How To Build Simple Quality Wireless Network For Home
Sep 27, 2012
I will be building my own computer here in the next month and am looking to become quite informed about building my own wireless network.Trouble is, I'm a bit out of to with what I need and what is good. I'm also officially tired of renting a modem from Comcast (bastards keep bumping my monthly rate up). So what pieces of equipment do I need to build a simple quality wireless network for my home? I would like the network to support two laptops, one desktop, and an Xbox plugged into a LAN line. Also, I'm thinking of using a Rosewill Wirelss Adapter 3 antenna [URL].
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Sep 7, 2012
setting up a single home network in my apartment that will be able to connect to and use 2 separate wifi internet connections to provide stability and reliable bandwidth for a home network.
Situation: I have recently moved into an apartment complex that has 2 separate wifi connections that are available to the residents free of charge. (yes i am authorized to use both) I do have the option of paying for and having my own personal DSL line installed but I would much rather use the free wifi and not have the monthly bill.
The Problem: My apartment is located far enough away from each of the routers (One wifi at each end of the building and I am in the middle) that my signal strength is poor most of the time and sometimes heavy traffic on one wifi requires that I disconnect and connect to the other. Wifi A is farther and has very low signal and low or no connectivity. Wifi B has good signal most of the time but gets very slow during peek usage times of the day.
I understand that I need one or more high gain antennas in order to receive adequate signals from either Wifi connection.
Between me and my son we have 2 laptop PCs, 1 Desktop PC, 1 network printer, 1 Xbox, 1 HDTV and my smartphone. I don't want to try to equip each device with its own high gain antenna and try to figure out which device should be connected to which Wifi depending on available signal and bandwidth. Rite now I do not have a Home network set up at all and we are only using 1 laptop and the Xbox and each is directly connected via wifi (usually to Wifi B).
If I could connect to either Wifi A or B with decent bandwidth and reliability and then be able to network or connect all my devices via wireless or wired to my own router/extender etc. I would be happy. However.. Given that I must share bandwidth with the other residents and at times one Wifi has heavy use while the other does not. I have been trying to research how to connect to both wifi signals for load balancing, reliability and hopefully greater bandwidth.
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Aug 2, 2012
I have a home network using a 2600 and PIX515E, and unfortunetly I don't know how to set up ACLs. I read a few Cisco documentation but unfortunetly I am unable to grasp the concept of how to define them. Would anyone be able to give me a crash course on setting up ACLs?
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Sep 14, 2012
I have a 24-hour running computer that I want to make a small and simple server for personal useim: to put some photos on the server for my target audience from China. I have a 24 hour running computer located in my small flat in China. The purpose to make this is to provide a fast speed loading for average users in China? The links for the photo should be in format
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Feb 28, 2011
have to build a solution for a network of around 150 users from the same building with about 50 users per floor. They are all having an workstation with windows 7 prof (about 75%), windows XP home edition (about 20%) and windows xp prof (5%). They are working in Autocad and I need a server on which I have to put windows 2008 server with AD and will have a role as fileserver.I need to know what are suppose to be the minimum hardware requirements for this server. Having not too much IT experience I need to know if the users that have windoiws xp home edition need to change their OS.
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Dec 26, 2011
I need to build a medium network and connect it to the internet MORE DETALIS; what are the hardware requiremnet i need to build this network?? i need to monitor and control every thing in this network. it should be like this(one ADSL line with high speed connection coming from my ISP-(internet service provider)++ a room to put all the equipment and decives use in the network=routers,modem,servers,cables and so on= ++ then from this room or place i divide the one line coming to sub-netwrks--in my case about 6 subnetworks-- then spread all the cables and so on, to each department or division
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Jul 11, 2011
I would like to know if there is a way to monitor which programs/processes are using my network, say if there's something in the background updating that I can close to reduce lag in games, my computer is free of viruses and most the auto updates are turned off because I update them manually, so I just would like a simple straightforward answer,what program or process is using my network?
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Feb 19, 2012
I have to use 9 Cisco 300 series switches to build a new network. I will use one of them (core switch) in L3 for routing between Vlans (3 Vlans) and the others in L2. Is there a software to centralized all switches configuration, operation and monitoring?
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Jan 14, 2011
I know the general difference between a router and a switch, but after considerable reading I'm unable to determine if I could just use a switch for my pretty simple specific application.
Here are the two devices I need to setup on my network (connections would be wired, both devices in close proximity): (1) computer running windows2k with 100mbps ethernet card (has software firewall installed) (1) blue ray player for streaming netflix videos
Because I don't have any computers on the network communicating with each other, based on what I've read it seems possible to just connect a switch to my cable modem instead of using a router.
