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Shylidi

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    Shylidi got a reaction from Lurick in Network layout showoff   
    Whew, here we go
    I've got one pfSense router, running on a Dell R320 with 32GB of RAM and a 6 Core CPU, the most important part is it has a Chelsio S320 NIC in it. The nice thing about Chelsio is that it can handle the full stack. The CPU (almost) never needs to get involved. Which means I can pull full 10Gbps line rate to the internet, even with 400+ firewall rules and 6 VLANS, with a complete /26 network of addresses routed to my network (64 addresses) speaking of which:

    Networks:
    MAIN - home network for trusted devices, can talk to remote
    REMOTE - offsite at a data center location, these servers provide HA and stuff. useful, and nice to have my dns and stuff in a separate location so even if most everything here crashes, the alt router can take over everything while I sort the mess.
    GUEST - open portal to the internet, isolated from the network completely, I live next to a park and have an AP pointing that way so people can use it, plenty do.
    IOT - locked down, when a new device joins it connects and gets the DMZ IP, which allows it to talk openly to the internet BUT it is completely recorded with a port replication and a wireshark, I look at the packets, figure out what it needs and give it access to only what I deem acceptable.
    FRIENDS - separate networks for friends to host servers, I let my friends put servers and systems in, and I give them VLANs with a public IP and a /28 network for their hosts.
    RETRO - extremely locked down VLAN with no access to the internet, only can talk to my workstations, in case i feel like playing winXP solitaire, or some DOS games.
     
    Switches:
    LIGHTNING: Extreme Networks Summit X670-48x (48 10Gbps SFP+ Ports)
    PLASMA: Extreme Networks Summit X450e-48p (48 1Gbps RJ-45 PoE Ports)
    TORNADO: Nokia 7210 SAS-S 48F4SFP+-1 (48 1Gbps SFP Ports + 4 10Gbps SFP+ Ports)
    HAIL: Nokia 7210 SAS-T 12F10T 4XFP-1 (12 1Gbps SFP Ports + 10 1Gbps RJ-45 Ports + 4 10Gbps XFP Ports)
    THUNDER: MikroTik CSS610-8G-2S+IN (8 1Gbps RJ-45 Ports + 2 10Gbps SFP+ Ports)
    HURRICANE: Ubiquiti US-XG-6PoE (4 10Gbps RJ-45 PoE Ports + 2 10Gbps SFP+ Ports)
    OMNI: Dell Powerconnect 6248 (44 1Gbps RJ-45 Ports + 4 1Gbps Hybrid Fiber/Copper Ports)
     
    Network VLANS enter on either lightning, or plasma, and cascade where they need to go, servers all talk through the nokia switches, and edge devices go through the Extreme Networks Switches, it's not hard and fast, and I like to lab things up, which is why i have so many ports, I'll do work from home and bring dozens of APs to validate or whatever.
     
    Workstations:
    YREL - My main gaming box: Ryzen 9 5900x | 64GB DDR4 3600MHz | RX 6900 XT
    VALKYRIE - My Render Machine, and Beanbag gaming box: 2x Xeon E5-2667 v3 | 128GB DDR4 2133MHz | Quadro RTX 5000
    PUSHEEN - Wife's Machine: i7-5820K | 32GB DDR4 2400MHz | GTX 970
     
    Servers:
    RARITY: 1x Xeon Silver 4100 | 128GB DDR4 2133Mhz
    RESONANCE: 2x Xeon E5-2690 v3 | 128GB DDR4 2133Mhz
    ZELDA: 2x Xeon E5-2690 v3 | 128GB DDR4 2133Mhz
    2A: 2x Xeon E5-2650 v2 | 64GB DDR3 1333MHz
    2B: 2x Xeon E5-2650 v2 | 64GB DDR3 1333MHz
    RETRO: 2x Xeon E5405 | 64GB DDR2 667MHz
     
    Power:
    6x 2200VA Cyberpower UPS'
    I can run all of this gear in two segments, in case of complete power failure the hypervisors will remain up for 1 hour, the network gear will stay up for 3 hours. All the APs in the house (except one) are powered from the PoE switch here, and the other is upstairs on the Ubiquiti PoE switch, which has it's own 5 hour UPS. All of this ties back to the UTOPIA Fiber network, which is my employer, and I know we have generators at all sites from my home to internet core. When the power goes out, in general, internet stays up.
     
    some proof lol, the security camera anyways.

