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SandyCat said:
Why don't they put sata ports near where the USB ports are on a motherboard / computer case for external hard drives? It would offer much faster transfer speeds than a shitty usb cable

I get it wouldn't provide power but you'd think they'd come up with some new gay standard that allows sata speed and power
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E-sata is a thing but it’s really not used any longer. A type C connector is capable of transferring multiple gigabytes of data per second.
 
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Is there any way to specify which network a particular application uses in a multi network situation? Specifically under windows 11.

There’s a few games that freak out about double NAT setups, so I’ve connected my gaming desktop to my fiber gateway via Ethernet to get around that and have the reliability of my wired connection. But due to the length of the run and the fact I’m stuck with cat5 atm my wifi speeds are significantly faster.

By default windows uses the Ethernet connection for everything, except when it’s transferring files to my networked drives. When it’s transferring to the networked drives it uses the wifi connection.

Is there any way to tell apps to use the wireless connection? Right now I just unplug the Ethernet cable real quick but I’d prefer a more elegant solution. It’s not a huge deal, but if it’s doable it’s something like like to do.

It’s two separate networks as far as windows is concerned, which makes sense, but since there’s two networks shouldn’t I have control over which apps use which one?
 
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I saw one of these for sale on Facebook marketplace.
What the fuck is it ?
Flipper Zero is a portable multi-tool for pentesters and geeks in a toy-like body. It loves hacking digital stuff, such as radio protocols, access control systems, hardware and more. It's fully open-source and customizable, so you can extend it in whatever way you like.
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SandyCat said:
Why don't they put sata ports near where the USB ports are on a motherboard / computer case for external hard drives? It would offer much faster transfer speeds than a shitty usb cable

I get it wouldn't provide power but you'd think they'd come up with some new gay standard that allows sata speed and power
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Because USB 3 is the new gay standard, Gen 1 almost reaches SATA 3 speeds (5 vs 6Gbit/s), USB 3 Gen 2 provides 10Gbit/s, and now you have USB4/Thunderbolt which can go 40.
 
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Dieter Laser said:
Is there any way to specify which network a particular application uses in a multi network situation? Specifically under windows 11.

There’s a few games that freak out about double NAT setups, so I’ve connected my gaming desktop to my fiber gateway via Ethernet to get around that and have the reliability of my wired connection. But due to the length of the run and the fact I’m stuck with cat5 atm my wifi speeds are significantly faster.

By default windows uses the Ethernet connection for everything, except when it’s transferring files to my networked drives. When it’s transferring to the networked drives it uses the wifi connection.

Is there any way to tell apps to use the wireless connection? Right now I just unplug the Ethernet cable real quick but I’d prefer a more elegant solution. It’s not a huge deal, but if it’s doable it’s something like like to do.

It’s two separate networks as far as windows is concerned, which makes sense, but since there’s two networks shouldn’t I have control over which apps use which one?
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How big is your house that you're hitting the limit of Cat5e? 100 meters is a long fucking run in a house.... If you actually are going over 100m you can buy something like this to extend it. Or you could try a powerline adaptor.
 
Dieter Laser said:
Is there any way to tell apps to use the wireless connection? Right now I just unplug the Ethernet cable real quick but I’d prefer a more elegant solution. It’s not a huge deal, but if it’s doable it’s something like like to do.
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This should still work in Windows 11. Wifi needs a lower metric number than wired and Windows will use it preferentially.

As far as forcing a program to use a specific network interface...there's a third-party program called ForceBindIP that uses DLL injection but I would doubt it works on Windows 11. It doesn't seem possible at the OS level.
 
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This should still work in Windows 11. Wifi needs a lower metric number than wired and Windows will use it preferentially.

As far as forcing a program to use a specific network interface...there's a third-party program called ForceBindIP that uses DLL injection but I would doubt it works on Windows 11. It doesn't seem possible at the OS level.
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Ty. Honestly I’m going to try a low tech approach first. A 2 to 1 ethernet switch. Just mount it under the monitor. When I don’t want the Ethernet connected bc I’m not gaming I could hit the button to switch it to Ethernet port 2 that would just be empty. Switch it back to turn it back on.

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How big is your house that you're hitting the limit of Cat5e? 100 meters is a long fucking run in a house.... If you actually are going over 100m you can buy something like this to extend it. Or you could try a powerline adaptor.
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Let me rephrase, I’m not at the limit for pure length but due to the build style of the house (lots of vintage cinderblock I can’t drill through, weird location of things, etc - it’s a 100+ year old house) the line running to this room takes a very long path through the walls and is past the 150 feet at which cat5e can run at full speed. I’ve got a lower line adapter but it doesn’t do much better.

It’s not a big house at all, just a stupid long run bc it’s set up weird. It’s actually on the smaller side but I love it.

But I’ve got multi gigabit fiber internet and Wifi 6e so my wifi speeds are great and way faster than my cat5 cable that was ran 18 years ago lol.

Sorry for not explaining better.
 
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An automatic clown said:
I saw one of these for sale on Facebook marketplace.
What the fuck is it ?
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It's basically a bunch of different transmitters/receivers packed into one device.

