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oooooh multiple subnets and routers wow so impressive, did you graduate top of your class with over 300 confirmed kills? If you had any hint of intellectual life in the sack of meat currently occupying your location, you'd consolidate it to one router/UTM and deploy dedicated AP's, this is a home network after all isn't it? You made no mention of VPN's, that speaks to me that you depend on DLNA because you'd be too ignorant to figure out a more efficient method to stream outside your home otherwise. It makes the difference of another guest VM to use DLNA. At least 1GB, and I only have 48GB in my hypervisor, so that's not insignificant. Since you're so smart, you should know why it's necessary. No one who matters [to me] uses iOS or Xbox or PS4. What kind of archaic devices do you barbarians use that don't support modern codecs? All the displays for my devices are at least 1080p, and they're all on 802.11ac or gigabit Ethernet so resolution nor bandwidth are issues. Some devices don't support iso mounting or BD rips, so remux. In case you were too thick to understand this, I will spell it out for you: I already know all of these features of DLNA, and you are merely regurgitating reasons that I find inadequate for the existence of DLNA.

Haha no do not make mistakes like that buddy. Basically, I'm not saying you should do anything because I don't care what you want to do or what you want to believe. The fact is that DLNA is a bundle of garbage that only serves to complicate things and compromise security. It asks for permissions to do anything it likes, and then acts as a proxy to let everyone else to abuse that permission. That's a massive leak, so what else about DLNA can anyone respect if the fundamentals are FUBAR? More importantly, where's the AD integration? No one wants to mess with extra layer of useless trash that brings nothing to the table, there is no need and no space for DLNA to exist because we already have everything we want. No one cares about PS4 or Xbox. Displays and Projectors should have DVI, DP, and HDMI input, that is all. No one will pay for extra DLNA garbage. Nothing about DLNA is native if it requires a DLNA server... thus the bare foundations of your arguments are severely flawed. You may be incapable of using SMB to stream, that does not give you right to call it crap. It works perfectly fine for me using Kodi. If you failed highschool, it does not mean the school is crap, just means you're stupid.

#2 is wrong, actually most devices support SMB. Do you realize how prevalent SMB is? Pretty much every PC running Windows or Linux (which includes Android). In comparison, DLNA is a drop in the ocean. What person with a proper computing infrastructure even has a purpose for DLNA to fill? It is not natively compatible with 99% of devices that actually matter. The fact is that DLNA has no place in normal homes, unless some fool insists on getting a "Smart TV" that is locked into DLNA and doesn't have the logic capacity to get a HTPC.

Plex is crap. Easiest way to share: 1. Properties>Share>turn on sharing 2. Go to other device>browse to IP>open files I repeat, Plex and DLNA are crap.

I see... thanks for the explanation. I can see why it exists, now I know I should never waste my time on it. Mohenjo, from what I understand, Sony and Intel do not profit from DLNA.

Yes, SSH indeed. Right now I'm using Sophos UTM which has a Remote Access feature; essentially uses SSH to tunnel you into the router where you can set it to allow you access to your LAN, WAN, another network at home, a specific device on your network, or any combination. After enabling the feature, you simply go to your external IP:443 and download the Sophos SSL VPN client, hit connect, enter the username/password you set, and you're in. You can also use PPTP if you want to use the Windows in-built VPN client, and I believe IPSEC also works if you use Windows Server Remote Access. I'm pretty sure there are similar features for pfSense and DD-WRT.

Why does DLNA exist? Does Sony expect users to run another guest OS on their hypervisor just to install and run one of their bloated junkware DLNA servers, then install a DLNA client on their HTPC instead of using Kodi? Oh, don't forget mobile devices, because of course I would rather consume media on my tiny tablet or cellphone instead of my HTPC. Obviously these devices all don't already work with SMB at all, so my only option is to add another layer of Sony DLNA bloat on top of both ends while locking myself in to their server, player, and protocol. The biggest surprise? These fools at Plex have the nerve to ask for money to use their junkware. Someone please [try to] explain to me why DLNA exists, what problems it fixes that SMB has, and why I should use it over SMB.

Sorry for the fubar'ed title, forgot to write the second half because I couldn't think of anything at the time and left it

I thought the wrong version of the driver was installed because Device Manager showed a driver from 2013 (rather than 2015 as it should be). I uninstalled the driver a few times but it kept popping back. Then I remembered to uninstall the Intel driver software. Now I need to uninstall this remaining default software and reinstall that Intel driver that I just uninstalled. It's telling me that the Intel adapter doesn't exist BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE FFS INTEL. Attachment related. Help please.

Bump...?

This old but fully functional notebook PC worked as expected with Windows 7, just as fast (or slow, rather) as it was when new. After installing Windows 8.1, the graphics drivers were manually installed. This hardware seems to be quite old and obscure, so there were difficulties here, but eventually I found the correct driver. I did not change any BIOS settings, so whatever IRQ settings worked previously (most likely default) are still there. The problem with Windows 8.1 from the start is that the hard drive is very slow to respond - after requesting an action from the computer, such as starting an application or opening a folder, nothing will happen for 5 seconds. Then the hard drive activity indicator will light up and whatever was requested will happen as usual. After installing the AMD graphics driver, this delay seemed to be shorter, but it's there and intolerable nonetheless. In device manager, there are no question marks and Windows 8.1 claims that the SATA driver is the best version available. I can't imagine it being a hardware problem, but likely a software conflict, or some Windows 8.1 default security setting that is delaying everything. Has anyone experienced an issue like this before, and how was it solved?

Thanks for the advice. Where did you go? I went to Orlando recently, 550D and 30mm 1.4 on person with speedlite in the bag, just like you advise. But, I would imagine that it'd be different if it were a sight seeing vacation? Lots of landscape, mountains, glaciers (I think?), cruise ship. I'm still not sure what to bring though... Definitely 50 1.4 and at least one flash for dinners, want to bring 24-105 f4L IS but it isn't quite sharp enough. 70-200 f4L isn't the most expensive, but it is my sharpest glass so I'd like to bring it, but considering what you said I'm not sure... I can fit everything in my bag, just the two speedlites are awkward to fit without feeling like it's going to be crushed (grr!!!)

There's no raining on parade, I asked for reasons and I got them, so now I need to consider how/if they affect me. 5Dii is three times the price of 5D, so that's the other side of the coin. That's $800 difference, which is a 24-70.

Why? Why? Why? I don't need to know what other people would do. I need to hear reasons for and against what I'm thinking about doing. What are the reasons against the 5D, considering the low price of a FF sensor?

I buy stuff from Ncix sales and make up my mind later.