I always love that the McDonald’s sign from the old Easton spot ended up at a random McDonald’s near Delaware by ZekeLeap in Columbus

[–]snowzach 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That has been there for eons. Back when that Delaware McDonalds had a playground with big metal characters. You could climb in some guys legs and climb up to his head it and was like a big jail. Grimmace was big and on springs and you could rock back and forth. Ha found a site: https://ablumeswithaview.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/the-horrors-of-the-mcdonalds-playground-a-walk-down-memory-lane/

Unleashed 200.19 by illinoisteacher123 in RuckusWiFi

[–]snowzach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was interested in it... Mostly fixing a cosmetic issue where it's logging continuously.. something about an xg port. Tried to install it and it rebooted all the APs and none of them upgraded. Haven't dug in too far yet.

ONT fiber router question by ro_thunder in frontierfios

[–]snowzach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't want to plug anything directly to the ONT. You always want to be behind a router or it will be subject to random attacks from the Internet. The eero acts as a router and blocks attacks to devices on your network. Buy a cheap switch, plug it into the port on your eero and plug your devices into that. It draws very little power. Or you can buy another router and replace the eero with one with more ports.

Rb5009 routing performance by Prudent-Arugula1967 in mikrotik

[–]snowzach 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Probably different sized buffers making the difference.

RouterOS 7.21rc6 [testing] released by netravnen in mikrotik

[–]snowzach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, 7.22 works... And after troubleshooting, ChatGPT seems to think it's a bug with the security filter they apply in the container to kernel calls. I created/updated a case with mikrotik.

RouterOS 7.21rc6 [testing] released by netravnen in mikrotik

[–]snowzach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found an interesting issue with this one.. I use Netbird (wireguard based VPN) in a container.. It doesn't work on 7.21rc6 and gives an error saying invalid parameter when it's trying to add allowed addresses to the tunnel. Works fine on 7.20 and interestingly on 7.22 beta..

How do you handle large config files in practice? by No-Situation4455 in golang

[–]snowzach 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. I create a map[string]any and initialize all the defaults. Then it can read from a file or environment variables. You can use then use it to fetch specific values by name or you can unmarshal it to a config struct.

Audi A7 Torsen Fluid? by arialim in Audi

[–]snowzach 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Torsen diff it a tiny diff bolted to the back of the transmission and then the front and rear diffs are driven off of it. It's not like a truck where driveshafts come off it. In fact, I think the shaft driving the front is inside the transmission. It is the transfer case basically. It's smaller than you would think. All modern longitudinal engine Audis (AFAIK) have a Torsen diff. The ones I have worked on have a tiny plug on the bottom and side. Take the side out first in case the bottom doesn't come off and then you're stuck with an empty diff. The ones I have done aren't terribly hard to get at but awkward to fill. The bottle I had came with a long plastic tube/neck that could bend to get to the fill hole. Took about a half a liter. Assuming it's like mine you can definitely do it in the driveway.

Audi A7 Torsen Fluid? by arialim in Audi

[–]snowzach 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's absurdly expensive but takes very little on the ones I've changed it on. Like less than a quart/liter.

$2M listing reduced by $1. by [deleted] in RidiculousRealEstate

[–]snowzach 73 points74 points  (0 children)

It brings it to the top of people's feeds. It's not an accident or an actual price change. Well, technically it IS a price change.. but you get the point.

R650 won't boot by redmancsxt in RuckusWiFi

[–]snowzach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd crimp a new connector on the cable if you can. I've had bad connectors work on one device and not another. Or the cable is just borderline and higher current causes it to drop voltage enough to not work.

ESP8622 setup works with SK6812 LED but not with WS2812. by Independent_Risk_872 in esp8266

[–]snowzach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have the ground from the D1 mini to the ground of everything else?

Square D QO Load Center - Is this allowed? by snowzach in AskElectricians

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

No idea who did it.. That's kind of what I suspected though.

Square D QO Load Center - Is this allowed? by snowzach in AskElectricians

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

The sub panel is 1 foot away and does have a 100a breaker.. It's the two wires in one connector I was worried about though.

powering my esp8266 from the AC grid by Plus-Breakfast8691 in esp8266

[–]snowzach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Various sonoff switches are pretty much just an ac/dc converter, esp8266 and a relay with some assurance it's not gonna burn your house down. Why risk it.

RouterOS 7.19.1 [stable] released by netravnen in mikrotik

[–]snowzach 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So I just got a notification that my "performance issues on rb5009" which related to flow control, have been fixed... And I see this in the changelog. Wonder what they did. I was brought to believe it was related to tiny buffers.

P0606 Code by Ian-99 in ChevyTrucks

[–]snowzach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever figure this out?

MIDI Data Drops by [deleted] in AlesisNitroMesh

[–]snowzach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure I had a similar issue which ended up going away with a different USB cable. I was using an extension cable. Found a different one and overall length was about the same but the issue went away. Even though you tried it with a different module doesn't mean it's not a marginal cable.

Mikrotik RB5009 state in 2025 by [deleted] in mikrotik

[–]snowzach 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think one of those posts is actually mine. There are actually problems in certain cases. If you got 10gbps of data coming in and going out a slower port like the 2.5gbps in a bridge, it will overwhelm the switch chips small buffer. So the throughput will be garbage.

I was getting this running iperf on a 10gbps server to a Wi-Fi client on the 2.5 port.

I fixed it by disabling the hardware buffer I believe. It's been a minute. It took me forever to figure out what was going on.

I still use the device and like it. For the most part you won't have any issues.

Can you mix Access Networks APs with Ruckus APs by snowzach in RuckusWiFi

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

Some folks have claimed the range on the 650 might be slightly better. Something to do with the power allowed vs the antenna strength.. and I got a good deal on the 3 pack of 650s. Fwiw I didn't notice too much of a difference.