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sharkytm posted:Network rack, semi wired. I just signed a 2-yr Comcast Business agreement for internet... $20 more than I pay at home (1km away) with half the speed. What a racket. But you have a SLA! *jazz hands* In your shoes I probably would have spent a long time considering a wireless link between home and office and just buying overpriced internet at one. Even though this would probably be a bad idea.
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This is pornography. (I know it when I see it, folks.)
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Truly jealous. Wish I had that much garage space to work with.
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CommieGIR posted:Truly jealous. Wish I had that much garage space to work with. Crunchy Black posted:This is pornography. IOwnCalculus posted:But you have a SLA! *jazz hands* Trees, man... I looked. Nanostations could handle the distance no problem, but there's a lot of foliage in the way. And a cell tower, which I don't think they'd like me cutting down.
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We had a ~100 yard point to point wireless system between two buildings in our campus when we didn't own the land between of them. It started dropping packets like crazy every time it rained or got really windy. Don't really recommend them, at least the implementation we had installed.
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Jun 4, 2019 01:10
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rscott posted:We had a ~100 yard point to point wireless system between two buildings in our campus when we didn't own the land between of them. It started dropping packets like crazy every time it rained or got really windy. Don't really recommend them, at least the implementation we had installed. I've built a couple of point-to-point networks with Ubiquiti gear, and it's great when it works. Unfortunately, my house is relatively high, elevation-wise, but the shop is in a slight valley. And there's literally a cell tower in the middle, which would cause tremendous interference. Plus... trees.
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If you will permit a question on the subject... I'd like to get internet out to my shop, 120' LOS from the house. Paved driveway makes a RF solution best I think. I've seen that there are a lot of products that claim to work. Any advice on what the best value is?
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Your wife’s boat looks awesome! I know nothing about boats, what are the posts that are sticking up from the bow and stern?
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angryrobots posted:If you will permit a question on the subject... I'd like to get internet out to my shop, 120' LOS from the house. Paved driveway makes a RF solution best I think. I've seen that there are a lot of products that claim to work. Any advice on what the best value is? Not Sharky, but I've setup close to a dozen Ubiquiti installs for this exact case. They work amazingly well.
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Ripoff posted:Your wife’s boat looks awesome! I know nothing about boats, what are the posts that are sticking up from the bow and stern? angryrobots posted:If you will permit a question on the subject... I'd like to get internet out to my shop, 120' LOS from the house. Paved driveway makes a RF solution best I think. I've seen that there are a lot of products that claim to work. Any advice on what the best value is? Agree with above: Ubiquiti makes the most affordable and reliable units I've used. I've used them at sea, blasting WiFi out to subsea vehicles during surface intervals. We have torn them apart, stuck them inside the vehicles and added external antennas. PoE powered, lots of antenna options, and very reasonably priced. The nanostation should cover your needs, but if you need external antennas, I've used the rockets in the past. 120' is nothing. We regularly ran 5km. Hell, you could probably set up a basic bridge between Unifi AC access points and get away with it.
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angryrobots posted:If you will permit a question on the subject... I'd like to get internet out to my shop, 120' LOS from the house. Paved driveway makes a RF solution best I think. I've seen that there are a lot of products that claim to work. Any advice on what the best value is? If your shop has electricity that runs through a breaker box in your house, I'd recommend buying a powerline networking adapter kit. Otherwise go for the wireless stuff they're recommending.
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Ubiquiti Point to Point solutions are affordable and Enterprise grade.
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CommieGIR posted:Ubiquiti Point to Point solutions are affordable and Enterprise grade. Yep, just about to deploy another set of Nanobeams to connect a couple buildings, and I expect to get well over 500mbps with this 5AC Gen2 model.
