AOC and DAC are very different under the hood. AOC (Active Optical Cable) requires additional power for the electric and optical conversion. DAC is passive copper and doesn’t require any additional power. (there are also active dac cables that have longer reach). The Ex3300 hardware compatibility page doesn’t list any AOC as compatible, so you’ll probably need to purchase some DAC cables. I’d go with the same part number your friend let you borrow since you know those work.

Cat6a can do up to 10gbps, I don’t see a reason to go 8.1, unless you expect to outgrow 10g.

We used to go camping in the California City desert all the time. It is super weird seeing cul-de-sacs and street signs with nothing but dirt.

Per the article it’s the “third largest by land area.”

The issue would resolve almost immediately after killing Qbit.

Sorry, to clerify: this server is the only one effected. The rest of my network is working perfectly fine.

All other internet traffic is running without a problem, it’s only http/https traffic on this one server running Qbit and Jackett.

Thanks for the response!

Pull the bottom drawer out, there might be a set top box or something else connected to the TV via HDMI that you can unplug and use the cable from.

I travel with a Fire Stick and bring a female to female HDMI coupler for this reason.

Lightning McQueen is more recent than Thomas The tank, so the correct phrase would be “Lightning McQueen is today’s Thomas The Tank…” or “Thomas The Tank is yesterday’s Lightning McQueen…”