networking

[thick minnow]

That’s my future network setup wan secotion is 100mb lan is 1gb

Iv got some of it set up just so I can have internet while waiting for everything else

Is power line even that good?

[cunning lion]

It's fine as a backhaul honestly

MOCA would be better but I don't have any coaixal cords in this rental and there is no ethernet ran either so I am sort of limited to either wifi or powerline

[thick minnow]

I prefer to keep everything wired when possible via Ethernet

20m runs work well in apartmentents

[cunning lion]

Can't run my own wires in this rental with a giant metal furnace in the middle of the hallway cutting the place in half

[thick minnow]

I just run Ethernet cables along the bottom of the wall

Go above door when have to

[cunning lion]

kids and animals here so yeah NOT possile to do that either and the kids are 2 and 3 aka toddlers still

they grab everything that isn't nailed down and even the nailed down stuff

[thick minnow]

Ah makes sense I don’t have any pets or anyone else I live with

[cunning lion]

8 people in this 3bedroom 2 bath place

[thick minnow]

💀

[cunning lion]

and 2 of them are kids below the age of bloody 4

[thick minnow]

The kids would have fun ripping apeart my network

😅

[cunning lion]

also 1 cat and 1 dog so yeah and yeah they would

[thick minnow]

My layout would be ripped off from the wall almost instantly

[cunning lion]

These adapters I can throw behind heavy pieces of funiture

and yes it would with these 2 kids

[thick minnow]

Do they only work on same currcit?

[cunning lion]

same panel will work

[thick minnow]

I’m not aware of electrical I don’t know what you mean?

[regal wasp]

If i did a speedtest and it came back slow what would i do? My xbox is much closer than it originally was

I want to utilize this as much as possible

I dont wana be the high ping guy of the group

[cunning lion]

Never had to reset a breaker?

[cunning lion]

Did you plug the xbox straight into the moden and test the speed?

[thick minnow]

Iv blown one and I got shouted at by family for it

[cunning lion]

LOL the breaks live in the breakerbox which is also called a panel

[thick minnow]

I don’t touch electrical or water as I don’t own where I live

[cunning lion]

Basically if your place is served by a single panel you are good with powerline

[regal wasp]

Not yet, im not home currently but when i have before it was still getting slow speeds before

[cunning lion]

what causes issues is jumping between 2 or more breaker boxes

[thick minnow]

Yea most afordable houses in uk are one panel

That’s for massive ass houses

Better off getting a full ubiquity network at that amount of income

[cunning lion]

Yeah and that is where you run into issues with powerline lol otherwise its fine in a single box place

[thick minnow]

Ah oki

[cunning lion]

powerline is helpful for those renting and can't run their own ethernet cables

[thick minnow]

True

[cunning lion]

powerline is fine if you are using it as a backhaul like I will be doing for 2 ubiquity wifi devices

2 of them thanks to the bloody giant metal box cutting my place into 2 zones

[thick minnow]

Running Ethernet cables on the baseboard isn’t that noticeable

[cunning lion]

We don't have baseboard here lol

[thick minnow]

That’s where all mine are run power extensions and network

[cunning lion]

also can't really do that here with kids and cat anyways

[cunning lion]

cats like cables afterall LOL

[thick minnow]

Ya

[cunning lion]

If you still get the 300mbps or so then yeah Spectrum is cutting it down to that speed fromt he 1gb you are seeing outside the modem. So there is nothing you can do and they are giving you what you are paying for and nothing faster

[thick minnow]

ISPs do do sneaky things

[regal wasp]

Any way to bypass :>

[thick minnow]

Id buy my own router switch and access point and put the isp router in bridge mode personally

More points of failures and have to know some networking stuff to do that

Worth it in the end

[cunning lion]

@thick minnow won't help if all he is getting is the 300mbps from the modem itself

in which case there is nothing that can be done to get teh 1GB he is seeing on the otherside of the modem

@thick minnow basically asking how to get the full 1GB they are seeing here instead of the paid for 300mbps

[regal wasp]

I mean there the ones sending the full GB

I want it >:3

[cunning lion]

If plugging a device directly into the modem isn't giving them the 1Gbps and only 300mbps then there is nothing that can be done

[regal wasp]

Damn you spectrum

[thick minnow]

Do you pay for 1gb? Stupid question

[cunning lion]

Yeah if you don't get that directly plugged in then yeah nothing you can do unless you talk to spectrum and they will likely force you to upgrade to a 1GB conntection for more money

they pay for 300mbps

[thick minnow]

Yea they are get the max speed they can get on what they pay for

[cunning lion]

the plan speed is 300mbps and they are getting almost 350mbps which is about right

[thick minnow]

Spectrum would have already stopped any work around a before they get know by anyone

[thick minnow]

Never heard of getting a bit more than what pay for

Iv always gotten slightly under

I’m curious how much can you get for what I pay 35 dollars

[cunning lion]

I know we always got slightly more with comcast exmple pay for 25mbps and get upwards of 28-30mbps

[regal wasp]

But there sending 1gb to house

[thick minnow]

The cable to your house will be 1gb but your paying for less than 1gb

You will have to updgrade to 1gb to get the full speed sent to your house

When you can see you can get better it makes ppl more likely to buy the better thing they are also playing the free advertising game on you

Don’t have to pay for 1gb speed ads if can see your missing out on it when look at current plan

[regal wasp]

Wdym?

[thick minnow]

If you see something you may not want it now but after seeing it time and time again you will want to purchase it

You may not have wanted a coke until you have seen a coke ad 50 times now you want a coke

[regal wasp]

Not a coke guy lol

[thick minnow]

Now replace the coke with 1gb speed plan

[regal wasp]

Oh

I wonder if theres a way could upgrade for same price

Or if theres better providers

Cus its like 100 a month with wifi + cable bundled

[thick minnow]

Look forward better providers that give more for price if want better sppeds for same amount

I looked around before signed up to what I have

[thick minnow]

Probably

[regal wasp]

I know that xfinity and comcast are pretty good

Also with that fiber optic breakthrough that happened recently

[thick minnow]

Look at the price of there 1gb plans

[regal wasp]

But we have cable bundled with it

[thick minnow]

Didn’t know that existed still

I just use YouTube and floatplane now

[thick minnow]

Keep with what currently got but your stuck with 30 percent of speed to your home

Unless you pay more

[regal wasp]

How would we unbundle though

We sorta use cable with the spectrum app

[thick minnow]

I’m not sure as none of things I use are contract

My internet is a repeating 30 day contract

[regal wasp]

Thats… interesting

[thick minnow]

I’m not fully aware on how things work due to being 17

[woven wave]

Anyone able to offer me some advice?

I have just gone full hog on a Unifi Setup, and purchased a new unifi switch with some SFP+ 10Gb ports.

The devices i want to plug in are actually regular RJ45 connections, so im looking to use an SFP+ to RG45 connection, but the unifi ones are not only expensive, they are sold out. Does anyone know if i can just buy 'any' old converter, or do the unifi switches only work with certain ones/i need to us a specific brand?

[thorn delta]

It's pretty common to overprovision by like 10%. Generally doesn't add noticeable strain to the network so it doesn't really cost anything to the ISP but it makes it so speedtest results are more likely to show the full plan speed even if there's a bit of background usage, since the speedtest won't stop the rest of your home network's usage.

if the speedtest is showing good, well, that might result in less calls to the ISP and save them tangible amounts of money

I've just always done that when adding new plans at the ISP I work for, and it seems to help with perception sometimes. I've had customers mention that they're happy that they've "got more than they're paying for" rather than if you set a rate limit to exactly the plan speed, you might see a 100M plan show up as like 98M on a test because of some other network traffic. While most will think "yeah close enough", others will be like "they're screwing me outta muh 2 megabits all the time"

and the average customer isn't maxing out their connection anyway, so increasing a 100 Mbps plan to 110 Mbps doesn't really change the average usage

[thick minnow]

Intresting to know

[grand portal]

I think it's common over here in UK, on 1Gb Fibre I'd say 30-50% of the time, I get 1.1GB from speed tests

[sage crow]

Anyway for me to test theoretical OpenVPN speed of my cpu?

I don’t have super fast internet I’m just curious

[lost lily]

NSA switch acquired

actually its a 10/100 piece of crap from 2004 (this unit from 2007) but it has 48 ports of PoE so like its fine

the dude wanted 40 bucks, paid 15, although i could have gotten it for less i think

Cisco Catalyst 3560 PoE-48

its not even loud

[opal pagoda]

imo you overpaid 15$

[cunning lion]

Should be fine for a sercurity camera setup I would think

[craggy tiger]

dawg i literally have one of these

i found a bunch at the thrift store

[lost lily]

i think so too, but in the moment i didnt know what to say and told him 15€

still not a horrible deal

it even gasp supports IPv6

👻 spooky IPv6-only networking 👻

actually yeah i got it for random PoE junk

[fierce kiln]

heyo, any reccomendations for how to run ethernet to my PC from a switch that's a couple walls over? It's kinda hard to work through the attic because all the insulation is exposed and working in there is a pain (took 6 hours to run from switch to AP). My mobo wifi is kinda crap (wifi 5 though its a statement to get over 40mbps) and wifi 7 isnt a mature standard yet so I can't just get a new one (i'm already on wifi 7).

[ornate jungle]

What you're asking to do is less of "creating an API" and more of "scraping data from a publicly accessible web service." Lots of people use Python for this. https://realpython.com/python-web-scraping-practical-introduction/

NOTE: Many online services PROHIBIT scraping data like this, so we can't assist you with anything that would specifically violate a given service / site Terms of Service.

[lost lily]

which is kinda stupid because if you allow scraping may as well add an API to lessen server load

but whatever

also is the website server side rendered

because if it isnt then it has an internal api

which is like the same as scraping but easier, faster, better and lessens load on their servers

[ornate jungle]

Who is "their own"? Rather, what website / service is this?

That's not what I asked. -_-

[lost lily]

check the network tab, you can see them under fetch/XHR

if there isnt anything then its server side rendered

there you go thats the api. more than that i cant help

[ornate jungle]

Bingo. The site is literally exposing portions of the API right there. No need to write your own - just need to find their documentation.

