1:02 "wow terrible name" Until you actually look into what it means and start to go: "Huh, that's actually quite clever". Seriously, compare CRS-312-4C+8XG-RM to something like "UniFi FlexHD", "UniFi AP HD", "UniFi AP SHD" and "UniFi Switch 16 PoE Gen2" and you'd actually be surprised how much easier it is to see the ports it has without having to look into the entire specsheet... For those wondering what I'm brabbling on about: - CRS: Cloud Router Switch - 3: series 3 - 12: 12 wired interfaces - 4C+: 4 Combo 10G/SFP ports - 8XG: 8 5G/10G Ethernet ports - RM: RackMount
@Gus Erland the wires inside are actually thinner tho, mostly different quality ("purity") of copper. The real difference between cat5e and cat6a for example is the better alien crosstalk, allowing the frequency to go up to 500MHz as opposed to 250MHz on Cat6 and and 100MHz on Cat5e
@Gus Erland Ah yes, I'm totally clueless. That's why I am taking my network engineering exam next month? :^) Let's grab the book shall we? - Operate at 500MHz instead of 250MHz of Cat5 or 100MHz of Cat5e - higher purity copper, resulting in less losses over distance - same AWG wires as cat6, ever so slightly thicker wires than cat5e (I guess you're right here) - tighter twists - a "plastic piece" in the middle to limit crosstalk - thicker insulation around each wire There you have it, the both of us were right. Happy now?
@@mildtsunami9939 Yep! It's possible because the income from TH-cam and sponsorships are taxed. For anything that is taxable income, whatever you buy for that income can be written off, though some restrictions could apply. May differ per state too but federally it's universal at least around NA and EU.
Well i got a curved 32 inch 2560x1440 144hz 122% sRGB, 124% adobe monitor for 400 dollars which is a great price here in Sweden when 25% of the cost are taxes.
@@kristopherthompson1342 With the right accountant, practically anything is possible. A friend of mine who ran a business somehow managed to get Tim Horton's (National coffee shop in Canada) purchases to be written off.
That is a strong tape... the Cat5 ripped in half first... I run all Cat6 standard for many years... I know this is 3 years ago... I had my house built 3 years ago and the company doing the low voltage was STILL doing Cat5e as standard (in 2019!) when I had been using Cat6 for about 5 years.... They made me pay an upgrade fee to change to Cat6 on my runs.... The guy was telling me, oh yeah, you dont need anything over CAT5e, and if you put in 6, thats all you'll need for the rest of your life... I said Cat5e has been around for 20 years, how could you still be using that!?!? And I said I will use all Cat6 and then some when Cat 7 and 8 and 9 and 14 and 18 come out! I had to explain that I am running all my cameras (18) and 4 AP's, and I have a complete server rack FULL of servers and network equipment and lots of other gear. And all my smart home setup... I had to show that I did indeed need CAT6 and dont tell me that BS about it being good for all i'll ever need... I"m NOT your typical customer and dont downsell me so you can pocket more money by getting CHEAP CAT5e... He had never pre-wired for anyone with AP's, let alone 4 of them, and PoE cams. I asked about running fiber lines where I wanted them and at first he was like "the ISP can do that" and I said, no, not the DMARC to the wire closet, I mean wire closet to Rack and to a few other places where I need 40gbps drops for my internal network. and he was like yeah, we dont do fiber... And they wouldnt let me run my own fiber and cable, I HAD to pay them :(.... I ran my fiber lines after closing... This was a production builder in a very high end community... My next home, Wife and I are purchasing land and doing a 100% custom build the way we want it... shoot for net zero and then I get to run ALL my own cables and fiber before they begin drywall...
Me: Same. Why not go 10Gb ? Also me: Lists project - my two servers, my two workstations (which heat up my apartment with BOINC), my Apple G5 case with the ATX board in it and my USB key with Windows 10 Pro to combine into my new gaming rig, and my laptop for which I have no space left over to put up a dock. I add the laptop in my living room with my TASCAM sampler at my audio rig and the other laptop with Windows XP and comfy headphones at my bed. And my 4U server in my living room... the 3 1U servers in my closet that I have no space for anywhere. And I add some of the computers in my basement, if only I could I hook them up with power and 10Gb without anyone seeing the cables ending up in my apartment 50+ meters away. Me: Calculating cost of above project. Also me: Clicks on next video.
Just connect nas to pc with 2 cards and one cable with no switch. works fine. pc can connect to internet with wifi or another gig run. Boom sub 200 dollars.
@Benjamin LaBrie try to save 10 bucks a week and the way to do that is to literally break down your expenses and income. Once you've noted everything down in a spreadsheet, it'll be easier to gauge where you can make 2 dollars in savings.
CAT6A Has a tighter twist in the pairs allowing for high freg, the divider helps with emi. also should of used CAT6A keystone jacks and CAT6A stranded patch cords be a little more bicsi standard.
Glad someone pointed this out. I searched the comments for one about this. Linus reminds me of Leo Laporte that way, being too well-to-do himself these days to have a proper concept of what "affordable" means to most people.
I am waiting for someone to hack his RING doorbell and tell his kids that they are Sanataclause then come across the street into the magic car for a ride to the north pole!
@@PWingert1966 As far as I know RING door bells have not been hacked except by hacker logging directly into someone's account. Still fairly overpriced IMO but there isn't much when it comes to having pure LAN alternatives.
@@Niklaos Given the news reports showing a guy with a laptop accessing a ringdoorbell from the car and reading reliable security reports on RING I still believe that there is a significant risk to the average non-technical home user from owning a RING device. I expect Linus to tbe able to implement security a a corporate level in his hoem setup because of his online presence so my posting was intended to be a humerous satire on Linus and not a serious suggestion that his Ring doorbell would be at risk of being hacked.
11:55 Cat6A cable turned into Cat6 only. Difference between 5e and 6A is also the way each pair is twisted. 6A is tighter twisted. Cat7 is a whole different story where the twist-"spacing" is varying.
pro cabling tip, you dont need a screwdriver or anything to straighten them out (this is gonna be crazy hard to explain in text, but here goes..) 1) untwist them 2) line them up in the right order 3) firmly hold them together (while keeping them flat) at two different points ~1/2 an inch apart 4) wiggle those 2 points back and forth on a 2 dimensional plane, the wires will straighten *much* more. 5) snip off the un-straightened part
Been waiting for some MikroTik love on this channel, they've been seriously undercutting the prices of the major names for networking hardware for years now with a vastly superior feature set as standard.
They have had some serious security issues with some of their routers or something though. But if it's just a "dumb" switch, I don't see a problem I guess
Mikrotik is good stuff, will do everything the other guys can for less. Management interface takes some getting used to. Their documentation is enough to get you started, though.
In the future, I recommend getting special cat 6 heads, they have little holes in the front of the head that let the individual leads pass through, it makes it far easier to crimp the cables.
Those are called pass-through connectors. They are way easier to use, I just use the regular cheapie connectors. The pass-through connectors also need a special crimping tool I believe.
@@RoastBeefSandwich they don't necessarily need a special tool, but they're best used with the special tool because it gives space fir the wires that are passing through to sit freely as well as come with a blade to cut the slack off while crimping.
