Packet Switching Tooters!

One more poll. (Late, sorry.) Do you use jumbo frames on your home LAN?

Boost for increased throughput. And see the other two polls in this thread.

#HomeIT #LAN #HomeLab

Wi-Fi-using Tooters!

Do you have a Wi-Fi LAN at home? What generation is it? (The most common type, if you have more than one)

Boost for reduced packet loss. Also see the Ethernet poll in this thread.

#HomeLab #HomeIT #LAN

Ethernet-using Tooters!

Do you have an Ethernet LAN at home? How fast is it? (The most common speed on your LAN, however you define it.)

Boost for improved packet latency. Also see the Wi-Fi poll in this thread

#HomeLab #HomeIT #LAN

Ok... I've got my brain tickled... Now my newly installed #Arch does what #Ubuntu did - mostly run idle and sometimes run a game.

The benefit is, I can now also run a new version of #Hyprland. I must say after enough time one can get used to all sorts of polished turds...😅

I have even found a suitable theme and moulded it a bit to my liking... :bulbasaurroll:

#ArchLinux #Linux #HomeIT

Time for today's edition of "what went wrong with the computers today"…
When I sat down at my computer this morning, the Windows 11 upgrade I kicked off yesterday had indeed failed as I had suspected it was going to <https://federate.social/@jik/115069952179945603>, but not in the way I expected. My VM was on the boot screen with the spinning Windows booting animation, and on top of that was a pop-up: "Please insert external drive".
#SysAdmin #ITHelpdesk #HomeIT #ITDIY
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#GoodMorning! I’ve had a little sleep last night, because I’ve rolled a dice on changing #Zigbee network channel… They do warn you it’s experimental feature.

It’s been previously running on channel 11, which is in fact a shitshow, as there are up to 100 2.4GHz networks around here…😅

Switched to 25.

FORTUNATELY, most of the devices did migrate, leaving me with only a few stubborn switches.

It seems to be working more reliably. Fingers crossed!😍🙈

#HomeIT #SmartHome #ITDad #HomeAssistant

LOL… In my excitement, I’ve presented the graphs to my Wife and I was instantly bashed for the TV playing all night…😂 #GoodMorning #Zigbee #HomeAssistant #HomeIT #SmartHome

#GoodMorning! The sun is rising in the world of small people, so let them have fun! Little Franek decided to spend his savings on a second hand Playmobil set yesterday and he loves it!😍

Damn, we did not have toys like that when we were kids…🥹

We do have other toys, though. Yesterday I’ve installed a sketchy #Zigbee device to with power monitoring clamps, so I can look at more stats and graphs…😅

The device is Zemismart SDM01 and works with #HomeAssistant with a ZHA quirk…🙈

#HomeIT #SmartHome

Couldn’t let it go. #Noctua fans are in, #RaspberryPi and it’s drives are already 20°C cooler. Also, decided to take the modem out of the black chassis and put it back in it’s own case. It was to clunky to due to the cables. Looks as clean, though…🥰 #WifeApprovalFactor #HomeIT #HomeLab #DadFromIT

This looks SO MUCH better… #WifeApprovalFactor bonus points have been gained!😂 It’s now 1 PDU instead of 3 power strips. Easier to manage, easier to clean, easier on the eyes… Yes, I like to look at the hardware inside…😎

At some point I will have to add 2 more fans to that black chassis, as Raspberry Pi and a hard drive inside are idling at 60°C. Also, I think I will take the modem out of that chassis, but I’m not 100% sure yet…

#HomeIT #HomeLab #DadFromIT

Daaaamn… I’ve finally had time and was able to configure the part of *arr suite… #Prowlarr, #Sonarr, #Radarr, #Transmission and #Jellyseerr now work in conjunction, so you „order” something in Jellyseer and it goes through other apps to Transmission for download, to be later imported into #Jellyfin library… 😁

#HomeIT #HomeLab

Took me half a day to retrofit #Orange modem and #RaspberryPi with an external hard drive into a short depth 1U chassis…

Mostly, because it’s for MiniITX boards and nothing fits…😂 But let’s be honest, I knew it’s gonna be a „project”…

I need to find a way put 4 keystones in it. 2 ethernet in the front, 1 usb and 1 optic fiber in the back, so it’s easy to move in and out… If I only had a 3D printer…😂

I guess Orange wouldn’t be happy about that disassembled modem…😅

#HomeIT #BrokenRibProject

#HomeLab update!

