@travisdh1 said in Any providers ever WISP'd?:
@marcinozga That's going to let you provide service, sure. They were paying $5 for the microwave based wireless radios they were using in the mid 2000s. That side of it hasn't really changed that much price wise in a long time.
Where are you getting the backbone connection?
From your local ISP. Once you get into the area of negotiations with major backbone providers you usually get out, that's whole different league.
Or you can get one of these:
https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=EP-R8 - $459
http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-Edgerouter-Router-ERLITE-3/dp/B00HXT8EKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461162167&sr=8-1&keywords=edge+router+lite - $99
http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-TS-5-POE-TOUGHSwitch-Advanced-Controllers/dp/B00CSRK6DE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1461162196&sr=8-6&keywords=edge+switch - $87
http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Nanostation-NSM5-802-11a-Hi-power/dp/B00HXT8KJ4/ref=pd_sim_147_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=31rdd4v4UtL&dpSrc=sims&preST=AC_UL160_SR160%2C160&refRID=0H6WP5WD2FWQSY1ZYSAB - $85
http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-NanoStation-Window-Mount/dp/B004EHUR8U/ref=pd_sim_147_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=31JdpJfo9FL&dpSrc=sims&preST=AC_UL160_SR160%2C160&refRID=11H77JM2EXK4RDK1MD8N - $19
http://www.amazon.com/Dripstone-1000ft-Solid-Network-Ethernet/dp/B00QJGG4IG/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1461162817&sr=1-1&keywords=cat6+ethernet+cable+1000ft -$56
http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Modular-Plugs-Stranded/dp/B004D5RFCE/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1461162853&sr=1-1&keywords=cat6+plugs - $13
http://www.amazon.com/InstallerParts-Network-Installation-Stripper-Screwdriver/dp/B008NXK0WO/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1461163192&sr=1-4&keywords=crimping+tool -$60
Total $419. That leaves $581 for any other tools you might need.
@travisdh1 said in Any providers ever WISP'd?:
I know the guy that used to own a local ISP that was forced to go down the WISP route when dialup started falling out of favor. Him and his business partner ended up selling the company, and now he runs the local computer repair storefront. Actually, I think I'll go say hello over lunch. If you've got the funding for the initial equipment layout already setup, then go for it. If you have no idea even what equipment you need to get started, don't bother.
Seriously, you're going to spend $100,000 on a single piece of equipment to get started. Unless you have a known customer base already, getting started is difficult. As my friend said "Be prepared to eat nothing but Raman Noodles for a couple years."
$100,000? That's really excessive. You can get started with Ubnt equipment for less than $1000.
If by WISP you mean Wireless Internet Service Provider then yes, I have. About 10 years ago. When people had a choice of expensive DSL of cheap wifi. It still makes sense in rural areas, where broadband is simply not available or your only choice is expensive Comcast of some other scumbag company.
What you need to realise is that you will run into bunch of legal bs, paperwork, and other crap. We tried to rent a space on a tower owned by electric company, and the requirements they gave us were insane, just to even be able to be considered. Planning, architectural designs, some regulatory bs, we were looking at spending thousands before they would even consider renting us the space. And rent was nuts too. It was much easier dealing with churches, they would allow us to mount antennas in exchange for free internet, no money involved.
There also were technical issues, that most people don't realize, I can talk about it more if you want to, but generally, if you have other options available, don't mess with WISP.
When you delete local files after backing them up, on the next run backup tools will simply delete what you have backed up so far, unless you set up backup retention.
I use Arq backup: https://www.arqbackup.com/ - it doesn't delete files after backing up, but I wouldn't want my backup utility to do that anyway. Arq has a feature to mark folders are archived once backed up, and then local sources can be deleted, but not by the backup software.
What you're looking for is archiving software, not a backup one.
Add Verizon to the list of fiber providers.
@DustinB3403 said:
@JaredBusch that Ubiquiti ER X only has 1 POE out port on it, is that correct.
The only reason I ask was I was considering adding 2 AP's to the house.
Get POE switch. ToughSwitch or Pro for example.
I love Ubiquiti ERX, and I love it even more after powering it via POE. One cable and power brick less.
@LAH3385 said:
@JaredBusch said:
Honestly, it sounds like you are trying to get around paying for a backup solution by setting up a bunch of components.
There is some truth in it. I just don't have the approval for the paid version yet. It is approved but not until September. Right now there is no backup solution in place for VMs and the files inside them. Which is why I am looking for something to buy time until I can get Veeam 9.
Are you trying to backup the Hypervisor itself? If so why? You typically jsut backup the guest VMs, not the Hypervisor itself. Because the Hypervisor can simply be rebuilt quickly and the guest VMs reattached to it.
No. Trying to backup the actual VHDX(VM) and files inside the VM. Agent will have to do for now. It will be a mess, but I need something inplace than nothingness.
If you do it for free now, what are the chances that bean counters won't change their minds before September? You will end up with a mess and you will have to support it. If a business that doesn't have a backup in place right now cannot afford to buy one, they have no business being in business. Run. I would.
@aaronstuder said:
@marcinozga said:
I don't know. But judging by lack of action against spammers, there might be other bad apples there. People running ransomware for example.
Google is known for penalizing websites in bad neighborhoods.
Are you talking about Shared Hosting or a VPS? With a VPS you get your own IP address, so you don't have any neighbors.
It's trivial to check where you host your vps. It's not about neighbors on the same ip address, but in the same servers/datacenter/company. One day small army may storm the building and seize the equipment. Or simply bunch of suits from 3 letter gov agency shows up with a warrant.
I don't know. But judging by lack of action against spammers, there might be other bad apples there. People running ransomware for example.
Google is known for penalizing websites in bad neighborhoods.
Be careful with OVH. They are known to host massive numbers of spammers and are unwilling or unable to do anything about it. You might end up in bad neighborhood.
You have your email posted in plain text. How do you deal with spam?
I also have to ask this, but don't take it personally. What's with all these progress bars? I keep seeing those mostly on web designer sites and I never understood why would anybody use these. What's the purpose? What do you measure your skill set against, to claim that you have 100% (or any %) of skills/knowledge is certain topic?
@Carnival-Boy said:
Is it? I haven't checked. I have no problem with being audited. It's the running of network scanning tools that I have an issue with. All my previous audits with both Microsoft and Autodesk has required me to fill out a spreadsheet, which I'm fine about.
Ask them to come on-site and do it for you. And demand they show you exactly what information is being sent out. Or while they are there unplug your router, and have them come back when your net connection is fixed. Let them waste some money on these audits, don't do their job for them.
I have never been audited so I don't know how well it would work, but my boss said already if we ever get audited, the company will have to come on-site and do the work themselves.
Just one server at home. It's my file server, it also runs Plex media server, and a few "helper" apps.
@Carnival-Boy said:
@Dashrender said:
How would you connect the NAS directly to the server?
Er, crossover cable. Is that right?
Why crossover? 1Gbit and faster doesn't require crossover anymore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-dependent_interface#Auto_MDI-X
Nope, not darker. Nothing in nature is darker than black, nothing in nature is even perfectly black. Even black holes emit radiation so are not perfect black bodies.
