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Hi Home Networking subreddit. I set up a kids' profile on my modem/router to block social media and set internet bedtimes for my kids’ devices. I added their devices to the router settings, but they figured out how to change their MAC addresses, IP addresses, and device names to reconnect to the WiFi. This lets them bypass the kids' profile and get full internet access. Even if I block one of their devices, they just rejoin using a new MAC and IP address. I could change the WiFi password, but that would disconnect everyone, including my wife. I’m using a TP Link BE24000 and a BE9300 mesh extender (wired). Does anyone have advice on how to stop my kids from getting around the kids' profiles?

I’ve been using a range extender for gaming for a while. They’ve been okay, a lot of random drops but satisfactory for the time being. I’ve been looking into power adapters. My pc is in the upstairs front room and my modem is in the downstairs back room. Can’t run a cable currently and no Coax connection in the wall. Would the TP-link av1000 be okay?

I recently set up a tri band Wifi 7 network with MLO on an Asus RT-BE90U router. Suddenly, the clients for (almost) all my local network dependent apps like unified remote, wolow companion, touch portal stopped being able to see their corresponding server apps. The router setup recommended setting up a secondary legacy network for older devices, and when I switch all my devices to it, the client-server connections work again. So I'm guessing wifi 7 and/or MLO is the problem. I will not however that moonlight game streaming still works on the wifi 7 network. Any hints as to how to fix this or whether it's fixable at all?

To anyone who takes the time to read…TIA!! My parents are older and have been having issues with their Xfinity home voice service. I have been trying to help them with it for over a week now.

I’ve tried contacting Xfinity multiple times but I end up on hold for over an hour each time. My parents have Xfinity home voice & internet. The modem is connected via power cord, coax cable, and phone cord to the wall. The internet works just fine, but the phone line is “dead,” meaning the home phone handsets say “no line” and there is no dial tone. I’ve tried connecting to different points in the house, doesn’t work. I have tried manually resetting multiple times as well. The ONLY way it works is if I plug a handset directly into the modem. This won’t work for them because they have multiple handset phones throughout the house.

They have never had any issues prior to this. Please let me know if you have any advice!

I already have 2 FCA252 MoCA adapters and they're working great. I bought a third FCA252 on eBay but the power supply that came with it isn't the original, I think. Although it's also 12V, has higher amp (4.1Amp vs my other two power supplies@400mA), and positive-tip, the FCA252 powers on but won't make a connection -- the MoCA light won't come on.

I tried the power supply from one of my 2 other FCA252's and it worked. So the FCA252 unit from eBay is good, it just won't work with the power supply that came with it.

I then tried the power supply that came with the eBay unit on one of my 2 working FCA252's and it won't work. So it's definitely the power supply.

I have 2 adjustable power supply adapters (both with 12V setting) and neither will work with the FCA252. I also have a spare power supply adapter with the same 12V and higher amp but it, too, won't work with the FCA252. The FCA252 powers on but won't make a connection -- the MoCA light won't come on.

Does anyone know what power supply (on Amazon, etc.) is compatible with the FCA 252?

Thank you.

I can’t play any games without bad lag.

Router (Standard Spectrum Wifi 6e + modem) underneath stairs in the pantry. My room is upstairs in the corner of the house. 1,950 sq ft townhome. Installed OKN WiFi 6E AX5400 PCIe WiFi Card in PC. Installed NETGEAR EX3700 Range Extender in various rooms up and downstairs. Average speeds are 80down/20up

Roomate is diagnosed autistic. They will freak out if I touch the router or run an ethernet cord through the house. I learned this the hard way. Is there anything I can do to improve my situation? I really miss playing with my friends.

First question, I have Frontier fiber and the ont is grounded and it connects to an eero max 7. I saw where people were saying to only ground one side and others say both. Is this correct?

Second question, the patch cables out of the eero can't be ground by the eero itself but my pc should ground that patch?

