networking

[thick minnow]

Im trying to setup l2tp contction on the router

But its just not working

It used to and I had to reset the config on it

[cursive yew]

Would it be possible to run a LAN cache server on a nas?

[hot laurel]

Send screenshots of the l2tp setup and your firewall

[thick minnow]

i restore it (backup file)

i follow some guide and from my memory

[round vapor]

was looking into ethernet cables, i need one about 35 feet or longer that can easily support gigabit. i was looking at some on amazon but some of the reviews say they're not as advertised etc.. anyone able to recommend a specific model i can get that is known good?

[peak cloak]

Monoprice is good

It's an ethernet cable, not much to it

Just get cat6 and you're good

@round vapor

[round vapor]

ok thx

[plain siren]

Yes, I do this.

[nimble sable]

REAL dumb question...when i setup samba, and say i have multiple users with their own directory what ownership do those directories have?

[thick minnow]

Is their any chance that you helping me set thst?

[tawny hearth]

Any suggestions for a wired wifi access point? My budget is around 200$

[thick minnow]

Yes the map from mikrotik

[hot laurel]

Mikrotiks are super versatile, however grandstream is a good place to start, better and cheaper than unifi with the same kind of ui

[hot laurel]

I need to see the current config to look for any errors

[thick minnow]

Their is any config on it for VPN right now

Bec I backt up beffor

[peak cloak]

Mikrotik wireless is eh apparently

TP-Link omada line is nice

I have the eap225

[tawny hearth]

By wired access point i meant an access point that takes wifi through wired ethernet or UTP, and give wifi access wirelessly through the same wifi ip n stuff if thats possible, and sorry if that was unclear, thanks

[peak cloak]

Yeah that's what an access point is

The omada line is good

[hot laurel]

Yes, grandstream. Something like the GWN7630

[peak cloak]

Never heard of grandstream

[tawny hearth]

I cand find any of your recommendations on amazon, but i found this and id like your opinion: https://www.amazon.sa/dp/B07L5YRYF4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_i_V1KJKP040EKJG8QGE0X9

Sprry for arabic

[peak cloak]

Nope

TP-Link consumer is not great

[tawny hearth]

Ok

Something similer to a router is that im looking for, something focused on wireless but does have ethernet in and out because i cant find good matches

[peak cloak]

An access point needs to be behind a router

And only Ethernet in

You would want to use a switch for "splitting" a connection

And then connect the AP to the switch

And then any other devices you need

Some APs do have an ethernet out, but that's really only to chain APs

[tawny hearth]

you see what im working on to upgrade my wifi is extend its range, but also make it a middle point for connecting my to the internet through cable, to not only get my pc ethernet but also get better internet range

[peak cloak]

So one of those APs that have both in and out, could work but those are usually much more expensive

Since those are expected to be deployed in an enterprise setting

What you could just use is a switch

In the middle just have the switch and the AP

One line from router into switch

Another going to pc

[tawny hearth]

What about an enterprise router that has ethernet in?

[peak cloak]

And one to AP

[peak cloak]

Router does not mean wifi

[tawny hearth]

Wifi router

Sorry im very new at this

[peak cloak]

For what

[tawny hearth]

To make it the middle point

[peak cloak]

You want a switch

Not a router

[tawny hearth]

Ok

[peak cloak]

A router does routing stuff, a switch will keep it on one network

[tawny hearth]

Nice

Ok

[peak cloak]

There are some APs with an intergrated switch

[tawny hearth]

I cant find switches on amazon for some reason

[tawny hearth]

But arent they expensive

[peak cloak]

Those are meant to be used in like hotels and stuff

[peak cloak]

Kinda, depends on what

Let me find one

[tawny hearth]

Sure thx

[peak cloak]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GRCMJWH

Wifi prob on that isn't the best

Since it's so small

[tawny hearth]

This thing is perfect

[peak cloak]

It's meant to be used to supply wifi to a room

[tawny hearth]

Thatsjust fine for me

Most my devices are on the room im putting it in

Alr, if you find anything else ping me, thanks

Got one question, why does it say 100mbps ports, is that the limit?

My wifi is faster

[peak cloak]

Wait

My bad, yeah that only has 10/100 Ethernet ports

[tawny hearth]

Oh ok

[peak cloak]

Let me see if there is another one

[tawny hearth]

Thats not gonna work, if theres something more expensive fine wimme

[slate dust]

I am not sure I am going to word this properly and correct if me if I use the wrong terms:

I currently work from home, is there a way to set up my Night Hawk router so that when I switch my ethernet cord from my home pc to my work pc so that they are on separate networks entirely and my work PC won't be able to see anything else connected to the internet?

I just have the one router.

[peak cloak]

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-EAP235-Wall-Beamforming-Installation-Integrated/dp/B08HSNYH57

[peak cloak]

On that router, without custom firmware prob not

[slate dust]

I'm using DD-WRT firmware.

I want the router to assign IP / Network addressing by Mac Address.

[peak cloak]

I don't think that's possible

Never seen such a thing

[slate dust]

If Mac Address = This, Network 1, if Mac Address = This, Network2 if Mac Address = Not Previous 2, Guest Network.

[peak cloak]

Maybe with scripting, but idk

[tawny hearth]

What are the diffeence between that one and the other one

[peak cloak]

This one is gigabit

[tawny hearth]

Oh so better wired speeds, has 1 in 3 out, and wifi access to a room

Thats good, does it need setting up or just plug and play?

[peak cloak]

The process with mine which is omada was, plug it in. It turns on and gets an IP from router. Check router DHCP client page to see why IP it got, and go to that IP in a web browser. Login with default credentials to setup the wifi SSID and password and all that jazz

Also

It's poe

Idk if that one comes with an injector

[tawny hearth]

Yes

[tawny hearth]

Nice i know what that is

[peak cloak]

Wdym?

For wifi?

[tawny hearth]

Same connection

[peak cloak]

You can set it up however you want

[tawny hearth]

I dont want it to be a seperate connection i just want it to extend the wifi range

[peak cloak]

Iirc you can have it be the same SSID as your router and client devices should switch to it

You may need to adjust tx/rx power tho

[tawny hearth]

Ok good thx

[peak cloak]

It's not wifi roaming tho

[tawny hearth]

How do i do that?

[peak cloak]

In the gui

[tawny hearth]

Ok

[tawny hearth]

Whats that?

[peak cloak]

Seamless connection, the client will experience a drop in connection for a second or two

[tawny hearth]

Yeah sure

Thats fine

[peak cloak]

Their are ways to get roaming, omada supports it with the omada controller, but all APs would need to be omada and the clients would need to support wifi roaming as well for a seamless connection

With a seamless connection you can let's say have a video call on and move around the house with no drops

[tawny hearth]

Tbh extended wifi range i is just an excuse to extend the cable to my room lol

[peak cloak]

Fair

[tawny hearth]

Yeah

Thabks very much

I dont get how volunteering to explain wifi to a guy like me is fine with you lol

[analog laurel]

Is exterior-only ethernet being grounded meaningful? As in, if a lightning strike were to happen nearby enough to induce extreme currents in the exterior cables, wouldn't any powerlines & interior ethernet cables & electronic devices have the exact same issue and be ruined anyway as well? What can be done against that other than all *expensive fiber? And if it almost never thunders, let alone rain at all in the area is it still significant?

[hot laurel]

In 15 years of operation we've had a lightning issue once, cable was grounded but dish and Poe were both cooked. Rest of the equipment was okay

[peak cloak]

Fiber isn't really expensive

[cedar igloo]

Is the Ubiquiti USG considered outdated now? It seems it has been out for years without a refresh. This this correct?

[surreal bay]

Can someone tell me the reason why my download speed doesn’t math or get close to the speed for downloading games, I am literally downloading in kilobytes

[peak cloak]

Network speed is usually measured in bits, steam for example shows game download in bytes

8 bits make a byte

[plain siren]

Yes and no. Its still "Supported" in the System as a whole but they are not really updating the firmware/software on it

[slate sonnet]

Hey all, could someone help me troubleshoot why I can't connect to my jellyfin media server by using my public ip?

