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RE: Will my USB3.0 active extension cable work with older USB2.0 devices, and what should I watch out for?
By Hans, 3 days ago
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| We do not speak Chinese here, unfortunately ... so I used Google Translate to tranlate your question; I've been updating my setup and bought a USB 3.0 powered extension cable, but didn't realize some... | ||
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RE: How to install Wireguard on an Amazon Fire TV stick
By Hans, 3 days ago
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| @philabbo What model Firestick are you using? Quite a while ago I installed it on a 1st or 2nd gen Firestick (which seems to run an old Android version).This last one I installed on a Firestick 4K Max... | ||
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Will my USB3.0 active extension cable work with older USB2.0 devices, and what should I watch out for?
By caldwellethan, 3 days ago
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| 我一直在更新我的设置并购买了 USB3.0 有源延长线，但没有意识到我的一些设备仍然是 USB2.0。我很好奇它们是否仍然适合在一起，以及我是否应该预料到任何问题或减速。还有其他人遇到过这种情况吗？ | ||
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RE: How to install Wireguard on an Amazon Fire TV stick
By philabbo, 3 days ago
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| Hi @hans I've done this and Wireguard is installed on my Firestick - and the .config file is there in /sdcard/ ready, and waiting... but when I'm open the Wireguard App and see the "Add tunnel to get ... | ||
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RE: Things about home theater: Sharing experience from tossing to enjoyment
By Hans, 2 weeks ago
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Home Theatre
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| Thanks for sharing the fiber cable tip. I wasn't even aware they existed. Nice!Did a search right away and found these. I didn't know these existed! Alternative that I have seen being used by others: ... | ||
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Things about home theater: Sharing experience from tossing to enjoyment
By gleasonwei, 2 weeks ago
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| Building a home theater sounds simple, but when you really start, you find that things are far from as easy as you imagined. Just like me, I originally wanted to watch a big movie at home on the weeke... | ||
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RE: Apple Rotating WiFi Address
By Hans, 2 weeks ago
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ConnectMeNow
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| You're most welcome - thanks to you I've learned something new as well, so thank you for that 😊 I think rotating MAC addresses may be useful when they get changed every so many minutes. But a... | ||
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RE: Apple Rotating WiFi Address
By stevebythebay, 2 weeks ago
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| Thanks for your assessment. I think I’ll go with fixed as you and Apple suggest, since I’ve neither heard nor uncovered any clear understanding as to the this settings value. Maybe it lies on the ext... | ||
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RE: Apple Rotating WiFi Address
By Hans, 2 weeks ago
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| Ah OK, now it makes sense why you're concerned about changing IP addresses. 😊 Apologies for the confusion on my end. The MAC address should be unique but can be changed. We used to use that tr... | ||
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RE: Apple Rotating WiFi Address
By stevebythebay, 2 weeks ago
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| I do have mounts from Mac to Mac in my local network. This new feature periodically changes the IP address. My concern is that the mounts will no longer work once the IP address is changed. As I und... | ||
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RE: Apple Rotating WiFi Address
By Hans, 2 weeks ago
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| Maybe I'm not quite understanding the issue (apologies): Am I understanding this right that you're worried the IP address may change of a Mac on which you have made a share available? I mean, for a Ma... | ||
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RE: Apple Rotating WiFi Address
By stevebythebay, 2 weeks ago
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| @hans there are various scenarios it seems. The Apple doc that was recommended I read is which doesn’t help much. I’ve chosen to go with “rotating” along with “limit in address tracking”, a seeming... | ||
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RE: Apple Rotating WiFi Address
By Hans, 2 weeks ago
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| Apologies, I mis-read your post.You did see this new feature and are not sure what the impact would be, where as I read that you IP address kept changing 😜 I guess the "Private Wi-Fi address... | ||
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RE: Apple Rotating WiFi Address
By Hans, 2 weeks ago
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ConnectMeNow
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| Interesting find ... I had not noticed this. My initial thought was indeed to create a reservation in one's router. Did some testing and found the IP address assignment behavior to be "as usual".One r... | ||
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Apple Rotating WiFi Address
By stevebythebay, 2 weeks ago
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ConnectMeNow
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| I noticed that with macOS Sequoia a new option exists to rotate the device's IP address. I'm not clear on how this may impact access across a local network when other devices are already network moun... | ||
