networking

[wary olive]

Is anyone here really good with truenas scale? I would love some help with it for a VM I am running

[heavy yoke]

I wanna set up a NAS with a couple of security cameras for my family, any recommendations on hardware / software?

[high spade]

Hey guys, I've got a ethernet cable that I want to run through the wall so it's no longer running down the hall. My question is about using those network wall jacks, do those cause a lot of loss? If I have to go from router INTO a jack to go into the wall, run the cable then OUT of another jack to connect to the device, that's not going to cause a big drop is it?

[peak cloak]

no, as long as the length is short enough

as in total length is less than 100m

[topaz patrol]

Not even g.fast? Assholes

[glad ferry]

Have you looked at Synology w/ Surveillance Station

Other options would be standard hardware/server/nas with Blue Iris

[heavy yoke]

this would maybe work better yeah

thank you!

[misty flame]

Not sure if this is the correct place for this. But I'm working as an IT administrator at a school and trying to accommodate Teachers not wanting to use the provided iPads but also keep our network secure. Is there a way to not have the network password saved on Windows 11 while not forgetting the password?

[peak cloak]

Wdym? Are you trying to make it that users can't view Wi-Fi password to connect other devices?

[misty flame]

Yes

We had an issue last year with some students finding out the Teacher network password while trying to help them. Ended up having about 24 student cell phones connected that were not supposed to be there.

[silent flax]

isn't that what captive portal is meant for ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal

i mean you are trying to solve a security issue on wrong end - you should solve it in a way that password is not on end device at all

[misty flame]

Most definitely. Was just trying to see if there was another way of doing it. Since it would cost about $10k each year.

[silent flax]

what ? a captive portal ?

[peak cloak]

setup enterprise wifi?

each person uses their own login

iirc though you can't see password without admin rights though in windows?

nevermind, I'm wrong about that, looks like it changed

[misty flame]

Ok. Thank y'all for your help. I'll have to keep these solutions in mind. I might be able to implement them in the coming school years. Unfortunately I think I will just need to try to move the stubborn mules to use the provided devices for this school year.

Wish me luck 😅

[opal pagoda]

you want to create a byod enviroment?

[manic crystal]

I did a Speed test on my new Galaxy S24. I also have fiber optic internet.

[topaz patrol]

It’d probably be helpful to know what gear you’re using right now

[tribal sequoia]

Start using 802.1x authentication...

Please!!!

Then setup a guest/byod with traffic shaping for the big media streaming sites since generally there's WAY more devices on it.

[pseudo blade]

802.1x as said, you might like this? https://www.packetfence.org/about.html#/overview

Say.. require intune, block intune from registering on BYOD or something like that

[topaz patrol]

Does anybody know an open source (or cheaper) alternative to Cisco SamKnows? They charge ridiculous fees (we're looking to monitor the speed and availability of internet connectivity at a few sites)

[young knot]

What does SamKnows actually do? Monitor the traffic to determine speed and availability, or run speed tests between sites occasionally?

At $work, I use a combination of MRTG and Nagios with https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Network-Connections%2C-Stats-and-Bandwidth/check_iperf3/details

[topaz patrol]

All of the above
I'll have a look at check_iperf

Hmm this looks like pretty much what we need, thanks!

Now to get someone to make it work and look pretty

[topaz patrol]

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/monitor-your-internet-raspberry-pi
Red shirt Jeff has got my back

[sterile galleon]

I live at the very top of a housing estate, roughly a mile from the cabinet box, so no gfast unfortunately, that's only rated up to ~250m

[topaz patrol]

Ah, I assumed you were calling the MDF in your building the "cabinet box" lol
Fibre one day 😢

[sterile galleon]

Fttp install on the 23rd! Can't wait 🙂

[topaz patrol]

Exciting

[last tiger]

you aren't gonna have great networking performance if you are doing multigig routing/switching on a pfsense/opnsense firewall unless you got some crazy xeons for a network appliance. recommend ya to look at level 3 switches to actually handle multi gig with dedicated ASICs made for routing.

https://forum.level1techs.com/t/pfsense-10gbe-build-recommendations/184106

it'll be expensive and doing 5gbps gets a little rough unless you route on a layer 3 switch

I would take a look at these maybe (I just got a ICX6610-48P)

[signal thistle]

I have ubiquiti's 24poe switch.

The VR headsets are connected to the U6 pro, which is then connected to Unifi POE 24

At the moment only one desktop is going to be connected via ethernet.

To be honest, I'm not actually expecting 10Gbe.

just wanted to use the fibre just because and the card wasn't that expensive XD

[last tiger]

you aren't gonna use more then 250-300mbps on quest streaming, get a dedicated AP and bands for it. (works great for me even on 5ghz) unless you have faster then 1gbe internet, probs is 2gbe, but you'll be really cutting it close to make a firewall handle serious routing

but if you have unfi gear, just get a UDM used for a good deal man

[signal thistle]

Three people use the same network for VR at the same time (we play together)

So I was trying to get something that could do the 2.5Gb

[last tiger]

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-WiFi-Access-Point-WAX214v2/dp/B0BVGJQ6JP literally get a dedicated AP per person, dedicate bands for each ap and wifi networks. I did this, it works fantastically on these

I got one of mine used for like 20 bucks, other one was 40

[signal thistle]

Brb I want to see if there's something for using the 10Gb fibres to get a 2.5Gbe

No, nvm I don't have an injector

[signal thistle]

My father isn't pleased already for me having ONE and he only allows it because I setup everything XD

[signal thistle]

Is there anything you'd recommend that has fewer ports?

As I mentioned, I have the 24 Poe switch but I have a UDM and could probably just use the switch connected to that and have the UDM do my routing

[signal thistle]

I might do what Madmatt suggested because I wanted to run a NAS as well

For family photos and "cloud" photos

And Plex media

[last tiger]

to be honest, I still don't see why you need multigig for APs. I can see it for stacking to other network components, but a 10gbe tunnel would likely be enough for you even.

[signal thistle]

10gbe tunnel?

[last tiger]

well, if you are only talking multi gig speeds to your server to maybe your main desktop, you don't need many multi-gig ports. VR streaming with even 3 headsets on one AP (which man the latency spikes owie) wouldn't even saturate 1 gig likely.

[signal thistle]

Well, to make your head hurt two of the PCs are on WiFi lol

[last tiger]

there's no world where you are gonna do 2 passes over wifi for vr streaming unless you get dedicated APs for both the computer, and vr headsets even if there are enough bands left over that aren't polluted.

[signal thistle]

But I wanted to use PF sense because I had some spare PCs that I wanted to use up

[last tiger]

pfsense isn't going to help you in this situation, you need to wire these computers, be it MOCA, powerline, or drilling holes into walls.

2 low latency jumps for vr streaming is insane, even 1 with multiple different people doing the same thing on the same network

lotta routing

[signal thistle]

Omg, why didn't I think of using power line for the PC?!

I even kept talking about using power line to bring meshnet to the hangar instead of WiFi

[last tiger]

I uh, wouldn't expect multiple powerline "runs" to work well for you.

probs would be limited to a 100-200mbps at most.

[signal thistle]

Yes, but having one less on the Wi-Fi

[last tiger]

3 vr stream "runs" is a lot, and technically 4 on even wifi 6e would be pushing it

3x headsets wireless
1x PC wireless

that is the amount of streams I see around 200-300mbps each with hopefully no interference

you will spend a lot more to get wireless to work then running good ole ethernet will be, trust me

especially since 6ghz the less physical walls the better obviously

I personally trust my Netgear APs (WAX214 personally can say is excellent 1 gig grade 5ghz, WAX630E is great 2.5gig max 6ghz though I havent personally tested, but seen great things.)

[signal thistle]

So for me to handle 2.5 GBE I should have just bought a new router then?

Instead of network cards?

The switch was needed for Camera

But to be honest I just wanted to say I used an old pc as a router.

[last tiger]

No, layer 3 switches are "routers" since they are able to control advanced configurations and switching between local resources very quickly. pfsense is firewall software, it is made to manage incoming and outgoing connections from your network.

[signal thistle]

Oooh.

I apologise for making that error

So just having the high throughput switch should be okay for the most part?

[last tiger]

If you don't have more then 1 gig internet, and WiFi 6e clients, you really don't need more then 1gbe on your APs inputs, because getting 2.5gbe network switches was never a thing in servers, since they went straight to 10gbe in enterprise and datacenter from 1gbe

Plus, you can probably get 3x of nice WiFi 6 (5ghz) APs for the price of 1x WiFi 6e AP

And sfp+ transceivers (that convert the SFP+ to RJ45) that support 2.5gbe are like $40-50 each usually.

[signal thistle]

The only issue I had was that I don't have an injector for the u6

[last tiger]

They are like 20 dollars a pop on amazon. You don't really need to invest into PoE until you have enough devices a PoE switch becomes cheaper.

(Unless the PoE version of a switch you are looking at is only like $20 dollars more, then why the hell not)

[signal thistle]

Oops, because I already got it

I got the 24 Poe because I needed more ports

[last tiger]

I will say, if you use their APs, Security Cameras (including doorbell camera), and want to know networking, but not too much (and have the money for it) the ecosystem isn't that bad. I then would for sure at minimum get either a UDM (Depending on which one fits you best), or Cloud Gateway Max (when the no added storage option becomes available due to the insane SSD pricing) but I'm not sold on them just because access points. (I mean I got spoiled with how darn simple the Netgear business ones are, I mean at scale not the most incredible but for 90% of people, fantastic)

Not telling you to sell your stuff, but rather you already got some stuff, you might as well enjoy their ecosystem since their stuff meshes well (for the price)

[signal thistle]

But I think I'll either use my spare UDM for my personal network.

[last tiger]

Are you.. Doublenatting or are you running a DMZ? VLAN?

I don't exactly get why you'd segment it other then unless you had enough server equipment and don't want to easily share content to other people on other segmented parts of your network (it's possible but not easy)

[signal thistle]

I don't think I'm double nating.

I live in a rural area and one of my neighbours buys some of my bandwidth so the UDM I have here is the remote side of the microwave link (setup before starlink was a thing in my area) to separate the networks more easily.

[signal thistle]

But thank you very much for your advice and just bringing me to realisation about my setup.

[signal thistle]

@last tiger I should ask.

