Awesome. Glad you liked it. Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks for the feedback, I also am 100% Unifi on my own network and run the SE. I would have loved a device like this one when I was running Sophos.

Glad you found it useful.

This is permanently attached to my Mac Studio and it is used everyday as a scratch drive when I edit videos. It has never dropped out on me and I have been very pleased with the reliability and performance. Thanks for the feedback and great question.

Thanks for your suggestion. That would be easy to do. I had not testing 1G lan ports but it is a great suggestion.

@@MikeFaucher I suggest iPerf for bandwidth testing, because most routers (including GLiNet) have a very bandwidth-limitee USB ports and they are usually a bottleneck in the chain, even if they are declaring to be USB 3.x. PS: I own couple of GL.iNet routers. And while they are not perfect, they are really good as a travel routers.

@@real_andrii Thanks for the input. I use iPerf on many of my tests of higher bandwidth devices and add it to all in the future. Thank you.

Find the IP address of your device in the router and type it into your browser and the admin screen should come up.

No it has to be a pcie slot.

Yes. The exit node will exit traffic at your home and you will use the subnet router function to access your cameras.

Thanks for the feedback. Let me know how you like it.

Unless it was set differently, libraries typically update themselves as you add media. I would double check your library settings to make sure it is set to update automatically.

Yep, I am still using mine as my my daily driver but they are both really good.

Awesome. Glad you liked it.

Your right. Check the video description I added an update to the process a while ago. Thanks for the feedback.

I will do a followup on the cache. Here is a link to what I used (amzn.to/4dfMJNv) but most DDR5 should work.

@@MikeFaucher - awesome, thanks for the link!

See if this helps (www.home-assistant.io/getting-started/configuration/)

Definitely more than enough for most users. The RAM is helpful if you plan to use multiple apps but to your point, they need the apps first.

Your UDR WAN port will connect to the LAN side of the Sophos bridge, and your Modem to the WAN side of the Sophos bridge. Hope that helps.

Have not tried it but it theoretically supports it. Would love that configuration.

A dedicated 2.4 is a great way to do it. Maybe you have a defective units. There should be no issue connecting. Sorrry you are having this issue.

Great suggestion. This is not my usual use and would love to investigate this topic. Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks for the info.

I completely agree. There are many variations to this depending on your needs. If you needed space on your NAS for lots of media for example, you could use all four bays, and then back up only critical data only to an external drive and the cloud. I usually start with 3 drives as well, even on 5 bay units and leave the extras blank, but mostly so I can grow the storage. I always backup to a second internal source and an external source (Wasabi) with the exception of straight media which I do not back up. As for the EXT4, it absolutely works. You have a great solution and thanks for sharing it.

Hard to beat the hardware for this price and the software will only get better.

@@MikeFaucher it does look good --- Synology's strong point has always been their apps --- maybe Ugreen can give them some competition

@@fredwerza3478 They seem very serious. I have never seen this level of effort put into a product. Virtually instant replies to requests and questions.

@@fredwerza3478@fredwerza3478 Let's hope; I like the hardware.

Hopefully they will update in future but they are not the only one using this MFA for created users. Thanks for the feedback.

It’s version 1 of the firmware. Only the basic generic features are available to test the water. I usually don’t use a NAS until at least 6 months into the third major release of the firmware.

@@jasonluong3862 Absolutely, I agree but you do save some money getting now. That’s the only advantage. Great point

@@jasonluong3862 that is very prudent of you. with all these nas from many brands now offering automated updating, why on earth do they not offer deferr update (meaning allow to auto update to a firmware but defer so until after the firmware is at least like you said 1-3 months old before it does so). Because we know sometimes updates mess up and usually takes a few weeks before people realize how bad a release might be. An example of deferring updates is in windows 11. You can do that, but why not for nas? makes no sense. Deferring updates is better than not updating at all, and can protect users from potential bad updates that get pulled later. Also they could possibly add another option where deferring updates gets bypassed if a firmware is flagged as critical security update. But i guess the reason they don't do that is because it's too hard for them to code i guess 😅

Yes they did. I postponed it as much as I could so I could review something close to some polish and the not the Alpha versions.

@@MikeFaucher good plan. yeah nobody wants an alpha review. i saw one youtuber do that, then they had to remind the viewers the previous video was alpha and things had changed.... 🤣

Thanks for the feedback and i will add that to the next video.

