THIS Fixed my Wi-Fi Issues!
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- I've been struggling with wifi issues in my home for YEARS. Here's how I fixed it. Hopefully my story can help some of you fix your issues too!
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You didn’t need to buy another modem but as a fellow tech guy I understand the urge! I’ve been doing this for years now but with my ISP’s router. I logged into their router and turned off the Wi-Fi. Also your speed is probably really fast bc the your mesh system is using 80mhz channels instead of 40mhz (which could be a good thing or bad thing depending on how much other wifi signals your current system can pick up). And yes the added wifi signal from the combo modem will cause interference!
So if i have a modem and router i log into the modem and disable the wifi through there and just pull from the routers signal?
@@DragginThaWagon that is correct! The hardest part would be finding the login to the router. Once’s logged in, just navigate to your wifi settings and disable the wifi providing that you have your own WiFi system! If more ppl would do this, everyone’s wifi signal would improve especially in neighborhoods where the houses to next to each other!
Yeah I was gonna comment the same thing. Any of those combo units would have the option to bridge (turning off the router).
BUT it was a good idea anyways because most ISP-provided equipment is garbage and that CM1200 is better than anything they’d give.
Sometime that's actually impossible to do. The newer modems (like with Spectrum) forces the wifi on with no way of turning it off at all, I'm guessing to allow their hotspot BS to work at the expense of their customers.
@@Ortiane Actually if you call in and say "hey I don't want spectrum wifi, just turn it off" they'll send a signal out to your modem to turn off onboard wifi. At least thats what I had to do before I moved and stopped being a spectrum customer.
What sucks about most cable ISPs these days is they'll deny giving you certain higher speed plans unless you get their hardware despite your own hardware being better or on par, and the sales people aren't very much aware of how things work they're just there to read a script so I can't really blame the support/sales people much.
TP-Link Deco XE75 have been GAME CHANGING for my house. Highly recommend that setup, too.
Just by logging into majority of your ISP provided modem's you can change them to bridging mode and it turns off their wifi. Also get a wired backhaul for all the nest nodes, and you are good to go. There is nothing wrong with Orbi, eero, TP link or google mesh. They all work fine.
Yeah basically this, I use Orbi with my isp’s router but the reason I don’t have issues is because I put my isp’s router into modem(bridged) mode in its settings so it doesn’t have its own signals. He’s dropping signal because the devices keep swapping between 2 different networks with different port reservation settings etc.
I did the wired backhaul too. Ran an ethernet cable thru the wall to my basement and to my upstairs bonus room. 500Mbps nearly all over my 2800 home.
Ran an IT business for over 10 years when I was younger. The problem with the router built into most modems is not necessarily the WiFi, it's the DHCP. That is designed to automatically assign IP addresses to devices. With 2 routers, they can often interfere where an IP is assigned which is outside the range of the other. You can disable that and the WiFi on your modem/router and it should work the same as having a dedicated modem.
For anyone owning one of these Modem/Router Combos: Make sure you use them in Bridge Mode. That essentially disables the WiFi functions of the modem. 9/10 times you can call your ISP and they'll do that for you. Then, just connect a router for WiFi (go the mesh route if your place is too big for a single router) and you should be good to go.
you can manually disable the wifi on the modem if you connect to the settings page before setting up the router
@@TimberWulfIsHerewhat if the modem is ont
As an AT&T tech, have to say you made a great choice. Coverage is the single biggest issue we face. Putting your providers modem to bridge mode/passthrough and using mesh system will definitely benefit you. If accessing the modem is tricky or intimidating for you, just give a call to your provider and ask them to set up bridge mode. Tech supports reps are trained on this within the first month of getting the job, so 99% of the times you will have it done with them in 5 minutes.
