I got 99 problems but my WiFi ain't one

Ah understand now. Thanks.

I have an old sky box, that might work I'll look. If not will get about. Cheers.

Thanks @aggi :)

Repost from AQA with one added note - this is not a range issue - the router it 10 feet away from the desktop:

I've got a new internet connection. 100mbps. The router I got with the internet (which I'm paying for) is completely unfit for purpose (it's the zyxel VMG1312-B10D). I have ethernet directly into the flat which works perfectly if connected directly to my PC. Put it through the router and connect via wifi? Speeds drop from from 100 to as low as 1mbps (average probably around 20, but it's really unstable and I'm fairly frequently getting kicked off a work VPN connection).

Thoughts?

Additional addendum:

I'm using some powerline adapters right now - direct from wall into main one. Speed ain't great (20-50 - this is perhaps partially due to them having to go through UK > EU adapters), but it's stable and generally faster.

From your description there is a wall between your router and your desktop. Possibility is that the wall is very thick, or has a load of metal in the walls (often foil is used in the walls for insulation) killing the reception.

Are you sure that the issue is the router and not the wireless adaptor for the desktop. Putting that on an extension cord and moving away from the desktop may help (and check that they match in terms of what the router is providing and what they receive (i.e. both AC or N or whatever).

No wall. Clear space from hallway into my office.

Connection is equally poor with phone; TV in a different room.

Given you have tested with and without the router, eliminated other points of failure and decided it's "completely unfit for purpose", not sure what you are actually asking? Next step would seem to be asking for a replacement.

Good point. It may have been clearer in the other thread.

Question was meant to be: What router should I buy?

How do I go about setting up a network that is firewalled from the internet, other than through a gateway server?

I have a number of IOT things (heating, lights, file server etc...) but don't want them all facing the wide world - Instead, I want to have a single portal (Homeassistant in this case) that I can forward to the internet at large.

My router is an Ubiquiti Edge router, with a Toughswitch (soon to be two) on the back of that.

I feel I'm missing something obvious, but can't figure it out.`

As long as you don't leave any obvious ports open, it should be fine, no?

I've got a couple of old home plugs going spare not particularly fast (sorry can't remember the exact speed). They worked solidly for years but I had to expand my network and thought it was time to upgrade.
Have two, one for the router end and one "client" FOC will dig out details if anyone is interested.

how are you finding the Router and Toughswitch, gonna buy them, but still require a bit of forum pep talk to make sure I'm not making a mistake?

Easy enough to set up? Any issues with usage?

My feeling would be that you'd make use of the Edge Router's capability to run two distinct networks on two of its ports and only have one of those connected to the internet and the other just local. Don't know about the technicalities though.

@cornelius_blackfoot It's more complicated than a bog-standard consumer router. For instance by default it is set up not to connect to the internet so you have to change that (and know to change that more to the point).

Some stuff is nice and straight-forward, assigning static IP addresses, port-forwarding, etc which can be done through the GUI. Other stuff (trying to set up one port to be a separate network that is routed through a VPN for instance) involves some obscure command line interface that appears to have minimal documentation (I gave up trying to use that pretty quickly).

Very stable though, I went on mine to update the firmware and saw that it had been running continuously for 6 months (no reboots) with no issues.

thanks for that, like I said, I'm 99% certain I'm going to get them and a wifi access point, will probably be back on here asking for help setting it up, when I do

I can help with that. Happy to swing by yours. Also. I still have that wifi extender if you still want to try it out.

Easy enough to set up? Any issues with usage?

Yep - easy enough, and the network is rock solid.

Would be interested in these if still available...Can pick up from most corners of Ldn

@Gustav yep no probs, will PM to make arrangements.

My upgrade from ADSL to Fibre happened last night.

Running a speed test has shown my ping has gone up from about 10-20ms to 70ms.

WTF?

I like playing gaems so this is bad isn't it? ISP think it's no problem.

They normally say to give it a couple of days for speed to settle once switched. @BleakRefs might be able to expand?

NERD CREW REPORTING IN!

@Pifko's bang on, usually there's a dynamic line management that tries to figure out speed vs stability over the first ten days of service, so yes, I'd definitely give it a little while before going nuclear.

That said, @Jezston, I'd definitely expect ping to go down after an upgrade to fibre, all things being equal. You're basically going from a service where the data has to travel down vintage copper wires, degrading every meter it goes, to a point where that copper has been reduced greatly in favour of a lossless digital speed-of-light connection. So your infrastructure has been upgraded, so I'd expect your speed to go up and your ping to go down. Trouble is that there's two sides to infrastructure - there's the stuff that happens at a cable level (i.e. how much data can this cable carry and how fast) and at a network level (i.e. what switch is moving this data around and how congested is it). I work for a company that's new to the BB market so our switches and ENNIs and all that stuff have basically got six blokes and a dog on 'em so my ping speed is absurd because our network is clear. But depending on who you're with and how established they are, that might not be the case for you.

Give it a few days. If you want to ping me your phone number or home address I'll have a butchers at what I'd expect you to get and how your infrastructure is looking. Unless you're with a very specific mobile provider I won't be able to look at it in detail but I'll be able to check the general infrastructure and let you know if what you're seeing is teething troubles or something more sinister.

Just dropped the cat6 cables to the new server cupboard location, and to the living room, landing and a spare in the loft.

Got the Architect to add another Network location, making 8 points in the Kitchen, and one exterior point, so that's now 12 termination points around the house... I may need to go back to my network plan (at https://pastebin.com/BSuxmGMd) and ensure that I have the space on them (I suspect that I'll have to use the unmanaged switch to provision some of them, until I can afford to replace it with another Unifi one)

I'm running with the assumption that the IoT devices and bridges all have unpatched vulns.

Cheers, tested it again last night and it was down to 7ms.

As the kids used to say, "w00t".

Nice. Nice. That next headshot is going to taste sweet.

I still suck at PUBG :(