@DustinB3403 said in Windows 10 File Explorer Problems:

Maybe Quick Access is the issue?

That was my initial thought. I had him go through those steps and the issue still persists. He's disconnected all inaccessible network shares as well.

@wirestyle22 said in Windows 10 File Explorer Problems:

That is weird. Airplane mode just disables radio chips. I still think its interference.

Well, the primary reason I don't think it is interference is:

1. His other laptop works fine.
2. He's an electrical engineer that specializes in wireless radios and associated technologies.

If it was interference contributing to the issue he would more than likely been able to diagnose and resolve the issue himself.

@wirestyle22 said in Windows 10 File Explorer Problems:

Does it have a data plan? Also, if airplane mode is a thing hes connecting wirelessly? Could be environmental interference.

No, no data plan and I doubt it is environmental interference. My guess is it is trying to access some network-related resource and timing out. When the network is disconnected it doesn't try to look for the resource and just switches back to default behavior.

I have a user working remotely that is experience a strange issue with Windows 10 File Explorer. Whenever he tries to open or save a file it takes an unusually long time to access anything in File Explorer. We've tried disconnecting all network shares that are inaccessible and changing the behavior of "Quick Access" to only cache local items and the behavior persists. However, if he turns on Airplane mode it operates normally... As soon as he turns wifi back on the problem reappears.

Has anyone else experienced this? He has a nearly identical personal laptop that does not have these problems. The only major difference between the two is his work laptop is joined to our domain and his personal laptop is not. I don't have any other users (including myself) that experience this when working outside of the office.

Any ideas?

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@DustinB3403 said in I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours, Home Labs:

Here's my lab, tiny I know....

It's not the size of your lab that matters, it's how you use it...

Nice!

@JaredBusch said in ZeroTier Host:

@RamblingBiped said in ZeroTier Host:

All intelligible and reasonable use cases aside, I might try and work on this a little this weekend to see if I can get a host up and running on my home network. If I do I will try and document the process and put it out in the wild.

I think this is their documentation for getting started: https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne/tree/master/controller

Yeah, that is all there is really.

I set one up when it first came up on ML. I even had something registered to it.

So the configuration was as straitforward as it actually seems?! If so, awesome.

All intelligible and reasonable use cases aside, I might try and work on this a little this weekend to see if I can get a host up and running on my home network. If I do I will try and document the process and put it out in the wild.

I think this is their documentation for getting started: https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne/tree/master/controller

@travisdh1 Don't try to bring rationality into this.

Yeah, I was just wanting to learn the ins and outs of setting up my own; and piggyback off of someone else's hard work...

Does anyone have a reliable guide for setting up a ZeroTier host?

I've recently been trying to focus some of my free time on learning C using Zed Shaw's new offering "Learn C The Hard Way". (He really isn't terribly creative when it comes to making titles for his books) He takes an approach that uses numerous exercises that teach essential concepts and build upon one another. I've been making it a point to try and get in a minimum of 2 exercises a day (more when I have the time) to try and reinforce syntax and familiarity with the process of compiling via make/Makefiles.

I am at the point now that I wish I would have focused on C a little more prior to learning what I know in BASH. Just filling in the blank spaces in my knowledge of C, and the associated libraries, has already improved my understanding a little in regards to other languages. So much of the Unix/Linux kernels are written in C, I'm starting to think having a basic understanding of coding in C should be an integral (dare I say mandatory) part of any Linux Admin's training.

For anyone interested in checking out the book there is a free beta version online for your perusal: http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/

So far a lot of the content coincides with the published book that was released earlier this year. Aside from a little more embellishment on the content of each exercise, and the addition of instructional videos, I haven't really found too great a difference between the two.

@DustinB3403 said in Home Lab NAS:

@RamblingBiped Do you want a 2 bay, or a 4 bay?

Edit: And what RAID capacity are you looking for?

I'd prefer a 4 bay, but realistically I can probably get by just fine with a 2 bay unit. I don't have a ton of data to put on it right now, I could get by with 4TB, but would like at least 8TB of storage.

@DustinB3403 said in Home Lab NAS:

I like the idea of building your own, I do, but would you actually be saving a good amount of money by doing this?

You'd have an old server, which uses far more electric, for the same end goal.

Why not buy a refurb two or four bay Synology, with some decent drives?

Recommendation on models?

@scottalanmiller said in Home Lab NAS:

Something like ReadyNAS or Synology are basically silent and give you blind swap RAID.

Build your own and likely you are going to suck ten times the power, make a lot more noise and while you can get hot swap, no one offers blind swap.

Yeah, blind swap is definitely something to take into consideration.

I'm in the research stage of purchasing a NAS for my Home Lab. I'm looking at the prices on 2 and 4 bay units and starting to wonder if I shouldn't just purchase a used server off of ebay and turn it into a NAS using FreeBSD or Linux.

$100-$200 for used server + $200-$300 for drives, or ~$400 for a small NAS and $200-$300 for drives?

I imagine the smaller NAS will use less energy and have a smaller footprint, but in reality I don't really care if it eats a little more juice; it will be living in my basement with my hypervisor.

Thoughts? Recommendations on other options I may not have considered?

Make sure you take into consideration any risk that the company is mitigating by providing these services. What happens if data on the file server is somehow compromised? What will be the resulting fines/fees associated with the loss? Will you have to have your server audited by an external entity regularly? Who is going to perform the audits and how much will they cost?

DenyHosts is an alternative to Fail2Ban in regards to supplementing best practices of a properly configured ssh server. Fail2Ban allows you to configure jails for SSH and numerous other services, whereas DenyHosts is set to work only with SSH. If you're running on a resource-light VPS or VM, DenyHosts might be less of a tax on your system than a Fail2Ban implementation.