@@colethomas2309 99% of the rj45 crimpers you can buy have a blade for pass through connection you dont really need a special one. They aren't any better or worse than regular RJs but most of older techs I know don't like them and consider them to be a lesser rj
Hey Linus and crew. I have been watching your awesome tech vids but I haven’t been sending comments as much as I would like. But I want you to know that your content haven’t cease to amaze, at all. Keep up the good work and see you next vid.
To clarify more, the cat 6a cable is twisted more for less crosstalk. Apart from having a larger frequency, the gauge of the wire as well as the plastic coating outside of the copper sheaths are also different.
@@alolanstarboy it's a Mikrotik. Mikrotik tends to overstate their abilities. I remember back in RB250GS era, 5 port managed gigabit switch. it only did gigabit when in "dumb" mode. if you tried to VLAN it, speed dropped to s#it. only 300mbit if you were lucky. source: I use mikrotik and have about 30 out there in the field atm. they are very reliable, but you have to know what they can REALLY do, and not what mikrotik says.
@@83hjf I guess they use the maximum possible speeds it can achieve for marketing lol. Either way Linus didn't seem to have any intention of creating VLANs for his network anyway so he should be set
all of you trying to reason those prices didn't get the op's point ... while 15k for a Versiv 2 is reasonable from the POV of companies using those, it's still not "only 15k" (different price level, same logic)
I'm in the process of setting up my new houses network. Debated going 10 gig, but I'm not sure the benefit on a home network is there yet. Nice to see products coming down in price, its incredible what you can do with legacy hardware these days!
Definitely don’t go cheap on your home cable runs, upgrading to cat6a or cat7 is really a horrible experience especially for people living in brick homes inner walls included.
Seeing droppings from an animal while crawling around your accident prone padded loft trying to do what you thought would be a simple run task... That one hit home for me
gouryoku Hi, I just wanted to reply to what you’ve said. Peter seems to be out of line a bit, but you’ve gone *way past the line* . Also poverty shouldn’t be made fun of, it’s a serious situation that no one should go through. But hey, that’s just a goal of the world. Anyway, poverty can come from many things and not just making bad decisions. But hey, in your world everyone’s stupid if they’re poor. You may say how people who are poor are there because of bad decisions, bad education, etc.. But how are you the judge? What makes you special enough to allow you to judge people’s decisions and say if they were good or bad? What makes your conclusions valid? What I’m trying to say is treat people the way you want to be treated, because the comment that Peter made was generally not directed to you. I don’t fully support the comment, however your response is even worse.
@@RomvnlyPlays I never ever implied all poor people were stupid. I am just saying that individual is an idiot. He seems like a jealous idiot. I hate nothing more than people telling me I am a certain way because I criticized a single individual. Please take your time and learn basic English before trying to feel morally superior. I'm poor myself, dude, so what you said means absolutely nothing in the end.
@@gouryoku "you're a really dumb asshole who made bad decisions and will stay poor until you die" being judgmental and harsh is as bad as being envious
An Asus XG-C100C user here. A while back an AQC107 firmware update, atlflashupdate_1.4.2_3.1.90.zip was available for download from Aquantia's site. So I used it (via Windows 10 1903) to update my XG-C100C's firmware from ver. 1.5.44 to ver. 3.1.90 in order to successfully remedy an infrequent and intermittent dropped network connection issue. I then repeated said update with equal success on another XG-C100C I had bought as a backup. Shortly afterwards atlflashupdate_1.4.2_3.1.90.zip was removed from Aquantia's site. I sent them an e-mail asking why. Their response was noncommittal. (Note: I subsequently learned that Aquantia was in the process of being acquired by Marvell around this time. Hence there may have been some policy changes afoot.) However, I soon found an alternate and reputable source for atlflashupdate_1.4.2_3.1.90.zip. Here it is: Solo10G Firmware 1.4.2_3.1.90 www.sonnettech.com/support/kb/kb.php?cat=538&expand=_a13&action=b1063#b1063 All of the files and the readme in the above .zip are identical to those found in the one I previously downloaded from Aquantia's site. From said readme: "AtlFlashUpdate is a tool for updating firmware on AQC100, AQC108, AQC107, AQN100, AQN108, and AQN107" Sonnet Solo10G PCIe Card | Sonnet www.sonnettech.com/product/solo10g-pcie-card.html One more thing: If I had to buy another AQC107-based 10G Ethernet card I would definitely choose between the Aquantia AQtion 10G Pro NIC in the OP's link or the Sonnet Solo10G PCIe Card. Why? Because in addition to both units having a ventilated PCI plate, they also sport a spring-loaded heat sink which suggests the use of thermal paste as opposed to the thermal pad found under the stand-off-mounted heat sink on the Asus XG-C100C. Relevance? I recently upgraded Linux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon's stock kernel ver. 4.15.x to the 5.3.0-19 kernel that's part of Ubuntu 19.10 and discovered that it can read the AQC107's temperature sensor. It currently reads 59C even though the XG-C100C is only connected to a 1G Ethernet switch. Fortunately the CM 690 II that I use has two vertically aligned 140mm side fans which I can ramp up next summer. Those who prefer PC cases equipped with vanity windows are unlikely to have that option.
I've just run single mode fibre cable runs everywhere in my house that I need 10G, the LC connectors are about the same diameter as Cat6A cable so I don't need larger holes, and if you use BiDi SFPs which are still very cheap you only need a single fibre for 10G anyway.
Richard Skinner I have gigabit internet and it’s great but already seems like overkill for most applications. What’s the practical point of running 10 gigabit?
@@PodtrashRadio I have a small main desktop with only SSDs in and all my bulk storage is done on my unraid server. I have an iSCSI target on the unraid server for my steam library. 100mbyte/sec would be a bottleneck.
If this will helps, whean configurating the mikrotik switches and routers better use Winbox software, dont know what you use but i think simple using browser, configure RoMON that you can connect to device without any filter rules = saver things, you can also make many DHCP servers and VLAN rules for your servers to keep saver and separate devices from your normal devices like normal use laptops or phones, in ip>firewall>service ports change the ports you like beceose many of ppl like to try enter your cr using standard service ports and also if anyone can connect to your internet provider network and use scan in winbox, can see your device. In ip>firewall>nat you can make ports rules also in connections you will see all connections in and out to your network. Make in firewall filter rules flood protect rule for make your sarvers saver. In ip>dhcp server>leases you can easly make static adresses rules, also you can see there alerts. PRO TIP - you can play music on your mikrotik switches and routers using scripting, you all can find in google serch. Think about that, flood rule starts to working, someone attacks your server, router starting the script to block that and also plays imperial march from star wars :D. there are almost everything you can do with this router. PRO TIP for ppl working in internet providers - if some company have many of radios from mikrotik and you dont know what radio you need to service, someone who can enter to this radio can play for you any music to locate the radio, we have many of SXT radios for clients and whean you reech the roof of building and see 6 radios .... that can helps 10gbps you can also reech using 2 x cat 5e cable, using any cables outside better use cables with gel inside, that will make water out from the inside of cable. PS. Sorry for my poor english language :) Cheers.