So far I have checked if ports are open, and they are

I've tried hosting a minecraft server and I've checked that you can connect to that

So I'm not sure where to start looking for problems

[tawny hearth]

so yesterday i was looking into a network switch that acts and an access point to increase the wifi range, but since then i realized the fiber cabling box under my router has 2 ports going out of it, maybe i can add a second fiber router which is more straight forward but i don't know if that second router can share the ssid with the primary one, and i dont know if that second port works and if it requires extra payment

this is the switch recommended to me:
https://www.amazon.sa/TP-Link-EAP235-Wall-Beamforming-Installation-Integrated/dp/B08HSNYH57

again sorry for the arabic

[peak cloak]

No that wouldn't work

Unless the ISP is incompetent

[tawny hearth]

oh

[peak cloak]

Because your ISP most likely only allows one line per customer which means also only one IPv4 address

[tawny hearth]

oh ok

[peak cloak]

Your router is the one that gets that IP and NATs it to all your devices

Or in the case of ipv6 just routes that IP block you get

So you really should only have one router

[tawny hearth]

i have another question, does this support cat8? and is cat8 optimal for this tp link setup?

[peak cloak]

Cat8 is overkill

And not really a standard

[tawny hearth]

yeah guessed so

[peak cloak]

Cat6 is perfectly fine

[tawny hearth]

ok thanks

[clear igloo]

Not technically true, it's a TIA/EIA and ISO standard BUT anything that's just Cat5e with Cat8 slapped on it is what's mostly on the market right now, proper Cat8.1 or 8.2 is going to be $$$$

Cat7 is ISO only BUT nothing on the market meets that spec because it calls for a different connector, not the standard 8p8c connector

[peak cloak]

Ah, last time I heard it is a iso but not tia/eia

[clear igloo]

Basically you're correct though, Cat6 or 6a is sufficient in 99.9999% of cases

[tawny hearth]

on thanks

[clear igloo]

Yah, plus no gear exists or probably ever will that uses copper (8p8c copper) cables at 25Gbps or 40Gbps

[peak cloak]

Yeah

[tawny hearth]

i feel so dumb saying this but i cant find a cat6 ethernet cable that isnt way overpriced, i need a 5 m one and a 15-20m one

amazon is optimal

[clear igloo]

Does this work?

https://www.amazon.sa/اخرى-كيبل-شبكات-CAT6-20M/dp/B07N6N7KM7/ref=sr_1_7?crid=1GTBN63IC8R1&dchild=1&keywords=cat6+cable&qid=1628956417&sprefix=cat6%2Caps%2C241&sr=8-7

[tawny hearth]

thats very good

i still cant find a 5 or 6m one tho lol

[fossil wolf]

Hey there, idk if i can ask this here. but here goes
Looking for a new router around ~$100 that can handle about 15 devices no sweat, do you guys have any recommendations? It needs to be a set and forget device installed at my grandma's so i cannot really home bake a solution

[rocky badge]

@clear igloo https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/p4cdo7/when_a_cable_run_across_the_floor_is_not_an_option/

[nimble sable]

dumb question, i'm kinda new to optical networking but...why are transceivers sold in singles? actually for that matter why are transceivers and cables sold SEPARATELY? what is a situation where you need a fiber cable and only ONE transceiver? (i mean yea, if you already have one, but you still ACTUALLY need two to make it work no? like you'd have to have bought the other one at some point)

[rocky badge]

There's no "specific" cable you have to use with a transceiver

Sure there some requirements, but not a specific part number

[clear igloo]

lol, that's some fail and ingenious at the same time

[nimble sable]

ooh ok so you could just choose, i guess it's like usb cable and plugs...why aren't they sold in pairs though?

[rocky badge]

idk

[nimble sable]

oh well, damn they're expensive. trying to upgrade my homes networking, i'm at like $500 so far

[clear igloo]

Where are you buying from and how many?

[rocky badge]

Look @ used

[clear igloo]

or fs.com

[rocky badge]

if you're just getting something like sfp-10g-sr, those are cheap and plentiful on eBay

[nimble sable]

ooh ebay good idea, what's a cheap switch that can do SFP+ AND 2.5Gbe?

[clear igloo]

Like a static IPv4? Depends completely on your region and ISP

General research in what country? I mean it varies a TON between countries and ISPs. In the US you can sometimes get a single static IP from one ISP for $15/month and another might sell a block of 5 for the same price

[nimble sable]

what gen of pcie m2 do i need to minimally saturate or near saturate 10Gbps? will gen2x4 do?

[gray stone]

moved into a new house with a preinstalled fios box. Verizon fios does not provide service here in the area anymore. I bought an Xfinity router and plugged in coax of verizon box, no luck. and tried plugging it into the hanging coax thats not connected to the verizon box to no avail. What am i doing wrong?

[peak cloak]

Because the equipment that the sfp plugs into needs to support it

[peak cloak]

Of course that wouldn't work, the coax out of the fios ONT is MOCA which is just ip transport from the ont to the router. You need to get Comcast out there to get a run from the street if that fios one is the only one

[clear igloo]

Yup, multi-vendor environments could have compatibility issues with transceivers from vendor X in equipment of vendor Y or vice versa

[peak cloak]

So I think it can be where you need to use Cisco transceiver on the Cisco router, and an adtran on the adtran equipment

[clear igloo]

Yah, they don't have to be first party but they need to be programmed for that vendor otherwise they generally will not work, some can but it's not a guarantee

[gray stone]

ohhhh gotcha. thank you very much for the clarification. this box has been on ever since we moved in so thought it would have been this since Verizon denied ever servicing here.

[clear igloo]

Did you buy the xFinity modem+router combo from them directly or third party compatible device?

[gray stone]

from them directly

coax might not be live

[clear igloo]

ok, then yah, they'll need to come out. if it was third party then you'd need to have them activate it/authorize it on their network but since it was direct it should be activated already

[gray stone]

yeah guess the tech will be the one to locate the live wire

[peak cloak]

If you have overhead lines, you can see what wires go from the street to the house

And trace where they go

[gray stone]

gotcha will try to roam around and look for a route

[cedar igloo]

Thoughts on buying licenses from sites like G2A? Windows Server 2019 DC for £30? Are they legit/legal or stolen? How do they get the licenses to cheap?

[low pond]

Just like with normal windows, it's in the "gray market"

[nimble sable]

so need some inputs. My pfsense router is completely dead now. I had sg2440 which worked GREAT for my needs (1Gbps with adblock). so my choices are:

1. buy a small/low power device. this is at BEST like $200 and basically gonna eat up all the money i had saved for a network upgrade
2. use old pc parts lying around. by my estimate it should suck up about 100w or so at worst). this will save me a bunch of money WHICH i can use to upgrade my network to 10Gig (i basically have to buy nothing, it's just gonna look a bit silly wiht a desktop chassis and PSU doing router work)

[pulsar thorn]

I use an old 4th gen i7 with 16GB ddr3, two LAN NICs (1 port and 4 ports), with a 250GB SSD. Runs PfBlockerNG just fine, along side HAProxy and a bunch of other stuff. It's way more than enough for my 100/20 plan, quicker than any router/modem combo.

I don't know much about anything faster than 100Mb WAN, but maybe an Optiplex or smth with some NICs should be ok

btw any Aussies on FTTC here? I did something and managed to bypass the NBN NCD and work out my proper sync rate

[nimble sable]

yea i'm just wondeirng if the old pc parts is worth using for pfsense that's a LOT of power and inefficiency for a router

[little schooner]

nothings gonna beat dedicated hardware for router

[pulsar thorn]

I mean it does the job for me

[little schooner]

sorry, i meant to type purpose-built

bc of asics

[pulsar thorn]

I get better speeds than my $500 D'link combo thing

[nimble sable]

yeap, ijust don't know if its worth it. any purpose built low power pfsense thing is gonna be >$200 for me

[little schooner]

aww man

thats expensive

[nimble sable]

closing in on $500 moosebucks though

[pulsar thorn]

Mine only cost me $50 for a 4 port Gigabit NIC, the rest of the parts are old stuff I had lying around

It's pretty much mums old work machine

[nimble sable]

oh yea thats what i mean, if i do that it's free! i even have a spare 2port nic lying around

do you pay for your power @pulsar thorn ? did you find using an old pc makes it bad?

[pulsar thorn]

I'm 16 lol so I live with mum and I don't pay any rent, but I haven't had mum come running to me about costing any more

[nimble sable]

lol good, now i'm going to have the router in the nas case and the nas in the router case

[pulsar thorn]

It pays for itself tho since mum works from home

[nimble sable]

yea

[little schooner]

yeah ig its not a catch all lol

[nimble sable]

ok so what do NORMAL people use at home?