Thanks for pointing that out. As for the Gen 5, you are right until we get thunderbolt 5 controllers. Thanks for the feedback.

Absolutely. You should have no issues if you load the drivers.

@@MikeFaucher great. Thanks for the fast reply! Do you have any opinion on the TP-Link Archer TX55E pcie wifi 6?

@@try_and_chill It is a very good card. One thing I would consider is getting a WiFi 7 card to future-proof, as they are all backward compatible. I did a recent review on WiFi 7 cards if you are interested (ukposts.info/have/v-deo/cHOgnYh5ap59qZ8.html).

@@MikeFaucher I’ll definitely consider and check out the video thank you!

Any of these or any Wi-Fi 7 card will work. They are all backwards compatible. I would recommend the latest like Wi-Fi 7 so you are ready when things change.

Glad to hear, and I completely agree.

I got a thunderbolt 4 cable BTW not the stock one, that seems to be a big factor

You are right about the cables but I did not have any issues with this stock one, but I certainly have before.

Great numbers, what PC or laptop where you using.

You can use you phone with the travel router. The benefits are extra security, sharing one connection, and sharing files on a portable device. Also, not eveyone wants to use their phones as a hot spot and some have to pay. Great question.

@@MikeFaucher Thank you so much. Let's try to make things easier, not more complicated, but I understand some people may need a travel router

Thank you for the feedback and glad you found it useful.

No tab lock as this is x8 card. Just held down by the the screw bracket.

Absolutely but only if you get a WiFi 7 router or access point to take advantage of it. Otherwise there will not be much gain.

Thanks, I checked it out and he did a good job.

Thanks for the input.

We can only hope.

Agreed, n305 or similar. N100 is a little underpowered. Green is launching some serious cous on upper tier ssd nas

Thanks for the feedback. Very unusual.

That is mostly because of the amount of device there are that support it but if you are buying an AP or router, I would get Wifi 7 now and be ready. Great point.

Hope you get it sooner!

@@MikeFaucher i do need a new wifi ap. i was thinking of either a mesh with wireless/wired backhaul. or, an ap. tplink deco has wifi7 mesh, and based on the reviews it works great. My only issue is the privacy question. I wouldn't use it as a router, but is the privacy issue resolved if using simply in ap mode only? You would have to login to the tplinkg mobile app anytime you want to administer the device, but after you no need to open the app. I'm just worried tplink tattles on my traffik to some server china for no reason x-x; other options are eero. Heard it's it's unreliable and has drop outs. bad reviews. Ubiquiti hard to get for my country due to legal dispute so they no longer export directly to the country. also i saw amazon it had bad reviews. I own a unifi wifi5 ap which i liked, but i'm wary of the u7 pro which feels like a beta product and not to mention the reviews about it. So what other wifi 7 option are there? Also the point that crosstalk mention if you check the schedule for wifi7 validation which doesn't quite end until near end of Q4 2024. This is why i felt it better to wait first.

@@MikeFaucher i consulted a fellow countryman. apparently they got their ubiquiti from singapore since they work there. so the only option is forward shipping. looking into that right now. but i'll probly wait 2025 xd

@@AinzOoalG0wn Good luck and let me know.

Awesome. Hoped it helped.

That is what the zikedrive used but the hyper did not mention it.

@@MikeFaucher if the hyper is a newer product, and gives the same performance, then it almost certainly is the ASMedia chip in there too.

@@ahgflyguy most likely

Thanks for the feedback!

It is for any router or device that has OpenVPN built in. Most routers and NAS units today have this support.

@@MikeFaucher thanks very much

Sure, this is not a RAID card and just a SATA controller and there are many other brands of controllers out there. THese just allow you attach the drives and you can configure drives how you want.

I am using it now on UNRAID but only for SSD caching. The issue with all ZFS versions except for the QNAP version, is that there is no drive expansion. This is an issue in applications like unraid if you want to pool your storage. They are supposed to add it in version 7 so I may change my mind when that comes out. Great question.

Excellent. Thanks for the feedback.

You can power this from a USB charger.

Different brands are probably OK, but they have to be the same size.

@@MikeFaucher That I made sure. :D I added them over time and went for special offers, that's why they're all different. But at least I tested them with badblocks and smart tests to make sure that they're all fine. Three of them are already running fine in a RAID5 and the fourth one will be added in the next few days, that's why stumbled across your great video! So thank you very much!

@@Daxelinho9 Good luck and thanks for the feedback.

They can be powered by USB C.