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Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by jonathantf2 » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 10:59 PM UTC

tdfirth wrote: post #28

bazmattaz wrote: post #6

This is incredible. I still can’t believe some people get 1gb symmetrical in their home. In the UK I’m stuck with 70mbs down and 6mbps up. Pitiful

I'm in the UK (Oxfordshire) and have a 1gb symmetrical connection at home. It's provided by Gigaclear - there's a handful of other similar operators that do fibre in more "rural" areas. It costs £79 a month, so it's not cheap to be honest, but I love it.

Ring em up and tell them you’re leaving, they’ll drop you down to the new customer pricing. I’ve got the 1G up and down for something like £38 a month now?

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by hqsolomo » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:01 PM UTC

systems_glitch wrote: post #47

hqsolomo wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lol I get sym 1G/1G from my ISP and a free static IP address for less than Comcrash offers for their 25/10 service in my area... The catch? _No IPv6 support whatsoever_

Yeah, even with Comcast/Xfinity I run a HE.net tunnel for IPv6, just so I can have truly static allocations and not goof around with their DHCPv6 prefix request system.

Dude, got any links to where I can read more? I see what you have here and I want it for me!

I wasn't even aware you could use HE's services without being a customer!

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by deepsun » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:02 PM UTC

SpeedTest.net tests are useless, as ISPs give higher priority to traffic to known speed checkers.

They can legally do that as we don't have Net Neutrality anymore.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by hqsolomo » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:02 PM UTC

dheera wrote: post #39

lxe wrote: post #11

I'm curious what the total cost of all this is. My reservation of rack mounted setup has been cost of hardware.

It can be reasonable if you wait for good 2nd hand deals on equipment, especially from startups shutting down. My 10G switch with PoE and 4 SFP+ ports cost only $100, for example, while many new products with similar specs cost $600+.

Can I guess what you're running? It sounds so much like my switch- Brocade ICX series?

Best $60 purchase I ever made!

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by bashy » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:02 PM UTC

bazmattaz wrote: post #6

This is incredible. I still can’t believe some people get 1gb symmetrical in their home. In the UK I’m stuck with 70mbs down and 6mbps up. Pitiful

Maybe search around. I got YouFibre[0] few months ago and it’s 1000/1000.

[0] https://www.youfibre.com

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by systems_glitch » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:03 PM UTC

hqsolomo wrote: post #52

systems_glitch wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, even with Comcast/Xfinity I run a HE.net tunnel for IPv6, just so I can have truly static allocations and not goof around with their DHCPv6 prefix request system.

Dude, got any links to where I can read more? I see what you have here and I want it for me! I wasn't even aware you could use HE's services without being a customer!

https://tunnelbroker.net/

It's been around for a long time! If you do the IPv6 training certification, they do eventually send the t-shirt :P

EDIT: They also provide free DNS for up to 50 domains at dns.he.net which is also worth looking at if you don't want to run your own for every little thing.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by wredue » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:03 PM UTC

KnobbleMcKnees wrote: post #38

wredue wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a black hole for your wallet. Once you start. You can’t stop. But I also now have a bunch of electrician tools for running wires, some private cameras that aren’t google or Amazon spying on everyone that walks by, and a network that isn’t bogged down by a couple people watching Netflix. And I have plans for MORE.

What cameras do you use?

It’s all ubiquiti. I use the Bullet G4 pro and doorbell g4.

I’m not in any position to state anything about the competition.

I am glad to have went the PoE route, even if running those wires sucked ass.

I only did UI cameras cause everything else I have is ui. There wasn’t much more thought than that.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by bmitc » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:03 PM UTC

Is there a post that covers the "why?" of all this? As someone researching maybe running some Ethernet for more stable WiFi and faster Internet access for general stuff, maybe some fiber for infotainment other purposes since it can lengthen various cables, and hooking up some security and nature cameras, I can't fathom why all of this is needed outside of it just being a hobby or running some sort of business (trading?) at home. For example, isn't $600 for redundant Internet for like the minutes the Internet is out every year worth it? Why is that level of connectivity needed?

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by systems_glitch » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:05 PM UTC

Very nice setup, thanks for documenting it! I used to have a much more involved at-home network, but since moving the business out of the garage, I've moved most of the network stuff with it. Still think I'm going to have to pay pole attach fees and string my own fiber if I ever want it at the house...

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by bmitc » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:05 PM UTC

wredue wrote: post #40

tdhz77 wrote: post #20

Reading this post makes me happy we are in the world of cloud providers, but realize they don’t magically work. People build them. I’m glad I don’t.

It’s really not all that complicated. Although I still haven’t figured out if there’s some secret way to properly creating working Ethernet cables. I get blisters on blisters on my finger tips when making lots of cables.

Do you use a crimper?