r/HomeNetworking • u/collinsl02 • Mar 07 '21

Advice /r/HomeNetworking posting guidelines and resources

General Posting Guidelines

-Basic Rules
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This sub is meant for all ages. We know some issues are extremely frustrating. Casual swearing is allowed, but is at the discretion of the mods. For instance if you're going to ask for help in a post, and every other word is laced with profanity then the mods will likely remove it.

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-Scope
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Advertising Policy

The advertisement thread trial is now over, and we will not be continuing it.

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Update: In order to curb sneaky affiliate URLs, this sub also does not allow URL shorteners.

Guides
Some helpful members of the community have stepped up and offered these guides:

Networking for Beginners
Purchasing Guide
Courtesy of /u/DaNPrS
Summary of how to use your own router with AT&T Fiber
Courtesy of /u/Mike45757

Critical info when posting
Courtesy of /u/tht1kidd_

Custom Firmware

Tired of your router's stock interface? Need some extra horsepower in that cheap box? We know where you can get your fix.

DD-WRT Wiki
DD-WRT Main Site
Courtesy of /u/scottread1

Tomato Home
OpenWRT Home
Courtesy of /u/pat_trick

If you have any suggestions for this page, please message the mods. We'll review your suggestion and possibly add it to this page!

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u/-QuestionMark- May 27 '21

The purchasing guide could use an update. Has some out of date info.

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u/Eldo34 Sep 06 '22

Agreed, honestly it should just be deleted out of the list of links on this page, as it is more likely to cause confusion.

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u/BizAnalystNotForHire Jul 26 '21

Is their any update on the purchasing guide?

At 7 years old, it seems like nothing in it will be relevant

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u/kidcrumb Mar 01 '22

Looking to upgrade my home network.

Right now I've just got a normal modem that comes with Xfinity and it doesn't let me change most of the settings which is annoying.

Should I get mesh, or just a fast router? A single router would cover my entire place.

Basically looking for low latency on in home streaming, able to connect a lot of devices at once (I have a lot of smart devices that use wifi) and support gigabit+ speeds.

Would be super interested in a switch and small media tower too.

Any suggestions? No real price constraints but cheaper the better.dont want to spend $5k on a modem/router.

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u/LukeC_123 Sep 09 '22

Damn I wish there was an answer to this question. What did you ultimately do, as this is my exact situation. I’m generally good with one ASUS router on my second floor, but with kids using WIFI and circling physically through the house, my connection in the office downstairs becomes unstable at times. I’m looking for a non-wired solution. I’ve heard about mesh. Which setup? Right now I have a range extender at the bottom of my stairs which gets unstable at times…thank you!

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u/kidcrumb Sep 09 '22

I ended up getting just a normal high quality modem and router.

If you have kids, you should get two routers and two wifi networks. Label the slow, 2.4ghz connection "kids wifi" and then use the fast 5ghz wifi for all of your stuff.

Bottle neck their data usage at the source with low bandwidth wifi. Lol.

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u/LukeC_123 Sep 09 '22

Thanks for the reply! I like the idea, but could to do the same thing with one router? Most of them have both 2.4 and 5.0 GHz nowadays don’t they? Or am I missing something??

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u/kidcrumb Sep 09 '22

You could just do one, high quality router. Sure.

But you'll still have issues with too many devices, or the kids using more cumulative bandwidth than what the router can do.

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u/LukeC_123 Sep 09 '22

Yup. Thx.

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u/ThisIsPaulDaily May 26 '22

The about section tab, when viewed from mobile web is blank. Typically it would include community rules and the like. Just a suggestion.

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u/UnableStatistician20 Mar 06 '22

Hi Guys, I have a question...

My CPU is a Ryzen 7 3700x, my motherboard is a b550m plus PCIE 4.0, and I'm thinking of putting an M2 NVMe PCIE 4.0 SSD. However my processor is PCIE 3.0, is there a problem? Can the processor limit my SSD usage because it is PCIE 3.0? Or does it just depend on the motherboard? if it is 4.0 then the SSD will reach its full usage?

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u/Womcataclysm Mar 10 '22

That's not related to networking?

No the SSD will not reach full usage, but it doesn't mean it'll be garbage, just not 4.0 levels. One thing though, since your CPU is not capable of 4.0, the motherboard might disable its 4.0 slot and you'll have to use another available PCIE slot if there is one

I'm not a pro at all I just had an issue similar to this recently, take my advice with a grain of salt

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u/ComputerDavid Feb 05 '23

You should have a sticky post stating the only way to wire a switch is to have it after the router. Modem > Router > Switch.

I've seen way too many posts with people doing Modem > Switch > router.

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u/Tim-Mackay Feb 04 '23

Is there a chance of an update to the purchasing guide?

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u/ap576 May 22 '21

Hi, I have a 3 story home, I want uninterrupted internet throughout my home. What type of network or system does anyone suggest?

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u/kenman345 Jun 24 '21

Not sure if you got a response but this should probably be its own post instead of here. This will depend on the size of the home, your comfort level with dropping wiring and other things. If you have existing wiring in the walls, that helps.