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Feb 13, 2012
I would like to setup a simple VPN on a small network, nothing special, just to provide access to some simple resources on the network from anywhere. Since I'm not a Cisco expert, I was advised to user a 861 router, but I just can't seem to get the VPN working on this device.
I've placed the router behind a modem and did some basic configuration. Hosts who are connected to the modem (on the Vlan side) can access the internet and can setup a VPN connection to the router. A VPN connection from inside the network is worthless, but I just can't get the VPN working on the FastEthernet4 connection.
Any VPN config for a 861 router for this situation? Or how to configure this device as a VPN server?
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Nov 10, 2011
How to install a wireless network in home environment?
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Mar 13, 2011
I have been having a bit of trouble with networking my two machines to share files and allow printing i have a win 7 laptop and a xp home desktop. I share a net connection via 02 wireless box both systems have wireless i have tried many things
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Jan 19, 2012
I took my router with me to visit family at Christmas. It wouldn't allow the wired computer through the switch, but yet I could talk to the router with my laptop. Rather than reconfigure, I bundled up my router & laptop and let well enough alone.Now that they're all back at my house, I can't reliably get the laptop to connect - Low Wireless Signal error. I've reset the modem & router repeatedly. Tried Channels 1,6, 11 and 8&9 too. n only, as that's my laptop's. On 2 occasions it has connected, rebooted and auto connected and run for 4-5 hours. Then it's gone. I've beat this mess for 3-8 hours per day, for days...!!!Laptop(Vista) connects to every other wifi I've tried. It's sitting 4 ft from the router.
misc. info.
separate dsl modem, Centurytel, Netopia Cayman 3300 series
no other devices beyond wired desktop and laptop
no changes in other neighboring networks
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Oct 17, 2012
We'll be building a small remote site that will use two Windows 2008 servers. We would like redundancy in firewalls, IPS's and switches. Is it better to buy stand-alone ASA 5510s (with embedded IPS's) and 2960s, or is it a better option to buy a Cat 6000 with FW modules. We'll have several internet IP addresses available.
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Jul 25, 2012
How to export Air Quality reports from a 5508? I'm pretty sure I have read that we can not look back in time at the Air Quality report from the WLC, but can from NCS. If NCS was in the picture, can the Air Qaulity Report somehow be exported?
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Jul 24, 2011
I am wanting to buy an access point to extend my range on my home network. I think i've used one AP before and if i remember correctly, after i plugged it into my main rounter and configured it, i unplugged the ethernet from it and moved it to somewhere else in the house. But i can't remember for sure if this is how it works or do i have to have an ethernet cable running to it at all times?
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Feb 24, 2013
I have a Time Warner Cable business class service with no static IP, with a wireless modem which is plugged to a CAT5 distribution panel. On the jacks (2 other rooms on the house) I have a Linksys E3000 and a Linksys Valet router for signal boost and gadgets usage (TV, cameras, etc).The main router (TWC) has it's own external IP which TWC assigns to me and internally distributes via DHCP the range 192.168.0.x. With that said:
- The E3000 has a 192.168.0.6 IP -- this is fixed setup on the TWC router (ubee brand) by MAC address
- The Valet has a 192.168.0.7 IP -- this is fixed setup on the TWC router (ubee brand) by MAC address
- The main router has the 192.168.0.1 as the gateway and web-interface
Whenever I connect something to the E3000, it is distributing the 192.168.1.x range and the valet 192.168.2.x range.That works perfectly for my home based business until I decided to use more stuff on the network such as a IP printer, IP cameras, etc.
- The IP cameras are connected to the E3000 due to signal strength and I have manually assigned them the 192.168.1.15 and 192.168.1.16 IPs and ports 9001 and 9002.
- The printer is connected to the E3000 and I have manually assigned the IP 192.168.1.30.
Issue 1: Port forwarding On the main router (TWC - UBEE) I have tried to setup a port forwarding by informing the Local IP as 192.168.0.6 (E3000 IP), Internal Port 0, Public Interface IP (0.0.0.0), Ext Start Port 9001, Ext End Port 9001, Protocol - Both, Enabled Yes. On the E3000 I did the same config (screen shot attached e3000.png).This is not working properly. I can't get into the camera.
Issue 2: Printer/ The printer is only accessible if I connect to the E3000 (because it is on the 192.168.1.x network)
Issue 3: How to configure all the devices on the same subnet? If I want everyone to be on the 192.168.0.x network, how to configure properly the E3000 and the Valet? I have tried to force them into the same network but it would not work properly. It would not get an IP from the UBEE router (main).
