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  1. Razor512

    News Older Arlo cameras (from 2014 and older) to reach EOL and be severely crippled or bricked in April 1 2023, and others on January 1, 2024.

    Updated today with a list of EOLs for April 2023, as well as others for January 2024. https://kb.arlo.com/000063018/Arlo-Legacy-Cameras-End-of-Life The move effectively rids them of all products that offered some "free" functions like 1 week rolling storage of a limited amount of recorded...
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    Has anyone done thermal testing on the RTL8125 2.5GbE controller?

    Controller in question: https://www.realtek.com/en/products/communications-network-ics/item/rtl8125bg-s-cg Around a week ago, I purchased some 2.5GbE adapters since a generic Rosewill one was a little under $18 each. https://www.newegg.com/rosewill-rc-20001/p/N82E16833166146 (price went up...
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    Is the only new function of the Intel AX210 compared to the AX200, the addition of Bluetooth 5.2?

    While looking at their new WiFi adapter, i noticed that not much has changed. https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?productIds=204836,189347 https://www.wi-fi.org/product-finder-results?sort_by=certified&sort_order=desc&certifications=58&keywords=ax210&companies=56 While...
  4. Razor512

    Smart home platform Wink will require a monthly subscription starting May 13, 2020

    https://blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/5/6/introducing-wink-subscription Seems the company was selling a range of cloud reliant devices, and once market saturation for their products was reached, they decided to shift to a subscription model for continued use of the cloud reliant devices.
  5. Razor512

    Plume is turning its mesh Wi-Fi into a subscription service

    Plume is moving to a subscription based system for their products in order to maintain the features which they refer to as "Active Management", though they fail to detail what that entails, and if the subscription is not paid, they claim that the products will continue to function but with...
  6. Razor512

    Nextbit Robin smartphones will lose access to cloud storage on March 1, 2018

    https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/9/16867380/nextbit-smart-storage-cloud-service-shut-down-robin-phone In a recent announcement from the company, they will be shutting down the cloud storage for the Nextbit Robin smartphones. When the phone was originally announced, this was one of the as...
  7. Razor512

    Why don't routers have 10GbE ports?

    Moderator note: This post moved from another topic. Faster WiFi helps, especially when you have wireless devices that need to be regularly backed up to your NAS. Sadly while routers get frequent improvements, many device makers are really lazy with implementing better WiFi chipsets. It is...
  8. Razor512

    Logitech will brick its Harmony Link hub for all owners in March

    https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/circuitbreaker/2017/11/8/16623076/logitech-harmony-link-discontinued-bricked In a recent email sent to customers purchased a cloud reliant Universal remote from Logitech, they were told the following. "On March 16th, 2018, Logitech will discontinue service...
  9. Razor512

    Canary Moves Nearly All Free Features Behind Paywall

    As part of a recent change, Canary has decided to take many features that were advertised as being free with their cameras, and moved them behind a pay wall which will cost $10 per month for the first camera, and $5 per month for each additional camera Users on a free account are now limited to...
  10. Razor512

    NETGEAR To End VueZone Services Next Year

    In a recent email, Netgear has informed all vuezone customers that it will be discontinuing all cloud services on December 31, 2017. The vuezone first retailed as a set, containing a base station, and 2 cameras for $300. Vuezone camera systems are 100% cloud reliant. The message sent by...
  11. Razor512

    Revolv shut down - told you so

    Wanted to add a recent article which helps to further demonstrate what cloud reliance does. One of the first major products from google to have the servers commit seppuku, and turn all of the client devices into paperweights...
  12. Razor512

    Bond the whole 2.4 GHz band!

    For 2.4GHz, the router makers should really consider allowing the routers to bond channels 1-11 in order to take full advantage of the 2.4GHz band. (40MHz is not wide enough)
  13. Razor512

    Need a better automated backup solution

    Currently, I use windows backup for all of my systems, which simply backs up to a shared folder on the network (have an old PC that I use as a NAS + VPN (in a VM) + game server (in a VM)) The main issue with windows backup is that you have to eventually manually remove old backups because it...
  14. Razor512

    NETGEAR Launches IoT IP Camera

    http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/multimedia-voip/multimedia-voip-news/32547-netgear-launches-iot-ip-camera This seems like version 2 of the vuezone cameras, with all of the flaws of the vuezone system. Cloud only and thus no local access or recording, thus it is a paperweight without their...
  15. Razor512

    Setting Up And Using OpenVPN On ASUS Routers

    http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/security/security-howto/32538-setting-up-and-using-openvpn-on-asus-routers --------------------------------------------- From what I have seen, at least with using the VPN function on the R7000, the openVPN server only uses a single core, though the extra...
  16. Razor512

    Linksys Intros WRT Switch

    http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-news/32532-linksys-intros-wrt-switch Is there a mistake with the 3D renders, or did something terrible happen at linksys HQ? http://i.imgur.com/Zn42x34.jpg Unmanaged gigabit switches generally have very few components, that produce less heat...
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    Smartphone idea

    A company needs to make a smartphone with with a 4 stream 802.11ac wifi adapter, full 1 watt transmit power, probably a core i5 mobile CPU, 16GB RAM, and a decent GPU such as a GTX880m, and then give it a user replaceable 20,000mAh battery, and to satisfy the rest of the market, give it a APS-C...
  18. Razor512

    PowerCloud Systems Makes An Exit

    Article: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-news/32466-powercloud-systems-makes-an-exit Opinion: This is of the many reasons to avoid cloud based devices such as the skydog router, dropcam, vuezone and other similar products, when things change or the service goes away, then...
  19. Razor512

    MetaGeek inSSIDer Wi-Fi Helper Reviewed

    Link to article: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/32461-metageek-inssider-wi-fi-helper-reviewed My opinion: Seems overpriced for what it does, it essentially automated the shortest steps of finding the best wifi channel (while leaving the user to manually perform the...
  20. Razor512

    Question about cable modem channels

    I have a friend who is stuck with time warner cable (15mbit down, 1mbit up package), and he is currently having me help him fix an issue with a number of people using his wifi. backstory:-------------- For some reason, time warner is refusing to change settings, as well as give users access to...
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