious.

The ports wouldn't even let me set different 1 gig speeds without licensing

It's like it locks you out of the speed command entirely

I had to find a 1gig speed that would link up on the switch on the other end instead.

[languid river]

so i just got new wifi but it cant reach to my room. im thinking about either getting a long ethernet cable or just get a wifi mesh system. i just want your opinions on what i should do

[tribal sequoia]

Mesh works well but remember if you want speed. Mesh back haul basically halves bandwidth for clients

You won't get gigabit with mesh with anything less than wifi 7 ap's

[languid river]

yea i know thats why i wanted to get ethernet and i also have 2 gigabit internet

[warm heart]

You pay for 2gb and how much are you getting?

[topaz basin]

i wonder if this would work https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/brocade-icx-series-cheap-powerful-10gbe-40gbe-switching.21107/page-143#post-248899
cc @tribal sequoia

seems like its for the FCX series but there may be something that can make it work like that command

oh this can be used on the one i sent above

(from https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/brocade-icx-series-cheap-powerful-10gbe-40gbe-switching.21107/page-47#post-208624)

and apparently one of the fans is sufficient to cool it if you're not using much PoE, but i would likely swap with some noctuas

[vale path]

Hi, so my college dorm has its own authentication for the network (Secure W2) which only works for mainstream OSs, which means FireOS, SteamOS, even Android on Google pixels arent able to connect to the network.
I had an idea what if I created a WiFi hotspot with a Raspberry Pi, which would connect using wifi and then other deviced could connect to its hotspot using basic WPA2 credentials.

Now I have two questions:

• Which model of the RP would suffice
• If I were to run PiHole could that be done on the same RP and how would it work, would it be its own DNS?

[tribal sequoia]

I can go try to run it.

Don't forget to update past the stupid dual-mode firmware too

Can't stand the dual-mode functionality. It's silly to function like that.

[topaz basin]

what is dual mode?

[tribal sequoia]

You either set them where they're are access or trunk

Or "dual mode"

Which literally just means it now supports tagged and untagged VLANs lol

Access and trunk simply being either all VLANs on port are tagged

Or you set one VLAN to untagged.

[topaz basin]

ah ok

[tribal sequoia]

Yeah. It's like ok cool..but it's tedious for no reason in the CLI lol

You gotta enable dual mode set the dual mode native lan. But first remove it from any untagged vlan membership if it had one then add your tagged memberships

Later firmware you just don't have to run dual mode command. It doesn't exist. just the untagged vlan membership and you can tag to your hearts content

[topaz patrol]

Why are you still using a supplied router?

[spring rampart]

yo, can anyone help me
my pcs wifi was fine but then it went from this to this

i would use ethernet but im in the basement, for now i want solution from inside the pc not add ons like another router

also my pc randomly disconnects from the wifi and to reconnect i have to click “get help” and from there click restart router, only way the internet works again

does anyone know a solution

[wind rampart]

if you have a circuit that runs upstairs at well you could try power line

[spring rampart]

can you elaborate

[spring rampart]

also another thing abt my situation, my ping goes from 8 to 130 to 20 to as seen here a wopping 1200

and my routers thingy is 1gb, although the router itself is bad i dont think thats whats causing these enormous spikes, maybe it is tho idk

[spring rampart]

bro wtf its back to 3 ping 256 download

how does it go from 1200 ping 0.3 download 0 upload to 3 ping 256 download 303 upload

[pseudo blade]

Don't want to spend for anything better than the Smart Modem Gen 2 honestly

When I get FTTP I'll ditch it

[topaz patrol]

Ah

They're quite good actually

I hope you're not on Telstra though...

Telstra just charges an ungodly non return fee for them

[pseudo blade]

I have two of them and they have a habit of bootlooping if they lose power. They're mostly OK if left powered

Oh no not with Telstra

[topaz patrol]

Good if you're on an unreliable connection

[pseudo blade]

I prefer them to any cheap VDSL modem

[topaz patrol]

I keep forgetting about FTTN, in that case they'd be one of the best you can get

[fickle lily]

what will happen if ISP only provide ipv6 and you connect your router with ipv4 connection support only. I have a prepaid router which uses sim to provide internet and it seems it only provide ipv6 address since if i directly connect on it via Ethernet Port and disable IPV6 it lose the internet connection .

