[QUOTE=Nookyava;52844253]Now I have a question - I have the Cloud Controller for my setup but I realized I can't actually see my LAN network on it, only the WLAN through my AP.
So the UGS is what I need, which means that'd replace my EdgeRouter Lite. This is all so I can use the same control panel, is it worth it? Should I even bother? I'd love to have it all in the same place, plus being able to watch my traffic.
That also raises another question, do I need the switch for it? Or can I keep my D-Link?[/QUOTE]
Stick to the edgerouter. EdgeOS is much easier to work with if you want the option of doing anything fancy. I would replace the switch with a Unifi US-8-60W though, especially if you have a UAP manufactured after Sept 2016 that supports proper 802.3af power over ethernet.
Two less wires to deal with that way.
Makes sense.
Considering I'm supposed to be a network tech I should probably care about the fact that my home wifi is half the speed of the ethernet, but to be honest as long as youtube and printers are up i have never really cared.
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;52845396]What's the purpose of enterprise APs and small switching setups at home, is it mostly for educational purposes?
I'm new to this networking stuff and it seems like 99.99% of the time my home network has any issues it's because of the stupid ISP gateway disconnecting.[/QUOTE]
I can put APs where I need them in the house with minimal issues, just one wire needed. Whereas a consume wireless router you are probably going to have to deal with three wires minimim (1 WAN, 1 LAN, 1 power).
Are there any decent 1440p HDR monitors out there? 144hz is a plus but 60Hz is acceptable, or 75Hz if I can overclock it to 90Hz would be nice too.
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;52845396]What's the purpose of enterprise APs and small switching setups at home, is it mostly for educational purposes?
I'm new to this networking stuff and it seems like 99.99% of the time my home network has any issues it's because of the stupid ISP gateway disconnecting.[/QUOTE]
Its both really. You learn a lot about how networks actually work using a setup like this. But Ubiquiti is shilled so much because its really good equipment for the price. Not always the most user friendly or best documented (it can be pretty bad at times), but the actual hardware and software are reliable and perform amazingly. And Unifi AP's do a very good job. They are very affordable, the controller is just a Java program on a PC (rather than a dedicated appliance) and no contracts or license fees (which are very common on a lot of enterprise equipment). So perfect for home and small businesses. You can also buy used gigabit managed switches cheap on ebay. Usually noisy, but you can get fanless ones that are good enough for home use and have tons of ports.
Also, if you need decent wifi coverage, its better to buy multiple AP's rather than one powerful wifi router. Your configs and firmware updates are pushed out to AP's instantly, and clients will roam very easily. If you can run wiring in your house, it is simply the best way to do it.
I've been using an edge router for about a year and a half now and the AP's for about a year. The network never goes down (like straight up months of uptime straight, its only not longer because of patches) and the only time the internet goes down is if there is an honest to god ISP side outage.
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;52845507]Makes sense.
Considering I'm supposed to be a network tech I should probably care about the fact that my home wifi is half the speed of the ethernet, but to be honest as long as youtube and printers are up i have never really cared.[/QUOTE]
Work is work, life is life. If you don't want to run your home the way you do at work, that's your prerogative.
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[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;52845580]Are there any decent 1440p HDR monitors out there? 144hz is a plus but 60Hz is acceptable, or 75Hz if I can overclock it to 90Hz would be nice too.[/QUOTE]
CHG70 / LC27HG70QQNXZA
Tough to be fair, it's not a real 10 bit panel, dunno if there are going to be any 10 bit panels driven at 144Hz for a while. Like all new display technology, PC monitors are dead last to get them. Get a nice 60Hz LG OLED TV and just be happy IMO.
[QUOTE=Demache;52845171]I had bought the Edgerouter 6 months prior, I didn't expect to get Unifi AP's. I didn't bother changing to a USG, since while its a nice to have, it isn't necessary. And I can deal with two control panels, especially since I'm not made of money. But then again, I don't use a Unifi Cloud key. My controller is a Linux VM on an ESXI host.
I don't think you need a Unifi switch, you just won't have switch stats in the Unifi interface, so you won't be able to see usage and clients on individual ports.[/QUOTE]
So it kind of defeats the purpose to get an USG if I can't see the individual ports, although I would see the traffic going in and out of the switch, and I really don't feel like dropping $150-$200 on a Unifi switch.
