• treyf711@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    2 days ago

    I’ll post my story about fixing a router here since I’ve been struggling with it for the past two weeks. After much troubleshooting with my ISP, testing with a whole other computer that somehow managed to get a gigabit link I was confused at why my router was not getting a gigabit link from the wan. What ended up being the problem was a poor termination on one of the ethernet ports in the wall. If I had been able to think about it without stressing about the limited time to work on it, I would’ve realized that yeah that made sense because when I went straight from the ISP box into another computer I was able to get the giga bit link. Either way I re-terminated a good bit of my cabling and now I get a great link on my router. Here’s to 500 Mb per second in a 200 person town.

    • ehxor@lemmy.ca
      2·
      14 hours ago

      If I had been able to think about it without stressing about the limited time to work on it

      I feel this

  • marduk@lemmy.sdf.org
    13·
    2 days ago

    Thanks for sharing. If my router messes up I’ll be sure to call you! Oh and mind if I give my parents your number? They’ve been looking for someone nice to help them with their printer…

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      My answer: I work with one brand (and preferably model) of router for a time, for me and my family/friends.

      You want my help/support, you use what I’m familiar with.

      I continually work forward at home so I’m prepared when it’s time for people to replace devices.