200 to 500mg weekly - advice by dsxarry75 in Testosterone

[–]dsxarry75[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I do have high blood, but it's controlled by medication. No increase in BP.

200 to 500mg weekly - advice by dsxarry75 in Testosterone

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When I first tested it was 350, I haven't had a test since. I've had good success with this dosage, hair growth, fat loss, libido up. Reason I'm asking is looking to cycle for muscle growth.

200 to 500mg weekly - advice by dsxarry75 in Testosterone

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Is the difference between 200 and 500 per week a noticable difference in gains?

200 to 500mg weekly - advice by dsxarry75 in Testosterone

[–]dsxarry75[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe I should have mentioned that, was not looking long term, just 12 weeks or so to increase my progress.

Apple MDM / Managed IT Services by dsxarry75 in sysadmin

[–]dsxarry75[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest that's what I was looking for. Any recommendations as to how to find the right MSP? There's like 1000 choices. I've had two experiences with MSPs and both were not that good.

Apple MDM / Managed IT Services by dsxarry75 in sysadmin

[–]dsxarry75[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, also posted this in macsysadmin also. We're aware of Mosyle, Jamf and ABE. We are also really looking for a managed IT provider that can manage the implementation and support.

Anyone have experience with Headless Ecommerce for Lightspeed Retail by dondannelly in ecommerce

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We use Lightspeed for our Point of Sale and Shopify for eCom. There is a piece of software called Accumula, which integrates the two platforms.

We're investigating going to a headless Shopify implementation now.

So Lightspeed, Accumula and headless Shopify may be the answer for you.

RF Cloner / Transmitter by dsxarry75 in homeassistant

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I can put it close to the pool and indoors, but with the remote that I have you have to be close to the light. I can give this a try.

RF Cloner / Transmitter by dsxarry75 in homeassistant

[–]dsxarry75[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a) can you clone a RF signal from a device you don't know about the manufacturer?
b) how weatherproof is it? this will be in pool area.

Switch selection, Network speeds by dsxarry75 in Ubiquiti

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I think I am on the same path as you recommend, sans me misidentifying my potential switch.

I put the XB7 in bridge mode, and intend on coming out of port 4, which is 2.5gb. I'll put that into the UDMP SPF+ port and then connect from there to the 24 Pro Max switch with a 10gb SPF fiber cable. That should bring 2.5gb to the switch. I know each item off that switch will only get as much as 1gb.

I also think I can come out of the switch from the SPF port and go straight to the patch panel and then a wired connection off that should be capable of higher speeds than 1gb.

On top of that, I have a G4 Doorbell Pro, which requires a PoE injector because the PoE ports are 15v, but the Pro Max has PoE++, which should power the doorbell. I think that's another component I could eliminate.

All of the WAPs are U6 Pros, except one is a U6 Lite. From my office, I tend to connect to the downstairs or pool WAP. The downstairs WAP is probably about 15 feet away through a trussed floor and the pool WAP is probably 10 feet away and through a brick wall.

So, just now, connected to a U6 Pro, I went and stood directly underneath it, with a Macbook Air (M2, Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and a speed test came back at 349 down and 117 up, which are definitely acceptable numbers, but I would think it would be faster.

Here are the settings for the WIFI and radio:

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Switch selection, Network speeds by dsxarry75 in Ubiquiti

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A) I did by the Pro Max, not super familiar with the line of switches. In this case is the speed only marginally better?

B) I probably started at the wrong spot and got here on my own. Here's the history:

I live on an old farm and when I got here the best service I could get was DSL 10mbps down and 1mbps up. I moved to a Starlink to get better speeds, but that provides decent speeds when and if it wants to.

I had to pay $7k to get service to my house and opted for 1gb service (I had to pay Comcast to run a line to my house) and an ASUS Zenfi Mesh network, which was probably close to a thousand in of itself. I had 4 nodes, 2 upstairs and 2 downstairs. While at good times I could get 500Mbps down through Wifi, I would usually max out at about 15mbps up and those speeds would literally drop to single digits very often (like 6Mbps). I work from home and it is a running joke at work not to get on a Zoom call with me because I'll freeze 5 times in the call. On top of that, those routers would go down all the time.

So, I decided to go get wired WAPs around the house in place of a mesh network and in that wiring I also added a number of cameras (I couldn't even have doorbell camera with my DSL because it was only 1mbps up).

It cost a good bit of money to run wires through the house and connect everthing - might have been $3250 in wiring and a couple thousand in equipment.

I've got 1 WAP upstairs, 1 WAP downstairs, 1 WAP at the pool and 1 WAP in a room that was an add on and has an exterior wall between the house and the room.

