MystikIncarnate

Hello folks. I know Linus has done this so I thought I'd ask here. I'm looking for products to extend my displays and USB for kb/mouse/whatever from a server room in my house to my office. I don't have a huge house, and I'm already planning fiber between the locations, I was hoping to leverage that fiber to connect 3x DVI connected displays, plus KB/Mouse and Audio interface (in/out), and a couple other small peripherals over the distance. To be clear, what I have is a gaming/working rig, with DP out, currently I have 3x DP to DVI adapters to displays, an external audio interface (USB), standard kb/mouse over USB, and a webcam, which would need to be extended about 60 meters or so from my server area to my desk. Right now I have my desktop sitting next to me and unfortunately it's not super quiet. I don't want to modify the desktop too much, it performs exactly as I want and it's a prebuilt, so my options are limited.... if anyone is really curious, look up the Dell Precision R7910. I'd prefer an all-in-one solution but I'm not opposed to something a bit more piece by piece to get this done. I don't want to break the bank, but all the LC connected (or similar) single-mode options (which is the fiber I'm running) seem to be crazy expensive. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a better solution. I'd prefer something connectorized (LC or SC), since that's how I'm terminating the fiber, but I seem to be coming up blank, or finding $2k+ solutions that only do a single display. I want it connectorized so if there's a fiber break I can just swap to a dark strand. I'm hoping to get about 12 strands up to my area (6 pairs) and 1-2 pairs (2-4 strands) are already reserved for another purpose, so I should realistically have 8-10 strands (4-5 pairs) for the purpose. I know Linus has something like this set up, but I haven't taken the time to go digging through hours of video to try to find what he's using. Anyone know what Linus is using or any other solutions that will do the job without breaking the bank? All-in, I don't mind spending a grand or more; but so far I've only found solutions that do a single display plus USB for that price at best. I realize it won't be cheap, but I don't expect to have to get a loan to make this work. I realize it's a bit dumb, but it's something I've always dreamed of doing, I recently moved into a house that has a room that's perfect as a server room, and I've annexed it for that purpose. I want to get my PC down there so that I can make this dream a reality, I'm hoping it doesn't get dashed by the lack of options. Any/all discussion is welcome, even if it's not particularly helpful. I appreciate all opinions on the matter.

based on this, I'd say one of two things is the problem, likely the latter but possibly the former: Antennas are broken somewhere other than the connector. It's possible, though unlikely. MacBooks (in fact most laptops) are designed in such a way to prevent the antennas/cables from taking damage during normal use. unless you have some significant damage to the chassis of the device, it's unlikely that this is the problem - unless of course, you DO have dings and dents in the chassis, specifically on the monitor-side of the notebook, in which case, this becomes MUCH more likely. The alternative is that either your TX amplifier isn't engaging, or is electrically damaged in some way. In which case, you need to replace the WiFi card in your macbook to resolve the problem. You should be able to find one relatively inexpensively second-hand. I'm not sure if Apple has booby-trapped the WiFi cards at all, so you may want to do some research on this before proceeding (assuming you can replace it yourself at all - not sure if the card is a part of the mainboard or not). in either case, the symptoms point to: you can hear them, but they can't hear you. Evidence is pretty simple, you can "see" the networks, and you haven't noted the signal strengths are all super low, so I assume they look normal; but when attempting to connect, it fails to permit the connection. likely because the target network isn't able to receive your signal. This is all just assumption based on the evidence provided, and there are some crazy other things that could have also gone wrong, but IMO, are much less likely than the issues I've stated. Since a new Airport card can be had (from eBay) for $20-30, it's not unreasonable to pick one up to test with. Alternatively, buy a USB wifi dongle and use that until you can put together something more permanent. Personally, I'm not a fan of USB WiFi, but if it's your only option, it's better than nothing. but I'm not you, maybe you're perfectly happy with USB wifi.

she never put it back on after showing it to him. She left it on the table at his estate.

it probably is; be aware that different antennas have different frequency ranges that, for lack of a better term, they're "good at". any antenna will work, but getting one tuned to your provider would be better. If the router's web interface will give you the band it's working on, that would be ideal, just put that cube in the window and check what bands it's working from, and get yourself an antenna that works best on those bands, and you're golden. if it won't tell you what bands you're using, you're going to have to guess. Here's the wikipedia page for vodafone UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone_UK#Radio_frequency_summary bonus points will be issued (in the form of higher stability and better bandwidth) if you can get a semi-directional antenna, like a panel antenna (discussed in a recent episode of TQ), or use something more directional like a yagi antenna or similar, and point it at the antenna tower. Unless you're using a dish-style antenna, it's unlikely you have to be super precise about it. In doing a small amount of research, I came across this: https://mastdata.com/ which may help you orient the antenna towards an antenna tower/array (otherwise known as a mast). Good luck.

I completely get where Linus is coming from here. he's been at this for what 10? 20 years? I'm not entirely sure. It's a tough career to keep going for that long. IMO: Linus, you need to start delegating more. you need some middle-management who can handle the day to day stuff, so you're not a REQUIREMENT in the office. I also want to comment on not wasting things: I have one of the oldest "gaming" rigs: it's a Dell Precision R5500 with dual Xeon L5520's and 24G of RAM with a GTX 650 Ti. It still holds together as long as I'm not running AAA games on medium to high. I generally still play older games, and do office stuff on here, but I haven't found reason to get rid of this old rig, even though I pay for my own power and it's a non-trivial amount of power, given that modern single-CPU systems are more powerful, while being something like 1/10th of the power draw. I still love this rig though. This idea of reducing waste is why I liked scrapyard wars so much. It's fun watching the team go through the motions of trying to piece together a 2-3 generation (or more) old build that can still play relatively modern games, relatively well. On that note: there's so much more to system performance than having a new CPU, lots of RAM and a good graphics card. System busses, bottlenecks and latency issues all drive forward the issues of speed (or lack thereof); I find the whole thing fascinating, and rather than just throwing money at the problem, it's interesting to me to try to find the slowdowns and see what I can do to fix them without scrapping an entire system for the reason of needing to go faster. Bringing it back to the point, I feel like Linus needs time off, not a vacation, but day to day, more time off. Spending less time in the office, carrying the torch of LTT, and trusting his team to handle that task for the most part. Take care of yourself, and your family. You probably don't need to retire, but you need more "life" in your work/life balance.