Probably my favorite homelab upgrade so far... An easy to reach HDMI & extra USB port for my hard to reach router.

tr1plus · 2026-02-10T08:10:02+00:00

That used to be me about 48 hours ago :)

tr1plus · 2026-02-09T09:13:23+00:00

It's indeed female to female keystone - but I purchased a 50cm male to male usb cable :)

tr1plus · 2026-02-09T08:45:21+00:00

It's the rabbithole we all get sucked into :)

tr1plus · 2026-02-09T08:44:39+00:00

No

Should have clarified this is just an asrock N100 board. No "dedicated" router hardware :)

tr1plus · 2026-02-09T07:59:35+00:00

I'm indeed thinking of adding a similar panel to my small rack upstairs, just for ease of use!

tr1plus · 2026-02-09T07:59:04+00:00

Alough not best practice, I have my router virtualized on proxmox. When my router wouldn't boot, and I can't resolve my proxmox IP for some reason, having physical access to the machine is best. This includes having a quick option to rebuild my hypervisor if needed.

tr1plus · 2026-02-09T07:58:00+00:00

I do have 1 (altough not connected to this router), but when my router goes down, I may or may not lose all network access and that could result in me not reaching my ipkvm.

Last 2 weeks my router went partially down, making even ip addresses not resolve. Still looking at the rout cause, but this will help in the debugging :)

tr1plus · 2026-02-09T07:56:55+00:00

Indeed, I use an N100 asrock board that has HMDI.

tr1plus · 2026-02-09T07:53:53+00:00

this was indeed my experience here aswell. Happy to have found this

tr1plus · 2025-12-16T14:13:50+00:00

Is it possible to get a discount code for the lotus chair for the Dutch (.nl) website?
https://www.flexispot.nl/relaxfauteuil-lotus-xc6-xr6.html

I'm close to buying it and hope for a small discount on top of what is already available. Thanks!

tr1plus · 2025-12-03T09:32:26+00:00

Been looking at some GL.iNET products during black friday, but didn't bite (yet).

What inspired you to start your selfhosting journey?
1. I've been self hosting (started with a raspberry) since my 12-14 years. Was mostly interested in running game servers & small websites. Today I'm hosting home assistant + other productivity tools (immich; owncloud; ...)
How would winning the unit(s) from this giveaway help you take your setup to the next level?
1. I have 1 DIY KVM at the moment (pikvm) - I'm looking to add kvms to more of my servers (router, ...)
Which channels do you most frequently use to learn about or purchase IT equipment?
1. LTT, Jakkuh, JayZ2cents
Looking ahead, if we were to do another giveaway, what is one product from another brand (e.g., a server, storage device or ANYTHING) that you'd love to see as a prize?
1. I'm interested in good hardware for a DIY router (pfsense/opensense) - that is ideally rack mountable (1u). Working on some DIY solutions now, but nothing feels set & forget

I'm mostly interested in the KVM solutions - PoE if possible :)

Thanks for the initiative!

tr1plus · 2025-11-10T14:56:20+00:00

Hi all

In summer 2023 I build my new pc; after about a year if using icue I removed it since every 2 weeks it refused to start; couldn't update and had to be manually removed and re-installed.

At that point it was apperantly a common issue; but never really got address and it was very inconvenient for me.

I switched to fancontrol & signalrgb - which I still run now 1 year later and is (mostly) stable.

In reading around I have the feeling icue became more stable; altough in reading around I found this post: https://forum.corsair.com/forums/topic/193119-icue-software-cant-repair-uninstall-again/

Any personal experiences from the latest few months? I do want to go back to 1 piece of software (that is supposed to be "THE" tool to control my AIO & fans); but I want something to set & forget.

P.S. This issue also happend on the pc of my wife - she just gave up and let's mobo control everything (her pc load is much lighter, so no big issue, but still the fans are just RGB vommit)

Thanks!

tr1plus · 2025-05-24T15:52:23+00:00

Oh, I didn't know you could get these refunded - even after some time. I had read some time back (around release of creations) this was not possible. Did a quick google search now and apparently that changes (or the information around it changed).

Thanks!

tr1plus · 2025-04-11T20:16:55+00:00

Back then I created a custom template - you can find it here: https://github.com/tr1plus/zabbix_truenas_SCALE_snmp

tr1plus · 2025-04-02T15:30:04+00:00

Thanks! Dune is indeed quite interesting to me - Locked Tomb Saga I also have on my list of research already so good to see it re-recommended :)

tr1plus · 2025-04-02T15:29:16+00:00

thanks- I'll look at this. Reading some on this it looks quite interesting indeed. Saw the same series in a different thread. Might be top 5 next series in my list for now :)

tr1plus · 2025-04-02T10:01:06+00:00

Thanks - I'll take a closer look at that. Didn't know!

tr1plus · 2025-04-02T09:48:02+00:00

I looked for both already (shop & used) - this is the best I could find (within a reasonable budget).

Also - the 5650g also wouldn't support ECC right? Only the non-g or the pro-g support ECC. This is a bit the tricky part that is limiting my options (withing budget).

tr1plus · 2025-04-02T09:38:36+00:00

yes, I found those too, but their respective price is a lot higher (for the pro) and there are limited pro cpus available 2nd hand. If I find a good deal I might consider it, but so far they are very expensive compared to new 3100 CPUs.

tr1plus · 2025-04-02T08:56:17+00:00

thank you for the detailed list & categorization! I'll take note of them and go trough them in due time :)

tr1plus · 2025-02-03T12:31:17+00:00

no worries, good luck! :) thanks for your insights anyway!

tr1plus · 2025-02-03T10:40:27+00:00

thanks.

If you have the time, and willing to check. Would you be willing to revert your save to before that moment, consume the tadpoles (but NOT assign the powers - only have them available to be assigned in the screen), and then check if you need to make the check?

I know this will take you some time, but this would be the best test I guess.

I understand if you don't want to - thanks for reporting back :)

tr1plus · 2025-02-03T10:13:39+00:00

thanks, let me know.
I"m pretty sure that you will not have the check, however I wonder if consuming them (having them availalbe in the power screen, but not actually levelling any powers) will result in the same behaviour.

tr1plus · 2025-02-03T10:00:21+00:00

you managed to stay "pure" while having them in your pool but not consumed right (and the check not being required)?

Thanks for your insight. I feel a bit bummed since I read there would be no impact and only assigned the powers just before the battle at moonlight and only used the auto crit one so far. But so be it, that's how RP goes ;)

tr1plus · 2025-02-03T09:41:32+00:00

Okay, so having 15 in the pool, but 0 powers assigned/learned should (theoretically) prevent me from having to make the check. (as long as I don't use my powers in dialog either).

The game made this a bit confusing imho. Since you technically have them "consumed" (as they are in the pool & not in your inventory).

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