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Chaz042

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    Chaz042 reacted to Kenji the Uke in PIA Acquisition by Kape Technologies   
    I just.. bought a year of PIA.. like two days ago
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    Chaz042 reacted to PaulVarghese in NIC Teaming Windows 10 (Works)   
    Go the the Device Manager and Uninstall "Microsoft Network Adapter Multiplexor Driver" and then just restart your machine. Do note tho: All of your IPv4 & IPv6 settings will disappear then. 
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    Chaz042 reacted to geo3 in What can a home server do that a NAS can't?   
    Wrong.
     
    @Tamar The question is more semantic than anything else. A NAS is a type of server. A server is any computer that provides a service to other computers. In the case of a NAS it's providing a networked storage location. A home server is just a server that's located inside your home. (Unless you meant Windows Home Server?)
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    Chaz042 got a reaction from geo3 in What can a home server do that a NAS can't?   
    A NAS is a server, just not an enterprise server like a Dell PE R720/1950 or HP DL380.
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    Chaz042 got a reaction from Tamar in What can a home server do that a NAS can't?   
    A NAS is basically a software service running on a device/server. The cheap NAS units for $150 ~ $400 are servers that just have enough power for hosting file sharing services, they're more than likely running an ARM CPU instead of an x86 desktop/server CPU like Intel/AMD, leading to low performance, low cost, and low power consumption. However, when you get into the $400 ~ $1000+ range for a NAS, it's usually running an x86 desktop/server CPU, this is where you get advanced services because it's just a standard PC without standard I/O like VGA, DP, HDMI.
    With DiskStation Manager on Synology devices, you can run a Plex server, CCTV DVR, email server, VPN server, web server, Active Directory server, virtual machines running Windows Server, Windows 10, Linux. At the high-end of Synology's device lineup, there's the FS & XS Series, these are servers just running their own DiskStation Manager OS.
     
    If you want to put your own server together as a NAS, it's much cheaper to buy used enterprise gear if you want to do some work, you'll also get more performance per $. 
     
    A good resource for hardware and software is r/homelab's wiki on Redit,  https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/wiki/index
     
    For daily backups, you could do a setup with highend equipment for the core of your use, then back it up to a cheap device like the DS115j with an 8TB drive. For setting up the software of the backup, there are thousands of scripts using a number of tools to help you. Also, you could also do hourly incremental backups if you really need it.
     
     
    TL:DR: A NAS is a server, most NAS devices after $400+ you can use it like an enterprise server hosting services. An enterprise server as a NAS can do anything a NAS device can do, but better with more flexibility on hardware upgrades, I/O card, and OS. 
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    Chaz042 got a reaction from Sfekke in Looking for more players to join ARMA 3 Modded group   
    GG
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    Chaz042 reacted to brwainer in The Mikrotik Group   
    A lot of the "switch" features of the CRS3xx features are tied up in the new bridge implementation, where instead of programming them using the "Switch" menu, you set everything up with the bridge menu, and it will apply "hardware acceleration" as long as you don't add any features that the switch chip can't handle. The end goal is that all functions will be available, but they will be easier to set up than having to use the Switch menu. Setting up advanced VLANs and other things via the Switch menu has always been much harder than on a Cisco, HP, etc managed switch because you are basically programming the switch chip yourself. While this means it is more powerful config-wise, it is also harder to do. The new bridge implementation is meant to fix that. Right now, the new bridge implementation is only available in the RC channel, in version 6.41.
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    Chaz042 reacted to Mikensan in Email Server blacklisted...   
    See how much it will cost to buy a new domain name ($10-$20 usually), so if it's example.com see if example.net is available. Use your existing DNS servers (do a transfer) and call it a day. If the IP is static which it sounds like it is, see what it would take to get a new IP. Either to change the IP or buy a small block. Otherwise you'll have to do as @Chaz042 suggests.
     
    Guess my last comment from your other thread hit home about it being compromised. Sorry about your luck, email is great when it works and a nightmare when it breaks.
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    Chaz042 got a reaction from paddy-stone in Email Server blacklisted...   
    If you get off every list, give it a few days, it should return to normal in a lot of cases, you're playing the game of propagation now. Below is a list of the pages to get started. Good luck with Spamhaus, I've never had to deal with them but I've heard stories in the past where basically it was extorsion to get your IP(s) removed.
     
    Barracuda: http://www.barracudacentral.org/rbl/removal-request
    SORBS/DUHL: http://www.sorbs.net/overview.shtml
    Spamhaus: https://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/delistingprocedure/
     
    Just a heads up, in the future, have a spare system on a different IP block or different ISP where you can do a manual failover in the event something like this happens again. It sounds like you are just starting out but email is the lifeblood of a lot of business, the next time this happens you could lose all your clients.
     
    Best of luck.
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    Chaz042 reacted to Arc_Jester in What song are you listening to right now.   
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    Chaz042 reacted to You_are_a_cunt in How to make your internet faster!   
    Changing your DNS does squat for internet speed.
    Your ISP still dictates your bandwidth and data caps (if any)
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    Chaz042 reacted to desertcomputer in How to make your internet faster!   
    There are also some enterprise/business side DNS servers which i tested to have better responded time compare to consumer dns server provided and especially during peak hours, some ISP dns will get higher respond time than usual but doesn't happen everyday. 
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    Chaz042 reacted to catzambia in How to speed up a slow internet.   
    Can I have a link to an article about this? If they go we will have no options
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    Chaz042 reacted to mynameisjuan in How to speed up a slow internet.   
    Almost all cards from all vendors support bonding that I have ran into. Our equipment supports it and it works great....but is still DSL which is a crap standard that needs to go away. 
     
