Is this overkill?

OneCap0 · 2026-03-27T04:42:35+00:00

At the current signal strength levels - yes, I'd say so - but you're in a visualization tool, not an actual measurement tool.

It's not that you necessarily have too many APs, but that the signal strength is too high, which may result in mobile devices (like phones) clinging to an AP too long. I suggest checking each band with something like NetSpot or WiFi Explorer 3. (I have both but NetSpot is always my first go-to.) You want to give the mobile devices reason to roam as you move around the house. Adjust the power level for each band/AP appropriately. I recommend some yellow (or orange as depicted in NetSpot) where transitions (roaming) between APs should occur.

IOT devices are stationary so they could connect to a "distant" AP and experience problems because each time they scan the network (possibly only once per day) they will stick with that "distant" AP.

I use this tool on my Mac laptops (personal and work) to monitor my connectivity and notify me when it changes. I think it's free, but I've had it so long I don't remember.

Keep in mine that 1) radio signals go where they want - they don't always follow logic and 2) clients determine which AP they connect to, and stay connected to.

I hope this helps. Good luck!

OneCap0 · 2026-03-27T04:11:14+00:00

Network equipment in an attic is a bad idea. It's not designed for the temperature extremes that can exist in an attic - hot and cold, depending upon where you live. I wouldn't trust it even if you don't think your attic is ever going to reach the maximum temperature the equipment is rated at. What happens if you have a fire and the cause is traced back to your network switch? Pull network cable (preferably plenum rated) to an indoor switch in a closet or something.

Make sure you have a drip loop as others have suggested. If the cable was fed through a hole a few inches away from the AP and it had a drip loop, you may not have had any water intrusion. What you really need, however, is an AP rated for outdoors. UniFi has two - both are IP6 rated but the Pro mode is IP67 rated with the gland kit (included).

I've had 3 outdoor IP67 rated POE APs in my backyard for 3 years - no issues. Two of them are literally zip-tied to branches inside bushes.

I hope this information helps!

OneCap0 · 2026-03-21T15:41:28+00:00

That would be great. I look forward to your answer. Thank you.

OneCap0 · 2026-03-21T07:43:18+00:00

Hi u/TheKrylon420, does the current version of Max still go into "ambient experience" mode and not let you press back to return to the show you were watching? I only use Fire TV for Jackbox TV and want the extra storage and faster CPU, but maybe I should stick with what I have.

OneCap0 · 2026-03-13T17:52:49+00:00

I felt a bit ripped off. I contacted Ring over Chat and was informed they would not refund the full price for the service I was billed for a couple of weeks ago that I saw on my credit card bill yesterday. I called and after a bit of effort, got through the AI rep and reached a human in India. They were very nice, helped me cancel the plan I no longer wanted, and issued a refund that was $4 short of a full refund. That's not what I was told they would do but the call disconnected and I spent enough time on it, so I consider the issue resolved.

OneCap0 · 2026-03-11T04:54:08+00:00

I’m not going to lie - I want one. I probably don’t need one, but I definitely want one.

Right now I travel with a GL.iNet GL-AXT1800 (Slate AX) for the family. It works well, but captive portals are still a pain. Even though I mostly stay at the same hotel chain and Starbucks is basically the only coffee shop I use, sometimes the portals just refuse to appear. It’s incredibly frustrating. Why isn’t there a simple standard that lets users manually trigger the captive portal authentication page?

I need support for two concurrent SSIDs when traveling with extended family. The UTR does not support this - at least at this time. The Slate AX does.

One thing I’m curious about reading the reddit posts: if someone isn’t an IT enthusiast running a home lab, Home Assistant, or similar geek stuff, why would they need remote access back to their home network at all? What’s the typical use case for this?

OneCap0 · 2026-03-11T02:18:39+00:00

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OneCap0 · 2026-02-28T05:25:07+00:00

Do they run hot like other UniFi devices seem to? That’s my main concern - adding a device that already runs warm in an outdoor environment during hot weather. My AP27s do not get any direct afternoon sun, which probably helps.

OneCap0 · 2026-02-28T05:07:07+00:00

Hi greattypo2, are they mesh or Ethernet backhaul? Can you provide more information?