Good luck with that switch, while I love mikrotik routers, their switches are terrible, in fact I make sure to disable the switch chip on every mikrotik crs I configure and this is coming from a mikrotik certified routing engineer Edit: download winbox it’s able to manage the switch via layer two and its more reliable than the built in web interface
Network engineer here as well. I love mikrotik hardware too, but i prefer to configure it through cli. It's much faster to configure, and its cli is well thought out.
I use used SFP+ cards and SFP+ DAC cables with a MikroTik CRS309-1G-8S+IN 8 port SFP+ switch. £10 per card / £10 per cable and £200 per switch. It's a managed switch but will only do 10Gb at layer 2, any layer 3 traffic / tagged packets have to go via the CPU not the custom switch chip, so will only be about 3Gb max. but it works really well for my purposes. SPF+ uses less power too, so less heat in your case.
I mean you gotta pay to play. There are much cheaper ways to network 10G, but if you want a copper (RJ45) switch and plug and play, you gotta pay up or wait.
"after upgrading my house to 10gb networking, I still haven't upgraded my house to 10gb networking" like ik they said it was an error but it's still kinda funny
@1Me Winbox will pickup the device via a MAC address. If you want web interface, then the default Mikrotik IP address of 192.168.88.1 will be your friend. It's a good thing that RouterOS was pre-installed. Else, that would have been entertaining to watch! ;)
I'm building a new house, and just pulled 7000ft of Cat6 'E' (exceeds Cat6 spec but doesn't meet Cat6A spec). 144 runs to fill 3x 48 port patch panels and 3x 48 port gig switches (stack of Cisco 2960s). I'll pick up a 10 gig switch at some point, but there's plenty of bandwidth to go around for a while. There are 4 runs of Cat6 to each wall plate, and plenty of wall plates in each room, so I don't have to have a bunch of 8 port switches floating around the house. It's a good idea to certify each run tho. I may have to borrow a fluke meter from work.
Glad to see 10 gig local networking catching up. I believe that it has not previously caught up because hard drives and internet connection connections has usually been slower than 10gig and therefor the benefit has not been that visible. With FTTH 1gig connections and ssd's getting faster, the need to upgrade the home networking is getting more prevalent.
I believe a barrier is the effort involved in cable repacement. If you have cat 5 or 5e everywhere, with a sizable company, the cable replacement piece is substantial work.
@@brianw.4985 Yes but in network infrastructure most work are actually industrial and you would rather lay cat 8 cables than cat 5 on new installations.
@@ahostn maybe but only because 7 is too expensive for north america. In CAT7 Cables every pair is shielded seperately which makes it far superior but a lot more expensive.
We've been using 6 and 6a as Cat 7 isn't officially a thing in the US and isn't any better (though of course Linus is in CA) But the video wasn't about the cable, it was about the copper 10gbit switch with more than a few ports not being a 'reasonably priced' thing yet (anywhere).
I recommend looking into Platinum Tools 10Gig crimpers and their CAT6A shielded plugs or Simply45 CAT6A system for outdoor cabling. Designed for 10Gig applications.
There is more of a difference between CAT5e and CAT6 than the pair separator. Differences are as follows: CAT5e 24-26 AWG CAT6 is 22-24AWG. Twists per inch is greater in the CAT6 which provides better noise cancellation. CAT6 provides a higher SNR. CAT5e is upto 100 Mhz CAT6 is upto 500Mhz. CAT5e supports upto only 1000base-T where CAT6 supports upto 10GBase-T. Just some info for those that don't know... This may have been stated already... happy cabling .. cheers
Yep, Mikrotik makes good hardware at cheap prices. I've been using their routers for years and even this switch has dual boot configuration switchOS or routerOS, cool.
I did not expect a little tutorial on tipping an Ethernet cable. If you’re still using the Cat5e cable standard at home, you might benefit by upgrading your network to Cat6a or higher.
@Linis Tech Tips - #protip, you can't see the actual difference (the one that makes a difference) by looking at the ends of a 5e and 6A cable. The main difference between 5e and 6A cables isn't the plastic separator "cross" between the pairs - that is vendor specific and exists on plenty of 5e cables too, and has done so for many years. The difference that enables the increased speed is the way the twisted pairs are twisted. It's necessary to twist the pairs differently to reduce crosstalk between pairs, because if one of the wires of a pair "meets" a wire from another pair repeatedly, it will increase crosstalk. 5e solves this by having the wire pairs be twisted differently, i.e. the brown pair could be twisted tightly/frequently, while the green pair could be much looser/infrequent. So the chances of random encounters between the same wires would be greatly reduced. This has an unfortunate side effect, as the brown pair in the example becomes longer per feet of cable than the green pair. And this difference, over a longer cable run, can be enough to have data arrive at different times and thus makes it necessary to reduce the speed (frequency). As this difference grows over the length of the cable, it is also the explanation why you can run 10G on a short 5e cable run, but not on a long one. 6A solves the problem of wires "meeting" differently: By having each wire pair be twisted in a tightness/frequency that changes along the length of the cable. So now, the brown pair might be twisted very tightly at one point, and then later on in the same cable be twisted very loosely. And the wire pairs are then put in at an offset, so that they will always be twisted differently in a given section of the cable. That way, the pairs don't "meet up" still, but the wire pairs end up pretty much the same length, which means the transmission time for each wire pair through a cable run will be very near identical, and thus, speed or frequency can be increased no matter the length (providing the cable is not longer than specifications), as opposed to 5e, where it'll work on shorter runs but fail at some indeterminable point a long the way. So rather than looking at the end of the cable, to spot the difference you would open up some section, like 3 feet, of cable and look at the way the pairs are differently twisted. :)
Using a Mikrotik like that as a "dumb switch". This is breaking my hearth. This thing can route, be an OVPN server, manage IPSEC connections, and do your wildest networking dreams... I'm sad now.
This one has a wimpy CPU and RAM, it sucks at all the things you've listed. Like... really wimpy. 650mhz mipsbe. 64MB RAM. Worse than their gig switches. Basically good for running RouterOS to manage the switch chip and not a ton more.
@@robkennedy3000 pretty sure he went with ubiquiti Unless he went to ring then ubiquiti But I watch his house on all my days off and it was ubiquiti on Sunday, at least that’s what I thought from across the street slouched in my car
To ask what may well be a stupid question, besides the 3M cable length constraint, isn't USB4 and Thunderbolt 3 & 4 now 40Gbit/s as opposed to 10Gbit/s & therefore faster options or does that they support 10GbE mean they do so at 10Gbit/s?
@@jetjazz05 Ah, but a _tic_ is the involuntary facial motor movement I get thinking about ticks on hens. They're nonrhythmic, though, so they don't stay aligned with the _ticks_ of the clock. Just another few meanings to _tick_ even if going through them all _ticks_ some people off. But semantics is kind of what makes me _tick._
uhm, I think that's not Cat6a. That's just Cat6 with a little more twist count. The anti-crosstalk plastic divider is already present in Cat6. I believe a real Cat6a, aside from having more twist count, also have slightly higher copper gauge and at least a foil shielding with a grounding wire which will be attached to the metal body of the Cat6a connector.
That's not the only reason to use the SFP+ on there. If you have a long vertical run in your house, it's best not to do it in copper if you don't want lightning-fire issues.