Should I just use my TP link WiFi 6 router (with it's WiFi turned off) and my u6 pro AP?
Poe switch for the extra ports
Then start wiring more things around the house.
Still have a spare injector somewhere and that should be good for 2.5Gbe.
Because then I can use the SFP 10G with one of those 2.5g rj45s you suggested

I got a roll of multi strand direct bury fibre (from an auction lmao) that I'll run to my hangar workshop

[young knot]

To clarify, pfSense or OPNsense should be fine for your internal routing too. My home network runs on two old Dell R210 IIs in HA, and I get consistent 10Gbps between VLANs.

[opal pagoda]

And that is a firewall, just straight routing is even less resource intensive

[young knot]

Yeah, disabling firewall features is always an option with either pfSense/OPNsense if it’s just internal. But even running a firewall between VLANs (which I want), it’s not using a lot of CPU.

Load average: 0.42, 0.22, 0.12

Admittedly, that is a Xeon, from a decade ago.

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 V2

I haven’t seen any issues with an i5 with the OPNsense based firewall I built for my dad’s home. Similar load average, and it’s far more energy efficient than mine.

[opal pagoda]

on fortigates i get few precent cpu usage while hundreds of people and 10's of servers are behind it

[young knot]

Yeah, that’s not too surprising.

At $work, we use a Cisco C9500-32C as our core router. It’s a high end Xeon and this one certainly does have an ASIC for routing, but CPU usage is rarely over 12% with hundreds of people, dozens of servers and hundreds of VMs. It’s usually passing around 300GB/s across the chassis. CPU usage would be even lower if we didn’t run ACLs and dynamic routing.

The point being, you don’t need an incredibly powerful CPU for routing in most cases. Just try to avoid scenarios where the traffic has to be handled by the CPU.

[opal pagoda]

when using mikrotiks this is really important

[young knot]

Even on their switches.. I made the mistake of enabling LACP on one of their switches without reading the datasheet. All of my traffic was being switched by the CPU.

[opal pagoda]

was the switch atleast x86 based?

[young knot]

32 bit ARM

[normal sparrow]

hello nerds

need help with my modem and stuff

how do i get attainable rate

its almost double my regular

[opal pagoda]

call your isp

as a user you cant change those settings

[normal sparrow]

what do i ask them to do

[opal pagoda]

"i have noiced that on my router it says attainable downloads speeds are double what i am currently getting, could you increse my speeds?"

[normal sparrow]

can attainable speed be up to the citys connection

or they reduced it on their own

[opal pagoda]

atainable means that the wire towards your house can deliver x bandwidth

[late void]

unless you like hardware hacking

then it doesn't matter since you have the superadmin account

[opal pagoda]

but you still cant control device on the other side of the wire

[late void]

true

but I doubt the ISP side has it set up the same

but yeah call the ISP

[normal sparrow]

you think i do have

i gotta wait till tmrw to fix wifi

cause its late and they dont work on sunday

[late void]

most shitty isp's have them

[normal sparrow]

how can i tell

[late void]

though the password stored in the firmware

[late void]

you can't

the only way to see is with UART

[normal sparrow]

then how can i change the thing

[late void]

^ @normal sparrow

[normal sparrow]

cant rn

[tiny jasper]

Idk if this is where I ask this but can I connect the modem/router combo that my ISP provided to a gigabit switch? The modem only has 2 ethernet ports and we need more.

Can one ethernet cable go directly from modem to switch and then plug the rest in? Or is that not how it works.

[tiny jasper]

ChatGPT says it works like that haha. I guess I'll buy one and try it. Can always return it.

[signal thistle]

Greeeeaaat

TPlink router only supports static aggregation.
UI POE24 switch does not support static aggregation

[fierce kiln]

Absolutely yes

The switch can be thought of as simply a USB hub for Ethernet

[tiny jasper]

Okay sweet tysm

[fierce kiln]

All you need for a full networking setup is a gateway, a switch, and an access point

(routers do this all in one)

[shadow sundial]

Anyone have any Plex experience. I’m using it on windows. For some reason today when I opened it my media was not there in its place was a screen asking to download plex media server…. See g as I have that ready I just uninstalled it then clicked the link to go to the page and Reinstalled it …. Now it’s still asking for me to installl it. I’ve checked for updates I’ve restarted my pc idk what to do

[south blade]

I've got a router with DD-WRT setup as a repeater, should the channel on it be the same as on the main modem/router?

[last tiger]

psst brocade brother

Iirc most of the switches you have are just level 2

[signal thistle]

I think all of them are

[signal thistle]

I've already used up my tech budget for this month XD

[upper sail]

I got an interesting one here. I have an x570 ace motherboard with 2 ethernet ports on the back. One controlled by an intel chipset running at gig. And one controlled by a Realtek chipset running at 2.5gig.

Basically wondering if the two of these will share a MAC address or will each have their own?

[clear igloo]

two ports = two mac addresses

[upper sail]

Perfect

[upper sail]

By that logic, will my on board wifi also have a different MAC address?

[clear igloo]

Yup

[solemn otter]

how do i make proxmox servers automatically start ?? if that makes sense ?

[thorn delta]

like, you want VMs on proxmox to automatically start when the physical machine boots? It's in the options, labelled "start at boot"

[cinder plank]

I have seen that most of the affordable Omada switches are only L2+. Is this suitable. or is a ICX7150-C12P better?

[topaz patrol]

I’ll tell you now, I’m a sales and operations guy. not a networking guy, but I’d say that the ruckus is probably a better product

FYI TP-Link support is free forever, ruckus will make you buy a support license

[cinder plank]

what is "Support"?

[topaz patrol]

However the internet is a fantastic resource, so support isn’t as important

[topaz patrol]

A phone number you can call if things aren’t working and you need help, and firmware updates

I’m not sure about how ruckus handles firmware upgrades

[cinder plank]

Oh, I see. I can hopefully figure most problems out with internet resources, fail that ask on discord. I haven't used support before, but I can imagine it just morphing in a sales call for me to buy their other product as the solution 😆

[cinder plank]

It is 7years old so hopefully there is enough online by now

[topaz patrol]

Lmao

[topaz patrol]

I’m sure you can privateer a copy

[cinder plank]

how tf is 2017 7 years ago!

[topaz patrol]

Yikes 😧

[topaz patrol]

Anybody know of a SIP compliant loud ringer so that an incoming call can be heard in a loud environment?

I’ve found a few, but they all seem to be like $800 and frankly, that’s ridiculous

[opal pagoda]

hook it up to a air horn

[topaz patrol]

Yeah it looks like I'm going to have to DIY something using an ATA :(

[red oracle]

If you work out something cool definitely let me know. I work with conferencing equipment very often and would be interested to see what you whip up.

[tribal sequoia]

literally every company i know of uses some Analog loud speaker with an analog over ip converter

i think the market for the type of device you're talking about isn't there somehow it's wild

because i feel like it doesn't exist haha

[topaz patrol]

I hate using ATAs, especially when everything else is all new lmao

[tribal sequoia]

like, all the cloud phone systems i've used have the ability to control speakers like this for paging

but the speakers don't exist lol

[topaz patrol]

Exactly

[tribal sequoia]

maybe someone will come in here and be like "oh i used this" and we can rejoice

[topaz patrol]

Why the fuck is this $1k

[tribal sequoia]

mother of god haha

[topaz patrol]

I thought it would be a simple thing that grandstream or yealink sell
But apparently not

[tribal sequoia]

looks like there IS a market for them haha, it's just an entry level of 800+ dollars

[topaz patrol]

Yeah no thanks, no client is going to want to pay that

lol

[tribal sequoia]

i understand why they all have aoip converters for their analog speakers now

[topaz patrol]

Looks like I’m getting a cheap ringer and adding an ATA to an otherwise perfect IP native setup :(

[tribal sequoia]

😦

i have some fortiswitches in the office i haven't ever touched before, don't usually get higher end ones

[topaz patrol]

Fancy

[tribal sequoia]

some 2048f's

48 sfp28 and 8 qsfp28

they're replacing dell sf5248f-on i think?

which were configured massively wrong and i can't wait to rip them out lol

couldn't get 25-gig to reliably work with them with fortinet branded sfp28 dac's

and they were configured in vlt but somehow they did it way wrong and the company would rather have matching gear with their firewalls at this point

[topaz patrol]

"critical priority"

[tribal sequoia]

oof

[topaz patrol]

A couple days of doing a whole lot of not much I guess

[tribal sequoia]

critical priority and multiple days must mean whatever it is is absolutely fucked lol

[topaz patrol]

Yeah lmao

It's the ordering API and portal that's broken so it must be really really fucked because 3 days of that being down is very expensive

[thorn delta]

Had a few like that over the years... My tech rolls up to a tower site that went down after a storm. Before even entering the equipment shelter, he sees the outdoor light just exploded and knew we were fucked

[tribal sequoia]

boom

[surreal pilot]

bruh, is it possible that my minecraft server is exposing me to a ddos attack

its really weird, but my internet keeps cutting out here and there - it works as fast as it usually does in like steam and when checking internet speed, but youtube videos are stupid slow

[cinder plank]

What 10G NIC should I get for a N100 NAS? It needs all the VLAN stuff

[fierce kiln]

How much speed you paying for

[low pond]

If it happens commonly with all your devices, and google services as a whole appear slow (so for example say downloading from Gdrive) this might actually be a higher level issue out of your control, but something with congestion maybe or bad routing's from ISP's side. Just a wild guess though I really doubt it's this

[low pond]

But yeah if you are being DDOS'd everything should be slow, don't think speedtest.net would fly but google services slow down

[cinder plank]

I am looking on Ali for stuff to cut an re-terminate a OM3 Fiber. Are all the LC connectors the same, should i just go with the cheapest, or are there a better/recommended style?

[cinder plank]

will these (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005199153737.html) likely work in a SFP+ port, why are they so cheap?

what 10G NIC should I get to go with a N100 motherboard for a NAS? (It needs to do all the VLAN stuff)

[clear igloo]

they're 1 gig SFPs for starters, they'll work in an SFP+ slot though

[opal pagoda]

you can get original cisco sfp+ (10g) from ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/315216591506

but if you are running short distances you also need a attenuator or get multimode ones (SR) with appropriate multimode patch cable

[clear igloo]

That's still a gigabit SFP

[opal pagoda]

corrected

[thorny osprey]

is my adblocker service working idk lol

[shadow sundial]

casue it BIG NOISE

[topaz patrol]

That’s a $50 horn with maybe $150 worth of circuitry

[shadow sundial]

butt....does it make BIG NOISE?

[topaz patrol]

lmao

[shadow sundial]

lol. that price tag is crazy though. for $1k you cna build abotu 100 of them and wire them all together......and hire Johnny depp to poush the button!