[pseudo blade]

I've never heard of an ISP offering only IPv6 and would put forward that it's likely a misconfiguration of some kind.

There are ways to make it work using translation gateways and the like but as an end user you'd be wanting to contact your ISP and ask for assistance

[topaz patrol]

The real question is why do you want an IPv4 address

The ISP should be running NAT64/DNS64 meaning you'd be able to access IPv4 only services anyway

But yes just bother your ISP

[wind rampart]

honestly ive faced a similar issue with a client where he had a router that did dsl and had a lte backup but as long as that was enabled he couldnt acces ipv6

but isps are weird

[pseudo blade]

You want an IPv4 address of some description for compatibility, but the ISP should be doing NAT and NAT64 anyways

Otherwise some stuff doesn't work properly

[wind rampart]

yea whats isps do and what they should do thats 2 worlds

[pseudo blade]

I find most of them like to retain customers

[wind rampart]

my isp for example likes to f arround with peerings and other stuff so our ethernet is really weird and slow since the last few months as they are currently building out fiber here and also stopped peering with someone and idk its a 💩 storm rgnw

[fickle lily]

trying to put a router on the prepaid internet . It is not permanent since i would get a fibr line soon but just weird that for some reason my tplink router do not produce internet . Welp for now it works i just turn on IPTV/VLAN to internet for both port and put IPV6 setting to pass through . I think that solves the problem and router giving my pc an ipv6 address which idk why i have internet if i enable it lmao.

[fickle lily]

Thus it has something to do eith NAT? I have a setting that says what NAT to choose , a cone and the other one . I choose the cone since it is the recommended one

[pseudo blade]

So if you don't get your own public IPv4 address the ISP should be giving you a "private" IPv4 address, the carrier does NAT from their pool of public IPs. As said... you'll want to ask them about why you're not getting an IPv4 address and how to fix that

[topaz patrol]

I ❤️ CGNAT - For both on and off label uses

[tribal sequoia]

This. They should be doing NAT 6 to 4. And in like basically all cases they usually are

[topaz patrol]

I'm sure there are some public NAT64 services out there

https://nat64.net/

Well there ya go

[tribal sequoia]

They had a big outage recently from a hurricane and I noticed one wireless ISP was handing out cgnat addresses instead of ipv6 on their 5g modems heh

[fickle lily]

For now everything works . Other than the signal and internet speed lmao . But yea

or probly not ipv6 /ipv4 related and might be DNS thing. after changing dns provider here . IPV4 now provides internet . Probly it is really dns problem lmao

[wind rampart]

is any body else also really struggeling with the vpn config for both OpenVPN and Wireguard in opnsense?

[shy gulch]

Which guide are you following ?

And are you trying to do standard “clients connect to my OPNsense to get access to my LAN” or something different /specialized ?

[wind rampart]

ive watched a few yt videos now and also looked at the opnsense Documentations and im just doing a basic vpn setup where you got one server and then just clients that are desktops

no site2site or other speicalties

[vivid ether]

hey someone here with some truenas scale knowledge?

or networking in general

[pseudo blade]

No. We all know nothing about networking or TrueNAS Scale.

...Just ask your question. Either someone knows the answer or they don't.

Also this is kinda sad

[opal pagoda]

wut the hell
1x1 enjoyer

[opal pagoda]

this link really needs to be put in chanel description
https://dontasktoask.com/

[pseudo blade]

It's not even big enough of an area to warrant not using the standard antennas, it's stupid

[opal pagoda]

i would bet that better range would be achieved by using standard antenas that are angled properly

[pseudo blade]

Maybe 25 meter radius tops

[opal pagoda]

less than standard range haha

[clear igloo]

Didn't pay for the extra three antenna license 😛

[vivid ether]

