WiFi System

Early in my career I made sure I had ethernet ran to every room, had a PIX firewall in my basement, had a torrent server running, etc. Now? I just use Google Nest Wifi connected directly to the ONT and spread a few extra mesh units around the house. No need to make anything complex.

Are any of your 45 connected devices near one of your pods so that you might connect them by ethernet? I recommend sorting that out (and buying some cheap unmanaged switches if you need multiple devices to be fed by a single pod) and then re-testing your phone's download speed. If you can get everyt

It's not just that you have two subnets, you have two firewalls. So, that behavior is expected, the BGW LAN can only see Google WIfi's WAN interface (the public IP). To reach a client of the Google Wifi subnet from the BGW subnet, you'd need a port forwarding rule in Google Wifi, and then access the

I'll try to explain it as simply as possible 👍 The box virgin gave you does both your internet connection (modem) and your wireless connection (router) They bog down when you start loading devices onto your network (the amount of things you have connected to the internet in your house), you would be

There are so many variable it's not that easy lol. But, it usually comes down to the router provided by Verizon just being crap. If you're not too technically inclined, the best option is to get a mesh wifi system like eero or google wifi mesh etc. It's likely a combination of the shitty router + ju

I'm considering switching my Internet service from Comcast to Fios. Comcast Internet has always been crappy but after I connected a Google nest Wi-Fi mesh extender to it a few years ago, coverage was great. I was able to get Wi-Fi throughout the house with the additional pointers. But recently my Co

I haven't ever needed to use a travel router as a WiFi Client, but I know they are typically configurable that way. I see TP Link has a few to choose from. Just make sure you get a well known brand and that it supports "Client" mode. They often support a bunch of modes, including range extender (you