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nthing Ubiquiti. Even if you're not technical, everything is very well documented--so long as you're willing to go whole hog on their ecosystem for your setup. If you're concerned about your technical know how and you're not trying to stream 4k video out to your 80" display in the shop, and don't want a project, a powerline adapter is a good bet. Bearing in mind, however, the broadcaster and receiver have to be on the same breaker, which means if you have a subpanel, prob out of luck.
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They don't have to be on the same breaker, but having them on the same leg really helps.
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I used a powerline networking kit to get internet to the cabin behind my parents house. There's a subpanel in the cabin and it still works fine. I'd recommend you try a few different outlets on different circuits for your home - I agree with STR (if I'm understanding him) that you want to be on the same hot wire for both circuits. Get one of the higher speed versions - you're not going to get ANYWHERE close to the advertised speed, but in my experience the speed is very consistent with no dropped packets - unless a big motor kicks on or something. An air compressor or something could probably knock out the signal temporarily.
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I pulled 4x Cat5e cables into the office this week, plus a couple pieces up over the lab, and two up over the front bay door. Got a Dell 5524 waiting at home, an EdgeRouter X, and a Unifi AC-lite waiting to go in. Optiplex 5040 SFF is in the lab, and got an HP EliteDesk 800 G2 to do psuedo-server duties (NVR via BlueIris, Unifi controller, file storage, etc). I wanted to go Ubiquiti for the switch, but the pricing is pretty high even on used models.
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sharkytm posted:I pulled 4x Cat5e cables into the office this week, plus a couple pieces up over the lab, and two up over the front bay door. Got a Dell 5524 waiting at home, an EdgeRouter X, and a Unifi AC-lite waiting to go in. Optiplex 5040 SFF is in the lab, and got an HP EliteDesk 800 G2 to do psuedo-server duties (NVR via BlueIris, Unifi controller, file storage, etc). I wanted to go Ubiquiti for the switch, but the pricing is pretty high even on used models. Do you need a managed switch? The $100 8 port with 4x PoE is good. It can power the EdgeRouterX off PoE, as well as the AP and is managed by the controller. Not bad IMO. Now the UniFi controller software and the ERX don’t work well, but the X is better then the USG 3P so worth the hassle IMO.
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I need managed due to VLAN needs. 6x chinese security cameras sure as hell aren't getting on my VLAN, nor are any of the IoT devices I've got planned (Konnected.io alarm controller, smoke/fire detectors, etc). I'm used to an ER3L and Unifi here at home, so I'm used to the split interfaces. I'm not buying a USG, so I'll deal. I'll run the Unifi Controller off a VM from the main server. Comcast was out today, on time and very neatly installed their fancy modem/gateway. Which I promptly put in Bridge mode and changed the user password... not that there isn't an admin pass, but whatever. Just waiting on the console cable for the 5524, there's a password set and I only have a serial console cable that isn't wired the same colors for a Dell switch. Amazon to the rescue.
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I wonder if its Cisco wired, they have "different" ideas about serial consoles and though its been implemented by a lot of vendors now, its not the "one" standard, Not to hijack sharky's thread, but if anyone has Ubiquiti application questions, feel free to pm/email me since I am a network engineer for a WISP and basically do that as my job. The order from best LoS to none cheaply goes like this: Mikrotik 60GHz Ubiquiti Powerbeam 5ac Litebeam 5AC Ubiquiti 2ac gear (we don't use this much due to interference) For nasty shots I'd say Loco900 or Rocket900 with dual polarization yagi, but don't expect more than 50Mb or reasonable jitter under even the best setup. All of these require pretty careful band planning, especially in densely populated areas. Just be prepared to have to deal with someone elses PtP links that you wouldn't otherwise notice due to the antenna gains.
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Console cable worked fine. Reset the admin password, and started re-learning VLAN setup, this time with the Dell flavor. Got the security cameras up and running on their own VLAN, just need another NIC for the server so it can talk to the cameras and the rest of the network.
