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https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2017-hyundai-veloster-turbo-first-test-review

So here's a weird and semi-interesting theory. I think the car used for this review in Motor Trend is actually my car, not that it really matters, but is kind of cool I guess. I doubt there's any easy way to prove it, but here's why I think it is.

First, obviously, my car is exactly the same model and options as the test car...not that there were many options, but color being the most variable. I have no idea how many '17 VTs with the Tech Package and the 6MT in Vitamin C were sold. Note, in the pic below of my car,I had switched the wheels with the ones from my 2012 NAV, which I like better. The car originally had the factory 18" rims as shown in the reviews (and now on my 2012).

https://preview.redd.it/dq642apkz2bh1.jpg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec2f8531cb01c9561695d160b12ae53ac5260bb9

Next, my car has a kind of weird CarFax ownership history. I noticed it when I bought it, but couldn't really figure out what the deal was and it wasn't something that was concerning to me then. The car was shipped to the US on 8/22/16. It was first titled on 2/19/18 and listed as a Corporate Fleet vehicle....but listed as only 12 miles on the odometer...a year and a half later. And this title was done at the Fountain Valley DMV, which is the same city Hyundai America is located in! The VT was then sold at auction two months later 4/24/18 with 10,630 miles(!!), and listed as a "Manufacturer Vehicle", IOW, Hyundai Corp owned it.

Then it went into dealer inventory and took a few months to sell to it's next real owner, who was the only other owner until I bought it.. Also of note is that the vehicle had three maintenance services performed at a dealership during the 18 month period before it had that first title issued.

I am fully aware that dealers allow certain employees to use cars for personal use before they're sold (I have friends in the car biz), sometimes for extended periods. But an orange, 6-speed manual hatch like a VT seems an unlikely choice to pick as a daily driver. Also, I don't think those are listed as "manufacturer" vehicles when finally sold. I also am quite aware that it can take a while to sell a metallic orange, 3-door, manual transmission hatchback. 😛

Anyway, just thought I'd share. What do you think??

So am I understanding this correctly? For any devices on a LAN port that basically aren't switches or some kind of bridging device, I should set the port to Edge and turn on BPDU Guard? Because these are end devices...end of a branch? I think all the ports except one or two remain consistent, but those one or two may change devices (different notebooks plugged in, for instance, but always "end" devices).

Bonus questions: Also, I assume I can turn of LLDP-MED as I have no VoIP phones? What about Non-STP Loop Protection?

U7 Outdoor (Pro) and trees. Your experience regarding coverage? Good? Terrible? Better/Worse than what one would expect? Tree-WiFi apocalypse?

I fully understand that when I say "trees" it is a highly variable element as every tree is different, the size, distance, density, wet leave, dry leaves, etc....I'm just looking for generalizations with maybe some rough data. My understanding is that the U& Outdoors are really good at maintaining decent signal at larger than expected distances. I'm just an trying to get some idea, roughly, how bad a tree in the way is affecting things. I know there's the Design Center, and I've played with that, but I've also been seeing that it can be very conservative with a U7 Outdoor's real-world effective range. I know rained on wet leaves will make a significant difference compared to nice dry ones. I'm not trying to reach 500' or anything, but probably in the 100 range...maybe 150', and just looking for reasonable connection, not 500 mbs or anything. 🤷‍♂️

Any real-world input would be appreciated. Maybe something like:

• Large (oak) tree, tons of leaves, still got reasonable wifi to my phone (approx) feet away"
• Medium sized maple, couldn't connect for shit on other side from 40' away from AP.

TL;DR Can I use an outdoor mounted AC Mesh as a bridge and attach a switch to it on the inside of a metal building, or is this dumb? OR, what about a Device Bridge (not Pro) mounted inside, with external antenna on the outside? Connectivity outside should be excellent.

So I'm helping someone figure out how to get wifi across a large portion of a large dog rescue, so sort of like a small farm I guess. The property is pretty good size, but 100% coverage isn't the goal. They now have fiber to the main house. I have most stuff figured out, I think, and may have some other questions in the future, but the main one I have now is dealing with a couple metal buildings, most of which aren't super far from the main house (like about 100' max). If it matters, we will probably be VLANs, captive portal, whatnot, for a segregated Guest Network across the site for visitors (maybe pre-shared keys?).

I'm planning on using 1, maybe 2, U7 Outdoor (maybe Pros) that will be mounted up reasonably high on a private power pole, and the second one, if needed, likely on a metal TV antenna tower. Obviously wifi won't penetrate into the metal outbuildings. I know I can use a Device Bridge Pro on the outside wall and wire to a hub and AP on the inside. (It would have line-of-sight to the U7 Outdoor) But my question, finally, is: could I use an AC Mesh instead? Can I mount it on the outside and have the ethernet port connect to a switch inside the building, which then has an AP attached, and maybe future cameras? Or is this just dumb? I don't really need the AC Mesh to create it's own network outside, as the U7 Outdoor will cover that easily, but I guess I can't turn that off. I know it's only $100 difference, but if there's a couple buildings we end up doing this it's maybe $3-400, and for a rescue, that's a fair amount of money if we don't need to spend it. Thinking about it more, I'm leaning towards dumb. LOL

Ooorrrr, I also just noticed that the regular Device Bridge has an external antenna connector! Can I just mount that on the inside wall and run the cable through the wall to mount an external antenna on the outside of the building, then hook up a small switch and AP?? We don't need much in that building as it's a kennel building, but they would eventually like to put a cam or two in there, and they do try to live-stream video inside for fundraising, which obviously currently doesn't really work, so wifi inside would be nice. Is there some downside to this?

I, and 150 rescue doggos, thank you for your help. 🐺🐺

Sort of a basic noob question here....

So am I better off setting my UDR7 to be the DNS server pushed to clients via DHCP (Auto DNS Server on for the Network) which then relays to the servers listed in WAN DNS settings...or r should I turn that off and populate the DNS server entries we use there, which obviously then get pushed directly to the clients and they do DNS directly to the servers on the list? Either way I have the Auto DNS Server setting for the WAN set OFF and populated with Cloudflare/Google DNS servers as we don't want to use the Comcast ones.

This is just a home network and we have pretty simple needs, network-wise. We don't run any special local DNS stuff or anything, there's only two of us, though we have a lot of client devices for our size, with lots of IoT, and we're both pretty tech-oriented so we aren't hyper security issue focused. So is there some realistic advantage the using the UDR as a DNS relay provides? Does it give me more insight into traffic on the network maybe?

This is what you have been looking for folks...at least those of you who do any work with your own cars.

LEMON Manuals is a new source for tons of FREE factory service manuals for most mainstream cars...sorry, none seem available for helping you change the spark plugs on the F50 sitting in your garage folks. 😛 These are the real deal (at least what I've check out)...hyperlinked, wiring diagrams, and downloadable zip file for local use. This is built off the previous work of CHARM manuals, but has a much larger database (it incorporates the CHARM stuff and uses their formatting style). They have every year and trim level of Veloster (though obviously they are essentially the same for each generation).

https://lemon-manuals.la/Hyundai/

You can even download a torrent of the entire 1.1 TB database of every manual thy have.