[waxen saddle]

Youtube has recently been playing games where if it thinks you are blocking ads, video playback will be absolutely horrid. I’ve especially noticed this with Firefox.
Probably best to seek content elsewhere, like Rumble or others.

[limpid vault]

Been looking to replace my Netgear Orbi system for a while now, it's been giving me trouble ever since I got it.

Looking to get a reliable mesh systen setup. Have very thick walls, definitely will not be running any PoE system because of this.

Hoping to get a system that has satellites with ethernet ports on then so my non-wifi systems can be wired directly in.

Hoping to stay under $500
Wanting Wifi 6 minimum

Any suggestions?

[pseudo blade]

WiFi 6 and competent mesh both raise the price

Depends a lot on your home's layout too

[topaz patrol]

I think I found my new favourite WAP

Cheap, PoE out and don’t look horrible

Also easily retrofitted without any modifications to the building

[pseudo blade]

Yeah Mikrotik has kinda similar ones

A neat way of retrofitting WiFi

Won't quite match roof mounted APs but perfectly good for smaller spaces

[topaz patrol]

We have one in every room, so I think it'll do just fine haha
But yeah certainly less coverage than ceiling mounted options

[cinder plank]

I only need 1g sfp to a sfp switch atm.
But will these https://aliexpress.com/item/1005005785147911.html do the same thing when I need 10g sfp+?

[cinder plank]

I did consider bidi but I'm thinking of sticking to multimode, Is it right that multimode is easier to terminate/get working since the fiber is bigger?

[opal pagoda]

Termination difficulty and tools are same but single mode fiber is easier to buy

[cinder plank]

Isn't the chance of misalignment and the effect of dirt higher since the area the light is going through is far smaller?

[opal pagoda]

Will you fusion splice or mechanically splice it?

[topaz patrol]

I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume they're mechanically splicing

[opal pagoda]

Yea probably but you never know

[cinder plank]

Not splicing since the tools look very expensive? Just putting new LC connectors on with a cheap cleave tool, after putting it though a tube.

[cinder plank]

Some OM3, is one of the first parts I got. I saw a bargain and so picked up 2x 200ft OM3 for £10 each.

[cinder plank]

Alos, What 10G NIC should I get to go with a N100 motherboard for a UnRaid NAS? (It needs to do all the VLAN stuff)

[pseudo blade]

N100 is PCIe gen3 so if 80% isn't good enough you'll want an older product on >=2 PCIe lanes

[opal pagoda]

i have these and i havent seen multimode ones, they have magic woodo gel inside that makes it have leeway regarding positioning and cleave quality
if you will "Just putting new LC connectors on" it isnt that simple. they need to be epoxied in place and polished

[pseudo blade]

I'd be looking at the intel ones myself, a used server NIC

[opal pagoda]

intel or melanox connectx 3 or 4

[pseudo blade]

Sensible choices

If looking at connectx, choose carefully to avoid buying infiniband

[opal pagoda]

as with all used server nics he might need to block off few pins from pcie (smbus)https://youtu.be/bEd3NbJFBc8

[pseudo blade]

Oh apparently you can run the IB ones in ethernet mode

[opal pagoda]

yea you def can

[pseudo blade]

And they're about $30

[opal pagoda]

even less

[pseudo blade]

Also: another caveat of the N100 specifically is that you have 9 PCIe lanes total and some will be lost to internal peripherals. If your NAS will be NVMe temper your expectations accordingly.

[pseudo blade]

Australia's fun that way

Hell I can see a 40 gig one for near $20USD on further review

Losing 8 lanes for it kinda sucks but it'd be fun if I had a switch of that caliber

[opal pagoda]

or you can split it out to 4x 10g links 🤔

[pseudo blade]

That too

[opal pagoda]

splicing setup that contractor that splices and runs fiber for us has

[cinder plank]

Wdym 80%. (are most new NICs only Gen 4 x1?). The N100 is Gen3 x2...

[pseudo blade]

8gbps per lane on PCIe gen 3

[cinder plank]

what type of connectors are in this video... does the fiber poke out the end (and touch the transceiver) or are there optics inside the connector? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHh6zx3T6To

[pseudo blade]

single lane (newer) products will not saturate in that scenario

[cinder plank]

are newer Gen4?

[pseudo blade]

Theoretically but the used gen3 ones are such a good deal in that scenario I haven't even bothered looking

You will need one capable of using at least two gen3 lanes (per port) for the chipset in question

Or just accept lower perf in the event of saturation

Like say if you get a 2 port 10 gigabit card you'll need >2 lanes to actually saturate them both but not one

[cinder plank]

I only need 1 port to go to the switch

[pseudo blade]

So be it

[cinder plank]

I want it to be low power. Are they all similar, does SPF+ draw more power than a 10G Ethernet option?

[pseudo blade]

If you use DAC it's not much

SFP+ to 10gbase-t does run hot but in the scheme of power consumption it's only a few watts max anyways

[cinder plank]

Will it be data rate dependent? I.e. will it use less power doing IOT stuff, vs when it is doing a file transfer?

[pseudo blade]

That depends on more than the NIC

[cinder plank]

I mean, will it draw the same amount of power all the time

i.e. does it draw very little when it isn't doing much

[pseudo blade]

I don't think the savings are significant between the two scenarios

It'll be a couple of watts total no matter what, power draw variation will be more significant for the SSDs, CPU etc

DAC doesn't really do anything and is most efficient, with length limitations

[cinder plank]

I read about it needing to support ASPM for "C states" I'm not quite sure when this will apply? If the NAS is constantly doing IP camera recording and has Tailscale and Home assistant running will it ever go into a C state?

[pseudo blade]

Won't be applicable

No

Can't sleep the NICs on a server/the server itself and have the result be practically useful

[cinder plank]

Atm there is only a cat6a run (no fiber yet) so id end up using a SFP+ to 10gbase-t for a while. Is a SFP+ NIC a good choice even if i never end up switching to fiber?

[pseudo blade]

Those do run hot

The converters are the least efficient, so if your NAS lacks a fan that can cool the expansion card and SFP+ module consider getting a little heatsink for the SFP+ cage

Otherwise: review 10gbase-t NIC options

10gbase-t options tend to be pricier than SFP+ used

[cinder plank]

So they run hotter/use more power than a 10gbase-t NIC?

[pseudo blade]

They have a chip in the module that is practically a full NIC of itself

[cinder plank]

As in 10gbase-t are pricer than SFP+ and 10gbase-t converter. or pricer than SFP+ fiber?

[pseudo blade]

Seems if you shop around: no, but options are more limited

[cinder plank]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007130620541.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005785147911.html

these are my two options for the SFP+ adapter

[pseudo blade]

Haven't tested them, I'm probably not going to do comparative analysis on them by spec sheet right now as it's rather late here

But you certainly can do so

I know that as a rule for all modules I've seen used by others they will get hot without some additional cooling over convection on the cage

[cinder plank]

I was just sharing them as a price reference

They are both 10G so I presume they are the same performance wise?

[pseudo blade]

If they work

[cinder plank]

?

[pseudo blade]

Not sure what's confusing about the statement. I haven't reviewed the modules. They may function identically or may not work at all

I can't offer promises to you in this scenario

[cinder plank]

Other than being broken (i.e. id get a replacement), is there a reason why they might not work?

I get the impression that SFP+ has compatibility requirements?

[pseudo blade]

counterfeit, switch compatibility, power consumption, thermal variance

[cinder plank]

ah, ok. I'll check those things. thx. I'll see what my switch info says about compatibility

As for VLANS stuff, should most SFP+ NICs do everything?

[cinder plank]

what merits do these have, is it mainly driver stuff?

[cinder plank]

I now see what you mean about epoxy and polishing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5PEAfDUugo

I've found these https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006285202583.html

Although, are there connectors with matching fluid that also have a crimped strain relief like the proper connectors?

[solemn otter]

Does anyone know how to slow down the HP DL120 Gen9 Fans Down there on 100% for zero reason the temps are fine and no errors and its on the slowest cpu in the world idk what its problem is

[opal pagoda]

i dont know if multimode version exists

[topaz patrol]

Google 😉

https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/1dtukhc/2024_hpe_dl120_gen9_fan_silencing_no_ilo_fwhack/

[cinder plank]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004814643714.html some do. I just can't find any with nice strain releif

[opal pagoda]

another option is using these and use pigtail on the other end

[cinder plank]

yeah, no, more expensive and less durable, vs a nice single strain reveled termination

[opal pagoda]

they are like 1$ a piece

[cinder plank]

oh. less than the ones ive seen. + the pigtail

are there pigtils with kevlar?

oh, i can use the end i cut off

🤔

[opal pagoda]

you should really use a patch cable at the movable end
sfp transciever <- patch cable-> lc coupler <-fixed fiber with mechanical splice-> lc coupler<- patch cable-> sfp transciever

[opal pagoda]

get any cable and cut it in half lmao

[cinder plank]

😣 /

[cinder plank]

is that just because the patch cables are more flexible?

[opal pagoda]

and easily replacable if they break

[cinder plank]

ah, I see. I will probably do it the improper way. since the cable comes out the tube right next to the switch.

[topaz patrol]

:(

[topaz patrol]

This you?

[cinder plank]

I also think having the fiber go into the switch will have it in a far safer place than having a random lc couple on the floor. A fiber wall box will be overkill.

[opal pagoda]

fixed fiber is tipically G.652.D spec which has really low attenuation per km but bend radius is kinda huge.
at the other hand G.657.A2 has so much better bend radius at cost of attenuation per km

[topaz patrol]

Fiber in general is probably overkill...

[cinder plank]

In a rack 😂 ... no on the floor in a cupboard

Maybe ill screw the switch to the wall

[cinder plank]

it is mainly because it is sharing a long conduit with a power cable

[opal pagoda]

fiber for lan at home is only usefull in building to building underground connection

[cinder plank]

it is this

[topaz patrol]

Still very niche

[opal pagoda]

did you buy fiber rated for outdoor aplication?

[cinder plank]

it'll be in a tube

not swa reinforced but better than nothing

[opal pagoda]

bc if it gets wet it will defo stop working

[topaz patrol]

It should still be rated

It'll get even more wet in conduit

[cinder plank]

why?

[opal pagoda]

air-glass becomes water-glass which has diffrent refraction factor

[cinder plank]

isn't the sheath water proof?

[opal pagoda]

outdoor cables are tipically gel filled

and when gel gets in contact with water it swells up and blocks further water intrusion

[cinder plank]

because of condensation?

[cinder plank]

is this if in case the conduit cracks?

