networking

[meager ginkgo]

It’s not the cable problem

[sweet ridge]

both cat 5 and cat 6 should be able to do gigabit

[meager ginkgo]

It’s your router’s specifications.

[sweet ridge]

but your router only supports 100 mbps

[balmy narwhal]

wtf

[meager ginkgo]

You need to upgrade your router to something that can support higher speeds than 100mbps

[balmy narwhal]

Why on the box is support more

[meager ginkgo]

It’s all marketing

[balmy narwhal]

Very sad

[sweet ridge]

the AC750 part?

[meager ginkgo]

That’s in a lab and not actual throughput

AC4000 as an example is wifi 5 AC and “5000mbps” but in reality can probably only achieve 400mbps in the real world

[balmy narwhal]

So I need to buy a router with gigabit?

[meager ginkgo]

Yes, shouldn’t be too expensive

[sweet ridge]

pretty much

[balmy narwhal]

Okey thank you

[meager ginkgo]

I’d go for a wifi 6 router or WiFi AX

That’ll give you the best wifi experience for your internet speeds, wifi 6E and all that won’t really give you a performance improvement

[balmy narwhal]

Cuz I use my cable to fiber straight to my computer right now

[meager ginkgo]

Yeah… you need a router for your fiber

shouldn’t be plugging direct into the computer

It’s a security issue

[balmy narwhal]

Yes I know but I have no choice when my router is really BS

[meager ginkgo]

Deal with the 100mbps speeds for now and then when you can - upgrade your router

I’d rather deal with usable but slower speeds than have my PC on the public internet without a router’s firewall

[balmy narwhal]

Do you have any router for recommendations?

[meager ginkgo]

What country are you in?

[balmy narwhal]

Sweden

[meager ginkgo]

How much are you looking to spend? A reasonable budget is probably around $100 USD for a decent router minimum

[balmy narwhal]

Yes

Round that price

[meager ginkgo]

I’d pick up something like this if you have that where you are

[balmy narwhal]

I don’t

[meager ginkgo]

What sites do y’all use there to shop?

[balmy narwhal]

But like TP link is everywhere

Wait I am dumb I can order is from Amazon

[meager ginkgo]

ASUS is my #1 for consumer routers

I use Ubiquiti personally but I’m a prosumer and need some more advanced stuff

[balmy narwhal]

Can you find me that is abit more cheaper?

This one good?

[meager ginkgo]

Look into the RT-AX55 or RT-AX1800S if you have those

[meager ginkgo]

That should be fine for your speed

see if there’s any more that have better speed ratings for slightly more (or similar price)

TP-Link is fine for the most part too

If they have one with better speed for less than the ASUS

if you can find something above AX1800 (AX3000, AX5400 etc) that’ll make it more futureproof for higher internet speeds if you ever upgrade

[balmy narwhal]

I don’t why but only I find for asus router is over 120$

Only tp link that have the low price

Ok thank you for the help

One more thing

[meager ginkgo]

TP-Link should work, I’d recommend AX1800 minimum.

[balmy narwhal]

Can 2.4ghz run over 100mps?

[meager ginkgo]

It can but it’s way easier to achieve over that with 5ghz

a lot of 2.4ghz clients (devices that connect to router) don’t have great wifi antennas that can reach over 100mbps

[balmy narwhal]

Because my grandparent phone can receive 5ghz WiFi only 2.4 GHz

[meager ginkgo]

Yeah.. that’s a device issue. They’ll likely need a new device for faster speeds

[balmy narwhal]

Aha yes but i try to looks for WiFi 6 router

Thank you for the help

[meager ginkgo]

No problem

[balmy narwhal]

Because I have been emailing the provider for like two weeks now about the Internet program

Speed*

[meager ginkgo]

Yeah haha. That’s not an ISP issue - it’s your own hardware’s fault

[balmy narwhal]

Like I use 2 router one is the tplink another one is from the provider but like the provider router 5g wifi is working fine but 2.4 and normal cable is not fine at all

So basically I can say that we have a outdated hardware right?

[meager ginkgo]

Your provider is fiber right?

Does the fiber go into their own router? Or does it go into a device that converts the fiber to Ethernet that then goes into a router device?

also known as an ONT

[balmy narwhal]

Is fiber

So is fiber cable to fibre, router and then ethernet cable to the normal router

[meager ginkgo]

So the fiber goes directly into the internet provider’s router correct?

[balmy narwhal]

But like I don’t know how long have to have this, but I can tell already after talking to you is that the hardware is really old

[balmy narwhal]

Yes

[meager ginkgo]

I don’t think the ISP would give you incapable equipment if you have fiber optic service. You just need to replace your own router and you should be good. Make sure you put the ISP’s router into bridge mode so everything works properly.

[balmy narwhal]

Aha ok

Thanks you for the advice on

Can I dm you if I need more help in the future?

[meager ginkgo]

I’d prefer if you just ping me here.. keeps everything organized and people can look back for info if they need to 🙂

[balmy narwhal]

Okey thank you

[blazing karma]

I want to do this tbh

But having the bragging rights of eap785 is better

[balmy narwhal]

@meager ginkgo I want to ask one more thing if I keep using the router that max speed is 100/100 and the another router that is WiFi6, and my internet speed is 250/100 will that be a problem? Like is steal each other to speed

[silent flax]

talking about Ubiquiti https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/doj-turns-tables-on-russian-hackers-uses-their-malware-to-wipe-out-botnet/ (and yes, i know, default passwords)

[thorn delta]

Exposing the management access to the whole internet is a really bad idea on any brand of router or firewall. Like, most of the nasty CVEs that come out are unexploitable from the internet if you keep your management whitelisted to your LAN or VPN. It's just such an unnecessary risk.

Combining that with default creds.. Lol.

[silent flax]

and yeah, vmware is pretty much dead in 3-4 years maximum.

at that price increase, you might as well eat the cost of migration to another platform

[olive kindle]

Doesn't apply to bigger customers tho. Migration, training, etc is more expensive in comparison in such cases.

So I think it's just getting way, way, way less prominent in the IT landscape

[silent flax]

anyway, waiting for my last cheapo 2.5Gbe switch for my home network, now the only gigabit things in my home are all the computers (except three) and the WAN port on my "router". But hey, it is better to be future proof 😄

[opal pagoda]

now you need to run 10gbe spine

[obtuse tinsel]

does anyone know why this is not working?

[low pond]

Lol listening on [::] ?? That's probably v6

Can you try putting ::1 instead of 127.0.0.1

[obtuse tinsel]

Ok

[wind current]

just found out all of the Ethernet ports on my router are dead except the modem input
could openwrt fix it?

not uncommon it seems

I'll replace the router eventually

[obtuse tinsel]

didn't work

[thick minnow]

maybe they need your actual ip address for some reason. Try using that one

[obtuse tinsel]

**BTW
**i went in my ipconfig in cmd and used every IPV4
none worked

[obtuse tinsel]

ill try this

[thick minnow]

Maybe capitalize the B in bedrocktool. Who knows that might help

[obtuse tinsel]

i put that it didnt give me a name to put lol

[thick minnow]

oh maybe you have to open that port on your computer? Like maybe the firewall is blocking it

[obtuse tinsel]

so here right IPV4?

[obtuse tinsel]

how do i do that

[thick minnow]

https://www.howtogeek.com/394735/how-do-i-open-a-port-on-windows-firewall/

[thick minnow]

Just make an inboud and outbound rule for that port. See if that works

[obtuse tinsel]

did the port thing gunna try loading in now

still not working

i tried
3 diff ips

i even tried typing "localhost"

[thick minnow]

okay well I think the 127... ip address and the port and stuff are correct. Probably an issue with the tool you;'re using to make the world. I don't know anything about making a minecraft server

[obtuse tinsel]

so what i'm trying to do is download it from a realm
with a world downloader tool

[silent flax]

that would require me to buy four 10gbe RJ45 DACs, which would be like 150 euros, nearly as much as i paid for the routers themselves

[hearty lily]

Could be a stupid question on my deco unit it says ipv6 but what does that mean

[opal pagoda]

Or you could run fiber trough your conduits and use transcievers

[thick minnow]

probably means that the router supports ipv6, which isn't very relevant to us normal people. It stands for internet protocol version 6, and it's a standard that defines computer addresses on the internet and how to route traffic. It's a lot neater than IPv4. Would be cool if we all used it. But making that transition is pretty hard I guess.

[silent flax]

if you mean this, it is literally just enabling IPv6

[hearty lily]

Would this make it faster internet or just more security of the device?

Was trying to get better speed but now changing isp for that going from 180 mbps to 1 gig

[opal pagoda]

Some isp give ipv6 block you can use for devices on your lan, it eliminates NAT and cgNAT problems

But people are reluctant to use it since addresses are long af and not easily remembered

[rocky badge]

@meager ginkgo @hollow marlin I want something like UniFi for work that isn't UniFi 😩

We are about to redo our networking and its gonna be a pain in the ass

[random cobalt]

what's wrong with unifi? :/

[quasi orbit]

mikrotik?

[opal pagoda]

lots

[random cobalt]

😐

[opal pagoda]

availability and supply issues
no dual psu options (rps exists but its only for failover, switch cant boot only on rps)
backplane can crash which takes whole switch down

[random cobalt]

oh, I don't use their switches and junk. Their APs are nice. 🙂

[opal pagoda]

wifi is fine but still affected by availability

[random cobalt]

yeah

[opal pagoda]

and if you host controller in docker you will be in buggy mess

[random cobalt]

runs in an app just fine for me

[opal pagoda]

and uisp is also fine but they are stubborn and use passive poe for some reason instead of standard poe

[random cobalt]

frying wrong devices with passive PoE means more sales of new devices!

[low pond]

o-omada...?

[silent flax]

the really big issue with IPv6 for LAN is the whole other associated mess, which makes for example local DNS such a pain, because ISP will push through RA their own IPv6 DNS, which by default take precedence over your local IPv4 DNS, so RIP your custom hostnames in dnsmasq etc

[opal pagoda]

couldnt you block that with acl?

