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    Is MU-MIMO just marketing hype?

    It's similar but not the same. Yes on a normal wireless connection you can get up to 3 spatial streams between the router and the client. But this requires at least 3 antenna chains on both ends to accomplish this. What a non MU-MIMO device cannot do is allow more than one client to communicate...
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    802.1x wireless authentication - RADIUS (NPS) certificate confusion

    You are on the correct path. The whole point of using Public CAs is because they are preloaded on all devices to allow secure connections to be built between two parties who have no connection. By using a 3rd party broker you can facilitate the connection. This is what you are doing for just...
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    Ryzen 2500u laptop as proxmox/pfsense box

    The part that most people don't catch is that this is going to be PFSense in a VM. Proxmox is going to be handling bare metal so it changes everything as far as device compatibility. So device compatibility in this case is what drivers are available for Debian Linux vs being compatible for FreeBSD.
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    Looking to replace my ftp server software with something faster

    So the best I can tell you is that you're asking for a server. Windows 10 is a desktop OS, not a server OS. If you used a server OS a decent chunk of the legwork will be done for you. If all of the people accessing the content are read-only downloads and no uploads, then you're basically just...
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    Ryzen 2500u laptop as proxmox/pfsense box

    Yea if you're going to be making a case anyway then I would say then the adapter chain does make sense. You definitely should fab an actual mount for the card so you don't cause the system to flip it's lid when you bump it. That's probably the part that will make this make sense versus having...
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    Ryzen 2500u laptop as proxmox/pfsense box

    Yea which is what you'd need to make this work. $20 for the brick, $30 for the adapter, ~$40 for a dual port nic. So almost $100 just to get a system with dual port nics on it. If you could find a cheap used desktop and toss in another nic it would probably make more sense since it won't be a...
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    Looking to replace my ftp server software with something faster

    SFTP on a linux box is generally working by default without even needing to install anything. :p The additional info I provided has more to do with doing it in a way that is actually secure versus just opening up your box directly to the internet. FTP isn't necessarily set and forget either if...
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    Looking to replace my ftp server software with something faster

    Nope, you're probably using FTPS (File Transfer Protocol Secure) not SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol). The difference is the first one is traditional file transfer with TLS riding on top. The second is an SSH tunnel with FTP inside of it. From 5 seconds on Google Filezilla doesn't support...
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    Looking to replace my ftp server software with something faster

    FTP is garbage anyway. Simply using SFTP on basically any linux box should give you about 200mbps (25MBps) without having to tweak anything. A guide for Ubuntu on how to grant SFTP to users without granting SSH...
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    How many games have you refunded?

    2, Verdun and BeamNG Drive. Both games are praised by the people who play them, but I can't see why. Verdun could be a good game but it's ruined by the ranking system. No one really talks about the fact that when you start as a new player you're level 1, there is only one server you can play on...
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    Ryzen 2500u laptop as proxmox/pfsense box

    After looking at it, I'm going to guess that no it probably won't power anything without the auxiliary power. https://pinoutguide.com/HD/M.2_NGFF_connector_pinout.shtml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2 Cobbling together those two sources, an A+E configuration has 4 x 3.3V pins for power...
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    OnePlus 9

    One Plus doesn't need to do a ton of fancy software magic because they don't have mediocre sensors like the Pixel and iPhones do. I've never been impressed with an iPhone camera to date and probably never will. (I'm talking about going all the way back to an iPhone 4) Galaxy on the other hand...
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    Ryzen 2500u laptop as proxmox/pfsense box

    Yea I could see using something like that if you were then going to toss a desktop card at the end. The only issue I'm seeing is that because it's a x1 slot you have almost no choices for dual port cards. The only ones I'm seeing are no name adapters so it might end up costing a bunch of money...
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    What Mouse is in Your Laptop Bag?

    I've had a Logitech G5 in my bag for more than a decade, wired or bust!
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    Why is 4g lte or 5g unreliable when streaming and moving in a train or car (as passenger)

    Streaming video can have vastly different requirements so it's a bit of a loaded statement. Video isn't constant either, you usually download a bunch to a buffer, it's plays for a bit, then you download a bunch again. Where you run into problems is that when the phone has to hand off to the next...
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    Ryzen 2500u laptop as proxmox/pfsense box

    I'm not even sure what kind of adapter you're talking about to be honest. I'm picturing a little card that has two ethernet jacks on it that you're somehow trying to snake a wire out of the inside of the laptop to make that work. (Kind of the impression I'm getting from Google) I can't imagine...
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    Ryzen 2500u laptop as proxmox/pfsense box

    "server-grade" as a loose term. If I saw the primary internet connection for one of my sites going through a usb dongle someone would be getting demoted, but in the same vein no one would be running their firewall off a consumer laptop. So for what you're doing sure a USB dongle should be just...
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    Ethernet cable questions and more!

    Sounds like the non working cable is bad. As for the type, you can figure out what cable it is by cutting it open and looking at the number of twists per inch. There is no hard fast rule, but if it's less than 2 twists per inch it's probably 5 or 5e and if it's more than that it's probably 6 or...
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    Best way to have a redundant internet connection at home?

    How are you getting LTE into the fortigate? Is the box supplying it ethernet enabled or do you have some type of USB or wifi setup?
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    Valheim

    That's one way for sure and probably the most popular one. But given this game is creeping up on 5 million players I would think you can find people in any of your social groups who play it or want to get it. You're already here, so there might be some people even in this thread who might also...
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    Valheim

    Wow 2 for 1. A lot of the servers in the list are there not because they want to be, but because you couldn't avoid it being in the server list, and then the ability to use dns will make it much easier to direct new players. This game is really designed for tight knit player bases so you're far...
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    Best way to have a redundant internet connection at home?

