r/Network

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excel patch 24 ports cat 6A

there is any interest on this?i have plenty of them
Features:
24 RJ45 CAT6A ports
Supports up to 10Gbps speed
Standard 19” rack mount
Easy installation and cable management
Durable metal construction
Compatible with CAT6 and CAT5e cables
i can sell them bulk as i have plenty

u/Downtown-Ad7848 — 15 hours ago
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Internet cutting out for 5-10 seconds every 2-3 minutes HELP

I play a lot of Counter Strike 2 and I literally can't play anymore because of this issue. This doesn't just happen when I play games though, even when I'm browsing the web or even just playing singleplayer games on steam, my internet will COMPLETELY seize up causing me to crash, disconnect, and lose every game. It's so frustrating and I feel like I've done everything.

Going straight into modem

Restarting router and modem

Resetting network settings

Going through the properties of my network adapter

Nothing seems to work and I'm no professional at all I'm just frustrated and could just use a nudge in the right direction.

I included this screenshot and this is what happens when I lag ingame but I'm not sure what it means. Any help would be super super appreciated. I'm running Windows 11 if that helps too :)

u/carsonsmelliott — 20 hours ago

DNS Server Setup iOS

Hello. I am trying to manually configure cloud fares dns 1.1.1.3 on my iPhone 13 Pro Max to block adult content but it is not working. I tried deleting vpns off my phone but that hasn’t fixed it. Could someone please help me? Anything is appreciated

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u/Connect_Strike4562 — 21 hours ago
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**Home server over WiFi — is it really that bad?**

Hey everyone, sorry if my English isn't great — it's not my first language and I used AI to help me write this post!

I want to repurpose a Lenovo IdeaPad (Ryzen 5, 12 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB external) as a home server to run **Immich** (self-hosted Google Photos replacement) and a **game server** (e.g. Minecraft) for playing with friends occasionally.

The problem: no Ethernet port, so it has to run over WiFi.

My questions:

  1. Am I crazy for running a home server over WiFi, or is it actually fine for this kind of use?
  2. Do you see any hardware bottlenecks with these specs for what I want to do?
  3. What Linux distro would you recommend for someone without much server experience?

Open to any opinions!

[ EDITED ]

My laptop's specifications are:

Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile GFX (2.10 GHz)

Graphics card: AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 8

RAM: 12.0 GB

Storage: 512 GB SSD + 2 TB external HDD

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u/javirs-3 — 1 day ago

Router with wireless wan with 4G/5G failover

Looking for router recommendations for unattended installs.

I need:

  • Connect to existing WiFi (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz)
  • Redistribute its own WiFi network
  • At least 2 LAN ports
  • Automatic 4G/5G failover if the WiFi internet goes down or changes password
  • Stable for long-term unattended use

Basically:
Venue WiFi as primary internet, cellular backup if it fails.

I’ve used the Teltonika RUT200 before, but it is single-band only, so it can’t connect to venues using 5 GHz-only WiFi.

Any recommendations?

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u/NOboi00 — 1 day ago

Route issue between two residential isps

I have been fighting for the last month between two residential ISPs and Hurricane Electric. I do offsite backups of my mom's PC in Miami to a NAS in north colorado. We have been having odd bandwidth issues. Any traffic from miami to colorado is being rate limited heavily. Any traffic from colorado to miami is going at closer line speed. The miami side is on bluestream fiber with 200/200 Mbps and the Colorado side isp is Allo Fiber with 1Gpbs.

iperf from colorado point of view

[ ID][Role] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5][RX-S]   0.00-10.06  sec  3.88 MBytes  3.23 Mbits/sec                  receiver
[  8][TX-S]   0.00-10.06  sec   150 MBytes   125 Mbits/sec  5259             sender

iperf from miami point of view

[ ID][Role] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-10.01  sec  4.00 MBytes  3.35 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-10.06  sec  3.88 MBytes  3.23 Mbits/sec                  receiver
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-10.01  sec   150 MBytes   126 Mbits/sec  5259             sender
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-10.06  sec   146 MBytes   122 Mbits/sec                  receiver

Both ISPs have pointed at each other and I also had a ticket with Hurricane Electric who claimed the paths between the ISPs look to be clean.