[silent flax]

not with the stupid ISPs we got here, as if i want IPv6, i have to "pass through" the ISP router stuff, because while their router receives /56, they only give out /64 and that can't be divided to smaller parts.

[opal pagoda]

could you also just buy a domain name, create bunch of subdomains, then make aaaa records for all your local stuff
local device will request ip from dns, and connect to it, outside devices will be firewalled off so they cant access local servers

[silent flax]

technically that is what i did. blocked IPv6 on my router side, using servicename.local.my.tld for services via nginxproxymanager, servicename.home.my.tld for when i need to reach stuff outside nginx proxy, and whatever i need to reach via internet is just tunneled to the VPS i have running outside

[opal pagoda]

do you have any issues with services like netflix not working since you are connecting via datacenter ip?

[silent flax]

eh ?

i dont' understand. I meant that for example if i want to reach my Plex install, i go to https://plex.my.tld, which is then proxied via tunnel to http://plex.home.my.tld:32400 inside my home network. Everything i access from inside my home network just uses normal ISP connection

[opal pagoda]

ah

[opal pagoda]

so traffic flow is : plex server > your router > vpn tunnel> vps> vpn tunnel > your router > plex client ?

[silent flax]

if i access it from outside, it is Plex Client -> Nginx @ VPS -> tunnel -> my router -> Plex Server @ local network

i mean you would need to know my login/password/2fa to access my plex server

[opal pagoda]

i just do funny and abuse cloudflared tunnels to access my plex

[silent flax]

i mean i think all i got tunneled outside is plex, home assistant and SSH to one of my servers i can access only via localhost on the VPS, as i really only need this access when visiting mom or possibly from work if i forgot something at home

and through that SSH login i can tunnel anything else if i need it - remote desktop or VNC

[opal pagoda]

I use combination of cloudflared tunnels (plex and home assistant) and then tailscale for everything else

[wind current]

how does a hardware failure like this even happen lmfao

i wonder if i killed the ethernet controller

[sleek escarp]

Could I overclock a switch to be 2.5gb

[clear igloo]

No, you cannot overclock an ASIC like that

[old raptor]

hey guys, i have a quick question.

My current house network is set up with a router that can output 2.4Ghz (call it A for right now) and 5Ghz (call it B). We have an EERO thing plugged into the router that extends the dominant EERO unit connection to 2 other suboordinate EERO's in the house. These EERO's use Signal A. Most of the devices use the EERO's mesh network to connect to the router better, including my computer (which is plugged in the EERO directly into the unit for better speeds).

One EERO is on the first floor of the house, while the 2nd is on the second floor in an area where it only has 1 wall between the dominant EERO and itself.

Anything on Signal A can't connect to any device on Signal B, like a printer for example. I cannot print from my devices, which are on Signal A, since the printer itself is on Signal B.

I know you can "combine" the two Signals by changing their SSID to the same name and having it be the same password. Most of the devices connected are stationary, except for a laptop and phones/ipads.

We have Gigabit internet speed, and the only device that seems to get it would be the main office computer, which is plugged directly into the router since it's right next to it.

My personal computer is connected to Signal A, which gets me roughly 370Mbps-800Mbps. Keep in mind it's connected to that EERO mesh so it needs to go to the main unit that's plugged in the router.

Should we keep our network the same, since it works, or should I change the SSID of Signal B to match Signal A? Would that affect any of the speeds I have?

I can answer any questions you have, just @ me please.

[old raptor]

also we currently use WPA2 personal, i saw an option to change it to WPA3.. should i do that? or just leave it at WPA2. we have old devices that can connect to the network, so I'm going to assume it will break if i change it

[clear igloo]

WPA3 is not backwards compatible (nor WPA2 with WPA for that matter), any devices that don't support it will not be able to connect

[old raptor]

but in terms with changing the SSID, how would that affect everything

[clear igloo]

Honestly I'm not familiar with eero but I don't think Signal A is 2.4GHz only as you described, 2.4GHz maxes out at 400Mbps theoretical speeds and in real world is much lower

[old raptor]

interesting

the eero is a gigabit "mesh" network, so theoretically it should nearly reach gigabit speeds

[clear igloo]

But only on 5GHz

[old raptor]

right... that's odd

[clear igloo]

Yah, now if you're connected via ethernet to one of the pucks then that would explain it

[old raptor]

that would make sense

i connected to one of the sub eero's and my speeds went from 300 to nearly 800+

[clear igloo]

since the backhaul is over 5GHz

[old raptor]

should i still change the 5ghz SSID to the same SSID as the 2.4, though?

[clear igloo]

Now as far as changing the SSID, I would see if you can instead make a single SSID and broadcast on both bands instead
Doing it with two different SSIDs named the same can be weird

And then enable band steering, devices will prefer 5GHz (speed) but also can drop to 2.4GHz (slower but further range) if needed and roaming between pucks should be about the same

[old raptor]

this is what i currently see

what is the smart connect, is that what you're talking about?

[clear igloo]

Ah, Smart Connect is their name for band steering

So if you set them to the same SSID then in theory it will do what I mentioned before.

[old raptor]

oh gotcha, this smart connect will only affect stuff moving around? what about stationary stuff

yeah, but how will it affect anything? would i see a negative response?

i tried to describe the layout of the house

[clear igloo]

So Smart Connect will attempt to tell clients "Hey I see you can talk to 5GHz signal, connect to that first"

[old raptor]

go on

[clear igloo]

And the clients, regardless, will go to 5GHz for speed, but if they can't get good signal will still fall back to 2.4GHz instead

So if you name them the same then clients regardless of stationary or movement will prefer the speedier bands if they support it and if not will still connect without issue

[old raptor]

hmm

[clear igloo]

and of course make sure the password is the same on each one 🙂

[old raptor]

ype i know

thx

i guess i'll try it out and see what happends

[clear igloo]

Yah, and if you notice issues then you can change the 5GHz back to a different name to keep them seperate but that would be a shame if that was the case

[old raptor]

@clear igloo do i mess with these

[clear igloo]

I would leave them at default

[old raptor]

Ok

The eero didn’t like me changing the 5ghz SSID lol

[clear igloo]

that's dumb 😦

but good to know at least

[old raptor]

Wait it’s back lol

[clear igloo]

lol, nice!

[old raptor]

Let me test my speeds after the firmware update

ok i made sure that smart connect was enabled

i restarted the eero network just in case, i'm geting speeds of nearly 500Mbps

mainly 460

uploads of nearly 750 lol

yeah i guess it did work out

[clear igloo]

Nice, the higher upload is a bit odd though, lol

[old raptor]

ikr

i mean my computer is on another floor

[clear igloo]

Fair but still a bit off, might change after a bit though as channels change and whatnot

[old raptor]

Right

[hearty lily]

I'm looking to potentially install a nas at my house I've seen the ltt on using an old computer to do it. Should I go that route or get a pre-built personal nas from a store. If that route can you give some suggestions

[open tartan]

if you know how to set an old computer up as a nas go for it but if you dont want to tinker with it a bunch i would go with a pre built

[pseudo blade]

You'll pay more for prebuilt and have less control, but it's simpler and often more compact than a tower case. Up to you to decide what matters most.

[opal pagoda]

First define your storage requirements and will you be running additional services on your nas

[dreamy whale]

We have a Nexus 93180YC-FX-24 and I was wondering if I can get a generic FS 10GBASE-LRM module and use it on the switch?

[clear igloo]

provided it's programmed for Cisco it should work just fine

[thick minnow]

So I found a powerline solution, it looks pretty solid but I just want someone else's opinion on these
https://www.amazon.ae/dp/B089DKK2K7/ref=twister_B089HDTXBY?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

[pseudo blade]

They all kinda suck as a product category, you can do better with WiFi more often than not.

[fervent brook]

AV2 is ooooollllldddd

[thick minnow]

is there a newer generation

[thick minnow]

I can't make do with wifi
it's the main reason I'm turning to powerline

[fervent brook]

What about Moca?

[open tartan]

I run a Minecraft server off.of this disaster

10/100 switch on a Ethernet over power line adapter

[thick minnow]

I dont have TV cabling to where I want to run powerline

I do have an ethernet wire running here, but that's for calling only

I know I can use BaseTx but I dont have the skills to get the wires lined up

[fervent brook]

If you would run the cabling for basetx...why not just use moca?

[thick minnow]

as in, the cables are already in the wall

and MoCA depends on cable TV right? I dont have cable TV to where I want to use powerline

[fervent brook]

Anyway, what is your use case? Quake Tournaments?

[thick minnow]

just general use

I do game, stream and attend meetings so low latency is up there on the priority list

[fervent brook]

Moca uses RG6 cable... just the cable...not cable TV service

[thick minnow]

I know
but the cables
ARE IN THE WALLS

im not putting another cable in them

[fervent brook]

Powerline should be fine as long as you're fine with half-duplex and dividing the speed of your powrline speed your number of devices

[thick minnow]

also it goes vertically up and then across so that's going to be annoying to run a cable to

[thick minnow]

grand total of one device
my pc

[fervent brook]

Then it should be totally fine

[thick minnow]

alr thanks

[fervent brook]

You don't have to put the cables in the wall

[open tartan]

Power line is pretty damn good lol

[fervent brook]

I know. I just don't want them to hook up like 16 pics and wonder why everything is so slow

[open tartan]

That's fair lol

[fervent brook]

Iirc. Only one direction can go at a time and each node can only send when all others are not sending. So basically ye old ethernet. But probably with collision avoidance instead of detection

I hate this keyboard

I turned off autocorrect and suggestions. But it still will flat out replace a manually typed out word just because it doesn't know that word...

[open tartan]

Yea

It works meh for what I use it for but my parents won't let me run Ethernet so it's the best I got for my server

[thick minnow]

pics? you mean nodes or PCs

[fervent brook]

Iirc, it's only nodes, since all traffic only needs to move in that fashion when it uses the powerline. Two PCs connected to a switch outside of the powerline network doesn't have the restrictions of the powerline network

So, if he puts a router in his room, and connects that to the powerline. It would be less daunting than having a powerline device for each of his devices

[icy quest]

Looking into wanting to buy a layer 3 24 port switch
would cisco or ubiquti be better?
I like UB UI, but i hear Cisco is better for setting stuff up

[clear igloo]

That's like asking if you want apples or oranges for doing something
they have vastly different pricing structures and feature sets
What is your goal with a L3 switch?