I was about to comment this actually. I have an xfinity router in bridged mode connected to a google wifi router, def the way to go.
can i ask will bridge mode matter if the main routers wifi radio is turned off, i ask because i can use internet router ports while using the google mesh or is bridge better, ive been having shite speeds and ive heard its cause of dynamic ips on pure fibre lines not the copper the proper stuff, so i got a static ip and ive already seen an improvement not sure how but it is a thing
@@moshahid8688 no you need to put it into bridge mode or you can get a thing called double NAT which can mess up devices in your home. If you put the router into bridge mode the ports on the back of the router still work
@@OfficialDeathScythei did this & noticed my modem/router combo would get about 200mbps faster speeds ? I connected 3 google nest wifi pro mesh system & i dont get past 310-320mbps & pay for 1 gigabit internet from comcast idk what to change anymore
Followed your advice and my speed in in my far office doubled. Thank you
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Broooooooo....Omg my wifi was dropping off 5-10 x a day.... Set my modem to modem only and I finally added Nest Pro to my Nighthawk today... Went from 💩 5mps to 🎉500+mps. ✨🎉 Can't believe I waited so long.
Lol for the first time I think i can actually say the "Average Consumer" title is on point. Knowing a few things about network I never got the ISP modems/ routers combo. Always had my own separate modem / router something the average consumer would never think about.
So, I was a network administrator for 10 or more years and owned my own wireless solutions company for businesses and for that home setup, mesh networks are not the way to go. Each mesh node gets like 50% or less signal and relays it to the next node., degrading it each time/node. You are just decreasing your bandwidth for each node down the line. What you want to do is get a Unifi setup from Ubiquiti. Keep the modem you have, hook it into the Unifi Dream Router, then run an ethernet cable (preferably wall-dropped) main level, upstairs and to the basement to Unifi Switch Lite 8 PoE switches and put Unifi U6 Long-Range antennas in the ceilings (3 should do it for each floor) and wire them from the switch. You should have 3 antennas upstairs, 3 on the main floor, and maybe 2 in the basement. Maybe one on the back patio and one in the garage for the Tesla. You might want to wire your game systems and computers right into ethernet as you don't want them to be wireless. It will mess with bandwidth and latency if you do. Then make 4 wifi users... one for business, one for home, one for IoT, and one for guests. If you do it like this, you will have super, super fast connectivity in all areas of your house and get full bars everywhere, even the garage and backyard.
Paid content my dear?
Feels like a paid promo video for sure.
@@hortonj63ya and ASUS did not pay
I've also had wifi issues from the router that Fios gave me. About a year ago I got a new ASUS router and replaced the one Fios gave me. About 2 months in, the speeds went from Gigabit to 20-80mbps at best. My ethernet directly from the modem was still getting gigabit speeds though! After a lot of issues and even getting a warranty replacement thinking it was the ASUS routers fault, I put the old router in and again I had great speeds with terrible coverage. MY SOLUTION: I connected the Fios router, turned off the WiFi on it and connected my ASUS router to the Fios router instead of the modem. My internet has never been better. I only wish Fios or ASUS support was smart enough to give me this solution because I got on the phone with both of them multiple times and no one was able to give me that answer.. I hope this comment helps someone else who had the same issue as me!
We used the ethernet through the power lines method. Wifi booster with ethernet port works in those poor coverage areas.
It's been years and it's finally resolved! I'm glad I was here for it
Yeah man, being there for the moment someone else fixes their wifi should be a big moment in your life. Glad you could have that experience, something to share with the grandkids one day.
The Google mesh works without a router. Just plug in your isp cable into it
I build networks for a living.
If you want a professional setup, you need a network switch.
Run CAT6a throughout your house.
Buying all those mesh routers will do you no good.
Your modem just needs to send and receive data. Your network switch will manage the traffic for you.
500MB DL is very good…. 2 feet away from your signal, which is literally next to your modem.
You don’t need to call your ISP for anything.
ISP will come out there and plug directly into your modem, use their proprietary equipment to test the network, BUT bypass every Node and get a direct link to the Central Office to give you, the customer, a false positive test result. How do I know this you may ask, I worked for many ISP companies. It’s part of the training you receive.
