Equipment

Automobile

More info: What Car does Terry like and drive?

Sports / Performance car enthusiast - long list ;-D

Network Infrastructure

ASCII Diagram

       +------------+                                                                                                                 

       |  Internet  |--                                                                                                               

       +------------+  \--  DoT                                                                                                       

                          \--                                                                                                         

                             \-                                                                                                       

                             +------------+                                          +--------------------+                                                 

                             |  RT-AC86U  |                                          |Manjaro aarch64     |                                                 

                             +------------+                                          |Desktop @ Pi 4 8GB  |                                     

                                    |                 +---------------+              |USB to PCIe NVMe SSD|                                 

                                    |              -- |aarch64 server |              +--------------------+                                

              +---------+           |           --/   |Fedora         |                                                                

              | Pi-hole |           |        --/      +---------------+                                                                  

              +---------+           |     --/                                                                                         

                   --\              |   -/                           

                      ---\  +--------------+             +---+                     +---+                                              

                          --|     Cisco    |-------------|   |---------------------|   |                                              

                         /--|   SG100D-08  |--\          +---+                     +---+                                              

                    /----   +--------------+   -\                                    |                                                

         +--------------+        /  -\           -\                                  |                                                

         | Fedora@N54L  |       /     -\           -\                                |                                                

         +--------------+     /-        --\          +-----------+              +----------+      +----------+                        

                             /             -\        |aarch64 NAS|              |TL-SG1008D|------|    TV    |                        

                            /                --\     |Fedora     |              +----------+      +----------+                        

                           /                    -\   |Pi 4       |                   \--\                                             

                          /                       -\ +-----------+                    -\ ----\    +----------+                        

                        /-                          --\                                 -\    --- | Fire TV  |                        

                       /                               -\                                 -\      +----------+                        

                      /                           +--------------+                          -\                                        

                     /                            |AC68U AiMesh  |                            -\  +----------+                        

                    /                             +--------------+                              - | Consoles |                        

                  /-                                    /     \                                   +----------+                        

                 /                                    /-       -\                                                                     

                -                                   /-           -\                                                                   

           +----------+                            -               -                                                                  

           |PoE Switch|                       +---------+      +---------+                                                            

           |  @Garage |                       |   TV    |      |Fire TV  |                                                            

           +----------+                       +---------+      +---------+                                                            

       Smart device isolation                                                                                                          

       Home Automation network                                                                                                        

List of core devices

- Core Edge Router: RT-AC86U @ Asuswrt-Merlin providing DNS over TLS- AiMesh node - RT-AC68U

- Core Switch: Cisco SG100D-08 unmanaged switch

- Sidecar switch for home office: TP-Link TL-SG1008D

- NAS (MicroServer N54L Gen7) providing NFS / SMB and misc infrastructure services- Pi 4 powered light-weight NAS with attached external storage via USB 3.0

- Self-hosted Server Pi 4 2GB as aarch64 Server running Fedora (Web Server, WireGuard, Nebula overlay, Tailscale, OpenVPN, containerd, NFS, SMB, etc.)- Pi-Hole ad-blocking blackhole (Original Pi 1 @ Raspbian, Ubuntu Server on Pi 2 & Pi 3)

- Nebula & Tailscale as overlay to inter-connect with other virtual networks and on-prem networks

- TL-SG1008D (LibreELEC, Fire TV Stick 4K Max, etc.)

Internet Gateway & Core switch/router: Asus RT-AC86U running AsusWrt-Merlin with DoT

Upgrading to RT-AC86U + RT-AC68U AiMesh connected with 1Gbps Ethernet

Backup router: tp-link Archer VR1600v (AC1600 Wireless VDSL2 Gateway)

Travel Router: To be determined

Internet Connectivity: TPG NBN (HFC): 100Mbps downstream / 40Mbps upstream

SwitchesCisco SG100D-08 8-Port Gigabit SwitchTP-Link TL-SG1008D 8-Port Gigabit SwitchCisco (Linksys) SD2008 8-Port Gigabit Switch

• • Powerline adapters:TP-Link TL-PA411KIT AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter (getting around 41.1Mbps for 5m distance) 

  • PoE Switch: TP-Link TL-SG1005P

Retired devices

• D-Link DSL-604T ADSL2+ Modem Router + TL-WR1043ND ( DE Ver 1.1 OpenWrt)

• TP-Link TD-8620T ADSL2+ Modem (crap!!!)

