Tech geek. Life geek.
I bought an SFT+ to RJ45 device on Amazon.ca. The price is $43.99 with a 10% discount. So the total I paid is $44.34, including TAX. 10GBASE-T SFP+ Transceiver, 1.25/2.5/5/10G SFP+ to RJ45, 10Gb Copper SFP+ to Ethernet Module for...
The firmware installed on my TL-SG3210XHP-M2 is v1.0.13. Hardware version is 1.0. The last time I upgraded the firmware was about two years ago. Go to the official webpage for downloading. https://support.omadanetworks.com/us/product/tl-sg3210xhp-m2/v1/?resourceType=download The latest firmware is v1.0.16 today. The release...
In the Proxmox VE system, when I add a Windows 10 guest or virtual machine, I choose Intel E1000E as the network device. It is much safer to use it. The connection is up to 1 G. Now, I have...
Recently, I received a new network card. X520-10G-1S-X8. It is a 10G NIC Intel 82599EN Controller, SFP+, PCIe X8 network card. The brand is 10Gtek. I bought it on Tmall. The price is RMB152, = CA$30. I installed it on...
I bought a laser level on February 25, 2025. It is a Husky 65FT. Green Beam Self-leveling Cross Line Laser Level. I checked the price today. I found the price has increased from $59.98 to $79.98. Ok. The actual purpose...
The smoke alarm was beeping every 30 seconds in my hallway on the second floor of my home on May 10th. It means it was broken. I took it down and checked the body. I have a date on it,...
I bought a bathroom fan at Costco Warehouse at a discounted price. Dewstop Bathroom Fan and Switch After installation, it is so quiet that I can barely hear it. The steps are simple. The work is not easy for me....
I bought a Kobo Elipsa 2E last week, April 15. After three days, the Amazon delivery guy handed over the box to me. Kobo Elipsa 2E I bought it on Amazon.ca. $499.99 plus tax, the total is $559.99. Features of...
UPDATE 1: The DoS attack is going on. I will report it every day here. Until 2025/4/9 11:09 PM, 47,085,003 bad requests from China in the past few days. UPDATE 2: April 10, 2025, the spammer stopped attacking for a...
Today, I received an email from a website monitoring service. It said my site was down. 1) The very first step is to try the website. The browser can not open it. 2) I sign in to the PVE, and...
I am trying to download the network interface card driver manually. It is Realtek PCIe GBE Family controller. After a Google search, I landed on the official download list. This software supports a lot of Realtek products. From GBE or...
I have a VM that hosts a few websites there. Today, I ran the mysqltuner.pl script to check the performance and see if there is any recommondation. I know I have a database with over 900M data. There are 67...
Here is my Contabo VPS. I upgraded it from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04. So, let us see the difference before and after. In the Ubuntu 22.04
Here is my new comparison of DigitalOcean VPS. Shared CPU Basic plan. I can choose from Regular CPU to Premium Intel CPU. I have a Five-year-old Regular CPU the smallest plan, $6 monthly. Then I created a new VPS, Premium...
The day before yesterday, the Telus technician came to my home, a townhouse. He installed the PureFibre Internet connection. In the utility room in a separate building, he installed a converter, a Fibre cable plugged into it, and an RJ11...