[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;52845501]Stick to the edgerouter. EdgeOS is much easier to work with if you want the option of doing anything fancy. I would replace the switch with a Unifi US-8-60W though, especially if you have a UAP manufactured after Sept 2016 that supports proper 802.3af power over ethernet.
Two less wires to deal with that way.[/QUOTE]
I was debating that since the POE would be really nice and would remove the mess with the adapter, but like I said above that may be awhile down the road since I don't want to drop $200 now. Thankfully my current switch is only $20 so that's not that bad.
Ultimately the only reason I would swap over to the USG is to monitor my whole network, but if I need to not only swap the USG but also get a UniFi switch and drop an additional $200 it may be better just to sit and wait. Right now the controller is only watching my WLAN but that's not too bad. Only got one AP anyway.
[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;52845501]Stick to the edgerouter. EdgeOS is much easier to work with if you want the option of doing anything fancy. I would replace the switch with a Unifi US-8-60W though, especially if you have a UAP manufactured after Sept 2016 that supports proper 802.3af power over ethernet.
Two less wires to deal with that way.[/QUOTE]
I used to have my edgerouter, unifi, outdoor unifi, and my powerbeam all powered off my toughswitch pro. My entire network powered off a single power cable
[QUOTE=Nookyava;52845892]So it kind of defeats the purpose to get an USG if I can't see the individual ports, although I would see the traffic going in and out of the switch, and I really don't feel like dropping $150-$200 on a Unifi switch.
I was debating that since the POE would be really nice and would remove the mess with the adapter, but like I said above that may be awhile down the road since I don't want to drop $200 now. Thankfully my current switch is only $20 so that's not that bad.
Ultimately the only reason I would swap over to the USG is to monitor my whole network, but if I need to not only swap the USG but also get a UniFi switch and drop an additional $200 it may be better just to sit and wait. Right now the controller is only watching my WLAN but that's not too bad. Only got one AP anyway.[/QUOTE]
I was talking about the [url=https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-US-8-60W-Unifi-Switch/dp/B01MU3WUX1]$109 one[/url], not the [url=https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-Managed-Gigabit-US-8-150W/dp/B01DKXT4CI]one that allegedly cooks itself[/url].
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;52842090]Huh? Haven't been able to get [I]GitLab.com[/I] webhooks to work this way.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/zHr8BjJ.png[/img]
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Oh nevermind, I see what you mean. "Slack notifications" integration, not regular Gitlab webhooks.
Wish there was a way to set those up for a group rather than per project though.[/QUOTE]
You can set a Slack webhook to be enabled by default for [i]all[/i] new projects in Admin->Service Templates->Slack notifications, but that's obviously useless if you're not an administrator / you don't want every new project under the sun doing it. [URL="https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/group/index.html#advanced-settings"]The documentation seems to think you can set a group-wide webhook[/URL] (other information I can find says it used to be an EE only feature), but blown if I can find it in Gitlab 10.1 CE - all I can see is General, Projects, and CI/CD.
For the time being, I usually end up just copy / pasting my setting between projects in a group, but that's obviously not suitable if you have tonnes of projects / high turnaround.
[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;52845993]I was talking about the [url=https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-US-8-60W-Unifi-Switch/dp/B01MU3WUX1]$109 one[/url], not the [url=https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-Managed-Gigabit-US-8-150W/dp/B01DKXT4CI]one that allegedly cooks itself[/url].[/QUOTE]
Hm. $100 is a bit more manageable.
I'll have to see how I feel, I have about half a month to really think about it. I'd love to have it all under one CP and monitor it that way, but to be honest for a home network it's pretty good already.
Only sad part is I won't really get to utilize the UniFi controller with the key I bought but that alone just managing my wireless network isn't bad.
PSA: don't forget to set your log levels kids
[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNl1GOyXkAAqKIx.jpg[/img]
We had 2 vcenter servers fill up with logs and completely shit themselves recently
[QUOTE=Nookyava;52846212]Hm. $100 is a bit more manageable.
I'll have to see how I feel, I have about half a month to really think about it. I'd love to have it all under one CP and monitor it that way, but to be honest for a home network it's pretty good already.