• Linksys WRT54GC

• NetGear WGR614v5

• D-Link DI-624+A

• TP-Link TL-WR700N

• TP-Link TL-WR800N

• D-Link DSL-2890AL Dual Band AC1750 Gigabit Cloud ADSL2+ Modem Router

Computers

Laptops

• 2015 Retina MacBook Pro 15.4 -inch MacBookPro11,5 

• 2019 MacBook Pro 15-inch (MacBookPro15,1) - Work

• Touch Bar MacBook Pro 15-inch (MacBookPro14,3) - Work

• M1 MacBook Air 13.3 (MacBookAir10,1) A2337 *2 (family members')

Workstations

Desktop PCs

• Optiplex 7060 SFF

• Dell Optiplex 990 SFF - Desktop

Turning into a RetroPi - Primary workstation: Raspberry Pi 4 8GB + Argoen ONE case running Manjaro ARM (KDE Plasma), boot from USB SSD Storage (USB 3.0)

• 1. SATA III SSD (850 EVO 250GB)

  • 2. NVMe SSD M.2 (2280) M-Key in Enclosure (Kingston A2000 250GB SA2000/M8)

Input devices

JZ104 wireless  3 modes - mechanical keyboard

Microsoft Wireless 900 Desktop keyboard + mouse combo

Logitech MX Master

Legacy Laptops

• MacBook white poly-carbonate (MB061ZP/B)

• Netbook - Samsung N148

• Dell Latitude D630

• Dell Latitude E6410 (Work laptop)

• Dell Precision PWS390 (Workstation, test machine)

Raspberry Pi & SoCs

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B+

• 8GB *1

• 2GB *2

Pi 3 Model B+

Pi2 Model B

Pi Model B - SOLD

Server / NAS

• Buffalo Linkstation Live LS-CHL LS-CH320L-AP powered by Linux 2.6.22.7 arm (CPU 88F5182 266Mhz, 128MB RAM) + Seagate 500GB 7200.11 HDD (original Samsung HD322HJ 320GB dead)

• NAS, running Optware on top of official firmware. Running Debian GNU/Linux Lenny stable.

  • HP ProLiant MicroServer N54L Gen7 running Fedora 39 (Server) x86_64 ;-D (resurrected by using a used motherboard!)

  • CPU: AMD Turion II N54L

  • Memory: 16GB (non-ECC 8GB * 2)

  • Storage: Samsung EVO 860 500GB SATA SSD (OS) + 4 HDDs with mixed specs (RPMs / size) - btrfs (OpenZFS/ZFS on Linux)

  • SSU SU3054 PCIe USB 3.0 Expansion Card

  • NFSv4

  • Samba 4.x (SMB 3.x)

  • Nebula overlay network

  • A lot more fun stuff...

NOTE: XPenology (Synology DSM) is an alternative if easy to use web interface is preferred, however, kernel is OLD, not easy to extend and customize. I prefer the hard core manual way ;-D

Printer

• Canon PIXMA MG2260 3 in 1 (USB)

• Canon Pixma MG3660 Wi-Fi 3 in 1

• Brother HL-L2350DW Mono Laser Printer

Home Security & Automation

Home Assistant OS 9.5 @ Pi 4 2GB model

eWeLink with SONOFF devices (Zigbee Gateway, sensors and switches)

Eufy Video Doorbell 2K + HomeBase 2

Eufy Motion Sensor

Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Gen *2

Reolink RLC-410W

Reolink PoE IP Cam

Reolink E1

...

Tablets

• iPad 10th Gen Wi-Fi

• iPad 9th Gen Wi-Fi

• iPad Pro 11" (2nd Gen - MY252X/A) 128GB Wi-Fi (Silver)

• iPad 2020 (8th Gen) 32GB Wi-Fi Rose Gold

• iPad 2017 (5th Gen) 32GB Wi-Fi Gold

• iPad Pro 9.7-inch (1st Gen) 128GB Wi-Fi Rose Gold

• iPad Air (1st Gen) 32GB Wi-Fi Silver - traded in

• iPad 16GB Wi-Fi (digital photo frame @ home)

• Nexus 7 (2012) 16GB Wi-Fi (grouper - 1st generation, with root)

E-Reader

Kindle Paperwhite 10th Gen *2 (paperwhite 4th gen)

Home Office Equipment

• IKEA BEKANT sit/stand desk

• Ergohuman v1 with Headrest (SHAM)

Headphones

• AirPods Pro

• Sony WH-1000XM3 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones

• Edifier W200BT Plus (Sports)

Rechargeable Batteries / Charger & Powerbank

Portable powerbank

• • Sony CPF2LS 7000mAh

  • Anker PowerCore 5000 (A1109) 5000mAh

  • Anker Magnetic Battery (MagGo), 5K Foldable Magnetic Wireless Portable Charger and USB-C for iPhone 5000mAh

