Whoo hoo,.. another Friday the 13th item:

Gut punched by the shop as I’m updated that the truck needs way more service then seems practical.

2006 Honda we’ve had since July 2005, 284k miles on it. Needs a new car down payment for service…

@dbeato said in Management of NAS for SOHO?:

@Pete-S It depends on the NAS, what NAS would you use?

You can use Synology with their Management online
https://kb.synology.com/en-us/DSM/help/DSM/AdminCenter/connection_quickconnect?version=7

You can do the auto update as well.

Synology or ReadyNAS,.. I have a ReadyNAS 4 bay that has been running for my personal use for a good bit now - It'll handle quite a bit more TB than the 2TB drives it has in it... so either should be good option.

I configured my ReadyNAS to notify on backup, and power loss - so there is a decent subset of tools built in.

@Pete-S

First question

How much space is used and expected for growth?

I’m still surprised just how much of a difference this office is compared to the clinic.

In the time here (Thirty days) I’ve cuss the same as I would cuss in an hour at the clinic.. big difference.

@gjacobse said in Printer Recommendations??:

@jt1001001
Before I left the clinic we were installing new Lexmark MFPs. I don’t remember the specific model but will try to find out.

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@jt1001001
Before I left the clinic we were installing new Lexmark MFPs. I don’t remember the specific model but will try to find out.

Eight hour drive in the books, time for dinner and visits…

@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse yes hasn't been good here. We are ok but several friends still trying to plow out.

Thanks for checking in, as bad as it was,.. nothing compares… as while we hit -6 on Friday, it’s suppose to be 50 today. Ugh.

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Nothing like trying to get HVAC service after a;

Holiday
Extreme cold snap

Yup,.. this could be costly,.. house isn’t twenty years old yet and we are system number two already… this system is only seven years old…

what the hell? what's breaking on it?

Mine is from 2005, we've had blower motor go out on it, and the flame sensor had got oxidized at least twice.
I think the capacitor on the AC compressor has been replaced twice since 2005.

Otherwise - no issues.

The fan shaft 'machined itself' off having to replace the fan, and they the system arced internally killing the system completely. We had to have the Indoor / outdoor units replaced in 2015.

First system was a Trane - we stopped it good. This system is an American Standard,.. Nothing may be wrong.. I just want to make sure. They'll be here at 8:15am tomorrow.. WHOOT.. Surprise they had space.

Whoo hoo,

New building will have Yealonk t46u phones. And we are pulling in RingCentral services.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Hey everyone, happy holidays!

Happy Holidays

Hope your dad is doing okay,.. I’m hearing a bit out of the Buffalo area about the weather, power and food issues.

I’m slow and behind but I am still using keepass or on the iOS device Strongbox as it is compatible with keepass db.

Nothing like trying to get HVAC service after a;

Holiday
Extreme cold snap

Yup,.. this could be costly,.. house isn’t twenty years old yet and we are system number two already… this system is only seven years old…

Have to say it’s a good Christmas this year-

After a double bypass last Tuesday, my father in law came home last night.

We went down and cleared snow and ice from the driveway and steps. Glad he is home and recovering…

Merry Christmas

Happy holidays

@MrWright4hire said in Captive Portal/Splash Screen/Better Alternative:

@Pete-S said in Captive Portal/Splash Screen/Better Alternative:

He or his guests doesn't need to type in anything.
Most phones for example support qr codes for ssid & pwd.

There are many sites that can generate the right qr code for him to print out.

For example https://wifiqrcode.com

Hey Pete. I wish I knew you well enough to put you on my Christmas list. That idea was the BOMB! My bad for those who are not hip to that term. It was a great idea.

I also talked him into getting a Unifi Dream Router (UDR). With the UDR you don't need to buy extra gear. It's a 4 in one. It's a router, switch, AP and controller. There's another one called Unifi Dream Machine (UDM). It's a 3 in 1. It's a switch, AP and Controller. Both can create a captive portal / splash screen.

Here's a side by side comparison:

If anyone else has any cool ideas like Pete, please share. I'm open to learning and sharing information.

If anyone is interested, below are setup video of both products.

Unifi:
UDR - Router
UDM - Machine

In the mean time, MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I got excited and started to re-consider my initial heart attack the other day when I searched up the UDR.. That sheet is old and incorrect. the UDR on Amazon is the same price as the UDM - $400+

I'm already looking to re-engineer my entire network from a ERL and UniFi controller running on Ubuntu ...

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Got some heavy tunes blasting, coffee brewing (again)... so much to do before heading across town for the xmas-ing.

I also just remembered it is 17F out, so I finally put a space heater in the garage to keep those pipes from freezing.

17, that’s a heatwave compared to our -7

dont forget windchill dash

We are finally up to 0degF,… we were at -6 this morning.

Is Texas ready for another freeze? Yikes!

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just put in a ticket to get our new VDI servers racked up... also trying not to freeze to death (southern version). See below:

As you can see, the apocalypse will occur sometime over the weekend. Between holidays and the looming lack of temperature, I'm afraid to go outside. Probably WW3 going on at Walmart right now.

Trade ya,…

And you to 4” of snow,… after rain. With a FLASH freeze.

“Le gasp”

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just put in a ticket to get our new VDI servers racked up... also trying not to freeze to death (southern version). See below:

As you can see, the apocalypse will occur sometime over the weekend. Between holidays and the looming lack of temperature, I'm afraid to go outside. Probably WW3 going on at Walmart right now.

Trade ya,…

And you to 4” of snow,… after rain. With a FLASH freeze.