Any ideas when/if TMobile can widen n41 in Orange County, NY?

Or even if they can add their C-band to sites here? I'm in Monroe, NY.

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u/YankeesIT — 7 hours ago

Driver almost caused 2 accidents

He was extremely close to me most of the time he was behind me, with a few times when I stopped at a stop sign he couldn't have been more than a foot or 2 behind me. He could have easily hit me as well as the oncoming car.

u/YankeesIT — 8 hours ago
▲ 127 r/tmobileisp+2 crossposts

Finally finished my outdoor 5G setup (Chester + QuadPro). Flirting with Gigabit speeds over the air!

Wanted to share my completed 5G setup now that I finally have it dialed in. I have a direct line of sight to a T-Mobile tower about a mile away on a ridge, but keeping the gateway indoors just wasn’t cutting it for the performance I wanted. I decided to move the entire setup outside to see what it could actually do, which meant sourcing the parts and building a custom enclosure layout myself.

The Hardware:

  • Gateway: Chester Cheetah 5G Ninja V2 (aggregating 3x n41 blocks at 50/50/30 MHz, plus n66 and n25)
  • Antenna: Waveform QuadPro pole-mounted on the roof trim
  • Enclosure: Weatherproof IP67 NEMA box with a cable gland I drilled into the bottom (the gateway is the only thing inside the box)

How I routed it: Instead of running long, lossy coax lines inside the house, I mounted the NEMA box right under the antenna so the leads are as short as possible. From the box, I ran a 40ft outdoor-rated, shielded Cat6 cable down the siding and straight into my network rack inside. That single ethernet cable handles the 2.5Gbps data link and carries the power via a passive PoE injector inside the house.

The Results: I’m now consistently approaching 1Gig download speeds and hovering right around 100Mbps on the upload.

If you notice the ping is a little higher than normal, it's because I’m running a static IP in SA mode, which routes everything through the Charlotte data center even though I'm up in NY. Latency isn't really a concern for us anyway—the kids can max out Steam downloads at near-gigabit speeds and my daily work calls are completely flawless.

I also have a 1Gig/35Mbps cable line as a backup, and getting nearly 3x the upload speed completely over the air is just crazy.

If anyone has questions about drilling the gland, the enclosure setup, or the band configurations, let me know!

u/YankeesIT — 13 days ago

Bazzite in "console" game mode - logged out of steam accounts when steam updates

Has anyone seen this before? I have Bazzite installed on a brand new built gaming PC my son and I put together. Everything works, no issues there, but... Bazzite had a steam update, and it booted to desktop mode to update even though I have this setup in "console" gaming mode. Upon reboot, it went back to the console gaming mode, but all our accounts were signed out.

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u/YankeesIT — 1 month ago

SQM for dual WAN setup

I noticed something recently. I have two WANS. One is 1gig down/35Mbps up and the other ranges from 600 to 800Mbps down and hovers around 80Mbps up.

In sqm with it being on, FQ as the type and adaptive as the mode, putting in the speeds of both WANS, devices that I have routing over the WAN with the faster upload never went over 32Mbps I noticed.

I changed the mode to static with no rules in place, and it seems to not rate limit the upload now.

I guess I’m wondering, how do I best set this up so I don’t ping spike on the 1gig line when downloading at full speed and also allow devices routed to the line with faster upload to use all that upload when needed?

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u/YankeesIT — 1 month ago

The AP7C holds up in the heat

Just a quick praise for the Firewalla folks. Putting aside this is not meant for outside, and I understand that, this thing is a beast. It’s been through snow, rain and now the heat wave we had in NY last weekend. 100 degrees outside. No problem!

u/YankeesIT — 1 month ago
▲ 12 r/Bazzite

Planning a dedicated Bazzite build: Best mATX cases and ultra-quiet air cooling for a 7800X3D + 9070 XT?

I’m planning a custom gaming PC build that will serve as a dedicated "console" for the living room. It's going to be strictly for gaming, and I’m planning to run Bazzite on it so the kids and I can have a controller-friendly SteamOS experience.

I want to keep the footprint relatively small, so I’m looking at a microATX form factor. I've officially ruled out Mini-ITX because I don't want to deal with the absolute headache of tight GPU clearance and thermals keeping an ITX build quietly air-cooled.

Here is the hardware I’m currently planning:

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
  • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
  • RAM: 32GB (Likely DDR5-6000 CL30)
  • Storage: Reusing an existing 1TB Gen3 M.2 NVMe drive

What I need help with:

  1. The Case: What are the best compact mATX cases right now that offer great airflow but don't take up massive desk/shelf space? It needs to comfortably fit a 9070 XT. I don't want any RGB at all, as it's going to sit in the living room as a "console". So smallest, nicest case that won't kill the budget.
  2. Ultra-Quiet Air Cooling: I am strictly going with air cooling here (no AIOs). Because this will be used heavily by my kids, it needs to stay rock-solid cool during long gaming sessions, but I want it to be as whisper-quiet as possible. What CPU coolers and case fans (Noctua, Be Quiet, etc.) are the current kings of silent performance for an mATX setup?
  3. Motherboard: Any specific mATX AM5 boards that play exceptionally well with Linux/Bazzite out of the box (good sensor support, reliable Wi-Fi/Bluetooth drivers)?

