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by mac_h8r1
Tue Dec 20, 2022 9:02 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: 10 Gigabyte Ethernet
Replies: 1
Views: 4017

Re: 10 Gigabyte Ethernet

This forum is effectively dead. I think this is the most recent post, but for what it's worth, and if you haven't gotten a response, it may be. Do you have metrics for the interface on the server? Is it maxed out at 900+ mpbs? Does the server have an additional NIC that you can bond and see if it he...
by mac_h8r1
Mon Dec 24, 2018 1:52 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Half FPS vs Gaming Site's I7 4790 with GTX 1070 WHY?
Replies: 56
Views: 11748

Re: Half FPS vs Gaming Site's I7 4790 with GTX 1070 WHY?

Ohhh this is a Dell 8700... Does the PCI Express run at speeds fast enough for the new GPUs? This was my leading thought as well and doesn't seem to be addressed. What was your previous working card? If it was a PCIe 2.0 card, it could have been working fine, and now a PCIe 3.0 could be limited to ...
by mac_h8r1
Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:44 am
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Recommend a 65" TV -- the less SMART the better
Replies: 42
Views: 13587

Re: Recommend a 65" TV -- the less SMART the better

Are you forced to connect any TV to WiFi? If you never join it to the network, there's no datapath. In a setting where family or roommates roam freely, the only guarantee is to have the function absent or permanently disabled. Faraday cage? :lol: Or MAC filter on your wireless network. If you wanna...
by mac_h8r1
Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:23 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Recommend a 65" TV -- the less SMART the better
Replies: 42
Views: 13587

Re: Recommend a 65" TV -- the less SMART the better

Are you forced to connect any TV to WiFi? If you never join it to the network, there's no datapath.
by mac_h8r1
Fri May 12, 2017 8:10 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: What's the last piece of tech you regret buying?
Replies: 224
Views: 33219

Re: What's the last piece of tech you regret buying?

I don't know if I regret it, but I bought the Zalman Reserator 3 MAX self-contained liquid cooler for my CPU. Might have been 2 years ago at this point, I'm afraid to look up the receipt. It's still sitting under my desk, unopened. I came across some hardware and built a new computer. Finally opene...
by mac_h8r1
Wed Nov 09, 2016 7:35 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: First Time AD Roll-Out - Planning, Should I?
Replies: 12
Views: 3149

Re: First Time AD Roll-Out - Planning, Should I?

As a recently hired first-time sys admin that has had to learn about AD and GP so it's still pretty fresh, I can say that you don't really have a choice between cloud and on-prem.  The cloud version of AD i.e. Azure AD Premium only gives you SSO for your enterprise apps.  It doesn't actually allow ...
by mac_h8r1
Wed Aug 03, 2016 3:26 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: HTPC Keyboards (Bluetooth)
Replies: 16
Views: 3032

Re: HTPC Keyboards (Bluetooth)

Hmmm, my MS Arc keyboard is nice and high-quality but it must be 5+ years old now. I will give the K830 a look as you have piqued my interest. It's really a good device, particularly since it has the trackpad, so you don't clutter the area with devices. Also, it's a minor thing, but at the top left...
by mac_h8r1
Mon Aug 01, 2016 4:28 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: HTPC Keyboards (Bluetooth)
Replies: 16
Views: 3032

Re: HTPC Keyboards (Bluetooth)

I've got the K830 and LOVE it. I had the Logitech diNovo for about 3 years until some of the keys just wouldn't register without smashing them. The K830 has been great. I got it June 27th and have not recharged it yet. The only slight gripe I have is that scrolling is hit-or miss sometimes, but it's...
by mac_h8r1
Tue Jun 21, 2016 7:33 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: What's the last piece of tech you regret buying?
Replies: 224
Views: 33219

Re: What's the last piece of tech you regret buying?

I don't know if I regret it, but I bought the Zalman Reserator 3 MAX self-contained liquid cooler for my CPU. Might have been 2 years ago at this point, I'm afraid to look up the receipt. It's still sitting under my desk, unopened.
by mac_h8r1
Fri May 06, 2016 1:40 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: SFF 16 port gigabit switch?
Replies: 48
Views: 8925

Re: SFF 16 port gigabit switch?