I have problems with smb share on scale, and i have tried everything i can think of and what i could find on the internet. this issue begun many months ago and i cant figure it out. SMB shares are discoverable and seem to work except for auth. it asks for username and password then it accepts it but continous to ask a auth but now filled in with a microsoft account this happens 3 - 4 times, sometimes it also asks a certificate in between, and then is just says no connection possible
acl are set on both filesystem and share, now even with everyone access on both
and still it doesnt want to work
please someone help me bcs i need access to those files, and I already asked in here and other servers but no one wants to help me, im getting a bit desperate atm

[vivid ether]

now i have created new user with its home dir inside the shared dir and the auth worked flawwlessly but there are no files in there except some hidden files, so i think its the home dir of that new test user

[opal pagoda]

sounds like windows issue (automatically using ms account for auth)
try looking for "sign in as other user" option

or check this

[vivid ether]

ive tried that many times, both

[opal pagoda]

have you tried connecting with 2nd pc

[vivid ether]

i also cant connect using ios or mac

[vivid ether]

yes also windows with different ms acc

i think im prolly deleting that user and group and making a new one, but for now ill access it via the test user

the test user sadly didnt resolve the ios connection

[opal pagoda]

tbh could be ios issue,
i cant access samba share (casa os) from ios but i can use web interface to access all my files so i didnt bother investigating it further

[vivid ether]

i used to be able to access it fine with ios

nvm now ios also works with the test user

so ill guess il go with that atm

[shy gulch]

What specific issue are you running into? Setting up the server ? A client? Connecting to Wg? Reaching LAN devices once on the VPN?

[wind rampart]

the issue is connecting to the server as im getting multiple errors depending on what i change in a attempt at debugging

[shy gulch]

What client OS/software and what error ?

[wind rampart]

client os is windows and the errors im seeing are the following taken from the opnsense log)

2024-09-29T16:00:40    Error    openvpn_server1     tls-crypt unwrap error: packet too short

2024-09-29T15:58:01    Warning    openvpn_client2     NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
2024-09-29T15:58:01    Warning    openvpn_client2     WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
2024-09-29T15:58:00    Notice    openvpn_client2     Restart pause, 1 second(s)
2024-09-29T15:58:00    Notice    openvpn_client2     SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
2024-09-29T15:58:00    Error    openvpn_client2     TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
2024-09-29T15:58:00    Error    openvpn_client2     TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
2024-09-29T15:57:48    Notice    openvpn_server1     MANAGEMENT: Client disconnected
2024-09-29T15:57:48    Notice    openvpn_server1     MANAGEMENT: CMD 'quit'
2024-09-29T15:57:48    Notice    openvpn_server1     MANAGEMENT: CMD 'status 2'
2024-09-29T15:57:47    Notice    openvpn_server1     MANAGEMENT: Client connected from /var/etc/openvpn/instance-48055be0-5e43-4c5b-8906-ba24416d829a.sock```

[shy gulch]

The “packet too short” message and TLS handshake failure make me think you didn’t give the client the --tls-crypt key-file parameter

[wind rampart]

tbh i just used the client exporter from opnsense i dont really know that much about opnvpn and when wanting to use the full archive so ssl cert with opnvpn config it would throw the following error when trying to import the config: static_key_parse_error

[lost lily]

fuck ISP ONTs

https://www.fs.com/de-en/products/141199.html

the only question i have is: can XGS-PON (10Gbps) transceivers work with GPON (1Gbps) too?

I'm thinking no

oh they're different wavelengths

why are PON transceivers so expensive

[thorn delta]

they're pretty complicated on the inside compared to a regular SFP. They're sharing the segment of fiber with other devices, have to untag/tag VLANs, ect

[lost lily]

can't you delegate that to the host

[thorn delta]

On the ISP side, we don't want to expose more of the network than the customer needs access to, so the CPE has to be able to do all that.

