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For the past 2 months I have been hosting a Minecraft server on port 25565 on my home network. The setup was fairly simple, just a port forward on the router (Asus Zenwifi XD5) to the server computer hardwired to the head node, and it worked fine. Recently, a local fiber ISP expanded to our...

I have two routers connected in series. One is a GPON with crap connectivity. It only supports 802.11 ac. It has a GPON but I can't get tech support for the life of me to give me the correct data to get PPPoE working over bridge mode. Those issues aside - I have the external router set to give...

I've been using a GT-AX6000 with T-Mobile gateway successfully for months, but AT&T fiber just became available so I leapt. It seems to work except for some sites that require authentication (guessing) like Netflix, Sling, Plex and even on AT&T's site that require logging in. When using their...

Hi all, so I’m redesigning my network and running some Ethernet cable throughout the house. I have my fiber coming in to the ONT and it originally went to an 8 port Linksys wireless router. What I’m going to be doing is hard wiring a couple WiFi access points in the areas of the house that...

I live in southern New Hampshire, in a house built in the 1970s. Up till now I've had Internet service through the local cable TV company, Charter Spectrum (www.spectrum.com). Their co-axial cable comes off the telephone pole into my house. I've been overall pretty happy with Spectrum's...

I recently switched from a wireless AiMesh to a partially wired AiMesh setup using fiber optic to ethernet converters. I ran into some issues which I finally worked out so I thought I would share the experience here for others to find. The key point here would probably apply to any switch be...

Big news... Bell acquired Distributel... and likely due to the CRTC ruling, is allowing Distributel to use Bell fiber lines FTTH. Very good prices ($55/month for 1Gbit) on promotion for 2 years, get that black Friday discount, at least here in Ontario, Canada! Not much documentation on the...

I have had great luck with the smart people on this forum before, and maybe you can help me figure this out. We just had a Lumos Networks 2 Gbps fiber Internet service installed, and the speeds are incredible - on one computer: This desktop system is connected via Ethernet to a Zyxel 2 Gbps...

I have FTTH from my ISP supplied through custom ONT device and I am trying to replace the router. I bought a new 3rd party ONT device which connect to my ISP Fiber cable and allows me to connect with ethernet bridge mode (I've already connected it to my Windows machine and did the setup with...

Hello! I have CenturyLink gigabit fiber. When using the provided modem/router unit (C4000XG), I get the proper bandwidth (symmetrical 940mb/s). However, when I remove the C4000XG and use my Asus GT-AXE16000 as the modem/router, I do not get the full bandwidth (wired and wireless). Asus...

Hi everyone, I need to buy a new router since i'm moving, i've been using a AX86U for the past couple of years and it has been solid. I have to leave that at my old place and wanted some recommendations for newer/better models if available. Currently dont have any wifi 6e devices, so can save...

Hi friends, I'm posting in hopes of getting some help to find out what other troubleshooting may be helpful. I don't have a... strong networking background. I'm happy to make a donation via Venmo to show my gratitude for your time. I have an Asus RT-AX88U that worked perfectly fine before a...

There are 2 types of fiber. 1) Multi mode and 2) Single mode Multimode fiber handle the multiple light rays at the same time by having different optical properties at the core. A single-mode optical fiber (SMF) is an optical fiber designed to carry only a single mode of light

Currently, I have a number of AC68U's running my network. All run the latest version of Merlin. Router 1 handles the incoming fiber line and does the heavy lifting for the firewall, DHCP, and AiMesh master node. The other 3 act as nodes and do their thing. I would like to replace Router 1...

Hello. Nice to meet you! I ask you – Did I make the right choice? Please read and please respond with a simple yes or no answer and if you could explain why you feel I did or did not and what you would have done. Last week, I purchased a new router from Amazon.com. It is the TP-Link A6 V3...

Good afternoon! First of all i want to say sorry for my english because it isnt my native language. As the title says, I would like to ask your advice to improve the latency of my connection. I have decided to change the router + ONT HGU GPT-2541GNAC of my ISP (Movistar Spain) precisely...

Do any of the GeForce QoS settings make sense to enable on fiber connections if you use GeForce? I know QoS is actually detrimental on gigabit connections but what do the GeForce settings do? There is GeForce NOW QoS mode under QoS which you need to enable QoS for, so I'm guessing I don't want...

I recently got an upgrade of my Internet connection to 300Mbps symmetric and my current Wi-Fi extender setup (4x4 AC) can't cope with it (in Europe we only have one 80Mhz channel without DFS). Routing a CAT5e cable to the AP might be doable but would require pulling out ~25meters of coax or...

Hi, I have a bidirectional 1 Gbit fiber connection and the current router doesn't even cover half of the apartment, because it's a very old building with very thick walls. I decided to purchase a mesh network, I looked at the Asus XT8, I also looked at the Orbi RBK53 (I know one is Wifi 6 the...

Does this setup actually help? I'm running one gig fiber line into modem. Then two Lan lines into an rt-ac88u one Wan and the other Lan as the dedicated dual wan port. I did some custom routing and other testing, things seem quicker, but I'm not sure if there's any actual real world load...