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Anti-archives bump. I've been working on a new product for the past 6 months, and finally rolled it out to the customer who specified it. After a few bumps in the road, they're finally using it and everything seems to be working. This is a huge achievement for me, as it's the first soup-to-nuts new design for my product line since I purchased it. It's nothing crazy complicated, but anyone who is involved in electrical/mechanical design knows that it always looks easier than it is. Here's to more sales beyond this initial round, and hopefully a bunch of work for me in the future.
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Hell yeah, dude. That’s awesome! I’m taking it that you need to be light on details due to customer privacy / NDAs but was it a camera setup for research or something crazy like a James Cameron movie? 
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Ripoff posted:Hell yeah, dude. That’s awesome! Nothing crazy, just a compact camera, light, and scaling lasers with a novel communication/power setup. Basically custom-designed for a specific customer and use case. Big name outfits like to try and weasel discounts because of "exposure"... Ask any artist and they'll know the same bullshit. I don't care about exposure, I care about getting paid.
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That's heckin' awesome! Congrats!
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Hell yeah dude, that owns
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Another month gone by. I've been spending quite a bit of time with my mother, who moved up here a few years ago to be closer to me and my wife. She's had Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer for several years, and has been working her way through the available treatments. We've finally gone to infusion chemo, after trying other alternatives. Cancer sucks.
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sharkytm posted:Another month gone by. I've been spending quite a bit of time with my mother, who moved up here a few years ago to be closer to me and my wife. She's had Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer for several years, and has been working her way through the available treatments. We've finally gone to infusion chemo, after trying other alternatives. Cancer sucks. Cancer does indeed suck. Give her our best.
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Just keeping this now E/N thread out of the archives... I'm flying to Richmond VA today to pick up my mom's new Volvo XC40 and drive it to Massachusetts. Stopping in Frederick to pick up creamy red bitch beer for my wife, and driving in the first Nor'Easter of the season. At least I'll be driving something safe! The XC40 is quite the vehicle. My mom test drove one before her most recent chemo treatment, and decided she wanted one. In pearl white, oxide red leather, Inscription trim, advanced package, vision package, charcoal headliner, 20" wheels, Polestar, and full appearance package... She's been really involved in the process, and I think it's kept her mind off how she feels. She might be dying, but she'll have a nice car for the first time in her life.
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Safe travels, and while you're at it, would you mind harassing my sisters whilst in Fredneck?
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Beverly Cleavage posted:Safe travels, and while you're at it, would you mind harassing my sisters whilst in Fredneck? LOL. I barely stopped long enough to buy 72 bottles of soda. The Volvo is great, my mom is pumped, and I got a fun road trip. Win win win. I'm also talking to a Slovenian fellow about some really dope wheels for the Jetta. 16x7.5...
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Bump to keep this out of the archives. Jetta's in storage. Still have too many cars.
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Hey man sorry we couldn't meet up when you grabbed the Volvo! Great looking shop setup you have there.
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No worries. Nice MR2!
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Guess what followed me home today? https://imgur.com/a/Rq8Xc9F
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sharkytm posted:Guess what followed me home today? 3ph with a 1000amp slow blow fuse and PVC air lines? I hope thats not your shop.
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Not my shop. The fuse has been replaced, and the PVC is the air inlet. I wondered if anyone here would catch the "fuse"... I hooked it up today and it runs very nicely. I've got a charge cooler with a fan to connect, too. Thinking about wiring a temperature switch to the charge cooler fan, and I need to wire a switch to the mag starter.
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Would have been more amusing if they'd used an audio/visual alert fuse, though that may not have been able to carry enough amps.
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New compressor is finally installed. Pictures soon. No piping yet, but the copper is waiting.
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No major updates, just keeping this out of the archives. I had likely the most stressful week of my life last week. I survived, I'm doing well, business is busy, just gotta breathe sometimes. Stay safe and call your parents and grandparents if you have them. sharkytm fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Apr 16, 2020 |
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