Posts made by garak0410

@scottalanmiller said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

600ms isn't untenable. Can't do phone calls but with some proper setup you can get a lot of things working decently well.

@travisdh1 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@scottalanmiller said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@garak0410 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

But now reality hits...Satellite Internet isn't all that great...it for sure does have the "Click, wait, bam" result and uploads do struggle...he will let me know how it goes tonight...

Newer ones get pretty good. Older ones tend to be terribly slow.

The currently available ones are still rather slow. 600-800ms, which is better than the original 3000+. The ones with good latency aren't available yet

Yeah, it is pretty bad right now...he has me coming back tomorrow to see if I can make it any better.

@scottalanmiller said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@garak0410 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

But now reality hits...Satellite Internet isn't all that great...it for sure does have the "Click, wait, bam" result and uploads do struggle...he will let me know how it goes tonight...

Newer ones get pretty good. Older ones tend to be terribly slow.

I've asked him to give it a week or so before writing it off...at least 3 weeks so I can still go to Austin...

I'd love to see the Spazmatics again at the party but sounds like it may be country / western music. But I could be wrong...

@Reid-Cooper said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@garak0410 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

The only problem I am having now is the port forwarding for the Milestone system.

@JaredBusch said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@travisdh1 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@JaredBusch said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@Dashrender said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@travisdh1 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@garak0410 You want the internet connection on eth0 or eth1, those are the two ports that get the ASIC accelerated routing. eth2, eth3 and eth4 are all on a switch that has to use the CPU for routing functions, really slows things down.

Interesting- I didn't know that. Cool.

Because he’s wrong.

Has that changed, or did I just get bad information again?

It has never changed.

When I go back out there, I'll make these changes...right now, the struggle is getting the port forwarding correct for the Milestone cameras...I matched what was on the previous modem/router and it doesn't seem to be working as the mobile Milestone app isn't working still due to the port forwarding.

Are you certain that it is the port forwarding causing the issue? Maybe it is something else.

I got it fixed...needed a little more DNS info in the router...it is all working now...

But now reality hits...Satellite Internet isn't all that great...it for sure does have the "Click, wait, bam" result and uploads do struggle...he will let me know how it goes tonight...

Like many have mentioned before, it may be time for him to use his clout and money to see what it will take to get fiber out there...or we may look at point to point...

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@garak0410 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@garak0410 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@garak0410 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Watching the Apple Event...and I'm a Microsoft / Android guy...

So which existing, old technologies are they adding to their new stuff this year? They always seem to be a decade behind android on so many things.

I try to be objective with the Apple Announcements since the senior staff prefers iPhones but so far, I've seen nothing earth shattering...

All iPhones have been announced...seems like they have matched the Note Series and Pixel Phones on some abilities on the Camera...and they have simplified the naming convention: .iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro MAX. They will continue to sell the XR and iPhone8 in the coming year.

Interesting - they are keeping the iPhone 8.... is that because it's the last phone with a fingerprint reader?

Likely because many people don't / can't spend <1000 for a f***** phone so they need a low end model to sell to the masses.

Or overstock of iPhone 8's and XR's perhaps?

@garak0410 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@garak0410 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Watching the Apple Event...and I'm a Microsoft / Android guy...

So which existing, old technologies are they adding to their new stuff this year? They always seem to be a decade behind android on so many things.

I try to be objective with the Apple Announcements since the senior staff prefers iPhones but so far, I've seen nothing earth shattering...

All iPhones have been announced...seems like they have matched the Note Series and Pixel Phones on some abilities on the Camera...and they have simplified the naming convention: .iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro MAX. They will continue to sell the XR and iPhone8 in the coming year.

@Pete-S said in Online IT eduction sites?:

I've seen a couple of sites mentioned for training in the IT field.
I probably missed a ton though. What others are worth looking at?

This is the list so far (in alphabetical order):

• linuxacademy.com
• pluralsight.com
• udemy.com

Udemy is pretty good...they run sales often (if they are really "sales") and most of the purchased courses I've taken have been very good.

The only problem I am having now is the port forwarding for the Milestone system.

@JaredBusch said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@travisdh1 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@JaredBusch said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@Dashrender said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@travisdh1 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@garak0410 You want the internet connection on eth0 or eth1, those are the two ports that get the ASIC accelerated routing. eth2, eth3 and eth4 are all on a switch that has to use the CPU for routing functions, really slows things down.

Interesting- I didn't know that. Cool.

Because he’s wrong.

Has that changed, or did I just get bad information again?

It has never changed.

When I go back out there, I'll make these changes...right now, the struggle is getting the port forwarding correct for the Milestone cameras...I matched what was on the previous modem/router and it doesn't seem to be working as the mobile Milestone app isn't working still due to the port forwarding.

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@garak0410 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Watching the Apple Event...and I'm a Microsoft / Android guy...

So which existing, old technologies are they adding to their new stuff this year? They always seem to be a decade behind android on so many things.

I try to be objective with the Apple Announcements since the senior staff prefers iPhones but so far, I've seen nothing earth shattering...

Watching the Apple Event...and I'm a Microsoft / Android guy...

@JaredBusch said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@garak0410 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

I'm on site...

