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    • NogBadTheBadN
      NogBadTheBad
      last edited by NogBadTheBad

      It might be the other ap try dropping the power down and see if it improves.

      You can look at the RF environment in the unifi app, If you look about you’ll find it.

      There is a windows program called inssider that would show other wifi in the area.

      https://www.metageek.com/products/inssider/

      Andy

      1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        Have it do a scan it will report - look at the insights for your nearby wifi.. Yeah 23% seems a bit high..

        Here is my 2g and 5g interference..

        2g5g.jpg

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        • QinnQ
          Qinn @johnpoz
          last edited by

          @johnpoz Is it possible to choose the channels? Using a channels analyzer the UAP's are on 2 1+5 and 11+7

          btw I don't understand controller says when it comes to the channel, 9(11,-1)HT40, so how does 9(11-1) has any to do with the channels I see 1,5,7,11?

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          • NogBadTheBadN
            NogBadTheBad
            last edited by NogBadTheBad

            Re your BTW question, it's down to you using HT40 @2.4Ghz, when you set HT40 its eating into other channel space.

            Click on the gear and you can change the channels

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            Andy

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by johnpoz

              Went over this already I thought 40mhz channels on 2.4 is nonstandard.. Its not worth it, going to cause you issues, and most devices don't support or actually do it anyway, even if they say they do ;)

              Set your 2.4 to 20.. Your interference issue most likely will go away as well when you do that.

              If what you want is speed on your wifi - 2.4 is not that answer.. So 40mhz is pretty pointless on it - especially with the limited number of channels. Even if out in the middle of no where and zero other wifi around.

              Since you can not do unii-3, as @NogBadTheBad is doing you could try using the DFS channels for 80VHT that doesn't overlap - comes down to if your devices will use them or not.

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              • QinnQ
                Qinn
                last edited by

                Thanks @NogBadTheBad BadTheBad and @johnpoz , your both right, me being pig headed 😉 , now they are both on 20HT

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                • NogBadTheBadN
                  NogBadTheBad
                  last edited by

                  How is the interferance now?

                  Andy

                  1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                  • QinnQ
                    Qinn @NogBadTheBad
                    last edited by

                    @NogBadTheBad Firefox_Screenshot_2020-06-08T15-44-52.154Z.png

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      10% still seems a bit high.. What do you have in the area.. Is there strong AP in the area? You can look under insights "Neighboring Access Points" For what your AP are seeing and what channels they are on and strengths... Try and be on channels that do not overlap for the strongest ones near you.

                      Also you can have the AP do a RF scan and they will report which channels have higher interference.

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                      • QinnQ
                        Qinn @johnpoz
                        last edited by

                        @johnpoz I live in the country side the nearest house is 100 yards, the only thing I can think of is a 4G modem else there is nothing. btw I opt for a new Synology DS718+

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                          last edited by johnpoz

                          Hope your going with more than 2GB if you want to run vm.. Wow that doesn't look cost effective - what price did you get it at.. I show the 918+ for only 50$ more on amazon..

                          Comes 4GB vs 2, has 2 more bays - you can never have enough bays.. And you can setup nvme cache - which tell you is big plus when running vms..

                          Its just the 918 baby brother.. But I don't think the cost difference makes up for 2 bays and more preinstalled ram and the ability to add nvme caching..

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                          • QinnQ
                            Qinn @johnpoz
                            last edited by Qinn

                            @johnpoz You are quit right, here the ds918+ is about €100 more expensive and as I want to use docker it seems a far better choice. Btw here 4GB ram D3NS1866L-4G costs €74 and you are right on the bays. I can of course, for now only use 2 bays and maybe later expand. Do have exprience with the ds918+ in combination with docker and unifi?

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                              Other than lack of 10ge support I could not be happier with the ds918+.. Oh and wish it had 8 bays vs 4 ;) hehehe

                              I always have 2 VMs running.. The controller and ombi (plex request system) running on 2 different VMs - I should really prob just merge that to 1.. But also have other VMs on there that I fire up when needed.. Other than 8GB limitation and its not some 8 core i9.. It works just fine for vms.. I have notice that with cache they are much snappier that is sure.. I run 256GB read/write cache via nvme... I do notice that plex interface is a bit snappier with it as well..

