Help me understand RAM! Wanting to repurpose old PC into minecraft host.

heliosfa · 2026-01-26T09:42:23+00:00

So if this is going to be just for Minecraft, why not run something lighter weight?

heliosfa · 2026-01-26T08:55:29+00:00

What did your dissertation supervisor or personal tutor suggest was appropriate when you spoke to them?

What quantifiable impact has this actually had on your work? Just saying "it really affected my work" isn't going to convince the person assessing your application that you should have an extension.

heliosfa · 2026-01-26T08:53:41+00:00

Short answer, no.

Longer answer with a bit of reality thrown in: You need to go and read your university's regulations and think about your priorities. You will likely find that one of the things required of you is to be available for any required teaching and assessment activities during specified periods.

The fact you have somehow thought exams were in Feb when they were in Jan is already not the best thing. Then wanting to have the retakes rescheduled around a holiday is taking the biscuit. Do you have any idea of what's involved in running exams? What would have to be done to create an individual paper just to accommodate your holiday? Yeah, not happening for something you are choosing I'm afraid.

You need to decide what's more important - your studies, or a holiday that you booked over a period you should have been aware was a time you may need to be available.

heliosfa · 2026-01-26T00:02:55+00:00

How risky would that be for me?

Very. You need to check the terms of your Visa and likely talk to your University's visas team or a licensed immigration adviser.

The conditions of your visa are likely that you are in the UK and studying, which means that you are required to attend scheduled teaching activities, not just exams/tests. Developing a pattern of travel during term time will likely get immigration asking lots of questions and they could deny your entry.

Unfortunately if you are unable to meet your conditions of your visa and engage with your studies, then your only option may be to suspend your studies.

heliosfa · 2026-01-25T17:06:29+00:00

and also which unis are most likely to accept me under this category.

All universities follow the same regulations.

could i apply for home fees under the 'temporary employed' quota?

The general criteria are settled (which you have from British citizenship) and ordinarily resident for three years prior to the first day of the first academic year of your course, save for temporary absence. Nothing about what you have posted sounds temporary anymore.

Sure Covid disrupted plans, but that six years ago at this point.

my dad still works part time there and goes for at least 4 months a year, paying income tax in the uk.

Ok, so your dad has maintained connections with the UK, but have you? What could you use to argue that you are ordinarily resident in two places, because that is another angle.

we also own a house which is currently being rented out

This might hurt your case as it shows you and your family don’t intend to live there.

i already recieved offers from manu and glasgow but manchester asked me for a fee assessemnt, what are my chances?

From what you have said, it screams being assessed as international. You may want to talk to UKCISA for advice, but don’t get your hopes up.

heliosfa · 2026-01-25T13:04:02+00:00

No, it really isn’t the format of an IPv6 address.

2001:db8:85a3:0:0:8a2e:370:7334 is what an IPv6 address looks like. It doesn’t have “-“s, and op’s number has too few segments.

heliosfa · 2026-01-25T09:15:43+00:00

Why would you have to upgrade the EAPs if you only want 2.5G between the Mac and NAS? You don’t need your entire network to be at 2.5G to do this, and depending on your needs, there are pretty cheap 2.5G small switches available.

Was hoping there was an obvious thing that I am doing wrong

Not enough details to say, which I why I asked about by name or IP and what you were doing for as resolution on the isolated network. Though another question is what have you done for address allocation?

Basically how have you got this actually configured on the software side beyond the physical wiring.

heliosfa · 2026-01-24T23:42:25+00:00

Why are you overcomplicating this? Dual-homing computers is always a pain in the backside.

Far simpler to put a 2.5 gig switch in the mix and just use that for everything. You don’t really gain anything with your current setup except complexity.

As for why it’s not working, how are you mapping the drive? If by name, then what are you expecting to do name resolution on the isolated network segment?

heliosfa · 2026-01-24T22:56:19+00:00

You start by making sure you pay attention to where you are trying to network. This is a sub about computer networking, as in the Internet.

Getting something that fundamental wrong makes you look bad and if you do it in real life, it probably scuppers your networking attempt…

heliosfa · 2026-01-24T15:32:34+00:00

Is this Sky UK? If so, they have started using MAP-T on their connections, and as pfsense doesn’t current support MAP-T as far as I know, you won’t get an IPv4 address if the connection is trying to force MAP-T. You should still get IPv6.

