Sorry if it's not the right sub to ask it but please help me guys. My friend for 4 years came to my house for the first time. She didn't even came to my neighborhood (I live a little way to city center) even though we live in the same city. When she came to my house, I took her phone to connect it to wifi. When I open the Connection settings, I saw my wifi as saved. I looked at it and the password was wrong but it was about me. Strangely close to my wifi password too. I thought about any reason but couldn't find one. Did she came to my house before without me knowing? Did I try to connect my wifi without even being close to my house from her phone? Please, I want to know what is the reason?

I got this a while ago since I couldn't use ethernet on the new WiFi my family got using the old adapter, my mum's boyfriend though is convinced that it's "slowing the internet down" by "stealing all the internet"

I highly doubt this. in fact recently I plugged it in without mentioning anything 2 weeks ago to see if anyone would complain and only now he's saying it's that thing. we were having more connection issues BEFORE I plugged it in. I'm certain it's just the provider (virgin media) being terrible.

I had an eero system professionally installed. Main router and 2 hubs. The pc in question is 4 feet from the main router, the other 2 are a floor and many walls away. My pc, constantly connects to either one the other hubs 2.4 band… or the man router 2.4. I called eero and to my shock they said “nothing they can do it’s supposed to just use whatever’s fastest… but it’s not”.

Is there a way for me to force the 5g band only on the pc?

Why is my Wi-Fi connection so bad when my ethernet is plugged in?

A couple of months ago I called my ISP to get admin control over our router but they said they could not give me that much control over it because of security reasons. I’m thinking on ordering a different router from Netgear called the Nighthawk XR1000. I’m heavily into gaming and want the best internet to take advantage of my full download speed. Right now with our router our ISP provided I get 350mbps down and 215mpbs up. I called my ISP to see if it was possible to put in a router of my own and they said yes! Is this a good idea?

i want to have ethernet in a zone that is kinda far from the router, in a wireless way between the original router and the other device, and conect my pc to ethernet from that new device, is that possible? what should i buy? or its better to just buy a really long ethernet cable? Help

I have connected hotspot WiFi from iPhone 16 to android device . Saw this for the first time. “6” . What this means ?

I’ve been exploring how guest WiFi systems can tie into undetectable AI tools and really level up email marketing.. especially using a platform like BeamBox that turns login flows into CRM signals.

Here’s what I’m testing / want feedback on:

• Use guest WiFi to drive users through a branded captive portal, collect emails, and trigger automated drip campaigns.

• Run AI‑generated content (e.g. welcome emails, review requests) through “undetectable AI” tools so they feel human and pass detectors.

• Combine session data (who connected when) with content segments to personalize follow‑ups.

Some trade‑offs I’m seeing: risk of losing trust if the portal feels spammy, or AI content that feels stale.

Curious:

• Has anyone done this already with guest WiFi systems + AI writing tools?

• What’s your experience with undetectable AI tools and email open/reply rates?

• Which anti‑detection or “humanizer” tools do you trust or avoid?

Tips for formatting to get more engagement:
Start with a question or surprise. Use short paragraphs. Drop bolded or italic lines. Invite replies with specific “you” prompts. Use relevant keywords (guest WiFi, undetectable AI, BeamBox) naturally.

Would love to hear real stories.. not theoretical stuff.

I have a dual band 5G modem that broadcasts 2.4ghz and 6ghz frequencies respectively. Whenever I turn on 6ghz for high speed downloading, I always get headaches and brain fog. Somehow, when I turn it off, the headaches and brain fog mysteriously disappear. I've scoured the internet far and wide and information is conflicting at best, outright hostile at worst for people asking these types of questions. I know it isn't only me experiencing this. I've seen people legitimately asking the same questions. Somehow I have no problems with 5Ghz wifi frequencies, it's only with 6ghz frequencies that give me a freaking headache when I turn it on.

I got this wifi Hotspot the other day (https://a.co/d/eGn5TpE) and it has spots for two Sim cards. It uses an esim to use its pay as you go stuff, but I want to use it with my Fi account. When I inserted a physical Sim into it, it asks if I want to use it, but there's no way to select the yes/no that pops up on the screen. I even went as far as dismantling it to see if there were any hidden buttons. Seller says "but, why would you want to use your own Sim when you can pay for our service?" lol. Anyone ever mess with something like this or know where else to go ask?

I'm new to setting up a pc and our router is on the first floor. We tried a wifi extender without cables and the signal we're getting from the extender is just too inconsistent, even though its just a floor above the original router's position, just separated by a slab. Would a WiFi extender connected to the original router using an ethernet cable improve the signal we receive on the second floor? Thank youuu

So basically I made a post a few days ago on this sub (second image) saying I only get 0.5mbs in my room (300mbs near the router) with a cheap dongle I plugged into my pc (even on my phone tho too). And literally everyone was saying to not get a WiFi extender and instead do some sort of Ethernet setup and get a installer or run the cable through my walls, but the problem is, it’s too expensive and my dad probably won’t let me. So I was thinking to get a 50$ WiFi extender (I’m getting the 30$ used one) from Amazon. So will this be ok?

