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Finally got around to mounting my rack and mostly getting my networking setup
I finally got around to getting all the equipment out of my attic and into my office for the most part. Some of the kit is 3d printed while the rest was ordered on Amazon.com. The Dell PC is my Proxmox host for HAOS. The…
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Hey all. Just taken on an IT manager role and inherited infrastructure that needs some work. gonna propose a hardware refresh and want some outside input before the quotes come through. The setup: 10 sites, head office p…
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Hi everyone, I’m running OpenWrt with dnsmasq on my router and AdGuard Home on separate hardware. My current setup is: Clients → OpenWrt/dnsmasq → AdGuard Home → Upstream DNS In LuCI (under DHCP and DNS), I’ve set the AG…
AC and Cat6/Cat6A
On the new home that I am building, I have this type of conduit setup. Not sure of the exact material, but it looks like some type of plastic. I could step on it, and it wouldn’t break. There might be some cases where th…
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Hi everyone I’m hoping to get some insights from the experts here on how to troubleshoot and improve the local network speed between two devices in my home. To give you a clear picture of my setup, I’ve attached a diagra…
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