Everyone gansta till you see "Connected, No internet"

@ToreOnYouTube

2 жыл бұрын

Which literally means that you can reach your neighbouring device, but the not any servers on the internet.

@derdrache0512

2 жыл бұрын

Connected, No internet means that your router has no access to the internet. Perhaps some construction worker cut the internet cable with his shovel while digging

@lordraj365

2 жыл бұрын

Worst text you can ever see when you wanna surf the net so urgently

@nickkk420

2 жыл бұрын

When my Wan is down I just yell at my ISP

@NickyHendriks

2 жыл бұрын

@@derdrache0512 Well, more than often it's not the cable in the ground that gets damaged, it's a human error in the exchange, for example counting errors and disconnecting the wrong address. For example at my work with DSL we have street cabinets containing 12 blocks of 100 twister pairs and it's easy to remove 45 instead of 35 in example. With optic fiber it's kind of the same, accidentally removing the wrong patch can happen real quick. Most service-tickets I get can be traced back to a human error somewhere in the exchange.

Working as a Network Engineer, I can safely say that WiFi is ABSOLUTELY the technology that has given me the most headaches. Unlike cables, the vast majority of what is going on, is simply out of your hands. Yes, there are best practices, but there's always that one thing, that is sure to make your planned installation requires troubleshooting and adjusting, weeks after.

@scodal8636

2 жыл бұрын

Have you ever set up a printer?

@ToreOnYouTube

2 жыл бұрын

​@Aeyesi Of course not. Wireless internet connectivity is critical. There's a reason it's so widely used in all sectors. Lives have literally been saved because of it.

@ToreOnYouTube

2 жыл бұрын

@@scodal8636 I've dealt with my fair share of printers problems. Most of them always seem be Error 40 though....

@JSCHM

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToreOnKZread I don't think he ment that those users are dumb because they are using WiFi. I interpreted it as a "layer 8" kind of joke...

@ToreOnYouTube

2 жыл бұрын

@@JSCHM Oh.

Linus: signal is better bellow the router Me : flip the router upside down

@gsedej_MB

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same... But the ceiling access points are mounted upside down :D

@Bratfalken

2 жыл бұрын

I think the reason is less funiture blocking signals in the ceiling!

@El_Presidente1959

2 жыл бұрын

an intellectual

@Lurker-dk8jk

2 жыл бұрын

​@@gsedej_MB ​ +Jan Stromback Both of you are correct. It has more to do with the curvature of the Earth. Transmitter orientation doesn't matter as much unless you're using dish antennae to focus and direct the signals. The Earth is like an upside-down dish--it scatters any reflected signals; so the higher up you go, the better.

@pixelmaster98

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lurker-dk8jk how tf is the earth's curvature supposed to be relevant at this scale? Even if it were feasibly measurable down to 10-20m (or about the size of an apartment), the apartment or house itself isn't curved. We're talking about WiFi here, not satellites.

Thank you for pointing out how terrible WPS is. It should be noted that some routers lie and claim that WPS has been disabled but still leave it enabled.

@jackkraken3888

2 жыл бұрын

What about WPS push button I think that's still ok right?

@jackkraken3888

2 жыл бұрын

That's crazy they can do that.

@aaronperl

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackkraken3888 The WPS button enables the easy transfer of the WPS PIN without having to enter (remember) anything. The whole WPS protocol is junk, and horribly insecure. It looks like an 8-digit PIN (which isn't really long enough to begin with), but it's actually two 4-digit PINs, which can be brute-forced in a couple of hours (because of the timeout period between failed guesses). WPS can never be secure, because the PIN doesn't change. Here's an older explanation of the problem: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mG2YtaeKqrq4d9o.html

@Ninjaeule97

2 жыл бұрын

@@aaronperlthanks for sharing the video, since comments are disabled I got a question. Can't they fix the protocol, now that every device has a button for WPS? The button allows you to create a single-use password thus making an offline attack impossible. While they are at it they could also make their PIN 4 times as long and split it into 4 (8 digits) pieces.

@noahluppe

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackkraken3888 if it disables WPS pin and is only active on button push it's not AS bad

I would add that the antennas should be pointing as specified in the manual. Having them lie flat is stealthy, but not very good for signal strength.

@NaoPb

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but having them not flat also makes your connection better for spammers. As proven by the other comment here. ;)

@SquareOFortune

2 жыл бұрын

Most AP antennae nowadays are omnidirectional, so their effective signal range and dispersal pattern/structure isn’t noticeably different at typical home distances.

@BlacklistBill

2 жыл бұрын

Having them lie flat can be ok (especially if the router is mounted on a wall). What you really want to avoid is having each antenna pointing in a different direction

@MrVaradir

2 жыл бұрын

Or at least "Having Antennas" for the basic router that the IPS throws at you during installation would be nice too... two rooms down and not even 2.4 gigs will help you to connect throught the concrete walls

@jarencascino7604

2 жыл бұрын

Scishow says but them at 45 degrees

Here's a pro tip for you: A. The reason you wait 30s when Unplug and repluging a router is so the capacitors fully discharge and allow the memory to properly clear and reset themselves. Often if you plug device back in before the capacitor can drop enough charge, you'll have new issues on electronics/wifi or just the same issue carried forward. Wait the 30s! B. I don't know if this still rings true, but: ISP's provide internet long distances, over that distance noise and distortion on the lines is created. When those full power signals hit your router, if it is too noisy, the router is designed to filter that noise out. Causing small data/speed loss, but creating a more solid connection. As this continues to happen, the signal leaving your router gets less and less, more bottlenecked to create a better connection. This doesn't often clear itself up, so resetting the router will clear those parameters to allow full connection to be provided to the home again. I think that was more a coax thing? Vs fibre connections. But the east coast is much further ahead than the West coast... NB had fibre years ago, well before I moved to Calgary and we JUST got fibre to the house last year .. so I doubt smaller areas of BC run on true fibre.

