networking

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...

Maybe something interesting >> Panduit QuickNet Setup Considering what these cost in the past and this is all CAT6 including patch panel, cables, keystones in good condition. ...Seller accepts GBP 60 per unit.

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...

I'm in a bit of a crisis, Wanting to setup a home network with two WAN inputs, Starlink & the current ISP. I'm not sure what hardware is needed for such a setup to allow Loadbalancing / Failover. I would love to run pfsense or openwrt as well if possible. I plan on setting up Pi-hole, Unbound &...

Hello friends! I am trying to configure LACP between my Juniper SRX240 (JunOS 12.3) and Quanta LB6M. So far, I'm stuck. Let me show you my current configuration on both devices. Quanta LB6M configuration interface 0/25 addport 1/1 exit interface 0/26 addport 1/1 exit interface 0/27 addport...

I recently got 2gig internet from Frontier (I am getting around 2.3gbe at the router) and want to revamp my home network to take advantage of the new speed and had some questions getting started. Before this I was stuck at 25-50mbps, so didn't ever really worry about any of my equipment. The...

I'm scratching my head on this one. I have a Dell MX7000 in my lab that I just got. It has 7x MX740c blades, and a single MX9116N switch. Since I only have 1x MX9116N switch at the moment, SmartFabric is not available. "Old school" CLI management on this one for now... All firmware is...

I ordered a barebone Topton N6005 Router 6 LAN from AliExpress today with the intention of running OPNsense on it. Specs say: • Dual SO-DIMM DDR4 ram slots, support 2400/2666/2933MHz Anyone have experience with this unit, or more specifically a suggestion of what ram I should buy? I'm...

Need to run some sketchy applications in a linux or windows vm, let's call it SketchVM. What I want to accomplish: - SketchVM to have access to the internet. -Malware on SketchVM cannot infect proxmox hypervisor -Malware on SketchVM cannot infect other vms or write to their drives -Malware...

Hey folks, I have 3 servers equipped with the Connect-X2 MT26418, all running Proxmox (debian11). The cards are all 2 Port ones, and I got 2 cables running between them like this: +---------------------------+ | serv1 | +---------------------------+ | Port 2 |...

Hi everyone, I am currently in the process of planning an Infiniband Network for our new GPU cluster. We want to be able to run simulation / AI workloads across the big GPU nodes and are hence looking to connect everything with a 100 Gb Infiniband-Network. At first, I was thinking of the...