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    Untangle - Hardware Specs

    I was a bit worried about buying there but it turns out to be ok, they sent it using dhl, I could see tracking info and after three years later the qotom box is still working no problem.
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    Untangle - Hardware Specs

    Have you look on those qotom boxes from AliExpress?
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    Switch approach to PoE Devices and Backup Power

    As other have mentioned, get a smaller switch for you critical AP and then get a big ups for that switch. that is what I do, I don’t care about the AP in the backyard but with one ups I manage to get 1.30 hours from ups for ont, OPNsense and 3 AP
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    OpnSense Advice?

    using OPNsense for a while now, I find it simpler than pfsense
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    Poe+ powered switch recommendations

    I have the GS105PE and it works fine for me and I guess that it will work perfect in your scenario, I have a different one I guess a bit more complex and it works just fine. My area suffers a lot by power outages so I had to get a portable gas generator to power a few devices (1 firewall with...
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    Anybody using a cloud service to backup their QNAP NAS?

    I’m currently using dupliciti + backblaze for off-site backup, working very good so far and also very cheap Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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    Static IP

    Some ISP do and some don’t charge you for the static IP, the ISP I used to have when I had dsl gave me the static ip for free, they just made me write them a letter asking for it, now I have cable and they ask $8/month for the static ip Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Start up questions

    Yes, keep the kit, and just search for the sensors you like the most, for adding sensors/devices is as simple as press a button and follow 3 steps on your phone
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    Installing a alarm system...

    Do you have a alarm system in the house and you want to add something to monitor it or you dont have anything and need to buy all at this point? If you have a a DSC or Honeywell alarm system it might be compatible with envisalink by eyezon, you will get sms, email or push notifications if your...
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    Routers as AP or true AP

    The house is about 3121.5ft² (290m²), it is all made of concrete, so one router is not enough to cover the whole house, that is why there is a 3 routers/ap to cover all the house. I don't doubt upgrading to a newer router will be a big improvement considering the old routers they have now but I...
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    Routers as AP or true AP

    I have to replace three old routers (N) in a house (family), they have some old wrt310 routers in three different places in the house to get proper wireless across the house. In my house I do the same with 2 R7000 and 1 EA6500v2, but I did it this way because I already had these routers, I did...
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    Recommendations / TS-251 vs TS-251A vs DS218+

    Hi, thanks for your feedback, I did notice the cpuboss information and saw it is a little faster. At the end I decided to go with the ts251a just because it was newer than the ts251+, it can handle more ram than the Synology and also because the qnap OS seemed more mature to me. Thanks again...
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    Recommendations / TS-251 vs TS-251A vs DS218+

    Im planning to upgrade to any of these three NAS devices. Already decided im going with a 2 bay device, price is almost similar for the three models mentioned. TS-251a and DS218+ look very similar to me, both can do 4k, dual core intel processor, both can do transcode on the fly but it looks...
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    Router for IoT Security

    I am doing exactly what you are trying to do (as shown in the last diagram you shared) with a Netgear R7000, three vlans, trusted devices, guests, IoT. This r7000 is running tomato kille72 v2017.2. It just works for me and I just spent about $90 for the router. Sent from my iPhone using...
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    Web interface or GUI for LFTP (entware)

    Looks like ftps is not supported. Sorry Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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