    I can agree that most tech wont know how to configure it. I am a tier 3 and I still only know how to do it on two of our 3 platforms. Its a rare connection so I do understand why little people have the knowledge to set it up.
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    Chaz042 reacted to Lurick in Lab Network change help.   
    Different subnets per location and a DHCP server per site.
    Burn RIPv2 and change to OSPF, or better yet, set it up with RIPv2 and do a migration to OSPF  
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    Chaz042 got a reaction from TheSaint in 45Drives Alternative   
    @BenChurchill If you're looking for new, your best bet is most likely 45 Drives, anything else that's going to support 24+ drives will be $10,000+ $4,000 for an enterprise system. Other solutions like Direct Attached Storage/Drive Shelves start round $2,500, and the entry level solutions also start with 12 HDD bays, so you'll need 2, and you still need a server to process everything.
     
     
    Now, if you want to talk about used enterprise equipment, you could get away with 2 or so Dell R510 with 12 3.5" bays. Using these servers you can create a storage cluster with GlusterFS. I found this overview on the subject from 45 Drives actually, http://45drives.blogspot.com/2016/11/an-introduction-to-clustering-how-to.html.
     
    You can get a Dell R510 on eBay starting around $250~$350. I personly have used www.savemyserver.com  in the past and I couldn't be happier, and all their servers have a 2-year warranty. A custom Dell R510 12 bay starts at $190, however, at the moment, there configuration page for it is bugged.
     
    If you were to go the Save My Server route, I would say get 32GB (4x 8GB) of RAM, 64 (4x 16GB) if you really want, 2x X5670 (2.93GHz 6Cores/12Threads), no RAID card, IDRAC 6 Express, DVD if free, no PSUs, no drive trays, no rails, and bezel. The PSUs, drive trays, rails, and bezel can be found on eBay for much cheaper. 
     
    Next, the Dell R510 has 1 x8 PCIe 2.0 slot, and 2 x4 PCIe 2.0 slots and you still need an SAS HBA card that works with the hot swap backplane, can't really help you with this part, but I'm sure someone here has a bit of experience with HBAs.
     
    Lastly, you may want to think about upgrading your network to support 10Gbps uplinks to the servers, SFP+ NICs can be found for $15~$100 on eBay and 48 port gigabit switches with 10Gbps uplinks can be found starting at $90, but 10Gb this is a different topic altogether. 
     
     
    Edit: Pricing info was off, thanks @GDRRiley
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    Chaz042 reacted to Donut417 in ISP blocked my connection   
    If you have damaged Fittings or wiring it can allow LTE signals to penetrate the cable network. Fucking every one in the neighborhoods service up. LTE and OTA transmitters use the same frequencies as the cable company. There is a possibility that interference was found coming from your house. One way to be sure is check your modems logs. If you notice interference on certain channels then it could be cause by interference. Generally though when they do detect interference they just disconnect your service and put a notice on it having you call them. 
     
     
    Not sure who your ISP is. But Im with Comcast and they just charge you extra if you go over the Cap.
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    Chaz042 got a reaction from 8uhbbhu8 in Internet Cafe Networking   
    If the ability to effectively utilize a caching server for content is available, it's not overkill, especially if gaming services like Steam, EA, etc are offered. A caching server would also prevent repeated usage of the WAN connection to get the same data like updates and static web content (Not via SSL).
     
    What is the budget, internet speed, and what services are going to be offered, just web browsing or something else?
     
    What is this, 2002? A proper firewall with an IDS/IPS would prevent issues anyway and should be used regardless to protect the Cafe from abuse and legal issues. A proper firewall can also rate limit clients to X speed in and out of a network i.e. the WAN, so 100Mbps is a thing of the past.
     
    Also 1Gbps uplinks may be fine depending on the use case, not saying 10Gbps is needed, hell, get 3 48Port Gigabit switches with 4 uplinks and just put them in a LAG, 4Gbps backbone to the core/firewall. Let's just wait till OP responds to get more info.
     
     
     
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    Chaz042 reacted to davidna2002 in Network core redo 10GbE   
    Rebuilding a core part of my network.  Biggest thing is adding 10GbE to servers and site links.  Basically moving from the lab into production.  Very exciting!


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    Chaz042 reacted to iamdarkyoshi in Help!! Does anyone Know how to block DDOS ATTACKS   
    Well posting your IP address isn't helping matters
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    Chaz042 reacted to brwainer in Help!! Does anyone Know how to block DDOS ATTACKS   
    All of these reports say " from 10.0.43.64 " - that IP is not a public IP, therefore this is coming from something in your LAN.
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    Chaz042 reacted to Mornincupofhate in Help!! Does anyone Know how to block DDOS ATTACKS   
    From the logs, it also looks like he has no idea what he's doing. He's trying different attacks that shouldn't be working with most modems (Ping of death)
     
    Disable ICMP and block incoming fragmented packets in the firewall when the attack starts and see if that mitigates it.
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    Chaz042 reacted to BenChurchill in 45Drives Alternative   
    This is exactly what I was looking for appreciate the help! 
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    Chaz042 got a reaction from Lurick in Cisco 2950 Switch   
    LOL, the end of life on the Cisco 2950 series for software was 2009, end of hardware support, if you had a really long service contract, was 2013.
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