[lost lily]

the network tool is very useful, you can replay certain requests and see the json output and stuff. tinker for a bit and you'll get it

this is more of backend development but yeah it's really neat

especially when networking and backend server development merge

and you get a nice homelab

[lost lily]

hmm i wanna make a small SFP+ router with opnsense

i need a dual SFP+ NIC, is an used connectx-3 a good choice or is there better stuff?

because they're really cheap

i mean connectx-4 NICs are also really cheap

but not as cheap

they're like double

but they're also SFP28

[hybrid ether]

Would it be better to get another router to get better signal in a dead area in my house, or replace my router with a whole mesh router and buy a switch?
I want better signal in my dead space and an AP won’t be enough since I want to hard wire a lot of devices in my dead space

When I say “dead space” I really mean low signal (like one bar). I game in the dead space which causes spikes in ping due to

1. Not being hard connected in which I am going to fix
2. Having low signal adding more to the unstableness of WiFi

[acoustic roost]

Not really clear what your situation is. You say that you're running ethernet to this space (e.g. running cat6 from your router/switch/AP combo right now to the space), so assuming that's correct, you could just have a simple unmanaged switch in that space and then plug an AP into that

Essentially there are two situations: one where you have a wired connection from your dead space to your main router, and one where you do not

If you do/are going to, I'd just add a switch in the dead space and plug an AP in as described above

If you don't/aren't able to, it gets a bit more complicated. You could go with a mesh networking solution from the likes of Linksys or Eero, however depending on the layout of your house you may need 3 APs to get good coverage since the APs all need to have good signals to see each other and have good link speeds

[hybrid ether]

I have no Ethernet running to the space rn, all of it is on WiFi and I want to run Ethernet to the dead space

[acoustic roost]

Gotcha

[hybrid ether]

As well as extending the signal of the WiFi to the space

[acoustic roost]

Yeah so if you can run that cable, that's definitely your best solution for both wired and wireless coverage there

[hybrid ether]

Thank you so much. I never thought of running an AP from a switch. I think that should solve my problem in the easiest and cheapest way possible

[hybrid ether]

Love ❤️

[lost lily]

lets gooooooo

i just found out that here in italy you can choose to not use the ISP's garbage and just tell them to give you an SFP transceiver to plug into your network

[drifting raven]

Just casually wiring in an all 10G rack with a 240G switch->switch connection

Still needs a tonne of work, more servers and a couple of cable lacing bars to support the DAC cables, but it's turning out quite nicely

[low pond]

Neat wiring

[fallow coral]

Finally, managed cables

The prophecy has become true

[thorn delta]

nice, are those the FS.com S5800 switches?

I got a couple of the 1G and 10G versions in to rebuild a rack

[drifting raven]

The center one (management) is a S5800-48T4S-PE, and the other two are S5850-48S6Q-R-PE's

[drifting raven]

Had a look around the datacenter floor. We're officially the neatest rack around. Though with 14 additional servers and power cables, this might change a bit

[flat wagon]

sir that's a switch. not a router.

[winter zodiac]

Hello, I don't know if this place is the right one. I am started to learn CCNA and joined new company and their equipment is not Cisco it's Aruba. Should I still continue my CCNA certificate?

[drifting raven]

CCNA is always useful. The specific implementations of the same technique will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, but the same concepts usually apply. And it's always useful to have in the future!

[sly compass]

That’s correct, i made a typo

[drifting raven]

You do realise that Ubiquity makes a switch with 4x10GbE and 1x1GbE for about €300? The usw-flex-xg

[flat wagon]

i personally would not have picked that tbh.

[flat wagon]

yup. mikrotik has pretty good stuff too around that pricepoint.

[hollow fern]

If i have a spare router, would it be wise to use it as an AP and plug a home server to it? Or would i be better off going PoE?

[sly compass]

Yes i looked at it, no sfp i have to have that

[flat wagon]

what is the purpose of this switch

[sly compass]

For multiple nas storage, backups of cameras, computers and servers. It serves many purposes

Basically gonna cap 5-10gbit 24/7 especially sunday nights 😅

[flat wagon]

wat

why didn't you just get a sfp+ switch 10 port switch and just use rj45 to sfp+ modules as needed

prebuilt nas storages, don't even have 10gig

you get 2.5gig if you're lucky

unless you've built your own and installed a 10gig card

i would be avoiding to run 10gig over copper as much as possible if i was you

[sly compass]

That’s not as easy if cabels is in the walls 😅

[flat wagon]

yeah we had to run fiber cables everywhere lol

but you would've been fine at 2.5gbps tbh

your house probably got cat5 or cat5e cables which aren't really meant for 10gig speeds at longer distances

[sly compass]

Nope cat6 and cat6a

[sly compass]

I already ran the longest stretch at 10gbit

Also in the future i will run a 10gbit lane down to all the other clients. 10gbit into a 48 port 1gbit poe switch. Using 40+ ports. I only have a couple of ports left 😅

[tribal sequoia]

i mean

240g in name only

[barren loom]

i've never had trouble getting 10gbps on cat5e cables

but granted i've never lived in a big house

[tribal sequoia]

you won't until you need a run longer than like 30m

[kind pivot]

Hello,

I have a nixos home server with some stuff for the home on it (vaultwarder, smb share, adguard home...), everything is local.
Today I opened a game server with docker compose for my friends (satisfactory), forwarded the 3 ports needed and it works fine

But it's the first time I'm opening something to the WWW. Can I have some recommendations on what should I do to secure this a bit ?

I guess I could just put everything in a VPN and tell them to use the VPN, but that's bothersome and down the road I plan on opening other public stuff.

[silent flax]

well, you could run the game server inside a VM; you could also use podman instead of docker so the application inside the container runs under a normal user, not root. But otherwise, that's about it, unless you create a DMZ on your router and put that single server inside the DMZ.

[kind pivot]

Yeha but the ip is already used for other stuff so I'd need to put it in a vm for the dmz I guess

As for the user, that's probably the best thing I should do. However I do believe I can change it with docker compose. I'll try later thanks

[tough sparrow]

Are we aloud to put eBay links in here

[tough sparrow]

U can use a vpn

Like a 10/100

[kind pivot]

10/100 ?

But yeah VPN isn't my end goal anyway since I want to host public stuff

[tough sparrow]

Like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/176401904926?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=opivi_5br3g&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=opivi_5br3g&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

But it could help with getting around the ip issue

[kind pivot]

A VM would be enough and would encapsulate the whole app

But rootlesss container is the way imo

[peak cloak]

That's useless for this situation

Plus 10/100 is the speed

[tough sparrow]

How much would that go for normally

Tho

[peak cloak]

I would just put in VM and put some firewall rules to stop traffic to local network

As long as you keep everything patched and don't expose you didn't want to you should be good

[kind pivot]

VM is a lot of overheard na ?

[tough sparrow]

How much would one cost

[peak cloak]

Kinda not really, I ran a lot of VMs on my cheap proxmox machine

[kind pivot]

It's useless imo in a lot of situations

And if you want a router just buy one of those aliexpress mini PC routers

[tough sparrow]

They go for 160 new

But it is a vpn tho

[peak cloak]

Dedicated router imo is good instead of playing with a PC

[tough sparrow]

Yea

Yea I am trying to find someone to buy them

Yea I am trying to find someone to buy them

[peak cloak]

You can get something that supports VPN for 60 bucks

[tough sparrow]

So 70 ish

[peak cloak]

I use an omada er605

[peak cloak]

It's a 10/100 router, it's basically junk

[tough sparrow]

What’s the best place to sell them

[peak cloak]

Nowhere

It's basically ewaste unless someone pays like 5 bucks for experimenting with

[kind pivot]

Isn't there an app lvl firewall thingy ? I could allow incoming connection to those ports ONLY to the game server process

Apparmor or whatever it was i dunno

[peak cloak]

What I would do is setup firewall on a VM level

[kind pivot]

I'm really not sure I want to start popping VMs everywhere :/

[peak cloak]

It's only one VM no?

I'm talking about you using the hypervisor firewall features to secure that one game VM

[kind pivot]

For now, but down the line i'll have other stuff and if I start securing stuff by popping a VM then I'll pop a lot of them

[peak cloak]

What I did was just have a hosting vlan

Nothing in that could access my home LAN

If you keep everything patched anyway you should be fine

[kind pivot]

okay yeah

I'll check that, I'll keep docker barebone like that, rootless container + app level firewall + keep updated

And should be fine

[sly compass]

Didn’t buy a 10gbe switch because its just fun. Time is money

[thick minnow]

Ethernet keeps dropping all the time

Everything refuses to work with the 192.168.8.x ip range had to change it to 192.168.1.x now this issue exists

Any suggestions that don’t involve buying anything or commands

[opal pagoda]

do you have v1 or v2

[peak cloak]

v2

needed something to replace my er-x since they basically stopped supporting that and it would freeze every so often

[opal pagoda]

i bought one few weeks ago

[peak cloak]

didn't need any fancy features like the er-x had

since I was leaving home

[thick minnow]

Something else pulled the ip and wouldn’t give it up

[silent flax]

er-x is still flashable to openwrt at least, giving it some more lease of life. Sadly with no storage options, it is really limited in what it can do

[meager ginkgo]

I had the v1 and it would constantly crash on me lol

[nimble shadow]

for a newbie what OS should i use for a new homelab server

[sly compass]

Depends on what you need and want. But proxmox as hypervisor is just awesome

From there you can pretty much install anything. What hardware do you have to play with?

[nimble shadow]

mainly just wanna be able to run a few diff things like plex server a nas maybe a couple game servers and some home assi

[sly compass]

You can do that easily in proxmox with a couple of containers. But depending on how many users it will require some pretty good hardware. This is all depending on much you gonna use it. But download proxmox and go try it. It’s awesome

[nimble shadow]

ok i havnt bought a server yet, I was looking at ebay for one but honestly idk wtf im looking for im tryna find one that will fit in a 1u spot

[sly compass]

I see, well don’t exclude local gaming pc. You can get some pretty beefy pc for a good price. I need a gpu for some processing so i picked a gaming pc. 1080ti with an 8700k for 350eu. I bought 64gb ram and an x540 dual 10gbe network card. It’s an router, vpn, photouploader, camera dvr nvr etc etc etc

[nimble shadow]

the thing is i have a full server rack beside 1u of space lmao i could maybe do 2u if i did some stuff but i mean i would be able to do no more then 2u

so besides going that route if i went a normal ebay old server and used a os that i could have run a nas, game server application (Pterodactyl) and home assi

[sly compass]

I got it, i got both. I also don’t need to worry about heat or noise.

But what do you host today?

[nimble shadow]

Nothing I’m starting to get into this home lab stuff and just taking baby steps

[sly compass]

What is the full server rack for then? 😅

[acoustic atlas]

What’s the proper term for a single punch down box that terminates a rj45 cable?

[opal pagoda]

keystone?

[acoustic atlas]

Absolutely, Danke

[normal berry]

Hey, I'm having an issue with my Ethernet, I can't tell if it's on the side of the modem or my pc,

I've turned the modem on and off and unplug and repluged in both the cable into my pc and into my wall, but it hasn't mas a difference.

Is it possible to connect my laptop to the Ethernet cable on the side where my modem is and ping my laptop to see if it's the modem or one of the cables?

[ornate jungle]

Based on your message, I presume your ethernet is running through in-wall wiring. Bypass the in-wall wiring by connecting your computer directly to the modem, then re-test. (Even if you have to temporarily move your PC, this is the best way to rule out faulty in-wall wiring / keystone jacks.)

