Recent content by cbm

So, first real report on my 10G infrastructure upgrade: This is from a Mac Mini M4 w/ 10G Ethernet, through a MikroTik 10G switch, into the Qnap QHora-322 router. I had Sonic fiber installed about six months ago, but it took me a while to convince myself to spend the money to upgrade the...

I get that people who have a bunch of odd things on their network might want to stop them from opening ports, and leaving UPnP off is best practice generally. That said, I have just a couple things that I trust (e.g. Synology NAS) on my network that I now have to deal with manually with this...

First stumbling block with the QHora-322: it seemingly has no UPnP support. I have a couple things that rely on UPnP. I know I can figure out the manual port forwarding, but it's a PITA.

Thanks! I can't say how I like them so far, as the last pieces are showing up on Monday, if the transit gods are good to me. "Fancy" is a relative term here, but I got Qnap QHora-322 router, a MikroTik CRS304-4XG-IN 10 Gb switch, and some cheap 8-port 2.5Gb switch with a couple of SFP+ cages.

I bit the bullet and am in the process of upgrading my network to a mix of 10 Gb, 2.5 Gb, and still some legacy 1 Gb. All told, I sunk about $1000 into this upgrade. I figured I'd buy stuff before any potential tariffs go into effect. I get "up to" 10 Gb fiber from Sonic, here in the San...