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How to enable facial recognition in Feiniu Album? My home tested 40,000 photos—can the N100 really hold up?
Where to activate Feiniu album facial recognition, how long does it take to take 40,000 photos? Can the N100 mini PC handle it? How to manually merge kids' faces when they always seem to be fools? I tested it on my N100 Feiniu, and the results and pitfalls are all recorded here. If you haven't backed up your photos to your NAS, check out the pre-installation section of this post first....
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How many years does a router typically last? My oldest child lasted 8 years. If two of these five aging signs appear, don't fix it
How many years does a router typically last? There is no official retirement period; the retirement age for my three machines is 8 or 5 years, and they are still in service. Capacitor aging, firmware downtime, and WiFi standard iteration are the three major killers. If two of these five signal signals appear—restarts are getting more frequent and 5G is getting weaker—don't spend 50 yuan fixing them—old machines can still be replaced with APs for reuse....
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How do you connect a Xiaomi router to a printer? If there's no response when plugged in, don't waste your effort—these are the only three ways to get it off
It's normal for the printer to be unresponsive when plugged into the USB port of the Xiaomi router; the official firmware doesn't even include this function for printing servers. The printer comes with WiFi and connects directly to the router. Old USB printers either use a computer as the host for sharing or spend about a hundred yuan on a print server box. I've tried all three options and just follow the appropriate path....
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What to do if the router's network port is insufficient? How to choose and connect a home switch? The first time I connected it, I turned the TV into a slideshow
During renovation, every room was left with network cables, but the router only had four LAN ports, so the NAS, TV, and camera couldn't get a spot. I bought an 8-port gigabit switch for just a few dozen yuan, but the first time I connected it, I fell into the trap of a 100-megabit port—the TV was stuck in 4K and turned into slideshows. How to choose a switch, how to connect it—all three pitfalls are here....
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Should you turn on the WMM router or not? I turned it off once, and the whole house's WiFi dropped from 300 Mbps to 54 Mbps
What exactly is the WMM switch in the router's backend? I turned it off once in my AX3000T, and the whole house's WiFi dropped directly from 300Mbps to 54Mbps. This article explains the queuing principle of WMM, why it can't be turned off, and why the rumors that turning WMM off to fix game lag are just an illusion....
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How to set up wireless bridge on a Mercury router? The old machine serves as a secondary router to supplement the room signal. After bridging the backend and unable to enter, don't worry
Don't throw away the old Mercury router at home—switch to wireless bridging as a secondary router, add a six-step guide for hallway slotting, and upgrade the study signal from two bars to full. It's normal to be unable to access after bridging 192.168.0.1, but the change in management IP made me panic for the first time too....
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How to set up port mapping on Tianyi gateway? There's no such entry in useradmin, so I ran two backend layers to remotely connect to the NAS
If you can't connect to your home NAS from the external network, it's usually because the optical modem router mode is blocking the way. The useradmin backend doesn't have a port mapping entry at all; you have to obtain the telecomadmin super admin password to enter the second layer. I noted down the four steps to setting up Huawei HS8145V5 and the three pitfalls that still can't be connected....
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How to check if you have a public IP for Telecom broadband? You can tell in just three steps that after I call 10,000 and need to return, connecting remotely to NAS is truly stable
Can't connect to your home NAS no matter what? Don't blame the router for now—maybe your broadband doesn't even have a public IP address. I've reviewed the three-step self-check method, CGNAT determination, the scripts for asking for a public IP when entering 10,000 accounts, and how to disassemble the dual-layer NAT of the optical modem. This article explains everything in order....
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How do you use the Synology Drive sync disk? Accidental deletion can spread; I only learned the difference between syncing and backup after falling into a pitfall
I've used the Synology Drive sync drive for over two years, and only after emptying the recycle bin did I realize the one in the NAS was gone—syncing and backup are two completely different things. This article explains how to choose between two-way and upload-only, and download-only modes, how to recover accidental deletions using version control and the Recycle Bin, and why never select the entire user drive for directory synchronization....
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How to troubleshoot WiFi with high packet loss rate? The game was lagging and the voice lines were all awkward, so I used three pings to catch the real culprit
What should you do if WiFi has a high packet loss rate? Teleportation in games and intermittent voice chats, but speed tests are normal—most likely due to packet loss. Using the three-band ping method to distinguish whether the issue is a WiFi band, router, or broadband outlet, with packet loss rate criteria and a fixing comparison table....
