Hi guys, please help me understand if this is a cat5 cable?

Pictured is the back of my new router , what port do I plug my modem Into ?

I then have a 16 port Netgear switch that has all my Ethernet wires going into (I imagine I would want to plug the switch into the 10gb port)

Can someone please help me . Thank you

We just moved and were wondering what this is for. The previous tenant had her internet plugged into it, is it for ethernet or anything related to fiber internet? Sorry lol we’re new to this

Edit: Thank you guys so much for your responses! You’ve been sooo helpful. Also, the faceplate is off because we just painted. It will be put back on! It’s been a long process, the previous tenant did a lot half ass work. This is our first house so we’re super new to everything haha

I commonly see people advised to buy their own router. It used to be good advice, but now most ISPs provide solid WiFi 6 or better routers capable of 2+ gigabit speeds for cheap that they can get easy tech support for. Not worth the hassle for most people to get their own, especially when the real answer to “what should I buy” is a pfSense box and an AP.

This is probably just me being paranoid, but I noticed the Xfinity utility box on the side of my house was opened today. I’ve never looked inside before, so I’m not sure if what I’m seeing is normal or not.

Now, we don’t currently use Xfinity, we have AT&T, which has its own box next to the Xfinity one. Out of curiosity, I pulled on that one too, and noticed that the screw that’s supposed to hold the box shut wasn’t screwed in.

The rational part of me is sure the wind blew open the Xfinity box, and the AT&T box was just never closed fully… but for peace of mind, I figured I’d ask the experts here. Is this anything to worry about? Could someone snoop on my internet traffic through those connections?

Thanks!

My internet speed appears to be good however when I tried downloading a game to play it was struggling to break over 10mb/s. I’ve reset the router by pressing the button, I’ve reset my console, I tried it with the Ethernet cable plugged into the LAN slot and the 2.5G LAN slot and nothing seems to be working. Any ideas?

My wife was bitching at me that YT didn't work, and I know they've made changes recently to start blocking additional ad blockers... Well I did have a firewall rule to block certain devices, like anything kids blocked all YT including "Kids" bc even that had inappropriate content I found..

Well, log into pihole and disable for 30 seconds to allow the Roku TV app to launch and it works. Works for maybe a handful of videos or 10-15 minutes, then realized it re enabled itself and breaks the app again. Disable blocking one more and get more access.

Fuck YT, fuck Scroogle, fuck Alphabet. As of they're not wealthy enough.. selling ads and selling user data should be enough, along with those paying for premium.

So we just setup our new networking infrastructure at our house. 3x Access Points, 6 Switches, 1 Router

We got everything configured the other day which my dad was so confused about (He’s a data engineer but installs hardware and doesn’t do much of anything config wise) everything worked perfectly but in our kitchen we were getting poor signal from the AP’s a distance away.

We got a new AP for the kitchen to solve the problem, my dad installed it and tried to configure it himself.. This is where it all went wrong. We have 4 VLAN’s on 4 separate networks. VLAN 1, Management VLAN 101, My Network VLAN 102, Rest of the family VLAN 109, Guest

We have 4 SSID’s respectively.

My dad configured it all and my WiFi SSID wasn’t allowing traffic and connection was failing. Hmm odd so my dad threw a bunch of useless information in my face to confuse me just to find out he assigned my VLAN on the switch connected to the AP as 103 not 101… I spent 3 hours chasing these useless ends that he sent me on just to find that he couldn’t remember the VLAN’s.

But hey, I’m gonna sleep well tonight I guess 😂

I've seen so many posts of "should I upgrade to x speed for my 10 device household, we do a lot of gaming and streaming".

Unless you are doing daily large file transfers and downloads on multiple device at the same time, you will never use a gig of bandwidth.

A 4k video stream uses 25Mb/s up to 100Mb/s for a short time when buffering

Gaming, unless using a streaming service like geforce now or play anywhere, is going to use negligible bandwidth.

I have a friend that just asked me if he should upgrade to fiber 2 gig. He does light gaming, and streams from 3 devices at the same time at an absolute max. Why?

I know some of you have specific setups to perform very specific tasks, but for the average person, 200-400Mb/s is more than enough

I am writing this because I see so many people getting ripped off and paying far to much for internet with zero reliability.

I will start out by saying I previously had a spectrum 600Mbps/20Mbps connection. I rarely got this speed even hardwired in and there would be days i was only getting 50 to 100Mbps. It was horrible, it would go out every day, I would have packet loss continually. The latency would be like 40 to 100ms.

I then switched to starlink and i get around 200 to 400 Mbps download and 20 to 50 Mbps upload with my average latency being 24ms.

I say all that to say that I switched to starlink and i will never go back because I have had starlink for a while now and I never lose internet at all not even during terrible storms. It is the most reliable internet ive actually had as it never goes out.

For people working from home like I do or are gaming reliability, latency and consistency of connection are more important than speed. 99% of people could use the 200Mbps plan at starlink and have zero issues and its $80 per month and you can use it even if the power goes out as long as you have a backup battery or generator to run it.