[lost lily]

i mean yes but the transceiver is at my house, it's trivial. it's like client side form validation for websites

or like hiding stuff as html comments, like you're still sending it to me, i can see it if i go look

[thorn delta]

I'm not sure of all the fancy protocol behind the scenes stuff, but the provisioning is still done on the ISP side, so even if you clone your ONT, the OLT side will still only send the traffic that it's authorized to receive

[lost lily]

well yeah, as expected, but then why make the transceiver do L2&L3 stuff when it could just be a MAC

[thorn delta]

It allows for more flexibility, so that I can untag a VLAN towards your router, so your router doesn't need to be vlan aware. Or split out one VLAN for internet, another for phone, IPTV, ect. ONTs can typically do this at wirespeed and meet pretty intensive RFC2544 testing

on the GPON networks I manage, I pushed for a pretty dumb L2/bridge only CPE so we can provide the same routers that we do for fixed wireless/cable/DSL. No performance difference compared to the normal SFP modules. It's pretty gross when fiber ISPs will just not give a working bridge mode option

[tribal sequoia]

^^ that is exactly why the managed xgspon transceivers with a little arm soc in them exist lol

delete your modem and use whatever firewall you want with it

[lost lily]

aren't PONs supposed to be cheaper in general? where is the cost saving? on the PON switch?

[peak cloak]

the infrastructure

honestly I have gpon service and the ONT isn't a big deal, it's just a dumb box and gives me an ethernet output that goes to my router

[vale night]

no way its the dog of wisdom

[rocky badge]

@waxen scroll @peak cloak I changed up apartment network big time lol

Cisco Nexus N9K is the actual router now, Fortigate is just doing WAN Firewall and NAT duties

[waxen scroll]

Wtf that's not going to be quiet

[rocky badge]

it is surprisingly quiet

the supermicro superserver 2u is louder than it

[opal pagoda]

Wtf how

N9k is literally loudest thing in our dc, doesn't help that there are 2 of them

[lost lily]

well i dont want 10GBase-T, it's power hungry and expensive

[topaz patrol]

Not at that scale lol

[lost lily]

a 10GBase-T SFP adapter is like €60

at that point i'm skipping the ONT

[topaz patrol]

You can't just skip the ONT

[lost lily]

i can

[topaz patrol]

And how do you plan on doing that

[lost lily]

1. get an ONU
2. call my ISP
3. profit

[topaz patrol]

I have a feeling you're going to get stuck on steps two and three

[lost lily]

here its required by law that ISPs allow you to ditch their box

[topaz patrol]

Sounds like a shitty law

[lost lily]

??? why

its great

[topaz patrol]

"their box" is incredibly vague

[lost lily]

it was a lawsuit between an org and an ISP, on having a custom DSL modem router when the ISP didn't want them to, they won and now all ISPs are required by law to help you set up your own thing. the judgement carried over to fiber too. the judgement said that literally as soon as the wire/fiber enters your house you should be allowed to use your own (compatible) gear

and the ISP is mandated to give you the "configuration options" to make it work

[topaz patrol]

Ew

[lost lily]

i don't see what's so bad about that

[topaz patrol]

It just sounds like an absolute nightmare

[lost lily]

i don't necessarily disagree

[peak cloak]

Their box as in router or just ONT?

It may just not be possible

[lost lily]

both

like currently if you want (i know because i've seen it done), you can just get your own router with PON input and just use the ISP's box as a frisbee if you so wish

[peak cloak]

PON isn't a standard, every system is different

Unlike dociss

[lost lily]

idk then, but i have seen it done

[peak cloak]

What I've seen done is getting an SFP module from ISP

[lost lily]

that is also a thing yes

[peak cloak]

Still technically a box that's the ISPs/ISP required

Just in a much smaller form factor

[lost lily]

yeah technically

[topaz patrol]

I’m looking at you, Ubiquiti

[opal pagoda]

Literally, it even runs Linux

[frosty stone]

You'd be very unlikely to get support from any ISP to have such a setup for a residential connection

[rocky badge]

The supermicro is louder

[rocky badge]

Getting 10G cards for the servers

For a full 10G network

All I need now is 10G private transit between home and apartment 😂

[topaz patrol]

Run some guerrilla dark fibre

[rocky badge]

That’s like a 150mi fiber lol

[topaz patrol]

Maybe not then

[rocky badge]

Rn it’s an IPsec on the fortigate site so site over gigabit WAN

[peak cloak]

Yeah, very rare

[fickle lily]

hi good sir . Running pihole in docker and trying to make it work with TL-WR820N but i cant for some reason ,. already added the dns on DHCP server .