Chargers

• • Panasonic BQ-CC16 Fast Smart Charger

  • NiteCore D4 - Intelligent Untra-Compact DigiCharger

AA and AAA

Sanyo (Panasonic) Eneloop AA && AAA

IKEA LADDA AA * AAA

Variable 18650 cells

Multimetre - UNI-T UT33B+

Laser measurer - UNI-T LM40

Home Entertainment

Gaming PC Specs

Case: DeepCool CC360 - Black

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core 3.5GHz (4.4GHz Max Boost)

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming

CPU Cooler: AMD Wraith Stealth Stock Cooler

Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance PRO (2x8GB) 3200MHz C16

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8GB

Storage: 500 GB Western Digital Black SN750 SE M.2 PCI Express 4.0 SSD

Cooling: 3 x Enigma ARGB Case Fans - Black

PSU: Gigabyte P650B 650W - 80+ Bronze

Case: Cool

Networking: Intel® I211-AT, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s) + Realtek® RTL8125-CG 2.5G LAN, Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 

Gaming Consoles

• Xbox 360 4GB Slim White + 320GB add-on Storage

• Nintendo Wii Mario Kart Bundle (LetterBomb jail broken) ;-D

• Sony PlayStation Portable PSP-1000 (5.00 M33-6)

Media streaming devices

• Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K MAX with Kodi *2

• LibreELEC on Pi 4

• Optus Fetch TV Top Box with 1TB storage

• WD TV Live HD Meida Player (SOLD)

TV

• TCL 65C845 Mini LED 4K

• Sony BRAVIA 40" LED LCD KDL40EX520 (faulty, returned to Costco for full refund)

• Sony BRAVIA 42" KDL-42W670A

• Samsung 40" UA40H5000 Full HD LED

External Storage / HDD & SSD Enclosures

M.2 NVMe SSD enclosures

• Orico M.2 M-Key SSD Enclosure (NVMe) 10Gbps
  JMS583 USB 3.1 to PCIe bridge controller chip with UASP + TRIM support
  2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 SSD size support

• Jeyi i9 GTR series
  RTL9210 USB 3.1 to PCIe bridge with UASP + TRIM support

SATA SSD enclosures

• iEagle 7 Top / USB-C USB 3.1
  VL716 (USAP + TRIM support)

SATA HDD Enclosure

• • Orico 2139U3*1 2569S3*3

  • USAP (without TRIM Support) JSM57{6,8} does not support TRIM (discard)

  • USB 3.0 / Micro-B Connector ...

  • Orico Dual Bay SATA to USB 3.0 external hard drive docking station with clone function 6629US3-C

  • 2 * WD My Passport Ultra 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 with Auto and Cloud Backup - Black

  • Seagate Backup Plus 1TB USB 3.0 (Silver) with USM

  • Seagate Expansion External Drive 2TB 3.5" (shacked)

  • ST2000DL003

USB Flash Drives

• LaCie RuggedKey 16GB USB 3.0 (broken, not as rugged as it appears...)

• Sandisk Ultra 64GB dual (USB & Micro USB)

• Patriot Stellar Boost XT USB 3.0 OTG flash drive USB 3.0

• Sandisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB (USB + microUSB)

• Sandisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB / 64GB (car music)

• Sandisk Ultra Dual Drive (USB-A & USB-C) 256GB *2 

PCIe NVMe SSDs

• • Samsung EVO 970 500GB M.2 M-Key connector (to buy)

  • Kingston A2000 (SA2000M8) 250GB / 500GB M.2 (2280) M-Key

  • Toshiba M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD KXG50ZNV256G (Optiplex 7060 SFF)

UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) compliant and TRIM support for SSD

• • USB to PCIe bridge controller- JMS583 chip

  • USB to SATA brdige controller - JMS580 chip

Security Keys

• YubiKey 4

• YubiKey 5 NFC
  FIDO U2F, Secure Static Passwords, OpenPGP, Smartcard (PIV), OATH-TOTP, OATH-HOTP, Challenge-Response, Code Signing

Mobile Devices

• iPhone 14 Pro 256GB Deep Purple

• iPhone X 256GB

• iPhone 8 Plus 256GB (work phone with MDM)

• iPhone 12 128GB Black (work phone with MDM)

• iPhone 12 128GB Green

• iPhone 7 Plus 256GB

• iPhone SE 2020 * 2

• Xiaomi Mi 6 4GB (RAM) + 64GB Storage (internal) International Edition (cracked screen, backup Pocket Wi-Fi)