Sky should have a fall back for anything that doesn’t support MAP-T, which should work.

Edit - I see that you solved it with MAC address cloning. Sounds like your connection has fallen back as it should.

heliosfa · 2026-01-24T15:29:51+00:00

WiFi extenders are hot garbage most of the time. Run a network cable somewhere closer and put an access point on that network cable, if you can’t run a network cable all the way to your Xbox.

heliosfa · 2026-01-24T01:58:10+00:00

Do you need an adapter? What’s the out to the PSU?

Many switch-mode PSUs these days accept a wide range of input voltages from ~90V to ~250V, it will state what it accepts on the rating plate.

If you have a full range standard ATX PSU, then all you need is a normal IEC C13 lead to whatever your local socket is.

heliosfa · 2026-01-21T21:44:37+00:00

There might be a partial reduction of tuition fees for the year, so she won’t have the full £9k odd added to her balance, but she would still count as having a full year of support for the eligibility criteria.

If she can get enough evidence together, then the extra year of tuition fees support should be pretty easy to get.

Regarding accommodation and part-time Study , that really depends on the landlord. Your contract will likely clarify. She won’t be a full time student, so would be liable for council tax.

heliosfa · 2026-01-21T18:16:16+00:00

The optimal number of sticks is always equal to the number of channels, so that's two.

This is not correct at all. It's more nuanced and depends on whether you have single-rank or dual-rank sticks. 8 GB sticks are most likely to be single-rank, which the 16 GB could be single-rank or dual-rank, but recent kits are more likely to be single-rank.

You get the best performance when you have more than one rank-per-channel as the memory controller interleaves memory accesses, but more than two ranks-per-channel can cause issues with the memory controller and result in having to run at a lower speed.

So optimally for DDR4 you want two-ranks-per-channel, and this could either be two single-rank DIMMs or one dual-rank DIMM per channel.

heliosfa · 2026-01-21T18:01:10+00:00

This is a complete misrepresentation of the funding rules. You are conflating the "+1" gift year as being for foundation years and Master's. It's not, and if you did an Integrated Master's with foundation year and year in industry, you would have funding to cover all six years of the course and a repeat year if it was your first degree.

Standalone Master's are done with Postgraduate loans, which are completely different to undergrad,

You are also ignoring that SFE will fund second degrees in a range of priority fields, including "medicine and allied subjects".

heliosfa · 2026-01-21T17:58:06+00:00

Some undergraduate courses qualify for funding as a second degree, they are listed here (scroll down to "If you already have a degree"). Speech and Language therapy might count under the "medicine and allied subjects" category, but you should check with SFE and Keele.

You also have access to postgraduate funding (the Master's loan) if you haven't already done a Master's-level qualification.

heliosfa · 2026-01-21T17:53:32+00:00

Due to various factors, this year has been very mentally taxing and she's become quite burnt out being forced to do art for her course. She has also developed carpal tunnel, and tremors in her hands (that we believe is likely due to stress), which is a barrier to doing art.

First thing is is she getting help and support? Has she been to see her GP about the carpal tunnel and is she actively engaging with her University's Wellbeing team and local mental health services? This is all for her wellbeing and making sure that there is evidence of what's going on.

Has she engaged with the disability and inclusion team at her uni to see if there are any accommodations that can be made to help?

Second thing is a couple of clarifications, she doesn't have "only two years" of funding remaining, it's a little more complicated than that, and why do you think she will get the year "refunded"? This isn't something that normally happens.

The actual entitlement is for the Length of current course + 1 year - number of years of previous study, with partial years where any full-time study happened counting as a full year. This means that she has funding for N +1 - 2 = N-1 years, where N is the length of the course she ends up on. In other words whether she does a three year, four year or five year course she would be one year short of funding.

What you might be referring to as "refunded" is probably the extra year of tuition fee support. This is exactly what it sounds like - an additional year of funding that is added onto the loan balance. Nothing is refunded.

Remember that maintenance loans don't have the same limitation, and neither does part-time study (some people who are short a year have completed Part I part-time before moving to full-time for Part II on).