Do you have familiarity with Cisco CLI syntax?

[icy quest]

I dont no

[icy quest]

its simply going to be routing traffic from my router to anything connected to the switch

Sorry I shouldve given more specifics

[clear igloo]

Keep it simple, stick with something basic and that you have familiarity with

[icy quest]

it will be sitting in a home lab

[icy quest]

? so go with the cisco one or?

or keep looking?

[clear igloo]

Cisco has a VAST line of switches, are you looking to drop $10K+ on a new enterprise switch?
A few hundred on a small business switch from Cisco?
If you have familiarity with Unifi and don't need a vast array of features, why not stick with it?

Cisco/Juniper/etc. are primarily focused on enterprises and while they have small business lines they're usually the red headed stepchild with little love thrown that way.
Unifi/TP-Link/Mikrotik focus on SMB and home market and thus have prices to match

[icy quest]

yeah i like their UI, but i wasnt sure if im missing out

the cheapest L3 switch was around 400 ish

[clear igloo]

Check out Mikrotik as well
Omada (TP-Link) has some L3 capable switches but I'm not sure on management of those

[icy quest]

I'll go ahead and take a look
thanks man

[opal pagoda]

I don't think that you know the difference between l2 and l3 switches and for non enterprise application you don't need l3 functionality

[icy quest]

i do
i need a l3 switch

[opal pagoda]

Will you be doing inter vlan routing on switch itself?

[icy quest]

yes
lol
thats why i need it

[waxen scroll]

try 40k after licensing and maintenance

Yes folks, for a 48 port switch. They've lost their minds

@rocky badge
To LIKE, or not to LIKE, that is the question.
Is it nobler to endure algorithmic indifference,
Or take action with a simple click and SUBSCRIBE?
To LIKE! To SUBSCRIBE!
That is the key.

[waxen scroll]

Lets shop!

@clear igloo send my commission payment to the usual account

[pseudo blade]

https://www.servethehome.com/vmware-vcsp-customers-seeing-10x-or-more-cost-increases-under-broadcom/

[pseudo blade]

Not exactly surprising but damn must suck to be a vmware customer right now

Your yearly costs just became monthly

[fierce jay]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[pseudo blade]

What's "decent"?

If you're a consumer maybe aliexpress's offerings will suffice for you

[trim ledge]

how do i open the ports on my network for a steam server

i use spectrum if that helps

[ornate jungle]

Port Forwarding. https://www.spectrum.net/support/internet/advanced-wifi-advanced-settings

[vast temple]

question is there a way to create two separate "partitions" on a hard drive in TruNAS Core so i can have an 8TB drive split into two 4TB partitions so i can have the 16 TB (three 4TB drives and one 8TB drive) in a Raid z1 array?

[clear igloo]

Check on the way 😛

[opal pagoda]

it is so wierd that they put it in "advanced wifi settings"

[south walrus]

Wot happened to the gaming lan room setup

I seen one video

But can not see the next part

[silent flax]

Unraid seen Broadcom and decided they want in too https://www.servethehome.com/unraid-moves-to-annual-subscription-pricing-model/

[clear robin]

Ethernet is wired like this, is this supposed to be 4 pin or what

[haughty seal]

lifetime license isn't sustainable for them. Remains to be seen how they implement it. They're going the pfsense route but with better community right now.

[vernal wind]

random question -- what is a "normal" amount of bad packets to be received on a switch interface? I do not perceive network degradation. According to my switch I have a seemingly super high volume of bad packets received on the interface my Wireless AP uplinks to, and the interface my pfsense router is connected to

more setup context:
||the switch is a TP-Link managed switch (TL-SG1024DE), the wifi AP is a ubiquiti unifi U6+ on a POE injector, and the pfsense router is running on an old optiplex currently. all cat 5e. I have not done a ton of troubeshooting on the wifi side, but on the router, I know that this behavior has happened across different cables, and I think it's happened with different physical NICs too (currently a realtek rtl add-in nic)||

port stats info from my switch's web UI. port 1 is the pfsense, port 4 is the wap

that's such a high percentage that you would assume I'd perceive it... right?

maybe a "bad packet" isn't what it sounds like here?

the manual states that this is the count of Error packets (as opposed to discards, which is different right?).

[topaz basalt]

I'm looking for a budget-friendly Wi-Fi router with dual-WAN failover. Can somebody please suggest one?

[vernal wind]

and then this. they could be jumbo frames but I have no clue where to start trying to identify this as the cause....

[vernal wind]

https://community.tp-link.com/en/business/forum/topic/83046?replyId=212476
update, i think that this feature is actually just useless, i think that tp-link firmware is counting any tagged packet as both good and bad, just like jumbo frames. meaning all of my cross vlan traffic and all wireless traffic period is going to be bad on the counter.
lmfao + dead inside

[vernal wind]

what is "budget" to you 😄

[waxen scroll]

probably not cradlepoint

[ornate jungle]

Proper Ethernet should be 4x twisted pairs = 8 wires total. Looks like the 2x ports on that wall plate were wired with a single twisted pair, likely for POTS phone usage.

[rough basin]

Now I know this might sound crazy, but how would I run my own vps from home? I am more curious about what kind of hardware/software I would need. Also if you guys have any article recommendations on how to setup the networking on such a thing please let me know

[low pond]

Just a computer that can run 24/7 essentially

Then run a VM on it. If you want proper public connectivity, you might need to see if you can have a static IP

[pseudo blade]

Depends on your needs and budget, I use office PCs with added RAM and storage for my homelab stuff as none of it's important enough to need fancy server hardware

I get lab licenses for Server 2022 > Put Hyper-V on and the rest is a cakewalk

If I didn't get free $6000 licenses for my lab I'd use Proxmox, KVM with Cockpit or Docker/Kubernetes

If you don't need VMs you can run stuff directly on the "server", just install Linux or whatever you want

That image doesn't show 10/100, jhon

[open tartan]

coulda sworn 4 pins was 10/100

[pseudo blade]

That's two

[open tartan]

oh

[pseudo blade]

So likely telephony

[open tartan]

im having a brain fart lol

wait no that would be 10/100 because there are 2 wires going to each jack

[pseudo blade]

I mean at that point count all the wires in your street and keep adding zeroes

[open tartan]

lol

it wouldnt be telephone because no power

[pseudo blade]

Ah, but you are wrong

[open tartan]

what is it then

[pseudo blade]

For telephones, the pair is energised

[open tartan]

ah

im used to there being 2 pairs in telephones

one for power and the other for voice

thats how my house is wired up

[pseudo blade]

2 pairs offers two lines, and no one pair doesn't do power only

[open tartan]

thats how its set up in my house its really weird

there are pairs from the phone lines just hooked to a 48v power supply in our basement

[silent flax]

issue is, "subscription system" is slowly becoming unsustainable for the consumers. And most likely something like Unraid might be one of the very first things on the chopping block when deciding where to save money

[pseudo blade]

Can't get infinite growth if the people buying your software aren't experiencing it too

[opal pagoda]

unraid rest in rip

[spark karma]

Hey yall. I'm new to networking. Anyways I've setup my own router using opnsense. I need to connect my laptop to the routers network so I can file share. Currently I have a vpn setup on my laptop that connects to my router. It's able to ping the gateway and my unraid server (on the lan) but cant ping other computers. Really I just want to talk to my unraid server but on my windows laptop (with vpn) when I turn on network discovery nothing shows up. So is there a way to get my laptop on an external network to get onto the routers network to do smb? Or any other solution would be amazing. Sorry for the long paragraph

[opal pagoda]

draw a network layout, doesent have to be anything fancy

[spark karma]

Sounds good. Give me a min

[opal pagoda]

👍

[spark karma]

Alright I think this is right but I'm new so...

[opal pagoda]

are you pluging devices directly into router?

[spark karma]

The lan devices are all connected via ethernet to router. The laptop is on a wifi network that isn't from the router

I'm pretty sure I have the firewall rule for the openvpn network to communicate with the lan network

Like I can ping only the unraid server and not the other ones

[opal pagoda]

from i can see there is 2 issues
devices not being able to see echoder
and vpn

did you create a transparent bridge on opnsense or did you put all of the lans on diffrent subnet

[spark karma]

I don't think I have a bridge. Dunno how to do that lol. And the Lans are all on the same subnet

[opal pagoda]

do this
https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/lan_bridge.html

[tribal sequoia]

are you only checking ping? like, you checked rdp or whatever else you are trying to do as well yes?

is that what he's using? fuck i'm not versed in this shit, that seems like it would add all the interfaces into a software switch of some sort?

[spark karma]

I only did pinging.

The vpn uses udp

[tribal sequoia]

yeah that's typical, that's jsut to establish the connection

udp 4500/500

[opal pagoda]

here is what i belive is happening
all of ports on your router have been set on diffrent lans (if there was managed switch we would call that vlans) and they might have same subnet but there is no routing between them, even if there was routing you cant have that, put each lan port on diffrent subnet and have routing between them or use lan bridge as suggested

[tribal sequoia]

^^ that sounds likely

if a lan bridge means that it makes the ports a software/hardware switch configuration on the router

[spark karma]

Yuh u think I need to setup the routing table?

[tribal sequoia]

and you dont have that, then probably yes

[opal pagoda]

lan bridge basically makes those ports into a switch

[spark karma]

Is it safe? Like that like port forwarding or something

[tribal sequoia]

that's not what he's saying

basically right now you have 3 ports setup on 3 lans

but they are not accessible to each other due to the configuration you have done

[opal pagoda]

if you want a hardware way just get a switch and have single wan and single lan port on router

[tribal sequoia]

^^

[spark karma]

I do have a switch tho

[tribal sequoia]

router -> switch -> 3 devices?

[opal pagoda]

no switch in drawing

[spark karma]

I forgot to add that whoops
Mb.

[tribal sequoia]

i that how it is right now?

[spark karma]

Yuh

I forgot sorry!

[tribal sequoia]

much important

[opal pagoda]

are all of your devices getting ip?

