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Would it be a duplex issue? Can you confirm in Windows what your Speed & Duplex are set to? The default is Auto Negotiation (or it should be) Try forcing 1.0Gbps Full Duplex. That's how my cheapo USB nic looks, the options should be similar for your Intel NIC. Try changing that and reboot. Also make sure there's nothing in there regarding 'efficiency ethernet' and if there is, turn it off and disable power saving on the adapter by default. You've tried different cables - Have you tried swapping between Cat5e and Cat6? (Or higher if you have them floating around) What is on the other end of the cable? Router? Switch? No other devices in the house/business are exhibiting the same issues? You could start rolling back through Intel drivers till you find one that isn't shat, when/if you do, let us know You could try connecting your PC with the i211 directly to another device and run iperf3 between them and see if your issues persist. Maybe it is a layer 1 issue and perhaps the NIC has a broken port - however a spot of Googling does show you're not the first person to get cross with an Intel i211! Hope some of that helps!

How are you mapping the drives? FQDN = Fully Qualified Domain Name. An FQDN is the complete domain name for a computer, or host (whatever), so it might look something like "\\SYNOLOGYNAS.yourcustomersdomain.local" So your mapping might look something like this: \\SYNOLOGYNAS.domain.local\%Username%$ I guess you have a few solutions at your disposal (I'm hoping option 3 will do what you need) 1. A naughty solution would be to just pop shortcut(s) on the desktop to the desired locations! 2. You could run a logon script or simply pop a .bat file on the desktop that the client has to select to map the drive. One example: Set it to run as an administrator then pop it here: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Or (should be a more permanent solution) the /persistent:yes flag will tell the computer to automatically reconnect this share on logon. Otherwise, you need will to run the script again during each restart to map the drive. You'll need to replace the fields with those from your client's organisation. ...But we're here to do a job and logon scripts are dead and slow everything down! 3. You could map them under group policy preferences and ensure the 'reconnect' box is ticked. I found this guide that looked pretty good so personally I'd give this a whirl and see how you get on. https://blog.netwrix.com/2019/06/20/map-network-drives-or-shared-folders-using-group-policy-in-8-easy-steps/ The client will need to connect back to the VPN to get the policy changes applied to their tablet and you can run "gpupdate /force" once they're connected to the VPN and then give the tablet a reboot. I hope something in all of that helps

Does the client connect the to the VPN before or after login? Even if they login and the drive hasn't mapped, once they've connected to the VPN is the user able to reach things on the network via the hostname or fqdn? Or ping the mapped drives?

You're looking for policy based routing and route-map creation based on policies at layer 7. For free and in Windows? Short answer, no. Long answer, but. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but Windows simply isn't that advanced regarding networking and tasks like this would usually be handed by a dedicated appliance. Windows 7 and 8 you could force your PC to load balance however, by changing the metric of the NIC. Don't know if it's still doable in Windows 10.

Can you solder or are you comfortable with electronics? Get it apart and start prodding. The fact it works when pressure is applied gives you clues of where to look and what to look for. Dry solder joint? Disconnected cable?

The magic of suspended ceilings! Really cool implementation and an amazingly clean result. Wish I could justify the space in the home for VR Would it be worth mounting everything in a cabling tray above the ceiling? Unsupported cables suck in suspended ceilings if there's a fire. Also get rid of that ethernet coupler and and get that AP wall mounted! I know how light those Ubiquiti APs are! 3M command strips work wonders on IT gear.

Can confirm that. I own a UE49KU6470 and it supports 4k Netflix/Amazon HDR (if you care)/whatever you feed it no problem. I'd take a picture of the stats info but the TV is under a sheet of polythene for the next few days while I repaint.