Most likely, your house has crappy cabling. I can bet money on it.
Great content and delivery - thank you.
Man, you don't know how much this video just helped me. I always thought that the cable provider's modem was part of the issue...🤔
Somebody show this guy Moca and Ubiquiti 👏
Disable the wifi on the ISP modem/router and you won’t have interference. Most people are required to use the isp modem router unless you have cable internet or legacy dsl.
🤯 oh wow. I didn’t know this
With a ton of wireless devices you will still run into issues. Each wireless mesh device is clogging up the wireless in your house. Need a hardwired backbone for each mesh device. That’s why you are only seeing 100mbps in the basement compared to a gig service.
The very first thing you should do is turn off the WiFi in the ISP's combo box. Some let you do it yourself by connecting a computer directly to it, some disable automatically when an external router is connected, but others require you to call the ISP to turn it off. Thankfully Verizon FiOS has just the modem part, so I don't have to deal with that anymore.
This is the best advice for anyone, whether you bought your own modem/wireless router combo or if it's provided by your ISP. Hopefully others see the above comment and look into turning off the wireless feature.
They won’t tell you but with fios you don’t need isp box any router can be connected directly to the ethernet cord
Yeah no kidding. Cant have 2 WiFi in the same house
Same I did this and my nighthawk mesh been doing gods work. I’m surprised Judd never tried that one
I have been using my own modem and router for over ten years. I highly recommend going that route. Over that period I changed my modem and router once. The router because I wanted an upgrade and modem because I needed to upgrade for the faster speeds I had signed up for.
I am honestly more surprised that your home did not have ethernet in the walls already. I figured someone with a tech focused channel would have paid someone to come run ethernet in all of the places. I used to have the 1ST Gen Google Home WIFI and I kept having issues with 4 routers in a small house. I have since gotten TP- Link Deco and it works much better.
Should have picked up from TP-Link Deco line up! Much better than what you had shown. 6E backbone or wired backbone. And have Ethernet ports on EACH node!
Cable modem? I didn't know providers were still using coax cable. Cable was eliminated in our area at least 6 years ago.
wifi issues? you must be a noob. i got eero pro 6 years ago and it works perfect. I haven't had an issues in over 6 years.
That a good starting router, i found that anything above 2,000 sqft would give you issue . The port on the router is also capped at 1gigbit. The orbi and others are 2.5
I had the same exact stability issues with the ASUS routers. They're a complete garbage mesh network.
Run ethernet and ditch the modem router combo! They are terrible!!!
Suprised you don’t have fibre to the home(coaxial line) me personally I just disabled the wifi on my service provider modem and connected a Ethernet to my linksys wifi 6 ax6000 mesh system that works fine. My speeds are currently 3 Gb download and 3 Gb upload
Ps. You don’t need to buy another modem all you have to do is disable some settings !!!(bridge mode etc)
1Gb internet over Coax? Time to upgrade to fiber! You'll get way better pings. Low pings it just important or even more important than high refresh rate monitors.
My ISP allows me to put their cable modem router combo into bridge mode which turns off their internal router which enables me to be able to use my own router. That way they are not conflicting because you are correct. If you have their internal router enabled, you will have terrible issues. Would love to see a video with your ISPs device and see if you can turn off the internal router and do a comparison to the network you currently have with your ISP modem router combo with the internal router turned off and see if that makes a difference between the two. I am also a techie and went to school for computers and networking
is your connection fiber? and your lan ports gigabit? try xiaomi, ive been using xiaomi in my house and its 3 stories high and connection rate is 95% coverage
You can go into a modem WiFi router page and just turn off the WiFi.
This came at the perfect time. I've been having issues with our wifi signal for years now, we even have the 2nd gen google mesh wifi system and still our speeds are shit. I'll definitely take your advice here!