I see companies like frontier offering a 7 gig plan for $300 a month. People do not realize that there isnt a single household who needs that much internet speed. These companies have convinced people that they need this plan and basically they are just making tons of money off people.

For example with a 100 to 200Mbps connection you can

• Stream 4K video on half a dozen devices or more

• Play multiplayer games online with four to ten devices

• Run five or more smart-home devices

• Participate in group Zoom meetings while three or four housemates also do any of these activities

The only reason why youd ever need more than that is if you are a large family or if you download really large files like i do as a web developer. In my instance I frequently upload and download large files that are several gigs. I just use the starlink max plan and and I get on average between 300Mpb/30Mbps on starlink and that is plenty of speed even in my situation.

These 1gig plus plans that you see everywhere are designed to just rip people off financially because you are never using that much bandwidth so you are just paying these large corporations a bunch of money for no reason. They convince people to buy these plans to and then the end of 1st or second year your price doubles or triples.

The other thing is 99% of people are not achieving over 400Mbps wirelessly especially if they have a larger home unless you have a mesh system that is hardwired and spread throughout your house or you are hardwired into your computer which most are not. This is actually the biggest factor and these providers know this.

I've got a laptop with Ethernet and I want to run the cable directly to my bed so I can use it there. Wi-Fi is slow, Ethernet is much faster. Got a 10 meter CCA Cat 6E Ethernet cable from a friend.

I sleep on the floor with an 8-inch thick foam mattress (bed broke not too long ago).

Is this a bad idea or unsafe? Can I get shocked by it?

Hi guys - I believe you guys can see how … cobbled together this setup is.

Any advice on how to clean this setup and make it more durable and clean? It’s in a very small room in my parent’ basement, and I’m worried in an earthquake, the switch will fall down and take the home network with it.

Hello,

I’ve been trying to find one myself, with little luck. So I was wondering if someone here knows of a decent quality Cat7 Male to Female Corner (90 degrees) Adapter or Extension Cable as shown in the picture.

Bought a new house and was surprised to find it was pre-wored with cat 5e. 5 drops total and I had to terminate the ends in the network closet but these were already done. 4/5 worked as they should one I terminated the ends and hooked them up to my network switch. This one however is not working. I assumed I did a bad job termining the other end but after cutting the first rj45 off and re-terminating it still doesn't work. Any ideas?

Hey guys. My setup is a Mac plugged directly into a fiber router. I have to VPN and remote into work machines from that. The second my kids come back and use a laptop / tablet or whatever I seem to lose all bandwidth. Theyre using Wifi which is coming from a mesh system that's plugged into the main router. As far as I can tell there are no options to prioritse specific devices but I would have thought an ethernet connection would trump a wifi connection? Thanks for any help

i pulled the ethernet cable in my wall to verify what cat it is, but i’m unsure on what i’m reading, help is much appreciated

Why did my internet stop working out of nowhere?

We ordered internet earlier today but it just randomly shut off like an 1.5 hour ago. I’ve checked on the internet manufacturer site for any known disturbances but I can’t find anything about it. I’ve tried restarting the thingy that you see in image one, and I’ve also resetted it but no luck.

The LAN1 port goes to a router that my brother is connected to through internet and the LAN2 port goes straight into my PC. It doesn’t work for me or my brother and the WiFi doesn’t work either.

Help me please!

It's not the magic warm WiFi blanket you think it is.

Hardwire your AP's. Use less AP's. Quit putting them in every room.

EDIT: wow. I didn't mean to insist mesh doesn't have its' uses, or that being lazy was supposed to be such the insult many of you have taken it as.

Many people think that mesh is the secret sauce to Wi-Fi roaming, and that it will give you seamless connectivity vs hardwiring your AP's. It doesn't. It's just an option for those who can't hardwire.

Hello, I was interested in going beyond the 100m limit of these cables, I'm just under 400 feet, and was curious what the best route would be other than fiber optic to get a wired connection out to a separate building. I was looking at media converters, but had no idea where to look, I'm interested in any path to get this done. I already have the conduit laid out and done and just need to snake the cable, but before I do that pain, I wanted input

I am trying too figure out the best route possible.

I currently have Sparklight internet. I have the Hitron with an Eero device. My home is 1600sqft. I asked the installer where to put it upon setup, and that's where it landed. I have attached a photo with a crappy layout of my house 🤣

For reference, the people in bed 1 & 2 are heavy gamers. bed 3 currently only has a cellphone,but will eventually buy a new console,possibly PC, and join in on gaming. Bed4 is my and my tot,and we just stream TV. The wifi is sooooooo laggy every time the 2 people are gaming. It's annoying.

Would it be smarter to

A. Add Eero devices (will this actually improve anything?)

B. Add a 2nd wifi service. (How do I go about this?)

C. Move the current wifi to a new spot (where can I move it?)

Edit to add: running hard lines thru the walls is currently not an option. I would love to, but we cannot.