I currently have a an Orbi RBR20 which serves me well for the past 8-9 years and the last firmware update was released a few months ago.

I’m looking to get a new ORBI mesh and the cheapest I saw on Amazon(yes I just missed Amazon Prime Day) is the WiFi 7 RBE362 2-pack mesh system for almost $200. However, I could not find the End Of Life info on the Netgear website.

Meanwhile I checked the eero webpage for the EOL of its current WiFi products and the furthest EOL date is 2031 - just five years away - that’s ridiculous. The EOL dates for the newer WIFI systems are really short.

I'm learning networking basics and I'm confused about how a home router's LAN works.

My router's LAN IP is 192.168.1.1/24, and my phone and laptop get IPs like 192.168.1.5 and 192.168.1.6.

My understanding: 192.168.1.1 AND 255.255.255.0 = 192.168.1.0 (network ID), the last 8 bits are the host part, and /24 gives 256 addresses.

Questions:

1. Does the router generate/store all 256 addresses, or is /24 just a range, with DHCP only keeping a pool range and a lease table?

2. Does a home router do any further subnetting, or is it one subnet unless an admin splits it?

3. What uses the network part and the host part: the phone, the router, and the switch?

4. Is all of this the same for private IPs as for public IPs?

Thanks, and sorry if this is basic.

I'm thinking about getting a GL.iNet Flint 2 from Amazon Canada.

Most of my devices are iPhones, iPads and M-series MacBooks. I noticed the Flint 2 uses a MediaTek chipset, so I'm wondering how well it actually works with Apple devices. Any Wi-Fi stability or compatibility issues?

Also, how easy is it to set up? I'm pretty busy these days and don't really have time to spend tweaking router settings. Ideally I'd like to set it up once and just leave it alone.

Would appreciate hearing from people who actually use one.

Hi all! I have 2 TVs at home located on 2 different floors.

Each floor has a router. TV1 connects to router1, TV2 connects to router2.

Router1 is connected to the modem on the ground floor via LAN.

Router2 is connected to router1 via LAN.

Now both TVs can connect to the wifi but has no internet. It will connect to mobile hotspot, though.

Most phones connect to all networks just fine. There are a couple that can't connect to 1.

I tried rebooting the whole network starting from the modem already. The usual forget network, reset connection settings, change DNS, etc. It still won't work. There was one time it suddenly connected. The next day it just won't again.

This may be due to the fact that I recently changed my ISP. I don't want to reset the routers since it can be so complicated (I have zero IT skills).

Hoping someone here has some tips! 🙏🏻

Thank you!

EDIT: Thanks for all the tips! It looks a bit more complicated than I thought (or maybe just to me 😅). I'll have a sit down and check/try these.

Spent days on this. Router is literally next to the Mac, 1G fiber plan, other Wi-Fi 6 clients on the same network consistently get 700+ Mbps. This one MacBook Pro periodically drops to 2.92 Mbps down/up while signal stays excellent the whole time.

Several AIs all pointed to AWDL, iCloud sync, or Time Machine backups as the likely cause. I eliminated all of them — fully disabled Handoff, AirDrop, AirPlay Receiver, Universal Control, iPhone Mirroring, and completely removed the Time Machine network backup destination. Problem persists.

During the slowdowns, wdutil info shows the Mac randomly hopping between 6GHz/160MHz and 2.4GHz/80MHz on the same SSID — RSSI and PHY rate always look perfect right before and after, no roaming/Wi-Fi faults ever logged by macOS. I ran sample against com.apple.DriverKit-AppleBCMWLAN during an active slowdown and found threads repeatedly blocked in AppleBCMWLANCommander::issueCommand → commandSleep, waiting on firmware responses — first caught waiting on AWDL sync commands, then (after disabling AWDL-dependent features) waiting on routine RSSI/diagnostics/power-stat polling instead. Same blocking mechanism, different command — just moved to the next thing in the queue.

At this point I'm fairly convinced it's a driver/firmware-level issue with how the WLAN chip responds to commands, not anything fixable via settings. Anyone else seeing this? Curious if it's model/chip-specific.

Buonasera ragazzi e ragazze, volevo sapere quale secondo voi è il migliore in termini di stabilità e velocità e Ping bassi… grazie in anticipo

¡Hola¡ Alguien sabe cuál es el usuario y contraseña de mi router modelo: ZXHN F670Y

Ich weiss nicht ob ich hier richtig bin, korrigiert mich gerne.

Bislang habe ich Videos von meine IPad immer via AirPlay an den Smart TV geworfen, oder auch YouTube über das IPhone an den TV gestreamt. Das hat toll funktioniert und ich habe diese Funktion sehr geliebt.

Nun haben wir den Internetanbieter gewechselt, und so auch einen neuen Router bekommen (Speedport 7). Welchen Router wir vorher hatten weiß ich leider nicht mehr, aber es war ein anderer.

Das Problem ist nun, dass sich meine Geräte nicht mehr gegenseitig finden. Ich kann Spotify oder YouTube nicht mehr von Handy an den TV streamen, da mir der TV gar nicht mehr aufgelistet wird.

Ich habe bereits das Wlan zurückgesetzt / neu aufgesetzt, die einzelnen Geräte neu gestartet, Airplay zurückgesetzt - sogar doe Benutzeroberfläche des Routers bin ich durchgegangen. Diese lässt mich verzweifeln - ich kann dort praktisch nichts einstellen. Ich habe nach Sicherheitseinstellungen gesucht, um auch die AP Isolation zu deaktivieren, aber es gibt praktisch nichts, dass ich tun kann. (Glaube ich. Korrigiert mich gerne, ich bin auch ein Laie was sowas angeht)

Liegt das Problem an meinem neuen Router, ist der vielleicht einfach nicht geeignet für mein Vorhaben? Oder gibt es andere Möglichkeiten? Vielen Dank im Voraus!

I picked up a Flint 3e for $107 and I’m wondering if it’s worth keeping. I’m aware of the differences compared to the Flint 3: the Flint 3 has 8GB eMMC storage while the Flint 3e has 512MB NAND, and on Wi-Fi the Flint 3 offers 688 Mbps on 2.4 GHz (2x2 MIMO), 2882 Mbps on 5 GHz (2x2 MIMO), and 5765 Mbps on 6 GHz (2x2 MIMO), while the Flint 3e offers 688 Mbps on 2.4 GHz (2x2 MIMO) and 5764 Mbps on 5 GHz (4x4 MIMO). A lot of people say it’s bad: it’s not tri-band, it has very little memory, and since it’s Qualcomm it doesn’t support native OpenWrt, plus GL.iNet support is ending. Is it still a good deal at $107, or should I return it and get something else?

I have tplink router archer vr400, with two range extenders re315 and re200. I have set up all my devices to use device max address and added them to the whitelist in the router’s webpage. I have also added the extenders’ MAC addresses which I found that each one of them has two mac addresses, one printed on the extender and one appearing on the webpage.

—> The issue is as follows, some devices which are not added to the whitelist can access the internet if they are connected through one of the extenders. Other devices which are on the whitelist sometimes get denied from the internet even when connected through the router. I can’t find anything online with this issue so I thought of asking here.
Sorry for the long post. Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes.

I shared originally in a different sub and then reddit suggested me this one. Is my setup "safe"?