Wifi tip: if you can use hardwired for any of your devices, do it.

My tip is, behind the router there is a spot to connect a Ethernet cable use that instead.

@AredioVani

2 жыл бұрын

But my wifi toaster doesn't have ethernet port

@BringbackTBC

2 жыл бұрын

%100

@Ice-ft5el

2 жыл бұрын

That's my only complaint about mesh networks. Fast wifi but lacks the ethernet ports. Could remedy that with ethernet switch but still...

@juanzubieta5080

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It works great for my pc but what about everything else?

@robinw77

2 жыл бұрын

Great tip! I use this to connect my smartphone when I'm at home and it's super fast

I remember back in 2008, the vocational school I attended to had all their 50 computers connect to a single WiFi router. I guess you guys can imagine how they performed.

I just make sure to appease the router's machine spirit by performing a ritual every now and then.

@TheSpaceBrosShow

2 жыл бұрын

Spirit of the Machine, hear my prayer,

@egarcia1360

2 жыл бұрын

And the ritual is unplugging it, waiting 10 seconds, and plugging it in again.

Best tip: Buy a router (with ap build in or also buy a seperate ap). Don't use the one from your ISP! It's probably garbage and will give you a lot of frustration

@adventureoflinkmk2

2 жыл бұрын

What about the Google WiFi

@NickyHendriks

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't have to be. I work for a major ISP in the Netherlands and we have two models going at the moment which are actually pretty decent. The ZTE H369a for example is a model we use, it still uses the original ZTE WebGUI so every setting can be changed and it also has proper antenna placement. I do agree with you on the fact that some can be garbage, especially because they might have some settings blocked or missing like changing the subnet of your router.

@rossharper1983

2 жыл бұрын

I'm lucky my ISP's modem/router is just made by Cisco, though I still have another AP and two 8 port network switches

@ToreOnYouTube

2 жыл бұрын

@@rossharper1983 Keep in mind that there are leaps of difference between enterprise Cisco equipment and Cisco branded CPE equipment. The Cisco you're thinking of, likely had nothing to do with whatever equipment that is.

@rossharper1983

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToreOnKZread that's true. However I have 1 gigabit business line so it's an off the shelf Cisco modem that was provided by my ISP

I hadn't seen a proper visualization of a how a signal emanates from a radio like that before. That's really helpful, thank you

@marc_frank

2 жыл бұрын

it is really cool :) every one of those antennas has one of those Donuts the Gain of the antenna changes how squished flat it is

You forgot to mention that there's really only 3 viable non-interfering 20MHz-width channels in 2.4GHz band - 1,6,11. And having neighbour networks on, say, channel 1 and 2 is much much worse than on same channel. Same goes for 5GHz band of course, but there's much more breathing room. Also - always run your access points at lowest power possible, don't chase 5 bars signal. In some one-room appartment you'll be fine with 10-30 mW, and often with higher speeds than at full 100mW due to better signal-to-noise ratio. And don't forget ever true communications axiom: if you can use cable - you must use cable.

@GeoffreyVonbargen

2 жыл бұрын

So... It's better to be on the same channel than one channel away from your neighbor? You need to be about 4 channels away it sounds like To not get interference? So if you had networks 3 at ch1 2 at ch6 and 1 really strong network on Chanel 10 your best bet would be chanel 6 for a new network?

@movzfast

2 жыл бұрын

@@ErrorMessageNotFound that kinda makes sense

@android-user

2 жыл бұрын

@@ErrorMessageNotFound Thank you! :)

@angumech13

2 жыл бұрын

He is speaking the language of gods! (I understand what you say, will try it out today)

@angumech13

2 жыл бұрын

@@ErrorMessageNotFound Channels 1, 6 and 11. Are these world wide or depends in which part of the world? (Noob here)

Linus you forgot to say to *ONLY* use channel 1, 6, and 11 becourse otherwise the channels will overlap and are in the way of each other.

@vliegendedrent4897

2 жыл бұрын

this has solved many problems with network speed. I also wanted to write this

I didn't know WPS was that insecure.

@og_ocassions

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, It's like a tiny password

@jackkraken3888

2 жыл бұрын

It's a horror story almost as bad as those they use in the movies where you can guess each number separately. But I think the push button one is safe, right?

@jima1135

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackkraken3888 WPS is the push button. Disable it. Now.

@jima1135

2 жыл бұрын

I can confirm that it is VERY insecure. VERY! It is a 8 digit "password", but it's checked in 2 different chunks - 4 digits and 4 digits. So it is actually just a 4 digit password, followed by a 3 digit password (last digit is only a checksum). That's only 11,000 possible combinations out of the 100,000,000 combinations with a real 8 digit password.

