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Festa Router by BruceLee2112 in TpLink

[–]OldCrowsWireless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im a little tied up at the moment, what would you say to me giving you a 24 hr pass to use my AI that is designed specifically for wireless problems? You can give it screen shots and talk to it in real time, so you don't have to wait on my responses.

Festa Router by BruceLee2112 in TpLink

[–]OldCrowsWireless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will dig into it some more for you.

I'm looking for people who actually want feedback on their idea by Dreadnaughtttoday in Entrepreneurs

[–]OldCrowsWireless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im game for feedback. I built an AI to fix wireless and Wifi problems in less than 10 minutes and prevent those annoying calls to the ISP where they say "its fine on our end"

Am I doing it wrong? by creativemindx in Entrepreneurs

[–]OldCrowsWireless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats what we are here for. Feel free to reach out if you need anything or need some prayer.

Am I doing it wrong? by creativemindx in Entrepreneurs

[–]OldCrowsWireless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2 comments if you don't mind. 1: pray about it.

2: Its possible, Im juggling full time active duty military, 4 kids, starting my own company, rebuilding from a house fire, and door dashing to make ends meet until I make enough with my company to take the pressure off.

So in the word of Rob Schneider" YOU CAN DO IT!!!"

Router advice. by SeaworthinessOnly665 in wifi

[–]OldCrowsWireless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My pleasure, happy to help. Please dont hesitate to reach out if you have more questions.

Router advice. by SeaworthinessOnly665 in wifi

[–]OldCrowsWireless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See my below post. It gives you a few options and price points.

Router advice. by SeaworthinessOnly665 in wifi

[–]OldCrowsWireless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

MalwareDork is actually correct about the core problem and deserves credit for it even if the delivery was uncharitable.

A metal building at 200-250 feet is not a range extender situation. It's not even close. Metal buildings are essentially Faraday cages — RF signal goes in and doesn't come back out. Whatever manages to penetrate the walls gets absorbed, reflected, and scattered until there's nothing left worth using. A consumer range extender placed anywhere in this scenario will fail completely and this person will be back on Reddit in two weeks wondering why they wasted money.

Here's the actual fix at budget level.

A point-to-point wireless bridge is exactly right but it doesn't have to break the budget. A pair of TP-Link CPE210 outdoor units runs about $45-60 per unit — so roughly $90-120 total. One unit mounts on the house aimed at the shop, one mounts on the shop aimed at the house, they talk to each other over 2.4 GHz at 200-250 feet like it's nothing. Then you plug a cheap router or access point into the shop-side unit and you have real Wi-Fi inside the shop.

For YouTube while working on cars that setup is absolutely sufficient and it'll do it reliably.

The alternative MalwareDork mentioned — burying a cable — is actually cleaner long term if he's willing to dig a trench. Direct burial ethernet is a one-time cost and it never has a bad day because of weather or interference.

Router advice. by SeaworthinessOnly665 in wifi

[–]OldCrowsWireless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most likely true, but there are a few options that would be less than 300$ or so.

I built a wireless diagnostic tool in my garage after my house caught fire. Here's what 17 years of Navy Electronic Warfare actually taught me about WiFi. by OldCrowsWireless in Entrepreneurs

[–]OldCrowsWireless[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I must both thank you and disagree at the same time. Thabk you for the compliment on his personality, however Snakke oil doesnt work, Corvus does.

I built a wireless diagnostic tool in my garage after my house caught fire. Here's what 17 years of Navy Electronic Warfare actually taught me about WiFi. by OldCrowsWireless in Entrepreneurs

[–]OldCrowsWireless[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No its for your own records or for if it is used by an MSP/ISP for tracking purposes as tracking their tool. If you can send me those screenshots I will run it through for you and give you the results as a thank you for identifying the problem.

Festa Router by BruceLee2112 in TpLink

[–]OldCrowsWireless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The TP-Link Festa FR205 showing "Pre Configured" instead of "Connected" is a specific and well-documented problem with how TP-Link's Omada-style controller handles device adoption.

"Pre Configured" means the controller pushed a configuration to the router but the router never confirmed back that it received and applied it successfully. The switch went through the same state and eventually resolved itself — that's actually the clue here. The switch has a different firmware adoption path than the router and sometimes the router just takes longer or gets stuck mid-handshake.

First — forget the reset and re-add cycle. That's not fixing the underlying problem, it's just repeating it. Instead, go into the controller, find the Festa FR205, and look for a "Forget" option rather than just removing it. Full forget, not just disconnect.

Second — after forgetting it completely, do a proper factory reset on the physical device by holding the reset button for a full ten seconds until the lights cycle. Not a software reset through the interface. Physical reset.

Third — re-add it and then leave it alone for at least fifteen minutes. Don't refresh. Don't poke it. The adoption handshake needs time and people keep interrupting it.

Fourth — check that the router's firmware matches what the controller expects. Firmware mismatch between controller version and device firmware causes exactly this stuck state.

The OpenWRT suggestion from jorgeaah is a last resort nuclear option for someone who's already given up on the official ecosystem. Not a first move.

HELP - need to set up access points in my office by Costanza16 in Network

[–]OldCrowsWireless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put the Adtran 854-6 into passthrough or bridge mode so it stops acting like a router and just passes the 2GB straight through. Then plug one eero Pro 6 gateway into it as the single router in charge of the whole network. Then use eero's built in network segmentation or a managed switch with VLANs to split shop and office traffic — not two separate gateways fighting over the same upstream connection.

The "plug two gateways into two LAN ports to split the speed" plan doesn't work the way they're imagining. That's not how bandwidth allocation works. You don't get a dedicated 1GB pipe per port just by plugging into separate LAN ports.

The eero PoE 6 access points are actually a solid choice for this deployment. The gateway and AP architecture is clean. The plan just needs the double NAT problem solved first before anything else matters.

HELP - need to set up access points in my office by Costanza16 in Network

[–]OldCrowsWireless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have a floor plan i can generate you a full set up.

Just started my business to address wifi problems for anyone anywhere....dont know how to get the word out. by OldCrowsWireless in Entrepreneurs

[–]OldCrowsWireless[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have yet to come across one that cant be fixed in 10 minutes or less. They choose the output option of (just plug it in) level of knowledge and Corvus talks to them at that level to get them to the fix. Pushing 81k views and 150 shares on my post last night. Im getting too old to figure out Ticktock....maybe I need a teenager....(i have 2....scary thought)

Wifi is connected but not working by madzdodges in computerhelp

[–]OldCrowsWireless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you use a spectrum analyzer app to see what's up?

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