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    Homelab Networking Help

    Hello! I am setting up my first homelab and I was wondering if y'all could help me out (I've been stuck for days on this). Objective: Create an internal "LAN" network separate from my Home network "WAN". All my servers will live in here and my OPNsense VM will be the gateway (10.10.0.1)...
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    Individual Cables or Unified Fiber Backbone?

    Hello everyone, We are in the design phase of building a full network infrastructure for a hotel. The services involved include PBX (telephony), IPTV, PMS (Property Management System), surveillance cameras, Internet access, and any other services that require Ethernet connectivity (RJ45). We...
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    FS: Network hardware ** East Bay, Bay Area, CA local pickup only **

    Hi all! I am in the process of moving and wanted to sell some items that I no longer use. The catch is that I do not want to ship any of these items, so I am listing them for local pickup (cash in hand) in Orinda, CA. All items were recently tested, confirmed as working, and reset to factory...
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    Arista Networks EOS 4.23.15M/4.19.10M guides

    I need to find Arista Networks EOS 4.23.15M guide and 4.19.10M guide , but there is no result . If someone have it , please share
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    Which layer of a home network is most important to harden?

    I have an extensive home lab on my home network that hosts many services (think jellyfin, matrix, etc) that I'd like to expose to the Internet. I have however never done network security and it's hard to find answers without fear-mongering about opening ports on your home router. I am searching...
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    Arista MLAG Configuration

    Hello everyone I need to confiure mlag between 4 swithces , it will look like this now the question is: 1. can I have the same vlan ID for mlag peer for all swithces? , for ex. vlan4094 for mlag configuration between arista1-2 , arista 1-3, arista 2-4 , will there be a problem or not , and why...
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    One computer on 10GbE network has significantly slower transfer speeds to/from Synology NAS. Advice on solutions to try?

    Hi, I work in a post-production house with a 10GbE network and two Synology NAS’s for video editing. Five of our PCs have excellent transfer speeds (DS1821+ does 930 MB/s read/write, DS1817+ does 530 MB/s read/write). However, one computer has significantly less speed (DS1821+ has 377 MB/s...
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    100Gb Switch Recommendations needed

    I am trying to find a 4+ port 100Gb Ethernet switch for our office (4 people who need 100G). Connection from fifteen total office PCs to on site server in the same building. There will not be a huge amount of traffic. We are currently using Dropbox, but we have experienced syncing issues and...
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    Two WiFi network cards + SSD on CWWK/Topton mini PCs. Is it possible?

    Hello, I'm new here and I hope to get some advice. I'm trying to build a mini firewall pfSense PC with unusal setup: two WiFi network cards in one box. Let's put aside the fact that pfSense is considered very poor for wireless networking due to limited support of wireless cards. That would be a...
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    Solved: How to setup trunk port on connectx-3 in windows 11

    I need to access two vlans (vlan 10 and vlan 20) from my windows 11 machine. On my switch I have a trunk with the two tagged vlans. On windows, I created a vswitch and then two interfaces. I set the ID on interface A to 10 and on B to 20. The problem is that in order for them to work I still...
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    Help with SFP+ to XFP on Cisco SPA-1X-10G-L-V2

    Hi, I need some help on an older Cisco ASR-1001, NOT the X or what not, the plain ASR1001 router with the SPA board and the XSP module in it to connect to a SFP+ 10G module. I got the fiber modules form FS (XFP-10GLR-31) and the site clearly say it isa multirate type and compatible with either...
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    Mellanox ConnectX-3 on Proxmox 7.3

    Hi everyone! I have a Proxmox 7.4-17 with a Debian 11.6 (“Bullseye”) on my computer. I have the following network card: Device Type: ConnectX3Pro Part Number: ... Description: HP InfiniBand FDR/Ethernet 10Gb/40Gb 2-port 544+QSFP Adapter PSID: HP_1370110017...
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    ARISTA DCS-7050SX-64 R going for US$125.00 | EBay

    Another hot one for the SFP+ community ... I guess bids ~125USD will be accepted Source: Arista DCS-7050SX-64-R
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    Debian on Mellanox SN2700 (32x100G)

    Source: Debian on Mellanox SN2700 (32x100G)
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    Request for feedback on home network design

    Greetings everyone! I'm my looking for network advice to build a network for a home use case. First and foremost is or any great Black Friday deals that would fit well with the cost-conscious budget? Dedicated router/firewall already purchased. A industrial x86 PC, passively cooled, eight gigs...
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    Mellanox SX6036 DHCP Relay Problems

    I have a couple VLANs and I wanted to set an upstream DHCP relay on them so I could point it to a DHCP server I'm hosting, but the switch is giving me an error if I try to enable it at all. This is said throughout when I just try to enable it or point it to a helper address at all, I can go...
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    Pfsense: is it possible transparent suricata and router on the same box?

    Inspired by cheep quad port 2.5G routers growing in performance and dropping in price, i acquired one. However, in my usage, since my lab got some public IP to work on, i setup pfsense to act as a transparent bridge running suricata for IDS. However, in order t connect my Pfsense box to network...
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    delete this thread

    Please delete this thread.
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    Semi-budget homelab

    I am planning on making a homelab using older business mini towers as the servers to run services. The goals are to self-host everything, have 10 gig and learn. My infrastructure layout was a machine for each of these functions: dns, router, nas, IoT server, game server, and mail/web server. I...
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    [FS][US-TN] CPUs, RAM, SSDs, Networking, Servers, etc.

    I posted this on r/homelabsales and figured I'd throw it here as well. I recently decom'd some gear and am unloading what I can to fund the Dell MX7000 lab project. Prices shown below are negotiable and shipping to the lower 48 states is dependent on the category of item, as detailed below...