networking

Hey all, I wanted to know if anyone else is having issues connecting their VMs to the internet as soon as they set a static IP on the VM. I haven't been able to find a single thread that had the same issue as mine and I have been banging my head against the wall for weeks now, trying to solve...

Hi guys, need your help and i will appreciate it, its been now weeks since i started my new router and internet provider with 5G fiber internet, the problem i am facing is that: mobile phone and smart tv receiving very high speed of downloading and uploading (up to 30MBPS downloading and over 35...

I need some guidance on building enterprise network for two locations with list I have complied in chatgpt , I am not expert by no means, so I need to get second opinion on this build I am planning to invest around $10,000 is my budget and I would self host my website and other services and VPN...

I need some guidance on building enterprise network for two locations with list I have complied in chatgpt , I am not expert by no means, so I need to get second opinion on this build I am planning to invest around $10,000 is my budget and I would self host my website and other services and VPN...

I have tried to start the Arista switch and MikroTik, but the same problem occurs. The nodes start and then stop after a second. The only node that works is the default Virtual PC

I've recently bought Intel x520-da2, for both of my Homeserver(Proxmox) and my PC*(dual boot Windows11&Linux); I’m struggling to reach full speed i think it is a PCIe bandwidth limitation on my Gigabyte B650 Eagle AX motherboard while using Intel 82599ES 10Gb SFP+ NIC. The NIC should run at x8...

We have a Brocade ICX6610 switch connected via fiber (1/3/1) as it's main uplink to our router. We would like to also have an RJ45 interface (1/1/1) as a redundant backup for if the main 1/3/1 fails. Basically when 1/3/1 is up and ok, 1/1/1 should be DISABLED and when 1/3/1 is down, 1/1/1 should...

Hello everyone. I wanted to ask you all for some advice/recommendations. I am moving into a new home and will be tearing down my current homelab and migrating it to the new house. There’re a few things I am looking to see if I can change/modify, and I also must buy a new 24 port full poe switch...

Trying to tidy up my networking cables and have a massive eATX case (former media server with GPU) thaty was repurposed to run PFSense. I have a 13" depth rack under my desk/worktable that fits nicely and is conveniently located right next to my modem. The only reqs for the machine are that it...

Update: I ended up doing it in a different way. I did manage to fix the inter vlan communication issue. When I was pinging from A to B, node B's gateway was not set to the route's interface for that vlan. Once I did it worked. I gave up because I never figured out how to allow all the vlans to...

I have a Proxmox server running on a Qotom Q20331G9 1U. I was unable to find the bios setting for virtualization support so i could pass through the nics directly to my Pfsense VM so I have 2 linux bridges set up, one for enp8s0 for the WAN and another bridge that includes enp4s0-enp7s0. I need...

I recently bought a Supermicro H12SSL-i and an EPYC 7402. Works great. The only problem is that I can't get a TP-Link TX401 card I bought to work in it. I bought one, and it worked for 5 minutes and quit. No power, nothing. I've tried it in every slot, and it doesn't work. I returned it, got a...

Hello, Pros I have a Supermicro X9DA7 Unraid server and a MSI MEG Z590I UNIFY desktop. I wanted to increase the speed between the two which is now just a LAN. The MSI has no PCIe available so constraint #1 - But has Thunderbolt 4 I/O available The Supermicro has many PCIe available available...

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I've been using tugm4470 to purchase excellent quality used data center equipment, such as Epyc CPUs and motherboards, memory and SSDs. However, he does not sell switches and so was wondering if many people here have good experience with sellers who stock switches. My preference would be branch...

Hello, I recently got the Quanta LB6M but it seems to have an issue as it will connect to the internet (IE get an IP address), but I can't seem to connect to that address at all. I have tried connecting through Putty using that IP but it didn't work, I have also tried just connecting through...

Anyone have experience with these? I'm eyeing a new in box one, but not sure if I need a subscription, licenses, or anything else to use it. I'm hoping to plug it in and it work out of the box. Any insight would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

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...

I'm having issues routing from the switch to the router/ISP. I have 2 VLANs created to separate the Workstations and the Servers, and while Inter-VLAN routing is working, getting out of the switch and to the router is not working. I cannot create a routerport on this switch as it says the device...

Hello STH, I'm hoping someone can help me figure out how to get this network setup. I am farming Chia with: I bought one of these, but I am not sure what controller cards I need to connect these servers using this, if I can: Mellanox IS5022 Infiniband 8 Port 40Gb/s QSFP Networking Switch I am...