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    Router showing modem at 100 Mbps suddenly

    Back to the point ... I agree with @Tech9 that either the router's WAN port or the modem's local port is partially fried. Maybe both :(. Your ISP's service person will be able to test the modem, and hopefully will replace it if bad, so just wait for that visit. If your luck is bad you will...
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    Surrounded by everyone. Darn...

    The 2.4GHz band is a lost cause for many of us. In 5GHz, it might be worth your trouble to experiment with using DFS channels, because most of your neighbors won't. They're not a perfect solution by any means -- the extra minute or two added to AP reboots is annoying -- but you can probably...
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    Chromecast on different subnet...

    Why do you think you can't change the chromecast's IP address? A quick google search finds plenty of documentation about how to do that.
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    AdGuard Home on pfSense

    You'd find a substantially more knowledgeable community at Netgate's forums.
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    Asus vs Unifi vs ?

    As for the MIMO question --- very few clients are 4x4 MIMO, it's mostly 2x2. Now in principle a 4x4 AP can talk to two separate 2x2 clients concurrently, but that requires the AP and both clients to support that mode --- and again, very few clients do so. Maybe this will be better in a few...
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    Asus vs Unifi vs ?

    FWIW, my own setup has UniFi APs, pfSense router, mostly-Cisco switches. I too find UniFi's routers/gateways to not be compelling, but they make good APs.
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    900 / 450 Fibre - Only getting 600 across my network.

    If you had a virus constantly eating half your available bandwidth, it would take a quite incompetent ISP not to notice that, especially if you were complaining about speed. So I discount that theory.
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    Need Advice - 140m Ethernet Run Between Buildings

    If you get a point-blank lightning strike on your house, a lot of your electronics will probably be toast just from EMF, never mind whether there's a copper pathway. I think the issue about varying ground potential is the more serious concern here. (Admittedly, nearby lightning can cause what...
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    Need Advice - 140m Ethernet Run Between Buildings

    Yeah, but I'd only recommend the UBB if the user wants to buy into the UniFi ecosystem. Otherwise, the 60GHz "Wave" series from the UISP product line makes more sense, IMO anyway. I've not used those models myself, but if they are like other UISP PtP radios, they don't require any extra...
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    Need Advice - 140m Ethernet Run Between Buildings

    I think you're being way too quick to dismiss the wireless approach. Point-to-point wifi like Ubiquiti's UISP gear can reach gigabit-ish throughput and will probably cost less than trenching a cable. If you do insist on a wired solution, though, I concur with the other responses recommending...
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    non-private IPv4 addresses in LAN

    Yeah, RFC1918 and the widespread adoption of NAT changed the landscape completely. Without that, IPv4 would've stopped being relevant at all years ago.
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    non-private IPv4 addresses in LAN

    Well, the question was quite vaguely worded ... but what I took it to mean is "what will happen if I just commandeer some public IP address range for my private network?"
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    non-private IPv4 addresses in LAN

    The thing that should stop you is that if you ever try to access external servers that legitimately live in 134.x.x.x, your network will misbehave and send you to local addresses instead. Of course, maybe that's what you want ... but it's the sort of thing that will bite you on the rear at...
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    Solved Using Cat 6 UTP connector on Cat 6a STP wire?

    Oh, I hear you. Until a couple years ago I lived in an old (WW1-era) house, whose original electrical outlets were all two-prong. Previous owners had extended the system in more or less sketchy ways, and I don't think there was ever a proper ground rod until the city's building inspector made...
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    Minecraft server not connecting over fiber

    Doesn't seem that strange to me. When I had Verizon residential FiOS, it was the same way: their router was perfectly okay with port-forwarding incoming connections, but their TOS forbade running any sort of server. I did make use of the port-forwarding function a few times, and never got my...
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