[spark karma]

Yus

They are all static ip tho

But all of them have an ip

[opal pagoda]

no dhcp server

[spark karma]

It's on but I don't have dynamic for the three computers. I have dynamic for range 10-255

[opal pagoda]

i wouldnt have static ip-s on devices, i would rather have dhcp reservation

[tribal sequoia]

for a home setup absolutely, it makes it easier to change things

[opal pagoda]

only reason we use some static ip-s is to delegate the configuration to other people

[spark karma]

So how can I do dhcp reservation

I just have dhcp static mapping currently

[tribal sequoia]

go into your dhcp server settings and set them by mac address

then set the devices to dynamic and they'll reconnect and get a lease

[spark karma]

Thanks for the help! Imma try setting up routing tables

[tribal sequoia]

pretty sure static mappings are reservations, so you were inadvertently using reservations

what's in the routing table right now

should probably ask yourself that question first, directly connected routes in most devices should just be functional barring an acl in place

[spark karma]

Absolutely nothing lmao.

[tribal sequoia]

you sure? that makes zero sense

what directly connected routes are there?

[spark karma]

Well ok u mean status it has some routing that was automatically made but I can make sense of it

Give me a sec. I'll send pic

[tribal sequoia]

also you hid your internal interfaces and ip's but showed your external in the last pic

just uh, remove that picture

[remote frost]

Hint: Nice 119. at the beginning of your IP, next time be more careful in you even censored it in the first „screenshots“

[spark karma]

Whoops

[tribal sequoia]

dis why snipping is better to use than taking a picture with phone as well

[spark karma]

I'll have to change it now again I guess

[tribal sequoia]

i don't think anyone gives a damn lol

at least i hope they wouldnt, but hey i guess you never know

[rough basin]

I was honestly just planning on hosting some websites and services. Just paying out the ass from a provider seems not worth it when I can just get my own hardware and have the ability to upgrade it for cheap and only pay an internet and electric bill lol

[umbral dove]

i'm trying to setup QoS for rainbow6 cause i get terrible packet loss and jitter but i have no idea what i put for destination port and don't know how much i should transfer, can someone help me?

[random cobalt]

QoS features on consumer devices are generally useless

[pseudo blade]

Features on consumer routers are generally useless.

They can be trusted to NAT, forward packets and broadcast an AP with an SSID... usually.

[haughty seal]

And if Unraid continues their current model, they may be on the chopping block.

TrueNAS is the main competitor and frankly it's kinda a mess by comparison.

[viscid shell]

So I just plugged ethernet into my pc for the first time ever, And my ping is still the same. The cord length is 75' because its all i have at the moment, and its CAT 6.

[pseudo blade]

Yeah switching to ethernet is for stability and throughput primarily, a good WiFi connection on quiet spectrum will have similar latency.

If your latency is consistently poor, it'd most likely be either your remote server being far away or a routing issue/limitation, neither of which you have much control over.

[viscid shell]

oh okay, well on spectrum

[viscid shell]

I wouldnt say its not stable I just am wanting better ping on games

[pseudo blade]

Play on closer servers/ones that peer better with your ISP.

You have little else as far as options.

I had a badly behaved peering connection at my ISP I worked around with a VPN but on average you'll get worse results with a VPN than leaving it alone.

[fallen grove]

Hey does anyone here have any knowledge on Ubiquiti products? (Specifically their aps, poe++ switches, etc)

[pseudo blade]

Yes.

[pseudo blade]

In future: save everyone the extra time and ask your question. Don't ask if people know, as it prevents people who might know enough generally from helping you.

https://dontasktoask.com/

[fallen grove]

My bad all I wanted to know was if there were alternative ways to power three U7 Pro aps without having to buy a expensive ass Ubiquiti Poe++ switch

[pseudo blade]

You can use injectors if you're OK with that.

[fallen grove]

What does an injector do? I’m very new to all this networking stuff as you can tell 😅

[pseudo blade]

Takes a regular ethernet connection, makes it PoE.

[fallen grove]

Ah gotcha so it’s like the $30 adapter thingy they sell

[meager ginkgo]

It would probably be around the same cost for 3 PoE+ injectors as it would for a 5 port PoE+ switch

[pseudo blade]

Plugs into the wall with cables between your switch and the AP.

[fallen grove]

Good to know cause cost is kinda becoming a problem with this project lmfao

[pseudo blade]

Yeah alternatively something like the Switch Lite 8 PoE could be a cleaner option at a not much greater cost, though I'm sure cheaper low port PoE+ options probably exist.

[meager ginkgo]

You can sometimes find huge switches on eBay for cheap, worth a look

[fallen grove]

Gotcha but wouldn’t that also come with a slight risk of receiving a broken product?

[meager ginkgo]

Not really, eBay has a money back guarantee.

Just make sure you buy from a seller with good reviews

[pseudo blade]

Hm, actually for the Lite 8 and those AP's... you run the risk of hitting the power limit because the U7's can apparently pull 21 watts each and it delivers 51 total. Not enough for 3 U7 Pro's, only two.

In that case... probably PoE+ injectors are your best bet for price if you want new.

[fallen grove]

Alright thank you Meagus and Blue I appreciate the help

[meager ginkgo]

One more thing is to make sure you double check the model # on eBay if you go that route @fallen grove

sometimes they incorrectly put the wrong model number. Always check photos

https://www.ebay.com/itm/235371046215

[fallen grove]

Thats normally what I do cause some ppl just don't like putting the right info when selling stuff

[meager ginkgo]

This is the best deal I’ve seen from a quick search

You may be able to find something cheaper though

[pseudo blade]

If the box is correct it'll do 30W/port, 80W total which is enough

[meager ginkgo]

I wasn’t aware ASUS made network switches lol

[pseudo blade]

They do, but they're not a brand I'd use for a business of any real size

[fallen grove]

That def would work and is wayyy cheaper than some of the previous recommendations i've been given

[trail imp]

I can't connect to my Internet thought lan the pc is running windows xp

[mystic latch]

OOO boy. Don't connect a XP machine to the internet.

[trail imp]

@mystic latch why

[mystic latch]

XP is ridiculously out of date and really unsupported. The machine could get popped by random drive by download malware because the browsers you can use are all out of date.

[trail imp]

@mystic latch How do I update it to Windows 10

[mystic latch]

I have no idea if there's a path to do XP -> 10 directly. Best bet is to get a win 10 installer, wipe the drive and install 10 after saving anything you want to keep to an external drive

[trail imp]

ok

thanks

[gusty pier]

Does a device that connects to my router via Ethernet and gets that connection and makes it into a wifi signal acting like a wifi extender?

[meager ginkgo]

That would be an AP

Wireless Access Point

a wifi extender extends a wireless connection via wireless, no Ethernet typically.

You can of course use a wifi extender to extend a network via Ethernet but then it’s basically a wireless access point which at that point why not just buy the dedicated product?

[cerulean pulsar]

Has anyone here used LXCs on proxmox? I added a new virtual bridge to that LXC since I need a third interface (it has two other interfaces already both on dhcp) but for some reason is not getting a dhcp address. Running ip a from the lxc shows the interface but no IP and logs under journalctl show no dhcp requests for that new interface. Does the lxc need to be restarted? Is there a way to force the request? Or what else could be wrong? The DHCP server is a unifi dream machine pro fw.

[graceful pendant]

how do i change my ipv4 adress manually?

[mystic latch]

Doing it in your router in DHCP is generally the better way to go. You can also change it locally on the pc, but that can easily hit issues.

[graceful pendant]

i did it on my pc

because i don't have access to my router

[mystic latch]

Well you might encounter IP conflict issues down the line because the router might assign the IP you're using to another device.

[graceful pendant]

no router in the system

just my computer and ip camera connected directly

[mystic latch]

Oh then that's a different story.

[pseudo blade]

Most XP era machines have little path to upgrade to Windows 10 because era-appropriate hardware is abysmal by modern standards.

Heck I have had XP era machines which can't run or install modern Ubuntu or Debian.

Debian's installer doesn't work on less than 512MB RAM (realistically 1GB or it misbehaves) even though once installed and booted it's fine on a fraction of that.

[mystic latch]

Ah yea, forgot to ask the specs of said machine. Welp, good luck to that fellow!

[silent flax]

XP era computers were the reason Vista compatible sticker existed

[fickle lily]

hello people . I got pi hole and i plan to do local dns to make my homelabe ip which is 192.168.1.110 also i want to make Nginx Proxy Manager to do proxies for services i am hosting to my server . Anyhelp would be noice . thanks

[haughty seal]

Would help to explain where you need help

[fickle lily]

so pihole works but when ever i visit home.local which is my localDNS domain it doesnt work . i tried nslookup for that domain and i got this ```Server: pi.hole
Address: 192.168.1.110

Name: home.local``` idk why my localDNS is not working

wow . i got pi.hole working for some reason

[sand tide]

Hey, would a ubiquiti flex mini switch work standalone?

[feral agate]

so at late at night my internet is 100+ mb but around this time it is 70 mb is a reasion for that. or is it just that their is alot of people useing my isp

and is their a way i can get it to go faster

[boreal pike]

Upgrade your ISP service and router/modem

[frosty stone]

changing plan isn't going to do shit, the node they're connected to is overloaded at peak times
changing ISP entirely may help if another has better equipment/less customers locally

[unborn sluice]

live somewhere else

[opal pagoda]

best tip tbh

[silent flax]

friendly reminder that if you have weird networking speeds, always check your cables 😄
I had weird speeds when connecting to my server from a 2.5G enabled hosts through a 2.5/10G china switch to 10G X540-T2 host with a OMV VM:

i tried every software configuration option, zero help...
replaced the cable from switch to the server

[opal pagoda]

Really weird bandwidth, i would guess that 100mbps would be limit if cable was broken

[analog sonnet]

Im thinking of switching my gateway and modem in my house currently, I was going to get the ubiquiti dream machine for a gateway, but what about a docsis modem? I know ubiquiti makes one but its rather pricy for a modem.

[sterile galleon]

So I'm in the process of planning my home network, we've recently been informed by an ISP that they're going to be bringing 2.5gbps speed to my area, so thought now is the best time to get prepared for it (I'm currently on 30mbps max speed). With so much networking equipment + brands I'm not too sure where to begin.