If I connect the miami pc to a VPN provider like Nord, Proton or any of the major providers we can then get full speed again in both directions which makes me think it's not the local pc. The path taken when going over VPN is very different then when using the direct ISP routes.

I was wondering what this community would suggest doing for next steps to figure this out? I did some packet captures and there's a large amount of tcp retransmissts on the backup traffic which makes me think something between the isps is acting up.

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u/govatent — 1 day ago
▲ 12 r/Network+2 crossposts

Rendezvous: a serverless, Zoom-like video conferencing web app

Hey folks,

Been hacking on a side project called Rendezvous for a while and figured this sub would be the right place to share it. It's a small Zoom-like video conferencing web app built with React + PeerJS, and the whole thing runs without an app server (it's just a static site on GitHub Pages).

https://preview.redd.it/ke1yehmqi72h1.png?width=3164&format=png&auto=webp&s=721b4382f9ebc6a1fa738d7139bcc7293e6b16b5

The idea is pretty simple: instead of doing a full mesh between every participant, the meeting host acts as a relay hub for both chat and media streams. So each client only keeps connections to the host, not to everyone else. Trades off some host bandwidth for avoiding the O(N²) mesh. PeerJS's public broker handles the initial signaling and that's about it.

Honestly I mostly built it because I wanted to see how far we can push WebRTC without any backend, and it turned out more usable than I expected.

Code available at: https://github.com/predatorray/rendezvous
Try it at: https://predatorray.github.io/rendezvous/

Curious if anyone here has tried similar host-as-relay setups for video conferencing, or if there are obvious things I'm missing. Also open to hearing about better ways to handle the media forwarding part.

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u/zetaplusae — 2 days ago

Xfinity leading to massive packet loss when gaming

I just got back from college and I set my rig up and when I start playing I’m experiencing massive packet loss and feeezes. For valorant I’m averaging 8k total per game. I’m dying because of it and it messes up my coms too.

My question is, how could I get around this? Should I try to just switch providers?

Switching providers seems like the best option for me atp but I might not have plugged my Ethernet in right?

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u/Vegetable_Hurry3678 — 2 days ago
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I am facing network issue help me please!!!

So I am facing network issue 2-3 months before my mobile data is working in 4G and working too but then my recharge expired and I recently recharged again now sometimes it shows 4G but internet not working sometimes showing H+,H and E and sometimes it doesn't even show any network even mobile network sticks are full and it shows emergency calls only please help me

Additional information:

Phone- Samsung A71

Installed custom rom 7-8 months before but after that mobile data is working but now not working

Wifi working 100%

Bluetooth working 100%

Calls working sometimes

Recently repaired phone as my phone totally shut down and not started repair boy said he only boosted the battery.

Please help me if you can

u/D0DAae — 2 days ago
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Help wiring a tool-less RJ45 Cat5e wall outlet — what am I doing wrong?

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to install a new Ethernet RJ45 outlet in my attic. I pulled a Cat5e cable from the ground floor to the attic.

On the attic side, I’m using a tool-less RJ45 Cat5e wall outlet/connector. On the ground-floor side, I mounted a regular RJ45 socket and plugged that into a switch with a patch cable.

https://preview.redd.it/y1irkc3an12h1.png?width=462&format=png&auto=webp&s=6c72eb35b3d303b47d53ad4adcae1ee4a43d3d9b

https://preview.redd.it/sf0up91pn12h1.jpg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d648dd90ce8e81cc48adf682db8dd814c12a53b1

It didn’t work, and after checking the instructions again I’m pretty sure I wired the connector wrong, so I’m going to redo it.

Before I start over, I’d like to make sure I understand correctly:

  • Should I wire both ends using the same standard, e.g. T568B on both sides?
  • On this kind of tool-less connector, should I follow the color-coded slots printed on the connector rather than trying to put the wires in RJ45 pin order manually?
  • Is there anything specific I should watch out for with solid-core Cat5e cable?
  • Could this fail even if the colors look “mostly right”, for example because I split a twisted pair?

