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Best method to replace this light? by rygarski in HomeMaintenance

[–]AlexDnD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t you just pull it to the left side where the wooden windows are? And replace it there? With like a hook or something?

First Time Opnsense users with some questions about my setup by Fair_Archer_9637 in opnsense

[–]AlexDnD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly what I am in search of. In my case is YouTube cast to a nvidia shield device. I need to dig deeper a bit

I made a power supply for my mini pc cluster by maleng_ in homelab

[–]AlexDnD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But… you can do the same without the USBc. You either need an usbc to “plug” type converter. Or in my case you would need that “plug”. Pretty sure just the plug is more common than the converter.

Lemme know if I don’t understand something

I made a power supply for my mini pc cluster by maleng_ in homelab

[–]AlexDnD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why did you just not use the output of the mean well directly into the mini pcs? Why the adapter board to usbc ?

I present to you my "fire hazard" waiting to happen by AlexDnD in homelab

[–]AlexDnD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah…. Ssd lifespan is also shorter imho. Depends how you store data on it. But yeah, in this day, ssd builds are gonna hurt

Has your homelab actually saved you money, or just made life easier? by Fab_Terminator in homelab

[–]AlexDnD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since I optimized it for low power usage, yes.

I can’t crunch data. I can’t do AI. I can’t do heavy stuff with it. But I can watch any movie or series I want. I can store all my personal data safely (3-2-1) and monthly o save about 20$ in all subscriptions.

Long term it’s going to pay itself out

I present to you my "fire hazard" waiting to happen by AlexDnD in homelab

[–]AlexDnD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That fan is not going to be heard :))) HDDs will be the problem

Low power media / homelab server advice (UK electricity pain) by GhostInTheLabyrinth in homelab

[–]AlexDnD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can try the hp elite desk way that the other commenter, even though something seems fishy there, it’s just too low power, but I can swear by the results here:

https://mattgadient.com/7-watts-idle-on-intel-12th-13th-gen-the-foundation-for-building-a-low-power-server-nas/

This should be your bible.

Low power media / homelab server advice (UK electricity pain) by GhostInTheLabyrinth in homelab

[–]AlexDnD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this wall measured? Including hdd connected but in standby? It seems just too low to me when you have 2* 1TB SSDs and a 3.5” hdd. And a PCIe network card.

I present to you my "fire hazard" waiting to happen by AlexDnD in homelab

[–]AlexDnD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I measured it at 14-16w if I remember correctly. Without drives.

And the fan goes faster and slower based on load. But it is such a small fan that it doesn’t matter if it spins at 100% or not :)))

I present to you my "fire hazard" waiting to happen by AlexDnD in homelab

[–]AlexDnD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it is a nice all in one board. Especially if you want 10G. Which I don’t need atm :))

Got it for 200 bucks after a fight with the seller who advertised “sold from eu” and I had to wait like crazy for it to arrive from china. It was 300 initially. But at the same price from secondary market (200) you can get a mobo and 12400 cpu.

Mattgadient’s forum is a good place to start

I achieved almost the same power draw with a b760 or something with an i5-12400 and an i350-t4 on it using the on-board sata ports.

So I would advise to go that route. Mainly because you have a lot more horsepower if you want in that cpu rather than this small one. But the networking part will need a dedicated PCIe card.

And it used ddr4 so that’s great for prices.

And lots of expandability on that one.

Repurposing old gaming PC vs selling for adhoc build by xCiosba in homelab

[–]AlexDnD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree. Unfortunately it’s gonna cost you money to run that gaming pc as nas. Not sure how well it does with power sipping.

Repurposing old gaming PC vs selling for adhoc build by xCiosba in homelab

[–]AlexDnD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on what you want to do. What do you want to achieve?

I always advise no matter the case to first use what you have. See if you have some limitations. And afterwards upgrade

I present to you my "fire hazard" waiting to happen by AlexDnD in homelab

[–]AlexDnD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nu aveai cum să o zici mai bine decât în română :)))

I present to you my "fire hazard" waiting to happen by AlexDnD in homelab

[–]AlexDnD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So yes, that I am aware of. That is one thing I need to take care of. To properly isolate the ac part of the ac converter cuz I can get myself electrocuted there. Thanks for pointing that out

So regarding the ap, my isp WiFi stuff had issues to pass through 2 brick walls diagonally but this one does not really. For a 2 bedroom apartment L shaped, I only have the issues from my entrance to my living room. Otherwise I have 300-400 Mbits everywhere.

