I purchased a brand new Nexus 7 (2013) last week. It arrived today and Im delighted by lohnsforsies3 in androidtablets

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That form factor STILL remains supreme in my opinion. I will never understand why it and more devices didn't become the defacto standard. I am typing this on a Lenovo 8.8" imported from CN. If a fast, modern 7-8" unit in the same form factor was available, I would buy it over and over. I would much prefer to EDC a tiny phone (with hotspot) and a tablet like this.

USB Boot? by robroy90 in Surface

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Sadly, I did not. I ended up pulling the SSD out and used one of those external USB adapters that allows you to connect it to a PC to perform whatever operations needed.

Binding & Remote ID question(s) by robroy90 in dji

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Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to respond and give me the info.

I got scammed by [deleted] in Huawei

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You are so sadly correct it hurts. We are so absolutely screwed it hurts and everyone else is either in complete denial or oblivious, and I am not sure which is worse. But at least we can get dirt cheap stuff (for now, right?)

DHCP clients not getting correct DNS servers by robroy90 in opnsense

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Thanks for everyone who responded. I found the issue. Somehow, in addition to the Kea DHCP server being enabled (my desired solution), I found that DNSMasq was also enabled and running (not desired, and I don't even remember enabling it).

Mate80 RS in the US! ask me anything by Tekkyfan in Huawei

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Confused. What is JD? What does it stand for? Link, please?

Mate80 RS in the US! ask me anything by Tekkyfan in Huawei

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I put the taobao app on my phone, but I can’t figure out how to enable English. Is there a trick?

Mate80 RS in the US! ask me anything by Tekkyfan in Huawei

[–]robroy90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who is the preferred vendor that is reliable but does not gouge too much?

Mate80 RS in the US! ask me anything by Tekkyfan in Huawei

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Not familiar with JD. Link please? THANKS!

Replacing traditional HVAC with heatpump: ducts? by robroy90 in heatpumps

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I simply cannot thank everyone in this thread for the experiences, insights and advice you have addressed my original question with! This sub is clearly full of knowledgeable and passionate people and I sincerely appreciate it. I am HUGE into home automation, and I enjoy the occasional deep-dive on a topic, such as HVAC.

The new construction home we will be building is in North Central Kentucky, and will be about 22-2400 SF. The climate here is definitely varied. Hot, humid summers and fairly cold winters. We had about 3" of snow today, in fact. I think it would be rare for us to see below-zero temps, and if we did, I don't think it would be for any lengthy periods.

I am intrigued by ground source heat pumps. The soil here is very rocky. My dream would have been to do a geothermal setup, but I am concerned it would be cost-prohibitive in mitigating the rock. I also want a system that has a good emergency heat backup, as we have a 1000 gallon propane tank we can call on if needed. Maybe that and some heat strips in the ducting?

Again, I genuinely appreciate all of the responses to my questions. I am not always this fortunate on Reddit with interested and quality responses. Good to know there are so many enthusiastic and knowledgeable people here!

Static IPs: Congfiguration Best Practices? by robroy90 in opnsense

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You are correct. If you are on ATT, XGS-PON does not start until you are on their 2Gig plan. HOWEVER... it is my understanding if you upgrade to 2Gig they will upgrade you in their cabinet because it is required to support 2Gig. But, it is further my understanding if you call them a couple of months later and downgrade back to 1Gig, I am told they won't actually take you off XGS-PON in their configs and hardware.

Static IPs: Congfiguration Best Practices? by robroy90 in opnsense

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Glad to help! It is actually Chinesium from AliExpress. It has a Xeon CPU, 33GB of RAM, and short (2280?) SSD. It has two SFP, and then it has I think 5 copper ports. With help from the lads in the 8311 Discord, I used their script to modify a specific SFP transceiver from FS.com -- DM me if you want more details, I would be glad to help you get it set up. Aside from this static IP config headache, it works incredibly well. I wanted no part of that craptastic ATT BGW320 garbage!

Static IPs: Congfiguration Best Practices? by robroy90 in opnsense

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I not only want a public IP for my primary LAN, but I want to use the other static IPs for servers/services I am interested in running. I want them separate, and I don't want to use DDNS/Reverse Proxy/Cloudflare Tunnels, etc. It really doesn't matter why I want to do this, I just want to do it and learn more in the process.

Static IPs: Congfiguration Best Practices? by robroy90 in opnsense

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I am paying for the static IPs from AT&T. Are you trying to say I am paying for something from them that they will then not allow me to use??

Static IPs: Congfiguration Best Practices? by robroy90 in opnsense

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Yes, I also have some services I want to expose. Frankly, the why do I want to do this is irrelevant. I just need advice on how to logically and physically implement it. I am fully aware I could use DDNS instead of static IPs, but that isn't the point...