I think I'll need the following:

-Router
-Switch
-2 APs (upstairs + downstairs)
-Patch cables
-ISP will be providing the Modem

Use cases:

-Online gaming, max of 2 Xbox consoles + 1 pc on at a time

• 4k video streaming on max of 4 devices at a time.
• Many IoT devices
• Large file downloads for work
• 6 people living in the house

Ideally I think I'd like Wifi 6e, as there are a lot of wifi networks around my house, living on a housing estate. I don't want to spend an absurd amount on it, just enough that it will do it's job well. I'm living in the UK for reference, any help at all would be much appreciated! 😄

[gilded ingot]

Got rid of ISP router / ONT combo, now rocking my own ONT

Bye bye

[opal pagoda]

how many ports do you need/want and how many of them 2.5g
do you have ethernet ran trougought your home?
do you currently have some equipment on hand?
and ofc what is your budget

[dry brook]

I agree with @opal pagoda . Have a fixed budget and try not to go beyond that. Once you get into the weeds of networking you can never stop spending time AND money on “improving” it.

[silent flax]

that is what confused me as well. I guess it might have been not a broken cable, but rather broken shielding or something

[sterile galleon]

I'd want a minimum of 4x 2.5gbps ports.

No ethernet in home, I'll only be installing it in rooms where its needed. (1 in the office and 1 for each AP)

I do have a mikrotik cloud router switch that a friend gave me, never used it though. Not sure if I'd be able to use it for 2.5gbps.

Budget wise I'd say below £500 if possible. Not really familiar on network equipment prices.

[opal pagoda]

could you provide exact model of the switch, mikrotik makes lots of crs line switches

[sterile galleon]

Believe it is this: MikroTik Cloud Router Switch CRS326-24G-2S+RM

[opal pagoda]

ok, you can use that with a new setup
RB5009UG+S+IN
that switch
for 2.5g devices get this or any simmilar looking one as they are all the same ( @silent flax has it) https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005931222439.html
you will also need dac sfp+ cables to connect router to crs and crs to that 2.5g switch 30$ for 2, another option is fiber and transcievers if they are more than 5m apart bit more pricy

[silent flax]

just a note, i didn't use SFP+ with the Hisource switches, but it will probably work with any SFP+ module as all these switches use same realtek chips

[opal pagoda]

only branded equipment cares about it

cisco, hpe, juniper etc

[silent flax]

yeah, just saying i used 10Gbe SFP+ DAC with a different china switch 🙂

[opal pagoda]

yea just find the one that is cheapest for region

[silent flax]

but if you go for aliexpress, just wait till it drops in a deal. i think next one is happening in first week of march (they have something going on in merge boss game which ends on 7th march 😄 )

[sterile galleon]

Thank you, what router would you recommend?

[opal pagoda]

RB5009UG+S+IN is router

[sterile galleon]

Ahh cheers missed that bit

[opal pagoda]

do you have a home server that you can run docker container on? (omada controller)

[sterile galleon]

I don't but wouldn't be an issue to set one up

[opal pagoda]

so choice for wifi is
2x standalone ap-s
something with a controller like tplink omada, benafit is fast roaming between and managment of ap-s

[sterile galleon]

I was looking at some tplink aps so might go with them

[opal pagoda]

also rn wifi 7 is just released and not many ap-s are available so many things are "comming soon"

[sterile galleon]

Yeah saw quite a bit on it, not sure if I'll need wifi 7, but if it's not too much of an increase in price, might as well get it.

[opal pagoda]

another option is having something like TP-Link Deco X50 in ap mode but i dont know if that also disables fast roaming

[haughty seal]

Could be error correction forcing retries?

[haughty seal]

wifi 7 isn't finalized. The standard won't be finalized until the end of 2024 likely. Avoid wifi7 hardware until then.

[clear igloo]

It's basically finalized but not ratified officially but the WiFi alliance already has WiFi 7 certification process and certified devices out

[shell flume]

I just upgraded my setup to 2.5 using a china switch (KeepLINK) and its been choppy. ill get 300MB/s then it will slow to 20-30MB/s then back up to 300MB/s afer a few seconds. Im copying to and from SSDs on both ends so im wonderinng if the cache is filling up.

[clear igloo]

It's scheduled for final ratification in May, not end of the year now btw
https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/feature/Wi-Fi-7-development-grows-but-adoption-interest-lags

https://www.wi-fi.org/product-finder-results?sort_by=certified&sort_order=desc&certifications=1652
For anyone curious what's certified for WiFi 7 so far

[silent flax]

no idea, as i said, i replaced the cable and it works fine now

[silent flax]

i would run iperf -t 0 -c server.ip on one side, iperf -s on other side. While i get some minor errors after changing the cable, running it for a minite i see 2.24-2.33Gbps, no drops to low speeds. This way you find out if the issue is in the networking gear or the storage subsystem

in 3 minutes

[silent flax]

nothing beats the horrible slow adoption of WPA3

[pseudo blade]

People just aren't buying new equipment fast enough to justify mandating WPA3 and the rollout of WiFi 7

[blazing karma]

Anyone here has any recommendations for China switches with 2.5g port with Poe? Preferably L2/L2+

Haven’t found a suitable one so far, and if no one has any recommendations it’s gonna Unifi pro max 24 Poe

[haughty seal]

I take a dim view on Unifi honestly. Overpriced hardware and crappy software in my experience.

Maybe look at Mikrotik or something

I've been using trendnet 2.5G L2 switches with decent luck. I don't have iperf numbers handy atm.

[blazing karma]

need 24 port

and poe++ for eap785/u6e

its either unifi or omada but omada only tops out at l2+ with 24 ports

and no poe++, whereas unifi pro max 24 poe has all

*omada has 2.5g + poe++ but no l3 and only tops out at l2+
TL-SG3428XPP-M2 / SG3218XP-M2

l3 not needed strictly but the prices i can get is similar so might as well

and i also have unifi cameras + ckg2+ so it'll work decent tgt

[hoary yoke]

Convert an Old Router Into a WiFi Extender

is that a good thing to do?

I'm planning to get a new router so i can have better connection in my room

[hoary yoke]

So i just put the ethernet cable in it and disable the DHC and it's all done right?

[nimble shadow]

this might be a dumb question but if i have a layer 2 poe switch plugged into a layer 3 switch, the L3 switch wont be able to see IPs from things that is plugged into the L2 switch?

so if a L3 switch is handling IPs and routing them and doing its thing and i have a L2 POE switch plugged into that L3 switch could that L3 switch still track and do its thing with things plugged into that L2 POE switch

[pseudo blade]

ARP will show connected IPs but you can't directly manage anything on the L2 switch from the L3 one beyond at an IP level.

[nimble shadow]

not sure if that makes much sense little past 2 am

[pseudo blade]

Everythings on "a port"

[nimble shadow]

hmmm ok so bascially the L3 switch becomes just a L2 switch when things are actually plugged into me L2 POE switch? bascially ??

[pseudo blade]

Is the L2 switch managed?

[nimble shadow]

yes i think so lemme see

[pseudo blade]

If it is you can get most of the same effects but you will have to do L3 duties on the L3 switch

If you want more detail than that you'll have to be more specific on the switches and your goals

[nimble shadow]

true

i dont have a certain thing in mind but i was just thinking about it and wanted to know lmao

im soon gonna be setting up a little network for my family just gonna use all unifi stuff and i was gonna play with it ofc and just explore the unifi world as i learn more and more with networking

and this is just one of the things that came across my mind

thank you tho o7 @pseudo blade

[opal pagoda]

Yes, but you have to plug uplink into lan Port, some routers also have factory ap mode

[hoary yoke]

Okay that should not be hard enough thanks

[lavish plank]

why did I get packet loos in Discord, up to 10%...

What can be a issue?

[random cobalt]

@lavish plank how are you connected to the internet?

[outer basalt]

Ok so im trying to port forward a pc I have and I cant find it in my router because the ipv4 is 24.xxxxxx how do I get it to be a 192.xxxx

[mystic latch]

The address of your PC is 24.xxx?

[outer basalt]

the ipv4 is yes

[viral apex]

Can someone pls explain to me in further detail what networking is and how it work? I have no clue what it is but I’m super interested

[mystic latch]

Where are you getting that from? The network info in windows or somewhere else?

[outer basalt]

ipconfig in the cmd

[peak cloak]

what is the computer connected to?

network wise

[outer basalt]

Network switch thats connected to the router

[peak cloak]

can you show the whole ipconfig output?

[outer basalt]

May I dm it to you?

[peak cloak]

sure

[peak cloak]

@mystic latch very puzzling, seems like normal Modem -> Router -> Switch config except for one rouge device that seems to have a global IP (24.x.x.x), and can communicate to internet just fine. It's connected to same switch as everything else. Other PC on the switch has normal 192.168.x.x IP. Router is generic home router.

no clue what might be causing it

just doesn't seem possible

[lavish plank]

Cable, FritzBox 6690

I think I have a bad upstream connection. When I read my DOCSIS parameters

[silent flax]

DMZ setting in the router ?

or a port dedicated for IPTV connection, that also sometimes happens, like Port 4 being weird multicast IPTV, i wouldn't be surprised if some ISP just did public IPv4 to solve some IPTV issue they had 😄

https://avm.de/service/wissensdatenbank/dok/FRITZ-Box-6690-Cable/131_DMZ-in-FRITZ-Box-einrichten/

they call it "exposed host" 😄

[mystic latch]

what the shit

I would hazard a guess that maybe it's something with the switch?

[peak cloak]

Nope it's off

[peak cloak]

Switch is apparently a generic one, at first I thought there was something with vlans

[mystic latch]

Yea that's where my mind was

[peak cloak]

Even switched the ports of the computers

[crystal oriole]

spontaneous question - you are looking on the correct network interaface in ipconfig ?

and dont have a static ip configured?