On the legal side, you can use it as a hardware token, to store NFC/RFID/Infrared/Bluetooth/etc data and transmit it as needed (for example, as a garage door opener, as a universal TV remote, to unlock your car, or to store your credit cards for wireless pay without having to use GPay or some other app shit).

On the not so legal side, you can use it to sniff/crack Wi-Fi, hack into any number of digital signs in the outside world (because most of them never have their default passwords changed), or even fuck with Teslas by opening the charge port.

It can do a lot more than what I've listed but that's just the very basic overview of what it can do. I've seen/heard of some creative uses for this device, especially useful if you're skilled in programming for embedded devices and working with electronics.
 
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It's basically a bunch of different transmitters/receivers packed into one device.

On the legal side, you can use it as a hardware token, to store NFC/RFID/Infrared/Bluetooth/etc data and transmit it as needed (for example, as a garage door opener, as a universal TV remote, to unlock your car, or to store your credit cards for wireless pay without having to use GPay or some other app shit).

On the not so legal side, you can use it to sniff/crack Wi-Fi, hack into any number of digital signs in the outside world (because most of them never have their default passwords, or even fuck with Teslas by opening the charge port.

It can do a lot more than what I've listed but that's just the very basic overview of what it can do. I've seen/heard of some creative uses for this device, especially useful if you're skilled in programming for embedded devices and working with electronics.
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$200 seems dangerously low for something that capable on the not so legal side
 
Dieter Laser said:
Ty. Honestly I’m going to try a low tech approach first. A 2 to 1 ethernet switch. Just mount it under the monitor. When I don’t want the Ethernet connected bc I’m not gaming I could hit the button to switch it to Ethernet port 2 that would just be empty. Switch it back to turn it back on.


Let me rephrase, I’m not at the limit for pure length but due to the build style of the house (lots of vintage cinderblock I can’t drill through, weird location of things, etc - it’s a 100+ year old house) the line running to this room takes a very long path through the walls and is past the 150 feet at which cat5e can run at full speed. I’ve got a lower line adapter but it doesn’t do much better.

It’s not a big house at all, just a stupid long run bc it’s set up weird. It’s actually on the smaller side but I love it.

But I’ve got multi gigabit fiber internet and Wifi 6e so my wifi speeds are great and way faster than my cat5 cable that was ran 18 years ago lol.

Sorry for not explaining better.
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Cat5e cable should be good at gigabit speeds up to about 100 meters which is roughly 300 feet. Are you sure the cable's good?
 
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Cat5e cable should be good at gigabit speeds up to about 100 meters which is roughly 300 feet. Are you sure the cable's good?
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2.5G should also be fine at 100m. 5Gbit should be Cat 6 and 10Gbit Cat 6A for the same 100M.
 
Dieter Laser said:
There’s a few games that freak out about double NAT setups, so I’ve connected my gaming desktop to my fiber gateway via Ethernet to get around that and have the reliability of my wired connection. But due to the length of the run and the fact I’m stuck with cat5 atm my wifi speeds are significantly faster.
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Is there a reason for the double NAT? I assume you've got some sort of wireless router - could its NAT be disabled by putting it into a wireless access point mode?
 
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Is there a reason for the double NAT? I assume you've got some sort of wireless router - could its NAT be disabled by putting it into a wireless access point mode?
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It’s because the fiber gateway is absolutely useless for providing a wifi signal. They gave me two options - 1gbit with good wifi or the new 2.5gbit gateway that had shit wifi. I already have a great router so I didn’t think much of it until a few games freaked out about the double nat.

I’ll look into it.
 
Dieter Laser said:
It’s because the fiber gateway is absolutely useless for providing a wifi signal. They gave me two options - 1gbit with good wifi or the new 2.5gbit gateway that had shit wifi. I already have a great router so I didn’t think much of it until a few games freaked out about the double nat.
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I understand your set up a bit better now. A couple of other ideas I have:
- Could the 'fibre gateway' be bypassed completely? You've said your fibre gateway is ISP supplied, but is there any special function your WiFi router can't provide? With my fibre connection, there's a box on the wall and via ethernet cable, I connect it to my store purchased routers WAN port. In my router, I set my WAN connection to DHCP. But I could also be with a different ISP that uses eg. PPPoE, and have to provide a username and password, but my router would still support that.
- Otherwise, is it possible to your fibre gateway into 'bridge mode', disabling its NAT function, and connect it to the WAN port of your good WiFI router? That way the WiFi router takes over the sole responsibility of NAT, firewall, DHCP, etc.
 
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Because USB 3 is the new gay standard, Gen 1 almost reaches SATA 3 speeds (5 vs 6Gbit/s), USB 3 Gen 2 provides 10Gbit/s, and now you have USB4/Thunderbolt which can go 40.
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I will say USB 3 is fucking fast, as in you can play some video games off it fast ( nothing spicy, but it's a option). I've been buying up quite a few drives, both because I've given my old ones away over the years/ lost old ones, and my laptop needs extra storage capacity.
 
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