networking

Hello, Also, looking to see if anyone is selling any Meraki equipment. I'm working with a nonprofit and trying to get some better networking for them on the cheap! I currently have 3x switches / 3x WAPS, but really need MX devices. Looking for anyone who has completed their CMNA (Meraki) and...

I'm planning a 40gbe (maybe infiniband) network for my homelab. I don't have a dedicated server room and from what I read the 40gbe switches are very loud (Mellanox list some of it's ethernet switches with 70dba). In different threads on sth people posted about soundproofed enclosures like the...

I have a home lab and work lab and use HP Procurves (2810 and 2530 mainly). Since HP's policies of paid firmware updates, splitting HPE and HP and their apparent decline in support service what vendor are most of you here using for your home labs?

I recently bought a brand new Voltaire 30035/4036E-LM (low memory version) and have a few general questions that I haven't seen asked or answered. How do I save my running config on the switch to itself (unfortunately I'm not able to run it 24/7), I did a reload thinking it'd save the config...

Having trouble trunking one of my VLANs into my Vsphere Cluster. Fairly basic setup. 2x ESX 6.5 hosts w/ 2 NICs Internal network is on vlan 1 Untagged IOT network on vlan 11 tagged, not tagged to vmware ports. Onboarding network vlan 200, tagged to vmware ports. Any ideas on what I am missing...

Having a minor problem in regards to my setup. I have Time Warner Cable 300mb down /50mb up service. Running WSE 2012r2 with the following setup: 1) Used WSE 2012r2 on the server and set it up as a host only (stripped out everything else) 2) Setup a virtualized WSE 2012r2 machine as my domain...

Hello mighty gods of information, I'm in need. I recently had a dedicated circuit installed (Level3) and then had a networking services company (BlackBox) run a cable drop for the ISPs equipment to my server room. The issue is that we're paying for a dedicated 100 mbps UP and 100 mbps DOWN, but...

Hi, I have a Windows server 2012 R2 installation on a Dell R710 with an Intel AF DA nic in an x8 slot. I also have an OmniOS installation on a Supermicro X8DTH with an Intel X520-DA2. These devices are directly connected on a 10.10.10.0/24 subnet using Twinax. Both are configured with large...

I'm currently using sophos UTM home edition for my home network. Being free it has limited 50 IP address. So I'm setting up my home dev esxi box which will have various vms running for work related tasks. I setup pfsense on esxi with two nics. One goes to home network, other is internal switch...

Hi, I have 2x Intel AF DA cards (Intel 82598EB). One of which is installed in a Windows Server 2012 R2 box. The other is in a Supermicro X8DTH OmniOS box. These are directly attached by confirmed working Twinax cables but both sides show no link when connected to each other. All interfaces are...