Recent content by LoneWolf

Note (to anyone concerned) that since Ubiquiti access points use the Unifi software (separate platform from AirOS) that these are not affected. This will affect Ubiquiti's point-to-point wireless gear, their AirRouter/AirRouter HP line, and the Toughswitch.

No gateway AV function is perfect. But ASUS wouldn't bother with the Trend Micro logo if they weren't working with them, and the code likely wouldn't be closed-source either. Chances are likely that the gateway AV works (it often does in many firewalls and UTM devices that have it in using the...

I would say this is incorrect. However, I'll put it in a middle ground way. On one end, you have an enthusiast router. Just a router. Let's use the RT-AC66U as an example. It's a reasonable router, it has nice wireless. But no protection. On the other end, you have UTM devices from...

I didn't have a need either, but due to needing to exchange my AP once, I acquired one due to the thoughtfulness of one of their engineers, which means I no longer need the Ubuntu LTS VM I was running on my home server, though I still use it to play with a little for other reasons.

If you're trying to replicate, you would do well to let us know what the existing switch model is, and to stay close to that family. The issue is probably localized to a family of switches. There could be plenty of models it might not happen to due to hardware or software being significantly...

As others have said, Synology or QNAP are your best bets. Western Digital has mediocre (at best) support for their NAS units. I tend to work with Synology, and am happy. If all you need is storage, I'd look at the DS216j, which is an important step up from the base DS216se by having a much...

It will all center on two things: 1) Ease of use when it comes to the software and setup 2) Glitch-free connectivity Consumers want "enough" wireless speed for their half a dozen devices (i.e., a 1080p video stream from the DVR, Jane's tablet, Bob's laptop, Suzi's phone), not all at peak at the...

HP equipment can be of two distinct divisions: Consumer, and Enterprise. I'll agree with anyone that consumer-level equipment isn't very good, and support is poor. On the other hand, Enterprise gear (all of their business lines) is usually decent stuff. There are lines of equipment that I...

I second that. One SSID per AP is something that a home user might do, perhaps with cheap APs or wireless routers set to AP mode. that are not in a clustered environment. Once you move beyond that, with something like the Linksys LAPAC1200PRO or LAPAC1750Pro, or Ubiquiti, or OpenMesh, the...

802.11AC is relatively uncommon on UTM firewalls still, whose development lags behind enthusiast routers. This is often because in this environment, clients prefer "stable" over "new", and while 802.11AC is really coming into its own, a lot of SMB environments do just fine on 2.4/5GHz 802.11N...

The N3150 and N3700 don't increase CPU performance much over the J1800/J1900 before them --really, the major improvement is in video acceleration and decode due to a new GPU architecture, and in energy savings. Most benchmarks show the older processors keeping up just fine, I believe due to the...

Most higher-end NASes, Thecus included, use DIMM sockets. I recently inherited a Thecus N4200PRO (Atom D525-based), which was high-end at the time it was sold, and it's got a single SODIMM socket. It came with 1GB of DDR3, but was upgradeable to the full 4GB that the D525 supports (though I...

Calling HP a rebadge of 3Com is supposed to be an insult? 3Com had some excellent switches prior to their acquisition by HP, and was a heavy hitter in that field.

I can live with it - the NIC works fine for what I need, I'm just picky. The system plays the "Tears Of Steel" H.265 4k .mkv demo fairly well, which is a pretty hefty load. Not quite flawless, but then again, I don't have a 4k television, so that's fine with me. Coupled with a 128GB SSD and a...

Mine will do a Wifi card too, but all of my TV equipment is wired into my Netgear GS110TP switch, so I didn't go that route. I would have liked an Intel wired NIC though instead of Realtek.