[opal pagoda]

you can get premade outdoor cables so cheap

thank the isp doing ftth

[opal pagoda]

water will find the way and if you didnt angle it so water can drain it will just accumulate and sit there

[cinder plank]

but the fiber sheath is waterproof, no?
It is plumbing pipe so there won't be any ingress, it would have to get in one of the ends (that would be indoors)

[weary marsh]

guys i dont know how to use iventoy

help

[cinder plank]

damn that is cheap

[topaz patrol]

It's always best to assume conduit is constantly submerged, because in 12 months it will be

[cinder plank]

i thought that said 327eur

[opal pagoda]

if it isnt rated you cant trust it

[topaz patrol]

Even then, I'd run two

[weary marsh]

i dont know what settings to put in iventoy

[opal pagoda]

not network related go to other chats

[topaz patrol]

Easier to run two now than have to redo it later

[cinder plank]

but would it'd still need to go in conduit?

[topaz patrol]

Yes

You'd need direct bury if you don't want conduit

[weary marsh]

but its pxe boot and it has to do with ip and stuff

[opal pagoda]

either in conduit or as said you can run it aerial-y

[cinder plank]

So is there gel inside that cable?

[opal pagoda]

no, gel is used in loose tube fiber designs

[cinder plank]

"coating is fully resistant to UV radiation" "reinforced with a steel rod"

so why would that be any better sitting in water in a conduit?

[cinder plank]

is it right that that aerial stuff isn't rated for conduit?

[opal pagoda]

aerial just means extra steel supporting rod

[cinder plank]

so what fiber is rated to go through conduit? i.e. possibly sit in water like you suggest

[opal pagoda]

specific cable type is "duct"

but you wont find prefab cables

and smallest cable has 12 fibers

[cinder plank]

what do you suggest i use?

[opal pagoda]

i could tell you get this https://fibrain.com/product/ddc-ci-4-kn-double-jacket-duct-cable/ but you would need to find a distributor and minimum order quantity is probably a whole spool

[cinder plank]

Erm, I need 2 fibers

[opal pagoda]

even tho aerial isnt quite right cable type for home it is good enough

[cinder plank]

As it is as equally un-rated, I don't see the benefit over the OM3 I already have tho?

[opal pagoda]

https://shopdelta.eu/fiber-optic-cable-ult-fc-e-2sm_l2_p16231.html
maybe this would fit your needs

The ULT-FC.E-2SM is an universal fiber optic cable for indoor and outdoor applications.

The cable contains single-mode fibers in the G.657A2 standard with a diameter of 250 μm. The fibers are made in accordance with EN 50267-2-2, EN50268-2 and ISO 4892/2 standards.

[cinder plank]

how does the bend radius of OM3 compare

[cinder plank]

So will this not also 'defo stop working' if it gets wet. It says "LSZH (or LSOH) jacket" - The OM3 is also LSZH

[opal pagoda]

Look in datasheet of your cable

[cinder plank]

Ah, i have just seen it... 20D/10D (Dynamic/Static)

so 40mm - 20mm

[cinder plank]

I'll be able to do this with it just fine 🥳 😆

[cinder plank]

🤔 free shipping, the price of that is quite good. Is that price per meter?

[opal pagoda]

Yes

[cinder plank]

If I use one of these connectors how do i protect the fibers, because they don't each have their own tube/sheath. or would you use only use one fiber with a bidi transceiver?
https://shopdelta.eu/mechanical-splice-with-sc-connector-fast-sc-opton_l2_p12041.html

(with this) https://shopdelta.eu/fiber-optic-cable-ult-fc-e-2sm_l2_p16231.html

https://shopdelta.eu/single-mode-module-sfp-2035g_l2_p7292.html

[shadow sundial]

im losing my mind for the last three days ive been trying to get plex to

let me add media to my plex. it keeps syaing i need to download plex media server but i did that idk what else to do

ive uninstalled ive loged out and loged back in. ive wiped program files i dont understand what is happeneingf and plkex dosent have a fucking number to dall so i have no idea

[cinder plank]

what os? have you pointed it to your media directory?

[shadow sundial]

it doesent even give me th option to do that it just says a"add plex media server" and windows 11

[cinder plank]

is that a plex client? do you have a plex server somewhere?

[shadow sundial]

what are you talking about.

[cinder plank]

https://support.plex.tv/articles/200380843-overview/#:~:text=You install the Plex Media,handset%2C children's tablets%2C etc.

[shadow sundial]

ok im done talking to you. you didnt read anything

why even comment that? do you think my incapable of searching google??? i clearly did that and nothing is working so i came here. you comment was pointless

im glad you find this funny Troll

[cinder plank]

ok im done talking to you.

[shadow sundial]

why beacuse i called you out for being a troll?

[opal pagoda]

You need to log in to same plex account on both server and client

[shadow sundial]

i know that......what i said and i suppose ill have to sya it again... IT DDOSNET SHOW UP AT ALL. i click to open plex server and nothing opens. i cnat change any server settings becasue it dosent open

oh i also see my orginal message never went through

Anyone have any Plex experience. I’m using it on windows. For some reason today when I opened it my media was not there in its place was a screen asking to download plex media server…. See g as I have that ready I just uninstalled it then clicked the link to go to the page and Reinstalled it …. Now it’s still asking for me to installl it. I’ve checked for updates I’ve restarted my pc idk what to do( this is og message that never went though )

[opal pagoda]

Please provide screenshots, blur info you don't want to share

[shadow sundial]

there nothing to scrteenshot IT DOSENT OPEN

[cinder plank]

what a troll....

[opal pagoda]

http://localhost:32400/web

[shadow sundial]

yeha ill just block you

[opal pagoda]

Try this

[shadow sundial]

that just opens th eweb ui

[opal pagoda]

Yes now add library

[shadow sundial]

omg.

[opal pagoda]

I have used plex on windows, linux, in a docker
It is pretty straight forward

[shadow sundial]

yes i understand that IT KEEPS SYAING TO ADD PLEX MEDIA SERVER ......thats all it says

this is all i get over and over and over.

[cinder plank]

does the server even ask that ("add plex media server")?

[shadow sundial]

i have done it beofr eand never had a issue this is compleat new and no idea what is happening

[opal pagoda]

Click that button to download server exe file

[cinder plank]

is that the client?

[opal pagoda]

Most likely

[shadow sundial]

yes i know i did that and it still says thais. noramlay the screen with change to wher ei can point it to the folder with the media. it dosent not change

ive followed every totorial. every reddit post i could ifnd. i compelastyl uninstalled everything and reinstalled it. ive done evertyhing and its stuck on this damn " get plex media server"

[limpid vault]

Been looking to replace my Netgear Orbi system for a while now, it's been giving me trouble ever since I got it.

Looking to get a reliable mesh systen setup. Have very thick walls, definitely will not be running any PoE system because of this.

Hoping to get a system that has satellites with ethernet ports on then so my non-wifi systems can be wired directly in.

Hoping to stay under $500
Wanting Wifi 6 minimum

Any suggestions?

[topaz patrol]

Realistically mesh will never work well, especially with thick walls

[cinder plank]

Through my searching I saw getting one that uses and independent back-hall frequency is best, but ultimately I bit the bullet and installed 3 POE APs and never looked back.

[opal pagoda]

do you get this in hidden icons?

[shadow sundial]

idk what happened i was sitting herer staring at the scren and now it says its initilizing plex media server idk what heppned but hope this fixes it

yep all my stuff is ther... i honestly dont understand what happendd. but ill be making a jelly find server as a bakcup i guess

@opal pagoda thansk for the help

[limpid vault]

Yeah, can't install a PoE system unfortunately.

[cinder plank]

I've just seen these are SC. Do you use SC transceivers, or adapters?

[limpid vault]

Well, I could do PoE if I ran conduit, but do I really want to run conduit along my walls? Kinda ugly

[cinder plank]

why can't you put it in the walls?

[limpid vault]

Got myself solid wood walls.

2x4s covered in 2x4 tongue and groove board that has 1/2 sheetrock on top

be a pain in the ass to try and run cat6 through that, no?

[cinder plank]

Can't you fish it up behind it...

[cinder plank]

Yeah, installing is a pain, but it only has to be done once...

[limpid vault]

The fiber comes in on a section of the house that was an addition, so the second floor isn't on top of it

[cinder plank]

I didn't say it would be easy 😄

I abandoned the mesh idea. So unfortunately i can't help more on that front, if that is the way you are dead set on going

[limpid vault]

I mean, what other option besides PoE do I have?

[cinder plank]

a cable or wireless are your only options.... well maybe a worm hole, but they are expensive

[limpid vault]

well, any idea where I can go to find out what wireless options are my best ones? Every site I visit for research has affiliate links for their top picks

[cinder plank]

There is also the abhorrent idea of going externally.

[limpid vault]

that is an awful idea, but man would that make my life easy

I have vinyl siding, so I could just fish it up behind the siding

maybe

[cinder plank]

reading forums and youtube videos and spec sheets... directly googling stuff like that is impossible nowadays

[cinder plank]

or go from inside down... then gravity helps.

[opal pagoda]

if using bidi you can find sc transcievers but for duplex you will have to adapt to lc

[cinder plank]

what did you use?

[opal pagoda]

at work i use only lc

some legacy stuff has sc but then we adapt to lc

hell there is some fc aswell

all gets adapted to lc

[cinder plank]

Do you use mechanical lc terminations? shopdelta don't sell them

[opal pagoda]

no we get it fusion spliced and certified by otdr

[cinder plank]

I wish I knew someone with a fusion splicer. that would make this whole this so much easier 😭

Though they do sell mechanical LC on ali...

[opal pagoda]

get sc and adapt it to lc
sc are so much bigger so whole mechanical splice mechanism is easier to use

[cinder plank]

i just that cable you linked, and the idea of just 1 connection.

fiber optic cable for indoor and outdoor
+
SFP Module SM LC WDM 1.25G Bidi
+
LC/UPC Field Fast Assembly Connector

[opal pagoda]

also please dont pull fiber by outher sheeting
you need to pull it by tying a knot in a kevlar

[cinder plank]

ye, i intend to strip a bit and do that. that is the other thing with the cable you linked... it probably has a lot more kevlar than the 2mm OM3 i got.

[opal pagoda]

i belive we pay around 10$ a splice
at both side that is 20$ per fiber strand , and mostly use 12f fiber so that is 240$ a cable (we provide all material)

[cinder plank]

Oh, rip. I thought your work has the splicer.