Would love to hear your thoughts, especially if anyone has built a similar high-end mATX rig running Bazzite! Thanks in advance! I'm hoping to keep this to 2k or less, but can go over if needed a bit.

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u/YankeesIT — 1 month ago

Planning a dedicated Bazzite build: Best mATX cases and ultra-quiet air cooling for a 7800X3D + 9070 XT?

I’m planning a custom gaming PC build that will serve as a dedicated "console" for the living room. It's going to be strictly for gaming, and I’m planning to run Bazzite on it so the kids and I can have a controller-friendly SteamOS experience.

I want to keep the footprint relatively small, so I’m looking at a microATX form factor. I've officially ruled out Mini-ITX because I don't want to deal with the absolute headache of tight GPU clearance and thermals keeping an ITX build quietly air-cooled.

Here is the hardware I’m currently planning:

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
  • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
  • RAM: 32GB (Likely DDR5-6000 CL30)
  • Storage: Reusing an existing 1TB Gen3 M.2 NVMe drive

What I need help with:

  1. The Case: I'd like to go with this case Lian Li A3-mATX
  2. Ultra-Quiet Air Cooling: I am strictly going with air cooling here (no AIOs). Because this will be used heavily by my kids, it needs to stay rock-solid cool during long gaming sessions, but I want it to be as whisper-quiet as possible. What CPU coolers and case fans (Noctua, Be Quiet, etc.) are the current kings of silent performance for an mATX setup?
  3. Motherboard: Any specific mATX AM5 boards that play exceptionally well with Linux/Bazzite out of the box (good sensor support, reliable Wi-Fi/Bluetooth drivers)?

Would love to hear your thoughts, especially if anyone has built a similar high-end mATX rig running Bazzite! Thanks in advance! I'm hoping to keep this to 2k or less, but can go over if needed a bit.

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u/YankeesIT — 1 month ago
▲ 6 r/OptimumOfficial+2 crossposts

Packet loss every day

This screen shot is just of one day taken from my router. I’m seeing packet loss essentially every day.

u/YankeesIT — 2 months ago

WAN graph not working since latest beta - app 1.69.1 (67) Box 1.983

I noticed that the WAN graph is not working all of a sudden. I used to see both WAN's there. If I tap on it, I see it updating in real time. I see this issue on any device that I am logged into.

u/YankeesIT — 2 months ago

Fantastic speeds! Details below

Third party gateway, business line with 1 static IP, on SA with 5CA. Not bad for being in NY and doing a test with a server in Alabama.

u/YankeesIT — 2 months ago

Another great retention call

Our promo was up next month, which we currently pay $20 before the 10 dollar auto pay discount, for gigabit internet only service.

I called and spoke to someone from retention letting them know I was going to cancel unless they can give me another promo and the gentleman was kind enough to credit our account to cover 3 months free and then 15 per month before auto pay discount for 3 years.

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u/YankeesIT — 2 months ago
▲ 148 r/firewalla+1 crossposts

Updated and cleaned up network rack

I went from a core 2.5g 8 port POE switch and a 16 port 1gig switch down to a single 24 port 2.5g POE+ switch.

Also pictured:

Firewalla Gold Pro as router / 4 Firewalla AP's for WiFi with homeruns to switch

Two Wan's: Optimum primary, T-Mobile 5G as backup/secondary

24port 2.5g POE+ switch

Yolink Hub for water sensors

Two RPi's, with one running home assistant

Lenovo mini PC running docker running containers

Synology NAS with 70TB of usable space for storage

Not pictured: UPS below the NAS

u/YankeesIT — 3 months ago

Any way to link a FWGP 10gig port with this switch?

https://www.amazon.com/Port-2-5G-PoE-400W-NICGIGA/dp/B0D5L7DG8J/ref=sr_1_8?crid=3Q1ZKQ20QUFN3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PWBWD0byPebknTFDFbcD975SlDBhGQO_rMHnUTr9HyVT1oSCCqyc7JPTrkRnPRhd6OQkQaGoYhET7b-GxJGeR2R4VlDvBZfKIReyNP5zsaHZLJu-jUbLzqjMSSPPoN-Rd3QAKem-6JoAcXa3SB1wvA.Q2rWuorNNimakCbkkHvMC9I6dEiKtNTnpX3P5s0Zoyw&dib_tag=se&keywords=nicgiga%2B24%2Bport&qid=1778847412&sprefix=nicgiga%2B24%2Bport%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-8&th=1

I'm thinking of getting this switch, to replace my existing 1gig switch. I don't need managed at all really. Seems like a good fit, 2.5G POE ports so I can plug in my FW Ap7c's, as well as desktop AP7's. I saw that it has 10gig SFP ports. I'm wondering if I could use an SFP adapter that converts to ethernet? Or would a DAC cable work?

Also does this switch support what's needed for the FW7C AP's?

Thanks!

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u/YankeesIT — 3 months ago

I have never seen something like this before. This is a major charging station for the area. The next closest one has 8 stalls with 7 down at the moment.

Has anyone seen an entire site close like this, for this long?

u/YankeesIT — 3 months ago

Any way to limit bandwidth on the guest WiFi network?

Just curious if that is possible. I'd love to limit anyone connecting to my guest wifi SSID to say 20Mbps up/down.

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u/YankeesIT — 3 months ago