"Who said being a nerd is easy?" I crawl around in attics, and tunnels all day running ethernet cables. Yeah it's harder than most people think, especially when the attic is 130 Fahrenheit.
4:00 "I showed you my 10Gbps switch, pls send pics"
Rofl!!!
Take ur like Sir!
Love how Linus is embracing the meme lol
this needs to be highlighted
@@NeVErseeNMeLikEDis it isn't a 10 gig lan switch it is a 10gb wan switch..
8:49
"are there any spots that are not safe to walk on"
linus stares with devil eyes
Nah, that's just the T-800 Linus that's doing the dangerous work for the real Linus.
8:46*
Linus is a replicant confirmed !
1:02 "wow terrible name"
Until you actually look into what it means and start to go: "Huh, that's actually quite clever".
Seriously, compare CRS-312-4C+8XG-RM to something like "UniFi FlexHD", "UniFi AP HD", "UniFi AP SHD" and "UniFi Switch 16 PoE Gen2" and you'd actually be surprised how much easier it is to see the ports it has without having to look into the entire specsheet...
For those wondering what I'm brabbling on about:
- CRS: Cloud Router Switch
- 3: series 3
- 12: 12 wired interfaces
- 4C+: 4 Combo 10G/SFP ports
- 8XG: 8 5G/10G Ethernet ports
- RM: RackMount
Excellent name for its market audience.
And, Made in Latvia:)
@Gus Erland the wires inside are actually thinner tho, mostly different quality ("purity") of copper.
The real difference between cat5e and cat6a for example is the better alien crosstalk, allowing the frequency to go up to 500MHz as opposed to 250MHz on Cat6 and and 100MHz on Cat5e
@Gus Erland Ah yes, I'm totally clueless.
That's why I am taking my network engineering exam next month? :^)
Let's grab the book shall we?
- Operate at 500MHz instead of 250MHz of Cat5 or 100MHz of Cat5e
- higher purity copper, resulting in less losses over distance
- same AWG wires as cat6, ever so slightly thicker wires than cat5e (I guess you're right here)
- tighter twists
- a "plastic piece" in the middle to limit crosstalk
- thicker insulation around each wire
There you have it, the both of us were right.
Happy now?
@Gus Erland Ah yes, I'm totally clueless.
So are my friends that work as network engineers for big companies like AMS-IX, Hetzner and Tweak.
Kfam.
Previously on LTT (tech horders)
Linus: "you never know when you need 300 ft of ethernet cord"
Linus now: 1000 ft indoor cable + 1000 ft outdoor cable
It is his competitive gene... has to one up everyone else.
Well, you never know when you need it
Linus now: only uses 50ft of that 1000ft
"I didn't pay for that did I!?"
The look on his face, lol
@@akashcallofdutymobile8888
why are you posting this here? lol
@@akashcallofdutymobile8888 Seriously? Mobile gaming? Lmfao
@@SonGoku-97 Reported it as spam ;-(
BloodyVikings Good job boys it’s been removed
@@brandonb9452 Aw, I missed the spam... Woe am I!
"For a budget home upgrade."
I don't even have a switch in my house!
What's a house? You insensitive clod!
Your router probably has a switch (the RJ45 ports on it)
@@Masterrunescapeer a proper stand-alone switch
That is why its a upgrade!
That’s a you problem
Jake holds up a $10,000 meter, Linus: "I didn't pay for that did I"...........Well you havn't dropped it so no not yet.
I came CLOSE to dropping that meter off a ladder. Not a good feeling. 😬
I am pretty sure that's the DSX-5000. You can get them for under $5,000
@@ThomasGail Maybe without the copper or fiber modules. Where on Earth can you find it under 5k?
@@ThomasGail New Versiv here costs like ~11-12k€. Versiv 2 even ~15k
Those meters cost $10,000? Really?
Doctor: Widescreen Linus Wallpaper isn't real, he can't hurt you.
Widescreen Linus Wallpaper: 4:01
I want that wallpaper.
@Erotikstudio Winkler GmbH
@@LetsAllLoveLain_ Look up Linus Tech Tips face wallpaper. I just got it xD
This has to be the smartest Write Off I have ever seen
I did not even think about that. I also did not know youtubers who make unboxing videos can use those as tax write offs as well it’s super smart
@@mildtsunami9939 Yep! It's possible because the income from TH-cam and sponsorships are taxed. For anything that is taxable income, whatever you buy for that income can be written off, though some restrictions could apply. May differ per state too but federally it's universal at least around NA and EU.
His accountant said as long as he mentions LTT store every 5 minutes, it qualifies as a business expense 😂😂
Mom: why do you need a curved monitor they are more expensive
Me: 4:00
Well i got a curved 32 inch 2560x1440 144hz 122% sRGB, 124% adobe monitor for 400 dollars which is a great price here in Sweden when 25% of the cost are taxes.
@@elmotlk r/woosh
@@elmotlk what monitor?
@@davidreznik1556 The AOC 32 G1. It doesn't have the fastest response times because it's an Va panel but the colors look great!
Hooz Please stop, incorrect usage. He understood the joke you should stop referring to subreddits.
THAT DESKTOP BACKGROUND THO
Lol
At 4:00
Yup
Linus Siberman-Sebastian walpaper> Any 4K Animated Walpaper
Hank!
9:32 just might be some of the finest content you've ever provided
"If I film it with my crew, I can write this labour off as a tax deduction!"
EDIT: This is not an actual accusation of tax fraud.
He uses it in a home office, its deducted before its installed.
I'll film it with my crew so I can steal all this stuff from work like he has whonik server just sitting in his closet
@@homer0919 *whonnock 😂
Its primary purpose is as video content so he probably can.
@@kristopherthompson1342 With the right accountant, practically anything is possible. A friend of mine who ran a business somehow managed to get Tim Horton's (National coffee shop in Canada) purchases to be written off.
This is kind of like how Tim Taylor uses Tool Time to renovate his house.
^
Linus the tech dropper sebastian is best upgrade from Tim the tool man taylor.
That is a strong tape... the Cat5 ripped in half first...
I run all Cat6 standard for many years... I know this is 3 years ago... I had my house built 3 years ago and the company doing the low voltage was STILL doing Cat5e as standard (in 2019!) when I had been using Cat6 for about 5 years.... They made me pay an upgrade fee to change to Cat6 on my runs.... The guy was telling me, oh yeah, you dont need anything over CAT5e, and if you put in 6, thats all you'll need for the rest of your life... I said Cat5e has been around for 20 years, how could you still be using that!?!? And I said I will use all Cat6 and then some when Cat 7 and 8 and 9 and 14 and 18 come out! I had to explain that I am running all my cameras (18) and 4 AP's, and I have a complete server rack FULL of servers and network equipment and lots of other gear. And all my smart home setup... I had to show that I did indeed need CAT6 and dont tell me that BS about it being good for all i'll ever need... I"m NOT your typical customer and dont downsell me so you can pocket more money by getting CHEAP CAT5e... He had never pre-wired for anyone with AP's, let alone 4 of them, and PoE cams. I asked about running fiber lines where I wanted them and at first he was like "the ISP can do that" and I said, no, not the DMARC to the wire closet, I mean wire closet to Rack and to a few other places where I need 40gbps drops for my internal network. and he was like yeah, we dont do fiber... And they wouldnt let me run my own fiber and cable, I HAD to pay them :(.... I ran my fiber lines after closing...
