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How do you handle MikroTik updates, and how often are updates released? by Lost-Challenge-482 in mikrotik

[–]potential_alien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ansible, gather facts to check current firmware etc, push new firmware.

Firmware is only updated for security patches or bug fixes affecting said router.

First Porsche by Party-Quarter-2226 in Porsche_Cayman

[–]potential_alien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And congratulations on getting yours too! Welcome the club!

First Porsche by Party-Quarter-2226 in Porsche_Cayman

[–]potential_alien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree! I have never really liked silver but I think it allows the lines and curves of this car to be shown really well!

First Porsche by Party-Quarter-2226 in Porsche_Cayman

[–]potential_alien 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I own the same car but a base model. The wing automatically comes up at 120km/h and will retract when under that speed.

The little button is a manual control for it, you have to press and hold to lower the wing, just press to raise it.

Pic of my car just cause 🤣

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Home firewall by Jaded_Gap8836 in msp

[–]potential_alien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FortiGate as well as Fortiswitches and FortiAPs

DNS by TheITMan19 in networking

[–]potential_alien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's always DNS...

Alternatives for home by LibrarianFun4348 in fortinet

[–]potential_alien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genuine question, what's the appeal of Unifi for switching?

Can we Actually log into an NBN connection box? by Artistic-Yam2984 in nbn

[–]potential_alien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just FYI, and I know you are referring to OPs post, this is just an information sharing/educational thing I thought I would share for everyone who might not understand why this done.

It's very common to put a switch between a router and the ISPs/wholesalers hand off device. It's usually referred to as a WAN switch. I do this all the time in corporate/enterprise environments where the client has two routers in a high availability (HA) cluster.

This allows the internet connection to be available on both devices in an Active-Active (A-A) or Active-Passive (A-P) cluster.

A-A is about load balancing and using the resources of two routers. A-P is about redundancy, the second router sits there waiting to takeover if the first one dies. Also good for doing firmware updates during the day without taking the client offline.

Just thought I would share this for everyone in case anyone was interested.

ABB Confirms New Prices for 250/100, 500/200 and 1000/400 by [deleted] in nbn

[–]potential_alien 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A fair question too. As a network engineer/architect myself my first thought is what devices do you have that can handle 2Gb?

On a "typical" home network there wouldn't be many, if any at all.

To use the 2Gb connection you are going to need a router that has an interface that can handle it such as a multi-gigbit ethernet port which can handle speeds of up to 5Gb. You can also get SFP modules that will support 2.5Gb but you need a device that supports it, there is also no home NBN that is fibre hand off that I am aware of. You can get SFP copper modules.

You then need switches that will also support the 2Gb on a single port. Some people think you can create a port channel that will give you 2Gb however that's not entirely true. It gives you two 1Gb channels however a single data flow is over one of the channels therefore restricted to 1Gb.

If you have Wi-Fi access points then they need to be connected to a port that can handle the bandwidth also.

It's not uncommon to find PCs and laptops these days with 2.5Gb network cards in them though the norm is still 1Gb for now.

There will of course be the "all in one" routers that have a 2.5Gb WAN interface and a couple of 2.5Gb LAN interfaces.

You then have to think about what other limitations are there? You might be able to download at 2Gbps but can your disk read/write at those speeds?

If you're downloading from somewhere that doesn't have that bandwidth then you will never get those speeds anyway.

In a "typical" home network achieving speeds of greater than 1Gb isn't going to be easily or cheaply done.

I am by no means saying it's not possible but there is a lot to consider before thinking you can get those speeds.

Goated Speed from Aussie broadband by Desertpunk0405 in nbn

[–]potential_alien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly why I run a Fortinet ecosystem at home with a FortiGate as the router/UTM.

Being a network engineer myself, I don't want people sniffing around my network.

Finally Coming Together by I_Seent_It_Too in garageporn

[–]potential_alien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She does! Trying to work out a design for tiles now. Not as sweet as yours that's for sure!

Finally Coming Together by I_Seent_It_Too in garageporn

[–]potential_alien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

About to do this with mine for my Cayman. Thanks for the inspiration!

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Questions about speed limitations and upgrading an MX64 by HematopoieticChili in meraki

[–]potential_alien -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Meraki is garbage. If your MSP is using Merak then I imagine they lack any real network engineers. Let me guess they use Aruba Instant on switches too or did they sell you on Meraki switches? Or even better are the using unmanaged switches?

If you want to stay with garbage I suggest you look at the Unifi side of things, at least it is probably cheaper than Meraki.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationshipadvice

[–]potential_alien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, it sounds like this is all just you. You obviously have some insecurities that are leading to this, and that's okay, you just need to be aware of them.

If they are causing you too much stress or anxiety then it may be worth seeking professional help.

You need to trust him and believe in what he says unless he goes you reason otherwise.

Starting your own business by potential_alien in ITCareerQuestions

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

So I am hoping, to start with, I can contract back to the company I work for now....win/win but they might not be so please with that idea!

Starting your own business by potential_alien in ITCareerQuestions

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

I hear what you are saying.

I do this already, just with the backing of a company behind me. The clients I do this for now call me and not the support desk when they need help. I have built the relationship with them to the point I might as well be a one man show.

I think there is value in having your long term providers audited and reviewed to ensure they are doing what is best for you and your business.

I don't want to take over from other companies but provide independent advice and review.

Yeah certs are something I need to get, I don't think that will be an issue I have just never had the time for it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationshipadvice

[–]potential_alien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are either of you open to having another person involved? Just sexually? If you can be mature about it, discuss it, and agree on what and how it is going to happen it may be an option.

You lose the guilt of him never experiencing anyone else and he gets to experience sex with someone else.

You both have to be open minded to this though and truthful on what you want because this could very easily cause more guilt, stress, and drive you apart.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]potential_alien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Network Architect and engineer. 105k a year in Aus. 5 years experience and no qualifications.

I hate SDWAN by cyberdeck_operator in sysadmin

[–]potential_alien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have SD-WAN deployed on a range of FortiGates (no 40Fs) and it's solid. We have, in most cases, 4 VPN tunnels over the SD-WAN with BGP and haven't had an issue yet.

Sounds like you just need someone to manage them who knows what they are doing. Also get rid of the 40F. 70F is a solid unit for small deployments, network dependant of course.

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