Took you this long to figure out to not use their crap gateway 😂. I have 2 gig fiber straight cat6 from the ONT no modem needed. Orbi pulling crazy fast speeds and range for me. Hope you can get fiber in your area soon cause that coax sucks.
Just disable band steering on your asus wifi and connect to the 2.4Ghz
I actually did the same this week - upgraded from the Nest 5 mesh (previous gen). I spent hours and days working with tech support and couldn’t determine the source for my bandwidth issues. I even have 4 extenders in addition to the modem. Well, I finally gave up and purchased the Nest Wifi Pro 3 pack. Now, the internet is back in all its glory!
Lol as soon as I saw Optimum in your Speed test I felt your frustration. Optimum cable sucks. I had them for 4 years and oh boy was it bad. Buying my own modem, changing routers replacing all the cables around my house changing my port in the node... Finally they brought their fiber internet to my street and after getting their fiber everything was perfection except their forced to use ONT and modem/router combo (you are stuck with their modem if you are using their fiber service).
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The tp link deco lineup works grate for me and it’s backwards compatible with old nodes
Good video but you could have place the ISP modem/router into bridge mode which usually disables the wifi but if it didn’t, you can disable it manually.
I got google fiber 2 gig and you don't get a choice to use anything outside of their mesh and modems. Thankfully it's been mostly reliable.
All that money on Mesh Systems and could have just paid someone to run CAT6 throughout the house and put access points.
Google router with WIRED MESH network set-up, is the best mesh wifi setup.
You spend just extra money buying a new replacement router. All you have to do is turn off the wifi on the wifi router from your provider.
Instead of Nest router the Google router is way better for mesh. How? The Google router mesh network can be setup via Ethernet to each mesh point. Since you already had wired your house all you had to do is connect the Ethernet to the Google router Ethernet-in port. This way your mesh internet connection pulling from Ethernet and distributing via WiFi (that will happen for each google router that's Ethernet connected). In this setup the connection does the get diluted from spreading via mesh network. Using wifi only for mesh results weaker and weaker conntion. When the mesh router picks up the weak signal it then redistribute that weak signal.
Having mesh network wired each router point will push out 100% wired connection via wifi from each mesh network router. Say you take that wired connection to your basement plug in Google router with this setup you should have good connection as if your internet provider setup a new line in your basement.
When you setup the wired mesh network it will only have 1 SSID / wifi network.
This is the best mesh setup (reason why this router still sells and is popular)
The Google Wi-Fi Pro needs a black color version… The unnecessary Blue and Yellow!!!
A wifi 6E router without a 2.5 5 or 10 gbe network port.... Also if I were you (unless you are using Ethernet backhaul) I would get a triband mesh system so that there is a dedicated band just for the mesh points to connect to
For those who respect their own time, he got the Google 6E pro mesh routers.
You didn’t need a new modem. Turn off the ISP router and turn to bridge mode. Also, 6 is too many, you literally caused more signal crowding. You need LAN run between the floors so you can have a wired backbone. Then you could get 800+mbps throughout the house. ~100 in the basement is slow af when you have gigabit. As a tech guy you utterly failed on this.
Noticed you didn’t show any tplink mesh routers. I had very similar problems with optimum and ever since I got the Deco X20 I have no issues at all. And it’s much cheaper.
I got the exact same setup with the 2nd gen Google routers and it was an absolute headache. I can't remember what was wrong now since it was over a year ago now, but Netgear would take hours to get to me and gave me wrong info (their techs were in another part of the world and did not seem knowledgeable) and my ISP Xfinity Comcast would not help me since I no longer had one of their own router, modem combos. This can certainly work, but if you are not tech savvy, sometimes it is simply not worth the headache. :)
Oh and I had also contacted Google customer service and they couldn't figure out the issue after many calls so I just gave up and returned everything. I think this video makes me want to give this another shot with the new google routers.