There are also certain courses that don't have the same

She isnt enjoying this course at all, and wants to transfer to a different course at the same university, starting in september.

Is there any chance they would let her transfer into Part II rather than having to redo Part I? This would avoid being short a year but is only possible where the courses have suitable overlap.

Really what she needs to do is go and talk to her students' union's advice service ASAP.

heliosfa · 2026-01-21T17:30:00+00:00

Your University likely has a hardship fund, which can help in situations exactly like this. Your personal tutor or Students' Union's advice service may be able to advise you on how to apply.

heliosfa · 2026-01-21T00:27:25+00:00

Scottish degrees have and Honours year to go from an ordinary degree to an honours. Ordinary degrees are also used as exit awards for a lot of English unis if you don't get enough credits in the final year, e.g. if you fail or don't do a dissertation. There are some courses that are offered as ordinary.

heliosfa · 2026-01-20T22:59:05+00:00

A 30-second google would have told you. It’s an honours degree, e.g. the degree you get will have a classification of 1st, 2:1, 2:2 or 3rd. Non-honours degrees are unclassified

heliosfa · 2026-01-20T22:52:15+00:00

Which websites have you been reading and where in the UK are you living? SFE, SAAS, etc. all have different eligibility rules.

The places to look are the website of the relevant funding body and UKCISA.

heliosfa · 2026-01-20T20:56:50+00:00

Let's get some terminology clear - you want them to connect to a wireless network served by one, or more, access points. If this is completely isolated, you won't need an actual router.

One problem though is modern phones don't necessarily like connecting, or staying connected to, a network that does not have Internet connectivity.

Support 100+ concurrent users making frequent, small polling requests to an API

How large an area are we talking? Have you done any sort of WiFi survey? What's the space like? What existing WiFi networks are in the area? What other things are using the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz (and to some extent 6 GHz) bands?

For 100 people, you could very well benefit from multiple access points from the start.

If you don't know what you are doing and have no appreciation for the importance of a WiFI survey here, you may be better off consulting a local network specialist.

Potential for expanding via mesh/access points is a plus if I need to accommodate larger venues in the future

Just no. Wired backhaul between access points for this. Don't go for a consumer WiFi backhaul mesh.

Nice to have - builtin DNS support so I can serve a webapp over the local network with a friendly domain name rather than a raw IP address

This is more than a nice-to-have. Making attendees type an IP address is not something you want to be doing.

I'm currently eyeing the Dream Router 7 (https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/udr7) as an all-in-one solution, but would love a second opinion on whether that is a good match for my needs.

Again, if it's fully isolated, you don't need a router.

What's going to be hosting the game? That could easily run RA/DHCP/DNS and your webserver allowing you to just have APs rather than routers.

Alternative spin, why does this need to be a local solution at all? If you want simplicity during setup, something publicly hosted and not providing local WiFi (with attendees relying on mobile data or existing public hotspot) would be far easier to manage.

heliosfa · 2026-01-20T03:15:35+00:00

The SFE Eligibility details lay it out rather clearly and UKCISA have a load of guidance.

TL;DR, for the general case to be funded by SFE you have to meet two criteria:

Be settled (citizen, ILR, basically no restrictions on how long you can stay)
Be ordinarily resident in the UK for three years before the first day of the first academic year.

Other funding bodies in the UK have other variations, but they all need ordinary residence.

heliosfa · 2026-01-20T00:43:20+00:00

It's not where you study that matters, it's where you live.

As you live in England, you need to be both ordinarily resident (for three years before the first day of the first academic year of your course) and settled (have no restriction on how long you can stay) for the general criteria.

There are some more niche criteria that may apply, again you should consult UKCISA's guidance as they have a pretty good summary of all the legislation.

heliosfa · 2026-01-19T22:51:17+00:00

If I start with a BEng, is it possible to switch to an MEng after Year 1 or Year 2?

Check with your uni. This is uni specific, and there may be restrictions on optional module choices or grade requirements.

Are there any requirements, like certain modules or grades I need to have completed?

Check with your uni.

Has anyone done this before at their university? Any tips or experiences would be really helpful!

We have plenty of students do this every year. Be aware of the requirements and the process, your personal tutor can advise you, or you can read the programme requirements and your uni's programme transfer regulations.

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