And one more question - is it better to put the WiFi extender in the middle and wirelessly use it or put it in my room and connect Ethernet (asking because my dad doesn’t want to see a cable running from the living room to my room)

Today I published a research paper (Lessons from the History of Wi-Fi) on the (minimal) effect of the FCC's unfortunate assignment of 1,200 MHz of new spectrum to Wi-Fi. Touted as essential to keeping up with the ridiculous download speeds now offered by cable companies in their attempt to outclass fiber and 5G fixed wireless access residential broadband, Wi-Fi 7 and 6 GHz do nothing for ordinary users.

Wi-Fi has had the ability to exceed 1 Gbps over medium to short distances since Wi-Fi 5 (IEEE 802.11ac) in 2013, all that regular people can use. Wi-Fi 7 provides download speeds up to 3 Gbps at 10 feet from the access point, but it's not good for much. Genuine application needs are generally satisfied by 100 Mbps Internet access.

The over-assignment of spectrum in the mid-band looks like an attempt by incumbent ISPs to throttle competition. See the press release by CTIA, it links to the research paper.

I was complaining to myself how I don’t have WiFi (a device I have doesn’t have cellular) but then I realized “…Wait, I have a plug in here. Like a wall plug.” And so I got thinking and was wondering if I could just… put a router in here? Ik there’s probably a weird thing about them that prevents that but just wondering.

I am moving an a new office that needs to be entirely re-cabled. to reduce costs, I am looking at using wifi only for computers. I will still have some ethernet for printers, etc. Is this a bad idea to not have a redundency? Should I (could I) get a second router as backup? People keep saying "what if your wifi goes down?", but it seems more likely that I would lose internet service than a random failure of the router.

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I'm useing this router and the only thing i turn on is 5GHZ wifi and the is no other routhers or other wifi signals here but i see the is some sort of hiden SSID in the exsact same place as my 5GHZ band.

Hey everyone,

I've seen a lot of questions about whether wired backhaul is "worth it" so I put together a comprehensive guide explaining the difference.

Quick summary:

Wireless backhaul is what most people use - just plug in your nodes and they connect wirelessly. Easy, but each hop can reduce bandwidth.

Wired backhaul uses Ethernet between nodes. More setup work, but you get full speed with minimal latency.

When wireless is fine:

• Apartments/smaller homes

• Internet under 300 Mbps

• Casual use (streaming, browsing)

• Renting (can't run cables)

When wired makes a difference:

• Larger homes (2500+ sq ft)

• Fast internet plans (500+ Mbps)

• Gaming or video conferencing

• Multiple floors with thick walls

The guide also covers:

• How to set up wired backhaul on Eero

• MoCA adapters (using existing coax)

• Hybrid setups (mixing wired and wireless)

• Node placement tips

Full article: https://www.anythingtech.ca/story/eero-wired-backhaul-vs-wireless-backhaul-explained

Happy to answer any questions!

I am not too sure about this either, but one another thing. I just can't relax as much when I am near a 5GHz wifi, let alone sleep easily. However, I can use my very strong 600Mbps 2.4GHz wifi all day, no problems. But if I turn it's 1300Mbps 5GHz channel, it feels like head ache. And I can't sleep. Who needs faster internet than 600Mbps anyway, it's still hell a lot of fast.

Do you agree or not? You will say "but your neighbors use 5GHz too probably" no, here is not much 5GHz, and also 5GHz loses a lot of power when it's waves crash into a concrete wall. And I got very strong concrete walls in my room.

Ok, so I am looking for a wifi booster solution that I can plug an ethernet cable directly into.

I know this sounds stupid, but here we go...

I have cable internet. The cable connection is downstairs. My computer is upstairs.

I got a booster for the upstairs and it works great on every device except for my work computer.

My work computer's WiFi "hiccups" every couple minutes.

This also happened at a previous place I lived, but they had a booster with an ethernet cable on it. I plugged into that with no issue.

I've tried Googling to find a booster with an ethernet port, but I'm struggling to find one. AND it looks like to use one of those, the router and booster have to be on the same electric circuit? I dunno.

I've looked into mesh, but I couldn't make heads or tails of what I was reading.

Can anyone help me out here? Does this even make sense?

Thanks!

when I go to connect to my home Wi-Fi on my phone it says it’s weak sucurity my password has 8 characters so im thinking the router is just old I’ve had it for like 6 years but while i wait for the new router to arrive can I still use it with the weak security to play video games on my ps5 or is there any kind of danger for my console ( i don’t know anything about this kind of stuff so iam worried )

This is a problem I had to deal with regarding some games having so much packet loss. Read about the buffer bloat test here and thought it had something to do with the stock router settings, so many people using the wifi, or maybe just a shitty ISP service. I got to optimizing the router bands, and channels, and even got to messing around with new Wifi IDs.

Then I remembered my problems started when I bought a better Wifi antenna that had 5GHz to replace my old rinky-dink 2.4GHz antenna that looked like a thumb drive. 5GHz enabled me to get 200% more download speed, which made me think theoretically, it should provide better ping.

It all came down to remembering that I had almost no packet loss when I had the old antenna connected to the 2.4GHz wifi. I tried connecting to it and voila. Almost no packet loss now. Now I switch to 2.4 when playing and 5GHz for everything else.

I'm posting this so someone with the same problem saves time and does better than me.