Wait what.... you americans have coaxial cables for Internet up to 1gb, in Spain coaxial was used like 15 years ago, now even the cheqpest have fiber optics, you get what you paid and no looses.
Even in a ultra remote town we have 1gb fiber optic, lol
You can log into your modem/router and turn off the radios.
Disable wifi and switch to bridge mode on the ISP's device. Once you do that, it literally just acts like a modem. That's what I did as I also set up a mesh wifi network in my house
I have the older google mesh wifi routers, and they have been awesome! My only complaint is that they really don't support ipv6 is any meaningful way. You can have internal ipv6 addresses for things on your local network, but cannot access anything outside your network. Probably not a deal-breaker for most people, but it's a little annoying for me.
Yep when I changed to a arris surfboard modem only and ditched the junk the cable company gave me it solved all my problems.
How are they working now 2024? Do you have a link for the router and the Google mesh? I have the older model Google mesh
This discussion was on point, I really needed this. Like you Judd, I have been struggling with dead zones all over my house, but I purchased the Google nest Wi-Fi pro 6E, and have never looked back. There are no more drops or areas in my house that I don’t receive service, and they were unbelievably easy to install. I have AT&T 1 GB speed and I did not need an additional router, I just turned off the AT&T Wi-Fi and used the Google nest Wi-Fi pros. Thanks for the recommendation.
you should be able to use the nest wifi as a router. you shouldn't need the nighthawk.
How have you of all people been running default router and modem of all people? Lmao
Oh my man didn't bridge is modem/router... We've all been there my man
I can’t bridge it as I would loose voip service.
@@Abdullah-zl9ub I mean if you’re using VOIP i’d hope you aren’t using a modem/router anyways. I was talking more residentially compared to commercial.
@@AidanDotDash residentially. I hope there are other ways to have both. Although I did try bridge once and it was same result
@@Abdullah-zl9ub Do you have a firewall that’s separate from your modem/router? might be easier to set VLANs on for your VOIP configuration using one.
You be better to spend a couple dollars and having Ethernet installed in the walls. On at least each floor and a mesh or access point on each one to handle the bandwidth of your network.
That's the first thing that crossed my mind. Problems solved once for all.
Really love your videos 👍
He's got the issue of a congested Wifi radio space. The wifi before wasn't properly optimized on a channel with the least congestion. Wifi 6E fixes this issue with a dedicated backhaul connection that usually has no congestion as Wifi 6E frequencies don't have mass adoption yet.
I wish I can trust reviews like this but unfortunately the first thing that came to my mind is that this video is being sponsored, I tried this specific router before and I returned due to many problems and I went back to my eero, I’m not saying you are not a trusted tech guy, it’s just hard this days.
I use my ISPs provided modem and the nighthawk mesh network and get close to a gig over wifi. You probably have so many things connected that cause interference.
Did you try sending the signal through the power lines?
Also about the mobile. Call your company and ask them to send you a range extender. Might get it for free.
I had the O.G. Google WiFi 3-pack mesh system for years. It was ok, but I was never really happy with the speed or the range.
I bought the Google Nest WiFi Pro 3-pack about 3 months ago and it's been way better.
Tip: When upgrading any router system, be sure to make the login and password of the new router the same as the old one that you replaced so that all of your devices automatically connect to the new system without you having to do anything. We have 54 connected devices in our house and it would suck to have to redo them all.
ASUS did not pay?
Have you tried TP Link's Deco WiFi Mesh system? It's incredible
have you thought about the ubiquiti access points and a dream machine pro/se it will have all the ethernet ports you would need only its costly and takes a bit to setup
I believe the only additional think I would recommend is doing the wired backhaul (connect via ethernet multiple mesh points to increase performance). Great suggestions anyhow!
Agreed, this will make the wifi signals the same as the main router connected to your modem throughout the entire house. The only downside is it requires the house to be wired with ethernet which may not always be easy.
