wifi

Hi all, I am looking to get a home based WiFi mesh system. Initially I looked at Google WiFi but after doing some research it's speed seems disappointing and I stopped there. My next candidate was the Netgear Orbit but it turns out it's not a true mesh system. By true mesh I mean that the...

Hey all. I am checking mesh solutions for our (new) home BUT in Hungary. I've been checking up on Google Wifi and since I am in the UK frequently it would be easy to get one. (Google doesn't sell it in Hungary). Many reviews consider it a top3 option for residential mesh provider. I like the...

Hi all, I seem to be having regular issues with my surface pro 3 wifi adaptor. its terribly slow connected to my BT home hub wifi network (~70mb), yet all other devices work OK - Irrelevant of proximity. I'm talking barely loading web pages and failing to start a speedtest. Seems to be the...

AN OLD HAT NEEDS MODERNISING, I CHALLENGE YOU TO HELP ME WORK OUT BEST HARDWARE OPTION TO ALLOW WOL BROADCAST FOR REMOTE SESSIONS. Hi all. I would like to be able to perform WOL (wake on lan) broadcast remotely. When I am away from home I want to be able wake my machines up for remote sessions...

Hello, just had sky installed and the wifi speed is terrible- can only get 35mpbs with one device connected on the 5ghz connection. Wired is able to get full 75mbps, and was wondering if it is worth it to get a new router or just an access point. If i went for the ubiquiti is it worth the extra...

Hello all, I am thinking of going for these components for my first ever proper gaming P.C.: CPU & Cooler: Intel i7-8700K overclocled to 4.8GHz & Noctua - NH-D15S 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z370-F Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked...

Hi all. I'm looking for some advice on the best solution for my scenario. I am a virgin superhub 2 user, living in a concrete walled house (medium 3 bed). The hub and the walls combined = terrible wifi. I am looking for a solution to significantly improve wifi connectivity. I will point out...

Hello everyone, hopefully this is the correct place to post this, I just ordered a brand new PC the germanium & when choosing the wifi option I picked the TP LINK AC1300 Wirelss Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (Archer T6E) Will this card be ok for home Wifi ? I read online that it has problems...

Hey folks, I currently have a BT Hub (Smart hub or whatever the newest one is called) and I am looking to set up a VPN (Nord in particular) the way I see it I have 2 options; (I have BT Infinity) 1) Replace the Smart hub with a VPN capable wireless router to 'do it all' 2) Purchase a separate...

Hi there forum fellows, First of all let me thank you for the wonderful forum, so grateful to everyone involved! I am looking for recommendations for a USB 3.0 hub, one with 7-10 usb ports. It has to work with a Macbook pro Retina without interfering with it's Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, as most of...

Hi there forum fellows, First of all let me thank you for the wonderful forum, so grateful to everyone involved! I am looking for a home wireless router, no particular preference towards a brand, but perhaps a TP-Link one? It should support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz signals. My broadband provider...

Not sure how I lived without these bad boys. Just got the pair to replace my N66U that I was using purely as an access point. Don't take this image as an exact replica of my coverage. The top and ground floor obviously aren't placed side by side like that. Ars did a better review than...

Having issues with my download speed at the moment. Recently upgraded our broadband to BT infinity with the Smart Hub, with quoted download speeds of 60-80Mbps, upload of 18-22Mbps. My brother's PC connects to it through ethernet cable via a TP-Link wifi extender and gets the quoted speeds...

Ok, the title is a bit vague, but the onboard ethernet on the motherboard died a few days ago so I bought a cheap Pcie 1x card (RTL8111C) off amazon to use in one of the expansion slots. However, no matter which slot I tried, the PC simply would not recognise any new hardware. It's a pretty old...

I have the following questions on the product https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-gaming-germanium-overclocked-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-8700k-4.9ghz-fs-1bw-og.html So I changed some things to get the price down... My basket at Overclockers UK: 1 x OcUK Gaming Germanium Overclocked Gaming PC -...

My girlfriend's family has BT fibre, with the usual home hub etc. I'm not certain of the exact model. The wifi will just stop working, still connected, but browsing facebook on phone/ipad, watching youtube, anything will just buffer for 30-60 seconds. I'm pretty handy with networking, but I...

I have a router in the house, but would like to have wifi in the garage/man cave (at the end of the garden). They are too far away to get wifi directly, so I am planning to put an ethernet cable from one to the other over the next week. But I am confused about how I set up the garage: 1) do i...

I purchased an ASRock Z270 Pro4 a while back. This has three M.2 Slots. In the manual, one (Key E type) is dedicated for Wifi. The other two are indicated to be for SSDs. I've now gotten a hold of an intel tri-band 12860 WiGig adapter which has M.2 form factor, but with Key A. This doesn't fit...

Hello! I'm in the process of building a new system. I realized that the cat5 network cable i used with my old configuration is from archaic ages, it's been built into the house around 2000. For the new one I'd like to use something better than that, but getting a better cable is not really an...

Anyone else getting an issue with their Z170i Pro gaming mobo not being able to disable Onboard wifi in the BIOS? The option is disabled in BIOS but the wifi chip still comes up in device manager. Didn't have the problem a few BIOS iterations ago? Tried reseting CMOS to no avail...