In answer to question 1. If you plug the headphones into the USB port - no. The idea with the Asus Strix is you plug a set of analogue headphones directly into it your new shiny soundcard - after all it's got that lovely DAC and headphone amp onboard and it's going to be doing all the work. Think of it this way - plugging your headphones in via USB and installing that Asus in is effectively like having 2 sound cards and if you stick with USB you are literally bypassing the new soundcard you just installed. All that Asus is going to do is hog a slot and set your money on fire. In answer to question 2. After a quick bit of Googling (I'm not really up on gaming headsets) I can see your A50s have an aux and a few optical inputs on the base unit and nothing is stopping you plugging the Asus into the 3.5mm plug on the base unit of your A50s, though what that transmitter and base station are going to do to your audio I have no idea. If you get the Strix, invest in a nice set of headphones or maybe a big shiny audio set up, otherwise don't waste your money I hope that helps

Quick spot of research into your headset. Been a while since I've bumped into a headset with a Dolby Digital decoder on board. Sounds like it has a Dolby Digital decoder and some Pro Logic encoder thing which will upmix 2 channel audio into virtual surround. I agree with above and stick with the 2 channel audio on that one. Based on a quick scan of a few forums - via USB it's 2 channel only. End of. The unit cannot encode DD. If you got a soundcard with an optical output, it will need to be capable of Dolby Digital Live to feed your headset 6 channel sound at all times. By default SPDIF optical or coax audio is all 2 channel and it doesn't have the bandwidth required for uncompressed 5.1 audio, so Dolby Digital Live is a way of taking 6 channel audio and sending it out the optical port. Alternatively, you could feed your headphones a source that actually has Dolby Digital/DTS 6 channel audio encoded (such as a DVD or acquired movie) and that would enable your decoder just fine too but that will happen only when the source is DD or DTS. The Creative Sound Blaster Z can do what you want (it can also do DTS Connect which offers higher bit-rates though I don't think your decoder supports it). I think Asus' Xonar range still does this too. Last Asus soundcards I purchased were a D2X back in the day (love that thing) and an external Xonar U7. I can confirm the U7 would work just fine because there's one on my desk next to me It sounds like the primary use for this headset was with console gamers where the 360/One/PS3/PS4 actually do output either DD or DTS audio at all times via the optical port. I hope that's helped

Have you organised any LAN events in the past? I personally haven't organised one into the double digits for about 10 years now but off the top of my head, have you got the following bases covered? Electrical requirements? If 50 people with decent PCs turned up, the electrical requirements will probably require thought. Assuming it were over more than 1 day, sleeping arrangements? Food? Tables/Chairs? Network configuration? Games to be played? Dedicated game servers? File shares or places to download game patches? (Legal or illegal, people are gonna share files...) Internet connection? Assuming the games are on Steam, is there enough bandwidth to allow 50 people to download any game updates that might catch them or you off guard? Entrance fees? Fun swag and giveaways? Events that size might net you corporate sponsorship.

Yes. I have a Pi-hole running on my home network. It worked rather well so I put it on an Ubuntu Server VM server in work and deployed it across our whole company. You'll find some place holders still load but the ads won't. It's not as good as local blockers such as adblockpro but it seems to save us some bandwidth so it's worth it for that anyway. The default lists are pretty good but you've got to be careful with the custom lists otherwise you'll end up pi-holing most of the internet. There's lots of people who will be cross when you block AWS You can find a large database of well maintained lists here.

First post here I figured I'd finally join here after watching lots of the videos on YouTube. I wasn't expecting to find a networking section here and other network/server enthusiasts, but this is exactly what I was hoping for! I'm a network engineer by trade (CCNP R+S so far) so thankfully I get to put my hands on all sorts of interesting toys and they're happy for me to borrow hardware to test at home. I can't be arsed to make a diagram as lovely as some of the ones on here, but here's a general overview of my house. I don't run a VMWare lab anymore and no fancy storage, fibre or 10gbit networking at home - network is designed to be low power and low noise Gateway used to be a combo of Meraki gear (MS220-8P, MR32 and MX64) and a Cisco 2702 AP (best AP I've owned to date, iperf speeds were balls to the walls fast) but we've been trialing some of the Ubiquiti kit in work as we'd like to move away from HP and Cisco and it's so cheap that general enthusiasts aren't priced out. I find some of their kit limited in its capabilities but it's amazing value. I don't know how Ubiquiti make money. Domain controller is doing the usual DNS, RADIUS, SFTP, AD, yadda yadda. Network in the 10.0.0.x/24 range, personal wifi authenticated via 802.1x, guest network for peasants on seperate vlan, Cat5e all over the house, dedicated switch ports VLAN'd off so I can plug straight into work, NAS is fast enough for Plex transcoding. Nothing fancy tbh. Next step is to swap out the old HP 2520 and Ubiquiti switch and get some layer-3 hardware in there and at least get some OSPF goodness throughout the house