So I’m not as tech savvy or anything so what but if I were to do this would I need wifi extenders ? Because I noticed When my ps5 doesn’t do that great through wifi especially upstairs so we have a Ethernet cable connected to the extender so the ps5 runs smoothly upstairs but with this combo your saying wouldn’t need a wifi extender ?
i just turned off the wifi from the providers router and did a pass through to my google mesh router instead of buying my own modem and works great
You need to hardwire all your mesh wifi points instead of relying on wireless backhaul. If you do that, you should get speeds of 500+ in most parts of your house.
Should I enable the ipv6 on the nest pro in the network settings
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too many mesh points causes way too many switching between access points causing even worst service.
I was having issues with our ISP's modem/router as well. It was trash, like so bad that running the microwave in the kitchen would drop the signal or causing buffering if you were in the kitchen or living room. We only had the one because our house isn't as big to need a mesh network, but I swapped out the ISP's equipment for the CM1200 and I have been smooth sailing since.
could be your home theater speakers... emitting a 5ghz signal especailly if they are Sony wireless ... check it Linus video on his issues the disconnects and bad coverage are some of his problems... also modem router combos are garbage.
Eero has been so good to me for the past 5 years
*That drawer's gap would annoying me so much.....*
Yeah, right, so you have internet issues?! Avant-garde tech in da house and you have issues?! Cmon! Loll 😂 thx for the interesting vid though dude 😎👍
The irony is crazy right? Been complaining about it for years lol
@UrAvgConsumer true 😅 now finally resolved like a boss 😎🤟
Lol you read my mind man especially when I saw the video image.
Even my 5G speed is 1.9gbps download and 110mbps upload with unlimited data at 666 INR for 3 months.
I don't think this will be the long term solution either. Why not run ethernet around your house and place multiple wired APs in different areas in the house? Wires will alway be more reliable than Wifi. A Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE with some of their APs would probably fix your problem.
This ^ . Setting up multiple wired APs around the house is the best way
Because he doesn’t want to be a network engineer! You do know what title this channel has right? Installing network sockets and using Ubiquiti equipment is WAY WAY WAY overkill for most people AND it’s hardly reliable, Ubiquiti has killed setups with firmware updates, and they are NOT easy for the average person to waste time trying to then fix.
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So many red flags on this video. Didn’t know to turn off wireless on modem/router combo? That manny mesh systems and they all “failed”??? I work in the industry and man this video makes my head hurt. Lol
Get a fourth one and you should even things out to where over 200 Mbps is doable.
MKHD must be laughing right now wondering how slow is your internet speed
I paid for my own modem because I could cancel the rental fee. It paid for itself within a year. Then one thing led to another and now I have a UDM Pro SE and multiple unifi APs.
Dude, you just finally went out and bought your own personal modem?!?! C'mon man! You're supposed to be a tech person. I bought my own modem YEARS ago.
No offense this was just a content farming video with no value at all. You are just saying all those super high end mesh APs didn't fix the issue for you and the Google AX router magically did it. You aren't even sure what was the root of the problems but you just kept putting in more and more APs. Ofc it's gonna make it worse like you said yourself.
would 2 nest be effective...? Say one upstairs and one downstairs?
Tuere is absolutely no chance the google WiFi beats the Asus or the Orbi!
Just get Plume Superpods and use one for every 2 rooms. It’s the best mesh network. Better than every single one you just used. Instead of punching through multiple walls from far away they concentrate to every room. So you are near the access point itself closer for better performance.
My cell service was the same when I moved….you need to call your service provider and ask for a “Signal booster or Magic box”. Every wireless provider has one. Its free. You just have to ask.
I now have all my bars and never had a dropped call since.
They way I fixed this on my 3 story house was to send Ethernet cable to the 3 floors and wire the mesh system points with a small netgear 8 port switch. With this configuration you’ll get the full speed around the house.
As a certified technician for Google through Dish Network, I can attest that these routers are excellent.