[little schooner]

i have luck with an edgerouter-4

[nimble sable]

how much do those all in one router +wifi+modem dealios go for these days?

[little schooner]

line speed routing

my dad bought one for 69.99 but it was used

[pulsar thorn]

The beast in all its glory

[little schooner]

modem + router + wifi

[pulsar thorn]

Works as an ap now

The issue is it’s a dsl modem, so there’s no dedicated WAN port

[nimble sable]

ah

[pulsar thorn]

Sucks for any internet these days

[nimble sable]

what does?

lol "GAMING!" router

[little schooner]

FOR GAMERS

[nimble sable]

after 5 years of using pfsense, i'm still not sure a purposebuilt machine makes ANY sense. it's WAY more expensive than even the best off the shelf routers out there and ...for why?

[little schooner]

well netgate appliances are expensive in general

[nimble sable]

like asus "GAMING!" router is $300

[pulsar thorn]

A modem with no WAN port, especially if your isp gives you RJ45 to connect to

[nimble sable]

even in general if i were to build a low power device that can handle 1gbps firewalling with mixed traffic it's at basically $250-$300

[pulsar thorn]

Oh yeah

[nimble sable]

and i'd still need a wifi AP...im never going commercial router btw, i'm just trying to make sense of the economy here

[pulsar thorn]

I just use any old router combo with wifi as an AP

[nimble sable]

as in, why would any, EVER purpose build a pfsense device, or specifically go out and buy a device for pfsense

[little schooner]

@nimble sable like I am using this https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1382708-REG/ubiquiti_networks_er_4_edgerouter_4_4_port_gigabit.html

that what i mean by purpose built

[pulsar thorn]

ubiquiti is good

[little schooner]

about 180 dollars

sure, it doesnt have pfblocker and stuff

[nimble sable]

wow yea that is cheap

[little schooner]

but its fast

[nimble sable]

oh no blocker? 😦

i def. need blocker, damn its too good

[little schooner]

they might have scripts on the forums to get something similar in functionality

[pulsar thorn]

the main reason i built my pfsense box was to muck around with vlans, but then i realised how much better it was

[little schooner]

but i haven't played with those

edgerouter runs a flavor of debian

so I assume you can just add a package in that would work as a blocker

[pulsar thorn]

you can always grab a VPS and use that as your dns server

[nimble sable]

this, exactly. i just don't see why i would build a device specfically low power/super small ... but yea. i'm gonna try opnsense next though

[little schooner]

with opnsense i was only able to get 220 mbps down and 10 up, but I was using a pentium chip

[nimble sable]

low power devices capable of routing 1gbps are REALLY expensive if you try and diy

[pulsar thorn]

on a pentium? damn

[nimble sable]

yea i have a spare g4400 lying around along with at least 16gb of ram...so hopefully can do 1gbps?

[little schooner]

I had no complaints about opnsense tho, it was pretty much a solid platform

[little schooner]

yeah, and it was a quad core

[pulsar thorn]

oh even better

[little schooner]

idk if it was just a software limitation or something

[pulsar thorn]

what speeds are you meant to get?

[nimble sable]

what would i need to do 1gbps vpn?

[little schooner]

1gbps at least

on my edgerouter, I am getting 1gbps now

[pulsar thorn]

oh lucky

[nimble sable]

nice...

[pulsar thorn]

I'm guessing fibre to the premises or whatever the equivalent is?

[little schooner]

its cable, comcast, they have the 1.2gbps plan

[nimble sable]

lol... .2

[little schooner]

yeah ikr

its weird they stopped at 1.2

[nimble sable]

Bell has 1.5, which is equally as absurd

though i DO believe some old fibers used to do slightly over 1? wasn't there a thing that did that?

[pulsar thorn]

Rent a VPS that has unlimited bandwidth, presumably on a 1Gb connection, and then install whatever adblocker you want (never done it, so I can't give detail). Then just set it up as a DNS resolver. If you have a static IP you can always set it up to only respond to your IP so stop people from using it to DOS other DNS servers, or even your own (because that's a thing)

[dark sphinx]

Anyone in here knowledgeable with routers

[pulsar thorn]

@nimble sable I'm gonna be honest I used to have PiHole on a VPS and it was terrible

[nimble sable]

oh i have my own server at home...so cud prbly use that as a dns sinkhole

[pulsar thorn]

exactly my thinking

[pulsar thorn]

Kind of?

whats up?

[nimble sable]

i was thinking of doing sthg weird with virtualized pfsense on my server but that seemed like flying from NYC to SF by going east

[pulsar thorn]

I see people do it a fair bit on forums, I guess it works if you do it properly

Someone did it on their NAS once I think

[dark sphinx]

@pulsar thorn currently I have the Netgear r6300v2 which I have had for maybe 3-5 years and lately while playing games with my son we get bad latency issues or just terrible speeds

[nimble sable]

oh REALLY? oooh gonna look that up then

[dark sphinx]

@pulsar thorn we have a 100down and I believe 20 up speed

[pulsar thorn]

you mind if I ask where you're from?

[dark sphinx]

Michigan

[pulsar thorn]

Ok that eliminates one problem, if you were Australian I would've said NBN straight away

lemme do some research on this thing

[nimble sable]

i keep thinking NBN is a bank for some reason (the B is right in the name there)

[pulsar thorn]

We all get it mixed up with a regional TV provider here in Australia

[dark sphinx]

@pulsar thorn we are both wired in my son is hardwired to the router and I'm on a poe

[pulsar thorn]

POE as in powerline ethernet?

[dark sphinx]

Yes

[nimble sable]

you're on a poe...interesting

oooh u mean the thing that sends internet bits over power cable?

[pulsar thorn]

Powerline ethernet yeah

[dark sphinx]

https://www.netgear.com/home/wired/powerline/plp2000/

[pulsar thorn]

@dark sphinx are you playing on external servers or just on your local network, because if you get bad latency on your local network it's definitely the powerline ethernet

[dark sphinx]

External

[nimble sable]

aww man, response from netgate , ugh i was hoping for something at least mildly attractive

(1) Out of warranty replacement of the system board: The cost to replace the SG-2440 board is $354.00. As is our process, we will troubleshoot the unit when it arrives. There is a $75 diagnostic fee for this work. That fee is applied to the final cost if you decide to proceed with the replacement.

(2) One year of complimentary TAC Pro support on a new unit purchased from Netgate. This is a $399 value and provides e-mail based support on any new unit you select to replace this one. The Netgate TAC is a 24x7 operation with a worldwide team of support engineers unparalleled at diagnosing and resolving issues with pfSense.

[dark sphinx]

All this started within the last 3- 4 months

[pulsar thorn]

what's your latency like on your son's computer when you do a speedtest?

[dark sphinx]

In rocket league sometimes fluctuates up to 500+ and then drops

[nimble sable]

wow

[pulsar thorn]

jesus

[nimble sable]

try speedtest.net see what the latency is like there, since it chooses a nearby server

[dark sphinx]

And it'll happen to both of us and then it'll come back down to 30or 40

[nimble sable]

oh hold on, does this happen during specific rtimes of the day?

[dark sphinx]

Usually late night

[pulsar thorn]

when people are streaming alot

okay that makes a bit of sense

[nimble sable]

iirc cable internet shares bandwidth with the nighbourhood for example so this happens a lot with cable

call your ISP and complain? see if they can do smthg?

i tried that a couple of times before, very mixed results

[pulsar thorn]

Or try another router and see if you get the same issue?

[dark sphinx]

Yeah I was thinking about finding a new router

[nimble sable]

yea def. eliminate the router as an issue...another router, or directly to the modem (and no powerline)

[pulsar thorn]

that was my next suggestion, do speedtests / play rocket league and see if you get better results

since your sons pc has ethernet, that would make it easier

[dark sphinx]

Running the speed test from his computer it shows 101 down and 11 up ping is 22

[pulsar thorn]

sounds about right

@dark sphinx I reckon try playing late at night with a different router, and see if you get the same problem

if you keep getting horrible latency and speeds, complain to yoir ISP

tbh it wouldn't be a bad idea to get a new router anyway

[dark sphinx]

Sometimes playing with my son and his uncle who plays on a switch that's when it can get bad

[pulsar thorn]

switches always get bad latency, my computers get 7ms when my switch gets 200ms

Is the switch on the same network?