@jackkraken3888

2 жыл бұрын

@@jima1135 I guess I will have to now.

Linus: "... can be installed in your backyard in less than a day" Vancouver Council: "Oh, I don't think so."

Linus: "Wifi is supposed to be easy; punch in a password, hit connect and boom you're online" Students attempting to connect to Eduroam: ...

I get lightning fast WiFi by connecting the motherboard of my PC to the back of the router with a cable! It improved speed and reliability! Amazing.

@julius_caesar_grzfz

2 жыл бұрын

That's not wifi tho

@its0gravity

2 жыл бұрын

@@julius_caesar_grzfz please shut up

@carlosmafia

2 жыл бұрын

@@julius_caesar_grzfz pfft, do you even know how WiFi works bro. The "wi" stands for "wire" and the "fi" stands for "fixed into the back of the computer and router"

One other thing to make your network more secure: disable admin logins through wireless and select HTTPS as the wired protocol for admin logins.

@happinessiskey2858

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget to change the password from "password" as well, lol!

@snowdog03

2 жыл бұрын

Change pass from Admin to something else also.

Some routers will combine 5GHz and 2.4GHz signals into one SSID, I usually keep them separate to make it easier to find out which one the device in question is connected to.

@davidewin6833

2 жыл бұрын

I agree Hamil. Many Telstra routers here in Australia have this & it is known as Band Steering, which I disable when troubles are experienced & it solves many of them.

@hamilpatel4025

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidewin6833 Thanks! I knew there was a name but never figured out what it was.

@shaansingh6048

2 жыл бұрын

My ISP advises against it claiming that keeping them as the same SSID will allow the network to choose whether 5ghz or 2.4ghz is better, but I think manual is better

@hanwagu9967

2 жыл бұрын

@@shaansingh6048 well, you can avoid the router choosing the band by setting your wifi device, which matters, to choose the band.

@davidewin6833

2 жыл бұрын

@@shaansingh6048 I agree with you - ISPs think they know better but I've been a tech for over 30 years & I know what I see.

Much better than the 60 second "shorts" that youtube is really, really trying to push down creators throats

@paulelderson934

2 жыл бұрын

But look at all of that TikTok money!

When I power on my router, it sometimes literally gets stuck at "connecting" when I use my wifi portal to check it's data status. I need to login in to my WiFi settings portal and literally toggle data off and on on it lol. Even a factory reset didn't fix shit, my ISP literally doesn't want to replace it although the router is almost 6 years old lmfao. It uses WiFi 4 sadly, 2.4 GHz only

@that_duck_over_there

2 жыл бұрын

If it is a 4G LTE router just get a fiber and a compatibile modem from your ISP and buy what router you want but if you are useing a router+modem device I recomend you buy a good router and put that router+modem in modem only mode and connect the new router's WAN PORT TO router+modem's WAN labeld port.

@Mystic4rrow

2 жыл бұрын

@@that_duck_over_there Well fiber network here is pretty expensive lol and my ISP doesn't provide a modern too :( So looks like I'm rip lol

@evilgremlin

2 жыл бұрын

​@@Mystic4rrow do you even really need provider's hardware? i know of only one asshat that really force you to use their router, and even then there are ways around

@that_duck_over_there

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mystic4rrow Where are you from? And what are you using DSL, 4G LTE, etc.

@filleswe91

2 жыл бұрын

Call your ISP and ask them to Bridge the connection mate. So you can pass through the Internet connection to your own router. It basically turns the ISP router into a modem so you can use whatever router you want.

This is the first time it's happened to me that the ad in the video is more interesting than the video itself.

I’m forcing my wife to watch the first 2 minutes of this. She’s a hide it in the basement type of person

My tip. Cable everything you can, including every AP you have. Wifi mesh sacrifices throughput for range and is barely worth it. I've gone to Aruba Instant-on after my merakis expired, prior to that Ubiquity and Meru. Couldn't be happier.

Another thing, that proved to work, that if you’re covering one level and need the signal to go as far as it can in horizontal plane you should place antennas in parallel. If you need the signal to spread across different levels, lower and higher from where your router is, then you have to place antennas in 30-40 degrees to the ground

@BlacklistBill

2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean all antennas in parallel with each other, but 30-40 degrees from vertical or horizontal?

@w140

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlacklistBill for maximum range on one floor- perpendicular to the ground and all antennas parallel to each other. For best performance between several floor then 30-40 degrees, like “V”

Instead of hanging the router, why not just flip it? In fact, if signal is really stronger below the AP, why don't manufacturers of residential routers just install the AP upside down?

@FlowUrbanFlow

2 жыл бұрын

He said hanging it is better because of the lack of obstructions

@NashDourado

2 жыл бұрын

I THINK he means that the wifi signal travels downwards (Towards the Earth) due to the forces exerted by the earth, as supposed to literally from the bottom of the router. Hence why keeping the router higher up will ensure a wider field of coverage.

@IkmelAAA

2 жыл бұрын

It’s actually a good design for those who have a basement or a 2-story house.

@incognitomode1120

2 жыл бұрын

I just keep it right above the door in the middle of the house

@ToreOnYouTube

2 жыл бұрын

Rarely you'll get a modem/router/AP from a provider, where the antennas are external. In the case that they are, you'd not be able to install them "downfiring" as theres probably a table or floor underneath.

