I switched from powerline adapters to MoCA and should have done it years ago
… Related I avoided powerline Ethernet for years. My apartment’s sliding glass door changed my mind A sliding glass door broke my Ethernet plans, so I tried powerline. …
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The best networking upgrade in your house costs $20 and only needs to be connected for a few seconds
… They restart the router, check for firmware updates, call their ISP, or start messing with DNS settings, and these can all be appropriate troubleshooting steps, but it skips past the most fundamental layer: the physical one. Ethernet cables are simple, but they're not indestructible. …
I used an old router as a dedicated smart home network, and it solved two problems at once
… An old router and an Ethernet cable are enough for home segmentation. …
The smart home upgrade nobody wants to do is labeling every cable and device
… Power cables, Ethernet runs, and HDMI connections all look identical six months after installation, and the one you need always just happens to be the one without any identifying feature. …
After moving to a NAS, I can't go back to cloud storage for anything important
… It's connected over gigabit Ethernet and serves files to my network via SMB. …
This free network monitor exposed exactly what my devices were sending to the internet
… The only caveat is that your device needs two Ethernet ports. …
Your ISP router is the biggest bottleneck in your home network, and you know it
… They're either dealing with latency issues on Wi-Fi or capped speeds on Ethernet. …