                              Also running 2 dockers.. Tautulli (plex thing, sends out newsletter and such for when I add stuff) And gives me insight into how much stuff is being watched, and what, etc. Pretty eye candy graphs for that sort of thing.. And updatetool, also another plex thing.. It runs an update for imdb ratings every 12 hours.. Plex is pretty shitty in getting current and updating the ratings for movies and shows.. That docker directly goes out to imdb and or moviedb and directly manipulates the plex local db with the correct and current info.. It really is quite slick ;)

                              I currently have 3x4TB in a raid 0, and then another 8TB on its own.. So about 20TB - I am over the 60% mark, and that is with lots of maint on my part moving stuff to 265 vs 264 to save a bit of space here and there.. So the growth rate is not as steep as it could be.. But already planning on upgrade strategy to move that raid 0 array to 8TB or larger disks.. Which I will just do as jbod vs any sort of array.. I have time but keeping an eye out for any screaming deals on disk - maybe with all this SMR stuff that has come out - might see some sales on those models? They are fine for my use I would think.

                              I am sure the 718 will work great, it is the little brother of the 918.. But for the cost difference seeing to me make more sense to just get the bigger brother is all.. The bump in preinstalled ram prob worth it alone - and again, you can never have enough bays ;) hehehehe

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                              • QinnQ
                                Qinn
                                last edited by

                                @johnpoz II just bought a ds219+ and collect It tomorrow and will report back, kudos for the good advice

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  You mean the 218+ ?

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                                  • QinnQ
                                    Qinn @johnpoz
                                    last edited by

                                    @johnpoz typo, I followed your advice and instead of the ds718+ I went for the ds918+

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                                    • johnpozJ
                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      Ah ok that makes a bit more sense ;)

                                      Hope your happy with it, I have been other than always wanting more than you have - hehehe.. More bays, faster ethernet..

                                      Im curious what dsm it comes with.. Can tell you how long its been on the shelf in a round about way.. I would think it should come with 6.2.3.. But curious - if you don't mind take note of what it comes with before you update it..

                                      You going to bump the ram from 4 to 8?.. I keep wanting to try going with 16 - but all kinds of conflicting reports.. And have not had any limits with the 8..

                                      There seems to be lots of conflicting stories out there.. I always am curious what is actually going on behind the scenes.. People saying don't run smb3 multichannel... Can cause corruption - ran it for like 2 years.. 100's if not 1000's of movies/TV/Music moved back and forth using it.. Never seen any issues. When first got it was like 3 or 4TB of used space, and now over 11TB so good 6 or 7TB of data moved with smb3 multichannel and zero issues found..

                                      People say not to run read/write cache - again possible corruption.. 2 some years, and have even had 1 of the sticks go offline a few times so it drops to read only mode.. And no issues with any sort of corruption..

                                      So maybe it can use 16GB of ram - but then again I haven't really ran into any issues where was running out of memory.. So no real reason to test that out.. From what I can tell intel says only 8..

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                                      • QinnQ
                                        Qinn @johnpoz
                                        last edited by Qinn

                                        @johnpoz I will check the version before I update, no problem. It’s a shame I cannot change the FS to btrfs.I have a 2HDD WD red and make a backup to an external usb of which I have 2, which I replace every odd and even week. So one attached for external backup and one in the vault. Why should I need more bays?

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                                        • johnpozJ
                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          Huh you do understand to run VMM you need btrfs right ;)

                                          You need more bays for more space - duh ;)

                                          https://www.synology.com/en-uk/knowledgebase/DSM/help/Virtualization/requirements_and_limitations
                                          Create Btrfs volumes to be used as storage for virtual machines:

                                          Before installing the Virtual Machine Manager package, please set up at least one Btrfs volume on each Synology NAS server. The volume will be used as the storage on which the virtual machines will be stored.

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                                          • QinnQ
                                            Qinn @johnpoz
                                            last edited by Qinn

                                            @johnpoz no I don’t understand I need btrfs to run vmm. Btw It takes a lot of time to load the forum when I run it the first time, is it me? I thought it was pfBlockerNG, but I seems it doesn’t

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