I left it as I had configured, Network on ETH0 and Internet in ETH4 (before I saw the above replies) and so far, it is working...mostly...

Our Milestone camera system isn't working but that may have something to do with the dynamic DNS we have said for that so will verify.

And though it shows we are pulling about 45meg through ViaSat, it still seems a little slow when caching video but once it plays, it stays on...

If you had bothered to do the right thing and run the setup wizard, eth0 would be the WAN.

That is also a PoE input.

Eth4 is PoE output/pass through from eth0.

I did follow the wizard and this is the route it took me initially...I'd be more than glad to go back and change it if need be...I'm trying to balance out the demands of the job that now requires me to handle all of work and the CEO's home, SOLO...plus care for my wife who has Leukemia and be able to get my pre-teen daughter to and from appointments and sports...these are the times when I wish I had a second person...don't always need one but the last few weeks, a second person would come in handy for the day to day gremlins...I am looking at SpiceWorld as an escape/vacation here in a few weeks...

I'm on site...

I left it as I had configured, Network on ETH0 and Internet in ETH4 (before I saw the above replies) and so far, it is working...mostly...

Our Milestone camera system isn't working but that may have something to do with the dynamic DNS we have said for that so will verify.

And though it shows we are pulling about 45meg through ViaSat, it still seems a little slow when caching video but once it plays, it stays on...

@garak0410 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@JasGot said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@garak0410 You're doing fine. It sounds like you have access to the property while they are out of town. I would say if you don't get that pepwave re-configured to use the Ethernet wan by Saturday afternoon, I'd get a regular router and make sure he has his internet and WiFi back by the time he rolls in Sunday night..... You got this, just know when to fall back on plan "b".

The router arrived today...went ahead with an EdgeMax...trying to figure out where to get started with the config...it has the same default IP ad the Pepwave so I'm thinking I just copy what's in the PEP wave over to ETH0 and in theory, should be a good start.

And forgive me for thinking aloud here but trying to map out how to complete this project...

I was going to leave Eth0 as it is for the connection back to the main network in the house to keep it the same as the PepWave...and using Eth04 for bringing the internet INTO this router...

So, assuming I just need to mirror the PepWave's network info for ETH0, correct?

@JasGot said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@garak0410 You're doing fine. It sounds like you have access to the property while they are out of town. I would say if you don't get that pepwave re-configured to use the Ethernet wan by Saturday afternoon, I'd get a regular router and make sure he has his internet and WiFi back by the time he rolls in Sunday night..... You got this, just know when to fall back on plan "b".

The router arrived today...went ahead with an EdgeMax...trying to figure out where to get started with the config...it has the same default IP ad the Pepwave so I'm thinking I just copy what's in the PEP wave over to ETH0 and in theory, should be a good start.

@Emad-R said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@garak0410

time to find another job if you dont sort this out

Oh I will...he can always go back to CenturyLink's 1.5 speed...at least it was consistent...

@IRJ said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@DustinB3403 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@marcinozga said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

And can't your CEO get Verizon or whoever is in the area to run fiber to his house? Judging by the size of the house it looks like he could afford that.

Sure it might only cost a few hundred thousand. . .

I wonder how much of company resources he is using by having his IT people constantly at his house?

Since I'm IT in IT, I can say I've lost about 2 days of office time by working on this and I'm behind...

@JasGot said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@garak0410 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@marcinozga said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

You need a router between ViaSat modem and switch. From your description it looks like Pepwave is a router/modem, but I'd get dedicated router, Ubiquiti has many options.

So in theory, could I not pull the SIM card out of the Pepwave, bring in the ViaSat connection, route in the PepWave and then send back to the main switches? Wasn't sure if the SIM card would be a problem...I do see you can have a secondary WAN in the settings:

If it is capable of a physical ethernet connection on the WAN side, then perhaps. Would pepwave offer any help in using an ethernet connection for WAN access until the 4g is back online?

It's worth a shot...it does have a WAN port...

@marcinozga said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

You need a router between ViaSat modem and switch. From your description it looks like Pepwave is a router/modem, but I'd get dedicated router, Ubiquiti has many options.

So in theory, could I not pull the SIM card out of the Pepwave, bring in the ViaSat connection, route in the PepWave and then send back to the main switches? Wasn't sure if the SIM card would be a problem...I do see you can have a secondary WAN in the settings:

@DustinB3403 said in SpiceWorld 2019:

@garak0410 said in SpiceWorld 2019:

Anyone going to be at SpiceWorld 2019? I'm going to be there...driving down from Little Rock on Sunday and leaving Thursday Morning.

I would be very surprised if SpiceWorld is going to be any where near as grand as previous years, especially since SW is now owned by ZD - they just don't have the budget at the moment for it.

Thus I would be surprised to see a lot of the familiar faces.

Last year was my first and only got to connect the final night...hope to see a few of those guys again...

@JasGot said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

@garak0410 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:

I tried using our clout...all they said it "might be end of September" when they get it fixed. He couldn't wait that long...

If you need it running this afternoon, any d-link or netgear router from best buy will get him online until you can get the product you want for the job.

Luckily, we are still running on the poor Verizon internet and he is at his beach house this weekend, so no rush for today but I did want to try to get it going. Will work on a solution now...