Final question, my house is 3,300 sq ft so I had to get another eero. Eeros do not have a separate band for the nodes for backhaul, so I have to run another ethernet for wired backhaul to get full performance. So I would be coming out of the eero max and was wondering what would be the best way to ground that cat 6a? I was considering a patch to a grounded unmanaged switch , then running it to keystone for the other eero.

P.s. I'm using cat 6a due to the route I have to take. I will be close to romex and will have to pass through where the panel is. Also in this run to get into the basement there is a small area that I can't drill a new hole , but there is an existing hole with a romex in it that I could run the cat 6 through and will be able to avoid anymore romex after that .

I used to live at home in London and had my PC with me, however a year back I moved to Glasgow and have always had an Ethernet connection just fine. just yesterday, I moved my PC temporarily back to London but have been experiencing high ping, which was to my surprise as I have never encountered issues like this in London, especially since no hardware has been changed and the router and ISP (Three UK) is the same. Running some tests I was led to the bufferbloat tester where I received a D score. This high ping never used to happen and I am unsure what my bufferbloat score could have been a year ago. Can a router develop bufferbloat over time? is there anything I can do about this without having to buy a new router? How can I be sure that bufferbloat is definitely the issue thats causing high ping? Thanks in advance and if any other information is required please do ask. Furthermore, if there's a better place to ask this question please feel free to point me in the right direction.

Hi,

I need some help picking a second switch and figured I’d ask before buying more (or less) than I need.

My current setup: Fios gigabit service, Fios CR1000A router feeding my Cisco CBS220-24FP-4G switch (current primary switch). Cat5e throughout the house (everything terminating in a central data room with my router).

I’m out of ports and need another switch. It’ll sit next to the Cisco in the same room and serve as a co-primary switch (probably?). Most of the devices I currently have hardwired are APs and cameras with a few smart device hubs here and there. I also have two and soon to be three downstream satellite switches (unmanaged, mostly POE).

All of my network devices and cameras are currently Unifi (except for my switches). The Cisco switches managed, but I had someone set it up for me once and I haven’t never logged into the dashboard. I do log onto my Unifi controller all the time though.

So what I’m asking is what do you recommend for another 16 to 24 port switch? I need at least 16 POE ports with a decent power budget and I’d like all of the ports to be at least 1gb.

The simple answer is probably to just get another one that’s identical to what I have now, but I feel like that one it more expensive than it needed to be (or at least more expensive than what I need, but maybe not).

Please let me know what you think.

I have two units of the Asus ZenWiFi XT9 set up in a mesh network configuration. Has anyone been able to update to the latest firmware that they released on May 18, 2026? Mine keeps failing. I tried using the ASUS App like i have successfully done in the past and even tried a direct ethernet connection but no luck

New firmware version: 3.0.0.4.388_24814-g4979b32

Old firmware version: 3.0.0.4.388_24768-g3135ff7

https://www.asus.com/supportonly/zenwifi%20xt9/helpdesk_bios/

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Hello, I am from India and I have 75 mbps plan but some how while testing the bufferbloat this is what i am getting all the time.

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I have complained about this to my NOC but they are not much helping me.

https://reddit.com/link/1tjv5un/video/a1lsovc6jj2h1/player

While testing using speed test by ookla my upload speeds always seems like the upload speed got stalled and always shows me 74.2 mbps no matter when I test.

during an file upload to google drive or video upload on YT my task manager shows spikes of speeds it goes 130+ mbps then come down to 100 mpbs then go 0 mbps then go 100, 130+ then 0 all the time.

please help me, I have already searched on internet and please dont suggest me regarding QoS and Cake related things.

also how to escalate this thing so that they will fix it not gonna ignore it? its happening from past 1 year now.

please help!

Hardware used: TP Link AX 10 Router

PC: Aorus Z890 Elite wifi7 Ice Intel Ultra 5 250k Plus

Using wired internet