[thick minnow]

I want to route all traffic on my network through one device for a vpn gateway, I have it set as dns on the router, is there anything else I should do?

[meager ginkgo]

I use a Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny Mini PC and HP Elitedesk 800 G5 Mini PC, works great and they're super small and affordable

[nimble shadow]

Bet

[heavy steppe]

[thick minnow]

Im gonna invest in a Protectli firwall box in the end of the month. OPNsense seems simple enough to set up and maintain

[distant birch]

if i have firewalld rules and run iptables --flush, will that affect the firewalld side? trying to debug a k8s networking issue that is driving me insane by now

[crisp thorn]

this >>>> 30 cables tied together

[opal pagoda]

Also it is fiber, fiber in 90% of cases looks like a rats nest

[lost lily]

i wanna set up an opnsense box with a connectx-4 sfp28

but here electricity is gold and so idk what platform to use that would handle 25gbps routing

[mystic latch]

You can get better performance for less by getting a 1 liter PC previously used in a corporate environment. Like this:
https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/lenovo-m720q-tiny-router-firewall-build-with-aftermarket-4-port-nic.14793/

[thick minnow]

To big, i want a box that fits under my router at my desk. And the price gap isn't that big between the M720Q and one of the cheapest 4 port Protectli boxes. Thank you for the tip though 🙂

[mystic latch]

FWIW it's not big at all. Like I can pick it up with 1 hand across the top. A better comparison would be looking by CPU. But whatever works best for you I won't argue against 😄

[quasi orbit]

uhh that will fit under your desk?

3d print or buy 3d printed mounting brackets or duct tape it

[quasi orbit]

BTW while you might be able to pull linespeed from a direct NIC connection, being able to route 25gbps at linespeed is another ballgame ~ potentially dubious

[thick minnow]

No, i'm gonna stack em on my desk. I sit witihin hands reach from my router ( wifi disabled )

[lavish sail]

At what speed is it overkill for a Home lab 10, 25, 40 or 100gbe

[clear igloo]

400gbe

[barren loom]

imo anything above 10gbe is overkill

[lavish sail]

Fr never to much bandwidth

[silent flax]

when your networking is faster than your storage

[lavish sail]

When your network is faster than your storage, you just gotta upgrade your storage man

[silent flax]

10Gbe is 1GB/s. That is faster than any SATA SSD storage. 2.5Gbe is faster than any SATA mechanical storage. 40Gbe is faster than PCIe 3.0 storage.

And not all of us need PCI-E 4.0 or PCI-E 5.0 NVMe storage for our family photos 😄

and while yes, one might need more speed for the interconnects between switches, the servers most likely don't need that speed

10-40 maybe, 100 is probably overkill

[lavish sail]

Yeah, I run 40 gig just because I do all my stuff on network boot and I also edit off my servers and stuff like that so it just helps but I run my nas on 2 40s cuz I run ram cache

Also, it helps a lot with clusters

[low pond]

Curious, is it CH and init7? Got a friend also deploying fiber soon with them so

[cosmic steeple]

I’m switching from a Doxy 3.1, 1 GB modem to a fiber connection.
Looking for a modem that can handle 10 gigabit with the bells and whistles.
Routing this 10 GB connection will be
Gt be98-pro.
High and flexible budget
Would not mind looking into rack configuration.

[lethal charm]

When I want a device to use a specific ip address on my local network, that config is typically done on the client device right? Not the router (which is also the dhcp server, bla bla bla whatever)

[opal pagoda]

just make a ip reservation on the dhcp server

[lethal charm]

Does that take a Mac address or smth. Will look.

[opal pagoda]

yes

[lethal charm]

Oh yeah yeah I found those settings, weirdly named on my router. tyty. Its a little embedded project so that simplifies some things a lot

[twin sphinx]

has anybody in here dealt with putting AT&T fiber modems in pass through mode

and how much of a pain in the ass is it?

[quick schooner]

So I got a question about my wifi and router. I am currently using the router/modem that was provided by my ISP I am wondering should I but my own separate modem and router or will it not make a difference in my speeds I currently pay for 1gbps but I am only getting around 400-500 mbps wired

[tribal sequoia]

you don't

you only get a dmz plus mode, which kinda/sorta is like passthrough but i can't remember why it isn't, it works but it isn't truely passing traffic through unimpeded

the only way to get it raw and unfiltered is to dump the certificate auth from a modem, use a GPON ONT (lots of people use a chinese ONT, which works with the vlan authentication they use) then you can plug a device in and get handed an IP

there's also a trick with a managed switch you can do but it has to be re done every time the power goes out

[keen urchin]

Generally yes it will be better, but you should still be getting more than that wired

[quick schooner]

Could be a bad cable I will buy a new one and see

[quick schooner]

Should I buy like a cat8 ethernet cable

[normal musk]

Is there any way for me to use Cloudflare as an SSH proxy without having to install anything like WARP or cloudflared on client machines? I want to be able to go onto any computer that natively supports SSH and SSH into one my my servers through my domain, rather than my public IP (and not have plain SSH ports exposed on there as well)

[keen urchin]

There is no downside other than cost (which isn't much)

[keen urchin]

No, afaik there is no SaaS ssh proxy/bastion host

[quick schooner]

Alright thanks

[clear igloo]

It replicates the public IP to your router but still has a NAT table, it's like Layer 2.5, it's weird but for all intents and purposes it works fine

[tribal sequoia]

Okay so you get double NAT

Lots of stuff runs through double nat these days anyways so I guess it's not so bad

[twin sphinx]

That’s what I was thinking

[twin sphinx]

Thanks for the help.

I am running it into a UDM Pro. Everything on the ATT side will be disabled

[tribal sequoia]

It'll work fine if you run into any quirks I'm sure restarting the modem will resolve

[clear igloo]

Nope, no double nat in bridge mode/DMZ+ mode

It's basically a bump in the wire but doesn't actually do NAT but holds a state table, it's weird

[clear igloo]

The only thing I have enabled on my ATT BGW320 is under Firewall > Firewall Advanced > Reflexive ACL On
All others should be set to Off for that page

[twin sphinx]

I’m so excited to get this project started. The entire house is getting wired networking

[hollow marlin]

Sounds similar Juniper's SRX transparent FW mode. Essentially zone-based FW for L2 and session state exist for traffic with a L3 header

[clear igloo]

yup, pretty much that

[rain cedar]

There was a water leak with some AC pipe, directly above this AP, when we took it down, it was completly full of water... So safe to say, it is time to replace it. 🤣

[twin sphinx]

throw it in some rice, it’ll be fine

/>s

[lost lily]

it is not, no

[low pond]

oh ok

[eternal glacier]

I have a question regarding network switches. I have 8 devices that require POe to function and also have 36 normal cat 6 ethernet ports. Should I get 2 separate switches; one for POe and one for Cat6, or should I get one switch with all POe? I have barely any prior knowledge so please correct me if any of these ideas are stupid/wrong ; ) . Thank you!

[clear igloo]

Just get a single 48 port switch with PoE that meets your specs/needs power wise

Just make sure it's not passive PoE switch, otherwise things will go boom

[eternal glacier]

https://a.co/d/5JtUba2

would somthing like this work?

(lmfao the name 😭)

[clear igloo]

lol, yah that would be fine

[lost lily]

damn thats expensive and unmanaged

imo you're better off buying an old rackmount switch if you need 48 PoE ports

i paid 15€ for mine and its fully managed

[clear igloo]

Power consumption, noise, setup, and management etc are all factors
Just because you can get something cheap doesn't make it power efficient or quiet or anything which are almost always huge plays for home users

[gusty storm]

some people like having a vacuum on at all times 🥲

[mossy bloom]

Hello all, slightly losing the will to live after 3 hours. Got a virgin hub5 in modem mode going into a Archer AX73 router. Was working fine until someone decided to factory reset them.

Can't get the modem to provide Internet to the router and have tried:

• Continuous rebooting
• Configured router to 192.168.0.1 and the modem goes to 192.168.100.1 automatically
• Router is on Dynamic IP and obtains an IP
• Hub5 provides an Internet connection when working standalone

Any ideas are really appreciated, treat me as an idiot as my brain is currently fried

[mystic latch]

I'd try creating a support thread tbh

[mossy bloom]

Wdym

[mystic latch]

As in #1027757333117415424

[nova glacier]

That's more expensive than a 48-port non-PoE and an 8-port PoE switch from real brands like Netgear, Cisco, or TP-link.

[opal marlin]

This is my third time working with optic fiber what do you think ?

[lost lily]

sure, but this is 48 ports. like i dont think anyone has a 48 port switch on their desk all plugged in

[hollow marlin]

About as good of a splice as you can get. Just test the true loss with an OTDR because 0.01db is well outside the average of 0.1db +/- 0.05

[keen lark]

say is there something fundamentally different between IPv4 and IPv6 or why does my hosting provider not let me create firewall rules with specific IPv6 adresses as source or target? is it technically impossible to filter IPv6 traffic by source/target IP in stateless firewalls or is this particular firewall just not able to?
According to the OpenWrt wiki their firewall at least seems to be able to so i guess Hetzner's is just not up to snuff...

[low pond]

Maybe consider having the rule on your server itself if possible

But yeah, their firewall from their panel isn't the most feature rich I suppose

[balmy sentinel]

starlink is actually kinda pog ngl

[peak cloak]

probobly just they never implemented it

[thorn delta]

The trees can have a bit of RF, as a treat

[low pond]

Dang, beautiful

[nimble sable]

upgrading my internet to multigig, my router only has SFP+ ports and 1GbE (twisted pair/ethernet) ports. the ONT box has 10Gb "ethernet" port as the handoff. Idk if i should:

1. Media converter
2. cheap unmanaged switch (from QNAP) that has 10Gb ethernet ports and SFP+ ports
3. 10Gbase-t module for SFP+

i tried 10gtek module and it's somehow having issues around giving me symmetrical, upload speeds are super slow. Could i just go with an unmanaged switch? would that work ok?

[fierce kiln]

Yeah, but you're not being super specific as to what your upgrading, are you going for local network 10gig or internet 10gig

[nimble sable]

Internet updating to 10g. XGPON. Isp is using zhone hub that only has with 10Gbase-t port. Nothing I own has 10base-t because it's all sfp+

[fierce kiln]

You can get an adapter from sfp+ to rj45 no problem

[nimble sable]

Currently on 1gb plan and... https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1242529236267307210/1250572607091249202/image.png?ex=666b6e00&is=666a1c80&hm=c2c7a683dc91f2a2424841df9964de8361de12029595d55354938e1ae4f5f7f7&

The first is regular 1gb twisted pair port the second one is sfp+ adapter. Whatever I do, it always does super low speeds one way ONLY with rj45 converter. The moment I swap to the regular 1gb twisted pair port is all good

[fierce kiln]

What adapter did you buy?