Almost at 4 million subs. Congrats to everyone at LTT.

Some routers has a setting that automatically assign clients to 2.4 Ghz or 5 Ghz and even have it on my default. I like to keep that off if I can and assign manually connect to them myself. It alleviates headaches when trying to remote access into something (especially if you like using playstation remote play or use GeForce Now game streaming.)

@noahluppe

2 жыл бұрын

normally the device can choose it themselfes, don't they? I had to lower the beacon interval for 2.4GHz to get a stable connection on my phone, that it doesn't always change between 2.4 and 5. But 2.4 only devices still pair with no problem.

In my old apartment complex the wifi was a mess and almost everyone was on channel 7 because none of the residents ever messed with their router settings. For that same reason though, I was able to crack every wifi signal because they were almost all using the standard WEP encryption, and then log into every router with "admin" and "password" credentials (again, they never changed their basic router settings) and manually place each router on it's own channel, improving internet service for the entire building. No one ever knew.

@undeadwilldestroyall

2 жыл бұрын

The hero we don't deserve

@XiaolinDraconis

2 жыл бұрын

@@undeadwilldestroyall don't think for a moment that assigning channels was all he did...

I was waiting for so long for a video about the best practices 😄 Thanks people!

WiFi tip: plug in. Embrace the hideous wire tentacles creeping through your house like a Stranger Things episode!

@tenhundredkills

2 жыл бұрын

They don't even have to be hideous wire tentacle. Zip-ties are dirt cheap and great for cable management!

@Snarethedrummer

2 жыл бұрын

@@tenhundredkills Some (many) people have the opinion that any wires running along your walls/floors/ceilings is unsightly. If you want it to look nice, you run them in the walls, but that's usually a much bigger job.

@tenhundredkills

2 жыл бұрын

@@Snarethedrummer I agree, having cables inside the walls is MUCH neater than just having them exposed or in cable raceways. If I have my PC hardwired to a switch or WiFi router that's on the same desk, I'm OK with rolling up and zip-tying a few feet of cable. If I wanted to hard-wire a device on the opposite side of the house, then I'd either pull cable up the wall and inside my attic or I'd take the lazy route and use WiFi. No way would I have cables just laying around on the floor - or in the case of one of my clients - taped to the ceiling with masking tape!

Setting your router to a certain channel doesn't work in an appartment building. As there are at least 20 other networks in the area that keep auto switching. As you're the only one setting the channel, the others will keep using the same channel whenever it's convenient. You just have to accept not using 2.4GHz at all.

@og_ocassions

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏼

@alvallac2171

2 жыл бұрын

*apartment

@UbixQ

2 жыл бұрын

This :(

Linus, THANK YOU for using the correct term, “unsecure.” It really puzzles me that so many techies like us are concerned about the emotional state of their “insecure” networking hardware and resources.

@georgehelyar

2 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, insecure means a lack of security/confidence/protection, unsecured means not tied down, and unsecure is not a word, but I'm not claiming to be an expert and languages are really just defined by their usage so use whatever as long as others know what you mean.

@thesteelrodent1796

2 жыл бұрын

dunno... I've had a few routers that seemed to have confidence issues

@sethadkins546

2 жыл бұрын

Except it's the wrong word. "Unsecure" refers to something that's not tied down/physically secured. "Insecure" means lack of metaphorical security, as in with your confidence or your tech. Either way, no one gives a shit.

My Wireless Technology professor once said:”WIFI? A wonder that it works”

I would also add that (assuming your router and devices are compatible) enabling the DFS channel range can be a great way to avoid congestion on the 5Ghz band. This covers two distinct ranges: 5260-5340Mhz (WLAN channels 52-68) and 5480-5720Mhz (channels 96-144) - these were formerly reserved for weather and aviation radar use but no longer exclusively since 2015. The one major caveat is that there are still a handful of airports with doppler radars operating in this range - wireless routers and access points using DFS need to "pre-scan" for 60-120 seconds prior to broadcasting the signal. Additionally, if the router thinks it's identified a weather radar on the same frequency, something called a "DFS hit" will occur and the router will immediately switch to a different frequency. This is extremely rare, but it can happen if you live very close to a major airport. From my own personal experience, I have two Netgear Enterprise AP's on opposite sides of my house, both of which operate on DFS channels. I'm less than 5 miles (8km) from Logan Airport in Boston and knock on wood, I've never had a DFS hit.

You mentioned the Toaster again, I want you to build a PC within a (maybe still working) Toaster PS: extra points for a RTX 3090 😂

Putting router under metal cage! It really saves me from cancer!

2:00 "[Autonomous Pod] A multi-purpose prefabricated space" Best Ad I've seen so far from Sebastian ????

New router coming in today, perfect timing for some last minute adjustments - TY

Hey @Techquickie - maybe an update on things that cause wifi interference, and solutions to fix them. Microwaves? Malfunctioning LED lights? Read that malfunctioning LED lights might cause RF interference - have some at home and wifi in the nearby room isn't great when the LED lights are on, and appears to get better with the lights off (I don't have diagnostic equipment though).

@og_ocassions

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I hope Techquickie can clarify this one.