This was a production builder in a very high end community... My next home, Wife and I are purchasing land and doing a 100% custom build the way we want it... shoot for net zero and then I get to run ALL my own cables and fiber before they begin drywall...
Finally, I can upgrade my flat to 10Gb, that I live in alone and only use my computer and phone for internet.
*Cries*
Me: Same. Why not go 10Gb ?
Also me: Lists project - my two servers, my two workstations (which heat up my apartment with BOINC), my Apple G5 case with the ATX board in it and my USB key with Windows 10 Pro to combine into my new gaming rig, and my laptop for which I have no space left over to put up a dock. I add the laptop in my living room with my TASCAM sampler at my audio rig and the other laptop with Windows XP and comfy headphones at my bed. And my 4U server in my living room... the 3 1U servers in my closet that I have no space for anywhere. And I add some of the computers in my basement, if only I could I hook them up with power and 10Gb without anyone seeing the cables ending up in my apartment 50+ meters away.
Me: Calculating cost of above project.
Also me: Clicks on next video.
If you were a editing movies or something like that.. then a 10Gbps is nice to have to move stuff around.
Jeez yall living in the usa?
I live in a poor country 10 mbps download 1 upload
@@fitmotheyap I mean I get 200mbs download and 11mbs upload and that’s fairly high speed internet in America
@@alop53O1 i thought the standard was 100mbps download and upload there with no data cap
Cus i have a data cap of 600gb
"Only cost around 850 dollars"
*Cries in minimum wage*
Just connect nas to pc with 2 cards and one cable with no switch. works fine. pc can connect to internet with wifi or another gig run. Boom sub 200 dollars.
@Benjamin LaBrie try to save 10 bucks a week and the way to do that is to literally break down your expenses and income. Once you've noted everything down in a spreadsheet, it'll be easier to gauge where you can make 2 dollars in savings.
@@earthtaurus1004 honestly that's what I'm doing to save up for the ps5 before it comes out haha. House doesn't need cat6 just yet... knock on wood...
*Cries in fast Ethernet*
*Cries in not having cheated the lottery yet* lol jk
I remember when Dennis went trough the roof! It was so funny
I remember he went through the ceiling of his garage. It was the world's most comfortable gaming setup. They reference it in this video.
It was a bruh moment.
Link damnit!
@@andysPARK th-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/w-d-xo.html
@@lankyfella god damnit
CAT6A Has a tighter twist in the pairs allowing for high freg, the divider helps with emi. also should of used CAT6A keystone jacks and CAT6A stranded patch cords be a little more bicsi standard.
Did I just watch 16 minutes of "guys running cable and plugging things in?" .... yes, and I liked it.
And breathing in a ton of fiber glass. They should have had masks on up there.
@@FrankAllotta don't they use cotton candy in Canada? They be just too sweet
I would love to live in a world where a "cheap" upgrade was $500 just for a switch lol
Yeah I think most of his viewers spent around $500 on their entire computer!
@@brazeiar9672 Mine was like 350€
ikr, he's not wrong tho. For years the cheapest switch with 10gbit on the market (netgear 8port) was like 1500usd. everything else started at 3k usd.
haha you Master bed anime girls
Glad someone pointed this out. I searched the comments for one about this. Linus reminds me of Leo Laporte that way, being too well-to-do himself these days to have a proper concept of what "affordable" means to most people.
Linus: Using 10Gbps switches all around the house.
Me: Using my stock router as the whole network backbone.
"you can get away with 2 inches" - jake
He sais that to his wife every night!
you rather meant his wife says that that to him while in bed
‘I have more more ram in my nass than yours” -jake
"WHAT THE HELL DO I HAVE ON MY NETWORK THATS HUAWEI?!"
I am waiting for someone to hack his RING doorbell and tell his kids that they are Sanataclause then come across the street into the magic car for a ride to the north pole!
@@PWingert1966 As far as I know RING door bells have not been hacked except by hacker logging directly into someone's account. Still fairly overpriced IMO but there isn't much when it comes to having pure LAN alternatives.
@@Niklaos Given the news reports showing a guy with a laptop accessing a ringdoorbell from the car and reading reliable security reports on RING I still believe that there is a significant risk to the average non-technical home user from owning a RING device. I expect Linus to tbe able to implement security a a corporate level in his hoem setup because of his online presence so my posting was intended to be a humerous satire on Linus and not a serious suggestion that his Ring doorbell would be at risk of being hacked.
@@PWingert1966 Not sure what it was, but i remember reading something about RING doorbells transmitting stuff over plain-text.
P. Wingert yes I tooooooo
after upgrading my house 7 years ago i still haven't upgraded my house
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@@mystique3330 pretty decent actually
THANK YOU
I was born at a very young age
Every 60 seconds, a minute passes in Africa
Linus out here judging the electrician for hoarding tech whilst having a literal mouse zoo in his roof
I thought about computer mice when I read this comment jesus christ
11:55 Cat6A cable turned into Cat6 only.
Difference between 5e and 6A is also the way each pair is twisted. 6A is tighter twisted. Cat7 is a whole different story where the twist-"spacing" is varying.
no one asked.
@@youseff500 ... took you how many years to find out ?
Made in Latvia... Wooop wooop.
At last Mikrotik got some coverage.
yes sir!!!!
I like when Eastern European countries do well internationally. Mikrotik, Prusa, Jetbrains, etc.
SpaceX put some mikrotik tech on their rockets recently.
A C really where did you hear that
twitter.com/mikrotik_com/status/1135777132033052673?lang=en
4:43 Totally expected Audible sponsorship plug right there.
Same.
No that would be to good of a Segway. You know Linus doesn't want good segways!
pro cabling tip, you dont need a screwdriver or anything to straighten them out
(this is gonna be crazy hard to explain in text, but here goes..)
1) untwist them
2) line them up in the right order
3) firmly hold them together (while keeping them flat) at two different points ~1/2 an inch apart
4) wiggle those 2 points back and forth on a 2 dimensional plane, the wires will straighten *much* more.
5) snip off the un-straightened part
do step 4 too much and you can work harden the copper and break the conductor. but that is how I do it I confess.
I love how poorly this went, feels like real life, also he's got amazing fluke testing equipment, but not fiberglass fish?!
If you say this went poorly i guess you don't watch these vids very often lol
Been waiting for some MikroTik love on this channel, they've been seriously undercutting the prices of the major names for networking hardware for years now with a vastly superior feature set as standard.
Shame this video didn't do Mikrotik much justice as they only stated the price.
They have had some serious security issues with some of their routers or something though. But if it's just a "dumb" switch, I don't see a problem I guess
Mikrotik is good stuff, will do everything the other guys can for less. Management interface takes some getting used to. Their documentation is enough to get you started, though.
@@dcheverie Not just one router, security issues with the RouterOS software. They do patch things pretty frequently though.
