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    • WrCombsW
      WrCombs @DustinB3403
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      @DustinB3403 said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

      @WrCombs Well this is break/fix tech. So I kind of agree with @JaredBusch here.

      It's extremely low skill level required in that "remove this and put this in place of it".

      There would be no diagnostics in that case, and I'm not really wanting to get into a "break/fix" scenario with em.

      Fair enough
      IMO i think it has some benefit, but I get what you guys are saying.

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      • black3dynamiteB
        black3dynamite
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        PacketTracer is a nice simulator tool to learn setting up a network.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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          @WrCombs said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

          @JaredBusch said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

          @WrCombs said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

          @DustinB3403 said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

          OK so,

          1. Install an Operating System
          2. Remote Access that OS - SSH - RDP
          3. Maybe setup a webserver? IDK about that one. Will have to think of the usefulness of it.

          you could also buy some old Clunker PC's and break stuff and have them fix it ?

          Real practice

          That is specifically not IT in any way.

          How is that not?

          Is Desktop support Not part of entry Level IT?

          Do you know how to fix everything on a computer being an IT Pro?
          How would that not be helpful in the idea of

          • Troubleshooting
          • Basic\Potential issue they May run into on the job
          • Gain Confidence as teenagers in the IT field learning on the job as they go

          you're telling me its not specific to IT, But would it not hold value to them?

          It's definitely not IT, it is bench (think GeekSquad.) Is knowing some bench useful to some IT people? Sure. But it also can be confusing, misleading, a waste of time, or discouraging. So you have to be careful.

          Working on assembling hardware is not desktop support. Desktop support is IT, but doesn't do this stuff. GeekSquad doesn't do desktop support. They sell desktops, they sell desktop parts, but they don't do the IT field of desktop support.

          You don't really troubleshoot in a bench mode. You replace. You tend to get some of your worst habits here from IT people who started in bench and didn't learn how to see it as different.

          Youtube Video

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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            @DustinB3403 said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

            @WrCombs Well this is break/fix tech. So I kind of agree with @JaredBusch here.

            It's extremely low skill level required in that "remove this and put this in place of it".

            There would be no diagnostics in that case, and I'm not really wanting to get into a "break/fix" scenario with em.

            And in the real world, you generally don't have this at all. You call your vendor and they just replace the whole thing. It's not worth it for them, even with all of their parts and testing potential, to do that in the field.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              Youtube Video

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403
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                I'd set up a Plex server in the past but it didn't have any media to put on it and therefore just tore down might be worthwhile maybe I can find some media to digitize and put on there

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @DustinB3403
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                  @DustinB3403 said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                  I'd set up a Plex server in the past but it didn't have any media to put on it and therefore just tore down might be worthwhile maybe I can find some media to digitize and put on there

                  I bought an external tuner and attached my plex to that.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    Pi-Hole for home.

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                      Pi-Hole for home.

                      I already have that up and running. 🙂

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        Home PBX

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                          Home PBX

                          I was definitely considering setting up a home PBX but I don't know if I want to subscribe to any actual phone numbers

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                            @DustinB3403 said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                            Home PBX

                            I was definitely considering setting up a home PBX but I don't know if I want to subscribe to any actual phone numbers

                            You can learn a lot without doing that. Although voip.ms makes it SO cheap.

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                              @DustinB3403 said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                              Home PBX

                              I was definitely considering setting up a home PBX but I don't know if I want to subscribe to any actual phone numbers

                              You can learn a lot without doing that. Although voip.ms makes it SO cheap.

                              And you can make calls without buying a phone number at all. Just pay per use.

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
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                                @JaredBusch said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                @DustinB3403 said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                Home PBX

                                I was definitely considering setting up a home PBX but I don't know if I want to subscribe to any actual phone numbers

                                You can learn a lot without doing that. Although voip.ms makes it SO cheap.

                                And you can make calls without buying a phone number at all. Just pay per use.

                                What option is that? I don't recall seeing that (granted this was some time ago)

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403
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                                  Oh I just had an idea, set urbackup server and backup my vms that are on KVM.

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch @DustinB3403
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                                    @DustinB3403 said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                    @JaredBusch said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                    @DustinB3403 said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                    Home PBX

                                    I was definitely considering setting up a home PBX but I don't know if I want to subscribe to any actual phone numbers

                                    You can learn a lot without doing that. Although voip.ms makes it SO cheap.

                                    And you can make calls without buying a phone number at all. Just pay per use.

                                    What option is that? I don't recall seeing that (granted this was some time ago)

                                    VoIP.ms has never required purchasing a number to have an account and setup a trunk.

                                    You simply have no way to receive calls from the PSTN.

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
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                                      @JaredBusch said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                      @DustinB3403 said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                      @JaredBusch said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                      @DustinB3403 said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Home lab projects - for Middle aged teens:

                                      Home PBX

                                      I was definitely considering setting up a home PBX but I don't know if I want to subscribe to any actual phone numbers

                                      You can learn a lot without doing that. Although voip.ms makes it SO cheap.

                                      And you can make calls without buying a phone number at all. Just pay per use.

                                      What option is that? I don't recall seeing that (granted this was some time ago)

                                      VoIP.ms has never required purchasing a number to have an account and setup a trunk.

                                      You simply have no way to receive calls from the PSTN.

                                      Ah.

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