@scrittle

2 жыл бұрын

@S O F I A no prostitutes in the labs please

download bread dlc required for toast

Thought this was an OG LTT TQ video from years ago till i saw the date. I like it

I wish you guys had a video on bufferbloat and OpenWRT/alternative router software. along with this, modem information, while generally regional, could still be addressed for stability across chipsets

The hardest part is to explain a customer, that there is no wireless cables in this universe...

@Perseagatuna

2 жыл бұрын

wireless wires

My favorite Wi-Fi trick is "Don't use it unless you have to". Wired connections are *ALWAYS* faster and more reliable. Wi-Fi is acceptable for mobile devices like your phone or tablet that move around the house all the time, or even for a laptop that you might take from your home office to the kitchen or living room, etc. Devices that rarely move, on the other hand, like a desktop computer or a set-top box for your TV, should always be connected with an ethernet cable if at all possible. If you cannot run a cable cleanly for whatever reason, then using Powerline networking is still often substantially better than Wi-Fi. By doing this, not only will the devices that are hard-wired perform better, but the reduced traffic on the wireless frequencies will allow those devices that must rely on Wi-Fi to perform better as well.

I am a Senior Wireless Network Engineer for a University so I know I little about WiFi. When selecting your channels for 2.4 only select 1, 6, or 11, all the other channels overlap and cause interference to 1, 6 or 11 and everyone ends up getting subpar connectivity. Security wise use WPA2 with AES, stay away from NONE or WPA2 (TKIP). Always make sure your antennas on home routers are pointing straight up in the air.

Also. if your router allows 5ghz channels above 48, check the logs for messages about DFS or Radar. The channels above 48 aren't just for wifi, but have higher priority users like radar, and most routers disable 5ghz wifi if radar is detected on your channel. The channels below 48 are reserved for wifi so they will just keep woring.

@wlvrn1469

2 жыл бұрын

⬆️Hit me a direct message I could introduce you to something totally profitable

First and foremost, make sure your antenna are parallel. Having them off kilter reduces range and can cause interference reducing maximum throughput.

Could you make a video about the best WiFi APs or Routers?

@Steamrick

2 жыл бұрын

By what standard? The wifi routers he's putting into his new home would probably make the list (the video was a few weeks ago), but they also cost a ten grand or something like that when you add them up.

@Ahmedhkad

2 жыл бұрын

@thomasfriedl3137

2 жыл бұрын

@@Steamrick Price to performance of course, Linus isnt dumb he wont recommend Ruckus APs

@hitmyslimjim

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ahmedhkad true

I recently ran into an issue like this. My home was not designed or built for radio signals. In fact we basically have a faraday cage in the roof. I had to do some Wizardry with Wi-Fi range extenders to blanket the interior of the house and provide a reasonable amount of coverage Outdoors.

Something else I find can help is to disable MAC address randomisation on devices if they are having trouble staying connected, especially if the device sleeps. Another issue I've commonly come across is a feature known as Wifi PMF (Protected Management Frame), which I've seen cause anything from difficulty to connect & stay connected, poor wifi speeds & also WatchDog Violation BSODs in Windows, so turning this off may possibly help.

Wi-Fi connected toaster… aka the computer that my teammates are playing on in a league game…

I like to flash on a custom interface on my router that lets me actively monitor bandwith use by all connected devices, in case someone is hogging it all. Another thing that helps me is having qos rules set for specific priorities. Anything business related takes priority over netflix or steam related use.

@chirags7265

2 жыл бұрын

How do you do that?

@1320nico

2 жыл бұрын

CAKE?

@Aereto

2 жыл бұрын

I feel a Managed Switch would do that kind of job better than a router... And those are significantly more pricey.

@happinessiskey2858

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aereto Theoretically, yes. They usually have better chips (processors) because they're usually found in business applications. Unless you're running a data center in your house, a standard WiFi router should be just fine.

Working in tech support for a broadband company I can honestly say wifi is the biggest headache! no customer believes when you try to tell them any of this stuff but instead will use the same excuse of ' it use to work fine 2 years ago' or some bullshit like that instead of educating themselves or let me educate them on how wifi works.

@alvallac2171

2 жыл бұрын

*used to

I love my 2 Aruba 335 Instant Acess Points (3 SSID's), running off a Aruba 2920 POE+ switch. May I add I love running pfsense with VLANS, NxFilter, Plex, and Blue Iris.

I'm so glad my desktop and game consoles get to enjoy the cat 6 cable run from our router and my room via gigabyte plug and play switch mounted behind my desk. Next project a fully air gaped network for my retro gaming machines. I'm planning to use a old laptop (or netbook) to network share a usb hard drive to service as a NAS for file sharing and ISO images of my game roms.

@kirillgutnik621

2 жыл бұрын

U DOING WHAT?

@JohnSmith-xq1pz

2 жыл бұрын

@@kirillgutnik621 lol. Air gapped is the proper term for a computer network with no outside connection internet etc. I learned the term here on youtube funny enough. Basically I'm going to network my small army of old computers (mainly laptops) together for: Old school lan multiplayer gaming Convent file sharing So a network shared usb hard drive connected to a laptop or netbook can serve as a NAS containing ripped copies of all my retro game's that the other machine's can access as virtual roms, as well as share files,Game updates/patches, and save files. I'm also going to set one of the laptops up as a jukebox for all my music.

