home network

Hi there, SNB users— I currently have an ASUS router, and after years of running on the platform and with my most recent router (RT-AXE7800) having a host of issues, I feel like it's time to reach out for help and fix my home network. I'll give you my network's history, then setup, then the...

Hi - I was trying to find the best place to post this, and happy to contribute back the deployment walkthrough when it is all working. Given my existing network gear, I elected for this forum I want to take my existing home network - designed to be wife friendly and update it to include a Home...

Hi! I have 2 TUF-AX5400 routers: one main router which acts in AiMesh Router mode and the second one which acts as an AiMesh node (Both of them connected via cable). I'm having two issues that I can't seem to solve, and I would appreciate any help. There is an option to create up to 3 guest...

Greetings, Am new to routers, but trying to isolate two computers connected to router via ethernet. Router gives me option to create VLAN's so I was thinking to create two VLANs for home and work computer. Both would be plugged into router in specific ethernet ports. Separate VLANs would be...

So I have a four port DIY router running pfsense and a Zyxel 24 port managed switch - neither are currently in use on my home network. I'm just connected to them via an old laptop to configure the web ui's. This is because my wife is very reliant on internet and access to our media server so I...

Hello all! My wife is now working from home, her employer is shipping a computer and peripherals next week. I'm always concerned about the integrity of our home network, so much that when guest come to the house I pass out a "guest network" card just in case they have something funky on their...

Hello everyone. I’m working on my home network and thinking what can I do to prevent or minimize traffic across subnets. I’ve got a great collection of old but still serviceable router. :) Most of our devices are ETH cabled and only 1 wireless access point is activated, on router B, mainly...

Good day :) I am planning a network for my home, a building of 4 apartments. Two heads are better than one and so I want to get a review of the proposed topology attached here. The downlink from telco to home is Fiber 200 Mbps. Thankfully, please review and tell if there are any missing...

So I have a fairly simple network. ISP modem in in Bridge mode giving me a clean (but dynamic) IP, Asus RT-AX86U as primary gateway, DHCP and 1st mesh node. Running latest Merlin build. Asus RT-AX55 as Mesh Node, hardwired to the AX86 (with a simple switch between to attach the home theater)...

The following setup is for home network. It's just a theoretical one, a case study I create myself for my (near) future network upgrade. For now, I will not go into detail of my goals and reasons for the setup, but in general, I want it to be as secure as possible, and devices/clients must be...

Greetings all! I am looking for advice or a least to be pointed in the direction of the things I need to research more! Situation: My apartment building provides internet access as part of the rent. Each unit has a single RJ45 jack in the main room and each tenant is expected to sort out...

I need 8 lan port for my home network because i got 3 sony android tv each connect to a lan port, 1 raspberry pi connect to a lan port (work as a nas storage so my family can watch latest bluray movie), 1 lan port to my desktop computer, 2 lan port to 2 security camera. My family had 5...

Interesting papers about software safety in home routers. https://cyber-itl.org/2018/12/07/a-look-at-home-routers-and-linux-mips.html

First of all, that is my first post on forum, so I wanted to greet you all. My house is 4 storey, 70m2 (~750 ft2) each. It is semi-detached house. First storey, which is underground, is house for a car and jam jars, so I do not need connection here. Next 2 storeys are living area. I do require...

I can connect to the site (https://xxxxxx.crm.dynamics.com/) through my router, but when I connect to the VPN on my home network it doesn't connect to the site. This is strange because if I am on another network and use the VPN it works fine. I explained the situation to my IT group at work...

Hi, Thanks in advanced for anyone that is willing to help (my first post). I am moving to a house that has a smart network infrastructure that will allow many spots in different rooms to access the network with LAN for best performance (such as TV for example). I would like to connect...

This might be of interest to SNB readers: https://specklepattern.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/the-mystery-ipv6-forwarder-on-our-home-network-part-i/ An easy failure for home networking security.

Hello, I am an armature at this home networking. Here is what I have is 1. Comcast coming in via cable to my Netgear AC 1750 model C6300 2. 1 Ethernet cable from router to computer 3 2nd Ethernet cable from router to the wall to the Open House 568A to a Buffalo 16-Port Desktop/Rackmount Gigabit...

Hello, I have 4 computers (3 laptops and 1 desktop) that I am unable to connect to each other via HomeGroup. The configuration of the 4 are as listed. 1) Win 8.1 used exclusively via wifi (Laptop) 2) Win 10 used exclusively via wifi (Laptop) 3) Win 10 used wired and wireless (Laptop) 4) Win 10...

Hi, I've got an Airport Extreme that provides Internet connectivity to my entire house. So, I've started a small Home business which consists of employees using my wifi too but I'm not too fond of them being on the same network. I'd like to attach an Airport Time capsule to the network so...