[fickle lily]

figured . i just selected to only accept request from local or 1 hop away lmao . Also if i nslookup was able to see that i use my server IP where pihole is running .

[opal pagoda]

very nice, soon you will need a CRAH

[opal pagoda]

is this a legit lsi card?

what throws me off is fastpcb logo

[tribal sequoia]

be surprised if you get anywhere near 1g on a 40F, i guess without any inspection at all

[rocky badge]

Yeah I don’t do any of that

[opal pagoda]

are you even logging traffic?

[rocky badge]

Just using it as a firewall and NAT out to the Internet

Yeah

[rocky badge]

Oh you meant under the IPsec

I get about 400mbps but considering home is actually gig/500 that’s not bad imo

[vivid ether]

2 apps on my brand new scale install always give this error, someone who knows why this is and how to fix this?

[thorny osprey]

guys why is the 5G band showing up for some devices and not showing on some other devices (5G supported phones too)

[low pond]

Probably setting based, modem or carrier side support, it's much complicated with 5g

[karmic marten]

Why tf did you buy a fortigate then?

A simple mikrotik / opnsense router/firewall can do that

[tribal sequoia]

so you're just basically doing utm/nat, fortigates are cool, when you're actually using features. a 40f is unfortunately not capable of using them and getting throughput over a couple hundred mbps

[rocky badge]

Because I used it before as a full router and firewall? lol

Plus I have fortigates in other sites so it’s super easy to site to site

[opal pagoda]

We are migrating from dmvpn to fortinet sd wan right now

About 10 sites

[mystic latch]

All these fortigate zero days don't make your guys' org nervous?

[thorn delta]

We're not using Fortigate, but it's what I'm leaning towards picking on an upcoming refresh. Most of the vulnerabilities that I've seen make headlines are in the web management and other management interfaces, which should not be exposed to the internet or users.

[tribal sequoia]

everyone has zero days, it's about how they handle it

we have hundreds of gates out there

[rocky badge]

got the new UPS and cables lol

[mystic latch]

Of course. Just seems the prevalence of fortigate ones seems a lot higher than others.

[opal pagoda]

You should get one of those 1u slide out kvm+monitor

[rocky badge]

Nah

I never use anything at the actual rack

I do it all through the network

[opal pagoda]

Ight

I am guessing servers are equiped with a LOM

[rocky badge]

@waxen scroll @clear igloo I need mental help

[clear igloo]

We all do, get in line 😛

[rocky badge]

I have 5 hops

FIVE HOPS to an internal service I run

[clear igloo]

I mean you're running BGP

[rocky badge]

and OSPF

OSPF from the Nexus to Fortigate for routing between them

[clear igloo]

EVPN when?

[rocky badge]

BGP from Fortigate over IPsec WAN to Fortigate at home

Static route from home Fortigate to network services VM

Zerotier from VM to AWS EC2 instance

All so I can send emails

[boreal sail]

Finally got fiber to my house, so I set up the network rack, ONT is on the wall behind everything, UPS, router, switch, patch panel (bottom to top). I still need to fill the hole between the router and switch and get the fiber patch for the top. Router's wifi antennas relocated to the bottom of the rack so I still have my AP isolation network. Deco X50-PoE hanging off the left side in temp location waiting for the wall to get rebuilt that I had to remove for floor redo. Not in this picture, but I have the router's LTE antennas on the top of the rack now, but plan to move them outside at some point.

Switch is 28 port (24 PoE+/2 SPF). PoE everything, Nest cameras, Hue Bridge, Router, and ONT all on PoE using splitters. Wi-Fi APs (minus the one on the other end of the fiber to the detached garage) are using their built in support for PoE.

[spring rampart]

my ethernet is getting 1 ping but only 90 upload and download, anyone know a fix

cuz its getting 400-500 on my phone via wifi

ethernet is on 100mps full

wifi plan is 1gb, cable is cat6

so my specs are all up, but the download and upload just isnt

[tight pecan]

100Mbps on your ethernet would be the problem

Check your network card and switch/router ports and make sure they support 1Gbps

[ornate jungle]

If you mean your network card is negotiating a 100mbit link instead of a 1000mbit link, that'll be where your speed problem stems from. In addition to the above suggestions, I would bypass any intermediary connections (switches, wall jacks, etc.) and ensure your device is plugged directly into the router/modem.