     
     
     
     
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    Shylidi got a reaction from soldier_ph in How fast is the LTT member's internet connection?   
    Just upgraded.
     
    Running pfSense on a Dell R320 with a Chelsio S320 chip to handle all network operations without touching the CPU, only thing the CPU handles are packets flagged by the firewall ruleset. Connected up to an Extreme Networks X670 48 Port SFP+ switch. Zoom Zoom.
     

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    Shylidi got a reaction from Lurick in How fast is the LTT member's internet connection?   
    Just upgraded.
     
    Running pfSense on a Dell R320 with a Chelsio S320 chip to handle all network operations without touching the CPU, only thing the CPU handles are packets flagged by the firewall ruleset. Connected up to an Extreme Networks X670 48 Port SFP+ switch. Zoom Zoom.
     

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    Shylidi got a reaction from warlikedave in How fast is the LTT member's internet connection?   
    Just upgraded.
     
    Running pfSense on a Dell R320 with a Chelsio S320 chip to handle all network operations without touching the CPU, only thing the CPU handles are packets flagged by the firewall ruleset. Connected up to an Extreme Networks X670 48 Port SFP+ switch. Zoom Zoom.
     

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    Shylidi got a reaction from CapitalistVN in Is my PC decent all round?   
    I don't think your issue is frame-rate, more likely an issue with frame timing, so you can render 70-90 frames, then suddenly there is a cache miss, or a draw call with alot of changed objects and suddenly that frame takes a few extra milliseconds.
     
    Think of it like this, you are moving along smoothly in your car, then you hit a speed bump. You slow down a little, but are jostled alot by it, but ultimately you are still going about the same speed afterward.
     
    In my experience, this kind of sudden minimum frame-rate issue is caused by a CPU bottleneck. You are running a Kaveri APU, which is pretty low on AMD's stack in terms of IPC. So I would imagine that is where you are running into issues.
     
    If you really want a better experience, you have a few options, I would recommend:
     
    - Lowering your settings so the minimum drops aren't really noticeable.
    - using V-Sync to lock the frame-rate to the monitor refresh-rate, as SCGazelle noted above, if you have a 60Hz monitor you don't really need to surpass that frame-rate because your monitor wouldn't be capable of even showing the additional frames. V-sync isn't perfect, but it can help since you aren't going full bore the whole time and the left over power SOMETIMES helps get you through slowdowns.
    - Upgrading your platform. Both AMD and Intel have excellent offerings right now. While this option is expensive, you are much more likely to achieve what you are setting out to do.
     
    Hopefully that helps. Let me know if you have any questions.
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    Shylidi got a reaction from kelvinhall05 in Headed to LTX!   
    My wife and I are on the way to LTX. 
     
    Thing is we've driven 11 hours. 750 miles.
     
    5 hours to go. 250 miles.
     
    So glad I bought a civic. Just thought I would complain somewhere that we would all "get" it. 
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    Shylidi got a reaction from Rambo in Headed to LTX!   
    My wife and I are on the way to LTX. 
     
    Thing is we've driven 11 hours. 750 miles.
     
    5 hours to go. 250 miles.
     
    So glad I bought a civic. Just thought I would complain somewhere that we would all "get" it. 
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    Shylidi reacted to LAwLz in Home Domain. Need Help!   
    You do this in the DHCP settings.
     
    Have you installed the DNS role?
     