[nimble sable]

10gtek. It might just be a port issue or a driver issue... Who knows

[fierce kiln]

Windows?

If it's not a software problem try this

https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/accessories-cables-dacs/collections/accessories-pro-sfp-to-rj45-adapter/products/uacc-cm-rj45-mg?variant=uacc-cm-rj45-mg

[nimble sable]

No. FreeBSD. I ended up buying QNAP QSW-308-1C 10GbE Switch (3sfp+ and 1 sfp+10g-t combo). The opnsense folks have said they've tested fs.com one as well so I could try that too?

The switch is unmanaged but that'd work too right?

[fierce kiln]

Yeah, but a switch likely isn't necessary

[nimble sable]

it ends up costing me almost the same

[fierce kiln]

May I ask why you're going full 10gig when you only are paying for 1gig

[nimble sable]

i'm not, as i said, i'm going to be upgrading my internet...upgrade is tommorow. since the technician is going to be here i was hoping to have everything ready and tested to get connected

[nimble sable]

Is DAC and SFP transceiver brand compatibility a yes/no thing? like i'm using generic 10gtek (coded for cisco) DACs on everything, it works...are we good? or will i get better performance out of recoding stuff for specific the brands?

[ember basin]

I forgot to label the router ports and now my subnets are all shuffled around.. gotta love flatmates

[tribal sequoia]

well

[tribal sequoia]

can definitely be a thing

i've had DAC's where i've had to set very specific speed and turn off the hardware monitoring and all sorts of weird shit

just so they'll work

specifically, fiberstore fortinet compatible 3m SFP+ DAC

i had to set them to 10000copper for speed and disable the hardware monitoring because it kept bringing the link up and down

[nimble sable]

Oh interesting. I actually meant like "coded for Cisco" or whatever but yea I've definitely seen that too where I have to pick the speed

[tribal sequoia]

yes you're talking about the bits being coded for cisco

and i know you can program them

i mean that's what the "xxxx company compatible" dac cables are

[nimble sable]

How much of a problem is that in general? Like I know there's a MSA standard or whatever

[tribal sequoia]

no clue, but it definitely can be a problem, as i experienced it lol

[pseudo falcon]

can someone help me? i just factory reset some prebuilt computer, went straight to the motherboard's website and installed the wifi drivers, but after running an internet speed test I get ~120-130 mbps download speed while my brothers computer gets 499+

im kind of a noob with computers (you can tell by the fact that I have a prebuilt)

[mystic latch]

You're best bet for help is creating a thread in #1027757333117415424

[pseudo falcon]

alright

[rain patrol]

is 120€ for a passive minipc with:

Jasper Lake Celeron N5105
8gb ddr4
5x 2,5gb Ethernet
120gb nvme

a good deal?

Or can you recommend something better?

planning to use it as a OPNsense/TrueNAS Scale pc

[clear igloo]

Compatibility is the only real issue. IE: If they work then no issues but usually Cisco coded usually won't work on other vendors and vice versa but no issues in terms of speed degradation or anything else. There are commands on Cisco that allow unsupported-transceivers but even then some that are coded for other vendors might not work

[nimble sable]

Huh turns out cat5e can do at least 5gbps over 11m

[nimble sable]

Idk about the processor itself if it's good. Depends on what you're planning to do with it but otherwise that's great, great price too dang

[worthy coral]

Found this at Goodwill, looks hilarious

[nimble sable]

i seem to be getting random drops with my upload tests like i'll get 4200/200 ...is that just speedtest being speedtest or something wrong with my cabling?

[olive spear]

👍

[tame cave]

quick question ... if I have 2 routers connected via lan ports and one had DHCP off. If I connect modem to the WAN port of the one with DHCP off ..will the entire network get internet ?

[nimble sable]

from what I know, Routers in "bridge mode" basically act as regular switches for all intents and purposes, i.e. you turn off firewall, AP, DHCP etc. If you've that then yes, that's pretty much what I'm doing Internet --> switch -->router with DHCP/Firewall etc --> LAN

[rain patrol]

Thanks, I'll buy it, I plan to use it as my firewall/router. Processor should hopefully be fine for that. If it isn't I'll just resell it. Thanks for your insight (:

[nimble sable]

if you don't midn me asking...why put something BETWEEN the modem and router? like i'm doing it cuz of media type conversion stuff but that kinda sucks for me

[opal pagoda]

Is that fibre channel switch?

[tame cave]

I'm trying my best to avoid this but good to know it might work

Thanx

[rain patrol]

vlan for a public facing server and I want to try rerouting steam content ips to my lancache instead of using dns

[solemn kettle]

This is true for ISP and smaller home routers not so much for a proper router, do you know what models you are buying? What is it you're trying to do @tame cave as there's probably a better solution. Even an unmanaged 4 port switch will do the switching part for you

[tame cave]

I'm not buying ... already have a network all setup ... im introducing another isp... connected to a different rooter as my current isp ... but I've already avoided the issue ...

both connections will get separate routers with DHCP enabled ... but only one will be connected to the rest of the network at a time

[solemn kettle]

End game you're going to want to look at having some router with failover capacity to make the most out of that setup? Otherwise you're now just paying for a secondary ISP to do nothing that requires manually failover.
Make sure that if you're running two separate DHCP servers that they aren't both connected to the same LAN/VLAN or you're going to have a nightmare but it sounds like you're already air gapping these two

[clear igloo]

ooof, that's an old SAN switch
Probably all 1 or 2Gb FC SFPs in there

Up to 64Gb Fibre Channel ports now and 112Gb soon I believe
Edit: nvm, 112Gb FC modules exist it seems so 224 is next up, lol

[worthy coral]

Yeah it says 2.14Gbps per port on this, each module is a 1Gb. Total aggregated bandwidth is 64Gbps

[worthy coral]

Yup

[clear igloo]

Ah, well you could plop in some 2Gb optics then according to the data sheet, shame they're only 1Gb FC optics

I mean in the grand scheme of things even 2Gb FC isn't much of anything but eh

[nimble sable]

am i correct in thinking cat5e has no business being part of 10Gbps network link? it's only like 13m

[nimble sable]

but my ISP insists "it's fine"

[pseudo blade]

It's not recommended and if it causes issues or is important, it should be replaced.

[nimble sable]

so i've been getting very inconsistent speeds. IDK if it's because of THAT or some other nonsense I did. at the very least i figure i could replace that cable. like i'll get 3800/3600 then i'll get 4100/11 (that's right, ELEVEN...a 2 digit number)

[pseudo blade]

10gbps is much harder on routers+network equipment than 1gbps, should also make sure your router (and chosen router config) can take it

[nimble sable]

yea, the router i have is custom OPnsense that's rated for upto 8.5Gbps for firewall and 10Gbps routing

there might just be something wrong with the SFP+ port, idk becaue it's intermittent and ONLY ever a problem with uploads. that sort of consistency + intermittent makes me think it's a physical layer issue

[clear igloo]

What ISP by chance?

[nimble sable]

beanfield

[clear igloo]

Hmmm, and the port on their gear is 10Gbps port right? Not a port that maxes at 5Gbps?

I ask because AT&T's gateway has a 1/2.5/5G port, link will come up with a 10G port that can't do 2.5 or 5g but it causes all sorts of wonkyness

[nimble sable]

yea its a straight 10GBase-t prot

i kept asking themn for an SFP port but nope 😦

[thorn delta]

if the cabling conditions didn't support the speed, it should negotiate down to a different speed

[opal pagoda]

joink

[solemn kettle]

Pretty sure the only ports on a 2960x that supported 10gbs were the 2 x SFP+ modules at the end of the chasis?

[clear igloo]

Yup, 1g copper and 2x 10g SFP+ ports

[opal pagoda]

exactly
but large poe budget is also nice to have

i wonder if it can be stacked with 1g uplink versions

[solemn kettle]

It looks like the 2960-s are supported with the xs in a stack here
I think you have to use the stacking modules, but the 2960 switches are different from 2960x

Always avoided stacking switches at work, find it a pain in the arse. Bit of fun in a lab though

[opal pagoda]

we stack them all

*for access switches

[tribal sequoia]

yeah no one wants stacked core switches anymore

they want some sort of multi chassis lag, whatever the vendor calls their version of it 😄

i just had someone replace 25gbit nexus with 25gbit catalyst that stacked with 1000gbit stack cables and honestly i have no fucking clue why they did it

the ONLY cool thing about them was they supported powerstack cables for redundant power across the switches, and that's really where the benefits stopped tbh

[agile pendant]

im trying to route ethernet through multiple story's of out house

[solemn kettle]

Catalyst support VSS, can interesting to deploy if you want stacking without the stacking cables 🤷🏻‍♂️
But if it’s that critical I’d prefer the Nexus

[tribal sequoia]

stackwise virtual doesn't work the same as vpc or multi chassis lag

it still turns it into a single logical entity

realistically for the core you'd absolutely want the nexus with hsrp on for your routing core, i think they just had to burn some IT budget money

[long scarab]

Yes, tell me what I'm doing is a security risk but how do I use playit.gg to proxy out a windows active directory server? I have a dedicated IP and I can add whatever ports to tunnel out

[topaz patrol]

Do you object to Zerotier/Tailscale?

[long scarab]

No clue what that is

[topaz patrol]

Similar to a VPN but not but kinda. Here's a diagram

It works on windows, despite that image not showing a PC

When installed on the AD server and the endpoints, they will act asthough they are on the same local network

[solemn kettle]

You want to put an Active Directory server on the WAN? You know endpoints work offline for some time without an active controller

[long scarab]

I don't want to install anything on the endpoints if possible

[topaz patrol]

Then just do this

[long scarab]

How would I join externally?

[topaz patrol]

iirc the default is 30? days but can be extended

[topaz patrol]

A VPN

[long scarab]

I would need to be able to push group policy every once in a while and connecting every PC to my local network for that seems like a pain

[long scarab]

Is that really the only way?

[topaz patrol]

Intune

[solemn kettle]

Depends if you're trying to do it for free

[long scarab]

Expensive

[topaz patrol]

Any other MDM

[long scarab]

Sorta, a dedicated IP from playit is like $6/mo which isnt bad

[solemn kettle]

If the sites are static you can setup s2s vpns and only tunnel traffic to the DCs

Otherwise you're looking a remote client access like anyconnect or something similar

[long scarab]

I don't think setting up a VPN on playit is within their acceptable use

[topaz patrol]

Have you contacted your ISP? Often it's just a deposit for an IP

[long scarab]

I don't have rights to do that, my dad pays for it and he's lazy

pluss it's Xfinity and they already hate me specially

[topaz patrol]

Now you say that, why exactly do you want AD?

