Networking & Wi-Fi
Routers, switches, VLANs, mesh Wi-Fi and IPv6.
guys pls help take this with a grain of salt: i work from home and have a growing number of smart home devices, plus guests who use teh Wi Fi. id like to separate them from my work laptop and home server. ive got a…
Our smart theromstats at a home lab get firmware updates maybe once in their lifetime. They sit next to computers with sensitive data :D i want to isolate them, but Im worried about discovery and casting breaking. Whats your experience? Some of these smart…
weve got a coulpe of access points in a shared office building and teh Wi Fi is unreliable. lots of neighbouring networks visible. default channel settings on both APs. how do people approach channel planning in a…
ugh. weird one. From a customer site, OpenVPN connects and then nothing internal resolves: If i type teh IP address of teh intranet wiki directly it sometimes works! But names fail every time. Help me before i start memorizing IP addresses. Ive also flushed…
Small office, 10.10.20.0/24 network. Since last week the network printer disconnects every few hours, and a nearby PC shows this: rebooting fixes it temporarily lmao nobody admits to changing anything :/ i suspect something has teh same IP, but how do i find…
before anything else: using a three node consumer mesh at home. connected wirelessly between nodes. throughput near the satellite nodes is noticeably lower than near the main one, especially the furthest one. Wondering…
guys pls help my brand new ultrabook connects to the office Wi Fi without any complaint, but this is what i get: 'No internet, secured.' My phone on the same network streams video just fine. i restarted teh router and the laptop. nothing. i have work to do!…
Weird one :/ From a hotel, L2TP connects and then nothing internal resolves: if I type the IP address of teh RDP server directly it sometimes works! but names fail every time. help me before I start memorizing IP addresses. i've also flushed the DNS cache,…
so annoyed rn i set up OpenVPN for our small team. the connection establishes, handshake looks good, but no traffic gets to the intranet wiki: pings to internal IPs time out. im suree the server side is running. what am i overlooking? the server and client…
ugh. users report random 'no network' issues and some PCs pop up an IP conflict warning: our scope is 10.10.20.0/24. i set the conference room TV to a static address years ago and honestly don't remember which one. could that be related? I suspect our IP…
hmmmm ok small office, 10.0.0.0/24 network. since last week the NAS disconnects every few hours, and a nearby PC shows this: Rebooting fixes it temporarily. Nobody admits to changing anything. i suspect smth has teh same IP, but how do i find out what? we…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts we run a small warehouse with one flat network: PCs, the server, smart TVs, everything. It works. But I keep reading that IoT deivces are a big risk and should be isolated. Is a separate VLAN worth teh effort here, and…
ok so users report random no network issues and some PCs pop up an IP conflict warning: Our scope is 192.168.0.0/24. i set the network printer to a static adrdess years ago and honestly dont remember which one. Could that be related?? I suspect our IP plan,…
so annoyed rn settnig up a Windows 11 laptop for a new colleague. it joins the office Wi Fi, the password is accepted, and then: they start tomorrow morning. i tried the troubelshooter, it fixed nothing 😅 any ideas before i just give them my own laptop? The…
ok so i set up the corporate IPsec client for our small team. The connection establishes, handshake looks good, but no traffic gets to inetrnal websites: Pings to internal IPs time out. Im sure the server side is running. What am i overlooking? The server…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my Surface tablet connects to a mesh system without any complaint, but this is what I get: no internet, secured... my phone on teh same network streams video just fine. I restarted teh router and teh laptop, nothing. I…
ok weird one our smart TVs at a small warehouse get firmware updates maybe once in their lifetime. They sit next to computers with sensitive data. i want to isolate them, but Im worried about discovery and casting breaking. Whats ur experience? Some of these…
help!! small office, 172.16.10.0/24 network. Since last week the conference room TV disconnects every few hours, and a nearby PC shows this: rebooting fixes it temporarily, nobody admits to changing anything. I suspect something has teh same IP, but how do I…
small office, 172.16.10.0/24 network. since last week a VoIP phone disconnects every few hours, and a nearby PC shows this: rebooting fixes it temporarily.. 🙏 nobody admits to changing anything. I suspect smth has the same IP, but how do I find out what? we…
Working from home today. WireGuard connects fine, teh status is green, but I can't reach the file share: browsing teh regular internet still works. my colleagues in the office are fine. ive reconnected five times, is it me or the VPN? My home setup is a…
Setting up a Windows 11 laptop for a new colleague. It joins teh guest network, teh password is accepted, and then: they start tomorrow morning... i tried the troubleshooter, it fixed nothing... any ideas before i just give them my own laptop? the laptop is…
hmmmm ok our door access controllers at a dental practice get firmware updates maybe once in their lifetime. they sit next to computers with sensitive data. i wanna isolate them, but Im worried about discovery and casting breaking. whats your experience?…
so annoyed rn setting up a work laptop for a new colleague 😅 It joins the hotel Wi Fi, the password is accepted, and then: they start tomorrow morning, i tried the troubleshooter, it fixed nothing... any ideas before i just give them my own laptop?? the…
im literally losing my mind here planning to redo the network at a retail store. im thinking: one VLAN for staff PCs, one for guests, one for printers. is that sensible, or over engineered for this size? curious what others actually run. im also not suree…
help!! setting up a Windows 11 laptop for a new colleague 🔥 it joins the hotel Wi Fi, teh password is accepted, and then: They start tomorrow morning ;) i tried the truobleshooter, it fixed nothing. Any ideas before i just give them my own laptop? the…