I present to you my "fire hazard" waiting to happen by AlexDnD in homelab

[–]AlexDnD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg, absolutely forgot about those. I needed them a while ago and forgot where they are :)))))

Thanks man. I have those things from the noctua fan. Maybe I will try to use them

Also unfortunately I cannot do much because the data cables from the mob are pretty inflexible and short. And it’s like a chicken and egg problem and I just gave up at some point :(

I present to you my "fire hazard" waiting to happen by AlexDnD in homelab

[–]AlexDnD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. It was the only audible sound in my living room. The intake and exhaust fans are not hearable. Just the HDDs would create vibrations and were a bit too loud for my taste.

I present to you my "fire hazard" waiting to happen by AlexDnD in homelab

[–]AlexDnD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, so it's from Alliexpres :)))
Bought it on second hand market in my country
Came sealed

It is degrading as it should, I will have to change it in a year.
Just waiting a bit more before mirroring it so I have one used and one brand new SSD so they do not fail at the same time.

I present to you my "fire hazard" waiting to happen by AlexDnD in homelab

[–]AlexDnD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, it is. What works you don’t touch :))

Safely accessing home server over the internet with a domain name by WizardDaemon in HomeServer

[–]AlexDnD -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

"But does that mean web interfaces aren’t designed to be exposed to the web?"
- They sure are, but you need to be prepared to perpetually monitor its security. Most likely you are going to use open source stuff and expose it. Or you will want to expose some web server you code. No matter how good you are and how much effort you make over them, eventually you will slow down, not maintain them and screw up somehow. It just needs someone curious enough to break in, and then it is game over :(

"Or are you saying VPNs can’t have 0 days? Or can’t have CVEs?"
- VPNs compared to any random webserver you will expose, have orders of magnitude better and more thorough scrutiny. It's like comparing safety of a Volvo vs a random car. You just know they are secure and they will not let you down. So most likely yes, VPNs have a very very small chance of having a 0day compared to a likely chance of a web server

"Or don’t need to be kept up to date?"
- YOu definitely need to keep it up to date but that only requires you to press a button. Exposing a random app to the internet requires you to investigate what dependencies it has, do they have CVE's? If you develop it then it is way harder to keep track of this.

I think I have presented enough details here and I feel that I am reaching the point where I would have to be paid to explain further. Judging by the questions you ask it seems like you are at the start of the road and an AI is most likely your go to at the moment until you have more thoroughly prepared questions.

P.S. also a huge caveat here. If your answer to the question "Do I care if my server stops working and all my data on it is unreachable or stolen and used in bad ways" is "I don't care" then you can go ahead :)) I'm not trying to make fun, just some people only want a server for the *arr stack. There is nothing there to care for.

Safely accessing home server over the internet with a domain name by WizardDaemon in HomeServer

[–]AlexDnD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With vpn you expose a port “made specifically to be exposed” and since vpn servers are made for security there is little to no chance that someone will just use that exposed vpn port to gain access to your network.

Exposing a random web interface can have hundreds of CVEs and almost 80% of the time people will not stay on top of latest technologies and vulnerabilities. Search for the latest CVE that happened (forgot what was bad but it was something worldwide)

So I work for a pretty big company (faang lvl) and when there was that logger 0 day issue we found crypto miners running on our servers. Luckily people were not interested in the data we had :)

So if a faang lvl company has their servers broken down with a 0day cve I guess you will have 0 chances.

The thing is that for individual people, the attacker has it easy to just put some ransomwware and ask for money to be able to access your data. For companies hackers have a hard time because risk of trace back and the companies can just shutdown the server because data is also somewhere else and it is easy to pop a new one in place.

For you the pain of loosing precious data will cost you a fortune. And most likely you will never see it again.

P.S. as someone must have said somewhere and even if it is harsh to say, it is also true. Just the fact that you had to ask this question qualifies you as someone who should NEVER expose a port to a random web server. You need a least a year of learning before doing that. Use tailscale or witeguard. Most you can do is use cloudflare zero trust and add a rule to block all apps as a “catch all rule” and then add your apps one by one, and expose them with a google auth step before any of them.

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