Category Archives: Technical

10 Gig Speeds

Doctor said I needed more fiber, but I think she meant food not my network connection. I tested the fiber and it does communicated at 10Gb I did a direct connections and it was slightly faster at 11.0 GBytes transfer. … Continue reading

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New Office Setup

Starting to reconfigure one of the bedrooms in to my office. Office is ready. Tomorrow, testing Weight: 325.0

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Getting 10GB to work

Finally got 10G to work on my network. But not without some hoops. I got this Dell 10G card, apparently it is a Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES, or an Intel X520-DA2 10Gb, apparently it is picky on what GBIC … Continue reading

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San Juan Trip

Not sure if I am unlucky or lucky today. We went to San Juans today, for a 18+ hour trip away from home, and while I was gone couple things happened. #1 I cheap simple switch went offline knocking out … Continue reading

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Take It Back On Kasa

So I did not know it, but kasa is actually supported, it is just that they python code needed some tweaking. Got in to gym again today, feeling good. Need to go to bed early long day. Weight: 320.4

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Going In On Tasmota

Pretty disappointed with kasa, looks like they have locked it down so you cannot modify it for local use with python. I will probably return what is unopened and go something that can be flashed with tasmota. Pretty disappointed with … Continue reading

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Rack Part Almost Done

Rewire project is coming along nicely. The rack part is almost done, hardest part is to get the 4 channel LAG down to the server room. There are some cosmetic things that need to be done though. Need to cover … Continue reading

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Getting New Core Stack

New Server Core stack is functional but not in production. I got it pretty much configured the way I want it to be. Tomorrow going to put it in its spot, then maybe work on firewall. 10G seems to work, … Continue reading

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Continuing Rewire Project

Today I finally got to do some fun stuff. Racked and got my new equipment ready. New Switches, new cameras and new access points. This was fun not work. Weight: 324.8

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Appraisal Done

Been a long few days, today finally got to relax. House is good too, kind of don’t want to touch anything it is so nice. Slowly need to unpack and toss stuff now. For now I get to play with … Continue reading

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