In the future, I recommend getting special cat 6 heads, they have little holes in the front of the head that let the individual leads pass through, it makes it far easier to crimp the cables.
Those are called pass-through connectors. They are way easier to use, I just use the regular cheapie connectors. The pass-through connectors also need a special crimping tool I believe.
@@RoastBeefSandwich they don't necessarily need a special tool, but they're best used with the special tool because it gives space fir the wires that are passing through to sit freely as well as come with a blade to cut the slack off while crimping.
@@colethomas2309 99% of the rj45 crimpers you can buy have a blade for pass through connection you dont really need a special one. They aren't any better or worse than regular RJs but most of older techs I know don't like them and consider them to be a lesser rj
ca8 all the way mate
Hey Linus and crew. I have been watching your awesome tech vids but I haven’t been sending comments as much as I would like. But I want you to know that your content haven’t cease to amaze, at all. Keep up the good work and see you next vid.
To clarify more, the cat 6a cable is twisted more for less crosstalk. Apart from having a larger frequency, the gauge of the wire as well as the plastic coating outside of the copper sheaths are also different.
8:50
Linus confirmed Vampire.
@Matteo D'Angelo Spooky Linus. 😉
Linunator: Dark Route :)
@@HariPrasad_ CyberDenis Systems model 101
10:20 lol "Why do you do this to me. For the second time!?"
@@ZeekTheZack22 😂😂😂😂
**Cleaning up the coffee that I spit out when he said, "just 500 USD" for the 12 port switch**
I'd say 500 USD for a 10 gig switch is pretty reasonable. It's no Cisco switch but it should do fine.
Considering the price of new ones (here in Europe) about 1k... Well that's cheap
@@alolanstarboy it's a Mikrotik. Mikrotik tends to overstate their abilities. I remember back in RB250GS era, 5 port managed gigabit switch. it only did gigabit when in "dumb" mode. if you tried to VLAN it, speed dropped to s#it. only 300mbit if you were lucky. source: I use mikrotik and have about 30 out there in the field atm. they are very reliable, but you have to know what they can REALLY do, and not what mikrotik says.
@@83hjf I guess they use the maximum possible speeds it can achieve for marketing lol. Either way Linus didn't seem to have any intention of creating VLANs for his network anyway so he should be set
all of you trying to reason those prices didn't get the op's point ... while 15k for a Versiv 2 is reasonable from the POV of companies using those, it's still not "only 15k"
(different price level, same logic)
11:54 Jake just taught me more in 30 secs than my teacher in school in 30 mins. Yeeeah
5:18 Stalker icon on the desktop. A man of true culture i see.
10:16 "I can unblugg the 1 gig connection"
I'm in the process of setting up my new houses network. Debated going 10 gig, but I'm not sure the benefit on a home network is there yet. Nice to see products coming down in price, its incredible what you can do with legacy hardware these days!
Definitely don’t go cheap on your home cable runs, upgrading to cat6a or cat7 is really a horrible experience especially for people living in brick homes inner walls included.
10:15 - "UnBlug" - Linus Sebastian, 2019
Linus “i just need to transfer files faster between my computer and my NAS”
Jake *repositions his glasses “okay”
😂😂😂 i was dying there mah dudes 5:37
Seeing droppings from an animal while crawling around your accident prone padded loft trying to do what you thought would be a simple run task... That one hit home for me
4:44 I thought he was gonna say
“Just like our sponsor!”
hahahaha
0.06 "He means the old office, which was a house"
Yeah we remember :')
Are you a pakistani nerd
I would love to see some more speedtest moving files around the LAN.
8:50 Lucifer, is that you?
SennekerProductions so Linus is the real Lúcifer Morningstar
@@rodrigofilho1996 no he is something much much worse
Linus: "I STILL haven't upgraded my house to 10 gigabit networking"
Me: "Sir could you spare some data for a humble meme farmer"
Some of use are still on 10meg..... not rich a-holes like some....
you guys have networks?
gouryoku Hi, I just wanted to reply to what you’ve said. Peter seems to be out of line a bit, but you’ve gone *way past the line* . Also poverty shouldn’t be made fun of, it’s a serious situation that no one should go through. But hey, that’s just a goal of the world. Anyway, poverty can come from many things and not just making bad decisions. But hey, in your world everyone’s stupid if they’re poor. You may say how people who are poor are there because of bad decisions, bad education, etc.. But how are you the judge? What makes you special enough to allow you to judge people’s decisions and say if they were good or bad? What makes your conclusions valid? What I’m trying to say is treat people the way you want to be treated, because the comment that Peter made was generally not directed to you. I don’t fully support the comment, however your response is even worse.
@@RomvnlyPlays I never ever implied all poor people were stupid. I am just saying that individual is an idiot.
He seems like a jealous idiot.
I hate nothing more than people telling me I am a certain way because I criticized a single individual.
Please take your time and learn basic English before trying to feel morally superior.
I'm poor myself, dude, so what you said means absolutely nothing in the end.
@@gouryoku "you're a really dumb asshole who made bad decisions and will stay poor until you die" being judgmental and harsh is as bad as being envious
An Asus XG-C100C user here. A while back an AQC107 firmware update, atlflashupdate_1.4.2_3.1.90.zip was available for download from Aquantia's site. So I used it (via Windows 10 1903) to update my XG-C100C's firmware from ver. 1.5.44 to ver. 3.1.90 in order to successfully remedy an infrequent and intermittent dropped network connection issue. I then repeated said update with equal success on another XG-C100C I had bought as a backup.
Shortly afterwards atlflashupdate_1.4.2_3.1.90.zip was removed from Aquantia's site. I sent them an e-mail asking why. Their response was noncommittal. (Note: I subsequently learned that Aquantia was in the process of being acquired by Marvell around this time. Hence there may have been some policy changes afoot.)
However, I soon found an alternate and reputable source for atlflashupdate_1.4.2_3.1.90.zip. Here it is:
Solo10G Firmware 1.4.2_3.1.90
www.sonnettech.com/support/kb/kb.php?cat=538&expand=_a13&action=b1063#b1063
All of the files and the readme in the above .zip are identical to those found in the one I previously downloaded from Aquantia's site.
From said readme:
"AtlFlashUpdate is a tool for updating firmware on AQC100, AQC108, AQC107, AQN100, AQN108, and AQN107"
Sonnet Solo10G PCIe Card | Sonnet
www.sonnettech.com/product/solo10g-pcie-card.html
One more thing:
If I had to buy another AQC107-based 10G Ethernet card I would definitely choose between the Aquantia AQtion 10G Pro NIC in the OP's link or the Sonnet Solo10G PCIe Card. Why? Because in addition to both units having a ventilated PCI plate, they also sport a spring-loaded heat sink which suggests the use of thermal paste as opposed to the thermal pad found under the stand-off-mounted heat sink on the Asus XG-C100C. Relevance? I recently upgraded Linux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon's stock kernel ver. 4.15.x to the 5.3.0-19 kernel that's part of Ubuntu 19.10 and discovered that it can read the AQC107's temperature sensor. It currently reads 59C even though the XG-C100C is only connected to a 1G Ethernet switch.
Fortunately the CM 690 II that I use has two vertically aligned 140mm side fans which I can ramp up next summer. Those who prefer PC cases equipped with vanity windows are unlikely to have that option.