Only sad part is I won't really get to utilize the UniFi controller with the key I bought but that alone just managing my wireless network isn't bad.[/QUOTE]
I like the idea behind the Cloud Key, but a AWS free tier works just as well if not better given rolling blackouts in the winter months where I live.
The cloud keys are pretty great but they tend to struggle with multiple captive portals
I don't even have a unifi server running, I just start it up on my desktop whenever I need it
I have a little not-raspberry-pi board I could run it on but meh, the edgerouter gives me enough stats, especially since it has deep packet inspection now
Well a recycled optiplex, a scavenged CX 500, and a purchased 1050ti later my roommate now has a workable gaming pc
So what the fuck is the point of the 1070 Ti if it's only like $20 less than the 1080
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;52846662]So what the fuck is the point of the 1070 Ti if it's only like $20 less than the 1080[/QUOTE]
I blame cryptocurrency mining for inflating the prices.
I could probably sell my 1070 that I bought last November for more than I paid
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;52846662]So what the fuck is the point of the 1070 Ti if it's only like $20 less than the 1080[/QUOTE]
Market segmentation.
TBH now that Vega 56 available at MSRP, it's a pretty good buy.
Vega is a good buy if you only ever play Doom and Wolfenstein.
[QUOTE=nikomo;52846886]Vega is a good buy if you only ever play Doom and Wolfenstein.[/QUOTE]
And don't pay to run a second AC dedicated to cooling the space heater.
[QUOTE=kaze4159;52846530]I don't even have a unifi server running, I just start it up on my desktop whenever I need it
I have a little not-raspberry-pi board I could run it on but meh, the edgerouter gives me enough stats, especially since it has deep packet inspection now[/QUOTE]
I think with some fuckery you could probably get the unifi controller running on the edgerouter, afaik EdgeOS is a heavily modified debian distribution :v:
[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;52847331]I think with some fuckery you could probably get the unifi controller running on the edgerouter, afaik EdgeOS is a heavily modified debian distribution :v:[/QUOTE]
IIRC it's not hard to do at all, basically get java running and install the server
People have suggested not to do this though because it'll eat resources, including flash rewrites since it's running a somethingSQL server
How viable is it to run Windows XP on a VM for old games and shit? Just wondering
[QUOTE=kaze4159;52847384]IIRC it's not hard to do at all, basically get java running and install the server
People have suggested not to do this though because it'll eat resources, including flash rewrites since it's running a somethingSQL server[/QUOTE]
Yeah, good point.
[QUOTE=Fox Powers;52847392]How viable is it to run Windows XP on a VM for old games and shit? Just wondering[/QUOTE]
It's easy as long as you have an XP license key. Virtual box and VMware both fully support 3D acceleration in XP guests.
Though if you need Windows 98/ME support, vmware's is much better in that regard.
[QUOTE=Demache;52847588]It's easy as long as you have an XP license key. Virtual box and VMware both fully support 3D acceleration in XP guests.
Though if you need Windows 98/ME support, vmware's is much better in that regard.[/QUOTE]
How could you deal with stuff like audio or graphics driver, considerinh a modern gpu will be rendering that stuff and XP drivers are non-existant
[QUOTE=Fox Powers;52847670]How could you deal with stuff like audio or graphics driver, considerinh a modern gpu will be rendering that stuff and XP drivers are non-existant[/QUOTE]
You don't use the drivers for your physical hardware. You install the "Guest Additions" (what they are called in Virtualbox), which is really a suite of drivers and software to make the virtual machine easier to use and more efficient. Some of those drivers allow sound and 3D acceleration. Sound drivers just pipe sound to the hypervisor, into your sound driver, like it were any other program.
What the 3D accelerator driver really does is pass DirectX and OpenGL instructions to your computer's real graphics driver, and communicates it back to the virtual machine. Its really just a middle man to bridge the gap. There is a small performance penalty, but on modern hardware running old games, you won't notice. Note that you have to explicitly check the box to install the driver and enable it on the VM (as well as increase the VRAM), as it is a security hole, but unless you plan on going full Vinesauce Joel and purposely installing adware and malware on the VM, its not an issue.
However, if you were running this on a Linux box, and your PC supported VT-d extensions, you could have a virtual machine use a separate graphics card directly which allows you take take full advantage of the card in a VM, where you would run into the problem you described. But that's a not something you have to worry about.
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