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May 27, 2012
Bought the new EA4500 a couple of days ago and have looked at my wireless connection and see it varies from 72Mbps to 144Mbps. It has jumped up to 270Mbps a few times, but rarely. Shouldn't it be 300Mbps most of the time? My laptop is 4 feet away from the router and the router is on top of a card board box being elevated away from interference. The prior router was a dlink 855 that went whacky after 3 years. I believe I was usually at 270 Mbps with that. What gives? Do I have a faulty router? With this new router, I expected the range to be a lot farther and faster too, but it is not in my family room. 2nd floor router, family room is 1st floor about 50 feet away and I get 1Mbps - 5Mbps. Everything is set to Auto on router and IP6 is disabled on laptop.
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Feb 1, 2011
We have a UC500 with 3 access points AP541N. We need to move around the building so we use wireless voice with 7925G phones. All works fine except when the phone needs to change from one AP to another. We lost connection for a small interval of time and then resume normal operation.
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Mar 21, 2013
I use in my network Linksys 4200v1 (newest firmware) and Sipura SPA 3000 ( 3.1.20(GW)firmware) and SPA 122 (1.1.0(011) software version as my phone adapters.My voip phones are working great until I start to download or upload some files, watching on-line tv.How and where should I set up above routers to have the same great quality voip while uploading and downloading at the same time?
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Oct 20, 2011
Here's the layout: Cable modem in the basement. Several devices in which I'd prefer a wired connection in the basement. Upstairs on the 1st and 2nd floor of the house are many devices in which wifi is fine or preferred.Here's the problem: As you might guess, wifi is weak upstairs and certainly on the patio and 2nd floor. I have an access point upstairs that I've experimented with but it is flaky.
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Jan 14, 2012
I am a new student in networking, taking the CCNA courses, and now want to rewire my home. I currently have a cable modem and E2500 setup running my network. I want to get the modem and router out of my computer room and in the basement where the cable enters the house. I want to do this to clean up the computer room wiring a bit and to run line drops to different rooms in the house where the internet will be utilized.Currently there are two PC's, a laptop, a tablet, sometimes a phone, and an XBOX using the internet. I want to get my printer back up and running on the network but thats another story. Only one PC is currently hardwired. I would like to run two cables into the room with the PC and XBOX that are currently using wireless, at least two into the computer room for the PC and network printer, and one or two into the living room for the blue ray player and possibly an internet tv.
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Sep 10, 2011
I have a D-Link DGL-4500 router and my landlord recently ungraded our internet connection. However, now I get this error message when I try to hook it up to the ethernet hub,"The addressing of the Internet side learnt thru DHCP conflicts with the addressing selected for the LAN side. Internet communications will be disabled until you have changed the LAN side addressing to resolve the problem."
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Jun 24, 2011
The wifi connection is all good to go. Now , we have other companies besides us that also managed to tap to the wireless infrastructure, though they don't have the authentication cert, but it is exposed.So, would like to know how can we conta the wireless signal from overflow to another building? Any setting at the WLC that can be tweak? or check the radius to ensure that it didn't overflow?
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Aug 9, 2012
I'm not being able to wireless distribute the office LAN int-con via recently purchased Tp-link tl-wr740n wireless n router'. Actually, I had no problems with my USR 8054 wireless router before I decided to replace the router with an 'N' one as I experienced some connection loss on my mac book pro(mac osx 10.8) thru USR 8054. The internet connection I have is from a wall socket in my office. I know the hub/router/switch or whatever behind has no DCHP activated because the device connected to that socket cannot get an IP, you must enter it manually together with gateway, DNS etc.. and the values are as
ip 10.50.31.108
subnet 255.0.0.0
gateway 10.50.31.254
Whenever I enter these on my USR's 'static IP configuration' via quick setup and plug the Ethernet cable from the wall socket to the WAN, it works and the router immediately starts to let me surf on the net wireless. However, the same procedure has never succeeded on my Tp-link with its latest original firmware or dd-wrt. It even says no cable connected although it is connect from the wall socket to its WAN.I also tried to connect my computer directly to the wall socket with a regular Ethernet cable and entered the ip, gateway etc manually. It didn't work at first, then I changed IPv6 setting from ''auto'' to ''local connection only'' and I was able connect to the internet with no trouble.
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Aug 8, 2012
Started a upgrade of my firmware to Ver.2.0.03 (Build 10) for the E1200 H/W v2 and at 98% it stalled this was over wired connection and via http not https.
