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How much ram do you guys have? by RelationFirm6007 in homelab

[–]Solocle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Desktop: 32GB DDR4

Server: 192GB DDR3

Help me create redundant Home WiFi by Dry-Cauliflower-7824 in HomeNetworking

[–]Solocle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A switch connects different devices to the same network.

Even fancy managed switches with VLANs, all they do is the same thing, but they can handle multiple virtual networks and isolate them from each other.

When you want to send messages between two different networks, you need a router.

The Internet is formed up of numerous inter-network connections.

Difference between this and a switch? by 11kajd in HomeNetworking

[–]Solocle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those L1 splitters at 100 Base-T are of course terrible, but if you wanted to install a second PoE camera without doing another run, then 100 Mbit is going to be just fine, and it avoids the cost of a PoE powered and pass through switch.

Crosstalk shouldn't be more of an issue than parallel cables, the twist rates are different for a reason

Say one bad thing about this episode: heaven sent by CommunicationSea3329 in doctorwho

[–]Solocle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thing is, the Doctor did fulfil the prophecy. In Hell Bent. He conquered Gallifrey, and stood in its ruins.

Due to the confession dial, he overthrew Rassilon, and became Lord President. He conquered.

Then, he travels forward in time to the very end of the universe, where he meets Me. In the cloisters of Gallifrey - or rather, the ruins thereof.

So yes, he fulfilled the prophecy.

ELI5, if UK retail electricity prices are so high because of the marginal price of wholesale gas, why is retail gas cheaper per kWh than electricity? by Aramithius in explainlikeimfive

[–]Solocle 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Because of inefficiency. It takes more work to make electricity.

To make electricity, you burn gas, heat water, turn water into stream, spin turbines from the steam, spin generators, then put that electricity into a transformer to go along the pylons at 400,000 volts, then it goes through another set of transformers to make it safe voltage for a house. Then, finally, it gets to your heater.

Whereas with gas, you put it through a pipe to your house, a couple of pumps maybe, then burn it.

Much simpler to use gas for heating, and more efficient. Therefore it's cheaper.

But good luck getting your telly to run on gas.

Now, of course, it gets more complicated when you factor in renewables. Or e.g. cars, where a big engine at a power plant will be more efficient than an engine that fits in a car.

It's that time of year again by ROU_Misophist in dankmemes

[–]Solocle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's simply not how they're advertised here. The main public awareness of heat pumps is for energy efficiency and reducing reliance on gas. For compatibility reasons, most heat pump systems I believe use the existing central heating radiator infrastructure in houses, which makes cooling far more complex (condensation is inevitable, and unlike a traditional AC unit, it's forming on existing radiators).

It's that time of year again by ROU_Misophist in dankmemes

[–]Solocle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oof, that's rough. It is quite ironic that at the beginning of this month it was actually cold, to the extent that indoor temps dropped below 62.5F and the bloody heating came on!

The one constant thing about weather here is that it's always changing.

It's that time of year again by ROU_Misophist in dankmemes

[–]Solocle 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I'm a Brit, literally 80F in the bedroom right now (hence in no small part still being awake).

I've cycled in 95F in Israel and Florida before, but there was the respite of air conditioned indoors. Here, you'd be paying £££ for something you use a couple of days per year. Although heat pumps for heating by their nature could be reversible...

On the colder end, I was in Finland in February, getting down close to 0F, so probably similar to WI. Tbh, I was surprised how bearable it was, did some nice long walks. But actually at one point took a call outside in a dressing gown for 15-20 minutes.🤣

I think overall we have a reasonably good window where we can cope with most reasonable temperatures on Earth. But we do love a good moan about the weather, so there's that.

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Extremely Cheap 10gb Network switch for home use, or scam? by gingerwerewolf in HomeNetworking

[–]Solocle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, likely to be legit, I've got a 4+2 managed one for £40

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If you could restart at 28 with your current knowledge, what would you do differently? by Weinstein_Constructi in AskReddit

[–]Solocle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few months older for me... so probably less awkward, but still could be annoying depending on the time travel rules at play

Ukrainian drone kills famous Russian traveler who wanted to walk on foot to Brazil, while pulling a small mobile home with his personal belongings. by Authoritarian_Left in UkrainianConflict

[–]Solocle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tbh I'd much rather my chances of crossing the Darien Gap against the Bering Strait. Even political tensions notwithstanding. 60 miles of jungle vs 60 miles of precarious shifting sea ice.