[long scarab]

I don't have a reason, thought itd be fun to mess with

I have it set up enough to join locally but I want to join externally

[topaz patrol]

Don't practice on somebody else's endpoints

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/microsoft-365-business-premium
Also, problem solved if you really don't want a client or site to site vpn

[solemn kettle]

You can join edpoints offline with blob files baked into a wim, can't remember the details but you *can * do it. Otherwise get yourself some free credits or Azure or AWS and spin up a VM with a static public IP and go nuts

[long scarab]

That gets expensive, fast

[topaz patrol]

It's one of cheaper options
But for playing around, it is expensive

[long scarab]

Welp, if I can't do anything with the IP from playit I guess I only wasted $6

[long scarab]

Am I missing any ports?

[topaz patrol]

You're using GP right?

[long scarab]

Not using group policy, havent figured that out yet

[solemn kettle]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/service-overview-and-network-port-requirements

[topaz patrol]

Microsoft docs are great
(I'm looking at you Google}

[solemn kettle]

There's a list here of requirements, you might able to get some features to work without all of them but i'm not 100%

[long scarab]

soo I'm missing a lottt of them

[solemn kettle]

For example you don't have 445 so SMB won't work meaning your client won't be able to read your sysvol and pull down the policy set

If you've never used group policy before I would recommend two vms in an isolation (private network) and test out some policies. If you do get this working and you change something be aware that it isn't always a simple procedure of turning off the setting as it will 'tattoo' registry and you'll actively have to set it back

[long scarab]

Do I need RPC randomly allocated?

I can't add a range n I aint individually adding a few thousand ports

[solemn kettle]

RPC will use emphemeral ports yeah

[long scarab]

hopefully i added that range correctly

still nothin

[solemn kettle]

When you join a computer to a domain it will look for service records, you don't have any dns pointing to your external host, you're going to fudge your host file

[long scarab]

how do i fix that?

ill back up the hosts file

i do have a domain if i can set up service records up in cloudflare

[coarse stump]

I recently had issues like that where the PC tried to use IPv6 but failed, maybe you could check that

[worthy gyro]

boytoy, i know u

[long scarab]

no u dont

[long scarab]

It's only routing IPv4

[silent flax]

man, some of those 8x2.5 + 1x10 SFP switches from china are getting insanely cheap

few months ago i was happy to get them for 52 euros; now they will drop tomorrow to 44 euros 😄

4+2 are 29 euros and sub-27 euros on sale

[opal pagoda]

I remember everything

[clear igloo]

Lots of memory 😄

[opal pagoda]

8x 32gb +24x 16gb

[clear igloo]

Nice!

DDR4?

[opal pagoda]

yes

now i just need to find a deacent am4 board with ecc support

[hearty lily]

Any1 have recommendations for house security cameras.

[worthy gyro]

https://tims.fireproof.ovh/s/L0T2wmGSbtkEzoa my friend is flexing his 10gig internet on me epic only does 5gb

[meager ginkgo]

PoE cameras to start with

Avoid Solar/WiFi if you can

They can be jammed by intruders and miss events. Also a lot of them are cloud based (subscription needed)

UniFi Protect isn’t cheap but its UI is pretty nice. That’s the main thing you pay for with them. Otherwise go Reolink or Amcrest IMO

[hearty lily]

Any subscription based ones I'm trying to avoid. I have a nas at home but not sure if it'd be smart to tie it into it

[meager ginkgo]

Ideally you’d buy a dedicated NVR or something like a Mini PC with a surveillance drive in it running some kind of “NVR” software.

What NAS do you have?

[hearty lily]

Synology and ok I have an nvr at my shop but was just trying to avoid running to many holes may move out in a year or so don't want to go crazy with repairs

[nimble sable]

Oh dang, that's amazing, exactly what I needed to media convert... How reliable are they?

[silent flax]

Had no problems with my switches, they are all same combo of realtek chips

[silent flax]

This is 8+1, the 4+2 just drops the chip for 10g to 4x2.5 and has it wired up as 2nd SFP+. Servethehome has some bandwidth charts/reviews/videos for similar switches

[pseudo blade]

It's so interesting we're seeing so many switches of this architecture

It's more complex but clearly the cost-optimised designs and scale are in the "4 2.5 gigabit, one/two 10-gigabit" ICs

[topaz patrol]

It might be 2.5gig homelab time

[topaz patrol]

Does anybody have experience with Ruijie APs?
What’s their management UI like?
Have you had any major issues with them?

[pseudo blade]

Never even heard of them

[pseudo blade]

Seems like they're a Chinese networking company.
Usually I go to reddit when looking as kit and the comments in favour strike me as a bit... fake. I'd be cautious about that.

By which I mean half the comments are from people selling them

[topaz patrol]

Yeah there's so much astroturfing on reddit now hence why I asked here

Also this is on the first slide of the information my rep gave me so I'm thinking it's just cheap chinese crap

[pseudo blade]

I'd go for a different brand

Not a good sign when the reviews look astroturfy (and so few)

[shadow scaffold]

Is there a way to manage my network of 10 routers from a single system to monitor speed, usage, user management, firewall, and DNS?

[opal pagoda]

what routers?

funny fortinet box
factory empty haha

[topaz patrol]

Thanks for the information 🙏

I had guessed that was the case lol

[hybrid ether]

I would like to ask for some buying advice on a router. I only need to cover a 4 room space (25ft9in by 26ft9in) and I am buying a 1gb network line. This WiFi will only be used by two people with the router only using approx. 2 devices connected wirelessly (two phones). Can someone give a suggestion on a router with the best speeds per band according to my parameters please 🙏

And also if WiFi 7 would be worth it for my situation / what WiFi 7, 6e, 6 even is

[hybrid ether]

The room size is approximately 7.6m by 8m for the rest of the world

[fierce kiln]

Ubiquiti UniFi U7 pro has worked great for me, you can definitely saturate the full 1-gig link of your Internet if your within 30ft of the AP

(also the most affordable wifi 7 ap)

You don't have to have a cloud gateway to use it, you can use it standalone. Most of the managed features are for multi-ap setups

[alpine crypt]

hey guys, not sure if right channel but i have a ps4 with NAT type 3, so closed, but i wanna open it to 1 and i just cant find anything that works

[opal pagoda]

what router do you have

[alpine crypt]

CB0401(HW0.1)

wait

Xiaomi 5G CPE Pro (AX5400)

i think this is the right one

the right name

[opal pagoda]

as you are on 5g/lte i would guess that you are double nating due to cgnat

[alpine crypt]

yeah i totally understood that

whats cgnat?

[opal pagoda]

carrier grade nat
ask your isp to turn it off
most likely they are required to comply

[alpine crypt]

oh? didnt know that

so just an email?

and if carrier is not the problem, what can i do on my end @opal pagoda

[opal pagoda]

email/chat/call

[opal pagoda]

maybe you have upnp turned off

[alpine crypt]

says no devices

[alpine crypt]

how do i add devices?

or is that automatic?

[tight pecan]

It's automatic

[alpine crypt]

would it help to restart the console and or reconnect the wifi?

[tight pecan]

Not really, no

Maybe restarting whatever app you're using that wants to use UPnP would do something

[alpine crypt]

what would be using UPnP

or are you refering to the app where i access settings?

that auto updates every 2 seconds

[tight pecan]

The PS4 in this case

[worthy otter]

Hey guys wasn't sure to ask this in here or on tech support but i have t mobile wifi and its terriable during the day and even early night and it doesn't get better until around maybe 9pm. Have gone to t mobile and apparently i live in a congested are. Is there anything i can do to get a better result? Even when its usable my download speed doesn't go passed 120 and my uploads speeds are bad as well. Ive been looking at spectrum and also maybe ubiquiti but not sure which go to with. Also with ubiquiti im not sure what i would need. 1 thing i am wondering is if what was used in Bells AMD upgrade if that would help with the ubiquiti gear he got. Hopefully you guys can help me out and sorry for the long message too. and let me know if i should just post this in tech support too.

[alpine crypt]

doesnt the device as a whole connect?

not just the game

[opal pagoda]

lte?

[alpine crypt]

also is there anything on the ps4 side of thinks i can try?

[opal pagoda]

not really

[tight pecan]

It'll connect when it has a reason to

[alpine crypt]

ah

[tight pecan]

Like when doing a network test or when a game tells it to

[alpine crypt]

ill restart it later

[worthy otter]

Im pretty sure yes, we got the 5g plan but 5G isnt availabile in our area but i could be wrong about us having the 5g part.

But not 100% but i can check later for im at work right now and not at home

[alpine crypt]

if i may interrupt....you are paying for a 5g plan thats not giving you that?

[worthy otter]

So i don think we are paying for it since its not in our area so im going to go off that

[opal pagoda]

first look at what bands are avalibile in your area (cellmapper)
it will give you clearer look at what options you have
example from my location
provider 1 : 4 bands 800mhz, 1800mhz, 1800mhz, 2100mhz
provider 2: 4 bands, simmilar setup as 1st provider
provider 3 3 bands 800mhz, 1800mhz, 2100mhz

[worthy otter]

Ok and so i just look up my area and add cellmapper i assume. Also ive messed with all of the setting and frequency with what i have now and no changes made improvements.

i looked online before and that was something i saw to do was go through the different bands and frequency's

[nimble sable]

I need help converting Rj45 to sfp+. What is the best way?

[tight pecan]

A transceiver probably

[nimble sable]

aren't they nutoriously hot and unreliable?

[tight pecan]

Hot, yes. Unreliable, not really

[nimble sable]

when doing a speedtest - i very reliably get a delta of 5-6% between the results displayed in iperf3 or speedtest.net vs task manager on windows. What's the extra 5%? is that about what you'd expect the difference to be?

[sly lark]

Why does my internet no longer work at night?

[ancient arch]

Might be parental control policy

[silent flax]

https://www.techpowerup.com/323711/realtek-is-aiming-to-make-5-gbps-ethernet-switches-more-affordable-with-new-platform damn, now i will have to replace all my 2.5G gear with 5G 😄

At the core of the new switch platform sits Realtek's RTL9303 which is an eight port 10 Gbps switch controller. This was released a few years ago as a low cost 10 Gbps switch IC, but as it still required third party PHYs, it never really took off.

When combined with Realtek's RTL8251B 5 Gbps PHY, the end result is a comparably low-cost 5 Gbps switch. According to Ananadtech, Realtek is expecting a US$25 price per port, which is only about $10 more per port than your typical 2.5 Gbps switch today, even though some are as little as US$10 per port.

[hollow marlin]

That's the expected overhead for TCP. iPerf3/Speedtest are based on the payload, task manager is the NIC utilization which includes the L2/L3 headers

[nimble sable]

Aah that's what I thought it was, ty for confirming

[nimble sable]

anyone have any experience with sfp-10g-t modules and cat6 (not cat6e) cables? do they work reliably?

[ripe hatch]

Any people here ever dealt with Lumen?

