@Dashrender said in Understanding LAN test Speed Results:

What did you use for the speed test?

LAN SPEED TEST made by Totusoft.

I ran a LAN Test speed using from a client to a server, which are both in the same LAN as it's a small dental office network. The results are showing 67.88Mbps (Writing/Upload) and 405.51Mbps (Reading/download). I don't know what their physical infrastructure is as I work remote, but I'm sure it's 1Gbps Ethernet. If that's the case, does this test result indicate there's an issue, with the huge difference between upload and download, all in the local LAN?

@black3dynamite said in Website Creation Recommendations:

@gjacobse said in Website Creation Recommendations:

I wouldn't necessarily say ZERO - but listed it as a donation - You mentioned this was for a church, and churches are Non-Profits. You could easily claim it as a donation of services.

I understood it was for her and not the Church.

Yes, it's mainly for her. She's very involved with the Women's ministry in church. However, she is about to complete her counseling degree, and wants her own personal website for blogging, and videos for her ministry, and I'm sure to share with other ladies within the church, and outside the church.

@scottalanmiller

Thanks for the explanation.

@Pete-S said in Website Creation Recommendations:

@Fredtx said in Website Creation Recommendations:

Any idea how much I should charge the client being that I have 0 experience setting up Wordpress?

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I'm definitely going to charge something as I'm doing the necessary research and educating myself on the whole deal. But lets say I charge her a flat fee of $100, and there's someone else with lots of experience who would charge the same, well she would be getting ripped off, and I would either lower the rate or direct her to someone else.

Any idea how much I should charge the client being that I have 0 experience setting up Wordpress?

@JasGot said in Website Creation Recommendations:

Lots of places offer wordpress hosting for very low cost. Here's one example:
https://www.dreamhost.com/wordpress/shared-wp-hosting/

Nice! Thank you!

@marcinozga said in Website Creation Recommendations:

Since it's a church, I'm guessing there's zero budget to hire professional. Wix or similar builders will probably be best for her.

It's more for her personal use, but she is on a budget. I can find out how much she's willing to pay, and compare different products and solutions. I'll look into Wix or hostadillo.com

Someone from my church asked if I could design a website for her. She wants something simple where she can blog, and upload videos. I know nothing about designing websites, but if there is a simple solution I can help set her up with, I would be happy to help her.

Any ideas on what to implement or possibly where to direct her to?

@Grey said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Fredtx said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@black3dynamite sick students must stay home.... how do they determine who is sick? Testing is not free, at least not here. Who is determining if they are sick?

The thing is, of your kids are sick, it's most likely not Covid19.

And even if it is Covid-19, most kids won't even notice they have it. They could have a small cough or 1 day of low grade fever. Or no symptoms at all.

https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-records-first-child-death-from-covid-19/

Death is a non-symptom, for sure.

Very important fact written on this article.

"A 13-year-old girl with an autoimmune disease living with her family on post at Ft. Still in Lawton is the first child to have died from COVID-19 in Oklahoma. "

One can question if she would have still passed if she contracted another sickness due to the underlining disease she already had. I know my friend was infected, and his 9 year old daughter had low grade fever for 1 day, and that was it. His other 2 kids who are bubble gum with his daughter didn't have anything, which means they were either asymptomatic or didn't even get infected.

@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@black3dynamite sick students must stay home.... how do they determine who is sick? Testing is not free, at least not here. Who is determining if they are sick?

The thing is, of your kids are sick, it's most likely not Covid19.

And even if it is Covid-19, most kids won't even notice they have it. They could have a small cough or 1 day of low grade fever. Or no symptoms at all.

Coronavirus could infect privacy and civil liberties forever

From a technological perspective, the coronavirus pandemic is one massive testbed for surveillance capitalism.
More specifically, it's a testbed for new, much more large-scale forms of surveillance. Already, governments in Italy, Germany, Austria, China, South Korea and Taiwan have begun analysing smartphone data so as to determine to what extent populations are really locking themselves down at home. Meanwhile, governments in the UK and the US are very close to rolling out similar surveillance measures, all in the effort to ensure that policies of mass behaviour modification are successful.

Re: Linux: Collected Educational Resources

Does anyone recommend any material/books for studying Linux, preferably RHEL/CentOS? I've got the RHCSA/RHCE Redhat Study Guide Seventh Edition that @scottalanmiller referenced in an older post. It's a great book. I would also like to get the RHCSA, but it looks like the RHEL 7 exam will be expiring on August 1, 2020 and with my limited experience I may not be ready by then. Especially with the fact that it costs $400. Or do yall recommend I take a different approach? I understand the goal should be to actually learn the content, instead of trying to pass an exam, but I figured while I learn I can at least take the exam (hopefully pass) and put it on my belt.

@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:

@Fredtx said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:

@IRJ said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:

Certifications by Microsoft are just a way of having getting professionals to push their products. Subscription based products are much more profitable then Windows Server.

I feel like this will push techs to not study their products, and perhaps study another OS such as Redhat or Ubuntu.

I think Microsoft's thinking here is that techs don't deploy and manage MS products. But rather managers and IT buyers do. Microsoft's product line is aimed at selling to management, not IT.

I’m more referring to the education/self-learning paths for 2020 for techs. Managers/IT Buyers may not decide to buy these other products for a few years.

@IRJ said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:

Certifications by Microsoft are just a way of having getting professionals to push their products. Subscription based products are much more profitable then Windows Server.

I feel like this will push techs to not study their products, and perhaps study another OS such as Redhat or Ubuntu.

So if an individual is studying for the MCSE, should they continue that route or focus on the new MS platform path?

@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:

Perhaps Microsoft sees the writing on the wall and is just letting everyone prep for the Linux world?

I sit next to this older guy who we hired that was laid off from an Aerospace Defense company after working there for years. He really has no clue about Windows, and mainly used unix. We often chat about unix/Linux as I've been studying Linux, and we talk about how great it is. He's shocked how poor Windows OS is from all the issues we have with our customers. He's just working here for a little while and is about to retire. Which I have no clue why he's even with us....lol

Looks like Microsoft is planning on retiring their well known certs. What is everyone's thoughts on this? Would this affect the market for individuals who are looking at getting into Windows System admins roles? Looks like Microsoft is forcing individuals to study Azure. I personally made a decision a few weeks ago to start putting my studying into the RHCSA as opposed to the MCSA. For one, Linux seems to be more fun as I've been playing with it in my home lab, and two, there is not that many people who know Linux. Glad I made that decision.

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@IRJ said in MFA - who pays for authentication solution?:

Why not just supply hardware tokens? They are not that expensive.

So this would eliminate the company having to rely on an employees responsibility to take care of his/her cell phone. Like, if they forget it at home, or damage it and don't have the money to buy a new one, they can just use the token instead?

Here in Austin, TX trying to look for fun activities to do with my 9 year old daughter as I’m not from this area.