[spring rampart]

how, the only options on my speed for the ethernet settings on my pc js 100mbps full and balf then 10mbps full and half then a 2.5 half

i tried them all and the results were the same

[spring rampart]

yes it is directly connected to the router to my pc

[spring rampart]

router port said 2.5

i made it 2.5gbps full, it is still in the 90:

there is no option for 1gbps

yup got exactly 94.9 download and 94.9 upload

[ornate jungle]

What does the Link Speed say for your ethernet port in Windows Settings?

[spring rampart]

lemme check

its still on 100mbps even tho i changed it to 2.5gbps

bro there was a 1gbps option i just had to scroll, 😭

still saying 100mbps tho

[spring rampart]

^

[ornate jungle]

Something is causing the link to negotiate at slower speeds. Could be the cable. Could be the network port on the router / modem / switch. Could be bad drivers. Could be a bad motherboard ethernet port.

[spring rampart]

so theres nothing i can do from the pc

[ornate jungle]

Aside from reinstalling network drivers, not really. I'd be testing from the source though first. Plug another known good working PC into the same ethernet cable and see what it gets. If it too gets 100mbps, bingo, you know it's not your PC. Try swapping the network cable. Try plugging into another router port.

Network troubleshooting is 99% process of elimination, one variable at a time. The other 1% is your coworkers making network changes without consulting the team, usually on a Friday at 1430 in the afternoon.

[spring rampart]

well im in the basement, replacing the cable is gona be a huge pain since its going through the roof and if its not from the cable and something with my pc or router i cant fix that so im basically just cooked

[ornate jungle]

Wait, how exactly is it going through the roof? Is it just a cable sticking out of the ceiling or something? Highly suspect this is a wiring issue between your PC and the router / modem.

[tight pecan]

What network card do you have?

If you're using your mobo's ethernet port, it should support 1Gbit just fine if it's relatively modern, in which case your issue is with something between the router and your pc (cable, wall ports, etc)

You can try getting an ethernet tester and plug it on both ends of your wall jacks

If you're down to get your hands dirty, maybe try getting new keystones for both sides and re-terminating the cables

If you even have enough slack in there

[spring rampart]

no roofs tiles and above that is another floor, theres a small hole in the ground upstairs that brings the cable to the router and downstairsits just neatly passing through a tile

if i had to guess i probably damaged the tip of the ethernet cable while pulling it down from upstairs to down because i did have to use a little bit of force

ill check it and if it is busted ill recrimp it, if its not that then idk anymore

[spring rampart]

ye my mo is and everything abt specs is fine

supports 2.5

[spring rampart]

idk what that is

[ornate jungle]

If it still only workst at 100mbps, bypass the cable by connecting your computer to the router using a known-good working pre-made cable, even if this means temporarily relocating your computer.

Better to find out what the problem is, even if you can't permanently leave your PC physically in the same room as the router. That way you at least know where the problem is.

[spring rampart]

just check

ed

my cables are perfectly fine

im gona try connecting it to smthn else and see what it does there

[karmic marten]

Nice, I have the same. Did you get a surplus one from ebay?

[karmic marten]

use mtrrrrrrrrrrr

[spring rampart]

figured it out i think

my bios is still in 2021

i have to upgrade that fs

[cold cliff]

im trying to get some ethernet cabling but without the rj45 connector does that like exist and what is it called because i only see ones that have the connector

[tight pecan]

Generally just "bulk" boxes of something like CAT6 for example

[rocky badge]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335131585478

[karmic marten]

So the answer is yes.

[lost lily]

these 2 showed up at the door

:3

[spring rampart]

updated bios its still capped at 100 @ornate jungle

had microsoft support team take over even after 2 hrs they couldnt do it

only possible options left is my cable or pc is faulty in some way

[opal pagoda]

Did you check what year batteries were manufactured?

[lost lily]

chat is this good

good lord what did they do to this poor thing

that's all dust and garbage, it didn't catch on fire

[opal pagoda]

needs a good dunk in brakleen