• Nexus 5X (LG) 32GB running stock Android 7.1 with root (TWRP + SuperSU)

• LG Nexus 5X bricked due to a hardware fault -> infinite reboot loop

• Nexus 5 (LG D821) 16GB unlocked with TWRP running LineageOS latest Snapshot ;-)

• OnePlus 1+ One 64GB Milk White (poor LTE band support, deprecated)

• Nexus 4 (LG E960) 8GB running rooted stock firmware Android 4.4 Kitkat

• Nexus S GT-i9023 running CyanogenMod 10.2 stable (Android 4.3.1 at the moment), as backup and screen mirroring device ;-)

• Apple iPhone 3G 8GB Factory Unlocked edition (Primary Handset, iOS 4.0 Jailbroken)

• Apple iPhone 4 16GB (backup)

• Palm Treo 650 with Treo Bluetooth earphone (TAOTAO's PDA and dictionary)

• Nokia 6500 Classic (backup phone when travelling)

• Samsung X708

• Meizu Miniplayer 4G

Coffee (Espresso) Machines & Grinders

Coffee is the best stimulant for Linux Ninja ;-)

• • Espresso Machine: Breville Barista Express BES870BSS

  • Espresso Machine: Breville the Infuser BES840

  • Grinder: Breville The Smart Grinder Pro BCG820BSS

  • Wacano nanopresso

Digital Cameras

Sony α7c (35mm full-frame compact, E-mount lens)

Sony α7 III (35mm full-frame image sensor, E-mount lens) - to buy

Sony α NEX-5T with E-mount len PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS

Cannon EOS 550D IS 18-55mm

Fujifilm Finepix F100fd

Casio Exilim Z1050

Sony DCR-SR62 30G HDD Version

Sony DSC-W1 (dead)

DIY Tools

MUST HAVE cordless tools for DIY jobs

Impact Driver
DeWALT DCF887P1-XE (combo) + 5.0Ah battery (DCB184-XE) + Charger (DCB115-XE)

Hammer Drill - DeWALT DCD996P2-XE combo
DCD996P2 + 5.0Ah battery * 2 (DCB184-XE) + charger (DCB112-XE 2A)

Dell Latitude D620 (Retired)

CPU                    Intel Core DUO T2600 2.16GHz

Motherboard        Intel  i945PM with South Bridge Intel 82801GBM ICH7-M

Memory               2G  DDR2 RAM (2*1G)

Graphic               nVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M 3D Accelerator PCI-Express 256M RAM

Sound Card         SigmaTel STAC9200 @ Intel 82801GBM ICH7-M

Hard Disk            Seagate Momentus 7200.3 ST9250421AS 250G TOSHIBA MK8032GSX 5400RPM 80G SATA

Monitor               14.1 WXGA+ 1440*900 LCD

DVD-RW             SONY DVD+_RW

OS                      Windows XP Pro

Dell Optiplex 330 * 2

CPU            Core 2 DUO E2140

Memory       2G RAM 1G DDR2 667 * 2

Hard Disk   80G 7200RPM HD

OS               Windows XP Pro for my parents and parents in law.

DIY Machine (retired)

CPU                AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton)

Motherboard    Epox 8RDA3+ nVidia nFORCE2 Ultra 400

Memory           Kingston 256M DDR400 *2 512*1 Dual Channel

Video Adapter  nVidia Geforce FX 5600

Sound Card     Creative Sound Blaster Live Value

Hard Disk        Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120G

Monitor           Dell UltraSharp E228WFP

CD-RW           Asus DRW-1608P2S

Sound Box      Creative SBS350

CPU Cooler     AVC 112C86

OS                 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x86

Tombstone for devices

Sony VAIO R505DC (died from motherboard overheating)

CPU                Intel Pentium III Mobile 1G MHz

Motherboard   Intel i830M Chipset

Memory          128M(built-in)+Kingmax 256M SDRAM PC133

LCD               12.1 XGA TFT

Video Card      Intel 830MG Integrated Graphic

Sound card     Yamaha/YMF753

HD                 Hitachi 30GB

Network         V.90 Modem | intel 10/100M network adapter | NetGear WG511v2

Extensions     Docking station (Combo + Floppy Drive)

My 1st PC

CPU                Intel Pentium II 233MHz MMX

Motherboard   Intel 440BX

Memory          32MB RAM (64M + 64M)

Monitor           Phillips 15' CRT Monitor

Video Card     ATI Rage 8M

Sound card     Yamaha XXX

HDD               20G Western Digital 5400RPM HDD (Quantum Fireball 4.3G HDD)