Networking Forum?

[TechBill]

Do you all think we have enough traffic on here with networking related tips and questions threads that it should have it own folder "Networking" on this forum?

I think we should have one on here. Anyone else agrees? Would the administrator consider about adding it?

 

[hmjgriffon]

Sure, but you could probably solve a lot of people's issues with a few sticky posts like the VPN primer, how to connect to a new cam and set it up for your network with or without NVR, stuff like that.

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[tangent]

My $0.02, there are already enough networking forums out there we don't need to make another. Most of the networking questions here are the same 4 or 5 things on repeat. some more stickies / a wiki would be more useful in my opinion there's been some public and private discussion on this.

When somebody has more advanced networking questions that I don't want to take the time to explain I don't have a problem sending them elsewhere.

 

[cryptelli]

Most of the networking questions here are the same 4 or 5 things on repeat.

Agreed, my vote would be for a wiki. Would be good to have a central repository of knowledge which we could easily point people to.

I know on some boards I have been a member of they direct people to a post which details the lay of the land and mentions anything important the user should know, this could be where it is mentioned. If that isn't possible with XenForo or isn't favoured there are other possibilities of drawing attention to it.

 

[hmjgriffon]

Agreed, my vote would be for a wiki. Would be good to have a central repository of knowledge which we could easily point people to.

I know on some boards I have been a member of they direct people to a post which details the lay of the land and mentions anything important the user should know, this could be where it is mentioned. If that isn't possible with XenForo or isn't favoured there are other possibilities of drawing attention to it.

+1 for wiki because searching the forum and then reading through a 90 page thread can be a nightmare to find out how to do something lol.

 

[misterfredsr]

searching the forum and then reading through a 90 page thread can be a nightmare to find out how to do something

reading is how we learn the right and wrong way of doing things

 

[cryptelli]

reading is how we learn the right and wrong way of doing things

Yes. But not everybody is from that school of thought and just ends up in us having to do the work for them, hence a possible explanation for @hmjgriffon's statement.

 

[hmjgriffon]

Yes. But not everybody is from that school of thought and just ends up in us having to do the work for them, hence a possible explanation for @hmjgriffon's statement.

Reading to learn is fine, but you'll get a thread with 90 pages, and 3 of them have useful information and the other 87 are people bullshitting lol. A wiki you can post the relevant information and that's it.

 

[hmjgriffon]

you could even make the wiki where anyone can contribute, maybe make fenderman have to approve the posts I dunno, or have the mods/admins be able to approve and deny. then if there is a thread going, someone asks how to do something, someone tells them, someone else thinks it's useful info, they pop it into the wiki.

 

[cryptelli]

you could even make the wiki where anyone can contribute, maybe make fenderman have to approve the posts I dunno, or have the mods/admins be able to approve and deny. then if there is a thread going, someone asks how to do something, someone tells them, someone else thinks it's useful info, they pop it into the wiki.

Yeah. I think community contribution is required to make it work and be successful, with a outline on how articles should be formatted perhaps to keep things uniform. Along with your idea of having some type of moderation.

 

[wantafastz28]

I think getting rid of the happy bday posts would be the most beneficial here. Send that crap to email!

 

[hmjgriffon]

I think getting rid of the happy bday posts would be the most beneficial here. Send that crap to email!

hahahaha geez, ba humbug.

 

[wantafastz28]

hahahaha geez, ba humbug.

It's not that, any posts in chit chat are washed out fairly quick with bday messages.... so many users, it's rare I catch a post like this.... for me anyways

 

[hmjgriffon]

It's not that, any posts in chit chat are washed out fairly quick with bday messages.... so many users, it's rare I catch a post like this.... for me anyways

i've only seen a few from fenderman to users, guess I got lucky lol.

 

[wantafastz28]

i've only seen a few from fenderman to users, guess I got lucky lol.

I see at least 10 on the first page from admin...im assuming they are automatic with the forum software.

 

[hmjgriffon]

Maybe, I guess turn them off haha

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[Fastb]

Reading to learn is fine, but you'll get a thread with 90 pages, and 3 of them have useful information

hmjgriffon, I assume you find the 90 page post using the search feature on this forum?
I've started to use google, and I restrict google's search results to be from this forum only.
In my experience, google does a better job when using multiple search terms. And I find it easier to modify the search terms and run another search.

Recently, I researched before purchasing. I used this for the google search terms:
poe, mid span injector, poe switch, fanless, site:ipcamtalk.com

The last term is productive for me.....

YMMV
Fastb

 

[cryptelli]

I think getting rid of the happy bday posts would be the most beneficial here. Send that crap to email!

Yes. A lot go unanswered and no doubt some are for members who are no longer active on the site.

Just about every board I have been a member of the birthday message is indeed sent via email, was quite surprised to see posts being created here actually. Then again doesn't hurt to be different just my 5c worth.