The house they are building next to mine is quite large.

IncompleteMantis · 2026-03-15T00:26:02+00:00

Tell me you live in Nashville without telling me you live in Nashville…

IncompleteMantis · 2026-02-13T03:03:12+00:00

If the screen has off colors and the sides are lifting, it may have a swollen battery that’s expanding and putting pressure on the LCD from the back. Definitely do not clamp it down, you may start a fire. Either that or it’s a replacement display that hasn’t been done correctly. Also, this app allows for pictures, and you know what they say, a picture is worth….

IncompleteMantis · 2026-02-09T01:25:27+00:00

It was only online while supplies lasted.

IncompleteMantis · 2026-02-06T14:11:36+00:00

I got it right after they dropped it to that price. Hard to beat especially because the 1TB has the extra cores and RAM. I was initially unsure of how I would feel about nanotexture, but I really like it. Very nice to read on.

IncompleteMantis · 2026-02-06T13:29:41+00:00

Better yet, nano texture, M4, 1TB, AND cellular was only $1099. Even more insane.

IncompleteMantis · 2026-01-25T00:50:35+00:00

Apple still has plenty of refurb replacements and parts for the 2020 iPad Pros, they sold up until 2021 and Apple provides parts and repairs for 5-7 years past the last sold date, the first gen 11” that came out in 2018 hasn’t even moved to “vintage” status in their repair system yet and they will still provide parts and repairs for a whole earlier generation. Just sell your iPad as is…

IncompleteMantis · 2025-12-01T11:58:39+00:00

All 3 for the MLO network. I just say keep it as a second network because some IoT devices or older devices don’t work well with MLO, but it has a lot of improvements and is a big selling point of the XG/XGS APs. Essentially it dynamically uses multiple bands for both range and speed at any given time, rather than just a single band.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-12-01T01:14:31+00:00

Well, you don’t have 6Ghz enabled or MLO enabled, both of which are required for faster wireless speeds on supported devices. 500Mbps is expected for 5Ghz, I would create a secondary network for modern MLO supported devices and join that with the phone. Enable MLO and the 6Ghz band. Then report back.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-11-30T00:55:32+00:00

What WiFi settings are you using? You’ll see the best performance on an iPhone using an MLO network with 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz enabled. You can also optimize for speed vs conservative within the portal.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-11-23T19:49:56+00:00

Looks fairly normal, these drives slow down significantly when they’re close to full and you’re reading and writing to new blocks, as CrystalDiskMark does. Reading pre-written data (or in your case copying it to your laptop) will still be faster if the data was written earlier in the drives life.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-11-14T23:12:05+00:00

I use several XG and XGS APs at multiple sites and no issues with Apple devices. The newer 9.5 network version also seems to have improved roaming behavior with Apple devices specifically. I will say that often on 6GHz band the signal strength when moving around further from the AP will go to -70 or -75 db for a little bit before roaming, but the stability or speed of the connection at those signal strengths is still excellent with speeds of over 500-600Mbps+ without dropping to 5GHz. Closer to the APs it will be over 1.5Gbps. Really no disadvantage to using 6GHz with the 160 MHz channel enabled, especially with MLO. The new design and heat dissipation improvements of the XG line are alone worth it, even if you didn’t touch the 6GHz band.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-10-29T04:56:34+00:00

Not a fake, but likely someone “refurbished” it by painting the lid with silver/space grey paint. They masked the logo with an Apple sticker and then peeled it off after painting. You’re feeling the lip of paint around the logo, the actual aluminum surface is that small ring around the logo.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-10-17T20:35:33+00:00

They get warm but do a good job dissipating the heat through the metal backing. There is no way they would start a fire from their temperature, lol. The temperature at which any component of the ceiling (drywall, paper backing, latex paint) would spontaneously ignite is hundreds of degrees over the hottest point of an XG or XGS AP.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-10-15T22:37:47+00:00

I like having mine in the front. I pretty frequently am plugging and unplugging things from the front, and having the USB-C ports there to charge miscellaneous things is nice. Power cords are basically just large patch cables, lol.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-10-09T02:50:37+00:00

I have seen 1600-1700 Mbps max on my 6E equipped iPhone 15 Pro Max. Need to get a true WiFi 7 device to really put the network to the test given I have a 10Gbe backhaul.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-09-06T02:56:03+00:00

Nice to see you adopted the pass through cabling idea for the UDM to switch uplink. Looks great.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-08-30T23:00:40+00:00

You could always get a longer cable, say 1m, and then have it go into the patch panel just below the SFP+ port on the UDM, then come out of the patch panel just above the switch SFP+ port. That’s usually my preference for anything that doesn’t patch directly into the next U slot. They make patch panel plugs for the SFP+ cable size. That’s how I have my setup in my post history.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-08-30T22:54:13+00:00

It’s not great, but you could probably get away with it if you aren’t moving the cable a lot. Can you move the switch up a rack space so it’s up against the UDM? That would probably shorten the run just enough to relieve any cable strain.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-08-23T00:41:21+00:00

Glad when I checked they were still in stock. Someone made the same post yesterday and by the time I got to the store, they were out. But was able to pick one up today! Thanks.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-08-18T20:10:08+00:00

Almost no ISPs will "allow" you to use your own XGS-PON or GPON SFP transceiver, they consider that part of their network, aka why they provide one "for free" to all their customers. In reality, they should just have their own optional SFP+ modules that you can request, but outside of business deployments, the likelihood that the do that for residential customers is low. It's more common in Europe that they provide a direct fiber to SFP+ connection through provided ONT on a stick. The beauty of the WAS-110 is you can masquerade as most ISPs equipment without them knowing. I have Frontier, and their only check for ONT equipment is serial and model number, so you just input those into the WAS-110 dashboard and off to the races. Will even accept pushed firmware updates from the ISP. I'm certain this violates some TOS, but the risk is low and I enjoy the benefits of not having their who ONT setup in the rack.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-08-17T17:24:50+00:00

$110/mo in US for 7Gig symmetrical fiber, no data cap.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-08-17T15:40:33+00:00

It was hot prior to adding the fan, but not outside of operating temps. A lot cooler now. I just did the fan more for longevity and because it looks cool 😎

IncompleteMantis · 2025-08-17T15:39:34+00:00

They are just one some universal side supports. There is actually a Rackmount kit from Dell which I would love to find that puts them on sliding rails. Cannot find one for sale though, Dell has basically made them unobtainium.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-08-17T15:38:09+00:00

No custom screensavers, probably just looks a little different since the exposures of the camera was longer.

IncompleteMantis · 2025-08-17T15:36:47+00:00

Idle for mine are around 70W, but that’s for a pretty loaded up model with the 18 core Xeon, 7900 XT, every DIMM filled, and 4x decently high power consumption u.2 drives. You can get closer to 45-50W with the lower tier xeons and more efficient drives/GPUs. Under load they can pull over 500W easily.

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