Small business is paying a lot of money for their services and I can’t seem to wrap my head around why they are charging us $1000 a month

(Lumen used to be Centurink)

[tight pecan]

Yes, Lumen is expensive

They're a T1 ISP

[ripe hatch]

Are there any benefits to that for your average small business

We just use it for phones it seems like

[tight pecan]

In simpler terms, that means they can route to any network without peering/ixp, which is good for stability and performance

[ripe hatch]

We use Comcast business for all our actual internet use

[tight pecan]

For VOIP, it's a bit tough to justify

But it's good since uptime matters a lot to businesses

[ripe hatch]

Seems we’re paying $500 for Core connect enterprise data only

[tight pecan]

You could just get a secondary tier 2 network I guess?

Could also go for a cheaper T1 like ATT or Zayo

Not sure if Zayo does business internet though

[ripe hatch]

Ngl I was thinking of just switching to Gvoice

I’m pretty sure we legitimately just use that connection for VoIP

We pay separate for a Comcast business Internet connection that actually goes to all the computers

[tight pecan]

If you're sure it's VOIP, then yeah there's not too much meaning in having it aside from a backup

[nimble sable]

practically, how much difference does that make btw? it's not like tier2 are BAD right?

[tight pecan]

Really just depends on risk tolerance/management

It's like the 9s thing. 99.9% uptime is plenty for small businesses, but that's 8hrs of downtime in a year

Also makes serving multiple locations a bit more complicated, since some networks can't be reached without transit or ix. It's not a bad thing but some company policies don't allow for that amount of instability/uncertainty.

[tight pecan]

In your case, I can see Lumen being used as a backup, where a majority of your traffic goes through Comcast, but falls back to Lumen when Comcast goes down (however rare that may be). Up to you to decide if it's worth $1k/mo

Would double check on how your network is set up and see if it really is only being used for voip. If so, then that's one expensive voip service 😂

[ripe hatch]

Considering the lumen service is about 10 Mb I would not think it could work as a back up. I’m also looking at switching our Comcast business over to Google fiber and I think that would honestly fix most of the reliability problems that can arise with cable Internet

[tight pecan]

Damn they screwed you hard on that contract

Prob the best 10Mbps internet you've ever had though 😂

Lumen is great, but even terabit-scale networks don't get that much of transit from them

[ripe hatch]

Here’s the bill if you can help me make sense of it lmao

[tight pecan]

I don't think Lumen even offers Core Connect anymore

[ripe hatch]

lol

Old IT guy was lazy

[tight pecan]

But yeah, VOIP itself is $365/mo damn

[ripe hatch]

And before him the previous guy was even lazier

[ripe hatch]

I mean it has a decent amount of users

Granted they don’t get their own numbers it’s just a basic transfer system

[tight pecan]

Yeah, managed services are just expensive man

You could get away with gvoice, but it's not as reliable

[ripe hatch]

Still could probably replace it with G Voice and some VoIP handsets tho

[ripe hatch]

If it’s hooked into Google Fiber?

[tight pecan]

Yeah, I'd say you're probably fine with gvoice

[tight pecan]

GFiber doesn't use Google's main transit

Not sure about the business line though

Most of what I've seen on my side are Comcast or ATT business lines

It's probably okay. The previous IT guys probably just recommended what they were used to working with

[ripe hatch]

I think our current Comcast may be fiber but it’s not sequential

[tight pecan]

Maybe they worked at larger companies before, because I don't think anyone should recommend Lumen for small businesses

[ripe hatch]

No we used to use Avaya and it was $400 then they were bought by Lumen and the price shot up

Apparently from talking with people

[tight pecan]

They didn't fight to keep the old plan up?

[ripe hatch]

Idk probably contract ran out

[tight pecan]

I mean, I guess Lumen doesn't wanna lose money from grandfathering old plans in

Honestly, google fiber doesn't look bad

[ripe hatch]

Imma call them and get THEM to explain why it’s that much lol

[tight pecan]

Don't bother

That's normal pricing for them

[ripe hatch]

Def gonna ditch Comcast tho they’re charging $250 for 100mb non sequential with a single static IP

And it drops out a decent amount

[tight pecan]

If you operated your own network and only bought transit from lumen, then it'd be a lot cheaper

[tight pecan]

Comcast moment

Funnily enough, GFiber has Lumen in their blend

You'll never escape them 🤣

[ripe hatch]

lol I switched my parents from them and went from 300+ for internet and tv to ~$130ish

Granted that local isp I switched to is having random drops right now

[tight pecan]

Comcast has a monopoly in my city, so I'm stuck with $300/mo for internet + TV

[ripe hatch]

Used to. Then a local company owned by our electric utility showed up and was like “you want sequential gigabit for 50 a month?”

[tight pecan]

Wish I could get that haha

[ripe hatch]

They also do 2 gig for $70

[tight pecan]

Nah that's too much. 1Gbps is plenty

I just want more than 30Mbps upload

[ripe hatch]

What’s funny is there’s like 2-3 people who are constantly remoted in on that 100/30 connection lmao

[tight pecan]

Really maxing that upload out 🤣

[nimble sable]

what site is this?

[ripe hatch]

So does that mean that Google fiber most likely won’t go out unless lumen goes out too?

[tight pecan]

https://bgp.tools there's also https://bgp.he.net/ and https://www.peeringdb.com/

[tight pecan]

Depends on their routing policies. Majority of the traffic probably flows through Hurricane Electric and TATA. Lumen is there to maybe avoid going through IX and as a backup

So yeah, it's probably okay

[ripe hatch]

No, I was wondering if it straight up uses the same fiber line

[tight pecan]

Yeah

[ripe hatch]

Like do Google and lumen both own bandwidth on the same fiber line

[tight pecan]

Just regular old Lumen when Google decides to route you through them

[tight pecan]

No, what happens is that when your packets reach Google's router, it either goes through whatever private peering or interconnects they have, or through the upstreams listed

Once it's handed off to the upstream, then you're on their fiber lines

Crazy simplification here, but that's sort of the gist of it

[ripe hatch]

I mean in the literal fiber line that goes by our business to lumen and Google both use the exact same physical cable

I mean since we have the ability to get both

[tight pecan]

That depends on where the other end of that fiber line is, but yeah they probably share the line

There's a chance that they have to lay fiber though

So just keep that in mind when giving ETAs

[sly lark]

It’s not, my parents don’t care enough to do that

And it happens sometimes in the day too

[ripe hatch]

Is it like off off or does it just cut out for a few minutes or get super slow?

[sly lark]

On and off

Last night it was off for a while

[tight pecan]

Possibly congested lines?

[ripe hatch]

It’s congested lines

[ripe hatch]

Call ur ISP and tell them they should fix it in a month

I had the same issue my ISP got too many new customers and it’s overwhelming their equipment and they gotta upgrade it

[sly lark]

I see

[worthy gyro]

lol

my neigobros will hate me

my appartmenht has like 6 ssids, 3 of which are mine, Im about to add ANoTHER

i alr have my xfinity modem/router thingy, then i have a router connected in AP mode, now im about to add Another even better router in ap mode

[opal pagoda]

you should start looking at 802.11r

[worthy gyro]

sounds expensive

[opal pagoda]

on open wrt it is cheap and easy

[worthy gyro]

is it a wireless thing? cause all my aps are wired lel

i might remove the old one cause wifi 6 will prob give enough range

[opal pagoda]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11r-2008

enables quick switch from ap to ap

[worthy gyro]

o

so mesh 💀

[opal pagoda]

as devices are sticky af without it

[worthy gyro]

yeah i have them on diffrent ssids

[opal pagoda]

mesh is wireless backhoul and has nothing to do with 802.11r other than most mesh devices also support it

[worthy gyro]

one is fast asf and good range, the other is cause im lazy and dont feel like reconnecig everything from secrurity cameras to other stuff

[worthy gyro]

but u can wire mesh as well, so mesh is just the wireless part?

[opal pagoda]

mesh is just wireless communication between mesh devices
if wired option is avalibile most mesh systems preffer it

[worthy gyro]

i lkmao lmafo

i got my friend a mesh system and wired 2/3 of them

[opal pagoda]

meshless mesh

[worthy gyro]

i got a godo deal on this wifi 6 router for only $60 lol

[worthy gyro]

yup, good speecs

[opal pagoda]

does it support openwrt

[worthy gyro]

yeah, but im not instaling it

looks tricky to uninstall and i like the app

[opal pagoda]

you do you but i just want you to know that there is a beter way

[worthy gyro]

better way for what

i like the app lel

[opal pagoda]

your experience walking around the property switching to closest ap without interuptions

[worthy gyro]

its not that i switch, it just theirs some devices that are hard to reconnect

we got ring cameras and stuff

i have to leave the other AP on or no more camera

[ripe hatch]

Can confirm. I deployed a high end mesh system.

[real oar]

yo guys

what is the "network" thing on file explorer

[hardy ibex]

Its for shared folders, computers and shared printers that are available over a network

[feral agate]

my friend is going to get a new router would he also need a new modem

[thick minnow]

not at all.

[feral agate]

hm

so his router only works sometimes during the day so he thinks it is broken so he is going to get a new one

any recs

[thick minnow]

do yk wht router and modem he has rn?

[feral agate]

let me see

[thick minnow]

the modem always belongs to the ISP.

[feral agate]

give me a sec

[feral agate]

i belive spectrum from the outher box

because i have one and i have spectrum

[thick minnow]

it depends if the ISP and/or the modem is broken or something. besides tht, he can js replace the router and keep the same modem.

[feral agate]

would you say to get a new better router and just keep the modem and to see if that fixes it

and if not talk to the isp

[thick minnow]

if tht would be the case, then yeah. im also switching out to a new verizon router as i got an atnt one, so i would js get a new one or talk to the ISP.

[feral agate]

should i just rec to talk to the isp and see if they can get it replaced and if that fixes it

[thick minnow]

most recomended to do tht.

[feral agate]

i am going to try to upgrade soon

should i just get a new router or is it better to get a new router and modem

[thick minnow]

considering its js the router in this case, its best to js get the router.

[feral agate]

would their be any reason to get a new modem

for like a upgrade

[thick minnow]

nah, not neccesarily. all modems are the same.

[feral agate]

ah

[wraith tapir]

i just got gigabit internet and with my unifi i had 900mbps download and upload, now today i have 90 download and 20 upload. i have wired and a u7 pro so im not sure why this is happening

does anyone know why this is happening?

[fierce kiln]

Depends on whether it's gibibits or gigabits (about an 80mbit difference)

[wraith tapir]

no idea haha what that means but it is 1GB. i found the issue

on my port manager on the unifi app the network port is on FE not GbE, im not sure why thouygh

[opal pagoda]

when in doubt test or replace cable

[wraith tapir]

Yeah I moved the cable and it seems to have sorted

[nimble sable]

so, i'm still having the issue of my speeds (XGSPON at 4Gbps max speed connected to 10GBASE-T opnsense router). it randomly drops from 4000/4000 to 2000/230. The interesting thing is the upload speeds is such a big drop and it's almost always exactly 230, or near about (maybe 226 or 231, but never more than a few Mbps away from 230 - which is, interestingly the kinds of speeds i'd expect to see from a 250Mbps internet plan). I've checked all my wiring, which isn't an issue, expectedly since this happens intermittently. my ISP thought they solved a problem they spotted but that didn't help either. anyone have ANY ideas?

