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  1. J

    Untangle - Hardware Specs

    I was a bit worried about buying there but it turns out to be ok, they sent it using dhl, I could see tracking info and after three years later the qotom box is still working no problem.
  2. J

    Untangle - Hardware Specs

    Have you look on those qotom boxes from AliExpress?
  3. J

    Switch approach to PoE Devices and Backup Power

    As other have mentioned, get a smaller switch for you critical AP and then get a big ups for that switch. that is what I do, I don’t care about the AP in the backyard but with one ups I manage to get 1.30 hours from ups for ont, OPNsense and 3 AP
  4. J

    OpnSense Advice?

    using OPNsense for a while now, I find it simpler than pfsense
  5. J

    Poe+ powered switch recommendations

    I have the GS105PE and it works fine for me and I guess that it will work perfect in your scenario, I have a different one I guess a bit more complex and it works just fine. My area suffers a lot by power outages so I had to get a portable gas generator to power a few devices (1 firewall with...
  6. J

    Anybody using a cloud service to backup their QNAP NAS?

    I’m currently using dupliciti + backblaze for off-site backup, working very good so far and also very cheap Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  7. J

    Static IP

    Some ISP do and some don’t charge you for the static IP, the ISP I used to have when I had dsl gave me the static ip for free, they just made me write them a letter asking for it, now I have cable and they ask $8/month for the static ip Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  8. J

    Start up questions

    Yes, keep the kit, and just search for the sensors you like the most, for adding sensors/devices is as simple as press a button and follow 3 steps on your phone
  9. J

    Installing a alarm system...

    Do you have a alarm system in the house and you want to add something to monitor it or you dont have anything and need to buy all at this point? If you have a a DSC or Honeywell alarm system it might be compatible with envisalink by eyezon, you will get sms, email or push notifications if your...
  10. J

    Routers as AP or true AP

    The house is about 3121.5ft² (290m²), it is all made of concrete, so one router is not enough to cover the whole house, that is why there is a 3 routers/ap to cover all the house. I don't doubt upgrading to a newer router will be a big improvement considering the old routers they have now but I...
  11. J

    Routers as AP or true AP

    I have to replace three old routers (N) in a house (family), they have some old wrt310 routers in three different places in the house to get proper wireless across the house. In my house I do the same with 2 R7000 and 1 EA6500v2, but I did it this way because I already had these routers, I did...
  12. J

    Recommendations / TS-251 vs TS-251A vs DS218+

    Hi, thanks for your feedback, I did notice the cpuboss information and saw it is a little faster. At the end I decided to go with the ts251a just because it was newer than the ts251+, it can handle more ram than the Synology and also because the qnap OS seemed more mature to me. Thanks again...
  13. J

    Recommendations / TS-251 vs TS-251A vs DS218+

    Im planning to upgrade to any of these three NAS devices. Already decided im going with a 2 bay device, price is almost similar for the three models mentioned. TS-251a and DS218+ look very similar to me, both can do 4k, dual core intel processor, both can do transcode on the fly but it looks...
  14. J

    Router for IoT Security

    I am doing exactly what you are trying to do (as shown in the last diagram you shared) with a Netgear R7000, three vlans, trusted devices, guests, IoT. This r7000 is running tomato kille72 v2017.2. It just works for me and I just spent about $90 for the router. Sent from my iPhone using...
  15. J

    Web interface or GUI for LFTP (entware)

    Looks like ftps is not supported. Sorry Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. J

    Web interface or GUI for LFTP (entware)

    Why don't you use Aria2? It does have a web based GUI and works for ftp Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. J

    IoT - how to wall off devices while keeping them usable

    Let me tell you what I have at home, about 5 pcs, 6 apple devices, wireless printers smart tv, wemo, ip cams, smarthing. I accomplish this with two netgear R7000 running tomato. I have my main LAN on vlan2 (1 is for wan) were all my trusted devices are, of phones, Apple TV NAS. Then, I have...
  18. J

    How much power do cable modems use?

    http://www.tpcdb.com/list.php?type=30 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  19. J

    Question about Orbi

    I have been reading about velop and or I and my understanding is that orbi is not a true mesh system because "satellite" will always connect to the "router" unit and that the satellites don't talk between them, on the other hand velop nodes can talk to each other. So my questions is (assuming...
  20. J

    Advice for a wifi camera that can detect and record motion

    I use some foscam cams, these detect movement and sound and send an email when detected, at the same time the cam record video for up to 5 minutes after initial motion detection and are able to send you some pictures to your email Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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