[dark sphinx]

https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/wifi-router/archer-ax10/

I seen someone selling one of those TP-Link routers that looked new for a pretty solid price

[pulsar thorn]

that looks like a good deal, wifi 6 is new as well, not everything supports it though

If i could I would either grab one of those or a Netgear one

[summer bison]

i was dmca blocked by isp

[pulsar thorn]

how do you manage that

[clear igloo]

PoE is Power Over Ethernet not Powerline Ethernet, that's EoP

Networking needs more acronyms 😛

[pulsar thorn]

@clear igloo Yeah ik lmao, was helping old mate work out what was wrong but I knew what he meant

[clear igloo]

Yah, I've seen people not know that PoE is different so I wasn't 100% sure 🙂

[pulsar thorn]

All good 👍

[low pond]

as-if we don't have enough

[summer bison]

how do i connect my hotspot to computer via usb

[rugged fern]

has anyone yet successfully installed opnWRT on archer a6 v2?

im having some issues doing so .... "invalid file type" error

[primal violet]

having an issue where one pc shows all other pc on my networking in the network tab of the file explorer but the others only show one or another. how do i make them all visible to each other?

[little schooner]

enable file and print sharing in Network and sharing center and change your network profile to Private/domain

[primal violet]

that's been done on all of them already..

i have one that can see all four, one that can only see one and two that only see two

still not sure how the one has all four show up in the network tab, but i've matched all the settings on the others but it's not quite there

[little schooner]

not sure then, usually that did the trick for me

[copper rover]

Any projects on a DYI WiFi6 (AX) router with DD-WRT or OpenWRT?

[summer plover]

Can someone help me install steamcache? I’m fairly new to linux and I can’t install it I tried but it doesn’t work at all

[thick minnow]

Distro?

[summer plover]

Debian 11

[summer plover]

youre still there?

[peak cloak]

Found Nanobeam in the wild

[thick minnow]

where i live, isps use nanobeams and litebeams for internet

[low pond]

Prem XD

[thick minnow]

for 10$ you can get 100 mbit, the ping is high and the reliability is awful tho

[little schooner]

just recently, Frontier launched their fiber internet in the area, it's 940 mbps synch for 59.99

idk what they charge for the fiber box a month

[thick minnow]

Yea, sorry, had something else to do.

[little schooner]

Comcast is still a better value in my situation though

[crisp bay]

hi again, I'm planning to do Geo steering and I'd need two servers that are on different locations.. let's say US and China.. Imma use them as a proxy so it doesn't need to be powerful, just to handle a js script...are there any solutions already out there or do you need to get AWS t2.micro?
As I said, it can be really low power server and for low price as possible, if free...

[low pond]

Why go AWS only

Wait, oh, free. ermmm

[crisp bay]

Yeah like Heroku, Replit

but it requires TCP hole punching...(or similar)

[heavy vapor]

can someone help me

setting up a router?

[low pond]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[nimble sable]

i have a fileserver setup for multiple users, right now it's SMB only locally, what is the best way to share those files over the internet? The shares are setup so the data resides in ~user ...can i use owncloud or nextcloud (how would i set that up so the same files from ~user show up in owncloud?)

[copper rover]

Share as in, provide FTP access? or Weblink?

Assuming Windows environment:

There are many cloud solutions to where you can sync data from a server into the cloud, and then share a link to the public via invite. The actual implementation varies. But basically that's the gist of it.

Lately, I've been looking at Egnyte for a whole host of other reasons.

If you're looking at just hosting some of the data from an existing SMB share to FTP, CrushFTP is a good option if needing to host large files.

[nimble sable]

i waas thinking along the lines of nextcloud or so, but the difficulty is that it's user HOME folders

[copper rover]

As long as the data is on the server, it doesn't matter. The only problem is if they work offline, and then sync back to a copy of the HOME folder on the server next time they establish a local connection

In that scenario, it could be an issue as to if the shared folder/file is an updated copy as expected

i.e offline file sync

[dusk saddle]

WiMAX FTW

[rugged fern]

guys opinions on ubiquity er 10x for home use?

already got ui access points but some tplink router that died today

and would like to switch

10x is within my budget so i thought about getting it

[hard tusk]

Hello, I have a question.
I got one server which is at a place with a dedicated IP (server A).
Since I wanted to test some some things, I am searching a way to get my homelab (server B) accessible over the IP from server A.
I've had the idea to set up a VPN tunnel and route from server A to B and vice versa.
Is there any more elegant way to get my server online?
I cannot host it normally from here where server B is located.
It should be used mostly for light webservers and testing where latency isn't a big of a deal.
Thanks in advance!

[low pond]

Pretty sure tunneling works actually

[little schooner]

only get it if you really need ten 1-gigabit routing ports. if not, get an er 4 instead

[pulsar thorn]

I would just set up a tunnel or a vpn (pretty much same thing)

[slate berry]

So question about setting up a remote connection between my laptop and my workstation or media server. I was looking at using Guacamole in order to use a vm remotely from my laptop, but i also know it will be a bit of a project to get fully set up and working. Is there any other option that ideally is free or not too pricey that i should consider?;

The type of work would vba and excel as well as possibly streaming media if the bitrate is good enough. gaming would be a nice plus but for this project that's not too important to me especially since xcloud got a streaming client for windows now so if i did game on the go i'd probably just use that;

I'm also open to running the vm as a dualboot on my laptop, but it would be nice to run it remotely so that if i lost my laptop or something else happened it would stay safe on my desktop. if i do dual boot i will use a cloud backup service like mega.co.nz to backup the files, but since the laptop only has 500gb i'd rather not have to dedicate 50-100gb to a windows boot that i'm only using for vba and excel because of a data entry course i'm going to be taking. main boot is manjaro gnome 40 since i find it runs smoother on my laptop than windows 10 and is easier to maintain;

[latent bobcat]

any way to attach a network switch to a wifi dongle?

https://safe.ayo.icu/5okz4fw2q7o3.png

i think it will be cheaper to do it like this rather than to buy wifi cards for every device

unless i can get some cheap usb wifi dongles that can transfer relatively quickly

if you have answers for me, please ping

[hot hawk]

U can use a wireless ethernet bridge

Autho if u can, do ethernet > moca (coax) > powerline > wireless

If the network swtich is a router, set it into wireless bridge mode

[latent bobcat]

powerline?

[latent bobcat]

do these have to be plugged into the same breaker?

[latent bobcat]

unmanaged

gonna be using this

[hot hawk]

Powerlines preferred to be plugged straight into the wall

It's recommended autho it might work on a breaker

Cant use coax?

[latent bobcat]

no i mean, if the two access points are on different breakers, will it work

the two different circuits

[hot hawk]

O

[thick minnow]

poorly

[hot hawk]

Um prob not^

Coax and etherner not a option?

[latent bobcat]

maybe, but i'd have to get permission from my parents and also i'd need to feed wires down the wall

i could also run a 100 or 150 ft cat8 cable down the stairs to where i need to go, but the stairs are pretty much on the other side of the building from where i want to put my things

also i have to keep in mind that i need cables that are wall safe, and those cost a lot as well, since fire hazards are not something i want to put in the walls

[hot hawk]

What about coax?

Or cables

[latent bobcat]

coax is the same story, unless i can use an existing coax cable in the wall (which i doubt)

[hot hawk]

Yea use existing

[latent bobcat]

its being used already tho

[hot hawk]

By tv?

Or just internet

[latent bobcat]

just intrenet

[hot hawk]

It should work

[latent bobcat]

mmm, tmr i'll talk again to my dad about running a cable down

im setting up a nas down there and also a mining rig

thank you for the advice, and i really like your name

[hot hawk]

Np e

[latent bobcat]

can i ask why you know these things?

or how you learned

[hot hawk]

Doing networking at my own house

Mostly learned by myself with google, like if I need to bridge two router and idk how to google I go

[latent bobcat]

ouh

i just thought of something

what if i bought 1 wifi card and then used that computer as an ethernet bridge

[hot hawk]

Wait wdym

[latent bobcat]

then i won't have to run any cables

[hot hawk]

O

Use a pc as a wireless bridge?

