Your home network probably has a hidden bottleneck, and Wi-Fi 7 won't fix it
…Sign in to your XDA account Upgrading to Wi-Fi 7 feels like it will solve all of your networking problems. Let's say you've just unboxed a flagship Wi-Fi…
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I silenced my network stack, and all it cost me was my sanity
…Related Buying a network cabinet is the best and most pointless addition to my home lab Upgrading the home lab and LAN with a network cabinet, which I didn't need. The…
Your motherboard has a hidden networking suite that could kill your lag spikes
…Related 5 reasons you might want to upgrade to 2.5GbE for your home network With more devices supporting 2.5GbE, upgrading your home network is worth thinking about Modern motherboards are…
I changed these settings on my ISP gateway and my network finally works like it should
…Related I upgraded my home network to prosumer gear - here’s what I learned This has been an educational experience. Putting it into bridge mode solves that problem It's possible to…
These $10 home lab upgrades solved problems I didn't know I had
…Sign in to your XDA account When you think about home lab upgrades, you’d probably imagine faster NICs, enterprise-tier HBAs, VRAM-laden graphics cards, and other costly equipment. However, the…
Wi-Fi 7's MLO doesn't make your connection faster, but it makes it dramatically more reliable
…Which is a shame, because the only way to fully utilize the backbone of your home network is with MLO in effect. Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E might be fast…
Your router is probably misconfigured right now, and these 5 one-minute fixes will prove it
…Related You don't need Gigabit Wi-Fi — here are the upgrades that actually matter Higher speeds won't fix your Wi-Fi — your existing network may be flawed in other ways…
You are using 5GHz wrong if you're blindly cramming it with all your devices
…Consequently, the predominant wireless bands in most home networks are still 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Most people tend to use the faster 5GHz band for every device that supports it, without thinking…
Your self-hosted setup is a mess of IP addresses until you do this one thing
…Related Avoid these 10 pitfalls when setting up the network for your home lab Don't let these networking issues break your home lab enjoyment. Domains are so cheap, it's hard…
Synology felt like an appliance until I built a custom NAS with TrueNAS and realized what I was missing
…The single prebuilt turnkey network-attached storage (NAS) box ran it all. Home Assistant, backups, media streaming, office suite, and home surveillance. You name it, it was on my Synology NAS. DiskStation…