[peak cloak]

Yep there was only one interface

[marble plover]

I've noticed there are plenty of super cheap 5g cards model T99W175 for sale (people take them out from latest laptops when they want to put in another SSD). In my area fiber connection is ridiculously expensive (2k€ installation fee and then 20€ a month) but I have excellent 5G coverage and most of the ISPs starts offering 5G without data caps. Do you have any ideas how could I build some router with that T99W175 5G card? USB adapter probably won't work with this card, or will it? So perhaps some kind of raspbery pi style micro computer with pci-e support and then run open wrt on it?

[opal pagoda]

just a bunch of rocks we tricked into doing math and then use that math to communicate with echoder

[agile torrent]

if by tricked you mean we beat them into submission then yeah

[opal pagoda]

beaten, purified, melted, dipped in acid, cut
yea

[clear igloo]

and zapped with electricity to make light 😄

light that blinks really really really really fast

[opal pagoda]

first it gets a nice tan from EUV machine

[opal pagoda]

and that light gets put in a tube made from nearly the same material as chip to transport it hundreds of kilometer away to another magic rock

[sleek escarp]

So I'm setting up opnsense

And can I plug it in into my lan

Like will it set my current network to medem mode or am I safe

I wanna have internet while I configure it

But don't want to bork the network

[agile torrent]

nah by default it will be a dhcp client

[silent flax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUSTGLL51m0

[opal pagoda]

looks good, how much is it?

[silent flax]

links in the video description

i think it was like $90 for non-POE

or around 100 euros

[silent flax]

well the +20%

[viral apex]

lol

[onyx sun]

I have a probably very basic problem

I cannot adopt a switch

I just keep getting this

this is post factory reset

[agile torrent]

you sure? Does it use the reset button as well for factory reset?

[onyx sun]

I poked a safety pin into the reset button and held for 10 seconds until the light started flashing

(technically I used a sim removal tool but it doesn't matter)

[agile torrent]

the **** is this?

https://dl.ui.com/qig/usw-flex-mini/#A

[onyx sun]

yes

[agile torrent]

https://tenor.com/view/idiocracy-dumb-gif-22939957

[onyx sun]

I may be an idiot

[agile torrent]

you and me both 😄

if they call this documentation the industry is lost

[onyx sun]

you know what might be wrong tho? plz plz plz plz

the document just says plug it in

https://dl.ui.com/qsg/USW-Flex-Mini/USW-Flex-Mini_EN.html

there's this as well

[agile torrent]

okay you have the light on the switch?

Steady White

Factory defaults, waiting for adoption.

[onyx sun]

yes

[agile torrent]

what i would try is to stop the phone app and reinstall it clearing any cache etc

[onyx sun]

I'm using the pc app

I already uninstalled it

reinstalled it, restarted my pc

"have you tried turning it off and on again?" yes "is it plugged in" yes 😭 😭

[ashen zealot]

What should I do if I can ping my DHCP server (router) but I cannot receive an address?

[pseudo blade]

Troubleshoot the DHCP server and client and ensure you're on the same network segment.

[mystic latch]

You can try manual adoption via ssh. This is about an AP, but should work the same for a switch
https://lazyadmin.nl/home-network/unifi-set-inform/

[agile torrent]

I mean he can ping it, so I would assume.

DHCP server is running?
Is there a fix ip set anywhere on the system?

Get wireshark/tcpdump and see what's going on, probbaly that is the fastest way

[main tartan]

have you restarted your router? Restarting my UDR often fixes the adoption issues of my APs for me.

[ashen zealot]

Fixed it, turns out I put the wrong number in the wrong field

[silent flax]

finished upgrading to 2.5gbe switches, now i just need to buy some more 2.5gbe NICs and figure out what to do with my old gigabit equipment

[tribal sequoia]

you can use dhcp to hand out the set-inform url btw

option 43

alternatively, and for us at my job the better method, we setup dns to direct unifi dns name to the proper ip of our controller

[random cobalt]

just redirecting unifi ?

[tribal sequoia]

dhcp option gets overriden on our controller because they have a global override enabled

yeah put in your dns for unifi to hit your controllers ip

[random cobalt]

I supose the default url is http://unifi:8080/inform ?

[tribal sequoia]

it is indeed

nother mind blower if you've never done it on a unifi switch

ssh into the switch, then ssh into 127.0.0.1

voila... real cli

as in ios clone cli

[random cobalt]

you probably should have taught me this like 3 years ago. you know how many times I've had to find devices in dhcp leases and ssh and set-inform...

[tribal sequoia]

no worries buddy, i didn't know shit about them til i had to adopt a bunch of devices because the "cheaper" clients we have like to use unifi stuff

i lament how i can't find the shit i need in the bullshit cli, and a dude told me i can ssh into localhost and get a real cli

[random cobalt]

I resell unifi stuff. I always test it of course. I've had to set-inform probably 800 times

[tribal sequoia]

https://lazyadmin.nl/home-network/unifi-set-inform/

dhcp method

sorry, that is not at all what i meant to link, that shit who cares

https://serversideup.net/automatic-controller-assignment-unifi-dhcp-option-43-mikrotik-routers/

need to convert the ip into hex

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-FortiGate-DHCP-option-43-configuration-for-Cisco/ta-p/191802

This shows how the hex differs for ubiquiti vs cisco on a fortigate, if it's kind of like wuat when looking at the other

[torn geode]

Looking at buying a defective us-8-150w. And fixing it.
Online i see a lot of people have psu issues. I could fix it if it is the problem.
But the sneller says the leds are on. But weaker than a working one.
And its not visable in the network.
Any idea what could be the issue??

[mystic latch]

Makes sense. I use 138 for omada. But that also assumes the router presents that option. Consumer wifi routers aren't always gonna have it.

[silent flax]

https://www.techradar.com/pro/broadcom-is-selling-even-more-vmware-assets-end-compute-unit-set-for-billion-dollar-deal someone paid $3.8B for VMware Fusion/Workstation/Player etc

Broadcom, which bought VMware in November 2023, is selling the EUC portion to KKR, a private equity firm that already owns cyber security firm Barracuda Networks, as well as Cloudera and BMC. The alleged figure for the purchase is $3.8bn.

[mystic latch]

Ubiquiti EdgeRouters are a big target

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/02/kremlin-backed-hackers-are-infecting-ubiquity-edgerouters-fbi-warns/

[silent flax]

default passwords tho. that is target for any brand

my ER-X sits in a box... together with my gigabit switches and old 802.11n routers

[tough leaf]

Heyo guys, would someone mind explaining the OSI models layers in simple terms, i know its
Application - inteface between user and network
presentation - translates data into a readable format by user
session - maintains and terminates sessions
transport - providing communication
network - routing data
data link - establishing link between nodes on network
physical - actual transmission of data

i have a moc tmrw and the scariest parts are OSI model, TCP/IP model and protocols

[waxen scroll]

oh baby. but almost nobody does this IRL. its all a few big VLANs

if anything its:
Wired Users
Wireless Users
Printers / IoT

@clear igloo da?

[clear igloo]

vlan are devil!!!! 🤣

[waxen scroll]

is that guy still posting?

[clear igloo]

Guest users

Can't forget guests 😛

[waxen scroll]

nah, thats tunneled.

[clear igloo]

no clue, lol

[waxen scroll]

guests users should not have space in your LAN. it should be tunneled

we can argue about nuances but in a branch site, even campus, you'll only have a few large VLANs and they arent segmented by function

[clear igloo]

yup

[waxen scroll]

can you imagine making specific teams sit in small spots?

nobody does that

[clear igloo]

Someone does, but they're evil

But with the open office, no

[waxen scroll]

@ashen zealot tell your professor you talked to two pros and your screenshot is wrong

[waxen scroll]

hi. look at a wireshark capture of a packet. it tells you all you need to know

all of those layers are in the capture except physical is a grey area but you already know what that is

[waxen scroll]

I wanna work there

maybe they'll buy my place when the other fails

[tough leaf]

wireshark capture of a packet?

[hollow marlin]

The prof apparently needs to emphasize that subnetting different subnet lengths sequentially is also evil

[waxen scroll]

lolol

@hollow marlin good catch

I hate when coworkers do that

[ashen zealot]

He’s the only teacher left in the state and the subject is getting dissolved after the end of this year

The spreadsheet was just a way of teaching

[stiff steeple]

idle question: would an onboard killer NIC be stable for a proxmox server?

[crisp thorn]

is there someone good with routing here

I want to use a specific NIC with my docker container but it never goes the way I want it to

even if I bind docker to the nic ip it will never respond, it is only acessible through default interface,127.0.0.1 and the docker bridge ip, if I dont specify ip just port

[agile torrent]

can't you just specify the nic's ip during setup?

so like 1.2.3.4:80:80/tcp?

as a TEST and if it is safe you can try 0.0.0.0

[pseudo blade]

Look into MACVLAN/IPVLAN

[agile torrent]

and do a tcpdump, so you can see where is the problem

[pseudo blade]

You can't bind it to your host's IP, if you just want to expose a service use -p port:port or EXPOSE

[agile torrent]

yeah didnt saw that he tried to bind it directly to that ip, need my morning cofee, can you share with us the whole line you are using for that container?

[glacial kelp]

We have in Switzerland a IPS that gives 25Gbit Fiber for privat Persons. I want to try it but i only have a Unifi DMP. I think PFSense cant handle 25Gbit even if the Hardware can do it. Some of you have experience with this? With Router/Firewall should i take?

[silent flax]

usually ISPs giving out such fast internet provide hardware at least for the router level

for example an ISP here which sells 10 gigabit has this drawing, and pretty sure at least the mikrotik and ASUS router can be bought from them

(ok checked, you get the first mikrotik device within the price, and rest is "recommended")

[glacial kelp]

They sell a Mikrotik with hte 25Gbit but they say Mikrotik can only do about 16Gbit. Fortigate or Cisco is to expensive. Mb i try buidling my OPNsens and own hardware.

[crisp thorn]

that wont work

I need the docker container accessible through a chosen interface directly

not make it another address on the same subnet

[pseudo blade]

Uh... That would make it accessible directly through a chosen interface.

It would also be on a different address.

If you don't want that and want to expose ports on a given IP used by the host: Use port bindings or EXPOSE.

-Like I said to do, immediately afterwards.

