I hope you don't need internet.... - PfSense Router Update

We're upgrading our internet and figured it was the perfect time to upgrade our router too! I just hope no one at the office needs internet because there's gonna be a smidge of downtime... :P

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:07 UNBOXING
2:12 Linus breaks the internet & mini rack tour
6:45 Upgrading the new router
14:35 Booting & Installing
16:52 Configuration
18:49 Cable Hell
22:51 SPEED TEST
23:47 We switched to OPNSense

[quiethours]

This whole time, we thought we'd been watching linus tech tips, when in reality we were watching a real life version of the office.

[bobsaget]

there's gotta be nothing more terrifying as an ltt editor than seeing linus and jake walking around handling any kind of server hardware

[avic]

Jake is the guy all HR people want. 22 years old with 30 years of experience.

[himaro]

"That's for Later Jake to figure out"
"Screw that guy"
Genuinely love their on screen chemistry.

[marklee]

I feel like that server rack is a representation of day to day life with Linus. The finished product looks great from the front, the back end where Linus spends his time is pure chaos.

[alexhenry]

" No don't...well he's doing it..." must be the company mantra in regards to Linus at this point

[justinvanroie]

Linus: "This should still be running 10 years from now, 15 years from now"
Jake: (five years from now) "Our router is old"

[boanerges]

A label printer is an amazing tool for labeling both ends of a cable...like a power cable or a patch cable. It's time consuming but pays off during maintenance or upgrades. You can even color code it.

[TTV_JammerGaming]

Jake and Linus' work so unbelievably well together. Their chemistry makes videos with them together so entertaining that I end up forgetting the point of the video

[SaperPl]

That server rack is a very precise representation of what is the difference between the front-end and back-end software quality.

[AlexanderRay]

As an IT professional of like 12 years, these videos are some of my favorites since these are all things I might have done 10 years ago

[TrippSC]

I love that Jake has went from Linux's "sidekick" on these projects to a very competent network engineer. Using the VLAN switch as a media converter to work around missing NIC was a good call.

[point]

i've been a sysadmin for over 25 years now. I've watched Linus since he started at NCIX.
Can we all agree here, it's about time they built a proper server room. Do the HVAC properly and separate server / network infra cabinets? For all the money you spend on random stuff, I would have expected a revamp / build out by now, heh.

[ragerancher]

"This will still be running 10 years, 15 years from now"

Jake in 5 years time: "It's OLD!"

[Miniac]

This is likely already a video that you guys want to make, but I'd love to see you guys build an enthusiast/small business pfsense router walking through the basics of hardware selection, software setup, etc.

[jpalmz]

I like it how they had a detailed written timeline on the days upgrade, including “Plan B” procedures 🤗

[exploshonz]

Jake: “That’s for a later Jake to find out”
Jake & Linus: “Screw that guy”
😂😂

[tylerharris]

As a former lab technician, this server rack triggers my PTSD lmao

[kentslocum]

It's a testament to how entertaining these videos are that I watch them, even though I understand about 1% of the jargon.

[austinfarley]

Network and security admin here, at 17:01 can confirm. Exactly why I make backups before I make weird, possibly breaking changes. Also so happy most enterprise grade network switches forces you to to a copy running-config startup-config to save any changes. So worst case you just run really fast, unplug it, and plug it back in. (and then wait 5 minutes for it to power up making the running part a little stupid)

Also yes, Router should be at the top if it's rackable. Our order is
Router
Core MDF switch
o3x office switches
rack with random ISP crap
3x big ass battery backups which we could scale down now since we have a generator now.
Our patch panels are in a separate rack next to this.