My current plan is:

Switch → patch cable → ground-floor RJ45 socket → in-wall Cat5e cable → attic RJ45 outlet → patch cable → device

I’ll also get/use an RJ45 cable tester if needed.

Any advice before I cut the end and start again?

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u/Ecasse — 3 days ago
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Network scan found a security camera

I had my weekly Avast network scan today and it detected a new security camera. I live just one other person (family member) who I have a strained relationship with.

I have tried accessing the IP address of the camera directly but it shows a grey screen. MAC address shown in apparently one of those randomised ones.

Pictures attached to these post to show what I have described above.

How do I find out the location of the camera or what it is streaming/capturing?

Thanks in advance.

u/Bravsma — 4 days ago

Ps5 online gameplay laggy

Hello,

I’m in the uk and I’m in a new build house.

Shoukd have 120 download speed but get about 80.

To be honest that should be more than enough as only 5 devices connected.

But even when running a Ethernet cable the game play is still laggy.

Anyone please help

With a WiFi called pulse 8

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u/CurrentMango3429 — 3 days ago
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Best way to offer wifi coverage in a big house.

Hi,

I have a B&B, and I currently have an old setup made out of 7 tp link extenders to offer coverage in the whole building, which consists of 3 floors that are separated by thick walls.
It runs great on most of the areas, but I had to connect to extenders to other extenders to be able to offer coverage in those places, and the speed there is lacking. (<= 30 Mbps).
I'm thinking of changing this to a better system, and I thought about either wifi mesh or Powerline and adapters.
I'm not sure if one would be better than the other for my scenario.

I am open to any ideas, even if they were not mentioned by me.
The desired speed would be (>= 100 Mbps).
Mention: I do have a Poe switch, but I wouldn't want to run cable through my whole building but I am able to use Poe-powered devices.

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u/Chemical_Ad_2991 — 4 days ago
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Help me get a more stable connection

I've been using wifi for a while after rearranging my home has moved my router too far away from my computer desk. Ever since then I have had issues off and on with internet speed being wildly inconsistent. Basically the only working coax connections are in different rooms than where my PC is.

I'm an IT professional so I've done quite a bit to try to diagnose the issue and find a solution, no luck so far. At this point I am trying to look in to alternate methods for getting my computer connected with ethernet again.

I DO NOT want to run a giant cable anywhere. I am also trying to avoid giving Cox any more money than needed so I would like to avoid having them run a new coax connection for me.

I'm not particularly experienced with more oddball network setups so I was hoping to get some input. MoCA isn't an option for the same reason I can't just have the router on my desk. EoP sounds like it just has too many drawbacks. I've considered putting a wireless access point in my office and going over ethernet from it to the PC but I don't know how much more reliable that will be than just using wifi. I'm also open to advice on figuring out why my wifi connection is so painfully slow at times when the router is behind 1 wall and less than 100ft away.

The issue happens on my computer as well as my wife's (same room). Shes just running off the built in wireless on her motherboard, I'm running a dedicated wifi card.

The nuclear option is to take advantage of the fact that my desk is on the interior side of an exterior wall and right next to the coax connection for the home. I could drill a hole and use a splitter to run the cable right to my desk but I'd prefer to not drill holes in my house (I do own so I COULD do that though).

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u/SuccessfulFlatworm44 — 4 days ago

alert fatique is making our monitoring system less trustworthy

our monitoring setup technically ctaches issues but the amount of noisy alert has become oberwhelming. minor spikes, temporary disconnects and dublicated notifications constantly trigger incidents that nobody reacts to anymore. the worst part is that real problems now get buried under all the noise. we spent months tuning thresholds and dependencies but every adjustment seems to create another edge case somewhere else. looking for ways to simplify alerting logic while still keeping proper visibility into infrastructure health.

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u/JimmyDry2 — 4 days ago

Looking for a new router

My wife and I game fairly regularly and I've recently noticed that my router from 2018 is bottlenecking us and showing its age at this point.

