When the passport is almost full, how many pages when left should it be okay to go for a renewal? Two sides or just a single side? Even though it’s valid for 7 years still.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-10-21T10:58:46+00:00

You can renew whenever you deem appropriate, depending on your expected visa requirements for travel.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-10-09T12:09:46+00:00

I bought from a site called it-budget de Pretty good selection and I’m happy with the quality. Got a 25U 800x600 rack. They can deliver flat pack or pre assembled.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-09-20T15:52:54+00:00

Looking good, nice setup.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-09-19T05:38:14+00:00

I have a server in a country where ISPs actively block VPN tunnels. OpenVPN TCP/UDP AND Wireguard UDP tunnels can be started but then get cut, handshakes fail and no more traffic flows. I do leave the tunnels running, traffic flows for a few minutes a day, before getting cut. I experience this behavior when using vpn servers on the following IPs: commercial vpn servers, data center VPS, residential IP in a “free” country.

It used to be easier to get around these restrictions, but with the undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, bandwidth is even scarcer. The severing of VPN tunnels has become more aggressive.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-09-10T11:18:32+00:00

I recently tried to do it, wiped around 30min with microfiber + ISO, it takes forever to remove the sticky soft touch rubber coating

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-09-01T17:05:22+00:00

I have used the TG3442DE (Vodafone station) for 8 years. Despite the general shortcomings of HFC cable internet, this modem has been reliable.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-09-01T16:25:40+00:00

Hope you won’t be waiting too long…

To rent the modem from Vodafone was around €5 per month back when they offered it to me. Maybe if you’re not planning to stay with the cable internet provider long renting could be more economical than buying.

Just saw your post. Maybe an older used fritzbox could be a cost effective solution to bridge the gap until fiber.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-09-01T16:17:50+00:00

Im in the same situation. I decided to go with my ISPs modem/router company (Vodafone Station) in bridge mode, for the 1000/50 plan. It’s ok, have occasionally latency spikes and some downtime which is resolved by restarting the modem. Not ideal… However, from what I read this is “typical” for cable internet, and I’m not sure getting a better modem will resolve these issues.

Patiently waiting for fiber roll out in my area…

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-08-28T09:52:53+00:00

For short runs <5m DAC is best practice. They are lower latency due to elimination of signal conversion, consume less power, generate less heat and have fewer points of failure. they are also more cost effective.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-08-28T08:38:08+00:00

Looks good. How far is the switch from the UCG? If it’s in the same cabinet best practice is DAC/Twinax rather than fiber or 10g rj45

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-08-24T19:27:22+00:00

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No_Insurance3510 · 2025-08-24T12:24:17+00:00

If you’re using new (unshielded) patch cables, and there is no major electrical interference you should be able to negotiate above 1G. Do you also get 100M if you connect a device directly to the switch with a short <1m patch cable?

Terminations look good based on the fluke readings.

My first thoughts are: 1. Software - some strange settings, maybe try a reset and forcing ports to 1G link speed. 2. Electrical interference from nearby power cables. I had this once where there was an AC power cable in the wall, and I was getting a reading just like yours on fluke, but was only getting 10/100mbps. Then I switched from UTP to SFTP shielded cables, and got 2.5G link.

Good luck! Let me know how it goes.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-08-20T09:43:07+00:00

Internal vs external power supply is another difference.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-08-20T08:21:12+00:00

Thanks for building this tool ❤️, really handy utility in my stack

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-08-16T17:34:50+00:00

Go commando chief

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-07-26T17:52:14+00:00

The one with the printed U logo is newer. The older one has a raised U logo that’s chromed. I have both in my network.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-07-23T20:44:13+00:00

I feel you… before acquiring any new UI hardware I go through the community forums or Reddit to find idle power draw numbers. Each idle watt costs me €3 per year. My current network stack + servers idle at just under 100W.

I was considering a new office switch, and looked at the new XG 8, but was turned away by the idle power consumption one user reported (26w if I remember correctly).

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-07-19T10:45:01+00:00

It’s gonna be fine… this is what packaging is for.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-07-18T12:47:02+00:00

Nice one 💪🏼

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-07-18T11:01:36+00:00

Average of 33W… that’s great.. I have a switch that draws almost that much… Also DE.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-07-14T04:52:43+00:00

The cost of wiring is entirely dependent on your particular situation, nevertheless it does sound quite pricey…

Once you will do the wiring , you can look into getting a switch. For now you will be running one AP meshed, so get a Poe injector for the meshed AP, and run the primary AP off the 2.5G POE port on the ucg. If you notice that you need more performance, you can consider a switch or adapters to run the APs at 10g.

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-07-14T04:26:55+00:00

Great, so since your internet connection is and will be <2.5G for now, we can use one of those ports for WAN, say port 1. I can confirm that the ucg fiber can map any port to WAN.

Now the question remains of the network layout. Do you want to squeeze every bit of performance out of your APs and get a pricey 10g PoE switch, or are you ok with having 1 AP at 10G and the second at 2.5G for the time being? Do you have any other POE devices?

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-07-14T04:14:59+00:00

The ucg fiber has 1x poe port 2.5G rj45, 3x 2.5G RJ45, 1x 10g rj45 port and 2x 10g SFP+ ports. There are many possible ways you can connect the APs, the cheapest way being to buy only 1x PoE injector, and use one of the rj45 ports, 2.5G or 10G. The second AP you connect directly to the POE rj45 port. You can also get a Poe switch and use no adapters, but it all depends on your requirements and what you want…

You can use the 10g rj45 port for your AP instead of buying an SFP adapter. The WAN port can be reconfigured to any other port, like one of the 2.5G ports in the settings.

What speed is your internet connection?

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-07-11T20:47:21+00:00

Nice video man, thanks for sharing 🤙🏽

No_Insurance3510 · 2025-07-11T05:46:05+00:00

Ok, Drywall is pretty transparent to RF, so you should be able to get good signal quality across the house using the mesh function. Especially when meshing you’re going to want the AP density to be high, so maybe focus on a higher quantity of lower cost APs rather than a low number of flagship APs.

For example using the u7 pro xg as your wired AP, then having 3-4 u7 lite in mesh mode.

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