4:43I kind of expected something along the lines of "Speaking of audible... Here's a message from our sponsor: Audible".
I've just run single mode fibre cable runs everywhere in my house that I need 10G, the LC connectors are about the same diameter as Cat6A cable so I don't need larger holes, and if you use BiDi SFPs which are still very cheap you only need a single fibre for 10G anyway.
Richard Skinner I have gigabit internet and it’s great but already seems like overkill for most applications. What’s the practical point of running 10 gigabit?
@@PodtrashRadio I have a small main desktop with only SSDs in and all my bulk storage is done on my unraid server. I have an iSCSI target on the unraid server for my steam library. 100mbyte/sec would be a bottleneck.
@@richardskinner6391 Cmon... admit it, running fiber for a LAN in a home is total overkill... you did it for the nerdgasm!
@@billysgeo it was literally the cheapest way to get 10g
Transferring to/from a NAS
If this will helps, whean configurating the mikrotik switches and routers better use Winbox software, dont know what you use but i think simple using browser, configure RoMON that you can connect to device without any filter rules = saver things, you can also make many DHCP servers and VLAN rules for your servers to keep saver and separate devices from your normal devices like normal use laptops or phones, in ip>firewall>service ports change the ports you like beceose many of ppl like to try enter your cr using standard service ports and also if anyone can connect to your internet provider network and use scan in winbox, can see your device. In ip>firewall>nat you can make ports rules also in connections you will see all connections in and out to your network. Make in firewall filter rules flood protect rule for make your sarvers saver. In ip>dhcp server>leases you can easly make static adresses rules, also you can see there alerts.
PRO TIP - you can play music on your mikrotik switches and routers using scripting, you all can find in google serch. Think about that, flood rule starts to working, someone attacks your server, router starting the script to block that and also plays imperial march from star wars :D.
there are almost everything you can do with this router.
PRO TIP for ppl working in internet providers - if some company have many of radios from mikrotik and you dont know what radio you need to service, someone who can enter to this radio can play for you any music to locate the radio, we have many of SXT radios for clients and whean you reech the roof of building and see 6 radios .... that can helps
10gbps you can also reech using 2 x cat 5e cable, using any cables outside better use cables with gel inside, that will make water out from the inside of cable.
PS. Sorry for my poor english language :) Cheers.
>*He mean's the old office, which was a house.
>mean's
really now
Linus's twin vampire living in his attic confirmed.
Thank you Linus for featuring us in your video!
"Whoever said being a nerd is easy" - I grew up in the 80's and 90's so it DEFINITELY wasn't me.
Same, but 80's.
Ok boomers
Kidding
lol that's exactly when it WAS easy...ungrateful zoomers ;P
Me over here, a Gen Z Nerd.
Good luck with that switch, while I love mikrotik routers, their switches are terrible, in fact I make sure to disable the switch chip on every mikrotik crs I configure and this is coming from a mikrotik certified routing engineer
Edit: download winbox it’s able to manage the switch via layer two and its more reliable than the built in web interface
Network engineer here as well. I love mikrotik hardware too, but i prefer to configure it through cli. It's much faster to configure, and its cli is well thought out.
Dominik Dobrowolski absolutely, but for what Linus was trying to do winbox is the way to go over the webfig
I use used SFP+ cards and SFP+ DAC cables with a MikroTik CRS309-1G-8S+IN 8 port SFP+ switch. £10 per card / £10 per cable and £200 per switch. It's a managed switch but will only do 10Gb at layer 2, any layer 3 traffic / tagged packets have to go via the CPU not the custom switch chip, so will only be about 3Gb max. but it works really well for my purposes. SPF+ uses less power too, so less heat in your case.
Those flukes are hella expensive. Damn y'all, you've got some good connections.
Right? It looks brand new too.
That DSX-5000 is over $10K
6:18 : nobody actually ever offended Linus more 😂
Some Random Dude wins a million dollar: yeah I'm gonna get 10 gig Internet
Watches this tutorial : Yeah I'm gonna stick to 10 mbps
8:50
Linus: "I'll be back."
FOR CHEAP:
$500 not including cables
Okay linus
That is extremely cheap for a switch of those capabilities you nimrod
I mean you gotta pay to play. There are much cheaper ways to network 10G, but if you want a copper (RJ45) switch and plug and play, you gotta pay up or wait.
@@hendeeze doing it through fiber and SFP+ using second hand ebay stuff is a fraction of the cost doing it through copper.
@@dpskipper that's what I basically wrote.
"after upgrading my house to 10gb networking, I still haven't upgraded my house to 10gb networking"
like ik they said it was an error but it's still kinda funny
The moment they pull that cable through the wall without an attached string or wire to make pulling the new one through pain-free.......oh noes
Just an FYI, you can use indoor stuff outside if you wrap it in electrical tap, electrical tap is UV rated.
CRS series sf. CloudRouterSwitch, OS: RouterOS or SwitchOS, management: via app Winbox or SSH or WWW
Context goes a long way for us to understand those voices in your head.
@1Me Winbox will pickup the device via a MAC address. If you want web interface, then the default Mikrotik IP address of 192.168.88.1 will be your friend. It's a good thing that RouterOS was pre-installed. Else, that would have been entertaining to watch! ;)
10:45 "you can get away with about 2 inches" my girlfriend disagrees...
Did you guys try running 10GbE over the CAT5e? If it is structural (solid core) and short runs people have found it can sometimes work.
5:38
Linus: "I just want to transfer files faster between my computer and my ass, like..."
Jake: "Okay."
Providence I think he said NAS, not ass, although i thought it sounded like that, too
I'm building a new house, and just pulled 7000ft of Cat6 'E' (exceeds Cat6 spec but doesn't meet Cat6A spec). 144 runs to fill 3x 48 port patch panels and 3x 48 port gig switches (stack of Cisco 2960s). I'll pick up a 10 gig switch at some point, but there's plenty of bandwidth to go around for a while. There are 4 runs of Cat6 to each wall plate, and plenty of wall plates in each room, so I don't have to have a bunch of 8 port switches floating around the house.
It's a good idea to certify each run tho. I may have to borrow a fluke meter from work.
Glad to see 10 gig local networking catching up. I believe that it has not previously caught up because hard drives and internet connection connections has usually been slower than 10gig and therefor the benefit has not been that visible. With FTTH 1gig connections and ssd's getting faster, the need to upgrade the home networking is getting more prevalent.
I believe a barrier is the effort involved in cable repacement. If you have cat 5 or 5e everywhere, with a sizable company, the cable replacement piece is substantial work.
@@brianw.4985 Yes but in network infrastructure most work are actually industrial and you would rather lay cat 8 cables than cat 5 on new installations.
@@SuperSkandale new installs yes, 6a or 7 at least. But there are tons of existing installs with cat 5 or 5e.
I live in germany and we use CAT7 for at least 13 years in this kind of scenarios
So? Cat6A is newer than 7.
Unlikely since Cat7 is only "certified" for the tera connector. It can be used but Cat7 never saw widespread adoption due to this.
@@ahostn maybe but only because 7 is too expensive for north america. In CAT7 Cables every pair is shielded seperately which makes it far superior but a lot more expensive.
