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  1. rock_ya_baby

    15-20K Samsung on max?

    Don't want screen less than 5.5"
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    15-20K Samsung on max?

    Guys any opinions on the Samsung On Max. I've been looking to upgrade from my very old Xiaomi Note4G. Never had a Samsung, but this one with 5.7" screen is looking decent to me. I would have got Xiaomi Note 4 if availability wasn't an issue. 1. Budget? A: INR 12k-18k 2. Preferred display...
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    Can we put all static DNS servers from different providers?

    Redundancy. If DNS1 is not reachable or your request timesout, your router will try DNS2 and so on...
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    0-20k Pfsense System

    I was looking to downsize my home lab (Cisco/Vmware/IoT/Virtual WLC/Windows AD) w.r.t power and heat as well as to replace my ageing Juniper SSG5 Internet firewall. So ended up placing an order for QOTOM Q355G4 i5-5250U 8G RAM 64G SSD for about $360 three days ago. Selected this mainly for it's...
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    home's light goes off

    Short circuit or may be because you are connecting the pump to a lower amp rated power outlet which is tripping the breaker.
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    How to buy a pool of IPs?

    Don't forget, you should get a "Provider Independent" block (Called PI Block in conversations), which can be advertised in global BGP by you via any provider. That way you won't be tied to one ISP.
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    Adapter for 1.8v serial port

    Probably a simple Voltage (Resistor) Divider can be used to step down 3.3v to 1.8v. Else look for Level Shifters that support conversions you need.
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    Career for Someone Out of Study for 15 Years?

    Look into Polytechnic Institutes.
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    FS: Networking TP-Link 5 Port Gigabit switch

    Someone modded this to make it VLAN aware. http://spritesmods.com/?art=rtl8366sb
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    Amazon Prime is now in India!

    Thanks I am going to do that, package was delivered 20hrs late. Update: Product still selling at same cost. They gave 200rs gift card, thanks guys for the pointer. It's not much but whatever; offsets the Prime cost a lilttle bit.
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    Amazon Prime is now in India!

    I had two Prime orders that were guaranteed delivery by yesterday 8PM. They still haven't reached me, its next day afternoon now.
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    Full Home Automation - For Peanuts

    I have a question, How to you go about IoT enabling switchboard buttons for light and fans? Suppose we use a relay hooked up to an ESP8266 microcontroller (it has wifi). Next steps would be to inline the relay board with one wire of the switch? How to we power on the microcontroller board...
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    Asus RT-N13U B1 - DD-wrt thread

    I have a Vodafone 4G dongle, which I want to be used as a backup to the PPPoE ACT broadband. Any ready scripts with the community? If ACT fails, switch to 4G. When ACT is restored... switch to it and disconnect 4G. I'll eventually do it myself if there is none... but please point me to a script...
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    The "Everyday" show-off thread !

    Good choice on the TPlink, its Kali compatible and can do packet injection :)
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    Storage Solutions Which 240GB SSD out of these?!

    This zotac 120G is priced at a pretty sweet spot. 2.6K http://www.primeabgb.com/online-price-reviews-india/zotac-ztssd-a4p-120g-120gb-ssd/ Let us know how it performs once you have it.
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    0-20k Found perfect components for my NAS/AlwaysOn ESXi Box - comments?

    Most of my heavy VMs and Cisco stuff (GNS3/ISE/Prime + 5 VMs run off the main desktop in VMware WS 12, AMD 8 core, 32G RAM). This machine just needs to run Cisco virtual wireless controller, a NFS NAS for VMs and an AD/CA/NTP inside a Win2012 VM; the cpu+mobo I mentioned, I think it should...
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    0-20k Found perfect components for my NAS/AlwaysOn ESXi Box - comments?

    I am not worried about the incompatibilities, have hacked my way around those with ESXi in the past. No need for RAID at this stage. But i am worried about TDP of this proccy, next better alternative is i3-6100T (?) 35TDP IIRC. That's too expensive compared to my current choice :( I cant find...
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    Storage Solutions Which 240GB SSD out of these?!

    Agree.. have been running 750 the 240Gig for my host OS and some VMs. The IOPS are very good, for my situation atleast.
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    0-20k Found perfect components for my NAS/AlwaysOn ESXi Box - comments?

    Fellas Wont to fair to fill the template for this... Need a second headless rig to run my Cisco stuff and act as a low activity NAS. NAS BUILD: Purpose: to run 24x7, serve as vNAS to store family media and backups, NFS/Samba, VM Datastore and to host a few low cpu/high ram VMs. VMs: NAS OS...
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    Hobbyist Drill?

    Thanks guys. I'll see a hardware shop first to see if there are any worthwhile drills. I'd like to have one handy as some or the other DIY projects seem to always have a need for a drill.