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  1. rborth

    Help! Network discovery won't stay on / can't start DNS Client service (Windows 11 Home)

    As the old saying goes, “That’s not a bug, it’s a feature”. ;>( I spend 99.9% of my time in a local account. I didn’t think that could be significant. But to check I logged into a MS account on two very similar but different WIN10 computers. It was months (?) since I did that and had to wait...
  2. rborth

    Help! Network discovery won't stay on / can't start DNS Client service (Windows 11 Home)

    %%&^& Microsoft $##W$$ Windows 10 updates! The hours I have spent fixing the broken results! Network discover was broken so many times I just ran out of time & patience. I now find the device in the File Explore search window, for example \\MACYCLARK-HP and then pin it to Quick Access. See...
  3. rborth

    Sharing USB in Mesh configuration.

    https://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ax88u-the-samba-server-software-gives-some-random-read-errors.83855/ Check around on this site. So far my conclusion is to avoid using the USB ports for Samba share due to possible data corruption. But I keep watching for a firmware update to fix this. For...
  4. rborth

    Detachable antennas

    https://www.everythingrf.com/community/what-is-eirp https://www.air802.com/fcc-rules-and-regulations.html Countries have different authorities that regulate transmissions, for the USA it’s the FCC. Unfortunately it appears to follow the rules for POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT connections that for high...
  5. rborth

    Can this coax cable be used for internet?

    The NEC being insurance company sponsored could care less about actual practical working conditions like noise. Their goal is to reduce failures which could result in insurance claims. For example any co-mingled wires in the same path, conduit or box could be subject to a short or miss-connect...
  6. rborth

    Can this coax cable be used for internet?

    Yep, nothing, even Fiber is completely absolute immune to noise. But can we say less of a probably than inflation, taxes and death which are more of a certainty? Not a partisan political statement, but more of an attempt of humor. ;>)
  7. rborth

    Can this coax cable be used for internet?

    Fiber being light based wouldn't that have to be a strong light of the wavelength that that the transceivers have significant response to at a level after fiber cable attenuation? Then again mechanical vibrational interference could interfere with termination losses. Those I haven't heard of...
  8. rborth

    Can this coax cable be used for internet?

    Guys, IMO is tough to give quick answers to complicated topics. To discuss induced noise one can only qualify a transmission system which includes the driving source and topology, the cable and the receiving source and topology and the common mode noise between send & receive. But generally...
  9. rborth

    Guest wifi for smart devices

    I'm new here but want to learn and contribute, I don't know everything but I'm not a so called "bonehead" either. Maybe I 'm Not Young Enough To Know Everything might apply? Or something else? You have seemed to have done your homework. Thanks.
  10. rborth

    Guest wifi for smart devices

    The topic is: “Guest wifi for smart devices”. To me it’s not about how much traffic is added to the WAN or how much overhead is added to the router as I don’t have troubles there, it’s about isolating possibly misbehaving iOT devices as much as possible from my internal LAN and WLAN. All my...
  11. rborth

    Guest wifi for smart devices

    Good to look back and refresh those old DRAM brain cells to avoid losing the data. Our first network was an IBM AS400 running twinax. And like you, thinnet tying select PCs together. Later added 10BT hubs that had provisions for the thinnet "backbone". We upgraded buildings around 2000 just...
  12. rborth

    Guest wifi for smart devices

    IMO, Agreed the chatter to the WAN does not decrease. The goal is to decrease the chatter between the IoT devices via the WAN and the unnecessary chatter to other "real" locally connected clients visa the LAN. Then the discussion about how much we want our AI iot devices "phoneing home". For...
  13. rborth

    Guest wifi for smart devices

    drinkingbird: You clearly have done homework. Me, I'm still learning. My ioT guest network seems fine SANS the 2015 SONY blue ray, no longer supported as in EOL and streaming services suspended, and connected to a guest network. I also have two no Intranet guest networks. I had to connect...
  14. rborth

    Guest wifi for smart devices

    My Azus RT-AX Routers allow for 3 x 2.4Gig Guest Networks so why not allow for a dedicated iOT network for added security? Selecting Guest Network-1 and disabling Intranet access, this gives it it’s own IP address range also. I don’t trust Chinese or Amazon products to necessarily “behave”...
  15. rborth

    Asus RT-AX86U as USB failover and samba station. Hi can the Asus RT-AX86U as USB failover connection and samba station at the same time?

    Is that a current USB modem? Sounds like the speeds I was seeing in 2016 with HSPA+ AKA 3.5G. Another possibility is the modem is located in a position with low signal strength. I find this a catch 22. The modem probably wants to be in a window with the best line of site to the Cell tower while...
  16. rborth

    External disk advice

    OK, I did some R&D but there is a possibility you are not as secure that you think you are. And my older NAS devices are WD, but glad I did not expose then to the Internet. https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/13/hackers-claim-vast-access-to-western-digital-systems/ Just data points I found but...
  17. rborth

    Asus RT-AX86U as USB failover and samba station. Hi can the Asus RT-AX86U as USB failover connection and samba station at the same time?

    Somewhere I had run across a list of USB cell modems supported on line. You might have more affordable route with your cell phone tethered. Use the USB drive only when you verify that there is no data corruption. That way you only have your time to lose. Best of luck, looking forward to your...
  18. rborth

    External disk advice

    Thanks, I learned something. I guess I'll have to research the security of file encryption and it's possible downsides. heysoundude: as a funny coincidence side bar, I was a sound guy for 51 years at retiring and my grand kids call me dude ;>)
  19. rborth

    External disk advice

    https://www.uschamber.com/co/run/technology/3-2-1-backup-rule#:~:text=Here's%20what%20the%203%2D2,least%20one%20backup%20file%20offsite. Here’s what the 3-2-1 backup rule involves: 3: Create one primary backup and two copies of your data. 2: Save your backups to two different types of media...
  20. rborth

    Disk hangs with 100% CPU

    I found large files were being corrupted. Unless you follow up with a bit compare every time , which is impractical, those corrupted files will just trundle on down your back up regime. This should be able to work, but for now until and if it's fixed, I decided go in another direction. Some...
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