[pseudo blade]

Yeah layer 3 switching is the way to go for high speeds

[crisp thorn]

cant do that

because I want another interface..

I have eth0, enp2s0,enp3s0,...
if I just use ports in docker then it works only through eth0,127.0.0.1, and the docker bridge

if I specify enp2s0:port:port then I can access it only through the docker bridge, cant connect to the docker from anywhere with enp2s0

if I use ipvlan then it gets another IP and I still cant access the container through enp2s0 from outside, I would have to forward all traffic

[hollow marlin]

@clear igloo @waxen scroll @rocky badge Here is a good read: https://www.reddit.com/r/FiberOptics/comments/1b2ex7x/i_ingested_about_a_millimeter_of_fiber_optic/

[clear igloo]

what did I just read 🤣
Dude at some fiber optic cables, what the hell

[crisp thorn]

I created a new network for the docker container and gave it a static IP I guess I just need to make routing for it to go through enp2s0 outbound, any help?

sudo iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -p all -s 172.69.0.0/16 -j SNAT --to-source 10.41.0.2

didnt work, I dont have internet access
172.69.0.0/16 is subnet of docker container
10.41.0.2 is enp2s0

[hollow marlin]

I'm lost for words. Working with fiber, they repeated non-stop that if you even touch exposed strands, straight to the ER unless you want risk it making it to your heart or making a clot

[clear igloo]

yikes, lol

[waxen scroll]

first ive heard of that

[hollow marlin]

Yeah it's a big deal. Small enough to enter your bloodstream and do a lot of damage. Worst case is it makes it to your heart. Best case is you have glass stuck in your for the rest of your life

If you every walk by a splicing trailer, you'll probably see warnings about no food/drinks nearby because of it

[agile torrent]

same with working hydraulic fluid under pressure like pistons. If you feel like something just stabbed you like a metal shaving/needle etc ER right away or you are going to lose that limb

[agile torrent]

Probably not an issue, but I would avoid excavators and backhoes for a while. Jesus...

[prisma edge]

Oh my goodness... this is just ridiculous...

[rocky badge]

oh my god lmfao

[steep stirrup]

Oh my fucking god

this is one step removed from literally eating glass

[low pond]

Someone took the "You need fiber in your diet" too seriously

[agile torrent]

tbh glass is not even THIS bad...

[broken hearth]

My ISP provided internet speed is 150 Mbps, anyway to set it to 50 Mbps at router level instead of limiting at connected devices level? Archer A6 router

[agile torrent]

okay so you want to limit it to 50Mbps maximum for each client, or you just want to gimp your link speed for some testing purposes?

[broken hearth]

Yes exactly, I want to test whether 50 Mbps is enough for my usage, if not test it at 75, etc. Current ISP plans are starting at 100 Mbps only, so I am looking at this way

If 50 ot 75 is enough, I will switch ISP as they have increased prices

[agile torrent]

well what I would do is, install openwrt on it, set one or 2 ports to a separate vlan with the wifi and rate limit traffic to that vlan

because I'm gonna be honest I don't think there is a global rate limit on the wan side in any tplink router

except maybe for guest wifi networks

[broken hearth]

Okay, I will try this. I am looking to install OpenWRT soon

[broken hearth]

I set this option to 50 Mbps and ran speed test in the 3 connected devices, none of them crossed 50 Mbps, so did I get it?

[agile torrent]

no, that is on per device basis

so if you have a laptop and a phone both can use that speed that you set there

so the total would be 100Mbps

[broken hearth]

oh okay, got it

[blazing karma]

preorderd the pro max 24 poe from unifi

hopefully it serves me well in the long term

[opal pagoda]

preordering hardware is dumb, no reviews

[frosty stone]

because it's just an improvement of a previous product with an additional feature?

this is ubiquiti, not some random thing lol

[opal pagoda]

sure, totaly not compleatly reinginered with new possible issues

[frosty stone]

yeah... because they're totally going to make a big deal out of a product and then fuck up the launch

[agile torrent]

uhm, yeah about that...

[opal pagoda]

preordering is just a bad practise

[ebon sphinx]

Good evening.
I have a vpn that gives me access to the internet, could someone help me share it to my phone?

I've tried using connectfy, but no adapter appears, and even in the network sharing centre nothing appears.

[blazing karma]

Then find me an alternative option with 2.5g + poe++ with l2+/l3 lol

China is no go so

No go as in nothing available

[opal pagoda]

https://www.fs.com/de-en/products/157457.html
https://www.fs.com/de-en/products/186777.html

[agile torrent]

is it win10?

cause wifi hotspot sharing ethernet/vpn is a built in functionality now

[rocky badge]

@hollow marlin @waxen scroll I redid our networking racks at work

[waxen scroll]

thats not a school is it?

[rocky badge]

no

Still need some parts

[waxen scroll]

are you working for an "MSP" for stage?

[rocky badge]

no we're a full production company

this is our racks we use ourselves

[waxen scroll]

yeah but are you doing your own shows or are people paying you to set up the tech for their own stuff

[rocky badge]

Oh this is our own shows

[waxen scroll]

interesting

[rocky badge]

ya all of our shit is IP based

well most of it, not all lol

[waxen scroll]

I quit stage work just as IP was starting to come in

was still all XLR and DMX

[rocky badge]

Audio, lighting, and video all over IP

[waxen scroll]

what are they paying lighting pros there?

[rocky badge]

front of the racks

[rocky badge]

depends but my company pays $300-500/day for a show

[waxen scroll]

so like $30/hr non-stable

[rocky badge]

basically lol

and then hourly is like $12-25/hr for shop work

[waxen scroll]

that was the going rate when I was doing it years ago

[rocky badge]

gonna be building out a new RF rack soon

We got some new Axient stuff

https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/wireless-systems/axient_digital?variant=Axient%2520Digital

I eventually want 2 switches in the RF racks for redundant audio over IP

[waxen scroll]

I was driving into the city once and accidently passed the shure headquarters lol

nice looking building

[rocky badge]

oh nice loll

but I love IP stuff lol

Running it all to a network switch and having it work across the network

[waxen scroll]

If I could get steady pay thats close to neteng salary I would almost quit right now and go back to stage

its just more fun

[rocky badge]

you prob could with a bigger company

Here's the network I am currently trying to get to lol

Where its fully redundant

[waxen scroll]

spanning tree might murder a show

need gear with active/active

[rocky badge]

that's why the core can stack or mc-lag

[waxen scroll]

oh?

[rocky badge]

Yeah

I am not relying on STP lol

those switches are interesting bc its 12x 10GbE RJ45 and 12x SFP+

So the idea is all of our racks have copper uplink options and the ones that definitely will need fiber options also have fiber but can do both

And then switches look like this lol

That way I can have a core switch die, a path to the cores die, etc. and as long as the cores don't lose their connection between them and you don't lose both uplinks on a rack ur fine

this is just a shit ton of cables though lol

Bc if a rack has 2 switches that's 4 links

I've thought about CWDM, and that should be fine bc if you lose both cables then somethings major fucked?

[frosty stone]

you have passed the test

except that one non-ethercon

[blazing karma]

And it’s doubly expensive, nty

[shrewd robin]

i have a laptop and a server in my house and upgraded both with a new 2.5g nic, can i test both connectivity with a crossover cable? (my 2.5g switch is not arrived yet)

can they ping each other tho

[opal pagoda]

you dont need a crosover cable, just connect em and manually configure ip

[shrewd robin]

aight, good to hear

[opal pagoda]

Auto MDI-X goes brr

[agile torrent]

To be fair if you have a crossover on hand it would work, but you don't need it. These days NIC's will just figure it out. Which is great

[opal pagoda]

yea
it just isnt needed, you can even use it as a regular cable

[agile torrent]

Which is kinda fun, I started my IT career after the whole "no need for crossover" was the default, but I still find them and just use them without a care in the world.

I wonder what will be the crossover cable equivalent from 20 years from now. That you will learn but never use in practice. Maybe ipv4?

[opal pagoda]

now only on fiber you need to take care of tx and rx fibers (on duplex connectors) but you can just use bidi without care in the world about it

[hearty canyon]

Hopefully it will be all the USB-C incompatibility junk we’re dealing with these days

[agile torrent]

well as long as you only expect usb 2.0 speed and 5V 500mA on a connector that you can plug in both ways you can't really miss your mark

other than that you need to make a truth table for each cable

[rocky badge]

Ethercon within the rack isn't necessary

And those are DMX out of a sACN node

[rocky badge]

@hollow marlin @waxen scroll

new AP is chonky

[waxen scroll]

it is? that looks tiny

[rocky badge]

bigger than any AP I've had

[waxen scroll]

is that wire a cat 6?

if so, then yes

it looks like a small power wire

[rocky badge]

13W 😄

[rocky badge]

yeah its CAT6

gaffed to the ceiling

only gigabit connected to its 5gbps port

[high flume]

guys just want to ask. we just recently got fibre connection to our house. but the wifi range of the router they gave us sucks, it only work for the room that is directly beside the new router and nowhere else. i was thinking if i could use our old router to extend the wifi ? also i dont think my old router worked for fibre connection. im not sure about the difference but i was told that not all routers can handle fibre connection or something like that

[digital comet]

What's the best way to run outdoor cat6 cable when you arent' allowed to trench the ~3ft (~1.5m) minimum to avoid frost problems?

[thick minnow]

I needz help with a homework problem I don't understand subnetting like at all

[opal pagoda]

are you using embeded wireless controller

[rocky badge]

No

C9800 WLC

[opal pagoda]

smol one or big and chunky one

[rocky badge]

VM

[opal pagoda]

how much is loicense for that

[rocky badge]

None

[waxen scroll]

@rocky badge

[rocky badge]

@waxen scroll

[waxen scroll]

@clear igloo @hollow marlin I like to refer to cyber security as cybersecuritas because it's all paper pushing and basically 90%+ of the field is like that. They try selling normies who don't belong in IT on cyber.

[hearty canyon]

You don’t want to extend your wifi but replace it. Disable the wifi on the new router, change the old router into access point mode (disabling any routing bits of it) and plug it into the LAN on the new router.