[hollow marlin]

What is done to resolve the issue if any at all?

[nimble sable]

idk what the ISP did, they thought they found an issue on their side and apparently did smthg to fix it. On my side i've tested speeds from my computer to my router/firewall itself and i'm getting consistent and expected max speeds, even when the upload speeds to the internet are at 250Mbps (there's more than enough leftover bandwidth based on the 10GbE links to have more upload speeds to the internet itself)

[pseudo blade]

Any logs worth noting from your router? CPU graphs look good for the affected times?

Certainly could be ISP shaping with those kinds of numbers but it's worth checking it's not your kit first

[nimble sable]

it never hits above 50%. regardless of speed. the thing is, i can get to the router at 9.5Gbps no problems via iperf. i.e. downloading from the router. and uploading to the router maxes at like 6 or 7gbps - i expect the limit is due to it being an embedded device.

[pseudo blade]

Are you seeing 50% when it tops out at 250mbps?

Also: not every task is fully parallelisable, you might actually be observing saturation at 50%

[nimble sable]

oh no way, 50% is at like 6Gbps

when i get 250Mbps it barely gets past 5% per CPU core

[pseudo blade]

Oh good.
Probably ISP shaping or something then

[nimble sable]

yea that was my thought as well, its really odd cuz they swear they didnt

its always exactly ~250Mbps which is...an interesting number

[thick minnow]

Is anyone aware of any legal/contractual issues with getting 2 seperate broadband services at home? I understand every carrier is different but just in general if that's ever been a thing before.

[mystic latch]

Not that I've ever heard. Seen plenty of people in the homelab world say they had 2 internet providers for redundancy.

[thick minnow]

I was exploring the option of running a new fiber connection to my colocation hosting provider (read: parents house) but they were unwilling to drop their current bill with Comcast

The redundancy would be a nice touch

Although I'm sure the comcast equipment would be pissed if it wound up on the other connection

[mystic latch]

I'm curious what is keeping them on comcast. Probably some stupid bundle they don't actually use/need.

[thick minnow]

Mostly streaming bundles and just general familiarity with their TV equipment

The justification was basically comcast have a better tv service (they probably do) and is more universally available

So my new proposal is resign with comcast for their like lowest internet tier and I'll just out all the comcast shit on the loser vlan and everyone else on the cool kids vlan

[ripe hatch]

Ngl kinda overpriced. For a failover just open another line on ur cellular plan and get a hotspot

@tight pecan top tier Meraki install lmao.

[thick minnow]

To be fair like I'd be getting symmetrical gigabit for like 40 bucks a month

If someone could cut a deal for like half the price at any speed as a backup that would be worth it

[ripe hatch]

Fair. Though if it’s a business connection it would be like triple that lol

[opal pagoda]

When loicense is more expensive than device itself

[ripe hatch]

Idek if it’s firewalling since there’s only one plug lmao

But damnit the business I’m now IT over had been paying $100 a month for it lmao

[opal pagoda]

Router on a stick

[ripe hatch]

Technically it’s sold as a firewall appliance not a router

(It is a router tho)

[opal pagoda]

I would get forti instead

[ripe hatch]

Well it’s an ISP lease

[ripe hatch]

If I do it it’ll probably be Palo Alto or just use a built in one because I know fuck all about firewalls besides how they function

Ngl idk if our business even needs a dedicated firewall

[opal pagoda]

You always need a firewall

[cerulean pulsar]

Any recommendations on any self-hosted (open source or not) network monitoring tools/SIEMs? Big plus if it's security focused and can do things beyond signature based matching such as anomaly detection using ML/Heuristics.

[mystic latch]

SecurityOnion is a VM that has all sorts of built-in tools for that.

[ripe hatch]

Well duh. I mean one integrated into a business router vs a standalone appliance. Business has been using an old ass Sonic wall for like the last decade

[tame cave]

~~So i have 2 wifi routers Connected via lan

Internet(200Mbps) ---> Router A ( ISP propriety )-----> Router B (Tenda AC1200)[AP mode]

both router A and B claim to have Gigabit ethernet. but I have only been able to get the full 200 mpbs on devices connected to the wifi of router A directly.
The interface of neither routers has any settings / info related to link speeds. went to the internet for that.

What else could cause this problem?~~

Router B does not have gigabit and the router naming and versoning is confusing

[solar dagger]

if my isp does not allow port forwarding , can i still do it using a secondary router?

[opal pagoda]

does it support bridge mode or dmz?

also check if you are on cgnat, if you are port forwarding will not work

if you are then you need to ask your isp to take you off cgnat

[solar dagger]

i dont think i am on cgnat
and as for dmz or bridge modem support i'll have to confirm with isp
my isp does not allow to use router settings

[slender thorn]

i've got an interesting issue here:

i'm currently working on getting my TrueNAS server back up and running and don't have access to wired ethernet, so i've just got my laptop sharing its wifi connection to the truenas machine.

how can i figure out which IP the TrueNAS machine has on the wifi network? tried googling it, but don't know how to phrase it, but the laptop i'm sharing the wifi connection from is able to access the web interface just fine using the IP the TrueNAS computer is displaying

the laptop i'm using to share the wifi connection is running Pop_OS!

[peak cloak]

since you have access to the server you can just log in and check

[slender thorn]

I don't know where to look and the IP that shows on the monitor I have the server connected to only appears to work on the laptop I have it connected to

Could I be mistaken in how sharing or bridging a connection on computers work? Does the laptop handle the traffic so the server would not have an IP on the WiFi network?

[peak cloak]

internet sharing heavily depends on how it configured. From what you say it's probably nating the connection which creates all sorts of funkinest, basically your server is using the laptop IP on your LAN

my advice, hook it with ethernet to your router

[slender thorn]

Yeah I agree 😅 I just wanted to be lazy since if the old server didn't immediately work I'd end up running up and down stairs a bunch

[opal pagoda]

run a cable from router to your room
put a switch in, connect both laptop and nas to it
you can get a 2.5g/10g switch for 30$ nowadays

[slender thorn]

small issue is that i can't really do that, AP is on a different floor and the people i live with would not be happy with me running a cable between them...

i'm just gonna put the computer in the room with the AP though, but i've got plans on running one later down the line since the AP is in one of the bedrooms

the new server i'm upgrading my nas to can absolutely not go in the bedroom though... way too loud (the old server is just my old gaming computer and the new one is an HP ml310e gen8 V2)

[opal pagoda]

you could get a ap or a router that supports "client mode"
then do the same as before but plug the switch into that

and server can be upgraded with some new fans

from the looks it should be easy to do

[slender thorn]

i don't think that would work since the fans the server uses are already small and from this image you can see there's not exactly much room for any larger fans.

i suspect it may be quieter once i get TrueNAS installed, but when i got it, it already had windows on it when i was testing if it turned on, and that didnt seem to know how to control them properly

[silent flax]

if you give up 5.25" bays usage for optical drives or hotswap storage, you could put in a fan there for improved airflow

not sure if it is two or three 5.25" bays, sp depending on that you could do 8 or 12cm fans

or just leave it open and put a fan behind, like this random image from internet

[slender thorn]

i really don't think it's gonna be an issue once i get a proper OS loaded on it since the fans only seem to ramp really high around boot/bios...

it is an actual server computer with xeon processor, ECC memory, the whole package... when the fans ramp to full the processor seems to stay near ambient temp so it should calm down, i'm just struggling to get my truenas boot drive to get detected so i havent managed to get an OS on it yet lol

[broken hearth]

I have TP Link Archer A6 v3 router. I guess it has one USB 2.0 port. How slow the file access will be if I use a SATA SSD directly connected to it and access files in it from my phone 1) on the same WiFi network, 2) from a different home with a different network?

[timid folio]

Limit would be however fast the usb is I assume

It cost like 10$ a month to rent a static IP from my isp, but instead I was thinking I would get a VPS and run a vpn to use it as a static IP for a game server, would that work?

[fierce kiln]

Use no-ip to get a dynamic DNS address for free. I use it to keep a static address that isn't just a string of numbers and I use it to access my media server remotely

Most routers support dynamic DNS shifting in their settings

[opal pagoda]

or alternativly
tailscale

[fierce kiln]

Not fast enough, though I've tried it and maintain it as a VPN if needed

Will say it's very easy to use

[opal pagoda]

what bandwidth were you pushing through it?

[fierce kiln]

Video streaming at about 60mbit

[opal pagoda]

huh i have been able to achieve much higher bandwidth than that

yea first few pings went via derp and then direct connection was established

[wheat solstice]

So uhh:

Home server (192.168.1.10) can't ping Shelly relay (192.168.1.214), Destination Host Unreachable
PC (192.168.1.11) can ping Shelly relay (192.168.1.214)
Shelly relay (192.168.1.214) appears to be able to connect to Home server (192.168.1.10) as if I go into Shelly relays web UI and turn it on, Home Server sees the status change

Do I just burn it all? 😕 I've seen similar issues occasionally, they go away if I reboot the router.

[silent flax]

what kind of router ? i had consumer routers semi-lock up when ran too long, like i could open some websites, but others wouldn't work, neither would new connections via SSH or some other protocols. If you have such router, sadly i suspect it would be good to either replace the router (if possible) or perform a scheduled reboot every day/every few days

[wheat solstice]

The network looks like this:

Unifi USG-PRO-4 (192.168.1.1)
  (Ethernet) Microtik CRS328-24P-4S+RM (No IP)
    (SFP+ DAC) Home server (192.168.1.11)
    (Ethernet) Unifi U6 Lite (192.168.1.225)
      (Wifi) Shelly relay (192.168.1.214)
    (Ethernet) Netgear 8 port switch (No IP) 
      (Ethernet) PC (192.168.1.10)

[wheat solstice]

Update on that weirdness:

On home server: mtr 192.168.1.214 destination host unreachable, leave it running.
On PC: mtr 192.168.1.214, magically repairs network, mtr on home server starts getting responses.

[olive arrow]

Anyone know any modems that have high speed ports(1.5Gbps or better) that supports wol? I got a modem with 10Gbps but WoL doesn't work with it. Only the 1gbps ports

[urban bison]

I have 3 recommendation (for modem that have 1.5GBps+ and supports WoL (Wake-On-LAN):

1. Netgear Nighthawk C7800
2. ARRIS SURFboard SBG8300
3. TP-Link Archer CR1900

These are the options that can have 4GBps ethernet port and all of them has good WoL support that I can find.

