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@Crucial said in Tech Questions:
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
@Crucial looking at the coverage map I see that I actually live in the little hexagon saying "Expanding in 2023". How the FUCK does that work?
That makes literally no sense.
I looked at Starlink for the farm, but we're well served by numerous towers.
See above. Makes sense if there is a major Air Force base (possibly a comms base) in that hex.
There's nothing in that hex. What's interesting is no other areas are greyed out where there are bases, such as headquarters air command which is in that snippet @NTA posted. I'd hazard a guess that the actual website is wrong.
Out of interest what do you get as wireless speeds from the towers?
About 60Mbps during peak usage.
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
On to another topic - we bought The Boy a Macbook Pro this year as his Macbook Air 2015 model wasn't keeping up with the Video Editing / Special Effects he needed for study.
So what the fuck do I do with an old Macbook Air?
Sell it? I've seen them go for $300
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@antipodean said in Tech Questions:
@NTA said in Tech Questions:
On to another topic - we bought The Boy a Macbook Pro this year as his Macbook Air 2015 model wasn't keeping up with the Video Editing / Special Effects he needed for study.
So what the fuck do I do with an old Macbook Air?
Sell it? I've seen them go for $300
I just checked the trade value at the Apple Store and it's $50, so guess asking for even $200 is OK. It isn't exactly in pristine shape because Teenage Boy.
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Or I guess make it useful by running Pfsense and wireshark in a linux virtualbox?
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@antipodean said in Tech Questions:
Or I guess make it useful by running Pfsense and wireshark in a linux virtualbox?
Ten years ago I would have gone for that out of pure curiosity. These days I can't be arsed.
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@antipodean said in Tech Questions:
Or I guess make it useful by running Pfsense and wireshark in a linux virtualbox?
you're just making words up now
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@voodoo said in Tech Questions:
@antipodean said in Tech Questions:
Or I guess make it useful by running Pfsense and wireshark in a linux virtualbox?
you're just making words up now
if you think about it...arent all words just made up?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Tech Questions:
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Or I guess make it useful by running Pfsense and wireshark in a linux virtualbox?
you're just making words up now
if you think about it...arent all words just made up?
Especially ones starting with "Pf"
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
@Crucial looking at the coverage map I see that I actually live in the little hexagon saying "Expanding in 2023"...how does that work?
Look down at your waistline?
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@voodoo said in Tech Questions:
@antipodean said in Tech Questions:
Or I guess make it useful by running Pfsense and wireshark in a linux virtualbox?
you're just making words up now
"pfSense® - World's Most Trusted Open Source Firewall"
no wonder - if no one has heard of it no one can hack it -
@Kiwiwomble said in Tech Questions:
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@antipodean said in Tech Questions:
Or I guess make it useful by running Pfsense and wireshark in a linux virtualbox?
you're just making words up now
if you think about it...arent all words just made up?
some are based on sounds we make though without conscious effort/thinking about it (no, not "boobies") so some are more made up than others...
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@nostrildamus said in Tech Questions:
@voodoo said in Tech Questions:
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Or I guess make it useful by running Pfsense and wireshark in a linux virtualbox?
you're just making words up now
"pfSense® - World's Most Trusted Open Source Firewall"
no wonder - if no one has heard of it no one can hack itSecurity through obscurity?
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
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@voodoo said in Tech Questions:
@antipodean said in Tech Questions:
Or I guess make it useful by running Pfsense and wireshark in a linux virtualbox?
you're just making words up now
"pfSense® - World's Most Trusted Open Source Firewall"
no wonder - if no one has heard of it no one can hack itSecurity through obscurity?
Good company motto! And I think this was also the basis of a Dr Who/Time Lords episode or three!
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
I did a walk through on the setup this morning - I can get the Primary point into the geographical centre of the house (kitchen) with 2 ethernet ports.
Point 2 will have LOS to the "west" of that near the front of the house (foyer) with no impeding structures.
Point 3 will still be in the same location to the "east" (my office) but should hook up to the primary directly as it will be within 5m of it, through an internal wall.So two weeks later, aside from the one point thinking it was offline, the new setup works very well indeed.
I've been investigating some other stuff - as much as I can without seeing under the hood on the router side of things - and reckon that we need to get all the devices to turn off MAC spoofing for the home networks. It seems to be an issue with hitting a limit (address resolution cache??) that would have pulled the house down.
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@Tim said in Tech Questions:
Anyone know of a reliable one-time credit card service for NZ cards?
Not sure what you mean exactly. Are you wanting a cut out service?
You could look at Wise. I use them for a Apple Pay card on my phone. Sign up easy and you get a virtual card immediately. Physical card arrives in a few days. -
@Crucial One time use virtual credit card to make sure one-off payments stay one-off. Something like privacy.com. Wise might be the best bet. Not always keen to expose my real credit card number on the internet!
e.g. Recently a VPN service charged me for a service I had cancelled, and it took some dealing with PayPal to get my money back.
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@Tim said in Tech Questions:
@Crucial One time use virtual credit card to make sure one-off payments stay one-off. Something like privacy.com. Wise might be the best bet. Not always keen to expose my real credit card number on the internet!
I just put balance on the wise card when I need it. Small charge to pay $ on but it is quick and reliable. I have even done it while standing at the supermarket checkout after realising I had left my wallet in the car.
That way there’s nothing to steal.