Swapping two cheap Ethernet cables doubled network speeds overnight
…can often find him inside a chassis somewhere. Sign in to your XDA account Before I took networking seriously as a younger lad, I would spend hours optimizing my desktop PC. This…
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I throttled my own smart-home devices on purpose, and the whole network got faster
…If you're finding your devices are stuttering a lot, you might be thinking about investing in a mesh network. However, sometimes the true bottleneck can be caused by the sheer volume…
This tiny Docker container monitors my entire network and alerts me before things break
…Thanks to Uptime Kuma, I no longer have to wonder if my services are healthy; I will know they are, and I will be the first to find out if they aren…
My Windows 11 laptop was tanking my Wi-Fi even when closed, and this one hidden setting fixed it almost immediately
…Sign in to your XDA account Summary Modern Standby often breaks Wi‑Fi after wake; disabling it fixed my lag and downloads. Windows' S0 Modern Standby keeps networking alive and causes inconsistent…
I gave my local LLM my Docker Compose files, and it found security holes I missed
…I had recently tried giving a local LLM my Docker container access to replace my monitoring scripts and fed months of DNS logs to Gemma to understand my home network’s traffic…
I moved one device off my main network, and the whole house got faster
…How to find the culprit Audit your network to find the fiend So what device in your network is actually causing this issue? There are a range of usual suspects that are…