[opal pagoda]

nope, all fixed layer 1 is installed by a contractor

[cinder plank]

thats no fun 😄

[opal pagoda]

plenty of fun left with active equipment and patching

[cinder plank]

I'm still waiting for my Ruckus ICX 7150 C12p to arrive so I can dive in and learn about all that stuff.

[opal pagoda]

did you buy it used or new

[cinder plank]

used 😅

[cinder plank]

I don't have £600+ to spend on a switch 😣

[opal pagoda]

if you want to play with fortinet stuff look for "fast tracks"
they are free and i have lots of fun with it

i have attended 2 and another one is scheduled next month

[cinder plank]

Looks interesting, Getting networking certs is on my list of things I would like to do if I had infinite time, so I'll keep them in mind 😁

[opal pagoda]

they are simple for begginers as everything is explained step by step but more advenced you are less you can look at those step by step instructions

[cinder plank]

Seems like a good way to regulate difficulty to keep it challenging for everyone, otherwise I bet it'd be boring for some and impossible for others

[opal pagoda]

also i always see something new in fast tracks
first one was fortigate setup with all features and vpn
second one was more industrial OT systems related, fortigate + fortimanager + fortideceptor + fortiswitch

overall great for getting practise on forti stuff and has made me much more comfortable with tweaking our own forti-stuff

[cinder plank]

I hadn't heard of it before. Is that what all your work infra is based on?

[opal pagoda]

firewalls yes, but switches/ap are cisco
few years back it was 100% cisco

[cinder plank]

are you familiar with cisco stuff, i hear it is quite unintuitive

[opal pagoda]

neither did i, i would definitly attend them before
they seem great to put in a cv

[opal pagoda]

with cisco i dont touch their gui, i go straight into ssh
configs are easy just copy paste and change couple of parameters

[cinder plank]

oh, i assumed they didn't have a gui

[opal pagoda]

they host a webpage (can be turned off if desired)

[opal pagoda]

this is what old ahh switch web interface looks like (i use this switch just for playing around at home)

[cinder plank]

lol

[opal pagoda]

new ones looks better but i still cand use cli faster than gui

they look like this

[cinder plank]

That doesn't look so bad. I had it in my mind that everything was done though some alien console interface.

So what does cisco certified mean, why is it such a big thing?

[opal pagoda]

tipically means you passed ccna exam

if you want to work in networking world it opens lots of doors for interviews

[cinder plank]

So is most of it transferable knowledge to other brand equipment?

[thorn delta]

As someone who has hired network technicians, I take the CCNA cert with a huge grain of salt lol

It's a good baseline, but go "off script" a bit and you can really tell who just pumped and dumped on exam questions

[opal pagoda]

most of the stuff that is tested is theory

but some are cisco specific

[cinder plank]

I can't do that, it would be a nice trick to be able to do for the sake of exams, everything I learn is holistic and probably displaces some other knowledge.

[opal pagoda]

udemy course ftw

[thorn delta]

For sure, I've met some really smart guys with CCNAs, and a few who couldn't explain a typical setup of a home/small office router

[peak cloak]

reminds me of that one instagram account I always see popup that quizzes students on useless computer info

all just memorization, not understanding

[opal pagoda]

like comptia a+ hahaha

[thorn delta]

Like, I gave an interview question that was basically like "you have a blank Cisco IOS router. There's a cable modem that will provide a WAN IP address over DHCP, and an unmanaged switch connected to another port, with PCs connected to it. Explain the configuration you would do on the cisco router to give the PCs internet access"

It was a fairly entry level position, my bar was basically looking for something along the lines of: put a DHCP client on the WAN port, enable NAT overload, add an IP address on the LAN side interface, setup DHCP, ect

Caught a ton of people off guard

[peak cloak]

basically setup a home router

[thorn delta]

exactly

[peak cloak]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8lz5ZQp4v7/

srts.tech

How can create the Mobile Not Allow symbol?

Likes

7545

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[cinder plank]

is connecting cable modem cable to the pc and live on the edge, a valid solution?

[thorn delta]

hope the ISP is generous with their DHCP leases and that the PCs have firewalls enabled

"Throw the cisco router into the street, connect cable modem to PC1, enable wifi hotspot mode"

[opal pagoda]

i have once raw dogged the DIA
was fun to prove our equipment was indeed not in falut rather isp was the issue

[cinder plank]

give the PCs internet access achieved, but internet given pc access also achieved....

[opal pagoda]

you want to connect more pc-s?
simply buy more ipv4 addresses

[thorn delta]

I vaguely remember that being a thing on early cable internet

like you'd just buy a switch/hub and attach another PC, pay for another IP

[opal pagoda]

i am sad due to not being able to experience raw unfiltered internet
born too late to see raw ipv4, born to early to see raw ipv6

[cinder plank]

so could anyone ping everyones PCs?

[opal pagoda]

yea sure

[peak cloak]

before NAT

[thorn delta]

firewall software was pretty common, and it was bad in the XP days until SP1 or SP2 that came with the firewall by default

[cinder plank]

sounds like wild times

[peak cloak]

would you get a subnet? wasn't around back then

[thorn delta]

You'd just get a single public DHCP lease typically

I remember people demonstrating that you could leave an unpatched XP machine connected to the public internet and have it compromised in under an hour

Which is how worms propagated really badly

If your ISP was particularly jank, they wouldn't filter things like windows filesharing, so you could explore your "local network" and see a bunch of other PCs on there. My ISP was crap but they did setup that properly, at least

[opal pagoda]

allow any/any

[cinder plank]

so "hacker" was "be able to use a mouse and keyboard" back in the day...

[peak cloak]

more like script kiddie

you can still do some silly stuff today

[thorn delta]

Like 10 years ago when I started at this WISP I work at, we had a misconfigured AP on a tower that wasn't blocking DHCP servers from the CPE, and a customer that switched to cable internet without cancelling our service. They plugged our PoE injector into their new router, and was offering out DHCP leases into the VLAN for that tower site. We use PPPoE, so it was mostly fine, but there was a couple customers that were pulling DHCP leases from buddy's home router lol

We try to do a lot of port/customer isolation for the most part to entirely mitigate shit like that now.

[opal pagoda]

you work for a isp?

[thorn delta]

Yeah, a fairly small one that does mostly wireless, some fiber and cable/dsl wholesale

[opal pagoda]

i deal with enterprise and fun things that come with that ||whole lot of hey port xxxxx is closed wth meanwhile firewall rule request never mentioned such port||

[cinder plank]

will i need an attenuator on these for 20km sfp transceivers for a 200ft?
https://shopdelta.eu/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=7293&category_id=436

[opal pagoda]

i would
reminder that you cannot use same bidi transciever on both sides, you need a pair who tx and rx wavelenghts are swapped

[thorn delta]

most of the 10km ones will be able to take the full power of the transmit, the specs on that one don't say a "maximum" receive signal so it's going to be hard to tell, but chances are you'd want one

[cinder plank]

yeah, i realised that. almost slipped my mind tho 😄

[thorn delta]

I tested cheap cheap aliexpress gigabit bidi pair/kit and they worked pretty decently

[cinder plank]

or these https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000015100370.html

[cinder plank]

oh, do you know which ones?

they are a bit cheaper, so if they are okay, ill probably go with thoes 3km ones

[thorn delta]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005763851523.html looks like these, I imagine most are going to be pretty similar

I had them running about 600ft

[cinder plank]

🤔 i thought i saw them around that price... I don't know why i couldn't find them again.. thx

[thick minnow]

hey i need help finding 10gig fiber cables and transceivers for my juniper EX 3300 and intel network card in my pfsense router

https://www.fs.com/products/58800.html?attribute=95012&id=3602904

wanna make sure i get this right

https://www.fs.com/products/36431.html?attribute=19659&id=3287621

is this what i buy

basically i have Telus 3 gig business internet and right now i wanna bypass the Telus Smart hub cause ive heard it can be used to limit my speed and can impact network performance

so i intend to plugin the fiber cable directly to my pfsense router

im having ping issues on my minecraft server and i dont think its my ddos protection provider

basically i wanna bypass this

put the fiber directly into my pfsense router then run a fiber cable to my switch in the other room

i dont know what cable to buy or if those are the right transceivers

ive seen people bypass the stock at&t router so im sure with telus its way easier

the fiber from out side goes directly to that white box on the wall

its in bridge mode but i think its making me have ping issues

my ping is good right now but ive seen it jump to over 300

and ping is important since many foreign players play my server as you can see

[stiff root]

wth

[thick minnow]

its in bridge mode lol i think its affecting my ping so i intend to take that little fiber cable instead of plugging it into the thing into its transceiver buy my own transceiver and plug it into my pfsense router

its called the "telus smart hub"

my isp is telus

i noticed with proxmox when i make a vm that has a different external ip it had a faster internet speed the full 3gig plus a bit extra

[stiff root]

3gb/s speed?????

[thick minnow]

ya

[stiff root]

how expensive is that 💀

the internet plan

[thick minnow]

120 Cad a month

got a deal on a 3 year contract

[stiff root]

3gb/s download?

[thick minnow]

and upload yeah

[stiff root]

my 500mb/s & 15mb/s internet plan costs 60$ a month 😦

[stiff root]

oh Mbps

you need to divide it by 8

3000/8=375MB/S

but you also get 5 static ips :(((

mines only have a dynamic ip

[cinder plank]

500mbps / 8 = 62.5mBps

[stiff root]

yes

and 3mb/s upload

[cinder plank]

why you saying he needs to divide by 8 if he never said GB?

[thick minnow]

3gigabit is what i mean

not 3gigabytes

[stiff root]

i think my server can hold 20 players

[cinder plank]

that is 3000mbps is 3gbps

[stiff root]

he sent this screenshot

so its 3gbps not GB/S

[cinder plank]

there is a bottleneck it should show 3000mbps not 599.72

[stiff root]

i rent the house :/ cant change the plan

if each player takes 100KB/S of upload speed the server can hold about 20 players

[cinder plank]

*234

[stiff root]

KB/S*

not kbps\

[cinder plank]

ah

[stiff root]

3MB/S upload

[cinder plank]

29

[stiff root]

now im downloading 70gb of data from my old server in china

bruh.

[cinder plank]

I bet that is false marketing... it is mbps

[stiff root]

i am currently using this plan...

[solemn otter]

Bit of a weird question. anyone know how to make a Rust server in a proxmox VM ? Any tips or Vids would help.

[thorn delta]

You won't be able to bypass it with a standard SFP module. You're likely getting XGSPON service, which is different than what fiber SFP modules for enterprise switches/servers use. Though you might be in luck, since the actual fiber ONT is just that SFP module already in there.

