u/MFronczak

I ran into an issue with my home Wifi today, and I've exhausted everything I know how to do.

I want to be incredibly detailed so this is a longer post. Before getting into it, though, I want to make sure to point out that nothing in my setup or system has changed - it's been running as is for a couple of years.

Anyway, I have a Deco Model W7200 routers, a total of 4. Three are in my house, one in my barn. The barn is pretty far away, around 300 feet. However, I have it and one of the house routers hooked up via GoCoax MoCa adapters. So my system is main router in the basement, satellite via just Wifi on the main floor and then a satellite in the barn and one on the third floor, hooked up via MoCA.

As mentioned, the system has performed great, with no issues. Until this morning.

I was out in my barn and noticed that the Wifi wasn't working, the Deco unit was blinking red. I came in the house and found none of the Wifi devices were working. I rebooted everything, and the house units immediately came back online.

The barn device did not, it was still blinking red. I rebooted just that device twice, it was still red and the app said it was offline. I told Deco to remove the device, then tried to reinstall it. After unplugging and plugging back in, it would never flash blue. Eventually, I did a hard reset on the tiny button on the bottom.

After that, it flashed blue but the Deco app couldn't find it. I brough the unit inside and plugged it in right next to the main unit in the basement. I went to re-add it in the app, and more issues. The device light turned green, but the app kept telling me it couldn't find a new device. I exited the app, reopened it and it listed 3 satellite devices.

So, I unplugged the barn one, took it back outside and hooked it back up via the MoCA...and it's back to blinking red and the app says it's offline.

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Hi all,

I'm having a weird issue with my blood pressure readings and wanted to jump on here to try and get some advice.

Back in March of 2025, I bought an Omron Silver monitor. I used it sparingly for the first 9 months, but nothing seemed unusual about the readings I was getting. However, every so often - let's say 1 out of every 10 readings - the machine would error when attempting to inflate. I'd hit start, the the machine would start pumping and would go to like 20, 25 on the screen but I wouldn't feel the cuff inflate and then the machine would stop and give an error. I would shut it off, try again and it would work fine. The error code was E1, which meant either (1) cuff too loose, (2) air plug loose or (3) air leaking from the tube. However, I never had to adjust the cuff or do anything else to get it to work, just shut the machine off and restart.

In January of this year, I started on compounded Zepbound and wanted to keep a running journal so I started checking my BP all the time. Again, everything seemed fine. As I lost weight, my BP slowly dropped and sometime around June, I got too low and was able to stop one of my BP medicines (amlodipine, I'm still on Losartan-HTC and carvedilol).

For the last month plus, my BP has settled in at 125/85. I checked it multiple times a week and it was always within a point or two of that.

I started a new medicine 2 weeks ago and wanted to make sure my BP was okay, but when I checked it, it was super high - 160/96. The highest I've ever seen for me. I checked it two more times that day, it was just as high.

The following day, I checked it three times and it was lower, but still way above my normal - around 140/95. I spoke to my doctor and we agreed to give it a week and see how it is. That's where my problem with the readings started.

Starting Sunday through today, my readings are all over the place even if I run them back to back. I'll get 130/87, immediately followed by 117/81. I ran a set of three spaced a minute apart and got 144/83, 121/78 and 139/83.

I've been playing around with the cuff, I feel like if I make it just a smidge tighter or looser, it can affect the result. I haven't received the E1 error I was getting for months, the machine works fine every time now.

I'm not really sure what to do. I have more high readings than low right now, so I'm not sure if my BP is high and the low readings are errors or vice versa. My plan is to buy a replacement cuff and see how that goes, then take my machine with me to my next appointment and see how it compares to what they get at the doctor.

Hi all,

I'm a 51M, I started compounded Zepbound in January and lost 45 lbs. I stopped taking it in mid-July as my weight loss stagnated and I hated paying $300 out of pocket every month.

During my time on Zepbound, my blood pressure continued to drop. I'm currently on Losartan-HTC and carvedilol (the Losartan in the morning and the carvedilol in the morning and evening). I was able to completely stop my amlodipine, and my blood pressure has been stable at 125/80 for months.

My weight was stable, but (1) the food noise returned and (2) I missed the positive side effects such as reduced inflammation. After talking to my doctor, we decided to try 2.5mg of Foundayo as a maintenance dose. I started that last Friday.

Last Wednesday, I had an unrelated doctor appointment and my blood pressure was 126/60.

I was unable to find anything online or with the Foundayo that said I shouldn't take it with my normal morning medicines, so I've been taking all 3 pills at the same time.

I haven't checked my blood pressure lately, so I decided to yesterday and it's the highest I've ever recorded at 160/96. I checked it a few more times yesterday and again this morning and it's hovering around 155/95, give or take.

I think the most likely explanation is that the Foundayo is affecting how my BP medicine is being absorbed. I've read about medicine interactions but nothing I can find talks about not taking it with my specific medicines.

I have a call with my doctor this afternoon, but he readily admits to not having a lot of experience with patients on Foundayo so I figured I'd reach out here and see if anyone else had a similar issue.

Hi all,

Sorry for the long post, but want to make sure to provide all relevant information.

I have a monitored alarm system for my house, it's through a local company (not ADT, etc.). I've used them for many years and am happy with their service. It's a standard alarm system with door & window contacts, glass break sensors, key pad and siren. There are no cameras associated with this system.

In addition to my house, I have a large outbuilding/barn. It's 3,600 square feet and is broken into three sections, all connected. There is no security system out there, but we adopted a couple of barn cats so I installed 3 Wyze cameras to watch them; I also put a Wyze camera in my basement to watch the house cats.

I despise the Wyze cameras and app. Literally 50% of the time when I check them, they need to be rebooted. They all have onboard storage cards, but none record anything since they are off or need a reboot. So, I want to replace them.

I also have an outdoor trail cam that takes photos of motion; we've used to watch coyotes, deer, fox and other wild life. But, a few months ago it also picked up a person walking across my property and peering into the barn. We haven't had a repeat and nothing ever happened, but it was a bit disconcerting.

The barn has 4 small sliding windows that someone couldn't get in without breaking. It has 3 overhead garage doors, which are secured, and three man doors. Two are locked, deadbolted and barred from the inside; the third is our normal entrance we use every day so just a knob lock and deadbolt.

I'm hoping to replace the cameras with something that would record movement that I can watch up to a month later. I'm not opposed to paying a nominal monthly fee for this if the quality is good.

In addition, I wouldn't mind adding some sort of unmonitored security system. Door sensor, maybe window or glass break sensors, siren and an app that would send me notifications when it goes off. I don't really want to pay another monthly fee to have it monitored, just something to give me a little protection and piece of mind.

Simulator build is under way, I'm basically finalizing all of the work in the room.

I'm getting ready to start hanging the screen and am wondering if I should put anything behind it? The screen is going to be 18" from the wall. Not worried about noise so much as how the ball rebounds and I'm unsure if that is 100% based on the screen or if it needs something else behind it? I see some add blackout curtains to stop bleed through from the projector and those can help, not sure if I should plan for those, something else or nothing.

I ordered my impact screen, it's 132" wide by 120" tall.

I also ordered my projector, the BenQ AH700ST, which has a throw ratio of 0.69 to 0.83. Based on the width of the screen, I can mount the projector anywhere from 91" to 122" away, correct?

My tee location is going to be 10' from the screen, so I'm inclined to mount the projector directly above at 120". Any reason not to do that?