We live in an apartment that's about 1300 sq feet and we keep the router in the living room while our desks are in the spare room which is separated by a thick wall.

Currently our 5ghz band makes it through the wall just fine. That being said wired is not an option. There are no ethernet jacks in the walls of the spare room and we can't get the only place we can have the router setup is the living room.

As previously mentioned we need a new router, something future proof, budget wise we'd like to stay under $500.

Appreciate any recs!

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u/Detsulas — 4 days ago

How to create a remote setup for work?

I am currently running Meta ads on USA personal account and home WiFi.

I will be in Europe for 8 weeks, traveling many countries and changing cities very often. So now, I am looking into remote setup so that Meta sees a consistent behavior from the same IP, trust signals, etc. Money is not a concern as this would be a business expense for me.

Options:
Option #1: PiKvm + Tailscale for home Mac. Then use a travel device to remote into the home Mac.

The risk with this option is I will have a single point of failure i.e. the session on home Mac. If that session ends and FB asks me to verify on my iPhone during new login, I won't be able to because iPhone will have Europe IP address.

Option #2: Remote desktop with Anydesk / Chrome Remote Desktop

The risk with this option is if my home mac shuts down. These softwares (unlike PiKVM) do not work when the Mac is locked with password during reboot.

Option #3: Replacement router at home with VPN server function

The risk is VPN leak / location mismatch / timezone mismatch / maybe other things that I am not aware of because I have not fully researched this so would appreciate insights.

Option #4: Any suggestions?

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u/Massive_Apricot9079 — 3 days ago
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Need to share an unmanaged switch between 2 different LANs

I have got IP Cameras installed in my building and I installed an unmanaged PoE switch for them. I want to share access to the cameras with my neighbours who are getting internet from the same ISP as me.

From what I know and researched over the past 2 days I am thinking of this setup:

Unmanaged Switch(With IP Cameras connected to it) -> Managed Switch -> Both LANs

I am planning to get a managed switch for this but confused on what to look for.
Also I can't replace the unmanaged switch with a managed switch as it would increase the budget and I am trying to avoid it. I am not sure but I believe that if I connect both networks without proper isolation from each other it might create a loop and end up creating more issues so what do I need to check before getting a managed switch (other than VLAN capability which every L3 switch has)? Also will my setup work or am I overlooking anything?

More details->
I need to share cameras on both networks because both LANs will be running Home Assistant Server. I thought about installing a router instead of the managed switch but it just feels redundant as I would only be using VLANs(I think?) and that can be done with managed switch too. Currently my network is connected directly to the unmanaged switch and I assigned static IP to the cameras in 192.168.68.0/24 subnet which is what I am using in my network, my neighbours haven't connected yet. I have connected the unmanaged switch to a managed switch in my network so there is a possibiility for me to setup VLAN for my network to isolate it, if required.

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u/BrilliantSelect4260 — 4 days ago
▲ 3 r/Network+1 crossposts

Network Breaches?

Any recommendations on how to view if my network has been compromised, I’m more of a hobby network nerd and run a cloud gateway fiber and don’t know how to navigate the software much… Thanks!!!

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u/Just-Rutabaga7597 — 3 days ago

No DHCP Server Found (Windows 11)

Ethernet connection was working perfectly fine on home computer a couple days ago. Yesterday it starts saying DHCP server not found. I cycle the switch and router. I buy a new cable and run it between the switch and computer. Problem not fixed. Interestingly, while connected to the switch the ethernet cable is solid green but on the computer it’s both a blinking green and solid orange.

I try the cmd prompts and winsock, int ip reset, and ipconfig /release all works. But ipconfig /renew doesn’t pop up with anything. Can’t type into cmd anymore so I open up a new one and ipconfig /flushdns works.

I go to services.msc and everything to do with the DHCP client (running & automatic) are correct. But I can’t reset it, says access denied even if i’m the admin. So I try and figure out why it doesn’t recognize me as an admin in the registry editor. System has full permissions, network and local are only on read.

Completely at a loss at what to do now.

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u/Preoximerianas — 4 days ago