     
    I am not entirely sure GPOs need a DNS though. The machines can join the domain just fine, right? So if the joining and authentication doesn't need the DNS, then I don't see why GPOs would need it.
    Are you sure you're applying the GPOs to the right OU, and have you run gpupdate afterwards (on the client)?
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    Shylidi reacted to Ithanul in Home Domain. Need Help!   
    This might have some useful info for you:  http://techgenix.com/Top-10-Reasons-Why-Group-Policy-Fails-to-Apply-Part1/
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    Shylidi reacted to LAwLz in Home Domain. Need Help!   
    Because you haven't configured your DHCP server properly. You need to change it so that it points clients to your Windows DNS and not 8.8.8.8.
    Go into your DHCP settings and change it from 8.8.8.8 to whatever your Windows server's IP is.
     
    Are you sure your account and/or computer object is a member of the OU, to which you have applied the GPO?
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    Shylidi reacted to LAwLz in Home Domain. Need Help!   
    That's strange, but I still recommend you change it so that the DHCP points to your Windows server too.
    You do that in the DHCP options.
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    Shylidi got a reaction from deadher0 in I think LTT makes up a majority of Vessel views...   
    Okay, I don't post much, but I felt this thread needed more positive input. I am having a hard time believing all the garbage @linustech and his team are taking for this, the arguments in this thread are enough to make my eyes bleed.
     
    I've been watching since the NCIX days and the quality of the content has always been increasing. With this newest expansion to the new office it is obvious that LMG has been experiencing growing pains. I'm pretty sure that is part of life when you are growing a company, you make good choices, bad choices, you learn and move on.
     
    Linus and crew have done an excellent job moving and expanding their business. They deserve support from their community which has, for the most part, recieved a free edutainment experience for the better part of the last half of the decade.
     
    I mean 3 dollars. That is not much money guys. Anyways, Linus. Thank you for your content. The work you put in is obvious. It's obvious you care about your viewers, and I for one will continue watching and enjoying the results of the hard work of LMG. You are all awesome.
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    Shylidi got a reaction from Bensemus in I think LTT makes up a majority of Vessel views...   
    Okay, I don't post much, but I felt this thread needed more positive input. I am having a hard time believing all the garbage @linustech and his team are taking for this, the arguments in this thread are enough to make my eyes bleed.
     
    I've been watching since the NCIX days and the quality of the content has always been increasing. With this newest expansion to the new office it is obvious that LMG has been experiencing growing pains. I'm pretty sure that is part of life when you are growing a company, you make good choices, bad choices, you learn and move on.
     
    Linus and crew have done an excellent job moving and expanding their business. They deserve support from their community which has, for the most part, recieved a free edutainment experience for the better part of the last half of the decade.
     
    I mean 3 dollars. That is not much money guys. Anyways, Linus. Thank you for your content. The work you put in is obvious. It's obvious you care about your viewers, and I for one will continue watching and enjoying the results of the hard work of LMG. You are all awesome.
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    Shylidi reacted to TheWoollyMammoth in I think LTT makes up a majority of Vessel views...   
    I must be getting old, because I'm literally going to use the phrase "kids these days". Watch out, here it comes:
     
    Kids these days feel like they're entitled to everything, nothing should cost anything because of reasons and they will crap down your neck for oppressing them in this horrible manner.
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    Shylidi reacted to derick90 in I think LTT makes up a majority of Vessel views...   
    Don't let the door hit ya =]
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    Shylidi reacted to derick90 in I think LTT makes up a majority of Vessel views...   
    Think of it this way, you work for a company as an engineer, you invent something while working for them..
    That product then is under the companies ownership, not yours, meaning you can't take that to another company and sell it there.
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    Shylidi got a reaction from lewayneg in Custom pfSense Box   
    The motherboard in the build has a 19V in, i will use a 19v adapter to power it.
     
    I'm going to build this later, I got ahold of a relatively old Dell Optiplex and installed pfSense, it is working great!
     
    I have multiple switches because there is a wire running from the living room and all of it's devices, to my office and all of it's devices, and that one wire is within the WAP (Wife Approval Rating) If I add another wire, and break the rating, all hell will break loose and I will die along with the entire network.
     