[latent bobcat]

yes

[hot hawk]

I mean the pc has to be on 24/7 but yes that can work

[latent bobcat]

ok ok

[hot hawk]

Just have to tell the pc to foward data

[latent bobcat]

basically i want to take the wireless signal and then take ethernet out of the pc

i can use a raspberry pi then

[hot hawk]

Yea a pi would work also

[latent bobcat]

guess i got some linuxing and experiumenting to do

[hot hawk]

Perhaps

Wait but if your spending like 100 bucks for a pi

[latent bobcat]

i have one already, sunk cost

[hot hawk]

Ah

[latent bobcat]

fucl

[hot hawk]

U might want to get a better wifi card for the pi

[latent bobcat]

i think there should be a youtube tutorial for this tho

[latent bobcat]

USB? or use the GPIO

[hot hawk]

Uhh depends on what has more bandwith

Prob usb 3.0

Idk much about gpio

[latent bobcat]

ty

any gigabit wifi card should work?

[hot hawk]

That would be 802.11 ac wifi 5 (5ghz)

Or 802.11 ax for wifi 6

[latent bobcat]

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-usb-wifi-adapter-pc/dp/B08D72GSMS/ this is fine ig

i mostly need the gigabit because i wanna use the machine as a nas

[hot hawk]

That would depend on how far your othrr router is

Even if u have gigabit, if your too far you will be limited

How far is the other router

Also is it wifi 6 or wifi 5

[latent bobcat]

its basically right above through a floor

[hot hawk]

Ah

[latent bobcat]

wifi 5

802.11 ac

also gonna be sending all of my traffic through a wireguard vpn to a vps that i already set up

[hot hawk]

Ok u should get around 500mbps to 7 gbps depending on how many channels u have

[latent bobcat]

i've only got gigabit ethernet on my gaming machine and gigabit ethrenet on my nas/mining rig

[hot hawk]

Wait does your phone support 802.11 ac?

U can test what speeds u get with your phone

[latent bobcat]

gigabit should be enough i think, if i need more than gigabit i'll just run a cable

i've done file transfers over wifi to my gaming pc from my laptop, laptop supports ac

it maxes at about 900 mbps (ig overhead)

[hot hawk]

Ah

Should be fast enough I guess

[latent bobcat]

yeah, im not video editing off hte nas

[rugged fern]

yeah

[thick minnow]

through a floor is gonna be quite hard to get gigabit internet

via wifi

Through a door it's already 50%

[gritty valley]

Stupid question time - Anyone have a idea/link/tip to neat and inexpensive server rack I can make/get?

Thought about LACKrack, but sounds way too flimsy to hold any number of switches

[lean pebble]

Hello my friend got his fiber today and he connect with pppoe on his fiber and his mikrotik Hap ac2 triming the connection.
What can he do to fix it ?

[low pond]

😆

[lean pebble]

Was my reaction to

[low pond]

whaddya mean triming the connection

[lean pebble]

Not connecting

[low pond]

huh

[peak cloak]

Look for used racks in your local area

That's how I got mine

[gritty valley]

Nothing decent, and nothing for living room space

Need to rack network gear so its not just thrown across the floor

[lean pebble]

On the wall

Nail it to the wall like I tried to do

[peak cloak]

you would need to anchor it really well

directly to the studs

[cunning lion]

The reason I am not looking at MOCA over Powerline is that MOCA is over twice as expensive aka a set of Powerline adapters are less then a single MOCA adapter aka I could afford 4 and a half pl adapters for the price os 2 MOCA adapters

[peak cloak]

moca is better than powerline

[cunning lion]

This modular home was built in the last 7 years or so. So the power isn't old

[peak cloak]

moca can be more than gigabit, powerline is very dependent

it's not even about oldness, it's about how it's setup

curcuit loads, etc.

[cunning lion]

Moca has 2.5gb for the backhand between adapters but most adapters seem to come with 1gb ports onboard

Damn autocorrect

Each room is on a separate breaker in the pannel

[hot hawk]

Powerline can pass through a breaker, autho speed can drop

With my house, I can get 20-100 with power line

If I were u I'd just invest extra into moca

My house is about 8 ish years old

[cunning lion]

My problem is that I am limited in funds being limited by social security here and supplemental funds have dwindled to nothing as well so yeah

[hot hawk]

U might be able to find them for cheap on offer up or facebook marketplace

I found a pair of 165 moca adapter for about 100 bucks

Autho the cheapest option is run ethernet cable

[peak cloak]

^

if you need cheap, get ethernet

[cunning lion]

Barely making $3 a month when I use to get $25-$125 in supplemental gift cards mainly for Amazon so that was good for minor projects and taking large chucks out of more expensive items like my currently broken laptop that was $1300 and I paid half out of pocket and the other half was giftcards

The house is already wired for ethernet but badly

1 wire 2 rooms so limited to 100megs

[hot hawk]

@peak cloak wait is it possible to use a moca adapter to connect a wifi modem combo

So it's router > moca adapter > combo

[peak cloak]

get a job?

[hot hawk]

Kek

[peak cloak]

no since, modems are for dociss

[hot hawk]

F

[peak cloak]

not moca

[hot hawk]

wait are there dociss adapdars?

[peak cloak]

that's literally a modem

[cunning lion]

there are 2 of these cables hanging in the basement serving up 4 rooms total

[cunning lion]

mentally disabled here so not really possible

[peak cloak]

@hot hawk and a CMTS is connected to the other end

[hot hawk]

F

Wish I could flash it with openwrt

[cunning lion]

Pretty sure most combo router/modem items can have the router functionality disabled so it just acts like a modem then you could go your own router back to the modem via MOCA if you need a router in another spot int he house

and basically thus use the MOCA as the backhaul between modem and router

[peak cloak]

you only want one router in your house

many Access Points, sure

[cunning lion]

Which is why I said to disable the router portion of the combo item @peak cloak

[peak cloak]

yeah

[cunning lion]

Parents recently picked up a couple of Mesh extenders for our extremely weak wifi connection and yeah didn't really help with stability int he slightest sure the range is better BUT that doesn't mean much if the connection drops a lot

[hot hawk]

My combo can only be a modem or modem router

Not just a router

[cunning lion]

@hot hawk yeah that is the way most ISP combos work

I never said to disabled the modem functionality

[hot hawk]

It's a netgear c6250 100 nas

But yea

[cunning lion]

just the router side of the equation if if you want to role your own router

I am literally 1 room over from my wifi router and the connection is stupidly unstable and trying to game is a freaking pain

dropped packets up the wazoo and don't even get me started on in home streaming

weither its streaming of games from my desktop to my laptop or phone/tablet or even trying to stream movies/tv shows from my desktop to other devices like the tv or laptop/phone/tablet

Parents literally won't listen to me on the subject and instead went with mesh based wifi extenders like the person at best buy told them to when they were forced to purchase a new modem/router when Comcast borked our previous one when they upgraded our internet speeds to 50mbps from 25mbps

[hot hawk]

50 mbps

Even if the mesh is good your get 50 mbps no matter whar

[cunning lion]

50/5 is what we get now

[hot hawk]

How much are u guys paying

[cunning lion]

like $150-$200

[hot hawk]

For internet

Also I'd just get two routers and a long ethernet cable over a mesh system

[cunning lion]

And that is all we are paying for aka 0 bundles here

[hot hawk]

Wait 150-200 a month?

[cunning lion]

YUP

I HATE Monopolies. That is with the EXTRA $50 we are forced to pay for unlimited data since we easily do 1.5TB a month

1TB caps can go fucking die in a fire for all I care

[hot hawk]

https://www.t-mobile.com/isp

I'm using tmobile rn and I get 600/100 for 50 bucks a month

[cunning lion]

Comcast is the only NON saterlite option we have here

[hot hawk]

Autho it's based on how good celluar is around you

[limber nacelle]

$65 a month for 400mbps down and 30mbps up

[hot hawk]

Autho even then I've seen 100-150 down

No data caps

[cunning lion]

Besides having 2 different payments 1 for phone and another for Dialup if they are even still providing that that is

[hot hawk]

@cunning lion see if u are eligible for tmobile isp

[cunning lion]

Yeah CEllular is gargbe here so NOT an option. No matter the Cellular ISP

[hot hawk]

O

F

.