@@tgumina Cat 7 is not an approved standard for US either. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_11801#Category_7
We've been using 6 and 6a as Cat 7 isn't officially a thing in the US and isn't any better (though of course Linus is in CA) But the video wasn't about the cable, it was about the copper 10gbit switch with more than a few ports not being a 'reasonably priced' thing yet (anywhere).
I recommend looking into Platinum Tools 10Gig crimpers and their CAT6A shielded plugs or Simply45 CAT6A system for outdoor cabling. Designed for 10Gig applications.
"...$10,000 fluke tester" "WHAT?, I didn't pay for that did I!!??" - Pants soiled.
Yes, sure... 10,000000000000000000
Same I was thinking.
1:00 - "Made in Latvia?!" *latvian jumps up*
Microtek ftw
Linus: This network switch is so cheap, only $500!
Me: Looks at my $25 switch
Cat 5e would do 10gig as long as you keep the run shorter than +/-40m
I wish someone at LTT would make a montage of every time Linus goes "EEEEEYYYYYY!!" whenever he does a thing correctly. I would but I don't know how.
I'll make it if you can send me the time stamps
There is more of a difference between CAT5e and CAT6 than the pair separator. Differences are as follows: CAT5e 24-26 AWG CAT6 is 22-24AWG. Twists per inch is greater in the CAT6 which provides better noise cancellation. CAT6 provides a higher SNR. CAT5e is upto 100 Mhz CAT6 is upto 500Mhz. CAT5e supports upto only 1000base-T where CAT6 supports upto 10GBase-T. Just some info for those that don't know... This may have been stated already... happy cabling .. cheers
Yep, Mikrotik makes good hardware at cheap prices. I've been using their routers for years and even this switch has dual boot configuration switchOS or routerOS, cool.
"I just want to transfer files faster between my computer and my ass" -Linus 5:37
Even though we know he is referring to NAS, but that sure sound like ass lol
I did not expect a little tutorial on tipping an Ethernet cable. If you’re still using the Cat5e cable standard at home, you might benefit by upgrading your network to Cat6a or higher.
Unless you're doing VLANning, you don't need a managed switch.
"so many nails and so many rat droppings ..." Welcome to the life of a homeowner.
@Linis Tech Tips - #protip, you can't see the actual difference (the one that makes a difference) by looking at the ends of a 5e and 6A cable.
The main difference between 5e and 6A cables isn't the plastic separator "cross" between the pairs - that is vendor specific and exists on plenty of 5e cables too, and has done so for many years.
The difference that enables the increased speed is the way the twisted pairs are twisted. It's necessary to twist the pairs differently to reduce crosstalk between pairs, because if one of the wires of a pair "meets" a wire from another pair repeatedly, it will increase crosstalk.
5e solves this by having the wire pairs be twisted differently, i.e. the brown pair could be twisted tightly/frequently, while the green pair could be much looser/infrequent. So the chances of random encounters between the same wires would be greatly reduced.
This has an unfortunate side effect, as the brown pair in the example becomes longer per feet of cable than the green pair. And this difference, over a longer cable run, can be enough to have data arrive at different times and thus makes it necessary to reduce the speed (frequency). As this difference grows over the length of the cable, it is also the explanation why you can run 10G on a short 5e cable run, but not on a long one.
6A solves the problem of wires "meeting" differently: By having each wire pair be twisted in a tightness/frequency that changes along the length of the cable. So now, the brown pair might be twisted very tightly at one point, and then later on in the same cable be twisted very loosely. And the wire pairs are then put in at an offset, so that they will always be twisted differently in a given section of the cable.
That way, the pairs don't "meet up" still, but the wire pairs end up pretty much the same length, which means the transmission time for each wire pair through a cable run will be very near identical, and thus, speed or frequency can be increased no matter the length (providing the cable is not longer than specifications), as opposed to 5e, where it'll work on shorter runs but fail at some indeterminable point a long the way.
So rather than looking at the end of the cable, to spot the difference you would open up some section, like 3 feet, of cable and look at the way the pairs are differently twisted. :)
Didn't understand a thing watching this. Yet I felt like a rocket engineer.
Buy tech, combine for speed.
Using a Mikrotik like that as a "dumb switch". This is breaking my hearth. This thing can route, be an OVPN server, manage IPSEC connections, and do your wildest networking dreams... I'm sad now.
I imagine there aren't many 10G switches made that aren't managed and affordable at the same time.
This one has a wimpy CPU and RAM, it sucks at all the things you've listed. Like... really wimpy. 650mhz mipsbe. 64MB RAM. Worse than their gig switches. Basically good for running RouterOS to manage the switch chip and not a ton more.
When its cheaper than a comparable dumb switch.... and a dumb switch is all you need.... nothing wrong with that.
@@widdermann100 Yes.
@@widdermann100 in fact there are SwOS and ROS . and ROS boots by default
Watching this a year later, knowing that the Ring Doorbell that Linus said he would install soon at 2:11 would never actually get installed.
He finally got it installed eventually 😂
@@robkennedy3000 pretty sure he went with ubiquiti
Unless he went to ring then ubiquiti
But I watch his house on all my days off and it was ubiquiti on Sunday, at least that’s what I thought from across the street slouched in my car
To ask what may well be a stupid question, besides the 3M cable length constraint, isn't USB4 and Thunderbolt 3 & 4 now 40Gbit/s as opposed to 10Gbit/s & therefore faster options or does that they support 10GbE mean they do so at 10Gbit/s?
Friends asks how is no nut november Linus answers It's going great I've just upgraded my house to 10gb network for December
Everys ingle time I hear the "Mikrotik" brand, I smile a bit. I am from hungary, and "tik" is the old, folkish word for hen.
Im from the USA and a tick is a blood sucking bug that's on a hen... so I don't smile so much. :(
@@jetjazz05 Then again, a microtick isn't as bad as a regular sized one! :D
@@jetjazz05 Ah, but a _tic_ is the involuntary facial motor movement I get thinking about ticks on hens. They're nonrhythmic, though, so they don't stay aligned with the _ticks_ of the clock. Just another few meanings to _tick_ even if going through them all _ticks_ some people off. But semantics is kind of what makes me _tick._
@@PedanticTwit Yessir but I'm just a sucker for homonyms.
9:20 the tense music makes it so much better
uhm, I think that's not Cat6a. That's just Cat6 with a little more twist count. The anti-crosstalk plastic divider is already present in Cat6. I believe a real Cat6a, aside from having more twist count, also have slightly higher copper gauge and at least a foil shielding with a grounding wire which will be attached to the metal body of the Cat6a connector.
I knew it was a Mikrotik the moment I saw the ethnographic pattern on the box. #Latvia
And I was happy, hoping to see Linus try to configure it.
MikroTik is best value for money in networking gear
That's not the only reason to use the SFP+ on there. If you have a long vertical run in your house, it's best not to do it in copper if you don't want lightning-fire issues.
"Who said being a nerd is easy?" I crawl around in attics, and tunnels all day running ethernet cables. Yeah it's harder than most people think, especially when the attic is 130 Fahrenheit.
For the love of God, download Winbox!