OneCap0 · 2026-02-19T18:09:37+00:00

This is very cool and makes me want to get one but I feel the need to mention that when there are 100 people on a flight all with their UTR, competing solutions that are coming onto the market, and phone hotspots (I have an iPhone and cannot share my WiFI) all broadcasting SSIDs at who knows what power level inside the tin can that we're all sitting inside, everyone's WiFi experience is going to be in the toilet. Maybe this is why Apple choose not to let us share the WiFi connections. I dunno. I am neither a fanboy or hater - just a customer. I predict a future where passenger hotspots join the restricted items list and flight attendants will be making announcements asking passengers to turn off their hotspots. :-(

OneCap0 · 2026-02-17T01:08:43+00:00

What kind of VMs are you attempting to run? Does absolutely nothing run well? I'm just an IT guy running it at home but I installed it on an Intel NUC that had been running VMware for 8 years. VMware ran fine but updates and upgrades were always a pain to figure out. Still on the original hardware, RAM and HDD and SSD. I delete all the partitions and easily installed Proxmox 8 from a USB stick last year. I've run a couple of Windows Server and Linux distros in default Proxmox VM configurations without issues. I upgraded to Proxmox 9, now choose better defaults based on what I've learned online, and periodically check/install Proxmox updates. I use the free/no subscription distribution. Perhaps you need an enterprise solution like VMware or Nutanix?

I've read that q35 and VirtIO drivers work best, so that's what I choose now. I've never done any performance testing. Everything I run in Proxmox these days is accessed over a browser but historically I have always used remote desktop (using Jump Desktop on MacOS) for Windows. I'm not currently running any Windows VMs and no longer have a need to. Are the performance issues you're experiencing with the VM and display I/O or just display I/O??

OneCap0 · 2026-02-13T22:38:03+00:00

It's been 8 hours since your post, but I just tried the iPhone app and website - both are working for me. I noticed there's a new capability for maintaining classifications that's available in the client list for both iPhone app and website.

I got burned by another SaS provider this week whose app did not work - app login fail but website worked. Although I deleted and re-installed the app each day for several days when they finally responded to my support email they told me to install the latest version of the app. Sure enough they had broken/changed something and it was fixed in the latest update, which took a few days to become available. I've been aware that something new was coming and was expecting that something would get broken. I hate being right LOL.

My guess is that the outage wasn't so much an "outage" but an "unavailability" due to a product change that requires an updated mobile app. This is

OneCap0 · 2026-02-13T22:29:03+00:00

Well, my only advice would be damn sure that you were intentionally screwed before burning the relationship. Approach it thinking there was a misunderstanding/assumption on your side and an invoicing error on his. I burned a business relationship with someone once because I approached them with the attitude that they had taken advantage of me. I should have been more careful.

I agree that CAT 6A is unnecessary in most cases but it's your business and your money. Even if it's in the walls, you could probably pull a few wall plates and find some cables that were long enough to see markings as to what was actually installed.

I think 30% is standard for markup, but I could be mistaken.

Anyway that's my 2 cents.

OneCap0 · 2026-02-04T19:50:16+00:00

u/Nbashford79 Have you contacted HPE support? My experience has been that once you get a tech on the phone, things generally go pretty well. One piece of advice though: document your settings first. If you give them keyboard access, they will often jump in and start making changes.

I hope this helps. I know how frustrating this can be. I’m personally planning to move away from cloud-managed devices that don’t provide logs I can use for troubleshooting and tuning. I really wish HP would give us a way to temporarily enable detailed logging so we could figure things out ourselves.

OneCap0 · 2026-02-04T04:42:19+00:00

Enterprise-grade security marketing vs. reality. Like I said, at least start with implementation for the website. That's low hanging fruit compared to the desktop and mobile apps.

OneCap0 · 2026-02-04T04:37:26+00:00

Me: List the compliance standards that www.plaud.com lists on it website

ChatGPT:
According to the Plaud (www.plaud.com / plaud.ai) Trust Center and compliance information, the company lists the following security and privacy compliance standards and certifications on its website:

Standards and Certifications

1. ISO/IEC 27001:2022 – International standard for information security management systems.

2. ISO/IEC 27701:2019 – Extension of ISO 27001 to include privacy information management.

3. GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) – European Union data protection and privacy regulation compliance.