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    Shylidi got a reaction from Ceatra in Just got new ISP, Veracity, Insane Speed!   
    My jaw dropped, through the floor, into the basement, straight through to the center of the Earth!
     
    ISP is licensed through my school, therefore Off Campus!
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    Shylidi got a reaction from InVis in Just got new ISP, Veracity, Insane Speed!   
    My jaw dropped, through the floor, into the basement, straight through to the center of the Earth!
     
    ISP is licensed through my school, therefore Off Campus!
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    Shylidi got a reaction from byalexandr in Just got new ISP, Veracity, Insane Speed!   
    Yeah, I think Cotton Fiber would be faster then AT&T and Comcast in most cases!
     
    This is the weirdest problem I've ever had, The server is the bottleneck in my downloads. I  NEVER thought I would have this problem. #firstworldproblems
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    Shylidi got a reaction from byalexandr in Just got new ISP, Veracity, Insane Speed!   
    I will be if this connection lights my rig on fire...
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    Shylidi got a reaction from iamdarkyoshi in Just got new ISP, Veracity, Insane Speed!   
    My jaw dropped, through the floor, into the basement, straight through to the center of the Earth!
     
    ISP is licensed through my school, therefore Off Campus!
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    Shylidi got a reaction from burnttoastnice in Just got new ISP, Veracity, Insane Speed!   
    My jaw dropped, through the floor, into the basement, straight through to the center of the Earth!
     
    ISP is licensed through my school, therefore Off Campus!
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    Shylidi got a reaction from Castdeath97 in Woman gets fired after uninstalling an app that tracked her 24/7   
    Wow, I just read this entire thing, and I'm just about boiled over.
     
    No company/corporation has such rights, nor should they.
     
    In the United States the majority has been stupid/ignorant enough to allow the government to track everyone via the NSA. It's still wrong, and some of us are actually calling them out on it.
     
    I agree with all the people saying that the President and Mr. Nuclear Briefcase should be tracked. But they are not employees at some tiny California firm, they are people who have essentially given their lives as public servants.
     
    In my job, my company tracks our company phones. I turn that phone off the moment I am out of work, and my boss can contact me on my personal if he needs to. I am not aware of any company which is authorized to track employees on their personal time. Personal time is defined by my company as "any time in which the employee is not engaging in company business, or on the job site." I would imagine most companies, including the company of which we have been speaking have similar understanding.
     
    This looks to me like an overzealous boss, who is full of himself, and enjoys the contorl he can exert over those whom he manages. He deserves to be reprimanded, and perhaps fired for this kind of idiocy.
     
    Privacy, a concept that has been entirely misunderstood since the invention of the internet.
     
    I'll stop rambling now!
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    Shylidi got a reaction from Trik'Stari in Woman gets fired after uninstalling an app that tracked her 24/7   
    Wow, I just read this entire thing, and I'm just about boiled over.
     
    No company/corporation has such rights, nor should they.
     
    In the United States the majority has been stupid/ignorant enough to allow the government to track everyone via the NSA. It's still wrong, and some of us are actually calling them out on it.
     
    I agree with all the people saying that the President and Mr. Nuclear Briefcase should be tracked. But they are not employees at some tiny California firm, they are people who have essentially given their lives as public servants.
     
    In my job, my company tracks our company phones. I turn that phone off the moment I am out of work, and my boss can contact me on my personal if he needs to. I am not aware of any company which is authorized to track employees on their personal time. Personal time is defined by my company as "any time in which the employee is not engaging in company business, or on the job site." I would imagine most companies, including the company of which we have been speaking have similar understanding.
     
    This looks to me like an overzealous boss, who is full of himself, and enjoys the contorl he can exert over those whom he manages. He deserves to be reprimanded, and perhaps fired for this kind of idiocy.
     
    Privacy, a concept that has been entirely misunderstood since the invention of the internet.
     
    I'll stop rambling now!
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