Questions tagged [wireless-router]
A device that allows access to the Internet or computer network without the need for a wired connection.
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Turning my Optilink XONT71110N Modem into a router
I have an Optilink Modem which used to be the modem for my G-Internet connection (Bangalore, India). I currently am using Hathway Internet Connection which covers all areas except our bedrooms. While ...
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Need a way to connect multiple devies to a legacy router with lower latency
I have my home network with a DSL(Digital Subscriber Line) connection, it's a very old technology, there are other ISPs with fiber, I have them too, actually, I have 2 connections with Fiber but the ...
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Where to put wireless router in network chain?
Just moved into a new apartment that has ethernet wall outlets in 3 different rooms, leading to a patch panel in a closet. In the closet, there is also an ISP provided modem+router combo. I want to ...
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Sharing WireGuard on macOS Mojave over WiFi
How would one create a hotspot on macOS Mojave and route all traffic from and to wireless interface through WireGuard interface?
I have a working WireGuard installation and I can access internet via ...
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Why is my windows 10 machine's internet getting 30mb via wifi on a 650 mb connection?
I have a 650mb/s connection from virgin media, which is mostly working fine, I get anywhere up to 600-650mb/s on every device I I own (samsing s20, iphone 11, 2 macbook pros) except for my Windows 10 ...
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Expanding a home network with WiFi + Switch
So I’ll be moving into a student house soon that comes with Virgin internet, however, my room is at the other end of the house to where the router is, which means the WiFi signal is not very strong.
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How do I set up an ethernet connection inside of a wifi network?
I'm not a network expert and I can't seem to work this out:
-I have a home office setup with two laptops and a desktop in room 1. I have a network switch and ethernet for these three computers (mac ...
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Home Setup with 2 routers
My ISP router has Wifi integrated in it, but only two physical LAN ports. I will use one of these ports to connect a TP-Link Archer AC 1900 router also providing Wifi and 4 more LAN ports. I want to ...
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Have configured two Wi-Fi access points, but they keep rebooting when both connected
My house has flint walls which stop Wi-Fi signals and effectively divide the house into 3 parts. I have therefore run ethernet from central router to the other two parts of the house and I am trying ...
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Modem to Router 1 (wired) to Router 2 (wireless) - getting default gateway not available on Router 2
I have a modem (Non-WiFi) and two routers.
Router 1 is connect via ethernet cable with Modem
I'm trying to extend my WiFi Range using a Router 2 by connecting to Router 1. But when I try to access ...
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Can I add my router's mac address in the whitelist and allow any device connected to it to connect to the internet?
So my landlord provided a LAN on our room but only allows us to add only 1 mac address to be whitelisted.
I bought an AP router and whitelisted the router's mac address thinking any device to connect ...
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Use wifi as the WAN port of a router? [closed]
How would you configure a router to use a wireless signal as their "WAN" port? Meaning, they don't bridge to the existing network but rather create their own private subnet.
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Connecting a Wi-Fi repeater to a captive portal Wi-Fi
I just moved in a student residence, and internet is provided by Wifirst. It's an open Wi-Fi but I have to connect through a portal each month. I use Arduinos for my studies and a Google Chromecast, ...
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2 routers, IP range changed on main one. unable to access 2nd one anymore
I'm having an issue with my home network. I'm a software dev but have somewhat limited network knowledge.
I always used my own router to provide internet to my home network but, last year, I "...
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Managed Routers, and Internet Connectivity Options for them
I have a home lab (just a dell server as of now) that I'm looking to upgrade with a Managed Switch and Router for 2 reasons, Inter-VLAN Routing, and Internet.
I can find affordable managed switches, ...
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From where is Wi-Fi signal transmitted when replacing 4G router antenna with outdoor antenna?
I use a 4G LTE router.
It provides an internet connection to my PC and is connected via LAN
My iPhone is connected to it via Wi-Fi.
I am thinking about using an outdoor antenna to boost my internet ...