[cunning lion]

Walk around outside and I can barely receive 3G speeds even tho it says I am on LTE and that is when I even get a bloody single to begin with

and that is with all 4 MAIN carriers here in the US

[limber nacelle]

I'm getting 5g in across the US with Verizon, not sure what problem you have

[cunning lion]

that is with my phone showing LTE

and its NOT a cheap phone either since its a Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ NON 5G version

[peak cloak]

you have never been to a rural area

[limber nacelle]

just happen to be in a rural area

that's my speed

[cunning lion]

Mine was posted before yours so yeah NOT anywhere near what I would say usable @limber nacelle

that loss of 73% is NOT good either

[limber nacelle]

that's TMobile

never liked them or sprint

[cunning lion]

Like I said it does NOT matter which Cellular Carrier I have here they all do the exact same thing here

[limber nacelle]

where exactly is there?

[cunning lion]

Middle of Michigan

[limber nacelle]

I'm in rural Ohio right now.

[cunning lion]

Are you surrounded by trees and houses on all sides?

[limber nacelle]

trees, no houses

and farms

[cunning lion]

Farms are wide open fields

Not fields of trees that stretch miles

[limber nacelle]

even underground in a basement of concrete in the middle of Irvine California I still got good signal

[cunning lion]

farms are lowlying compared to trees

Cali doesn't really count since that state is basically blanketed in signals

[hot hawk]

Just cuz u have 5g doesn't mean some one in Alaska has 5g

It varies

[cunning lion]

I already posted my speeds and those are normal for all major cellular ISPS here in the US

at least for this area

[limber nacelle]

yeah, I understand that, but moving from California to Ohio I had 5g most of the way

[cunning lion]

I highly doubt you had 5G speeds all that way

[limber nacelle]

most except the occasional mountain pass

[cunning lion]

You can see in my screen shot that I am on 4G LTE and YET I barely get 3G speeds

[limber nacelle]

try rebooting your phone

[cunning lion]

doesn't matter how often I do that the speeds stay the same

Trust me I have looked into this extensively here trying to eek out a better connection in one way or another

We have lost power severl times over the past couple of weeks thanks to weather

power goes out so does the internet

and thus I am limited to what my phone can provide my "Chromebook" or tablet

I have a couple of battery banks to power my phone and tablet when we do lose power so I am NOT fully cut off of internet

but I may as well be

It took forever just to get the funds for a couple of case fans around since I have to replace those in my desktop. They should be here today according to Amazon/UPS

The Chromebook is a 14" "Netbook" that I have used brunch on to get the Coral version of ChromeOS up and running with. Coral is the most stable this thing has ever been even compared to Windows and Linux and even "Rammus"

I just need a solid backbone for my desktop to my router so that things are more stable for streaming in home weither it be movies/tv shows/gaming

[latent bobcat]

i only have 300 mbit service, but local transfers im just hoping to get about 1 gig

[thick minnow]

hmmmm still a bit hard over wifi through a floor

like you really want it to be through a door at best

[latent bobcat]

rip, i dont think i'll be getting permission to run a cable anytime soon

[thick minnow]

like through a floor the best I can get even with my AX50 like what 30 mbps

[latent bobcat]

lemme brb and test on my phone

[cunning lion]

Also I just happen to get EXTREMELY lucky with the Case fan and funds on Amazon. I was sitting on about $28 on Amazon when I was forced to purchase the new fans after the power and stuff went bonkers

[latent bobcat]

@thick minnow

Through the floor in the exact location I want the raspi

[thick minnow]

Your Router is downstairs? @latent bobcat

[latent bobcat]

Upstairs

[thick minnow]

oh kk then actually yeah that looks ok

[latent bobcat]

But I’m basically sitting under it

[thick minnow]

Well yeah, I thought it would be downstairs

[cunning lion]

Parents grabbed a couple of these https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-AC1200-Range-Extender-EX6150-100NAS/dp/B00R92CLCW and like I said it doesn't help when the wifi signal is unstable to begin with

[latent bobcat]

my wifi to ethernet bridge will be downstairs, and my router/ap is upstairs

[thick minnow]

yeah ik

if the router is downstairs good luck getting signal upstairs

but upstairs router is quite nice

[cunning lion]

We have a single floor house with a wide open concert basement

[latent bobcat]

wifi doesn't goup?

[thick minnow]

Gravity

[latent bobcat]

[thick minnow]

Nokia made a really good guide on how to properly set up wifi in your home

[cunning lion]

and the router/modem combo parents picked up from best buy to replaced the borked one that comcast broke by upping our signal is garbage for wifi stability

[latent bobcat]

are you serious about gravity?

[cunning lion]

aka both weak and unstable

[thick minnow]

yes?

[latent bobcat]

lmfaoooo no fucking way

[thick minnow]

Even light is affected by gravity

[latent bobcat]

bro i just googled it, this is the funniest shit i've ever read

[cunning lion]

and parents were told to snag mesh extenders when they went to buy the new modem/router combo if the signal was to bad

[latent bobcat]

can you send me this?

[cunning lion]

So yeah I am currently dealing with crap here

I just want a stable connection to my desktop at the very least

and I am basically on a shoestring budget

Which is why I am looking at powerline since as I said its less then half as cheap as MOCA

We had DirectTV service at one point BUT got rid of it so those lines would work fine with MOCA even with the needed higher frequencies

[thick minnow]

https://www.nokia.com/blog/help-your-wi-fi-through-covid-crisis/
@latent bobcat

[cunning lion]

Is a stable connection to much to BLOODY ASK FOR????

[latent bobcat]

Thank you man

[gritty valley]

Cement walls, so no studs, just nightmare to drill i to

[small glade]

Fuck

I think I know why the isp was so eager to give my mom the 2 year contract for gigabit for 19.50 per month a month or so back

Because they now have an official deal to get it for 14.50 per month also with a 2 year contract

Classic isp prank

[gritty valley]

Have a talk with TET, they usually can change to a discount plan

Especially if You do it in person

(Fellow TET user 😂)

[small glade]

Well that's kinda what my mom did to get the 19.50 gigabit a month ago

[gritty valley]

Trust me - if You ask kindly enough - they can swap it to even cheaper

When showing this ad

[peak cloak]

Concrete anchors

[gritty valley]

Ah crap, right

[quasi harbor]

Is there any video that shows how to start your own isp?

[cedar igloo]

Have a look at Techflow. Not really how to start up your own ISP, but he tells you the tech you need/can use to create a WISP

[peak cloak]

it's a complicated process

hardest thing is getting the last mile access

pole lease rights

then I would look where to buy ip transit from

in the US this can kinda help https://www.infrapedia.com/app

shows fiber cable runs are, then you can contact the companies if they would provide transit and/or peering

[thick minnow]

if you have to ask here, that means there's a lot of information you're missing and likely "starting your own isp" might not be what you're after.

Can you try posting with some information as to what you are trying to do?

[low pond]

True...

[remote cedar]

Hi guys, couple questions. I just got gigabit fiber in my house today and im wanting to setup google wifi mesh, the only problem is my isp gave me a modem router combo, is there a way to put it into passthrough mode to make my google wifi the router? If i am able to can i still use the 4 ethernet ports on the isp modem/router combo?

[ornate jungle]

Put the modem/router combo potato into bridge mode, then plugin your own router. It should assign a public IP to your router. Normally you won't be able to use the other ports on the modem/router potato unit. Some modem/router potato units can be bridged by the customer, otherwise you'll need to contact your ISP. I'm only familiar with Shaw and Telus in Canada.

[remote cedar]

awesome so can i add a 4 port network switch?

[ornate jungle]

Should be able to, assuming the Google mesh units have more than a single WAN ethernet port. If they do, plug a dumb gigabit switch into said ethernet port and bam!

[remote cedar]

each one has 2 ports, the one im putting next to my fiber install will only have 1 port because the second one will be a ethernet in

[lean pebble]

Hey guys, how can I export all hpe proliant dl325 gen10 bios and raid settings?

[dull mirage]

i turned off portforward and when i type my ip it will get people to login in modem

[peak cloak]

Well yeah, if you are doing that from inside lan, it will show web ui

Go on cellular to test

[dull mirage]

outside of my network

[cedar igloo]

Sometimes port forwarding is separate to remote management on some routers

[fallen crypt]

I'm tryna use a vpn with wireguard, and I get this issue when I connect to my vpn```2021-08-18 18:50:51.108: [TUN] [plasma] peer(MdHC…WKnc) - Handshake did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2)

[peak cloak]

make a vpn?

or connect to a vpn service?