@kirillgutnik621

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-xq1pz That`s really cool, keep on! Also cool to know about that now, so thank you=)) Think you should make a fun video showing the result and talking a bit aboud that stuff. mb there are people who would love to see it, idk, I would 4 sure thumbs up

@JohnSmith-xq1pz

2 жыл бұрын

@@kirillgutnik621 your welcome lol. I've actually played with the idea of becoming a youtuber but with the current state of things I don't know...

Look in the first 10-20 pages of the manual for the ideal antenna orientation. You don't know what is connected to each antenna, but the engineers who designed it did. Might have two 2.4ghz antenna, and four 5.8 ghz antennas.

Some types of glass can even restrict wireless signals more so than others. So open a window or a door if maybe you're outside to improve your signal strength.

@og_ocassions

2 жыл бұрын

True

That wifi analyzer app is really nice thanks for the tip!

1:41 "WiFi connected toaster" I thought you're gonna put a Switch there. Missed the chance. 🤣

@alvallac2171

2 жыл бұрын

*thought you were gonna

If I can save 6k off that Pod, I cant imagine how expensive it is.

@Sasoon2006

2 жыл бұрын

You do not get 6,000$ off. Price is 21,000$ (like down from 23,000$), and they have same "discount" if you come from Linus affiliate link or directly (tested on different computer).

I recommend a mesh system if you are having trouble connecting around the house, it could help if you have a car that connects to Wi-Fi or if you have a smart sprinkle system.

Wifi tip: try and create a balance/distribution of devices on 2.4GHz and 5GHz. This will make it more likely that neither band is using all of its available bandwidth. As one example, if you have 2 tvs which are regularly streaming content at the same time, putting each one on a different frequency makes it less likely to run into bandwidth issues.

'a wifi connected toaster" otherwise known as a gaming laptop 😂

@og_ocassions

2 жыл бұрын

Otherwise known as my PS4 slim which I maintain room temperature for 🙃

@Tofu3435

2 жыл бұрын

Jokes on you: i playing games on geforce now/google stadia on my old weak laptop, and i have fullhd 60fps rtx on.

@waveformdistortion

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tofu3435 Not only that, you have time to get up and get a glass of water in between clicking the mouse and the gun actually firing!

@sydweller2066

2 жыл бұрын

@@waveformdistortion ur not wrong XD

Tip #1: Don’t expect a fair competitive gaming experience with wifi.

@NeoEletto24

2 жыл бұрын

10 years ago,maybe...now it's not like that.

@CoolJosh3k

2 жыл бұрын

@@NeoEletto24 I dunno, a single lost packet can result in what is effectively horrendous jitter. Cheaper routers provided by ISPs are likely to drop a bunch too, resulting in the rubber-band effect for players.

I liked that tip about switching your wi fi channel. Because I live in a gated apartment/community. And we all have to have the same cable company. So switching channels may help

The pin for WPS isn't mandatory in many implementations. My router allows turning button and pin on/off independently.

Nope its not easy. Heck I finally convinced my parents to let me run a cable from the router to my room and I got a nice run that's barely noticeable. :)

@og_ocassions

2 жыл бұрын

One tip I do recommend is to buy a gaming recommended router and to keep it in or between the room(s) with the most 5Ghz wifi-required devices, like a gaming room, because 2.4ghz devices require less frequency, therefore, being great range wise.

You're still nowhere near the limit of 2.4GHz even if you're watching a few 4k KZread Video simultaneously, the 2.4GHz band is much faster than you thought

@jim4556

2 жыл бұрын

The radios on most routers even some entry level wifi 6 routers suck. Their spec for data throughput is pretty bad considering you'd need to share it with multiple devices.

@josir1994

2 жыл бұрын

@@jim4556 don't lowest price new protocal standard automatically means it sucks?

@jim4556

2 жыл бұрын

@@josir1994 the ones I looked at were reputable names and the only models they had for the consumer market. About the same price as their "great" wifi 5 models. As of idk like 5 months ago. I didn't look much into the wifi 5 models because I didn't want something already half way phased out. (Most of the tec I'd want the benefits from that I own has wifi 6 capability already) aaand why buy something I plan on useing for the next 4 years as my primary router and then until it dies as an access point later, that's already lacking a potential big upgrade feature. But yeh. The radios really didn't support the bandwidth I was looking for. I got 1g internet, and damnit I want to atleast be able to use it when not wired. I don't even expect it to a single wireless device. But I atleast want the radio capable of utilizing my full network speed across several devices.

@jim4556

2 жыл бұрын

@@josir1994 also. There's sorta alot of asus products that market "capable of connecting to 25 devices" and uh I'm assuming that's useing it's "beam forming" because if I had an expensive router that can only handle 25 devices on a network... I'mma be pretty upset. That's really not hard to do by today's standards.

@josir1994

2 жыл бұрын

@@jim4556 at that price difference I would've got the wi-fi 5 one, and I did earlier this year, it's up to spec as far as I've tested with my 1G internet service. But if you need to connect like 25 device simultaneously and also want high bandwidth on wireless then I don't think there's really any cheap option to go for. Also, I can't agree with wi-fi 5 as half way phased out when it's neither becoming incompatible nor is 1G internet even near the limit of wi-fi 5.

This should be mandatory viewing for people who crowd their homes with dozens of smart home devices.

