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I got a call from the win back team and decided to stick with VM albeit at a higher price and no TNT sports :( I was told that it would be the same package minus TNT, however in the contract I see it says Netflix standard with ads. I pointed this out to the agent, and was advised that the way Netflix do things is to give the standard with ads, and everything else you have to pay extra for ( I get it, like how else if NFLX going to maintain its $1200 share price?) I cannot find a way to upgrade this back to premium. Does anyone know how much this would be? IRe: Electrolysis corrosion of ethernet cable when PoE is used.
There are some good solutions, it does look like a bit of a bodge job, just been super busy but this weekend I am looking at making it proper. Long term would be to relay 2 x cat 6 cables in hosepipe. I have a punchdown tool, nothing fancy plastic tool with a metal U at the end to push the wire into the connector.Re: Electrolysis corrosion of ethernet cable when PoE is used.
Wow that stuff looks amazing. To lay it I will have to lift up the patio slabs. Out of interest after watching some leak videos, I had no idea that copper pipes encased in concrete corrode. Some of my ethernet cable is encased in concrete. For now I have made a temp join while I figure out a more permanent solution. However waterproofing is what I am looking at. For the repair I put 2 ethernet female connectors on and linked it with a patch cable . It works this way. Trying to join all 8 wires directly by twisting did not work. I'm thinking of neutal silicone and encasing it for now. I accept both cables are on last legs.Electrolysis corrosion of ethernet cable when PoE is used.
I laid 2 ethernet cables 15 plus years ago, which is cat5 e. The section that runs under the grass I passed through hosepipe except for a small section where I had to cut a notch into a semicircular pipe so the grill could slip over it. One of the CCTV cameras is a bit flakey, and it was only under investigation that there appears to be some kind of electrolysis happening. There is blue corrosion , my chemistry is a bit rusty but I do know copper sulphate is blue while oxide is black. I'm trying to figure out the mechanism. I'm sure the voltage being applied set up a magnetic field. The metal pipe I am unsure if it is metal. Some reaction must have occured causing heat and plastic to melt in a damp environment causing a short. I am going to have to relay this ethernet cable and the second cable does have a small perforation so that will go the same way. What can I do to protect this second cable?Does Virgin Media / O2 give points for Virgin Atlantic?
Having travelled with BA and virgin , I have come to that conclusion that Virgin are more superior in service and experience and would like to collect points with them. Does anyone know how to redeem virgin media /02 for Virgin Atlantic points? Or are there any clever hacks like paying on a virgin Atlantic credit card? Thanks.Help: Networking question CCTV camera setup
I just bought an NVR with 4 cameras. For logistical reasons ATM, its not feasible to wire all the cameras to the NVR. I have 3 switches (netgear) which I believe are unmanaged. All of these switches feed into the Hub 5 port. I can see the NVR on the hub 5 and I can access the login screen. Right now I have a test rig so I can get to grips with the networking side prior to me doing the hard install. The cameras are powered by 12V 1.5 amps mains for the interim period, so there is no PoE However this is showing POE 3. There may be a reason for this, as I connected an ethernet cable for the number 3 port on the NVR to one of the switches direct. And on the list of online devices it has found the other camera that I have on my test rig. The screenshot below shows what it has found. When I click on live view I cannot see anything, as I believe it is looking in the wrong place. My hub is 192.168.0.X However I note camera on POE 3 is 192.168.254.2 Other Camera is 192.168.254.10 I know my problem is things being on different networks. Any hints or tips or other forums?House refurb how to future proof for fibre?
My brother bought a house that needs total refurb. I've advised him to install cat 6 in the rooms, but can't help thinking as this will be his forever home it might be better to leave some conduit for fibre networking. I was thinking something like a hose pipe as the lumen is smooth and it would be easy to feed this in at a later date? Any thoughts or ideas?How fragile are fibre installations?
Seems to be a growing problem with fibre installs. There's a lot of subcontractors that are not exclusive to VM. After all fibre is fibre. My question is when a cable is pulled how easy is it to break the internal glass fibre? At the moment I'm happy with my HFC, but one day I know I will have to make the switch. Do VM use telegraph poles? In my area community fibre are the local fibre company and they have some equipment mounted on the pole .creating a multi OS installation disc
I have an old 160GB hard drive that I use an an installation "USB drive" for Windows 10 enterprise. Is there any way that when I do a clean install of a PC I could hook the external hard drive I can choose which OS I want to install on it. For now I have ISOs of Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11 and Chrome flex OS I read that I need to partition the drive for each OS is this correct? What if I want to add an OS in the future? Many thanks