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WiFi: Mac can join, PC cannot
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My Mac and my PC can both join the WiFi network of my Netgear router. But as of two days ago, the PC stopped connecting to the internet ("No Internet, secured"). Rebooting both ...
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Why does every channel appear twice in my WiFi tool?
My router (Linksys Velop Intelligent Mesh WiFi) seems to always duplicate every channel with a matching unnamed channel. When I use a WiFi tool, I see my channels as expected, but also for each one ...
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How can I route traffic from my main wired router to the wireless computers on the other side of a connected Wi-Fi router?
I have a router that takes my Verizon FiOS as input and has five output ports. The main internal IP address of the router is 192.168.0.1.
From one of the ports on the wired router, I have my Wi-Fi ...
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Cannot access web server using Wifi repeater
I have the following configuration:
Router A: main router that receives internet.
Router B: Wifi repeater of router A
Server C: a server connected to B.
When I connect to B, server C can be reached ...
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Bricked Tp-Link WR802N Access Point
I installed OpenWRT to my Access Point but then I wanted to switch to the old firmware. I flashed the old firmware and now my AP is bricked. I connected it to my PC over ethernet but connection goes ...
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How to extend the range of an omnidirectional WiFi router in one direction?
I would like to extend the range of an omnidirectional WiFi router (e.g. this one) in one direction.
Is it possible to connect a 2.4 GHz directional antenna (e.g. this one) to the router, by ...
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Slow Wi-Fi connection via AP, but same wired connection is Fast
I have 500mbps internet connection from Spectrum. Their modem goes to a wireless router which has 4 ethernet output ports. From those I go to an unmanaged switch, where I connect to my pc and get the ...
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How do I properly configure my Load Balancing Router?
Setup Description
I have a TP-Link TL-R470T+ Load Balancing router setup at my home.
Here is a link to the entire setup along with the routers connected etc.
As can be seen from the diagram, I have ...
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Bonding two wifi interfaces using NetworkManager
I've got two different adapters connecting to the same Network with different speeds. I aim to join their bandwidth since my ISP's bandwidth is far more than what they both receive. I use ...
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Connecting the old router to the main router
I have Calix 854G-2 as my main router (with IP: 192.168.1.1), and Netis WF2419, the old router that I want to connect with main router via wireless (not able to connect them with cable). In the DHCP ...
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Connect router to another router
I recently bought a router (TP-Link Archer C6) which worked great at covering my entire apartment. My ISP recently upgraded to fiber, so they provided me with their own router. Problem is, this router ...
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How do I tell OpenWrt / hostapd to use a channel other than 1?
I have a wireless router running OpenWrt 19.07.7 r11306-c4a6851c72. It is both an access point and a client (station). /etc/config/wireless looks like this (sensitive values redacted):
config wifi-...
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Connected with no internet
recently I have a problem using my wifi connection: the problem isn't the slowness, but rather the fact that very often there is no internet. Even if other devices are perfectly connected to the wifi ...
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Second router not outputting right speeds
I have a 200 up and 200 down meg fibre line that I have setted up in the main house. I connected a second router in my flat and only get 100 up and down. The cables are catE6 that I used to connect ...
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2 routers, 2 ISP, 3 access points. Same Network
I have the following situation: i've got 2 WIFI routers with different ISP's their config:
1st router's IP is 192.168.1.1 | DHCP Enabled 192.168.1.2-254 | Dlink DIR 825 ACF
2nd router's IP is 192.168....
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Understanding Fiber Internet Setup - Using my WAN port router
My knowledge on this subject is very poor. I might not be using correct terms. Please excuse.
My current Internet Setup
ISP’s fiber cable comes to a common area in the apartment complex. There’s an ...
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Why is my Wi-fi Router speed test (sometimes) 4x faster than my laptop?
I just got a new wireless router to take advantage of faster speeds (I'm on a 200 Mbps plan) and the router has a speed test function when you login to it. When I did so, it showed the following ...