At least with Bell Canada (on their older GPON service), you can remove the SFP module from the router and insert it to an SFP port router, tag a VLAN, and setup a PPPoE client on the router. Not familiar with how Telus does it, but you might be able to dig up some instructions, I think dslreports is still a good forum for stuff like that, maybe there's a Telus subreddit where people have talked about it

If you do that, it looks like you might need a longer fiber cable since the one in there is like 2" long. You'd need a single mode SC/APC patch cord, should be some on amazon/ect

[pseudo blade]

Split into two tasks:

1. Make a VM running any OS Rust's game server supports (e.g. Windows)
2. Install and run Rust's game server on that OS (being in a VM is pretty much irrelevant)

Tutorials exist for those two tasks, I am confident

[solemn otter]

all the rust server install tutorials are ass cuz steamcmd doesnt like me

[pseudo blade]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Still easier to find than an end-to-end tutorial for that

[stiff root]

is it possible to set up PTR record on a dynamic ip address

[ornate jungle]

https://www.noip.com/support/knowledgebase/create-ptr-record

Please don't tell me you're trying to run an email server on a residential internet plan with a dynamic IP address... even if you get it working, email services will blacklist your IP, and eventually the ISP's entire subnet block very fast if they detect spam, phishing, or other suspicious activity coming from their network.

[stiff root]

but i am not spamming

its for my friends

we just want to have a email with a cool domain :/

[topaz patrol]

Your emails have a very low chance of getting delivered

[pseudo blade]

I have enough trouble with M365 at the moment, selfhosting is a time hog even with a static IP.

[topaz patrol]

Yeah it's a PITA even on MS365/GSuite

[low pond]

There are free ways to host your email

[keen urchin]

TIL, vhid=~ MAC address for CARP interfaces, so you have to have unique vhids within a MAC collision domain.

[peak cloak]

Somehow verizon lets me deliver email

Used it for email alerts for UPS status

[clear igloo]

Are you using an SMTP relay?
Or are you doing OAUTH via gmail or something?

[opal pagoda]

i use cloudflare email routing for custom domain mail but downside is that you cant send emails to non verified addreses which is fine for me

[clear igloo]

Yah, I use that for a few domains to make SSL verification easier, lol

[opal pagoda]

super easy to setup too

[clear igloo]

yup, very

[peak cloak]

No relay, just direct from my ip

Not authenticated, but still surprised it even went into my inbox

[red oracle]

I pay for email through my domain registrar. Takes the headache away

[stiff root]

can’t afford 3rd party services:(

[red oracle]

Understandable.

[opal pagoda]

do you just want to recieve them or send them out as well?

[topaz patrol]

I believe Zoho free includes custom branded email :)

Nevermind looks like they removed mail from their free plan

[stiff root]

i need both

[topaz patrol]

As part of AWS Free Tier, SES offers a flexible free tier which enables you to try the SES email features you need, free of charge. Free tier customers receive up to 3,000 message charges free each month for the first 12 months after you start using SES.

Perhaps use Amazon SES for outbound to ensure deliverability

[stiff root]

the free tier only has 1 year

[topaz patrol]

1 year is much longer than you'd be able to DIY before getting blacklisted :)

And after that one year, it's probably the cheapest solution around

[stiff root]

what is this

[opal pagoda]

aws ses pricing

[rocky badge]

how lol

[shadow sundial]

cna i get a like.. router or somthing i can plug my
ISP coax signal into for my upstairs instead of running CAT 6A cable through my house i cna fun a coaxel outside the house andinto the hosue through a small hole

[thick minnow]

bro why tf when i click on site the site wont load on opera gx,chrome but on edge it does and also when i try to search something without clicking on a site it works

it says the site took too long to answer, but my internet is great

[opal pagoda]

MoCA?

[shadow sundial]

cna i plug that right into a coaxial cable plit off from my main one?

oh looks lik can with a splitter for MoCA specific ...neat thansk for the help!! didnt think about htat one!

[pseudo blade]

Business won't move their DNS somewhere not dogshit

It's literally on a compromised server with a one-man host that they acknowledge is compromised but won't authorise time spent on

They had their email on the same box until I at least convinced them of the benefits of not having 400MB mailbox limits on a known compromised server

[topaz patrol]

That sounds like a client that needs firing

[twin sphinx]

Has anyone had any experience using the NetGear M6 Pro in a passthrough mode?

[sleek wasp]

New home network build time...
Do I CAT8 or CAT6e?
Details are:
Wife and I live in the country (and there is no wired ISP available)
Starlink Mounted on garage roof
Currently digging a trench from garage to house for new 200A service in to the home to future proof a few things as well as upgrade service to the garage to allow for Type2 EV charger
I am not concerned with interference and will place the network cable in the same trench
Since the home is currently serviced by wifi so I will slowly add wired service where needed to each room. There is zero infrastructure in the home currently.
No plans to do huge amounts of internet gaming as its not my jam but do dabble as a crap content creator in the youtube...

Let me know your thoughts, opinions on either CAT6 or CAT8 for something like this.

[peak cloak]

cat8 is overkill

cat6a will be just fine

[sleek wasp]

care to elaborate?

[peak cloak]

cat6a can do 10 gig, which for most people will be enough

[sleek wasp]

I should be worried about choosing a 23ga or 26ga vs 22ga?

[thick minnow]

People who use Serva, what kind of Storage driver did you install for VirtualBox to recognize the storage? 😄

[stiff root]

why ISPs are banning port 25, it is just for mail receiving not sending...

[thick minnow]

Not really, port 25 is not for receiving

that's actually the SMTP server's default unencrypted port, so yeah thats why they are banning, as it's highly abused by attackers to connect to your PC and just bulk send emails

[stiff root]

what port(s) is for receiving?

[hollow pendant]

587 i think

i'm only learning about these ports so yeah, but i think that's the one

[stiff root]

587 is client to server communication

25 is the port which server receives mails from other servers

[ornate jungle]

https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/email-security/smtp-port-25-587/

[stiff root]

i think 587 and 465 are for client to server connections

[ornate jungle]

These days, yes, but historically, email was sent (often unauthenticated and unencrypted) over port 25, which is why many ISPs block it. Inbound mail usually uses the following ports, depending on the configuration:

• IMAP (Incoming): Port 143 (with STARTTLS), Port 993 (with SSL/TLS)
• POP3 (Incoming): Port 110 (without encryption), Port 995 (with SSL/TLS)

[stiff root]

but clients use these ports too, will they conflict each other?

[thick minnow]

i dont think its xgspon for me i remember showing my friend when i got the service its not xgspon its xgpon i think

[thorn delta]

ah weird, XGS seems to be a tad more common since it has better upload

[thick minnow]

only way to fix the ping issues is to call and bitch ig

https://forum.telus.com/t5/Internet-Home-Phone/Let-s-tackle-the-new-kid-on-the-block-PureFibre-X-Internet-3G/m-p/136744

[thorn delta]

Not too familiar with Telus stuff, though

[thick minnow]

Unlike the GPON hardware where the GPON transceiver serial number is utilized to authenticate to the TELUS backend servers.

Now the NAH serial number will be utilized not the serial number of the silver transceiver like what was used on the GPON infrastructure.

perhaps i can spoof the serial number with pfsense ?

[thorn delta]

that's going into some cursed territory there

[thick minnow]

lol

well im tired of my ping being ass ass

45 ms is what im supposed to get to my own server

im regularly seeing over 300 thats unacceptable

[thorn delta]

Does your traceroute change at all?

[thick minnow]

nah

im asking on r/telus

[thorn delta]

If you try pinging other things when you're having the same problem, do you see the high ping there too? sometimes there might be a congested path somewhere along the line to certain providers/services

[thorn delta]

usually that nokia stuff is pretty good

[thick minnow]

i got the NH20A

thats normal ping but itll do 300 + out of nowhere

its not on my end either

[thorn delta]

A tool I like is pingtracer: https://github.com/bp2008/pingtracer

You can get a nice graph of every hop, so if your ping jumps to like 300 but it only happens further down the line, you can rule out your modem. Or if you see it also jump at your default gateway, it could potentially be your NIC

[stiff root]

how much bandwidth does your mc server use?

[thick minnow]

under 100 mbps

[stiff root]

download or upload

[thick minnow]

both

[stiff root]

how many players?

[thick minnow]

i use linux(debian)

rn 120

[stiff root]

😱

[thick minnow]

someone i know who plays my server in the same city as me is having the same issue

[stray blade]

Does anyone know would be the best way to handle this situation...

The property has 2 homes and a barn with an apartment loft. And I would like to share the ISP to each but have separate Lans.

Currently the ISP is run to house 1 at the bottom of the property and a fiber run from House 1 to the barn.

I would like to connect the barn to house 2 with a point-to-point bridge.

[thick minnow]

and ive been sent multiple complaints

[thorn delta]

MTR on linux is a decent tool too

[stiff root]

i host a web server too

[thick minnow]

its gotta be telus lol

like my server ive tried everything

i also noticed im not getting the full speed

could be my pc ?

[thorn delta]

Yeah, leave mtr running until you see the lag I guess, but if it doesn't show up on MTR it might not be the network

[stiff root]

how do u promote your server?

[thick minnow]

i run a quad core and had 2 mc instances open and im watching wan show rn

Ryzen 5 1400

could be that perhaps

maybe those other people were just the same sorta deal

i closed 1 mc instance and its going down

[thick minnow]

its popular in spain

[thorn delta]

I haven't done minecraft stuff in a while, can't help too much there lol

[thick minnow]

and latin america

spanish youtuber SSAMU has joined my server a few times

[stiff root]

do u use folia?

[thick minnow]

yep

it runs on a Dell poweredge R720

[stiff root]

so you must develop plugins yourself too

right?