Details will depend on your hardware so guiding over chat would be difficult but googling “use router as wifi access point” should get you a guide

Cleaning up the most jank power distribution in a rack ever, feels good man

It was literally an extension cord plugged into a wall power splitter (with a switch on it!) and a ground defeat

[rocky badge]

damn

[long pecan]

Does anyone know whether SCP is reliable enough for migrating servers or routine backups or should I be using a dedicated tool?

[waxen scroll]

My Cisco ACI controllers use SCP for remote backup and it seems fine

[silent flax]

"motivation to study is 0". In IT ? Well, that sounds like a future McDonalds employee (no offense). I mean as a software developer even in just last 20 years so much has changed, and same applies to similar extent to networking/cybersecurity.

I remember how back in early '00s the typical big ussue was SQL injection and only select few ever heard of DoS or god forbid DDoS.

[silent flax]

it is an extension cord for UPS. I got one too 😄 . The rest i don't comment

[waxen scroll]

I think networking is hard enough let alone cyber that if you don't have passion to begin with you're screwed trying to start in that career

Most jobs out there don't change. The methods from 1999 can still be applied today so average people can take it and run with it. IT is brutal with change 💁

[silent flax]

actually they do change, just no in such rapid pace

like 20 years ago someone in small furniture manufacturing company most likely did cutting & other stuff manually. Now they just program CNC machines even in small businesses.
Or in agriculture, while they still use same type of mechanisms, they are more complex. i mean compare tractor interiors from ľé years ago vs new tractors 😄

[waxen scroll]

True

[silent flax]

or something like inventory management - 20-30 years ago it was mostly paper, now it is mostly software

people doing this stuff had to learn to use computers, to use software etc

like sure, it is not "something new every 1-3 years" pace, but everything changes

[waxen scroll]

The next iteration of IT is now learn to code. I remember when you didn't need to know anything about code. It's just ramping up now, especially in network and lots of people aren't prepared.

[silent flax]

that guy mentality reminds me of the old doctors in my country, who refused to learn new stuff and still used the obsolete processes which they learned 40 years ago

[waxen scroll]

I still think it's insane that we're going to see all this custom stuff at every large company that random people made and others have to support versus buying a product that is no code and a vendor supports. Might not end well, but that's how things are going

[clear igloo]

Hey guys, I made a code
It does all inventory and routing
Ok bye!!

[waxen scroll]

Yep exactly that

Also security issues in code

[silent flax]

every no code solution i seen required code in the end 🙂

[waxen scroll]

Hah

[silent flax]

guess what "getContentPart" in that picture is... yep, a Java method

and the other "no code" part 😄

like you code, just not by typing text, but by drag & droping the same constructs

[clear igloo]

What?!?! You mean my generic chatgpt code isn't secure??

[silent flax]

and let's not even talk about all the "AI will remove need for software developers" hype. Do these people live in real world ? If i fed AI the inputs a typical software developer gets, instead of Minecraft we would get a non-functioning minesweeper.

[waxen scroll]

From my experience automation is getting to be important but not enough IT people can code. A large company might hire a group of 2-4. They get slammed trying to automate as much as they can. They have 0 time for new projects or fixing/editing old ones. The staff that do the networking bits don't understand python or ansible and can't just be like "fine, I'll fix it myself"

[silent flax]

nobody sane understands Ansible 😄

[clear igloo]

Just wipe your switches every time you want to change configs
ez

no config drift 😄

[waxen scroll]

It doesn't click for me. I use python because I feel like I have more control to ask the machine exactly what I want

I have not spent a lot of time trying to learn ansible

[clear igloo]

Yah, I need to try and learn ansible at some point

[silent flax]

ansible is fine-ish as long as you stay in the minimal functionality it provides normally. Once you want something more complex, you have to bend it so much it might as look as infinite symbol

the ansible script i seen at work, which takes two CSV's as input and fills up the keycloak rights database with the contents was so stupidly complicated, felt like a super wrong tool for the job

[waxen scroll]

I don't do traditional automation either, which is what ansible is supposed to be good for. I write tools that are for speeding up my work as an engineer who adds/changes/removes from the network. If I had to write operational stuff I might use ansible

My biggest script is a migration tool which uses a mix of local csv, API calls, SSH sessions and hard coded JSON to spit out up to 8 CSVs, device backups and warnings. 2000 lines. It migrates Nexus to ACI

Saved us at minimum 8 months of non stop writing configs

Converts a whole data center in 60 seconds (due to ssh delays) if you want to

My place loves vlans anywhere so when you get to a vm host it can be 1000s of API calls

Imagine doing that by hand

[clear igloo]

:shudder:

[waxen scroll]

My colleague was seriously going to do that too until I took over the project

[clear igloo]

Yup, that sounds about right

[waxen scroll]

We just have 20 more switches to migrate. Thank god

[clear igloo]

Nice!

[hearty canyon]

I’d love a PDU but haven’t seen any show up on yahoo that aren’t either full rack height or expensive as hell

[waxen scroll]

https://www.amazon.com/BTU-Outlet-Strips-Protector-Extension/dp/B07D4H2XK6/

[hearty canyon]

I’m not in the US unfortunately

So instead we get people charging $100 for what amounts to a rack mount power strip

[opal pagoda]

we use rack mounted power strips as a regular power strips
it is much easier to have a single thing to order and use everywhere

they are like 25-35 euro

[hearty canyon]

Because Japan is in its own little regulatory world full of 100V gear, any power stuff that is remotely niche ends up overpriced or unavailable . Even that $100 rack mount power strip on Amazon has a review saying that the specs are out in conflict with their stated regulatory approval

[opal pagoda]

oh rip
japan's grid is messed up in many diffrent ways

[hearty canyon]

Yeah, sad times.

At least Yahoo Auctions is full of other weird obscure toys to distract me

[bitter lichen]

[fiery elbow]

Can someone ghelp me troubleshoot a vlan? Adding a 3rd VLAN to my network. Running OPNsense, managed switch, and a unifi AP. Wanting to create a Guest network vlan. interface is created and assigned in OPNsense with a vlan id of 65, running a DHCP server. Switch is trunked for the vlan on to the AP and to the Modem. Network and SSID created on AP. Tagged for 65. Exact same setup as one of my vlans that works. Getting an APIPA address when trying to get an IP. Can't see what would be preventing DHCP from working

[undone cloud]

can someone explain what preferred band does in simplest ter,s

^and would it fix my inconsisten wifi connection that constantly makes my games' pings freeze all the time

[waxen scroll]

How about a basic test of getting a client connected with a static IP and checking that the gateway pings and the Internet works

[ember basin]

what can i do with moure interfaces available in opnsense? i could always attach switches to the lan so idk if i want to use the extra ports like i would on a switch/off the shelf router

[pseudo blade]

Your question makes little sense

"What can I do with more interfaces" "use them"

Depending on the switch some features may not be possible or may have limited performance

If you have VLAN support, you can use VLANs

[tribal sequoia]

Would be called band steering on the AP side, you're telling your client to prefer the 5 ghz ssid if available, or the 5 ghz radio connection on the same ssid if both radios are available.

not sure it would fix anything to do with what you're saying, if you can actually notice your computer swapping between 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz, you'd solve that by decreasing 2.4 ghz radio power and slightly increasing 5 ghz power most likely

[ember basin]

is lagg not useful in a different way?

[fiery elbow]

Thanks for the response. I had tried that and was getting no response from the gateway. Ended up switching the parent interface and switching it back and voila the link came up and DHCP started working. No explanation 😅

[ember basin]

or are laggs themselves not useful for a home user?

idk i found a guide that describes them but im unsure what they even do

i guess i could combine it with a little 4g router if i wanted something like that?

[ember basin]

if i have a lot of separation via multiple routers, are vlans going to just make it more confusing?

or are they entirely separate

[tribal sequoia]

you don't have to use vlans on separate ports

can just put all of them as subinterfaces on a single port if you wanted to

the way lags work are not as useful for home users honestly, you're better off upgrading the singular link to something faster

only way you're saturating lags would be with more sessions

there's some special circumstances where some hypervisor virtual switches can make use of them properly, however.

[pseudo blade]

VLANs make network separation possible on a single switch

For example I have two VLANs for my server exposing two networks with a single connection to my router, plus another two networks facing my home and WAN

-I needed to keep a VM on my server separate from the other ones

If you're doing separation by adding more routers you're probably better off with a better router with VLAN support instead

[frosty niche]

My WiFi isn't working but Ethernet seems to work occasionally does anyone know how to fix it?

[pseudo blade]

#1027757333117415424

[undone cloud]

i think i found the fix and understand why, i was changing another setting to 6ghz, and i don’t think my wifi can handle that, causing games to constantly freeze up. I changed it to 5, and everything stopped freezing and my ping stopped spiking to the thousands.

i think my internet or whatever just wasn’t powerful enough to output a 6ghz connection

[tribal sequoia]

Not really about power if you were setting 6 GHz

You would need a tri-band router

[undone cloud]

oh i have a dual band

would that be why?

[humble kraken]

Can someone help me with my new pc

My problem is that my dual WiFi 6E antennas aren’t popping up on my pc

I also need help installing my WiFi drivers

I need some1 to help me figure out my situation

[sonic notch]

I need a decent portable Wi-Fi setup for cheap to replace my current portable setup. Would Unifi be worth?

Specifically, I'm considering these:
https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-unifi-cloud-gateways/products/ucg-ultra
https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-wifi/products/u7-pro

As of right now, I have some Wi-Fi 6E devices, 1 Wi-Fi 7 device, 2 Wi-Fi 6 devices, 1 that uses 802.11a, and a few that use Wi-Fi 4 on 2.4 GHz. My intended area as of right now is going to be a single bedroom, but this may expand to a medium-sized apartment

There may also be a time where my backhaul needs to be Wi-Fi instead of gigabit ethernet

[opal pagoda]

not very portable imo
get this and call it a day
https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/

[sonic notch]

Wifi 6 is a non-starter unfortunately

[meager ginkgo]

Or go for the UniFi Express IMO

Why do you need WiFi 6E or 7 for a portable setup?

[sonic notch]

By portable I mean easily movable

I move between places relatively frequently