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Posted on 4/10/18 at 9:28 am to efrad
quote:I read it too. I want to build a server with about half of that stuff incorporated. I guess i need to get to reading. And I need to get eith Junky to give me that free server box.
Thanks man! I know it's a long post so I'm glad someone at least read it
Posted on 4/10/18 at 9:32 am to bluebarracuda
quote:they're my life!
But I dont even notice upvotes or downvotes
All kidding aside I have no response to efrad. I got to the part where he spent a day reading how to code pfsense and realized he was out of my league.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:05 am to bluebarracuda
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That was a pretty awesome post. You have done some very similar stuff I want to do.
I'm still deciding on the following...
- PfSense box router (probably run it as VM on my server), 24 port POE managed gig switch, and some APs
What are you currently running as your server now? If the host server can be relied upon to always be stable and up and running, running it as a VM would be pretty much no expense. But if that server cannot be relied upon, that will suck fast, because if that VM is not up and running for whatever reason, everything is down including your internet connection so doing any research to fix it is a pain in the arse. While setting this up I was put into that position a couple of times. Make sure you have mobile hotspot on your phone or something. For that reason I highly suggest not to half-arse anything, do it right the first time and document your work.
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- Full on ubiquiti. Gateway pro, 8 port POE switch, 24 port non poe switch, and two AC pro APs
Don't have any experience with Ubiquiti personally but I've heard great things and I'm considering purchasing one of their APs for my home. Right now I'm using my old Asus RT-AC66U in pure AP mode for my devices and an old Linksys router for guest connections. The Asus is on a custom firmware that is not all that stable, and the Linksys needs to be rebooted occasionally, so I'm looking to just eliminate both of them, get some sort of AP solution that supports VLAN tagging and can survive the temperature of a Louisiana attic, and just throw it up in there, and set it up so the guest SSID is isolated.
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The former will probably be a cheaper option if I run it as a VM, but I know myself and I'd probably want to build a PC for it
You really should! All this shite doesn't need much to run, you could use all kinds of older cheaper parts that you might even have laying around.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:17 am to efrad
quote:what are you using? did you build a UPS?
I have all this stuff on battery backup
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:19 am to CarRamrod
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I read it too. I want to build a server with about half of that stuff incorporated. I guess i need to get to reading. And I need to get eith Junky to give me that free server box.
Sounds like we need a home server thread! I'd be happy to help out and participate in that discussion, especially as I'm always eager to improve/add new functionality to this machine.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:20 am to CarRamrod
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did you build a UPS?
subtle humor is subtle
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:22 am to CarRamrod
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what are you using? did you build a UPS?
Nothing fancy, just the server/network stuff plugged into an old small business UPS product. I got it for free because the battery was dead and I found a genuine replacement battery for cheap. It probably wouldn't last more than an hour, but I have a gas generator on standby if it comes to that type of scenario.
This post was edited on 4/10/18 at 10:23 am
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:29 am to efrad
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It probably wouldn't last more than an hour, but I have a gas generator on standby if it comes to that type of scenario.
does your bunker also come equipped with a flamethrower and EMP-proof vehicles?
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:35 am to CAD703X
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:42 am to Korkstand
It takes forever for Kork to answer my questions in our slack.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:44 am to CAD703X
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does your bunker also come equipped with a flamethrower and EMP-proof vehicles?
My office is enclosed in a faraday cage with fiber running in/out, and my home is built with nuke-proof materials. The office is also equipped with a halon system and an oxygen mask is never too far away if I need to remain in here.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:46 am to efrad
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What are you currently running as your server now? If the host server can be relied upon to always be stable and up and running, running it as a VM would be pretty much no expense.
I have a 3960x with 32gb of ram. It's running 24/7, so it's pretty reliable. I'll always have my Linksys Ac1900 router on standby.
I would probably end up getting a Dell R710 server or something like that off of eBay to use as the router since they're only like $180
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:48 am to efrad
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Sounds like we need a home server thread!
This is a good idea. I want to start building out a checklist of stuff I want to do whenever I get a more permanent living arrangement
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:51 am to bluebarracuda
tell you the truth, i hate hanging out with all you IT nerds but all this stuff is fun to me. But im glad i dont do it for a living.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:51 am to efrad
half joking, my kid built a flamethrower by welding a scuba tank to various pipes & hoses. its very impressive. he also bought and fixed up a CUCV which is 100% mechanical so it will keep on going no matter what happens. he's got a collection of spares for the common parts that fail.
also part of the reason i bought the house we currently have is the land and potential to create a bunker in the woods.
you never know...
also part of the reason i bought the house we currently have is the land and potential to create a bunker in the woods.
you never know...
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:53 am to CarRamrod
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But im glad i dont do it for a living
When you have your hobby as your living, it can be nice.
Especially when I get to tinker with $60k worth of cisco meraki networking equipment
Posted on 4/10/18 at 11:07 am to bluebarracuda
reason im planing a brewery.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 11:38 am to CarRamrod
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tell you the truth, i hate hanging out with all you IT nerds but all this stuff is fun to me. But im glad i dont do it for a living.
Funny thing is my main real job is not IT related at all. It's just that a bunch of people I know will give me money to look at their shite and I like the money too much to turn anyone away. I've just been playing with computers since I was 7, getting into Linux and coding when I was 14, and getting side jobs repairing things for people since middle school (made a ton of money in high school during the Windows XP worm infection outbreaks), built a list of people over my lifetime who have my telephone # and are happy to pay me a fair price to drive over to their house to look at their tech. I have never once tried to advertise or promote myself as a business, but somehow I make a few thousand a year from this and I've done everything from web sites to replacing screens, virus removal, data recovery, etc.
I just never stop learning, don't be afraid to read a book on firewalls. After I set up this FreeBSD server, my time spent learning more than paid for itself when I was paid a few thousand from a friend of the family to set up an office with a FreeBSD system for a business software database and redundant central network storage with ZFS automatic snapshotting that interfaces with samba so anyone in the 10-employee office can access daily historical versions of their files for the past month through the "Previous Versions" function in Windows. And they pay me monthly to maintain periodic offsite backups of the whole system. ZFS snapshotting makes this so easy it's criminal. But since I built it mostly out of reclaimed spare parts already in the office, I saved them tons of $$$.
All this was self-learned, kinda sucks though because I have no degree or paper credentials and now that I'm 30 with a live-in girlfriend I want an IT career so I can have a nice steady paycheck and get to play with all the fun expensive stuff I can't afford at home like bluebarracuda said.
If you're out there and reading this, IT managers, hit me up, this thread is my resume
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