You can do so much unnecessary thinking with a broken rib…🤦🏻‍♂️

I’ve just pulled a trigger on short depth 1U server chassis, to put Raspberry Pi 5 and optic fiber modem in it…😅 It should remove the clutter in the cupboard and when I get that 1U 16 port switch, it will look much nicer together!😁

My plan is to bodge a faceplate of a keystone patch panel to the front of the case instead of the plastic cover, so I can have some rj45 keystones in the front…😂

#HomeIT #HomeNetwork

Continuing the injury/boredom induced #HomeNetwork maintenance… The #BrokenRibProject…🤣🤣🤣

I’ve ordered a set of 10 ethernet patch cords:

5x 0,25m - short ones for gateway - modem - switch - RPi all-in-one server connection

5x 1m - for the TV, Apple TV, Denon receiver, NanoKVM, RetroPi

I hate I have various types of cables. It’s finally going to be unified with all flat white patch cords.🙈

#Network #HomeIT

I need to replace a #network cable running from the gateway to a switch. It’s going through 2 walls and 3 rooms and it’s going to be a piece of shit work, moving heavy furniture and removing and regluing the baseboards…

It’s been constantly downgrading auto-negotiated connection to 100Mbps…

Had to open the box, push the cable in with a finger and it’s now holding to 1 Gbps…😅 Wondering for how long, though…😅🙈

#HomeIT #HomeNetwork

A few months worth of update of our #SmartHome status. A lot of new #Zigbee things, smart washing machine, rogue LG TV...

https://samulczyk.pl/2025/02/smart-home-and-home-lab-february-2025-update/

#HomeIT #HomeAssistant #ZHA #HomeKit

#GoodMorning! Ive been on a mission this morning to pick up and install a new CPU cooler. My choice is #Thermalright #PeerlessAssassin and I already see it was a good choice. I’m down from 54°C in idle and 94°C under load to respectively 42°C and whopping 72°C…😂🙈 That’s over 20°C less than 120mm AIO.

For around €40? That’s a joke…😁

It’s a big one though. Almost makes that 7900XT look small…😂

#GamerDad #HomeIT #PCGaming

#GoodMorning! My Wife has plans, so I'm turning into stay at home dad for a moment. No cycling today. My brain is going to get bored, so I'm gonna plan some more unnecessary purchases...😅

This is my overly complicated apartment #network! It doesn't have to be that overbuilt, but it is. And I'm planning more...

This still needs one more switch (like 16 ports, PoE) and maybe one more AP so I can look at nice graphs, logs and stats...😂

#HomeIT #HomeNetwork

After 20 days of waiting, the replacement #UniFi switch has arrived. It was previously named Icarus I, after a failed fictional mission to the Sun. It's only suitable to name it after another failed space mission, but this time we are going to honor the Challenger!🙏 It worked right of the bat, so I'm happy!

#HomeIT #HomeNetwork #Network

I don't know if it was some kind of interference between #ZHA and #Ikea #Tradfri, but I started observing Ikea gateway dropping devices.

I've ditched the Swedish thing altogether and re-paired everything to my own #HomeAssistant instance.

Now... LED kitchen drivers were easy. Took me a few minutes to figure out how to do a bunch of old Tradfri outlets, but #Rodret remotes were a nightmare and it took me hours to pair them...

#SmartHome #HomeIT #Zigbee