#garfield Logs

Jul 17 2022

12:07 AM rue_mohr: Tom_L, have you seen this guy?
12:17 AM rue_mohr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obR-l7qVhQY
11:25 AM rue_bed: I slipped moving the boiler yesterday and crunched myself good, I'm ok considering the number of sharp edges its got but ouch
11:48 AM Tom_L: yes and no
11:54 AM rue_mohr: your not great and its as good as its going to get...
11:54 AM rue_mohr: hmm
11:56 AM rue_mohr: cat layed down on the laptop in the shop last night and killed a handle that was printing
11:56 AM rue_mohr: forgot to close the screen
11:57 AM rue_mohr: I had 3 printers going to try to get to a set of 20
11:58 AM Tom_L: best internet router?
11:58 AM rue_mohr: hah, I still use a linux machine
11:58 AM Tom_L: i added 3 4k tv to it so i need a better one
11:59 AM rue_mohr: get 1 card with gigabit
11:59 AM rue_mohr: er
11:59 AM rue_mohr: get 1 card with 2 gigabit ports
11:59 AM Tom_L: the modem has a gigabit port
11:59 AM rue_mohr: linux should shuffle between the buffers on the card
11:59 AM Tom_L: i need a bigger switch too
12:00 PM Tom_L: i have one but it's in the wrong place
12:00 PM rue_mohr: heh
12:00 PM rue_mohr: slippery
12:01 PM Tom_itx: Arris Surfboard S33 or Motorola MB8600 ??
12:01 PM rue_mohr: I'v had achie joints for a while, I'm starting to worry I'm getting arthritis
12:01 PM rue_mohr: I dont know either of those
12:02 PM rue_mohr: seems most routers die at about 2 years
12:02 PM Tom_L: i've had mine well over that
12:02 PM rue_mohr: that said, I just had to put a new MB in my router a few weeks ago, after about 13 years
12:05 PM rue_mohr: so I need to make a bracket
12:05 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/Untitled.png
12:06 PM rue_mohr: do you think me trimming off the outside corners like that removes strength?
12:07 PM Tom_L: not as long as the thickness is kept
12:07 PM Tom_L: radius would be better
12:08 PM rue_mohr: hmm
12:28 PM Tom_L: so what type of cable for 2.5gb etherenet? cat6 or is there something better now?
12:45 PM rue_mohr: cat5e is good for 1G
12:45 PM rue_mohr: cat6 for 10G
12:47 PM Tom_L: ok
12:47 PM rue_mohr: I suspect your good with cat5e
12:48 PM rue_mohr: the service providers rarely ship what they say, they like to inflate the numbers
12:48 PM rue_mohr: I can understand the router thing
12:49 PM rue_mohr: I upgraded mine to 1G interfaces to get the 200Mb from my provider
12:50 PM Tom_L: well, they're tv is going on internet now instead of sat
12:50 PM Tom_L: i don't watch much but the rest like it
12:51 PM rue_mohr: it does not need even 1G
12:51 PM rue_mohr: could peak more than 100M
12:51 PM Tom_L: x5 if they're all going?
12:52 PM Tom_L: unrealistic but possible
12:52 PM rue_mohr: 1G backbine is just fine
12:52 PM rue_mohr: I'v gradually upgraded the main switches here to 1G
12:52 PM Tom_L: i haven't updated stuff in probably a good 10 yrs
12:52 PM rue_mohr: I wanted file copies between the shop and house to perk up a bit
12:53 PM rue_mohr: the insane people are all throwing out 1G and going 10G, so you can find used 1G stuff thats just great
12:54 PM Tom_L: i'll grab another switch today then i can move the little 5 port to the garage
12:54 PM Tom_L: it's all filled up
12:54 PM rue_mohr: check places with used equip
12:54 PM Tom_L: i keep a 24port i have under my desk for .... stuff
12:54 PM rue_mohr: all the 1G I got were free
12:54 PM Tom_L: :)
12:54 PM rue_mohr: heh, yea I have a 24+2 here too
12:55 PM Tom_L: but it's 100 i think
12:55 PM rue_mohr: 2x 1G, 24x 100M
12:55 PM Tom_L: dunno, don't care
12:55 PM rue_mohr: I'm using 6 ports now..
12:55 PM Tom_L: you can't put the wan straight to the switch can you?
12:55 PM Tom_L: it needs a router?
12:55 PM rue_mohr: hav3 ot have the router
12:56 PM Tom_L: well i need the wifi part anyway
12:56 PM Tom_L: err, they do
12:56 PM rue_mohr: router creates a local net to wrap the traffic and issues dhcp and keep the russians out
12:56 PM Tom_L: yeah
12:56 PM rue_mohr: who knock at the door ALL_DAY_LONG
12:56 PM Tom_L: i know
12:56 PM Tom_L: mostly at night though
12:56 PM rue_mohr: to be fair, it might be a lot of chineese too
01:05 PM rue_mohr: hey, my garden was pretty sad this year, how did your do
04:35 PM Tom_L: none
06:12 PM rue_shop3: ok, got some trees cut down
06:12 PM rue_shop3: stupid chainsaw wont idle once its warmed up
06:48 PM Tom_L: clean the filter
06:52 PM rue_mohr: air?
06:53 PM rue_mohr: <rue_mohr> http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1240837.jpg
06:53 PM rue_mohr: <rue_mohr> I need ideas to boost the strength of that yellow elbow hinge
07:14 PM Tom_L: titanium
07:15 PM Tom_L: make it a triangle instead of a T
07:36 PM rue_shop2: the torque is pretty hefty on it
10:22 PM Tom_L: and if that isn't enough, bend an L around the perimeter of the triangle
10:22 PM rue_mohr: two of those bolts are hinge points