[thick fulcrum]

I would put my money on the Tp-Link or a Vigor319x serries - draytek just work

https://www.draytek.com.au/products/broadband-routers/vigor3912-series/

[thick fulcrum]

Took me ages to find that! I am a "little" slow today

[burnt dagger]

hi i have a amplfi router model is afi-r i need to spread the wifi better across the house.
what mesh repeater should i get i have a Ethernet cable running to the middle of my house and its not a big house.
the room im trying to get stable wifi in is about 6-10m away behind 2 walls.
oh i think i just need an extender would it still be using the same name and password ?

as far as i see the extender should just use the same password right ?

[nimble sable]

does anyone have any idea what could be causing these DRASTICALLY irregular speedtest results? (look at the upload column).

[north lark]

wlan or lan

[nimble sable]

eh? thats speedtest.net results...so over the internet?

[north lark]

uhh, yeah…….

i mean
wifi or cabled

wlan = wireless lan
lan = local area network
AKA hard wired

[north lark]

are you using WiFi or Ethernet

[nimble sable]

testing done from Router, NAS and PC with similar results. (green = DAC, blue = cat6)

[nimble sable]

added bonus. speedtest log from router

[analog ice]

I’ve got a router with only two, one gigabit LAN ports and need more. I can just grab a gigabit multi port dumb/unmanaged hub right? Would each device still have gigabit speeds or would it be limited? Any @‘s appreciated.

[nimble sable]

yes and the whole network together would be limited to 1Gb speeds as well. Easiest thing to do is connect the switch to one LAN port and use the switch to connect everything else, but if it's an off the shelf router most of the time all the ports are a switch internally anyways iirc

[analog ice]

Whole network is gigabit anyway, so no worries

I figured it would be fine but just wanted to sanity check

[nimble sable]

oh just to be clear on the terminology, you want a "Switch". I assume that's what u meant but there actually is something called a "hub" and it's different

[analog ice]

Yeah yeah yeah hub is like extra dumb right

sends the same thing to every port

been a minute since I went through the class that covers the Network+ info lol

NETGEAR 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch (GS305) - Home Network Hub, Office Ethernet Splitter, Plug-and-Play, Silent Operation, Desktop or Wall Mount https://a.co/d/0f6pR0qQ something like this would be fine for my application, yeah?

[nimble sable]

yeap tahts the one, i had one of those for YEARS before i upgraded to 10Gb

[analog ice]

Awesome, thanks.

[wraith tapir]

a new promotion came out from Auvik that if you could detect 8 billing devices (Firewalls) with your auvik controller software you can receive a Unifi USW-24 Switch. Can anyone walk me through on how to do this as I keep getting stuck on the network part of pfSense.

[pseudo pasture]

The new LTT video with the vertical rack made me want to show off my own vertical rack I just finished up

[mystic latch]

First thought is 8 VMs, but I wouldn't be surprised if they rejected that way.

Where are you getting stuck with pfsense?

[wraith tapir]

It says it failed to connect to the netgate servers

[mystic latch]

Like during initial setup? I'd guess it has to do with their licensing? Still, annoying that it needs to phone home for basic shit. You could try opnsense instead

[wraith tapir]

Yeah

[opal pagoda]

maybe imunes could be used
https://imunes.net/

[silent flax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx2bo__naP0

[nimble sable]

oh dear lord, so my bad upload speeds is a heisenbug

how tf do i even begin to solve this

[small brook]

my wifi keeps disconnecting and reconecting only on my computer its fine for like 3mintues then disc

[thick minnow]

Do waps affect sleep?

Was considering placing one in my bedroom as it's far away from the modem

[nimble sable]

sleep? if you're asking if access points will have any effect on your sleep just by being in your bedroom, absolutely not. think about all the hospitals and hotels and airports where ppl sleep alll the time and have tonnes of WAPs all over the place

[thick minnow]

Ok

[drowsy fossil]

most you can turn the leds off in settings

[tame cave]

finally .. I have gigabit 🕊️

[opal pagoda]

Black electrical tape is vendor agnostic

[nimble sable]

hold up...most meaning there are some AP vendors who don't have that option?

https://tenor.com/view/brooklyn-nine-nine-terry-jeffords-why-b99-brooklyn99-gif-21715381

[tame cave]

Lights .. ive seen/owned APs and routers in which all you can do is 'SEE' whats happening. cant change anything other than wifi name and stuff

[dark canyon]

My edge router can't disable the leds

I ended up taking it apart and putting bluetak over them lol

that way i can see them if I look at the right angle but it doesn't light up my shelf haha

[thick mirage]

Anyone have a suggestion for a dd-wrt supported router these days?

[meager ginkgo]

OpenWRT is very similar, I’d go for the GLInet flint 2

Ships with their UI on top of openwrt by default but it can flashed to pure openwrt easily

[silent flax]

yeah, why would you need DD-WRT specifically ? OpenWRT has better overall support outside few commercially blocked devices where you might have paid module in DD-WRT, but no support in OpenWRT

[slender thorn]

anyone know why when i try and replicate my iocage dataset from my old truenas server to my new one, the space used is much smaller?

on my old server it takes 6.98GiB, but when i use the replicate task, it only moves over ~4.52GiB

could it be the snapshots? idk where they're stored and google isnt being a great help in clarifying this issue...

[agile pendant]

YIPEE i just upgraded my ethernet and now i can get 27 gb updates in 2 min lol

[thorn delta]

I like that LTT reminded me that work has a Phantom Cables (the B2B version of infinite cables, a frequent sponsor) account, they've been kicking ass lately and they're cheaper than some other suppliers we use... I was in a panic for last week when I found that some cable management trays, patch cables, rack screws and patch panels just didn't show up for a full week job on the friday before. I had an order placed on Friday morning shipped to the site and it was there on the Monday morning.

[south walrus]

I don’t know why ltt did not use this

It is WiFi 7 and it would been better then the gaming setup lan right now

[south walrus]

They have 10gig ports

[opal pagoda]

Ubiquiti is a ltt sponsor

[mild fossil]

whoever knows some cloudflare stuff, i would appreciate it a lot

basically i have two websites running on nginx
accessing the pages directly poses no issue (one is on port 80 and the other is on port 5766)

however when i try to connect cloudflare tunnel to both of them

the port 80 one works fine, however the port 5766 is not found by cloudflare

(this is from accessing them outside the local network, i should add)

the service exists according to netstat

and here are my configurations

if you have any ideas why this happens, that would be appreciated

[thorn delta]

only 2x2, but yeah, there's definitely a lot of better wifi equipment out there. I imagine ubiquiti just gives them the gear for free

I feel like with the high ceilings and the potentially densely packed room, having something with a bit more narrow beamwidth would help

[south walrus]

No real point in 4 by 4 to be honest other then if you have thousands of people at the same time on the same ap

[tribal sequoia]

if they were expecting that kind of density i'd also hope they ran dual lines to them

pretty sure they're only running 1x 2.5g to them

[mild fossil]

it just fixed itself....

anyways, have a wonderful day!

[ivory umbra]

just curious are there any network engineers in and around the lower mainland who might be able to assist a newbie in learning and building their first homelab? Could offer a horse trade of sorts perhaps or food 😄

[pseudo blade]

Sorry, I can only offer network engineering advice based in the central Atlantean region and only accept unicorn trades.

That said, I'm sure there's plenty of generic advice available for newbies wanting to build a homelab - just say what you want to learn, what you already have and how much you can spend.

[keen urchin]

Just start doing stuff.

[pseudo blade]

Pretty much. My first environment was just an old Netbook with Ubuntu on, followed by 3 old office PCs in a cluster on a Mikrotik switch

My current hypervisor is a Dell Optiplex with 80GB of RAM running Hyper-V.

[coarse rapids]

new ISP activated
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/591/928/94f.png

[small glade]

The view vs the mobile network speed (Latvian infrastructure goes hard sometimes)

Sure upload is a bit weak but the tower is nearly 2km away from here + through trees. It's impressive the phone can get anything through to the tower wonder what's the TX power of the phone

[cerulean pulsar]

Anyone have any idea why the following squid rule wouldn't allow a subdomain of my example.com domain?

http_access allow ALLOWED_DOMAIN
http_access deny all```
I configured this on a win 11 box but when trying to go to test.example.com the proxy blocks it. I can see the request being denied in the squid logs but idk why:
`TCP_DENIED/403 3959 CONNECT test.example.com:443`

~~How do I know if the problem is with the rule itself or with squid trying to make the connection and it fails? ~~figured it out, there was a deny all above this section of the config that i missed

[agile pendant]

domain expansion, NETWORK

[ripe hatch]

Anyone know how Verizon business plans work?

Also what’s the difference between Cisco CBS 350s and Catalyst 1000s?

[ripe hatch]

Does anyone with business IT experience mind looking at my plan for equipment for a complete network overhaul of my small business? Make sure I’m not forgetting anything lol

[thorn delta]

iirc the CBS series is just their web managed stuff, whereas the catalyst 1000 has basically full cisco IOS with the cli on it

[thick fulcrum]

Comments on the VIGI and Amada PoE? would they work with each other? Long range setup off grid?

example: Tp-Link SG20059-PD with a SP18090 - plug in a IP mobile data device on the near end, and cat 6e to the SG2005 - boost up at the 190m mark with a SP6020 injecting PoE ++

[pseudo blade]

Yeah that's not abnormal, we get that here in Australia pretty easily. With specialised (but inexpensive) equipment I've done it over 20km.

[long thistle]

isn't ruckus overpriced?

I think they already used them in Linus' previous house

or in the current one but they replaced them with ubiquiti

[fierce kiln]

Yeah they used ruckus because ubiquiti was causing issues, but he's switched back.

[pseudo blade]

Oh my does Packet Tracer still use the 2950 as the stock switch?

I mean VLANs and packets are still VLANs and packets but it stop saled in 2008 and EOL'ed in 2013 and is kinda like learning to drive trains on a steam locomotive

[gusty storm]

Yep, iirc they also have a 3560, 3650 and some custom packet tracer switch

[opal pagoda]

Packet tracer is so limited tho
Lots of commands that work on real hw dont work on packet tracer

[gusty storm]

They don't even use PT for the cert exams lol

[opal pagoda]

Do they use vm-s like fortinet fast tracks?

[gusty storm]

Yeah from what I've seen it's CML and their IOSv images

[coral skiff]

I could use some advise. Looking for a reliable media converter 10Gb SPF+ to RJ45. That will handle 1/2.5/5/10. Any recommendations?

[opal pagoda]

10gtek makes ok units

if you arent using vlans then using this switch and a sfp+ 10gbase t transciever would be better as you get more 2.5g ports

[analog ice]

I’m a real boy now

[coral skiff]

Nice Thanks for the feedback. @opal pagoda

[topaz patrol]

Expensive? Yes
Overpriced? No

[tribal sequoia]

heh

i just had to get a client to console into a ruckus icx switch because after a power outage it's rsa key disappeared and ssh was non functional now