Everything posted has been unmanaged switches. If you're looking ahead, grabbing a managed switch or layer-3 switch can provide some additional administrative capacity, like segmenting off WiFi from your On-Q traffic. May I recommend the Cisco SG series? There's the SG200-10 and SG300-10. Ten copper...
by mac_h8r1
Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:53 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: TR and Macrium's Data Disasters contest entry thread
Replies: 48
Views: 14259

Re: TR and Macrium's Data Disasters contest entry thread

Oh boy oh boy I've got two! #1 - At my previous company, a law firm was a client of ours, and I was brought a PC from a lawyer who left in a rather dramatic fashion. They said they couldn't get it to boot. Sure enough, a successful POST, but no system disk found. I busted out either Hiren's Boot CD ...
by mac_h8r1
Mon Mar 07, 2016 4:08 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Old Linksys WRT54G Ver 6
Replies: 13
Views: 5250

Re: Old Linksys WRT54G Ver 6

Other than that, beyond their original era I don't understand the excitement with the WRT54Gs. It's a historical landmark, but it's outdated. I agree completely. I had a few kicking around in boxes, as well as some of the first draft-N routers and APs, some of which were hacked to be bridges. Alas,...
by mac_h8r1
Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:44 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Ergonomic "gaming" keyboard. Does it exist?
Replies: 49
Views: 28810

Re: Ergonomic "gaming" keyboard. Does it exist?

I've been using a Logitech Wireless Wave keyboard for quite some time now. It's survived quite a bit of abuse, and I think I may have changed the batteries out twice in 3 years or so. It has a good mix of ergonomics while not being totally weird for people who try to use it. Logitech used to make a ...
by mac_h8r1
Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:10 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Favorite Partition copying/moving/resizing utility... GO!
Replies: 22
Views: 2635

Re: Favorite Partition copying/moving/resizing utility... GO

Are any of these bootable solutions? Additionally, can they accommodate RAID cards? Specifically, I'm running a pair of old 60GB SSDs in a RAID-0 as my boot drive, and want to upgrade to newer 120's or 240's. I'd like to boot to CD/flash/util and grab an image of the array, then put in the new driv...
by mac_h8r1
Mon Feb 01, 2016 5:19 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Favorite Partition copying/moving/resizing utility... GO!
Replies: 22
Views: 2635

Re: Favorite Partition copying/moving/resizing utility... GO

Are any of these bootable solutions? Additionally, can they accommodate RAID cards? Specifically, I'm running a pair of old 60GB SSDs in a RAID-0 as my boot drive, and want to upgrade to newer 120's or 240's. I'd like to boot to CD/flash/util and grab an image of the array, then put in the new drive...
by mac_h8r1
Tue Nov 10, 2015 5:55 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Cable types and lengths
Replies: 11
Views: 1640

Re: Cable types and lengths

I'm in the same boat as you, computer-wise. Mine is an i7-920 on the X58 platform. I went MicroATX so don't have nearly as many PCIe ports as you do. I very recently upgraded my video card to the R9 380 and am thrilled with the upgrade. I have added a RAID card that supports 6Gbps as my motherboard ...
by mac_h8r1
Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:09 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Problem upgrading between Radeons
Replies: 12
Views: 2595

Re: Problem upgrading between Radeons

And the question is do you praise AMD for letting it's users abuse it's cards in the way the user wants to, or by not stopping people from killing their own cards doing mining and such? I'm of two minds here. Hope the 7950 was really cheap or you manage to figure something out with the miner. If an...
by mac_h8r1
Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:35 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Problem upgrading between Radeons
Replies: 12
Views: 2595

Re: Problem upgrading between Radeons

Aaaand it's the card. Dang. I threw a spare SSD and the 7950 in the server box and installed Windows 7. Got all the drivers installed and it booted without a hitch! Then I went to run the system rating. First test? Direct3D. Boom. Instant blue. Like before, on the original system. Reset and download...
by mac_h8r1
Thu Sep 17, 2015 11:15 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Problem upgrading between Radeons
Replies: 12
Views: 2595

