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Aye pretty good.

Always plug your modem/router directly into the master socket, if you have several extensions for Fibre To The Cab, only use the master socket. It will usually be embossed with a BT logo depending on age. Most NTE (Master sockets) are fitted with a vdsl plate and have a phone and internet socket on them (MK4 NTE: Network Termination Equipment). If you have an overhead connection you can follow the BT line from the phone pole to work out where the master socket is located, underground connection is a pain as there is nothing to follow. The line in from the BT network is called the drop wire. It has 8 or 16 individual wires in it and should be connected to the back of your NTE, only two of the wires are used.
Also worth noting is if you have a BT80 from the drop wire, openreach and BT will run extensions sometimes so that you can change where the drop wire comes in, make sure this is nowhere near a window or where it can get condensation. Your best bet with these is to bypass them with a jelly crimp (the wires going into it and coming out of it), the older style ones work on wrapping the wires around a metal stud to transfer the data - doesn't work if it gets rusty! It's perfectly safe to open these up with the screw on the top, barely any voltage, even on the drop wire.
They can blow easily with power surges on the line or lightning strikes on the actual phone line (witnessed that a few times). This is all for UK networks and phone lines. It might be slightly different in practise in other countries but theoretically the same.

Most routers have a high theoretical speed, but in actuality most will max out at 440 mbps even with wifi 6. Whereas your ethernet cable will run at full speed.

Usually there is an option in the router which will optimise wireless channels - which is useful if other networks are using the same channels - it will interfere with your wireless speed. Ideally you want channels that nobody else is using in the vicinity.
Wireless - there is 2.4 and 5ghz options. 2.4 will go through most walls but is slower. For full speed with 5ghz you really want line of sight from your device to the router or wifi dishes/boosters.

I had an interesting case for BT just down the road. Guy had complained to the MD of BT about his connection - so they sent me    It was a 2 storey old farmhouse with extensions. The point of entry was in the living room with 3 foot thick walls all around it + an extension on one side.
I had to point the router out the living room window into the building extension (kitchen). Out through the corridor of the kitchen past the living room. Bounce the signal off another wifi dish pointing back towards the dish in the kitchen up to the second floor, another dish then bounced the signal out the window above the kitchen and out to the garden. All this to avoid exceptionally thick walls. Client was very happy had wifi throughout the house and 50+ meters into one of his gardens.

Quote from: Gruxly on September 27, 2026, 11:11
This takes star gazing to a whole new level! Epic setup and shots! I'd love to have a similar setup one day.

well, looking through astronomy forums you can find good used stuff for fair prices. also the mirror production got way better in china, you can find tubes and mirrors of same speed and diameter for less so even nebulas are possible (not to mention the smart telescopes)

Quote from: Veica on September 30, 2026, 00:46
Does the name happen to come from a love of astronomy?

it all started with UT99 and AOL. going online back in the days did need dialup mostly. happy to have duplex available at some friends - all we did need was to go weekend by weekend online with the free AOL access CD´s being available. that did also need a email adress. so i came up with Haze as a Nick but wasnt happy because of the Cyberspace we started to roam.

So HazeofSpace was born in 1999.

Today, Space is for any available Space you gonna find me

 Does the name happen to come from a love of astronomy?

This takes star gazing to a whole new level! Epic setup and shots! I'd love to have a similar setup one day.

Hi and welcome back 

As a little Space enthusiast Zeus been asking to Upload some Content of mine.

Well, here are some of my latest Objects incl. a Quick B/W Test on Saturn yesterday.

https://youtu.be/odbG4xQXXAI?si=3x0LAE8XwiqwfEVb

well well well...

It´s me, Haze, aka HazeofSpace from [Aura]. Im a German Freak.

Playing Unreal since 1999, started with UT99 and calling in sick with others to play it all night long at local lans we made.

Not got into 2k4 till UT3 came out and ppl said come over its more fun.

Seen plenty of Communitys, Clans and ppl during all these years - and its nice to see still some guys from back in the days are around like [Aura]Brizzle .... ..and many more!.....R.I.P. [1]f.....fluf - hes been around on [Aura] Freon/TAM back then...*sigh*

I had a break from UT for a real good while and got back with the "new" release, its still fun!

When im not playing Unreal i work -occupational safety specialist, DJ Vinyls, looking at the Stars, sitting on my Bike or go swimming aaaand im still sitting in #ut on IRC and keep it alive.

These Days ppl use Discord and you havent seen.... bummer....

Thanks guys! The next day everything worked fine!

Sorry to hear you're experiencing issues. Implementing Anti TCC with all the custom files is an incredibly complicated thing. Give Pig time to cook, he will fix it.

The server will be a much better place for it 

It's NOT you.

AntiTcc  is till a work in progress to work with Warfare. Be patience. It will be fixed by piglet.