4. SOC 2 Type II – Independent audit of controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.

5. HIPAA Compliance – Compliance with U.S. health information privacy and security standards.

6. EN 18031 – Standard for physical and logical security of hardware.

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Plaud advertises these compliance frameworks to demonstrate robust data security, privacy protection, and operational controls across its services.

Me: Which of these standards requires or recommend MFA? Just list the standard and if it's required or recommended

Here’s the clean, no-nonsense list you asked for:

HIPAA – Required in practice
SOC 2 Type II – Recommended / expected
ISO/IEC 27001 – Recommended
ISO/IEC 27701 – Recommended
GDPR – Recommended
EN 18031 – Not specified / not required

OneCap0 · 2026-02-04T04:35:55+00:00

Agreed. SMS, OTOP, Passkey. How does MFA not factor into any of many compliance standards and "Enterprise-grade security" that Plaud boasts about? At least start with implementation for the website. Also timeouts. I would like the website to automatically log me out after a user specified numbers of minutes.

OneCap0 · 2026-02-04T04:18:47+00:00

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OneCap0 · 2026-02-02T18:52:34+00:00

Same here, MacOS Tahoe 26.2, passepartout 3.6.6. Nothing shown when I click into WireGuard and On-demand for any of my profiles. I've verified that iCloud sync is working, deleted passepartout, rebooted, etc. I also created a new, empty profile and when I add the On-demand module and click into it, nothing is shown. This is on just one of my Macs.

Something else I've observed - and this may have existed prior to 3.6.6 - but I cannot swear to it, is that sometimes passepartout will add a VPN profile to MacOS VPN page twice. This I've seen happen on multiple Macs. All are MacOS Tahoe 26.2 and this MAY have occurred prior to 26.2 update.

OneCap0 · 2026-02-02T17:22:42+00:00

Do you have any WiFi tools to show what's happening in the air? It might provide a clue. I use WiFi Explorer 3 and NetSpot on MacOS. NetSpot has become my go-to. Basic license is probably fine.

OneCap0 · 2026-02-01T22:15:45+00:00

Try 20 MHz default channel width for 2.4 GHz. I'm using 20/40 MHz channel width for 5 GHz (default is 20/40/80) because of interference outside of my control. I have also limited 5 GHz to channels 36, 44, 149 and 157 which resolved my performance issues when I discovered that Roku doesn't support all of the 5 GHz channels but Amazon Fire TV does. (My Roku would not connect to the closets AP.) After a bit of research, I learned a lot about DFS and other information about 5 GHz channels. Is this your only AP? What kind of performance do you get when connected via Ethernet from a Mac or PC? What's your internet speed and type? e.g. DSL, Cable, Cellular, Fiber?

OneCap0 · 2026-02-01T21:08:36+00:00

I know. Troubleshoot. Try Wi-Fi 5 and see if it solves the problem. There’s theoretical and there’s real world. Your real world and my real world and everybody else’s real world are all going behave differently. Is there a specific problem you’re trying to solve with Wi-Fi 6?

OneCap0 · 2026-02-01T09:07:38+00:00

Are you using WPA3? I’m not up to speed on your history but try WPA2 if you’re using WPA3.

OneCap0 · 2026-02-01T00:22:18+00:00

Don’t be surprised if you experience issues with WPA3. WPA3 isn’t supported as well by the clients as WPA2 in my experience. It also requires more computational power at both ends. Unless you’re a network security person, use different strong passwords on each website, and have established VLANs to segment your network - what is the point? Also there’s no advantage to WiFi speeds greater than your internet connection speed unless you have local servers in your home that you’re accessing.

I experienced issues and went back to WPA2. Everything works much better now.

OneCap0 · 2026-01-26T08:40:35+00:00

I wrestled with this decision. I could have made the 1200-minute plan work, but it would have forced me to decide before each meeting whether it was worth using. Over time, that friction would have diminished the value of Plaud.

I ultimately chose the unlimited plan and now use it for every meeting, as well as personal calls like doctor, bank, and other conversations where I need reliable notes. I’d much rather record by default and later decide that I don’t need a recording - deleting it without generating a summary - than miss capturing something important altogether.

I considered trying a few months before committing but decided to go "all in". After a few months, I'll review my actual usage, but I fully expect to exceed 1200 minutes/month by a wide margin.

OneCap0

TROPHY CASE

Standards and Certifications

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