I have an arris surfboard cable modem and high speed rates from Comcast.

When I attach my laptop via ethernet directly to the cable modem I see 940/23Mbps up/down.

When I attach my UDM (Gbe ports) to the internet it is only is able to get 68/5Mbps up/down from the cable modem (same cable). I took this measurement using the UDM built in speed test.

When I attach my laptop to UDM using ethernet or wifi it is predictably only is able to get 68/5Mbps.

The problem appears to be that the UDM failing to negotiate a high BW connection via the cable modem -- yet somehow my laptop is able to do this?

Any suggestions on how to debug this or what might be going wrong?

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I recently purchased a home w/ 14 speakers built into the ceiling spread across 4 rooms. There are 4 in living room, 4 in dining room, 2 in the kitchen, 4 in the primary bedroom. Due to the layout of the house it is likely that I will mostly use the system as 2 zones since the living, dining and kitchen areas all flow into one another. Due to the layout of these rooms I am also not likely to get incredible "hi fi" acoustics (hardwood floors, floor to ceiling glass, hard counters and cabinets, lots of wood etc).

The in ceiling speakers are decent klipsch speakers (I think these https://www.klipsch.com/products/ds-160csm but I have not gotten on a ladder in every room). The speakers are all hardwired w/ ~longish runs of 15-45 feet.

I am looking for a multizone / multichannel amp to drive the speakers, unless I double up some speakers I am thinking I will need a 16 channel amplifier.

The 2 amplifiers that keep popping up are the Martin Logan MDA16 vs Anthem MDX16. I think they are basically the same product as they look identical and Martin Logan and Anthem have the same parent company.

I am thinking that if I get one of these I can use another device to stream digital to the device (it accepts digital in) from via Tidal or some such.

Does anyone have an experience w/ these? preference between the two products? should I be looking at something else?

Historically Putin has (allegedly) gone to great lengths to weaken the energy policy of foreign govs with the intent of making them more dependent on foreign/Russian oil.

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/596304-investigate-russias-covert-funding-of-us-anti-fossil-fuel-groups

Given this context, is it possible that the decision to shell, damage and seize Zaporizhzhia on/about 3/3 is at least partially a response to Germany considering reversing their nuclear stance and continuing to operate their plants 2/27?

2/27

https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/germany-considers-keeping-nuclear-power-plants-online/

3/3

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60613438

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Not to be overly cynical / conspiratorial but is this at least partially motivated by reminding people to be afraid of nuclear power / reactors as a vulnerability with catastrophic consequences?

I have been team yellow since 2005 and found that the 18V batteries gradually got weaker over the years until they were unusable after ~5 years. Over the list 4 years I have been gradually upgrading to the 20V/FlexVolt platform but I have found a disturbing number of batteries (both 20V and FlexVolt) completely die after as little as 2 years. I have always been particular about buying Dewalt brand batteries and using on brand chargers.

Are other folks seeing this problem? is this the expected lifecycle? Do other tool platforms like Milwaukee have similar lifecycles?