I'll leave this little tidbit. For your network, it will operate and run from the slowest standard that device is connected to. EG: If you have 4 devices with the following network standards 3x 802.11ac, and 1x 802.11n, the three AC devices will run at speeds of the N for compatibility of communication. If you're designing your network to use the fastest speeds, make sure you configure your 5GHz band to only run on the highest network standard settings (i.e. ac or ax). Only downside is all of the devices must have that standard on built into their WiFi antennae or it won't connect to the AP.

One doesn’t experience self-transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates-🎈

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@Jarnoz

2 жыл бұрын

Ayyy

In congested spaces, it is actually better to be on the same channel as other networks, as opposed to being one or two channels off. If you move to an overlapped channel (like 9, when there's a bunch of networks on 11 and 6) the other networks are just interference to your signal. But if you are on the same channel as the others, the network will attempt to work together to share the bandwidth available. In heavily congested locations, it's going to suck either way, but allowing the networks to work together may mean it will suck less.

@UbixQ

2 жыл бұрын

Only if 8+ neighvors who know nothing about this changed tjeir channels as if i look basicly all channels have 2.4ghz nrtworks ON

@grrey01

2 жыл бұрын

@@UbixQ There's only 3 different channels in 2.4GHz in NA that don't overlap due to spread spectrum. And in dense apartment buildings, having eight or more WiFi networks coexisting isn't a stretch at all. 5 GHz isn't much better with 160MHz channels in 802.11ax.

Specialist Technician here, rotate your router 90° you might extend your wifi at the end of your house from terrible to good. Fixed my sister's so the baby monitor works perfect, was choppy before the turn. If it makes it worse put it back XD

Covered most of the important items without getting technical, well done. My WiFi Tips: -do not use it if you do not have to. Wired is more reliable, period. -if using 2.4GHz, only use channels 1, 6 and 11. The other channels all overlap and interfere with each other. It is better to have multiple AP's share time on 1, 6 or 11 than to overlap by using channels 2 and 8 (for example). Unless you understand how to use the other channels effectively, the other channels should just not be used. -if using 5GHz, use any channel that is underutilized in your area, starting from the lowest channel. When they created channels for 5GHz they avoided the overlap issue from 2.4. There are some caveats to this (channel bonding for example), but you can read up on that elsewhere. There is a chart of the channels and how they can be used available somewhere. -avoid channel bonding if you live in an area with a lot of wifi use. Bonding channels to get more bandwidth sounds wonderful, but many devices do not support it, plus other AP's in the area using any part of your bonded channels will clobber your signal when they transmit. -lower the broadcast power from high to low. Most AP's ship on their highest setting which just clutters up the airwaves in dense areas. If you live in an apartment even low will reach your phone in the bathroom. A lower broadcast power can result in less signal noise and retransmissions. -AP positioning: the more line of sight to the AP the better. Determine where you actually use wifi, then move your AP so the least number of obstacles are between the AP and the device. Each wall can drop a signal in half. On the floor behind your metal file cabinet, buried under a pile of power cords is a poor location.

If you have to put router in a corner anyway, try to buy one with removable antenna and use a directional antenna facing the home or area you need coverage, there are small portable one available on market for cheap like from A4tech. In my brother home, he had poor coverage in one bedroom but changing router position wasn't viable option, I had a v old (2008) US Robotics directional antenna and replace it for one of the omi antennas and it make coverage much better from 1 signal to 3 signals. Also my router had two antennas so I still retain coverage for rest of the house by leaving one with original omni antenna.

I sped up my wifi by making a special cut of clips from certain movies and pushing them to the apple tv and the roku that came onto my network. This solved the problem REALLY fast.

My favorite trick to for best use of wifi? Use the wired connection whenever and where ever it's practical. Computers, consoles, and set-top boxes/Smart TVs are far less likely to flake on you when streaming, gaming or downloading, and it frees up connections for your wifi if your router has a limit of what can be connected all at once.

@alvallac2171

2 жыл бұрын

*wherever

Awesome video. Thanks a lot!

My best trick is to plug in an ethernet cable. Unfortunately this makes cell phones rather inconvenient.

wireless modem guard interval. i believe most are set to "short".. if there are walls and signal in the other rooms are about less than 90%. for more stable speed, may need to set guard interval to "long".

@wlvrn1469

2 жыл бұрын

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One thing I've noticed using a WiFi 6 device (the only in my home), is that I get extremely frequent disconnects and horrible speeds from my WiFi 5 ISP router (which they sent me when I signed up for fiber a year back). I've never had issues on other routers (which probably weren't WiFi 6 either) and every other device works correctly, but my tablet is downright unusable on that network.

Regarding WPS I turned off the pin option but left the push button on. I think this is the best of both worlds for me. I also regularly monitor who is connected to the network to identify rogue devices.

