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I've been using and recommending Netgear #network equipment a lot for home lab and small office use, because you get a lot of bank for your buck with them. But they're from the #USA, so they're on the shitlist now.

Looking at Mikrotik now, they have a nice range of managed switches for friendly prices and are from Europe. #Latvia to be specific. Now, Latvia doesn't have a stellar record wrt QUILTBAG+ rights, so that's a bit worrisome. They did have (or still have?) a gay president though, and they seem to be moving forwards instead of backwards.

i think I'll try some of their gear, but donate twice the price of the gear I buy from them to a Latvian LGBTQIA+ rights organisation just to be sure.

Any optinions on Latvia in general or Mikrotik in particular with regards to human rights? Or other brands I should look at?

Yesterday, after probably a decade of absolutely zero issues, one of my #Netgear GS108's "crashed". A power cycle fixed it, but these are so incredibly reliable that it surprised me.

One of my favorite tech products, simply because they always just work. Fully expecting it to not happen again for 10 years 😀 .

netgear.com/business/wired/swi

NETGEARGigabit Unmanaged Switch Series - GS108 | NETGEARNeed a Unmanaged switch for your business network? Check out GS108 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet, Energy-efficient Unmanaged Switch. Buy now!

#norlys kan åbenbart ikke forsyne mig med en brugbar fast #ipadresse. Brugbar, forstået som jeg kan indstille min #router så den blive anvendt, og jeg kan konfigurere port forwarding.

Enten er de dumme (kan ikke oplyse mig ipundermaske og standard gateway som skal indstilles i routeren) eller dumme (nægter at udskifte min fiberboks som åbenbart ikke virker).

Hjælp modtages med tak.
Min #fiberboks stammer tilbage fra #stofa-tiden, #Icotera model i5801-01.
Min router er fra #Netgear (WNR2000v5).