Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Are you on Rogers? They recently changed the system and we had to trade in our old modem/router because it kept having to be reset. Everybody we know that has Rogers has had the exact same issue you are. We got the new one and all has been good.

I'm with Start, who I believe piggy backs off of Rogers or Bell, depending on where you are, and what type of internet you subscribe for. I want to say I'm with Rogers, but I'd need to double check.

I have a separate modem and router, the modem has been fine throughout, just the router giving me a hassle. Maybe I'll call them in the morning and see what they recommend. Would hate for the girls to run into this issue while I'm on the road, since I can imagine them being deer in the headlights with something like this.

Edit: Speaking of boredom with video games, I got back into Doom this evening, and forgot how absolutely wonderful it is. That's another game I'll likely play through a few times.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Cole

I'm with Start, who I believe piggy backs off of Rogers or Bell, depending on where you are, and what type of internet you subscribe for. I want to say I'm with Rogers, but I'd need to double check.

I have a separate modem and router, the modem has been fine throughout, just the router giving me a hassle. Maybe I'll call them in the morning and see what they recommend. Would hate for the girls to run into this issue while I'm on the road, since I can imagine them being deer in the headlights with something like this.

Probably your issue. Not sure what they changed but has messed with a pile of people.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Cole

Here's a question for those who know a little something about routers. I have a TPLink Archer C7 and yesterday, it just entirely shit the bed.

My question is ultimately, did I just end up picking out a really bad router? The reviews I read on it were all positive, so it seems like people are generally happy with it.

Quick google points to an incompatibility with specific wireless NICs. Crazy. I've never heard of this but it makes sense. A bug in all NICs with the qualcomm atheros qca61x4a/QCA6174 chipset does not play nicely with the router. Even open-source firmware authors are/were scrambling.

http://forum.tp-link.com/showthread....Killer-adapter

https://forum.lede-project.org/t/con...-released/1129

Originally Posted by Sarlacc

U.S. pioneered the moving pictures, television and the VCR which set the whole objectification-of-women industry up for it's heyday.
Both objectification of women and puritanism were brought over from Europe.
Both have survived in Europe, and both are under pressure in Europe today.
The differences aren't that great, really.
That's why I find subtle nuances such as the significance of pictures of women in underwear so interesting.

Excellent point. I appreciate the opportunity to address flaws in my world view.

Hungarians have no issue with "personal space." We freely make eye contact with each other on buses and elevators.

My suggestion is to go with your gut. Never mind the stupid skittish woman at the gas station. It was her loss.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

@Ultramaroon may be interested ........that way he can stay focused on reading his GPS .......

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[Cole]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Quick google points to an incompatibility with specific wireless NICs. Crazy. I've never heard of this but it makes sense. A bug in all NICs with the qualcomm atheros qca61x4a/QCA6174 chipset does not play nicely with the router. Even open-source firmware authors are/were scrambling.

http://forum.tp-link.com/showthread....Killer-adapter

https://forum.lede-project.org/t/con...-released/1129


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Second link is how I kind of pieced together my issue. All good, push comes to shove, I'll splurge a bit on a different router that doesn't run on this chipset.

Bums me out though, since this router is a decent price (120 cad, but I got it on sale for 90 taxes in yesterday) and has good performance.

Edit: I might play around with the dual band settings, and see if I can get stable performance with 2.4 and 5ghz enabled, but that sounds like a vacation kind of thing. ALSO, one thing I failed to mention, is that the wifi started getting REALLY bad after I set up a google home mini. I wonder if that was doing some of the overloading on the 5ghz band that seems to be the achilles heel of this router.

[krayzie]

Back when I used to support workstations at work none of our ThinkPad fleet could keep a decent connection for over 10 mins with D-Link routers of any kind. We kept telling users to switch over to Cisco/Linksys or Belkin and that would fix it lmao!

[Cole]

Originally Posted by krayzie

Back when I used to support workstations at work none of our ThinkPad fleet could keep a decent connection for over 10 mins with D-Link routers of any kind. We kept telling users to switch over to Cisco/Linksys or Belkin and that would fix it lmao!

Sometime's I think about making a switch to IT, since honestly, troubleshooting this stuff is kind of fun to me. But then I think about the times I've been at my wits end and I can't even imagine trying to explain stuff and guide technologically inept people through things.

I think instead maybe I'll try and get a part time job at a Canada Computers for this winter. I saw that the Whitby branch is hiring people when I was at their Kennedy location yesterday.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Excellent point. I appreciate the opportunity to address flaws in my world view.

Hungarians have no issue with "personal space." We freely make eye contact with each other on buses and elevators.

My suggestion is to go with your gut. Never mind the stupid skittish woman at the gas station. It was her loss.

Dude! If eye contact is an issue then going with your gut is going to get you arrested. Never lead with the gut is scares people.

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by Cole

Someone's I think about making a switch to IT, since honestly, troubleshooting this stuff is kind of fun to me. But then I think about the times I've been at my wits end and I can't even imagine trying to explain stuff and guide technologically inept people through things.

I think instead maybe I'll try and get a part time job at a Canada Computers for this winter. I saw that the Whitby branch is hiring people when I was at their Kennedy location yesterday.

CC peeps look pretty chill to me so it can't be too bad.

I can tell you that the only happy field techs at Big Blow (they supported all of our Lenovo hardware) were from the west coast. Everybody else across the country were really angry mofos.

IT isn't too bad until management decides to pay you peanuts or outsource you to curry land. Ask @soulreapersteve

[Cole]

Originally Posted by krayzie

CC peeps look pretty chill to me so it can't be too bad.

I can tell you that the only happy field techs at Big Blow (they supported all of our Lenovo hardware) was from the west coast. Everybody else across the country were really angry mofos.

IT isn't too bad until management decides to outsource you to India.

The more realistic option is becoming an Uber eats driver. But I really don't want to have to add commercial use to my insurance

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Cole

Second link is how I kind of pieced together my issue. All good, push comes to shove, I'll splurge a bit on a different router that doesn't run on this chipset.

Bums me out though, since this router is a decent price (120 cad, but I got it on sale for 90 taxes in yesterday) and has good performance.

Edit: I might play around with the dual band settings, and see if I can get stable performance with 2.4 and 5ghz enabled, but that sounds like a vacation kind of thing. ALSO, one thing I failed to mention, is that the wifi started getting REALLY bad after I set up a google home mini. I wonder if that was doing some of the overloading on the 5ghz band that seems to be the achilles heel of this router.

Meh. I wouldn't invest too much time in it. Follow the thread in the tp-link support forum to the last page. It's still active.

My old WRT54GL is a friggin' tank. Been chugging away for almost 10 years now.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Every time I see that, I can envision my granddaughters saying that to me, in a few years .......


humfrz

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Dude! If eye contact is an issue then going with your gut is going to get you arrested. Never lead with the gut is scares people.

Yikes! That is one creepy photo.

Originally Posted by humfrz

Every time I see that, I can envision my granddaughters saying that to me, in a few years .......

Awww, I doubt that.

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

My old WRT54GL is a friggin' tank. Been chugging away for almost 10 years now.

I've seen the old Cisco ones before at Value Village. Should have picked one up when I had the chance. The new Belkin ones are probably not the same.