I'm really disappointed which this router because in all honesty its been one of the slowest I have ever bought whereas the Wireless-N doesn't truly work with N speeds being like 3-9Mbps where if I disable WMM and switch to B/G Only then my speeds jump to 20-30Mbps.
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Dec 18, 2011
I am unable to connect both of my smart phones to the access point. I am using WPA2 encryption on the AP. I can connect my phones to other AP's using WPA2. I have other devices that connect to the AP except my Android phones. I would like to be able to get some debug logs except the web interface says that the logging fictions are disabled when in bridge mode. Cisco/Linksys tech support: Any troubleshooting tips other than resetting the access point and or reflashing it.
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Nov 1, 2012
the only way i can get 300mbps from this router is by having these settings, it seems the only valid settings to get 300mbps from the router are the following:
Network Mode: mixed
Channel Width: auto (20mhz or 40mhz)
Channel : 1
if i leave the channel to auto it won't show up as 300.on top of that it doesn't want to stay at 300mbps for very long, sometimes its max rate in inSSDer is only 144 or 156mbps. its the weirdest thing, i think this version of the firmware seems to forget to check for how fast its wireless transmit speed is.When it reboots it only transmits at 144 or 156mbps. i have to go in the basic wireless page and just save the settings to reset it to 300, i don't even have to change anything, it resets its max rated speed back up to 300mbps.and more importantly, are the devs aware of this problem for the e1200 v2 ?
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Apr 15, 2013
Region : Argentina
Model : TL-WR1043ND
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version :
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Region : Romania
Model : TL-WR1043ND
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version : 3.13.4 Build 110429 Rel.3
ISP : Romania Data Systems RCS-RDS
Proud owner of TL-Wr1043ND, great piece of technology and very affordable.
Question is: in the Administration GUI, is there a way to set it up so it displays PC-Name instead of MAC address in sections such as MAC Filter, Statistics, Logs etc?
Every time I check stuff I need to compare MAC address with PC name in order to find out who's who; so it would be nice to see directly PC Name.
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May 7, 2012
Just a few things I've noticed with this build..
1.) If you reboot the modem, it seems to loose UPnP settings. I have to turn UPnP off then back on again in order UPnP to work normally.
2.) Probably petty but when I click the Disconnect button under Router Status, the page doesn't automatically refresh like it did with E4200v1. I have to manually refresh to get the connect button to appear. The refresh issue is also true within the mobile app. Again, not an issue with E4200v1.
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Dec 20, 2012
I have setup a webserver on my home PC and I have forwarded port 80 on my router to the IP adress of the PC that is running the web server. The web server is working great; I can get to my web pages from outside of my home by going to http://MyIpAddress/Anyway, the problem is with the Windows Media Player plugin I'm using. I want to embed 6GB MPEG-2 videos into my web pages. I have some videos on my PC and I want to be able to watch them remotely by connecting into my web page. It works fine when I'm at home; other PCs can connect and play the videos no problem. The problem is when I'm at work. When I'm at work, I go to my web page (via my IP address in a web browser) and the Media Player plugin says "Connecting" for a minute, then it says Ready, but the video will not play. I tried using a smaller, AVI file (680 MB) instead to see if the problem was streaming such a large file, but the video still would not play.Do I need to foward more ports on my router so that Windows Media Player can connect back and get the information it needs?
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Feb 13, 2011
I have a room cut off from the wired network by concrete walls (there are windows and it's a very short distance). There is a device in that room with a wired network adapter than needs access to the network. We'd like to use a pair of WAP4410N devices to get that room on our wired network over a simple "wireless bridge."
Would the following work?
Connect one WAP4410N normally with WPA2 Personal encryption and connect it to our wired network. Enable repeating of its signal.Set up the "remote" WAP4410N in the "cut off" room. Give it the same SSID and Encryption settings. Enable "Wireless Client Repeater" mode and uncheck the box labeled "Allow wireless station to associate". . . then use its RJ45 network port to connect to the wired device in the room. My biggest concern is the part in bold. Will the network port on the "remote" repeater function like that? So that any devices (or a switch) plugged into it will then be "forwarded along the bridge" to the main/local AP and then onto our network?
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Oct 3, 2011
I have ADSL modem in my workplace that is connected to a switch and other workplace computers are connected to this switch so the ADSL internet is shared in LAN network.(in each of computer I set default Gateway to ip of modem .....)I want to dial my workplace from home and then use of workplace internet or connect to workplace LAN.(such as VPN or Port Forwarding or I don't know...)
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