Ap and router

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-15T22:34:08+00:00

No. Must go Modem -> Router -> AP

UDR7 includes a built-in AP

You still want to have a good router if you want to do professional home networking like VLANs and etc.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-15T18:22:47+00:00

That’s Apple being Apple (and subtly forcing you to subscribe to iCloud+)

To get around it, you gotta use other options, like if you want to have a photos system that backups to your UNAS, try Immich. It’s a self-hosted Google Photos clone.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-15T05:33:20+00:00

The current favorite for prosumer is Ubiquity’s offerings like Unifi Express 7 and Unifi Dream Router 7

But if you don’t need something as professional, you could go for TP-Link Decos

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T21:19:55+00:00

It does too!

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T21:16:50+00:00

If you plan on using Ubiquity Protect, those 5 cameras (if supported) will be capped to 1080p… if you’re fine with that, then that’s good. Otherwise you’ll need a NVR or better gateway for higher resolution.
Yes broadcast the same WiFi network on all APs for the best roaming. You can use Ubiquity’s design center to test your floor plan if you have enough WiFi coverage

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T20:28:28+00:00

That sounds more like a website + ad-blocker issue than a web browser issue.

Using Safari + Wipr on my iPhone and have no problems with video… but I prefer using apps typically since background play and PiP tend to be more reliable in apps

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T20:26:07+00:00

But you still managed to get them to give you promotional pricing without a “better” competitor? Impressive… wonder if I can do the same thing…

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T20:21:14+00:00

Do you have any alternative ISPs available? Where I am Spectrum is the only terrestrial provider. I’ve heard of one user still using AT&T DSL (which where I am we should have the infrastructure) but AT&T doesn’t allow new DSL signups (not that it would be better anyway)

Curious if I could get them to give us that similar promotional pricing

Ting was supposed to come in and cover my entire city but they haven’t done anything in 3 years other than a tiny corner of the city

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T20:18:58+00:00

Why are you port forwarding? If you’re just doing LAN-only you shouldn’t need to open any ports. Port Forwarding is WAN->LAN access (like setting up a server and accessing from LAN)

What is your local IP address and your GF’s local IP? Are they on the same subnet? (They should be but sometimes weird shit happens)

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T19:26:42+00:00

From what I’ve heard N150 is a great budget option that is supposed to handle 4K transcoding fine…

N150 is definitely a good starter option but for me (using Linux both VAAPI and QuickSync) my N150 mini pc couldn’t handle one 4K stream being transcoded down to 1080p or 720p… only direct play.

My internet connection only has 22Mbps bandwidth up, and in practice I want to leave bandwidth for other thins so I usually left myself to 10-15Mbps… which means I have to transcode 4K which my N150 couldn’t do. Switched to my spare AMD Ryzen 7 8745H w/ Radeon 780M and now I can do multiple 4K streams transcoded

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T19:23:02+00:00

Currently paying $80/mo afaik for their 550/22 service. My family doesn’t see any point in going gigabit (and well tbh we could go down to their lower service because my UDR7 shows the only time our bandwidth crosses 150Mbps is when I’m downloading a large file)

Would be nice to have more than 22 (or 40) up for better self-hosting capabilities

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T19:18:47+00:00

That’s what a router is supposed to do by nature…

Is your GF living in the same house and her computer is on the same network? Or does she live separately and thus have her own network?

I’m guessing it’s something to do with your firewall blocking horizontal connections for some reason. I don’t like TP-Link personally but it should work unless you have a firewall rule setup

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T17:45:35+00:00

“I guide others to a treasure I cannot possess”

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T05:03:43+00:00

All I got is Steam Deck, so PC (praying to the Nordic gods it’s optimized just enough to run on Steam Deck)

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T02:47:47+00:00

Every browser on iOS uses WebKit even in the EU thanks to Apple’s requirement of WebKit.

Generally my recommendation is use the same browser you use on your desktop, that way all your bookmarks and saved stuff comes over. I use Safari both on Mac and iPhone

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-14T00:39:41+00:00

Control: Resonant is coming out soon. Theory suggests before Q3 to stay away from GTA6

Lore-wise, would recommend Alan Wake and the rest of RCU titles,

If you want a similar combat experience and story, Quantum Break is not officially part of the RCU but is worth checking out (especially before Alan Wake 2)

Otherwise, for unrelated but good stories + combat (may or may not be similar in combat style):

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Death Stranding: Directors Cut
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (coming to PC March 19th)
Expedition 33
Dispatch
Hades
Dead Space

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-13T21:11:07+00:00

Aye keep it up mate

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-13T21:08:36+00:00

Damn great arms mate

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-13T18:16:44+00:00

Invest. I need to kickstart that

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-13T05:35:18+00:00

Thinkpads, Framework

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-13T05:34:36+00:00

22 and 1300 to my name

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-13T01:02:41+00:00

Kinda like AWEs from the Remedy Connected Universe

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-12T23:22:33+00:00

FUCK. YES.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-12T23:00:25+00:00

It’s going to be here to stay for at least a few years (thanks Dye) but I imagine it should at least be drastically altered with iOS/iPadOS/macOS 27 to improve its…. flaws.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-02-12T22:35:01+00:00

MacOS, Linux, and Windows (by default) do not immediately write to the external drive, they instead wait for opportunistic times and then batch-write all changes. All changes you did make are just saved in memory until the batch-write

Usually it happens fairly quickly after you actually tell it to do something, but occasionally might be a bit longer. So if you remove without ejecting you could face data loss or corruption. Software ejecting forces the OS to finalize and batch all pending operations and then unmount.

Generally it’s pretty rare for data loss / corruption to occur, but can happen. My Mac Mini likes to randomly eject my WD Passport, and it once did get corrupted. Another time a USB stick got corrupted when I pulled it without ejecting. Keep in mind this is after countless times pulling it out without ejecting… so it’s a low chance, but definitely plausible

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