[thick minnow]

yeah https://github.com/XeraPlugins/8b8tCore i have a developer team

XeraPlugins is our github org

[thick minnow]

lmao players just timed out

including me

im under heavy attack tho so its prolly just a ddos

my competator will literally hire people to ddos me

whats interesting is i timed out and got kicked to my lobby server

[stiff root]

so is there any way to receive mails from other server while port 25 is blocked

[errant tinsel]

Anyone know what I should get for bridging my connection from one building to another (about 50 meter distance, line of sight) All I know is Ubiquiti is good but im not sure what to purchase 😅, I see these here but they seem pretty pricey. Any advice is appreciated thanks
https://ca.store.ui.com/ca/en?category=wifi-building-bridge

I live rural and have starlink so having the fastest thing isnt a concern for me (just need something that will work for years)

[thorn delta]

I'm a fan of the nanobeam 5ac

I wouldn't bother with 60ghz if you have starlink

ah yeah they're sold out again in canada, drat. These are smaller, and the mount isn't as nice but will work just fine. They don't include an injector in the box, so you need a separate one:
2 x https://ca.store.ui.com/ca/en/pro/category/wireless-airmax-5ghz/products/loco5ac
2 x https://ca.store.ui.com/ca/en/pro/category/all-accessory-tech/products/poe-24

pretty straight forward to setup with the uisp app

make sure to use outdoor rated cat5e/cat6

[errant tinsel]

Ahh crap, well I'll look into those

Thanks btw

[lost lily]

okay so i have an old PoE switch i still have to keep around, but it has SFP (1GbE) uplinks and i don't wanna waste 4 SFP+ ports just to have that plugged in. are there any small switches that have 4+ SFP ports and a single SFP+/SFP28 uplink? all i could find had RJ45 GbE, which is worthless to me given that SFP-RJ45 modules are insanely expensive

[lost lily]

even unmanaged is fine

[shadow sundial]

so i want to runn my coaxial cable outside. i dont might running it into a coaxal wall plate then to a MoCA, but are there MoCA wall ports that plug right into my coaxial, an i can plug my ethernet into that instread of a spereate MoAC box

[peak linden]

So im thinking about making a nas for me and my family for all of our stuff. Is there a nas i can use that will do that plus be able to split up our files so we cant access each others stuff?

[tight pecan]

You can just create a folder for each user and mount that for their respective devices

Most NAS operating systems have a built-in system for user permissions if you need more fine-grained control

[pseudo blade]

Basically all of them will.
Synology and QNAP are popular everything-in-one boxes and are simple to set up... but a bit pricy, if you like DIY just take any old Windows computer, install your desired amount of storage factoring in redundancy, set up a mirrored disk and create folder shares on it (or instead install OpenMediaVault if you're comfortable installing a new OS on it for more flexibility)

[lost lily]

hmm so since SFP to RJ45 adapters are insanely expensive, it's a lot more cost effective to use a CRS106-1C-5S

it has 5 SFP+ ports for €59 MSRP, meaning that i can run 4 of them at SFP speeds and the last one as an SFP+ uplink

I'd need then one SFP+ DAC and 4 SFP DACs

feels like a bit of a waste, but this is a 48port PoE switch with stuff attatched to it, it'd be a lot more expensive to get a new one

wait it's just gigabit

crap

[opal pagoda]

Do you really need 10g uplink?

[lost lily]

well that sucks

[lost lily]

well yes, since I'm plugging in 4 gigabit uplinks to it already

essentially i need a way to do 4x SFP to 1x SFP+

[golden edge]

I've been messing around with my netword lately and I'm at a loss for where to look.
Lemme explain.

Once upon a time there was a router in a little home.
(my router in my home).
Anyway, basically it's hella slow and I want to test if it's actually the router or if i'm being stupid.
Oh yeah router in this case being a isp issued combo unit so router+switch+acces point.
So, whenever I try to transfer something to my newbuilt nas I have two options.
Examples being:

1. laptop -> wifi -> router -> ethernet -> nas (between 8 and 15 mbps speeds)
2. laptop -> ethernet -> router -> ethernet -> nas (between 70 and 100 mbps speeds)

Now my issue is that where my main pc is, I can't get wired internet, so I'm forced to use wifi.
Even though I'm literally 3 meters away from my router with only a wooden floor in between, I'm also getting those slow speeds on my PC.

I've had reddit tell me that it's absolutely not my routers problem cuz the almighty ISP can do no wrong, but i'm not buying it.
Note that i'm talking about lan so my up and download speed from my isp shouldnt matter.
I have a 100mbit subscription so I would expect my router to be capable of that to some degree (meaning not 10mbit when i;m sitting next to it).

What's y'alls opinion on where the problem might be?

[waxen scroll]

The wifi channel might be saturated, especially if its 2.4ghz. Use a scanner app to determine that and switch channels if one is more empty

[golden edge]

I have 9 devices on the network of which 4 are 5ghz doing practically nothing atm. At least, that's accordiing to my router

[halcyon flint]

Anyone have suggestions for good Wi-Fi cards?

[orchid anvil]

Mesh networking is good. Like Orbi or Eero.

[topaz patrol]

Mesh networking is good sometimes*

[golden edge]

its good when you can actually run a cable to where you need the wiifi

[orchid anvil]

Yes.

[meager ginkgo]

Do you have a coax port by the PC by chance? You could try a set of MoCA adapters

[golden edge]

unfortunately I don't

all the cabeling was redone just before I was born, and appearantly baby me didnt need coax or ethernet.

[hardy flame]

I have a question over pfsense. Would it go here or in one of the #tech-chat-1 channels?

[topaz patrol]

If you want a fast answer, #tech-chat-1 , if you want a competent answer, here :)

[hardy flame]

I'm having an issue with IPv6/DHCPv6 Server in pfSense.
The issue is DHCPv6 doesn't appear to be sending the client the GW information. Only sending an interface IP and DNS info. But no GW.
well actually let me rephrase that. I can ping the GW IP but nothing past that.
If I do route -6 -n it doesn't show the GW IP.

If I ping one.one.one.one via IPv6 on pfSence -> Diagnostics->Ping -> Hostname. I get responce back and it works.

IPv4 works on this machine.
If I static assign an IPv6 with DNS and GW info. IPv6 works. So it appears something wrong with when it assigns the info.

[topaz patrol]

Just turn off IPv6

[young knot]

I didn’t even know DHCPv6 could advertise routes. Doesn’t that break IPv6?

[topaz patrol]

Just turn off IPv6

Makes life easier

[young knot]

Some things are IPv6 only now.

[topaz patrol]

Really?

There ya go

[young knot]

Yep. In fact, I have a backup service I can’t reach over IPv4. 🙂

My VPS provider also charges less if I don’t need IPv4.

[topaz patrol]

That makes sense for a VPS

Anything else though? Idk

[young knot]

Whole internet will slowly move that way.

[topaz patrol]

One day

[hardy flame]

also if IPv6 is configured on your computer / device. It will try to use that before IPv4 when reaching out to the interwebz

[topaz patrol]

And that is why you turn it off

[hardy flame]

shockingly lttstore.com doesn't have a v6 address

[ornate jungle]

Needs to be configured. https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/domains/ipv6_support

[topaz patrol]

Just turn it off

[stiff root]

looking for internet plans that include static ipv6 dynamic ipv4 and ptr records any suggestions?

(no xfinity)

[topaz patrol]

That's a very regional question

[topaz patrol]

https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/

With IPv6 you'll probably just be provisioned a sticky range, however with v4 you may be behind CGNAT

[stiff root]

my current plan has a dynamic ipv4&6

but it’s too expensive and slow

and i also need a static public ip address

[topaz patrol]

Without telling the world your address, we can't help you :)

[stiff root]

ok i’m in california

[topaz patrol]

Not all ISPs can service 100% of California

[topaz patrol]

This is the link you want. Compare the plans from these ISPs

If you're in a regional area, check out https://www.getunwired.com/

[stiff root]

no pricing options… they will spam my inbox if i “get a quote”

if anyone needs my phone number in order to tell information, i will give them a rickroll number lol

[topaz patrol]

They can't have pricing and speeds beacuse it's highly variable depending on location

All I'll say is, if you don't have FTTH, they will likely provide the best service :)

[stiff root]

wdym i have ftth?

you mean ftth modem?

[topaz patrol]

Fiber

[stiff root]

will it be cheaper?

[topaz patrol]

Not necessarily

[stiff root]

i don’t have it

[topaz patrol]

Okay

In that case it wouldn't be cheaper

unWired, if they're available in your area would probably be the best choice for you :)

[stiff root]

Will it be cheaper if my house has fiber?

[topaz patrol]

Since you don't have it, it's irrelevant

[stiff root]

because im currently renting i may move to other places

but not outside the city

just simply asking

[topaz patrol]

It's highly variable

[topaz patrol]

Holy shit

[pseudo blade]

That's pricy but I've seen worse

[topaz patrol]

:(

[alpine lodge]

I have a 5G network and have my router in my living room when i test the network speed at the living room its around 250mbps but when I go to my pc setup at my room its much less at 90mbps sometimes less

[opal pagoda]

Wifi being wifi

Get a Ethernet cable and possibly get even higher speeds

[alpine lodge]

do u know of a good pci-e wifi card?

[topaz patrol]

That won't really help

[knotty plover]

Hi, can I setup an Open VPN server on a Windows VPS as quick and as easy as Linux?

for linux, I just use 1 code and done

do you have a tutorial for windows?

[fickle plinth]

it should just be an exe for windows?

https://openvpn.net/as-docs/windows.html#tutorial--install-openvpn-connect

[silent flax]

those are clients

[silent flax]

https://wiki.teltonika-networks.com/view/OpenVPN_server_on_Windows ?

[golden edge]

I have a question that I'm gonna ask now so I don't need to ask again in a year or so.

Is it possible to have two routers (for two seperate lan networks) om the same modum, preferably using a simple unmanaged switch?

Or is this just a stupid idea.

Reason: I might end up living in a house with a bunch of other people sharing the same network. And I DO NOT want my servers to be accessible by said other people.

Also so that I can mess and tinker with MY network without interrupting whatever the heck they might be doomscrolling at the time.

I'm gonna assume the answer is yes, but incase it's no I wanna have time to think of another solution

[olive jungle]

cant you just use vlan

[golden edge]

No clue what vlan is, I assume a virtual network, but that sounds like i'd have to mess with their router which is something i'd ideally like to avoid.
Like, if what I proposed works, to me that would sounds a hell of a lot simpler.

[random siren]

This https://superuser.com/a/1201772 should work if you want to have a completely separate local network, note though that devices in this subnet also cannot access devices in the original one.

[golden edge]

Thanks! I don't mind not being able to access devices in the original network, that's their stuff, not mine.

