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    Topology suggestions for a home network please

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    • keyserK
      keyser Rebel Alliance @eiger3970 0
      last edited by keyser

      @eiger3970-0 cool.
      FYI: 55 degrees is nothing for a CPU - that is WELL within the normal operating temperature, so there is no need to actively cool that. For pi’s you should not worry about temperatures before the mid/high 70’ies - because higher than that it will start throttling itself to avoid overheating (costing you some performance).

      Unless you do heavy 24/7 compute on the cpu there is no need for anything but a good passive radiator

      Love the no fuss of using the official appliances :-)

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        eiger3970 0 @keyser
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        @keyser yes I've heard over 100C is when you should worry.
        However 50C+ the Desktop slows and can freeze, so the external fan bringing the temp down to 35-20C lets the Desktop run smoothly.
        Maybe if I wasn't running KVM and VMs I would get more out of the Pi5 desktop.

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          It depends on the CPU. And how/where you're measuring it!

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            eiger3970 0 @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10
            For the record, the network is today working 100% magically.
            I might buy a 3 NIC PCIe card to resolve any potential IP conflicts. Just a guess as the tcpdump was a bit detailed.

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