Re: Problem upgrading between Radeons

Mining kills cards. Depending how they're configured, they can be running at higher power levels than any other workload, even with stock clocks, and they run 24/7. If there was issues with VRMs on those cards to begin with, using it for mining would probably only exacerbate the issue. FWIW, I woul...
by mac_h8r1
Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:35 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Problem upgrading between Radeons
Replies: 12
Views: 2595

Re: Problem upgrading between Radeons

Interesting. What could I do to test this?
by mac_h8r1
Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:58 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Problem upgrading between Radeons
Replies: 12
Views: 2595

Problem upgrading between Radeons

Please bear with me, this is a long read. I’m at my wits end troubleshooting this issue when upgrading a video card. This is the system I’ve got: CPU: Core i7 920 1366 MB: ASUS RAMPAGE II GENE X58 1366 RAM: 24GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz CL9 (6x 4GB) PSU: Corsair TX650W RAID card: HighPoint RocketRA...
by mac_h8r1
Thu Apr 09, 2015 3:59 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Large size SSD for personal machine - poll
Replies: 35
Views: 5472

Re: Large size SSD for personal machine - poll

If money were no object, let 'er rip. Seeing as enterprises and cloud companies are moving to large SSD, I see no reason why I wouldn't as well. The technology is thoroughly vetted, especially after TR's own SSD torture/longevity test. As it stands, I've got a pair of 60GB SATA III drives in a RAID-...
by mac_h8r1
Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:57 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Mystery: home router + connecting to VPN + GRE packets
Replies: 15
Views: 4347

Re: Mystery: home router + connecting to VPN + GRE packets

You can set your MTUs back to 1500. It isn't the issue since you have cable internet. Sorry to have you running off on a tangent.
by mac_h8r1
Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:50 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Mystery: home router + connecting to VPN + GRE packets
Replies: 15
Views: 4347

Re: Mystery: home router + connecting to VPN + GRE packets

That would be a router setting in internet configuration, sometimes it lives in an 'advanced' settings page.

Clients do not need configuration for this.
by mac_h8r1
Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:37 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Mystery: home router + connecting to VPN + GRE packets
Replies: 15
Views: 4347

Re: Mystery: home router + connecting to VPN + GRE packets

Worth a shot. Cable and basically everything else uses an MTU of 1500. DSL is 1492 because the PPPoE encapsulation requires the other 8 bytes.

This is one of the most common troubleshooting quick-checks when some secure sites and services work correctly and others do not.
by mac_h8r1
Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:28 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Mystery: home router + connecting to VPN + GRE packets
Replies: 15
Views: 4347

Re: Mystery: home router + connecting to VPN + GRE packets

What internet service do you have?

If DSL, the MTU must be 1492. If it is 1500, your packets can be split, and that doesn't bode well for secure connections.
by mac_h8r1
Wed Nov 20, 2013 5:41 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dymt reloaded
Replies: 26465
Views: 2513571

Re: dymt reloaded

I wouldn't call my first scotch experience a bad one per say. It tasted like burning, and when I burped it had that magnum black magic-markers smell. Interesting. I would try it again, this time from a glass and not a red party cup. Oh goodness, from a plastic cup? I'm sorry! Do you happen to know ...
by mac_h8r1
Mon Oct 14, 2013 12:24 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: FIRE WALLS?
Replies: 13
Views: 3765

Re: FIRE WALLS?

If it is behaving adequately for you, and especially if someone is familiar with the web interface, the TZ215 is the current model for that grade of SonicWall, and should do fine for you. It *should* even import the settings without much fuss. Make sure you go with unlimited nodes - it will save hea...
by mac_h8r1
Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:30 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dymt reloaded
Replies: 26465
Views: 2513571

Re: dymt reloaded

The original DYMT was born 10 years ago today. How are YOU celebrating?
by mac_h8r1
Fri Aug 16, 2013 12:26 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: PSA: Remote Desktop Connection Manager
Replies: 9
Views: 5224

Re: PSA: Remote Desktop Connection Manager

RDTabs has been great for me. Yes, there's an occasional crash, but the batch-editing of favorites is wonderful
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