homelab

Does anyone knows why most Epyc CPUs and MB on eBay are shipping from China? Does anyone here has experience buying a used CPU/MB from China?

I’ve been using a sound bar from Sonos with my TV for several years now, but in an effort to ditch the last appliances that unnecessarily require accounts and internet access, I am looking to ditch it in favor of something that is entirely contained within my own network....

Based on an r210 II I’m currently doing up...

Dumping info for whoever needs it in the future. I had mine apart and used the opportunity to scan then cooler and measure the positions of the mounting holes. If anybody plans to manufacture their own cooler or make another cooler fit - here’s the measurements you need. Image is calibrated in X and Y.

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/7036304...

So, this open computer has been my homelab for a good while now, but I desperately want to upgrade it, so please recommend any hardware/upgrades....

I’ve spent far longer than expected to set up an VLAN on my network for IoT devices which I don’t want to have access to the internet. I’m running RB4011iGS+ router with RouterOS 6.48.4 and what I thought was a simple change took the whole network down for a while....

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/6830939...

Hello fellow Homelabbers,...

Sorry, I’m not very used with server stuff, if I buy an Intel CPU without an integrated GPU like most Xeon, then I wouldn’t have enough pcie lanes for a GPU because all is taken for nvme drives...

So, I just realized that if i use my WAN IP in my browser from within my network, it brings me to my pfsense login page…...

I currently have several VLANS (management for network devices, iot for smart devices, infra for security cameras and NAS, one for personal devices, anothe for guests, etc....

Hey all,...

About a year go I bought one of those fanless four port routers. Ordered one with a celeron, they sent me one with an 11th gen i3. Since then, core temps will regularly spike to 100c and it will throttle. Took it apart and found this as a cooling solution, which I’m sure would work fine with a celeron, but they gave me an i3...

Am gizmo shopping and would like some smart door locks. Figured y’all might have some recommendations on things that play nice with Home Assistant if networked, and generally don’t suck....

I have a few VLANs, and in each one I basically have it organized like this:...

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Hi, could you help me and recommend a good upgrade for my (dated) home server?...

I’m very new to home networking. I’m not new to computers (hardware or software) - but for whatever reason, anything network-related has always been an enigma to me....

Is PoE more efficient than plugging in adapters for each network device?...

I have a z800 that is now thoroughly obsolete, but really like the form factor (feels very sturdy, built in handles, drive trays are nice and solid, form factor stacks with other stuff nicely, built to handle hauling around without falling apart)....

I’m planning to buy Smart TVs for my house and I wanted to know which TV OS has better support for homelab media apps....

I thought would ask here (just joined the Lemmy world) but surely there must be a truenas community somewhere on the Lemmy world? Any Truenas users here?

So with Crypto mining being less profitable and miners selling their rigs for cheap I thought how can I get my self a cheap managed network switch. I saw mining motherboards with 12 PCIe 2.0 1x slots(4gbit bandwidth) and tought hey if I plug in some cheap 10g 2port network adapters I can make my own network switch with exactly...

The 10GBase-LR is 1310nm and the QSFP-40G-LR4 CWDM channels are 1271, 1291, 1311 and 1331 nm. Are the 1310nm and 3rd channel 1311nm technically compatible?...