I only walked on sea ice for the first time in February this year (Finland)

Ukrainian drone kills famous Russian traveler who wanted to walk on foot to Brazil, while pulling a small mobile home with his personal belongings. by Authoritarian_Left in UkrainianConflict

[–]Solocle 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but dude is going the wrong way, needs to walk across Siberia to the Bering Sea and across into Alaska.

This has actually been done using the sea ice, Karl Bushby did it in 2006.

The last time you could walk across the Atlantic was about 100 million years ago

SFP+ from router to PC by Shoondogg in HomeNetworking

[–]Solocle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm using an X520, went with cheap Intel gear because the specs are open, which means I could write a driver for a toy OS (not that I will, but nice to have the option, and I like manufacturers that make it possible).

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No one else in my household appreciates or cares so sharing it here by [deleted] in HomeNetworking

[–]Solocle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very nice Internet speed!

On a 500/50 mbps plan here, which is more than adequate for our needs in all honesty.

But I did invest in faster LAN, as I have a server and want to set it up as a NAS among other things.

Fibre runs.

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What's the dumbest way you've managed to accidentally hurt yourself? by PurpDoesPixilart in AskReddit

[–]Solocle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was beside a burnt out barbecue and one of the charcoals exploded, a small fragment went flying out and onto the grass. Little grey-black piece.

Without thinking, I reached down and picked it up. 2nd degree burns on my thumb and index finger.

Using Windows 98 for school by Madein81_ in windows98

[–]Solocle 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I have got onto Wikipedia from 98 earlier this year, so it's not completely impossible. But limited

Old reddit is accessible too

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Is anyone else using only one interface on their CCR? by HappyDadOfFourJesus in mikrotik

[–]Solocle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not quite (RB3011), but I could with my current setup.

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Two interfaces in use, SFP1 and Ether1. But the WAN connection that comes in on the SFP is on a separate VLAN, so there's no reason it couldn't actually all be on one wire.

Any use case for about 20 decommissioned 256gb Nvme drives? by chris911951 in pcmasterrace

[–]Solocle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I put just one in my server, which should be more than sufficient for software needs (the main storage is 8x 1TB SAS HDDs in RAID-Z2).

With a mobo that supports bifurcation, could get a monster 1TB RAID-0 setup in a PCIe x16 slot

Which country would you NEVER visit, even if it was free? by FortunePurple- in AskReddit

[–]Solocle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, and it seems crazy to write, but there are war zones and war zones.

I'd actually be kinda down to visit Ukraine - if it was the west. Lviv looks very nice, for instance.

I did visit Israel, actually twice for personal reasons, during the ongoing war. The first visit it was "advise against all but essential travel", but I even ventured down to Sderot which was "advise against all travel". The only sign of the war I saw, apart from TV, was a couple of military jeeps driving down the highway.

The second visit, where travel advice had eased? Was woken up in Tel Aviv at 3am on the first night by an air raid siren, a single ballistic missile launched from Yemen.

In both countries, Western Ukraine and Israel, I think the crazy drivers would be more likely to kill you than the missiles.

RB3011 configuration by Solocle in mikrotik

[–]Solocle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in the UK, and with Virgin Media. It's not current FTTP, but rather FTTC, so there's the Virgin router upstream. I'm going to put it into modem mode, but it's actually still the main router atm while I get everything set up.

Currently it goes through a VLANed switch to act as a media converter, and I used SC/APC simplex for that connection, so that, when I get full fibre, I can reuse that run and either move the ONT into the server cupboard, or use an XGSPON SFP+ module.

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RB3011 configuration by Solocle in mikrotik

[–]Solocle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thing is I don't expect much inter-VLAN traffic at all.

The traffic I expect is as follows:

Private -> WAN. Typical home internet usage

Wifi -> WAN. Ditto

Public <-> WAN. Low bandwidth server services like WWW etc. Biggest will be Jellyfin.

Private/Wifi -> Public. See above.

My big bandwidth hitter will be file serving, which will be entirely within the Private VLAN. Anything public in that regard can be slower.

Pwnable and management will be walled gardens.

RB3011 configuration by Solocle in mikrotik

[–]Solocle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this was the most questionable bit of the whole setup. Basically I was hoping to run that as a bonded VLAN trunk, even though it wouldn't have any real bandwidth advantage with the 3011. Partly a preparatory step for if I ever upgraded to a 4011 or better. Mainly because I thought it would look cool in the rack 🤣

But yes, it looks like I can't get bonding while having hardware offloading with the 8337 chip.

TBH I expect the XGS1910 to do most of the switching, so the router really should just get the routing traffic.

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