u/SkoBuffs710

Okay, so I recently switched to Allo fiber from Xfinity. They provided us with a router, to say it kindly, it’s a POS. Random drops, weird hangups/lag while loading, horrible service upstairs one second, 500mbps the next. So I complained and they gave me an extender of some sort (gigaspire blast), didn’t really do anything. So I made up an Ethernet (cat5e) out of some left over wire I had (electrician) to see if hardwiring it would help, it didn’t. Complained to Allo again, they did an “update,” still sucks. Main box is in the middle of the first floor, second box is on the 2nd floor maybe 25 feet away up the stairs. House is tiny, 2 floors, 1,900 sq ft. I wonder if some of the issues is I can’t control a single thing with the router and force things to stay on a band. It’s me and my wife and a handful of connected devices, TV streaming and my Xbox/PS5. We’re not power users, we just want stability.

Couple of questions:

What is my best option? My original thought was to get a tri-band mesh and I can fish a permanent cat 6 Ethernet upstairs somehow to give them a wired back haul.

*Brand recommendations? I see Netgear, Asus, Eero show up on google, but I don’t necessarily trust that.

Or would it be easier/cheaper/more reliable to just buy a tri band router and run a cable and get a wired access point? I assume this is best for performance. I just don’t know what you would use as an access point? Just a 2nd matching router?

Are my comprehension skills lacking? What am I going to buy if literally everything they exist for is excluded? Im struggling to think of anything that would qualify lol.

I’ll keep it as short as possible, not sure this is even the right sub…dog who did this is really mild mannered, hyper but not aggressive in anyway. First picture was like a week ago and then he did the same today. He actually ripped off a shirt they had the dog wearing to do this. My dad is convinced it’s affection or playing. The hurt dog is a blind, 16 year old, he hasn’t played in years.

I don’t think the other dog is vicious in anyway but I don’t see how this is playing or affection. My dogs nibble or “cob” and they’ve never ripped each others or my skin off.

I know epoxy isn’t the most popular thing here but I just finished my dining room table. I got walnut from a local wood shop near me with the live edge still on. I cleaned it all up and then used resin on it to keep it from falling off long term. Once I was done with that I built a custom box for my table size, coated it in tyvek tape and used total boat fathom deep pour epoxy. I’ve never even touched epoxy before in my life but I’m just kind of a jump in feet first kind of person. Epoxy sat for about a week while I was out of town, it sank some under the wood in the mold so I ended up just sanding it and pouring another layer. I let that sit for a week before I did my best to plane and level it and then sand it from 80-5000grit. I considered wood legs but I think metal matched our home decor better. I ordered them from the Carolina Leg Co. and they’re really good quality so I was happy with my choice on that.

I’m happy with it, I’ve never really made anything like this before and I learned a lot.

Apparently if it fits and turns on it’s compatible! Old challenger panel had Siemens, GE, Square D, Eaton and Challenger breakers. They have an enter Siemens panel full of Square D homeline breakers too.

I’m not going to give out too many details. Gabe does a lot of business with us, of course that never includes me lol. He’s standing next to me today and says, “oh look, Landeskog is texting me.”

I was just punching air. 😑

Get your hard alcohol ready, you’re going to need a drink tonight ladies and gentleman.

Can’t find anything on Google, I’d bet sometimes in the late 70’s to mid-80’s? I can’t believe it lasted this long lol.