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    Hotel Internet slow, very slow

    At hotel in NH, Hilton Homewood Suites. Internet was fine till yesterday and it slowed way down. I have aAX210 wifi adapter, Sager laptop. Any help in fixing this slowdown. I think someone is streaming heavily, or it may be the personal wifi being genrated close by. Best speed is 1.5 Mbps My...
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    ASUS AX86U still a good deal?

    I have a 8K tv Sony Master 65 inch 2 years old, I do Skype, video upload and download ( for teaching, tutoring) and need a router that can support this. The TV is in another room away about 50 feet away, same floor from the xfinity connection/tower, and the house is a basic drywall ,. Is this...
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    ASUS AX86U red dot

    I have xfinity. My daughter just texted, router shows red dot in front. Plugged in with ethernet to router, still no internet. Xfinity, as well as my daughter has rebooted both the modem and the router several times. Nothing is working. The router does show up on laptop as available. Just no...
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    Intel Wireless AX 201chip losing drivers everyday

    I am not sure what the heck is going on, but almost everyday, I have to run troubleshoot blutetooth to make the drivers work, again. I use a mouse, speakers primarily.. I have uninstalled and reinstalled drivers. I ran the intel scanner and they installed the latest drivers, per their site...
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    ASUS router showed these two clients

    I was checking my router and noticed some strange activity. First was this, these two clients were on there. ge_light_0e72 and Datelly. Then some hidden network's showed up on my inSSIDer app, and whenever I switched channel on the 2.4GHz it followed. So, is there hidden networks being projected...
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    Smart TV, Sony X90K connectivity issues

    2022 tv, all firmware, software updates up to date. ASUS AX router RT-AX86U. Two apps I use are having issues. Stalling as if they are trying to buffer. One, Pandora shows the Eq bars moving, time in song is moving, yet audio cuts off. I wired it via ethernet. Fixed it, then it went away...
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    Passive Antennas? Do they actually work

    I travel allot, and I have tried the TP Link AC 750 travel router. Doesnt work very well as a extender, due to low SNR of incoming signal. Are there antennas I can plug into laptop USB that can pick up low signals, boost them so I can have decent WiFi? I currently have a AX 201 in my Sager...
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    Logging into router AX86U

    When I first got the router, vpn off, I was able to log in. VPN on, NORD, it wont. Now it wont log in at all. I get this screen. It wont log in on Edge or Brave browsers. Any idea?
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    New ASUS RT-AX86U arriving today

    New ASUS will be here today. Anything I need to know before starting it up for the first time? I want to simply rename SSIDs, add passwords for the 2.4 and 5 ghz section..Just want to run it, let it do its thing before maybe installing Merlin? or any other tuning. I imagine I will need to...
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    Upgrading TP-Link Archer C7 help

    I just rearranged my home a bit. The Archer C7 works well, up to about 20 feet then start to fall, on the same floor of my home. 2600 square foot, 2 story. The router is downstairs in living room, above fireplace.. All the electronics were moved upstairs for a room for the kids.. So, one is a N...
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    New Modem install, now no wifi

    Hey, I installed and activated my new SB8200 Modem. It works fine, but when I unhook it from back of laptop, I get the Globe No internet. I have a TPLINK Archer C7 v2. I can log into modem with cable hooked up, cat6. I cannot log into routet as modem took over. When I type in Archers ip address...
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    Wifi 6 supported in TVs/BlueRay players etc?

    I am getting ready to finally bite the bullet and get a smart tv Samsung Q90?, and new bluray player as they are 10 years old. Since many streaming companies are offering up to 4k, do these TVs and players use AX wifi? Or are they still AC hardware. I am going to get a new router, up from my...
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    Wireless not connecting? Is it due to Windows upgrade?

    I had to put a new hardrive in laptop, went from Windows 7 to Windows latest 10 version. I have a 7260AC wireless card in here with drivers 17.15.0.5. I have problems connecting, and today it just wont connect with Hotel at all? Will newer drivers help, or am I needing something else? Thnx
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    AX201 in my new laptop

    Literally just purchased a laptop, online, as my soon to be 10 year old laptop is showing its age, even with SSD drive and AC wifi. But, my new laptop comes with the AX 201 chip, and I see the AX 210 chip is already in service.. Is this a significant upgrade I will need once I purchase a new...
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    SB6183 Will not connect directly to laptop,, hmmm

    I have an older laptop, Windows 7 Home Premium, Sager NP5160 ( 9 years old, SSD hard drive, 8GB Memory, i7 first gen CPU) Intel 7260 AC network adapter ( Driver 18.33.14.3). For the wireless I have used a TP Link Archer C7 v2 for quite some time. I recently upgraded my Xfinity plan to 200 Mbps...
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    Need Wifi USB adapter? for desktop

    Wife got kids a used desktop from her work. Dell, Optiplex 7010 Intel i5 3470 cpu, Windows 7 Professional. She is going to let the grand kids use it, but it needs a wifi adapter to allow video streaming netflix, disney plus etc. Wifi at the house is 250Mbs, solid.. Desktop has no blue 3.0 usb...
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    SB 6183 good enough my 400Mbs Xfinity?

    I am thinking of upgrading to a faster speed with Xfinity. I have a Archer C7 v2, SB 6183 and a laptop with an Intel 7260 AC wifi chip.. Will this system be able to benefit from the faster speed? I am usually 40 feet away from router at my desk, and I stream videos, youtube etc. Xfinity says my...
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    Netgear N600 model C3700 not connecting 5G

    Hey, I am at Dads house, and his modem N600 Model 3700 has two channels, 2 SSIDs. His 5G network has the same ssid as the 2.4 side but doesnt seem to work. I changed the SSID name, and password, and it will not connect at all. Even after rebooting. The Network shows up on my laptop, but when I...
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    AX wireless system help

    I am on the verge of upgrading my whole dang house. Tv is outdated and slowly dying (720P). Wife Router Tplink Archer C7 v2, a Motorola SB6183, a laptop with 8 years on it and an AC wiFi adapter, and a 150mb internet download speed. Plus, phones etc all run AC wifi.. So, my question is, to make...
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    Motorolla SB6183 to get rid of monthly charge? Good Choice?

    I am in Charleston SC, and have Xfinity blast, which gives me 86Mbps, advertised 75Mbps. They offer 250 Mbps here too. But, I am not paying that kind of money. Is this a good deal to future proof myself, save some money etc?
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