New House Build, How to beam in fibre via direct sight?
I'm building a house in the Coromandel. Local guys have told me "the internet is rubbish here". Which isn't acceptable for me personally. I have found that a new fibre install will terminate approx 2km...
View ArticlePoor VDSL performance
Hi All,New member here and am not the most savy when it comes networking/broadband issues so bare with me.....I live in Auckland and given we aren't expected to have UFB in our area for some time have...
View ArticlePort GE1 of a Fibre ONT
I have slingshot and currently I have a modem that connects over PPPoE over vlan 10, it also does the VoIP for homeline. I've connected a laptop directly to this port and still accessed internet...
View ArticlePink Patch Leads
Just a quick question does anyone know where I can source pink patch leads from locally. I can get them from Europe but I would like to order locally if possible. All of our services are colour coded...
View ArticleHuawei HG659 ICMP (Ping) enable
I am trying to get ICMP (ping) working on Voyager using my BYO Skinny HG659 router.I want to get ping working to set up Hurricane Electric IPv6 tunnelling through IPv4.I have set up the router security...
View ArticleEmoji in SSID
Found this YouTube video and thought I should try it out.Tested it with a Cambium E500And it worked just fine.My job is done.
View ArticleHacked Mikrotik routers
If anybody on here runs any Mikrotik hardware it's worth reminding you to keep it up to date and secured.There is a major exploit in the wild today affecting hardware. I've seen compromised devices...
View ArticlePTP link advice
Evening, My olds have purchased a place approximately 650m up the road from where I live. Initially I wondered if this was a good thing, however I have since come to realise that it will definitely...
View ArticleGrandstream GWN7000 & 7610 Setup Question
Happy Easter Everyone.Earlier this year I added a GWN7610 AP to my home network and now I am thinking of replacing the ISPs HG659B router with a GWN7000 (on Spark fibre).My question is that since I...
View ArticleNew DNS over HTTPS service: Cloudflare
Saw a headline pointing to a Google cache for the (now empty) page at https://1.1.1.1/ The Google cache has now been removed. The headline was about this being a new DNS service by Cloudflare.
View ArticleHelp with AC please
Hi Geekzone, I'm usually pretty good with this stuff being an IT techie but this one has me stumped. I am new to wireless AC and am getting shocking performance from it. I cannot seem to connect beyond...
View ArticleStandalone WIFI network options for the home
In a recent thread in another forum, WIFI networking built into a router (Netcomm NF4V) was discarded by many posters in favour of mesh wifi.I am now in a position to buy - but there is a mesmerising...
View ArticleAccess point recommendations
So I currently run a re-purposed router to extend the wifi network in our home (connected to the main router via Ethernet); I've read in a recent thread that this isn't a recommended solution in place...
View ArticleExtremely minor insignificant issue - no signal bars
I have just noticed that my Huawei 4G RBI gateway device, which I had to replace the other day, no longer gives me signal strength indications in bars. I don't know if this has to do with the router,...
View ArticleSpeedtest.net
Am just wondering on the best / easiest method to do a ping and speedtest to Murica. I downloaded the Speedtest.net app and it works locally but can't see any way to pick a location, like I used to be...
View ArticleSpark HG659b Fibre Modem - Unable to access devices connected to LAN ports
There might be a simple answer to this, but have searched the web and user guide and cant seem to make sense of it.I have had Spark Fibre installed and have been provided with their HG659b Fibre modem...
View ArticleAuckland company to do ethernet cabling in house?
Hi folks,I'm moving house soon and I'm thinking about getting the new place cabled with Cat 6 ethernet cabling. Can anyone recommend a contractor in Auckland (North Shore ideally) who could give me a...
View ArticlepfSense vs Sophos UTM
Hey there, GZers! I'm setting up a new home lab. As the title says, which would you choose? Sophos' UTM or pfSense's... well, pfSense
View ArticleWifi-as-a-service?
Wifi is becoming increasingly important to home users [citation needed]. As a result, there are a lot of wifi-related threads on Geekzone [citation needed]. I've seen quite a few threads that seem to...
View ArticleThe router guide - what is best.
I keep seeing these threads on Geekzone and since I am a bit of a router horde (the Edgerouter for me is by-far the best) I thought I'd better make a thread with mine and others experiences, and what...
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