    Opnsense / PFsense will do this with varying levels of success. I'm sure that DD-WRT / Open-WRT likely offer an option for it, and devices like the Unifi Edgerouter have dual WAN capabilities. The biggest issue lies into how to connect the hotspot device. If your backup connection has an...
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    pfSense 2.5.0 upgrade results?

    Glad you mentioned this as I hadn't read about it. I would say the writing is on the wall at this point they want to lock down the installs to try to steer you towards their appliance / buy a subscription from them. A few versions back when I saw a unique serial number pop into the dashobard for...
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    pfSense 2.5.0 upgrade results?

    The older releases were much more appliance like and that the upgrade basically just reflashed / loaded the entire OS as a blob. So more like loading firmware on a router or a phone where it was just one big file that was copied over. The newer versions are simply using the package manager to...
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    How Bad is Comcast in 2021?

    Google 100% did shake things up. You couldn't get AT&T fiber before Google and definitely not for $70 a month. Just because Google didn't follow through doesn't mean they didn't impact the rest of the market. If I remember correctly Verizon FIOS was $100 a month before Google came along as well.
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    How Bad is Comcast in 2021?

    Yes it's pricey, but it's a relative thing. Google shook up the market with the $70 a month pricing and others followed suit. Comcast didn't want to cannibalize their coax offerings so they never released a 1 gig fiber option. If you wanted the same service you're getting as a residential...
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    How Bad is Comcast in 2021?

    The one thing no one has touched on here yet is that you can in fact get fiber from Comcast, but it's going to cost you. Comcast does have 2 gig fiber which is 2 down / 2 up over it's Metro-E circuits in basically the same manner as the enterprise users get. You get a CPE (customer premise...
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    How Bad is Comcast in 2021?

    I keep seeing modem and router being used interchangeably here. Yes they do like to blur the lines even further if you're talking about an XB6 or whatever where they are a combined device, but generally speaking they are two separate components. In your example I'd bet it's 99.999% not the...
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    How to get WiFi distance without going broke

    This is a good solution with a couple of caveats. It does seem to have an all in one so one of the devices has wifi built into it. But since it's an older model it's 2.4ghz N only. I don't think that will be an issue in this case, and if it's not desirable you can likely just disable the wifi...
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    Buying a second Asus RT-AC66U B1 will this work ?

    There is a question in there somewhere, but I'm not sure what it is. So fiber goes into AT&T all in one right now in the garage, and there is ethernet coming off the AT&T box going into the living room which is also where you have Asus wifi #1. You want to do something with Asus #2 but I'm not...
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    How to get WiFi distance without going broke

    It's 300', not 3,000. I have a UAP-AC-M with the optional panel antenna on it and can get usable bandwidth on a phone like 800' away LOS. (20 down, 5 up) I'd think for OP that a pair of Unifi AC Mesh with the standard omni directionals can handle 300' just fine if they are mounted outside. If...
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    How to get WiFi distance without going broke

    The diagram does show the laptop as being wireless on the primary side, so yes you can likely get away with having wifi devices mixed in. The thing to keep in mind is that wireless is shared between all clients, so if you're running a bridge then that means anything behind the bridge is fighting...
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    GameStop Stock keeps going up no end in sight

    Bloomberg did a piece on this a couple days ago. Esentially their anaylst's take is it's unlikely they would do this. The reasoning is basically the current largest investor just spent the last year working toward buying back a ton of shares and getting 12% of the total shares. If they wanted to...
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    Bug in SUDO allows any user to get root privileges

    [H] is on the ball! I saw the vulnerability show up directly from Qualys, but bleeping computer seems to be one of the first new sites to pick this up. This is going to be a big race to get everything patched for sure. The only good news is you do need that initial attack vector, but I'm...
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    Valve, Capcom, Bethesda, Fined $9.4 Million by EU for 'Geo-Blocking

    Would they though? Do you think the average consumer is going to go through that kind of hassle? There are already sites that can streamline the process and people aren't using them. If selling a game in an unregulated market is going to cause them to go out of business, then maybe they...
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    Valve, Capcom, Bethesda, Fined $9.4 Million by EU for 'Geo-Blocking

    I'm definitely not saying I have the solution to that answer, it's a tough nut to crack. But at the end of the day the reason why it's a problem is because the company is selling their product in an unregulated market at a reduced price. Don't sell your product in a market were people can side...
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    Valve, Capcom, Bethesda, Fined $9.4 Million by EU for 'Geo-Blocking

    I agree with you, but this needs to be a two way street. Someone has to pay for the game, so the people in the US pay for said game, and the game companies can sell the game for additional profit in other markets that can't pay full price. So if you want to be able to make a profit by selling an...
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    Tower server

    I can't really comment on the price, but know the processor is from 2014 and that system is likely of a similar age. If you look up the service tag it will tell you when the system was built. I'd guess 2014 - 2015 time frame. As for the processor, it's from the Ivy Bridge family, which would...
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    Any thoughts on current best practice surrounding iSCSI segmentation when moving to 40G or 100G?

    I don't think you're going to get a very straight forward answer to this. There are many factors as to why you would do it one way or another, and it's going to depend upon the architecture you're using. Why are you even purchasing 40G links? Because you can? Is it because your 10G links are...
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    Valve, Capcom, Bethesda, Fined $9.4 Million by EU for 'Geo-Blocking

    Meh, we're talking about items with loose pricing to begin with. If you want regional pricing then someone should be able to buy an RTX 3060 for like $200 because their area has a lot less income. I don't see that panning out too well that one area can get the exact same product for 1/4 of the...
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