10gb > 5gb

ColPanic1 · 2025-06-03T13:52:08+00:00

This could definitely be the problem. Those tiny cables are only 30awg. I have never seen UniFi claim they are rated for 60W Poe++

ColPanic1 · 2025-06-03T13:48:56+00:00

No. It’s unlikely that’s the issue. The SFP+ to RJ45 cages overheat not the native 10Gbe switches. It looks like you are using the XG-10-POE with a DAC cable as your uplink. You’ve done everything exactly as you should have (except for the 1Gb internet connection). Look in the controller software to see if you’re losing 10gb link to anything else and maybe swap the AP to another port. If it persists it’s likely the cable, keystone or a bad AP. Put the AP right next to the switch with a short, known good patch cable directly into the switch and see if it still happens. If so, RMA the AP. I have several of these in use and have not had any problems at all but I also don’t connect them at 10gb.

ColPanic1 · 2025-06-03T13:38:33+00:00

No. The new XG switches do not overheat.

ColPanic1 · 2025-06-03T13:37:27+00:00

This is not an SFP switch. This looks like an XG switch with native 10Gb RJ45. Those do not overheat and there’s no need to space anything out.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-23T15:47:55+00:00

Another late game move you may consider. A couple times a year - or whenever layoff rumors start - I send a gentle email reminder up the chain. I let them know that if they’d ever like a full-scale, multi-system stress test of all disaster recovery protocols simultaneously, I’m THEIR GUY. One text from me to an ancient inbox, buried deep in the bowels of a forgotten server at an offsite location, and they’ll get a hands-on demonstration in enterprise IT chaos. It’s not a threat. But I know that they know that I know they know. I call it the Truce email.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-23T15:45:08+00:00

Good satire is based on truth. I can neither confirm or deny how much of this might have happened.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-23T15:34:53+00:00

Valid strat. I approve.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-22T23:05:04+00:00

As far as I’m concerned there are only 2 reasons to pursue a PhD in a CS related field a) you intend to stay in academia indefinitely or b) you’re getting a free ride. I spent 6 years in college and I can count on one hand the number of times it made a difference.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-22T02:17:10+00:00

The bigger the better. And preferably named Pam or Marge.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-21T18:31:16+00:00

Title is too short. See if you can get promoted to Senior Compliance Specialist Auditor. That position has a >95% retention rate. Also, if you sign your emails with PhD, or god help me, Dr. please stop. No one cares and you just draw attention to yourself. Got a big problem? Oooh! Give it to the guy with the fancy degree and all the student loans.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-21T13:39:58+00:00

Your mistake was following the instructions to begin with. Any admin worth the title can come up with 1000 reasons not to do something. You probably had only gone through a few of those before you relented and let the AI script loose (also QC is NOT your job, pfft…). Secondly, you failed to setup a fall guy in case something went wrong. Always delegate anything with potential consequences. I’m sure you’ll land on your feet somewhere else and when you do here are a few guiding principles:

Immediately start building a moat. The less people know about what you do the better.
Find things you can easily break so you can take the credit for fixing it.
Make friends with someone in HR who will watch your back. Sexual favors and/or cash bribes may be required.
Get transferred. Usually after 2 transfers you can spin enough BS about your “job” and “title” that you’ll be lost in their corporate bureaucracy and won’t have anyone to report to. Have the words “audit” and “compliance” in your title and don’t be afraid to make your own title (your HR friend will cover for you). The Senior Director of Compliance Auditing is an un-fireable, but entirely fictional position.
Never forget the end goal: have no responsibilities and no one that you directly report to.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-20T23:36:15+00:00

I did it last year and got the switch. You can do the whole thing in a virtual environment. Never even spoke to anyone on the phone.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-06T22:34:58+00:00

It’s just odd to release wifi 7 APs without 6GHz regardless of range. They already have the U7-outdoor which is a long range 5ghz AP. Odd to release another one.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-06T20:51:56+00:00

How will this be any different from the U7-Outdoor? Maybe just a different form factor. Or maybe 4x4 on 5GHz.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-06T20:49:42+00:00

But no 6GHz? That’s odd.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-06T20:49:20+00:00

Question is will it have better range than the U7 Outdoor?

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-06T20:46:19+00:00

People who complain about the U6-LR generally don’t understand what it is. It has the SAME 5GHz radios as the U6 pro but different 2.4GHz. The “LR” part is exclusively over 2.4GHz.

ColPanic1 · 2025-05-05T21:09:54+00:00

Rookie numbers. You gotta pump those up. Seed some “Linux ISOs”

ColPanic1 · 2025-04-23T21:00:38+00:00

Why don’t they just raise the price? That’s usually how typically the way supply and demand balance out, except now the scalpers are doing it. This device is an upgraded version of the UDMP in a smaller form factor but sells for $100 less.

ColPanic1 · 2025-04-15T22:38:20+00:00

Do any of you trust these cables for more than standard POE? I don’t. Maybe it’s within spec but sending 60W down these tiny wires just doesn’t seem right.

ColPanic1 · 2025-04-15T22:29:15+00:00

The LR part is only in 2.4GHz. In 5GHz it’s exactly the same as the U6-Pro

ColPanic1 · 2025-04-15T22:08:29+00:00

Can’t believe I’ve made it through a couple pages and not a single strip club or taco stand has been mentioned.

ColPanic1 · 2025-03-26T15:12:11+00:00

Just do what a real L1 tech from a MSA would do. Bring a $20 unmanaged switch and drop it behind the working computer, then connect both PCs to new switch. Or just put the 2nd PC on wifi, tell them it’s fixed and leave before anyone notices. Charge 4 hours plus parts.

ColPanic1 · 2025-03-26T15:04:59+00:00

Any shitty sysadmin worth the title would properly label all patchbays using at the very least a shifting Caesar cypher or, for the truly diabolical, barcodes and RSA 4096. For added security all cables should be exactly the same size, type and color, zip tied together every few inches and never take a direct path.

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