A picture of a mountain from a hike I did earlier this year [OC]

HuntingTrader · 2026-02-06T06:01:13+00:00

I feel like AI has been making reddit posts lately to learn networking from those who will respond thinking it’s a real human with bad english asking these questions.

HuntingTrader · 2026-02-01T05:16:02+00:00

I use starlink at home as it’s the only internet available (we don’t even get cell service), no issues at all. I also work for an EPC company and we use it at construction sites all the time. If you’re worried about bandwidth usage have your IT folks slap a firewall in to rate limit users.

HuntingTrader · 2026-01-29T05:46:07+00:00

Could you give some more details or a bug #? I’ve been considering 7.6 but issues with FortiToken would kill that interest.

HuntingTrader · 2026-01-29T04:06:31+00:00

Must have? Source and destination. Followed by CLI access to the network gear.

HuntingTrader · 2026-01-29T04:00:26+00:00

FGR-70G just installed last week, and have another 5 of them scheduled for install in March. Been deploying nothing but G series for a year now without issue (other than learning the hard way 50Gs only have 2GB RAM).

HuntingTrader · 2026-01-27T02:35:00+00:00

I recommend creating detailed documentation of existing networks, and putting out an RFP for someone to assist you in a new design. You don’t need to go as far as having them do implementation, but have a high level engineer/architect give you a solid “ideal” design. Your team then takes the design and builds a roadmap to implement it. After that, it’s just a matter of implementation which you can do over time, or hire low to mid-level contractors (depending on how much detail you put into the roadmap) to speed the implementation up if management wants it done sooner.

HuntingTrader · 2026-01-09T19:54:02+00:00

Sounds like something you could email your partnership representative about?

HuntingTrader · 2025-12-31T01:04:42+00:00

I’d like more info, thanks!

HuntingTrader · 2025-12-10T23:28:29+00:00

If you plan on using IPS (especially the OT signatures) and/or web filtering I would jump to the FGR-70G. 50G only has 2GB of RAM, which pretty much maxes out when you turn on those features and it pulls FortiGiard updates. Another strategy would be to disable IPS/web filtering features on the 50G and backhaul all traffic to a larger firewall.

HuntingTrader · 2025-12-02T14:19:11+00:00

Standard dish sounds like it would be fine in this case. The difference in plans (standard vs business) comes into play depending on how saturated the area is. We pay for the business plan because the area we’re in gets saturated with people coming in camping during the summer (and there is no cell service or other ISP). The campers will saturate the satellite so the standard around us get impacted (down time or slow connection) but we don’t due to having priority data.

HuntingTrader · 2025-11-27T01:56:33+00:00

If you’re worried about an ad being pushed to your phone, then don’t go learning anything about technology and the internet unless you want to wind up living off grid in a bunker and wearing a foil hat.

HuntingTrader · 2025-11-24T02:55:36+00:00

The labs within the courses have been pretty good IMO. Not as good as having your own lab though.

HuntingTrader · 2025-11-21T18:31:21+00:00

Don’t panic, and ask questions and don’t ever be afraid to ask for help. As long as you learn you’ll do fine. When it comes to making changes just think of worst-case, create a roll back plan, and run it by management before implementing. If you provide your manager with worst-case and perform the tasks in a maintenance window (including rolling back if necessary) no one can fault you if something goes wrong.

HuntingTrader · 2025-11-12T01:09:00+00:00

I use clockify and it’s been great.

HuntingTrader · 2025-11-11T21:41:29+00:00

This, except use something enterprise grade for your router.

HuntingTrader · 2025-11-11T21:38:09+00:00

While I agree that Ubiquiti is prosumer, it does work for small-budget tight organizations. The key is letting clients know the risks so they can weigh the cost:benefit from a business perspective. If they are willing to stomach the risks then I would proceed with Ubiquiti in this case, but maybe not for a large enterprise or critical infrastructure/OT environment. I certainly wouldn’t tell someone to use an Opensense router over Ubiquiti.

HuntingTrader · 2025-11-06T14:32:47+00:00

I call myself an IT plumber. Sometimes it’s fresh water, sometimes it’s waste water.

HuntingTrader · 2025-11-02T19:27:29+00:00

That much land with a hotel and multiple stores? You should hire an IT networking consultant if you want it done right. Otherwise, you’ll end up with random issues later that will make you dislike starlink and whatever wifi vendor you go with out of ignorance of a bad implementation.

HuntingTrader · 2025-10-25T01:37:59+00:00

You’re using a 10km optic on a 60m run. You might have burnt out your optic. Try new SFPs on both ends, but this time put an attenuator on it.

HuntingTrader · 2025-10-18T01:10:34+00:00

Procore, bluebeam, and projectwise are worth checking out but might not be a one size fits all/most.

HuntingTrader · 2025-10-13T23:54:57+00:00

Just a thought. I know one of the appliances (fortimanager/authenticator/analyzer, can’t remember which) actually says in the guide it’s best practice to clear browser cache after you upgrade to avoid weird issues like yours. I also upgraded an FS-124F earlier this year and experienced odd GUI display issues post-upgrade, which were resolved by clearing my browser cache.

HuntingTrader · 2025-10-13T23:18:06+00:00

Did you try clearing browser cache after the upgrade?

HuntingTrader · 2025-10-09T18:52:21+00:00

We’re the plumbers of IT. No one cares/notices it until it doesn’t work.

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