[fallen crypt]

i've made a vpn

on a private server

using wireguard

[peak cloak]

hmm

make sure you have all the keys and stuff correct

[fallen crypt]

i mean it should be correct

[peak cloak]

https://serverfault.com/questions/1040165/wireguard-not-completing-handshake

[fallen crypt]

i downloaded the client.conf file from my server

[peak cloak]

here, it fixed it

[peak cloak]

pretty sure it needs to be different

[fallen crypt]

does it?

[small glade]

Ups

Runs the things for just under an hour

Float charged to a bit over 4v per cell from a 12v adapter

Still haven't figured out current limiting so if it gets discharged anywhere below around 11.7v the adapter won't charge it anymore because of overcurrent protection cutting it off

Oh and the cells are salvaged disposable vape cells

[peak cloak]

@hollow marlin ```
sudo tcpdump -v -n -i eth1 ip6
tcpdump: listening on eth1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes
15:46:07.949702 IP6 (flowlabel 0xb3838, hlim 255, next-header ICMPv6 (58) payload length: 8) fe80::7683:c2ff:fe4b:4765 > ff02::2: [icmp6 sum ok] ICMP6, router solicitation, length 8
15:46:11.953105 IP6 (flowlabel 0xb3838, hlim 255, next-header ICMPv6 (58) payload length: 8) fe80::7683:c2ff:fe4b:4765 > ff02::2: [icmp6 sum ok] ICMP6, router solicitation, length 8
15:46:15.957110 IP6 (flowlabel 0xb3838, hlim 255, next-header ICMPv6 (58) payload length: 8) fe80::7683:c2ff:fe4b:4765 > ff02::2: [icmp6 sum ok] ICMP6, router solicitation, length 8

no response

[hollow marlin]

Yeah I am checking daily to to see if ND shows a neighbor. I need to recheck the thread and see what people said and if its just a test for a few customers in NJ

Looks like it was around the Essex county area but people who got it said they enabled it on their Fios supplied router. We'll see when they finally get it rolled out. I know what is all involved behind the scenes to do so so I give them the benefit of the doubt

[waxen scroll]

Call and complain

Your work has ipv6 only vpn

Easiest way to get an answer

[thick minnow]

could someone help with nginx revers proxy?

[fallen crypt]

Would VOIP calls such as discord work over TCP?

[hollow marlin]

VOIP signalling can be TCP/UDP, but the audio is always UDP

[peak cloak]

Like Juan said, tcp requires a packet back to acknowledge the information. This isn't very good for voice where the intergrity of the info isn't as important as latency, so some loss is acceptable. UDP just blasts the packets. So signaling about the call may be tcp, but the voice is always UDP

[fallen crypt]

Its odd because with UDP, the audio works for the first 10/20 seconds and then the audio dies

[peak cloak]

You need both UDP and TCP I would assume

[fallen crypt]

"adaptive" i doubt I can use both at once

[ebon wasp]

I am more interested how newer VOIP application will use the new flow labels in IPv6

[fallen crypt]

I think it's the signalling part that's causing me to disconnect from the audio and everything just dies

[peak cloak]

Thats just for transport of the vpn packets I would assume

[fallen crypt]

Huh

[peak cloak]

That I would use UDP for

[fallen crypt]

Hmm - I'll try with adaptive enabled

[peak cloak]

Well adaptive, whatever that means

[fallen crypt]

this happens with UDP

[peak cloak]

Can only speculate without a packet capture

[fallen crypt]

Audio currently working

and now it's died

I just disconnected from the vpn and audio is working fine 🤔

Now it's died again

[peak cloak]

https://test.webrtc.org/

try this

[fallen crypt]

Okay

camera and mic aren't working

\

[peak cloak]

you need to allow chrome video and mic access

for the site

[fallen crypt]

i mean they dont work

broken

[fallen crypt]

my camera and mic are broken

[peak cloak]

oh

this is what I get

[fallen crypt]

nothing has happened for throughput

[peak cloak]

the problems under connection prob are the problem

[peak cloak]

prob because no connectivity

[fallen crypt]

tcp wont work because it isnt selecter

[peak cloak]

no it will

that's only for vpn transport

[fallen crypt]

ohhuh

[peak cloak]

idk how to explain it easily

[fallen crypt]

im disconnected from my vpn client and this

my isp blocks voip services such as discord, hence the vpn

[peak cloak]

why?

gov?

[fallen crypt]

uae is horrible

spot on

[peak cloak]

ah, yeah

[hollow marlin]

Depends on the protocol used and how the application handles it. With SIP, thats usually related to NAT and the firewall where the session times out. Not sure what Discord uses. Also ALG could be messing with the headers

[peak cloak]

discord uses webrtc from what I see

https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001310031-Voice-Connection-Errors

that test website, I got it from here

[fallen crypt]

gotta need my vpn to use udp which it is

[hollow marlin]

ICE is a NAT-T mechanism which ALG can mess with. Id have to look at RTC as Im not familiar with it

[peak cloak]

https://hpbn.co/webrtc/

ah so ICE

[hollow marlin]

Yeah thats very similar to SIP

[peak cloak]

never heard of these NAT traversal things

[fallen crypt]

Im not too good with networking - not following you
Do you need any details of my server?

[hollow marlin]

ICE/STUN are common in voice because of NAT. STUN requires a server or like with our core voice switch, we detect when clients are behind NAT so signalling can be returned

[peak cloak]

oh, those are just technical things. Can you try a different vpn maybe?

[fallen crypt]

I don't have a different vpn - this is a custom install (on my private vps)

[peak cloak]

ah

protonvpn has a free option

[fallen crypt]

Just in the US, farther than where I am

[peak cloak]

if so, what are you using for the vpn (with that gui thing)

[fallen crypt]

however I do have a US VPS, i could try that but it's much farther than where i am

[peak cloak]

no?

[fallen crypt]

ovpn

[peak cloak]

hmm, I suspect maybe a issue with the config/firewall maybe

[fallen crypt]

but it is working initially hm

[low pond]

You use OVPN?

Does the VPN die?

[fallen crypt]

using OVPN, the vpn doesn't die, audio does

[low pond]

Interesting. Hm

For me OVPN just doesn't work at all, it would work only for couple of seconds and die. Someone stated it's just the DPI ISP uses

I just use wireguard as suggested by many, it works perfectly for me at least

[fallen crypt]

what would be a better client than?

wireguard, hm okay will try that

[low pond]

Yeah, easy to install in the server too, there's some script

[peak cloak]

pivpn makes it even easier to install

[remote cedar]

hey guys so i just setup google wifi throughout my house i have a 1gb fiber connection, i had to put my modem/router combo from centurylink into bridge mode. my question is when i was using the modem router combo wired pc speed was about 930mb down and up, after i setup the google wifi and connected my pc via the ethernet jack to the back of the google wifi router my speeds have slowed to 450gb -500gb down and up. Is there any reason that ive lost half my speed?

[peak cloak]

the router is connected via ethernet to the modem?

[remote cedar]

yes

[peak cloak]

hmm

[remote cedar]

there is a cat5e cable going from my modem to the router and then a cat5e cable from my router to pc

[peak cloak]

any electrical cables running close to it?

[remote cedar]

no really just the one to poer it

[peak cloak]

and is it a long cable, or just a short run?

[remote cedar]

6 feet mabet

[peak cloak]

ah, so nothing long

[remote cedar]

no

i used the provided cable with google wifi and its a thin flat cable mabey thats the problem

[peak cloak]

maybe

I've heard those aren't that good

[remote cedar]

I think I'm gonna make a custom run with the spool of double insulated cat5e cable I have

[cedar igloo]

Is it all SAS RAID controllers that you cannot boot to, or just a few (including HPE H240)?

I think I may just be stupid, because apparently it's possible to boot to the H240. I just can't figure it out.

[fallen crypt]

holy shit

looks like it was just ovpn being shit

wireguard is workgin

[peak cloak]

Nice

[fallen crypt]

mhm

but now i need wireguard to only tunnel discord

the speed is fuckin horrible

[peak cloak]

What's your normal speed

[fallen crypt]

like 40

i live in uae and this vps is in finland

[peak cloak]

Wireguard is considered really good speed wise

[fallen crypt]

quite far

[peak cloak]

So probably something in routing between the 2 locations

[fallen crypt]

160 - 200 ping on voice call as well

[peak cloak]

Yeah...