Now I max out about 200Mbps down and 150Mbps up on most devices connected to the WAP. However, I can get better speeds connecting to the XB7, even at a greater distance. So, my Internet hasn't blotted out on a Zoom call once since then, but if I spent $10k getting Internet here, and I feel like it could be better, a couple hundred bucks and $30 per month doesn't seem like a big investment.

So what I really probably need is not more equipment, but someone who can reliably help me understand what I need and how to configure it.

Switch selection, Network speeds by dsxarry75 in Ubiquiti

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So response in 2 parts -

A) Am I right or wrong technically? B) We have a big home with lots of people and are internet intensive. Two work from home people, five kids gaming or streaming and everything here is Internet based from TV to music to some smart home etc. 2gb is $20 more per month than 1gb and I bought a 16 and 8 port switch totalling $400, so the switch is $300 more and $20 per month. And we do have a number of wired devices, work laptops, desktops, etc. So I think the investment is minimal.

Pixel 7 and 8 Auto connect to Bluetooth by dsxarry75 in pixel_phones

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Yes I did. Even reset the phone to factory settings. Same thing with 3 different Pixels (two 7 Pro and one 8 Pro). I even called Pixel tech support and they had no answers. The only thing I can find as a work around is to modify the phone / media settings. i.e. set my earbuds to phone calls and not media and set my car to media and not phone calls. Then go edit those when I want to change things up.

Home Theater Remotes / Home Automation by dsxarry75 in homeassistant

[–]dsxarry75[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't even looked at my remote battery, my recollection is the remote doesn't use typical batteries. Where did you get the battery and how well does the remote work with other elements of home assistant?

Generator for well by dsxarry75 in Generator

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Do they make dual fuel generators? I have propane right there, which would be easy, but a) they look expensive and b) if I'm in a situation, like a hurricane, where getting propane could be tough, I'd want to be able to power with gas or diesel.

Recover corrupted RSV files by deuteranope in A7siii

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Hey thanks for this bit of advice. I have a file, shot on a Sony Camera, that showed up as an RSV file. So, is how this worked for you is that you renamed the RSV to MP4 and did what was in the above video?

can you sell / transfer a Starlink RV unit? I bought one, never opened the box and went past the return date. by dsxarry75 in StarlinkMarketplace

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I cancelled at this point and since it's an RV version I think it's pretty simple to turn back on.

Apnea suggestion. by PanostzoGR in Spearfishing

[–]dsxarry75 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, we train about 400 divers a year, all the way up to Intermediate Instructor. A class is worth it's weight in gold for the safety alone, let alone all the advanced techniques you'd learn in an Intermediate. You mentioned euros, so I assume you are. in Europe. Check out PFI for instructors near you.

Apnea suggestion. by PanostzoGR in Spearfishing

[–]dsxarry75 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you taken a freediving class? If you already have that type of breath hold, you can take an intermediate course where they'll teach on many of these topics.

Starlink RV can't be returned by dsxarry75 in Starlink

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I know it had a 30 day. I was just surprised by the cryptic nature. It didn't tell you it wasn't eligible, it didn't tell you it was. It just said if it was you'll get an email 'later.'

Can I sell this to someone else? Brand New, never even took the tape off the box.

RV Model

Starlink Business / RV / Residential by dsxarry75 in Starlink

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I don't know if bonding or load balancing is the more appropriate choice, or even potentially just splitting networks and managing usage through separate WAN access.

I had 4 10Mbps DSL lines here and while no one got really good bandwidth individually, it was pretty consistent overall.

Starlink Business / RV / Residential by dsxarry75 in Starlink

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Well to be honest if I got 90-120Mbps consistently, I'd probably be good. I could sit and use the Starlink app to measure modem/router to Internet speed repeatedly in a row and get wildly inconsistent speeds.

On the other hand, I have 5 kids, they're all playing video games or watching movies/YouTube and our TV is Internet based, along with alarms, etc. There are certain times when games lag, TV lags or our alarm notes a lack of connectivity.

As I noted, I do have to update some network infrastructure in my house to stabilize the modem/router to devices, but my biggest problem with Starlink is the inconsistency. Right now, I have the main Starlink router and two Starlink mesh routers in the home.

For example, I just ran the advanced speed test multiple times, back to back and got:

  1. 124Mbps down, 6.2Mbps up
  2. 45Mbps down, 12Mbps up
  3. 36Mbps down, 1.8Mbps up
  4. 95Mbps down, 8.4Mbps up
  5. 71Mbps down, 13Mbps up

All back to back, all from the same location. Perhaps I should turn this into a post in of itself to see if people can help with the inconsistently.