All I cared about is that my stuff is seperate.
I did Google the question but everyone who asked it just ended up needing an access point lol so I never found an actual yes or no answer

[random siren]

Also another thing. If you want total privacy in that network, setup that second router to use a thirdparty dns service like google, cloudflare or quad9 with dns over tls active so that the others also cannot snoop on your outgoing traffic

For example in Windows with Quad9 and Cloudflare for ipv4. You would ofc see for yourself how it has to be configured in your router of choosing

[golden edge]

I'll remember that. I'm not too concerned about them snooping since I'm not expecting them to be too tech savvy.
To be honest the seperate network is mostly for my convenience and such than is it for privacy and or data protection

[random siren]

The most they would see anyway would be the sitename (google.com, amazon.com) and nothing else so not important if you arent concerned about snooping in the first place

[fallow coral]

Does anyone know what this SSL error means? I'm trying to set up HTTPS on a nginx web server hosted on my local machine, and I created what I thought was a self-signed cert

nvm I just forgot to add ssl after the port in config

[zealous sinew]

The Problem:
Blocking Issues: I’ve been using custom domains for my VPN, but the domains keep getting blocked. I can't keep buying new domains every time this happens—it’s getting expensive, and I’m not made of money.
Dynamic DNS: I know about Dynamic DNS services like No-IP, DuckDNS, and FreeDNS. These services let me create subdomains under their domains, and I can switch to new subdomains if one gets blocked. I'm not sure though, like on No-Ip, if ddns.net is blocked, it's not gonna work.
Cloud Services: I’ve been exploring cloud services like Azure and Google Cloud. Unfortunately, they don’t offer free custom subdomains for their VMs, unlike AWS, which provides a default subdomain but without SSL. Azure App Service does offer a subdomain (azurewebsites.net) with SSL, but it’s not really meant for VPNs.
What I’m Looking For:
Domain Management: Is there a service that allows me to get a domain that can be changed easily without having to pay for a new domain each time? Something that gives me flexibility to switch if the domain gets blocked, without extra costs.
SSL Compatibility: I need to be able to secure the domain with SSL. Whether it’s through Let’s Encrypt or another service. I can't use a self signed certificate.

Basically to summarize it I need a service that can give me a domain and can easily change the parent domain, not the subdomain, without any extra cost. There's AWS and it gives you a free subdomain, which is unblocked, but I tried using Let's Encrypt with that and it didn't let me with the AWS subdomain. If anyone knows how to get SSL (not self signed) on an AWS subdomain, that would be great. Also to anyone asking I'm bypassing a school firewall and have to disguise VPN traffic as HTTPS.```

anyone know any answers for that ping me if so

[timid cypress]

Any recommendations for a home camera system with no subscription?

I have been so busy with work lately I don’t have the time to deep dive into myself.

if you have used a diy system what did you use? What do you like about it? What do you hate about it?

[timid cypress]

Also I know it’s technically broader then networking but the was the most relevant channel.

[twin sphinx]

Started filling out the rack

[twin sphinx]

Unifi protect. Pricy hardware but it’s worth every penny imo. Prosumer grade with designer asthetics

[timid cypress]

I’ll look into it for sure. It’s a smaller home but I have thought about unifi so I can have a system I can upgrade when we move to a bigger place.

[frosty stone]

You could easily start with like a ucg-max and a couple of cameras

[mighty basalt]

Hey networking peeps, Emudeck needs help getting netplay working with pcsx2 (on steamdeck). If anyone feels up for a challenge, head over to their discord.

[alpine path]

how do i eliminate double nat / split packets, long sessions playing games result in the ping getting higher overtime and its quite annoying
ZTE MC801A -> TP-LINK Archer AX23

[opal pagoda]

put zte into bridge mode and use pppoe on archer
you might need to call your isp tho

[alpine path]

archer is set to ap mode

ill try switching the zte to bridge mode

[topaz patrol]

Ewie PPPoE

[rain cedar]

Do you have the link to where you bought this rack?

[twin sphinx]

I bought it on Marketplace, but it was made by APW Mayville @rain cedar

[opal pagoda]

You aren't double nating then

[alpine path]

it's still detecting double nat

[opal pagoda]

Your isp is probably doing cgnat

Call them and have them turn it off

[alpine path]

i have my own ip

static

[alpine path]

even if it was cgnat it wouldnt explain the split packets anyways

[lost lily]

you're better off using tor

[lone arrow]

is this good

[cinder plank]

It isn't free shipping, it is collection only 😭 . I was just about to buy some, but they don't ship to the UK. Is there somewhere else you'd recommend for me to buy that fiber, or similar fiber you can recommend?

[peak cloak]

fs.com?

[cinder plank]

which product?

[peak cloak]

wasn't following the whole convo and I'm a noob with fiber, but maybe this would work? https://www.fs.com/uk/products/29584.html?attribute=58260&id=1098857

[cinder plank]

they are pre-terminated, I just need un-terminated outdoor fiber. Like this #networking message to pull through a tube

[peak cloak]

ah

[topaz patrol]

@worn holly Crosspost here :)

[worn holly]

crossposted!

[topaz patrol]

Some of the people here actually know what they're doing, unlike #tech-chat-1 and #public-chat lmao

[worn holly]

lmao

UI makes things so easy, but im bad at advanced stuff

[thick minnow]

You are looking into ways to protect the wireless network in a small office. Allowing automatic network logins using certificates rather than passwords is one requirement. Which one of the following needs to be present?

A. MFA

B. EAP-EKE

C. AES

D. RADIUS
is it B or D ?

[unkempt mason]

Idk

[peak cloak]

Is this a test question?

[pseudo blade]

Blatantly

[peak cloak]

idk unifi, but is it basically a vpn? Could you setup a static route so that for example everything for 192.168.1.0/24 goes to that vpn interface

[viral egret]

My browsers are not to able to connect to some of the websites from the past few hours. Tried changing dns,renewing ip and restarting. Any other tips ?

[tawdry fern]

hey guys im looking to get a mesh system for my home. any recommendations?

[worn holly]

Possibly, realistically I'd like only traffic that needs to go to the other subnet to transit the VPN, not just have everything go

[peak cloak]

Yeah I set that up before, just not with unifi

You would add a static route

When you create a static route what are your options

[cunning furnace]

my wifi is being terrible for some reason? im using a wifi extender btw but still it has never been like this for a while

[dusk wave]

if you are on windows double check in network and sharing center in control panel, that the ip matches up to what it says in your router and check the dns as well if it is static, if nothing is static then set it to determine automatically

[dusk wave]

how do you have the wifi connected, over wifi or connected with a lan cable

[viral egret]

Tried these steps. What I observed is that my laptop is getting assigned ipv6 address through DHCP. Tried manual ipv4 setup and its working.

[dusk wave]

you probably set the laptops ip to be static in the router which i have done before so that’s probably why it wasn’t working

[viral egret]

The address is being allocated dynamically. But it's showing ipv4 in router and ipv6 in laptop.

[topaz patrol]

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Don't forget to vote :)

[tawdry fern]

Got this wifi right next to the router

This is upstairs in my house. Is there any need for mesh wifi or a better router?

[knotty plover]

Hi, how do I activate killswitch on OpenVPN connect windows?

I can't find any options for that

And any method for IP leak protection (so other INCs can't acess web and can only connect to Open VPN client?)

this option doesn't work like a kill switch specially on startup

[knotty plover]

the only speed I could get with 5G, but 5G is way too expensive here

[tawdry fern]

Oh yeah no I can do that with 5G too but that’s my home wifi so

[regal shell]

I'm only getting 1gbps upload speed through my switch. i have 3gbps connection that gives 3gbps up and down speeds.
please help.
This is the network switch: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0C8H8XRYT
This is the network access hub (its same one as this) https://www.reddit.com/r/telus/comments/1575h9j/what_is_the_port_speed_on_the_network_access_hub/

[topaz patrol]

Is the switch plugged into the 10gig port?

[regal shell]

im using the 2.5g ports for now

im getting 2.3gbps down but only 1gbps up

[topaz patrol]

Ugh speedtests

anyway

Does the same happen if you bypass the switch/are plugged straight into the router?

Very poor naming of that switch lmao

[regal shell]

no, when im plugged straight into the hub/router, i get 3gbps speed for both up and down

[topaz patrol]

Then it's most likely the switch

[regal shell]

yeah, im not sure how to fix it since its my 1st time using a switch

[tawdry fern]

I’ve got some dead zones around my house and it’s slowing down my network to like 20mbps. I’m assuming mesh wifi is necessary at this point?

[tribal cape]

If I want to move away from a combi wifi-router to dedicated network hardware what all would I need?

[pseudo blade]

• Wireless Access Point(s).
• Router.
• Media-specific Modem (where applicable) e.g A/VDSL, ISP Optical Network Terminals.
• A plan for configuring the above in a way suitable for your target environment.

But so you're aware... routers with WiFi are not all alike and some can be an excellent solution or component of a home or small business network.

Let's you avoid silly network designs like mine for example, which has the routing for my home and lab network being done on an ethernet-only router then doubling back on the ISP WiFi-router-modem that feeds it for use as a WiFi AP, a strategy I call "every time I look at buying an AP I decide I can't be bothered to pay for one expensive enough to be better than the ISP's boring old WiFi 5 one"

I've promised myself I'll buy a better setup when NBN co entertains allowing me to buy a speed better than 50mbps down without a 5-figure install fee and/or a monthly bill north of $400

[tribal cape]

Due to spacing and other factors. I have my non-router modem and a 16-port switch in my basement. But due to coverage/signal my Wifi Router is in my kitchen (on the other side of the house). And my main computer is in my basement, which I want to be plugged into the router's ports instead of the 16-port switch's ports. So that leads to a lot of back and forth cable runs to my kitchen and basement/office area. I want to consolidate and minimize those extraneous runs.

[pseudo blade]

Cheapest solution is to move the router to the basement and put an AP in your kitchen.
Ideally both WiFi APs woukd implement Fast Roaming but if you're OK with the connection dropping for a second when you move from one to the other you can save a buck

[clever tartan]

anyone know how i can stop my cisco switch from blowing my ears out every time i turn it on? its in my bedroom and i cannot focus with it on

the fans are 50dBa

[pseudo blade]

Don't run an old enterprise switch in your bedroom? :P

[clever tartan]

it was £30

i needed more than 5 ports and that was the cheapest option 🤣

[pseudo blade]

If you're OK with risking killing it, pop the top off and (ideally) install a larger fan over the top of the heatsink and run it at a constant lower voltage like 7V, disabling the internal fan

[clever tartan]

i have unplugged one of the fans in there (there are 2) but i am not risking taking both out because of the PSU, and it already gets noticably hot when running with 2 fans on

you know any cheaper 40mm fans that i can get that are quiet?

[pseudo blade]

No

Small fans are loud

Cheap fans are also loud

Hence a larger fan or give up and buy a passive 8+ port switch

[clever tartan]

hm alright

[pseudo blade]

8 port commodity switches are cheaper than 30 pounds if all that matters is ports lol

[clever tartan]

well i also need rackmount really

[pseudo blade]

Well you need a space other than your bedroom then

A compromise needs to be made somewhere, I'm saying