In be for @scottalanmiller recommends @Sodium Suite.

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Server patching Sunday!!! It's hotter than all get out in the office too (no HVAC running on weekends). But I did remember to bring some beers with me, so it should actually be kinda fun.

Bonus points if we get security footage of you riding the floor buffers while reboots are happening.

Something like that?

@wirestyle22 said in Remote Monitoring and Management:

You don't really need to be all there to small talk.

You don't. Talking on the phone for me is incredibly disruptive. Not only do I have a silly amount of social anxiety when answering the phone but then I have to pay attention to what they are saying or else I'll just tune it out and ignore it.

@travisdh1 said in Weekend Plans:

@RojoLoco said in Weekend Plans:

@gjacobse said in Weekend Plans:

Looks like I really should make a weekend trip to Ga - I mean... seriously!

It is cooking season for the next little while... BBQ, chili, stews, curries... It's so much nicer to cook outdoors in the winter.

Only southerners would claim that outdoor cooking season is the middle of winter...

That's not even that much snow.

I hear you can build a pretty robust SAM-SD with that amount of storage, fully supported. That may be a better option then some of the SAN-esque solutions that are out there.

Last day before a 4-day weekend. Trying not to break anything.

@mrwright4hire said in Certifications! Are they still worth pursuing?:

@coliver I do agree with you sir, but you still didn't share your thoughts on whether you would or would not still pursue any certifications and why. Could you please elaborate a bit more?

It depends, as all things do, am I getting reimbursed for the time spent getting the certificate? Would this certificate, combined with my experience, set me apart from other candidates for a job? Will this certificate provide anything of value? Other new opportunities, new knowledge, new contacts?

There is a very little a certificate provides, other then industry recognition, that a home lab doesn't.

Spent all morning shoveling snow and finally back into work after yesterdays blizzard. Need to work on getting the roof cleaned off tonight.

Get rid of the DD-WRT router and get an ER-L.

@scottalanmiller said in Looking at Ideas for a Grassless Backyard:

This style could work too. I like the idea of a little garden or something on top.

Solar panels on the roof would be an interesting option.

@RojoLoco said in Live Streaming Church Services:

True. It does seem plausible... nay, likely... that a church would "hire" someone to do this and expect them to bring the required bandwidth with them, at no additional cost of course.

Haha a Church hire someone. Man you're funny.

@IT-ADMIN said in how to prevent non domain users from getting ip configuration:

Hi ML community

i have a question regarding a policy i want to apply in my network, we have a very big envirenment and some users format their PCs in order to gain full access over their machine (they don't want to be part of the domain), i want to solve this problem by preventing any non domain machine from getting ip configuration so that they are forced to join their machin into our domain in order to get ip configuration,

how i can acheive that, i heard that their is some setting in the switch that can prevent non domain users from getting into the network but i have no clue how to proceed, any enlightenment please ??

Everyone has hit the obvious point here. But to your question.

You're looking for 802.1x and RADIUS. Most switches can be configured for this and will prevent anyone who isn't on a domain machine (with a domain cert) or a domain user to not authenticate on the switch.

@mlnews said in What does your desk look like?:

Getting the office set back up.

A bot has an office?

Honestly there really isn't much to AD that you will encounter on a day-to-day basis. A book may be overkill for it. The YouTube videos may be a good place to start but setting up an environment and using it will be the best way to learn.

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Uh, ice cream? Why would you punish over that?

Most definitely ice cream.

@DustinB3403 said in How flexible are your hours?:

I'm 80% apple 20% windows here.

So many things that need to be addressed. . . . (with configuration changes)

Now that... that sounds like a nightmare.

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@wirestyle22 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@Kelly said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@QuixoticJeremy said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@Grey Let me know how Civ6 is. I was debating on it for ages.

It is decent. Probably the best vanilla release Sid Meier has had since Civ II. There are some annoyances, and it takes some getting used to compared to other Civ games, but I enjoy playing it. I also really enjoyed BE, so maybe my standards are really low.

I have heard a lot of negative things about it, but Civ purists are some of the hardest people to please

I've honestly never found a Sid Meier game that I could stand. I've tried many over the years, they are all garbage.

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Reversing Brexit would boost economy, says OECD
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41652416

I feel like that's something everyone already knew.

@bigbear said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Reading RHCSA book before teaching today’s saxophone lesson.

What kind of job are you going for with all the Linux stuff, just curious?

Even SMB jobs could benefit from Linux skills.