If you need to use the 2.4 band, stick to channels 1,6 and 11. Even though it may be tempting to go in between, you will be subjected to congestion of the adjacent channels making your own performance worse. IP cameras may not take up a lot of bandwidth but will add congestion as they are always transmitting, if they work fine on 5GHz, keep them there! Don't forget other technologies use 2.4 as well, such as BT/BLE, wireless phones, and sources of noise like microwaves can really limit the usefulness of 2.4 for WiFi. WiFi 6 will be improving the 2.4 band, but APs and client devices will obviously have to be compliant to fully leverage the new tech. For 5GHz, make sure you have the widest channel width set as possible in your AP/router settings! Typically 802.11ac client devices can support up to 80MHz wide channels, and even if your device(s) can only support 20 or 40 MHz wide channels, they will operate at the widest allowed by your AP, so nothing will break if you set it too wide. If you have issues setting the channel width, try another UN-II band, for instance channel 36 on UN-II band 1 can generally support up to 80MHz, UN-II band 3 in the US also has channels that can go very wide, but your AP might not be able to support these channels+widths. The wlan channels wikipedia article is very helpful for figuring out what channels are available for your country as well. Depending on which country you live in, your choice in band can also limit the TX power, so look up that wikipedia article and see if you are using a band/channel labeled as TPC or indoors. If you happen to have an AP that supports UN-II band 2/2e DFS channels (and you do not live close to a weather station or airport), you will likely have the enitre band to yourself. The only problem being close to something using RADAR can interrupt your service periodically.

Aside from congestion not all frequency bands support the same output power levels. If you're using an 80MHz bonded channel there is only one high power channel available and it will dramatically out perform all of the other channels. You can end up with a mismatch at with client equipment if the client doesn't support the full output power but the router quite likely has better antennas that might make up for any difference. I didn't realise different channels had different specs and had two wifi zones in my house for a while. Nothing picked the lower power zone even if I was in the same room as the associated router though that is also a function of me having a very good location for my main router.

One of the few tech benefits of living rural is the lack of channel congestion.

Hilariously, the AP's Telstra uses for NBN in Australia (Arcadyan LH1000, 4G backup if NBN goes down) only support a few devices connecting to 2.4GHz at the same time. 90% of my devices support 5GHz n/ac modes, and I actually get better range on 5GHz than I do 2.4GHz, likely due to the output power set in the firmware of the Arcadyan LH1000

You don't need an expensive mesh wifi system, if that is what you are looking for. Used Ruckuss satellite devices are $50-$60 each on eBay or other places. Getting 2-3 of those and a PoE switch to power them will still cost you less than the basic consumer grade mesh system, provide you more customization, and much better coverage. We have 4x Ruckuss devices around our 2,400 sq ft home... you can stream media from anywhere on our property.

I do this for a living in businesses. Couple key things. Avoid going thru pathrooms with pipes in the wall. It is not so much the metal, but the water in them. Also when I go into a home 99% of the time the antennas on the Wifi routers are in the wrong position. The first image in this video has the antenna placement wrong. Modern multiple antenna devices need them to be parallel You can point them in a direction, but they need to be parallel.

@wlvrn1469

2 жыл бұрын

⬆️Hit me a direct message I could introduce you to something totally profitable.

To muck around, use a Pringles can with a hole in the bottom, stick the wi-fi antennae in there, and boom, focused with greater range!

I always flash AsusWRT-Merlin (in my case XWRT-Vortex) firmware for added performance, features, and security. Stock firmware is always full of security flaws and rarely get any bug fixes.

I know B, G, N, AC. The wifi numbers confuse me. My tip is to buy an external access point that is separate from your modem or router. A dedicated wifi AP works wonders where an all in one unit can leave you behind.

If the range allows, actually switching to 5GHz can improve a sketchy 2.4GHz connection in crowded areas. 5GHz has many more channels available, and the limited range can work in your advantage too as not too many neighbours WiFis will interfere.

The best possible advice I can give about WiFi is to turn the radios off, and not use it. Wired is superior in every way. If wired isn't an option, then yeah, placement, channel optimization, disabling WPS, log into your router and change the damn default admin password is another good tip. Also make sure that your router is not responding to ICMP Pings. This will keep you off the radar of random ping sweeps.

my first steps with WiFi: disable WPS scan with a wifi app on your phone to see how strong the signal is from other APs, if any are really high, make a note of the channel used and try to avoid it. When selecting a channel try to only use 1, 6 or 11, if a nearby AP has high power and is on 2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10 consider knocking their door and asking them to reduce the power on the wifi AP as this will cause "adjacent channel interferance" which will casue 1,6,11 to perform really bad for you. disable WPS split the 2.4 and 5 ghz to separate ssid's and add -2.4 to the 2.4ghz If the AP supports it enable WIPS and check this regularly disable WPS

@Perseagatuna

2 жыл бұрын

You forgot to disable wps

Reusing old routers as wifi hotspots is cheaper than using dedicated wifi hotspots and more effective sometimes than upgrading the wifi version, plus can be used as unmanaged switches. The only downside is you need to invest some time in studying how to do this and figuring out the setup but you also will learn quite some things about networking.

This helped me much as I always using my home wifi like: Obtaining IP address - saved - connecting - no internet connection....

A couple of things mentioned and to improve on. Put as many IOT devices on the 2.4ghz SSID as you can, 1) so many still only have a 2.4 ghz chip anyone 2) their check-ins and lower quality chips drag down network performance 3) setup is easier when you have the separated names. Keep your WAP high up, out in the open, and away from any devices any RF. If you need to fill in any WiFi deadzones, use a wired backbone for additional WAPs. Mesh networks are mostly easy to setup and place but they use a wireless backbone and adding too many will drag down network performance. WiFi 6 WAPs that support OFDMA will future proof you, though the cost will be higher and it will take time to see the full benefits. Change your default WiFi names and passwords. And don’t pick FBI surveillance Van.