@obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I want one of these:
https://fit-iot.com/web/products/mintbox-mini2/mintbox-mini2-specifications/
Those have always been on my mind, I just can't seem to pull the trigger to buy one.
@obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I want one of these:
https://fit-iot.com/web/products/mintbox-mini2/mintbox-mini2-specifications/
Those have always been on my mind, I just can't seem to pull the trigger to buy one.
@scottalanmiller said in Changing Lana number:
have alternatives like Token Ring
I haven't heard that in years! I wired Token Ring before.
I bet if you ask around you can find someone with an old Core 2 Duo machine lying around somewhere and they will give it to you. Take it, install Debain on it, and then install the controller. Configure the APs. You can then shut down the controller and store the computer away until you need to do something, like add an AP or update the firmware.
Edit: I have a store near me called EPC, and they sell recycle older PCs. I think you can pick up something from them for $25 bucks. You might look for a similar store near you if nothing else.
@jaredbusch said in Has Anyone Used Netgear Orbi?:
@aaronstuder said in Has Anyone Used Netgear Orbi?:
find someone who would let you use there controller
What so you can eavesdrop on his network? Randomly kick things off or shut it down?
Sounds like fun to me!
@scottalanmiller said in Unifi 5.7 on Ubuntu 18.04:
@jaredbusch said in Unifi 5.7 on Ubuntu 18.04:
@scottalanmiller said in Unifi 5.7 on Ubuntu 18.04:
@jaredbusch works great with the simple change, though.
Then you might want to submit it to [email protected] or post on their forums.
They have the info on their forums too, just not easy to find. It's a configuration issue with 3.6, not an issue with 3.6 itself. Part of the defaults, I believe, were changed so you just have to change how MongoDB 3.6 starts and the Unifi is perfectly happy with it and you get a modern Ubuntu, fully managed and faster MongoDB for it all, too
Not easy to find info in UBNT forums? Wow never heard of that! They need a better way to get important info to the users. I don't know how many times there was an easy solution to a problem I had but I had to DIG through their forums to find it. Not a simple search but dig and read post after post till I found the right one.
@kelly said in What Are You Watching Now:
Babylon 5 seasons 1-5 are coming to Amazon Prime.
Awesome. I am a huge Sci-Fi fan. I appreciate all Sci-Fi/Fantasy (sigh...even Star Wars), I haven't ever really watched Babylon 5. I just missed out when it was on TV and have been waiting to watch it on a streaming service I had.
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
French anti-smoking campaigns are working with a million stopping smoking this year.
That is awesome. I believe you can smoke if you want to but I hate it. My wife before we got married was in an apartment complex and you could smell smoke all the time in her apartment like we were smoking, from her neighbors. She has asthma and so does her youngest and it really bothers them. She went to give notice because she was going to move out. They looked at who live on either side of her and told her please wait one month. They were in the process of evicting those tenants. They then made those two apartments non-smoking. They told her that she was a very good tenant and didn't want to lose her.
@dafyre said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@hobbit666 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
And a wall socket tester.
Only when given to one of your siblings to check the outlet
@wrcombs niece's graduation. Wouldn't be bad if it wasn't leave work go to house. Drive 8 hours to Omaha. Get there at 1 am. Graduation at 9 am. Graduation party. Drive home.
Getting ready to leave for Omaha...can't....contain....my...excitement....
In a classroom setting having ethernet jacks and power in the floor might be a good idea. So you don't have polls coming down in the classroom from a drop-down ceiling. In a server room, I don't like the idea of having to get to those cables later on.
I have several Nanobeams in use as bridges and they are outside. Works like a charm.
This is for someone who is a PITA for me. They are family, I love them, but geez a PITA and honestly I don't want to deal with Windows issues with them. Like antivirus and malware. Which they are prone to because they surf the net all day. I am buying this out of my own pocket to get them out of my hair so it will be the best bang for the buck I can find. I will go with a model with 4GB of RAM. I know that makes a huge difference. I just wish Chromebooks had a better ssh client. I would be all over them. I have had them and the ssh client just leaves me wanting more. I like Terminator Terminal on my Linux Desktop.
@scottalanmiller said in Chromebooks and Facebook:
I've got an Asus and love it. Acer has some great looking models, too.
I really like Acer Chromebooks.
@scottalanmiller Well, I am buying it for him so it will be the cheapest 4GB RAM model I can find. Probably a refurb from Newegg.
@scottalanmiller said in Chromebooks and Facebook:
Given that Farmville is in the ChromeOS store, it seems super likely that it will work.
Thank you very much. I am buying him a Chromebook
Okay, I have an Uncle who is retired/disabled. So he spends most of his time on Facebook/internet. I do not do facebook so I don't know the answer to the following question. Will Facebook games run well on a Chromebook? I need to know because my uncle is always having issues with his computer and then bothers me all the time. So I was thinking if he had a Chromebook I wouldn't have to worry about it getting infected, which is one of the more common issues I have with him. He mainly plays Farmville, I believe. Please someone tell me a Chromebook will work.
@irj Evolution should work then in your case. If you are just email and a calendar.
@black3dynamite said in Anyone using Unchecky?:
@penguinwrangler said in Anyone using Unchecky?:
@black3dynamite It appears to do a nice job. I tried to install some freeware programs that I know throw offers in and it unchecked them. Thinking about putting it on my family members computers
Wouldn’t that invite them to go crazy installing apps?
They don't really ask me till they have a ton of crapware on their machines anyway....
@jmoore said in Anyone using Unchecky?:
I think this product is by the same company as ccleaner. Piriform. If that is who they are I won't use them because of their security. Nice idea in theory but I don't want to take chances.
It isn't from Piriform