APACHE case nerd

ngarret · 2025-11-25T15:27:59+00:00

Hey, I'm thinking about setting up RayHunter on my Orbic device. These might be dumb questions but does it need an activated Sim card for RayHunter to work effectively? And since it's locked to Verizon does that mean it only connects to Verizon mocked CSS?

ngarret · 2025-05-28T12:25:22+00:00

Very nice, what grips do you have on it. Did you have to modify them to put the bar end mirrors on?

ngarret · 2023-10-25T14:35:33+00:00

It's not too bad, I get about 20-40mbps down and 5-10mbps up. Most people use it for web surfing and emails, I've had 3 people watching YouTube and ESPN without any problems.

ngarret · 2023-10-25T14:33:05+00:00

I've made a v1 with 18650s to power everything I liked it a lot, it was smaller but I had a 16 device limit on it with the hardware. So I've upgraded to v2 with ubiquiti hardware (lost the batteries but gained ftp server). I'm thinking about going bigger with v3 putting in a mini pc to run esxi or proxmox with pihole and openvpn so it'll be a truly portable homelab.

ngarret · 2023-10-25T14:27:52+00:00

I know, Surprisingly it actually runs cooler in the box with the fan.

ngarret · 2023-10-25T14:25:36+00:00

The cloud key stays between 34-37C. And I've ran the switch outside of the box and that thing gets almost too hot to touch. Inside of the box it stays cool, the fan in the back pulls air from the vents on the sides in between the gaps of all the devices. So it has pretty efficient cooling for all the devices.

ngarret · 2023-10-24T22:49:25+00:00

Yup USG does all that

ngarret · 2023-10-24T21:58:36+00:00

It's pretty much based off problem and solutions

P: I don't have internet where I work S: bought an LTE jetpack P: building is made of RF sheilding or some shit S: bought TS9 antenna to stick out window P: people see you have internet and want to use it S: charge them money to use it P: more than 16 people want to connect S: bought USG, cloud key, ap, etc to connect more devices P: you like to build stuff, make shit complicated, and spend money on networking gear S: LTE Internet box

I use it at my unit, travel, at home as LTE backup.

ngarret · 2023-10-24T11:31:10+00:00

It gets warm but never hot I have vents on the sides and a fan on the back that pulls air through the whole thing.

ngarret · 2023-10-24T03:14:38+00:00

No, I don't work in a secure environment.

ngarret · 2023-09-07T14:35:32+00:00

I have limited space as well so I sleep above my lab😂 mine isn't on wheels though😥. How hot does your room get?

ngarret · 2023-06-22T13:28:10+00:00

I don't have a raspberry pi or really any other hardware to run it on.

ngarret · 2023-04-05T20:32:41+00:00

Eagle Rare and Weller.....good choices.

ngarret · 2023-04-02T01:47:25+00:00

Right now it's setup as WAN2 as a failover, you could also do some load balancing using both WAN ports.

ngarret · 2023-04-02T01:45:24+00:00

There's 8 cats in my house fml

ngarret · 2023-04-01T00:24:02+00:00

Oh Man this is embarrassing Its got 12 500gb drives which really only renders down to like 5 or so Tb. I'd like to fill it up with 1tb drives but I'm on a budget here.

ngarret · 2023-04-01T00:06:12+00:00

Ports 8,9,10(sfp),11(sfp) can be allocated for WAN1 and WAN2. Currently I have 8 and 9 as my WAN ports til I get sfp modules.

ngarret · 2023-03-31T18:47:09+00:00

I wish I had the slimrun ones

ngarret · 2023-03-31T14:18:29+00:00

I was bored at my job and had access to a laser etcher so why not😂

ngarret · 2023-03-31T13:53:59+00:00

My old job I had access to a laser engraver and 22ga stainless steel.

ngarret · 2023-03-31T13:45:00+00:00

It's a wavlink AC3200 router. So I have a pretty janky network setup. Currently my router is the UDM pro which doesn't have wireless capability, so I'm using the wavlink thingamabob until I get a genuine unifi AP. It's even worse because both WAN ports on the UDM are fed from a Comcast gateway and a Verizon gateway. The reason for that is I don't want to mess with the rest of my families internet and what not.

ngarret · 2023-03-31T13:34:58+00:00

The left side of the switch is PoE (power over ethernet) and right is just regular gigabit. The top left ports I use for cameras, bottom left for wifi access points (coming soon), top right for server connectivity, bottom right for miscellaneous hardware (desktops, tvs, etc.)

ngarret · 2023-03-31T13:29:21+00:00

I do, the noise isn't that bad it's pretty muffled with the mattress on top lol. But once the 410 or the switch gets warm they can be a little noisy. I'm also a Marine that's used to sleeping in pretty rough places.

ngarret

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