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Enable different SSID for 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz Wi-Fi on TP-Link AC1300 Router (EC230-G1)
tl;dr I have TP-Link AC1300 Router (EC230-G1) and I have trouble providing different SSIDs for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi band, because I cannot locate corresponding setting for 5 GHz bands. Does this ...
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Setting up two home routers on different subnets
I was wondering if someone can help me out. I've some networking knowledge but I seem to be having a problem connecting two routers together and using different subnets.
I've a home network router ...
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Wifi required in out building same phase electricity
Can anybody help please?
Ive got a good Wifi signal around my house.
I would like to get the signal into an outbuilding on the same Electricity phase.
I have 2 x Netgear 85 Mbps Wall plugged Ethernet ...
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Why are wireless not secure? [closed]
I would like to ask Why are wireless networks not considered secure despite the presence of some safeguards such as encryption, reliability, SSID, use VPN, and integrity?
thank you.
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Can't forward port 443 on C1100T wifi router
I have the same problem as outlined in this question:
How to forward port 443 on C1100T wifi router
After making the changes outlined in the answer, I still get that same error message when trying to ...
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Android Mobile Unable to connect local devices or internet at some regular intervals
I bought new D-Link DIR-X1560 router. Sometimes in my mobile I lose internet connection. I can't even open router local home website (http://192.168.1.1). And this is happening to recently bought mi ...
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Is it possible to filter inter-client communication at a wireless access point?
I have a routed access point running on a raspberry pi and would like to filter the traffic going between devices using something similar to iptables for traffic such as:
Desktop.wlan > phone.wlan
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Use a gateway's ethernet switch with a different DHCP server
I have Comcast Business internet, but currently operate their gateway without its DHCP server or wifi adapter (I have my own connected via Ethernet). I would like to use the gateway's builtin ethernet ...
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Major annoyance of internet access (Wi-Fi router keeps failing, possible loop or routing issue)
I am having a peculiar problem wherein my Wi-Fi connection goes down erratically. Here is my network
IP range: 192.168.0.0/24
Network Wi-Fi Router: Netgear R7000 running latest firmware.
DHCP Source: ...
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Would TP-LINK TL-WR740N used as repeater will cut bandwidth in half?
I have successfully configured TP-LINK WR740N as a repeater as instructed in this thread as well as on the official tp-link site. Root router is same model.
However, when I did that, although I get ...
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cannot access second router in different subnet
please help, i am new at networking with basic understanding in routing table...
i have 2 router, main router/router A and second router/ router B.
I want to access my router B from router A, router A ...
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How to avoid connecting with wrong Access Points?
Dear SuperUser experts,
We would like to ask for tech support on how to avoid machines connecting with wrong Access Points.
Here's the situation:
We have 2 AP and 2 rooms, one in Room A (AP-A) & ...
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Wireless adaptor detects the network but doesn't accept the password (Windows Vista)
I have an old HP notebook running Windows Vista 32bit. I bought an adaptor (TP-Link TL-WN823N) because of previous network problems, for which I blamed the wireless card. What happens now is that it ...
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Any problems that may happen if I give my Wi-Fi extender the same SSID (and password) as my router
I recently installed a Netgear EX3700 Wi-Fi extender. After finding a spot to install it, I changed the SSIDs to the one of my router. (Verizon Fios Quantum). No speed or interference problems.
Can ...
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Why is my WiFi slow when I send a video using broadcast UDP packets on a different network (albeit sharing the same NIC)?
I have a setup where I send UDP broadcast packet for a video app.
I run a VPS on my server and send UDP packets to a Jetson computer. The two are on the 10.0.2.x network. They both use my second ...
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How to setup wireless network downstream of wireless bridge
I have been trying to extend my home network to a nearby building. My network is set up as follows:
Please view image here
I have my main router that's hooked up to ISP. An ethernet cable connecting ...
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Will a newer model Router/AP provide better WiFi coverage than my existing Netgear WAC104 (AC1200) dual-band AP?
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I'm trying to determine if a newer router/AP will help improve wifi in our house. I guess my real question is whether the newer "whole house" routers do actually ...
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