RaidenRattlehead

It's a lot more than people make it out to be - but you gotta go the DIY route. Check out BRUH Automation on YouTube. When you start using Assistants like Alexa or Google Home along with a Home Automation hub like Home Assistant and some stuff like Arduino's and other microcontrollers with Wifi chips, etc. it gets crazy fun. If you can think it, you can do it.

Hey, I wanted to get some recommendations on NAS Software for the following hardware: • Intel Xeon X3430 2.4GHz - https://ark.intel.com/products/42927/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X3430-8M-Cache-2_40-GHz • Intel Board S3420GPLC - https://ark.intel.com/products/46533/Intel-Server-Board-S3420GPLC • 16GB DDR3 1333MHz (Not sure yet which, most probably not ECC as I don't have the budget for it) • 5 x 1TB Drives I don't really have the budget for new stuff, and I can get the board + CPU for super cheap - ~$162 I currently have a FreeNAS 9.3 Box, but it's an old Pentium and it's just being used for file storage and pretty much nothing else. I really want FreeNAS 11 at this point because it has built in Bhyve VM support, which means I can virtualize my other Ubuntu Server box that I use for Home Automation amongst other things. I am just not sure if this old Xeon (LGA 1156) is strong enough for FreeNAS with ZFS + VM's. If you know of any other NAS Software that can handle VM's, that'd be cool. Otherwise, I was thinking of maybe doing Proxmox, and running 2 VM's, Ubuntu Server + Whatever NAS OS. Thoughts? Cheers

Clicking on that only shows you retailers for Gigabyte products, not for that specific product. I've tried it before. :sadface:

Hey all, I just wanted to know if anyone has any idea whether this board has been launched yet and is for sale? I can't seem to find it anywhere on any site or any information on a launch date? I really, really, really want something like this. I think it's the perfect thing to replace my current mid-tower pfSense box. I would jump all over this. The board: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-SBCAP3350-rev-10#ov

Sorry, I had to go for a while. Anyway, it is definitely because you're on public. I would change it to Private even if you got it working on Public - Public blocks most things - see https://tinkertry.com/how-to-change-windows-10-network-type-from-public-to-private

Alright, settings for Private look fine. Now, if you go to Network and Sharing center, are you set on a Private or Public Network? Also, which Windows is this machine?

Post screenshots of all your Advanced Network settings on the Windows machine here, let's see if we can get this working. EDIT: Also, make sure it's set to be on a Private Network. Public just breaks things to be honest.

Shouldn't network discovery be turned on for Private Networks? As this is a private network. Public is the wrong thing here. At least, this is what has always worked for me.

Thank you both for your suggestions. Would you guys think speaking to the group IT manager is a good idea to find out if they offer growth and positions, without positions opening? And also to find out what they would need from me to become Network Admin? From the looks of things, people don't really walk away from this company. The people that I've met so far have been here for years. I don't want to give the wrong impression - such as arrogance - since I've only been here a month.

Hi all, I want to share something with you all and hear what you think. I started my first IT job at a small firm in a small town, about 6 years ago. Worked there for just under 2 years doing tech support (mostly) and the odd computer setup, router setup and network cable installation. It was just me and the senior guy, doing work for the general public, but mostly on maintaining the internal IT infrastructure. I then moved on to another company, they did tech support and installations and retail for the general public. I only worked there for just under a year, mostly due to conflict of some sorts. I then decided to open my own company, doing support, installations and retail in the same small town. The first company I worked for stopped doing work for the public and focused on doing only their internal infrastructure and maintaining it, so I scored quite a few clients off that. I did this for 4 years and I enjoyed it. The freedom of doing your own thing is unlike anything I've had before. I made a living, but didn't grow much. I had a lot of time to "play" with things, I learned FreeNAS, pfSense, Ubuntu, all the things I wanted to learn, I could. And then, when I "mastered" these things, I could sell them to my clients as solutions. I never got any certifications, degrees or diplomas in my field, all I had was experience. As much as one could get by playing with different things. At the end of 2017 I got a job offer from quite a massive company to be an IT Technician (Junior, for now, hopefully) at one of their branches in a near city. They didn't offer as much money as I was making on my own, but they did offer benefits, such as medical aid, a pension fund, and so on. They also wanted me to get my CompTIA A+ in 1 month, and so I did, and I took the offer, we moved. I did this mostly out of the view point of having the security of a salary and for the benefits (medical aid) for me and my wife's future. I've been here basically a month now. My problem though, is that I don't feel like I'm learning anything here (yet, hopefully). I am not allowed to fix the important things like the routers, firewalls, etc. Those problems are for the SysAdmins, Network Admins, etc. My job, mostly, is remote logging into users' machines and fixing whatever issues they may have. My goal is to be a network admin for this company. Their infrastructure seems so cool, and it looks like I can learn quite a lot here. How fast do you think I can climb this ladder? I am 26 right now, turning 27 this year. I only have my CompTIA A+ right now. Which diplomas/certificates would you suggest? I don't know if anything Cisco would apply here, they seem to use Mikrotik and Ubiquiti for most of the networking equipment. Thanks

Nobody?

Sure, if you'll pay

Hey all, I've got a bit of an issue with a friend's gpu. The fans will just not spin at all below 80%. If you look at MSI afterburner or the Trixx software it will show "GPU Temp 40c, Fan Speed 40%" But the fans don't spin at all. When you set the fan speed to fixed, they only start at 80%. The fans do not struggle to spin when I turn them manually with my hand so it's not like it's struggling. Any ideas? Thanks