[fallen crypt]

thats p amazing for me

im not complaining

[peak cloak]

Change your voice server to EU now too

So it's close to vps

[fallen crypt]

and i dont want wireguard on when im playing d2 and talking with my friends

[fallen crypt]

its already in eu and p good, my friends are in india so prolly will get higher ping but idm

this is amazing

i have never been so excited about this before lmao

8mbps on my vpn

[peak cloak]

This may be difficult

Looking online there is no easy way to do this

You can do it per ip

[fallen crypt]

Per ip?

[peak cloak]

So like you can add a routing rule to say like: 1.1.1.1 -> next-hop: tun0

[fallen crypt]

Huh

[peak cloak]

So all traffic to 1.1.1.1 goes through the tunnel

[fallen crypt]

I'll look into it, thanks

[peak cloak]

There is a problem with this tho

Discord proxies everything through cloudflare

So you can only add rules to have all traffic to cloudflare to go though vps

Per application I think may be possible in Linux through network namespaces, but I'm not sure

[thick minnow]

Do I need firewall on my servers?

[peak cloak]

firewall is tiered

so it's not no/yes firewall

the real question is: what to firewall

router should be blocking everything from WAN, except what you are allowing it

[thick minnow]

No no no of course I have firewall on the router I'm not stopped. I meant only for the server inside

[peak cloak]

firewall is on by default

at least on ubuntu, iirc

[thick minnow]

No I have arch as a server so I'm asking should I even spend a few minutes or it don't not matther?

[peak cloak]

arch
server

[peak cloak]

I mean, your choice

do you need to protect against attacks within your network?

[thick minnow]

No, to talk with my server u have to be outside (or domain)

I don't use ssh, for that I use proxmox as a shell

[thick minnow]

Yes why not, its a docker server none the leas

[remote cedar]

so i recently put my centurylink modem/router in to bridge mode and added the google wifi ac1200 mesh network. before i did that i was getting 930mbs up and down now after i added the google wifi router i have my computer plugged into the router via cat5e cable and my internet speeds has been cut in half to 500mbs

[dire jetty]

hey guys can anyone give some advice on extend a network coverage. We moved our office into our home and now we need to extend. I thought maybe taking some CAT 6 LAN cables to the rooms and connecting them to a repeater or extender should work.

Direct connection via LAN from Fibre router to a range extender.

Will this work well? Any advice you give is greatly appreciated!

[peak cloak]

what you are looking for is an Access Point

[dire jetty]

Taking the LAN to an AP should do the trick?

Any recommended AP or certain traps I should be weary of? There are a lot of walls in this area and signal strength is a bit of a problem

[peak cloak]

I like tplink omada

people also like ubiquity unifi, although I don't like how there isn't a standalone mode without having to use the app

the tp-link omada has a webgui built in for standalone mode

[dire jetty]

Yeah we had a ubiuity but when theres power outages it would sometimes reset and lose all interface settings with the network caused a couple of headaches.

The Omada is a bit more expensive than the average mid range AP - does it have decent coverage?

[peak cloak]

I have the eap225, it's not expensive. We have a small wooden house and it covers it all (except some areas like in the very corner where the signal needs to go through the bath

[dire jetty]

This model ? https://www.takealot.com/eap225-wall-omada-wireless-wall-plate-access-point/PLID72400918

we have a larger brick house with lots of rooms corridors and corners.

[peak cloak]

Nope that's the wall one

Ah, brick I don't think one AP will suffice tbh

Could do something where you have an AP in every other room or so

https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/ceiling-mount-access-point/eap235-wall/

[peak cloak]

This is what I have fyi https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/ceiling-mount-access-point/eap225/

[dire jetty]

Yeah I thought it was more realistic to have a AP in each room giving a blanket of cover to each area

I thought 2 wired connections to 2 AP on different sides mean that everyone can connect wirelessly

[formal ibex]

anyone have any idea why the openvpn config file is just initializing forever? Btw I have an asus rt-ac66u b1 if that helps. I checked some forums and most of them said to factory reset but im looking to avoid that cuz i don't wanna have to set everything up again from scratch. Thanks for any help!

[undone basin]

Do you use all to link stuff?

[lime valve]

my wifi drivers are crashing (i think) everytime its disconnecting itself and i cant see wifi option sometimes only i can see airplane mode option can anyone help me?

[rose sparrow]

Hey!
I had a question
The ONU provided by my ISP is not allowing me to forward 443 (if it does, it is showing its own login page on 443) I tried every possible thing on that shitty onu moreover I can't even put that onu on bridge mode. I can forward port 8443.

So, is there any external service that can redirect 443 to 8443??

[frigid pine]

you are trying to access your onu from the web?

[rose sparrow]

Nope, hosting a website from my server

I guess you didn't get me. Let me simplify

Router can't forward 443(internal) to 443(external).
But it can do 443(internal) to any external port except 443. He I choose 8443 as alternative to 443.

So is there any way that is can access my website without having to enter 8443 manually.

[pulsar thorn]

are you already redirecting to ssl on your website?

if so you could always change the redirect url to https://yoursite.whatever:8443/

[peak cloak]

Nope, just for wifi

[frigid pine]

You said when you try to open <IP>:443 it is opening your router page. That means the port is forwarded to your router's IP instead of your server's IP. You need to verify if you did correct PF config in your router.

[pulsar thorn]

I think it might just be an anti-lockout issue, also preventing customers for using their connection to host websites

why else would they restrict just 443?

[frigid pine]

443 is not getting restricted since they can open the router page on 443.

[peak cloak]

Maybe just router bug

Actually

[dusk oasis]

is tp link routers worth it?

[peak cloak]

No

[frigid pine]

worth throwing yes!

[dusk oasis]

what lmao

why tho?

[frigid pine]

JK. depends on your use case

if you want to browse normally in a home environment, it would work fine.

[dusk oasis]

not going to setup a nas or a server

just for home uses and some gaming

pc gaming btw

[frigid pine]

should work fine.

[peak cloak]

You know what could be the issue. It may not be port forwarding correctly. For example, if port forwarding is off, and you point your web browser to your WAN IP, then it will show the router page. But only from inside the network

[dusk oasis]

which one

was in thought of getting Netgear r6850

ac2000 btw

[dusk oasis]

why are you still not roled as "Network Expert" ?

[peak cloak]

I'm not an expert

[dusk oasis]

?

ok

but seems like you are

[frigid pine]

Yea, same thing I suggested. A misconfigured PF.

[peak cloak]

This is basics

[frigid pine]

No idea buddy. never used any of these models.

I use TL-WR840N, gets the work done.

[dusk oasis]

does netgear routers have DHCP, Static IP and PPPoe , especially netgear r6000 series?

[raven pendant]

idk what pppoe is but static ip and dhcp will most likely work with the right firmware

I use a netgear router with static ips

[peak cloak]

PPPoE is a connection type to the ISP

[raven pendant]

and it used to have dhcp

[frigid pine]

I use https://mikrotik.com/product/RB931-2nD at home.

[peak cloak]

Why do people use static ffs

Why make your life harder

[raven pendant]

my dad wants to block my internet for punishment so he only allowed certain ips and mac addresses through

(not that it does anything I just fucking change my mac and ip)

[frigid pine]

Almost all home grade routers support all the 3 kinds

[dusk oasis]

almost all? really?

[frigid pine]

yeah.

[dusk oasis]

hmmmm

[peak cloak]

Those are like the most basic things to support

[dusk oasis]

is this channel (networking) sponsored my MikroTik fr??

[frigid pine]

no! Mikrotik is really good at cheap prices.

[dusk oasis]

oh

[frigid pine]

very feature rich.

[dusk oasis]

is it common among networking people?

[frigid pine]

But I really don't know if this channel is sponsored or not. lol.

[dusk oasis]

lol

[peak cloak]

It's very advanced and will do alot what you want

[frigid pine]

In India it is the most common vendor people work with when deploying wireless P2P/P2MP links.

[peak cloak]

But it's not easy for people

[dusk oasis]

hmmm

[thick minnow]

May I ask what is it?

[raven pendant]

static ip

makes your internal ip address the same

doesnt change

[thick minnow]

What is it ffs

[thick minnow]

I know that but not as ffs

[raven pendant]

oh

for fucks sake

[thick minnow]

Oh hhh

Never mined ;)

But its not making life harder at all

[peak cloak]

There are some people that have all statics internally