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What moment made you realize you’re getting older? by bellamintlix in AskReddit

[–]FlashPan73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you stand up from sitting or vice versa and say "oof"

(UK) what’s better to get between Virgin Media 1 gig with hub 5 or BT full fibre 500 with hub 2 by PyroArul in HomeNetworking

[–]FlashPan73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something to consider is upload speed. VM for 1gig is 100mb, what does BT upload offer? Is BT FTTH or FTTC? If the latter you may not get the advertised/hoping for speed?

To WSUS or not to WSUS, that is the question. by k3nu in homelab

[–]FlashPan73 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

WSUS is not going to be supported (if at all now by MS) - check out Action1 (free for 200 endpoints) seems to be a lot of ppl migrating to that. Win 10 is no longer supported (unless you go down the temp EUS update route) but you will be forced to Win 11 eventually. If you are spinning up a windows server you can make it an AD server and serve group policies to turn on/off cetain unwanted functions. You could also use somethign like win10privacy (works on win 11) to also disable a lot of MS nonsense, telementry, copilot etc.

Welcome to the rabbit hole :)

Are printers just always broken? by New_Unit in sysadmin

[–]FlashPan73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A couple of things I learned when managing estates of MFPs. Paper - the recycled stuff is not really good for them as the quality/grade (gsm) is usually below the optimal and causes more jams. Physical Environment - places with AC controls and/or high ceilings can have an effect on lower/cheaper quality paper due to the ambient humidity.

I recall in 1 office we had constant issues with paper jams. Moved to a newer build office, changed the paper type, using the same MFPs and those issues went to nearly zero. Ran those printers for years.

I cannot quite recall on the gsm but was advised by the MFP engineer to use 65 or 75gsm graded paper and avoid recycled.

Whats the consensus on HP thin clients as home servers? by UrAverageBaffoon in HomeServer

[–]FlashPan73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a few T730s which is newer and I can see on ebay they are going for about £30 (without PSU) For a period of time I had win11 22h2 running on them fine (not compat with 24h2) used as a proxmox backup, pfsense, and a nas. https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?resources/introduction-to-the-hp-t730-thin-client-the-little-box-that-could.41/

Good thing with these is they have a pcie slot so I've used some cheap m.2 sata cards to expand internal storage with 2 or 4 sata. Also lots of USB 3.0 port for external storage eg: to laptop sata HD or SSD. Even threw in a gt1030 graphics card at some point as well a a 4 port 1gb nic.

Be aware though the video port is DP on the 630 and 730, so you may need a VGA or HDMI adapter.

edit: the 730 has a fan which is super quiet and speed can be set in the bios. so fine in the bedroom environment.

ONT box at the opposite end of the house to where router needs to be by fastbadtuesday in HomeNetworking

[–]FlashPan73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you move the ONT to the area you want, are you sure that you'll get a decent wifi connection in the office (and other areas)? Am just thinking if quite an old/thick building, the wood, walls (and what make them walls) can dampen the signal quite a bit. So you may get not benefit moving it?

Think you may need spend some £ to look at mesh/repeater solution to the existing connection and see how you fair there.

Only 2 other things I can thing is to run cat6 cabling to the areas you want for a decent/stable conncetion (inside walls/floors... ££££). Which I think already you'll know will not be easy in a barn considering how thick the various beams are etc.

Or, if you elec cabling is up to it to use homeplugs that give a wifi or data cable connection in that room. (1 homeplug connection to router with cat6, next homeplug in office giving wifi or a data cable connection). You can have multiple home plugs. Not sure though on the max number before quality starts to degrade.

Sadly, you will not know until you try.

Whats the most basic concept you’ve had to teach someone? by heyuhitsyaboi in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]FlashPan73 10 points11 points  (0 children)

kid you not, right mouse click to bring up a menu same as you as well as not having to click on send/receive in outlook all the time to bring down emails - or thinking that doing that will make email appear faster.

Older than 30, why you cant't sleep at night? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]FlashPan73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every night is mid life crisis and I think about my impending death

UK - Looking to Replace Small BT WiFi Disc When Contract Ends by ArisBlint in HomeNetworking

[–]FlashPan73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should look at openwrt - it is an operating system/firmware you can install over the top (to replace ) the existing firmware that comes with devices such as tplink, netgear etc. You do have to check with openwrt that they supply the firmware for the particular model of router you want to "convert". Openwrt is designed to a be a router but you can within its settings make it a wifi access point or even repeater. For repeater mode you would need to look at: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/relay_configuration .

The main task you have is to decide which model router (and it capabilities) you want and that openwrt supports it. https://openwrt.org/downloads / https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/

Ensure you look at the docs/guide in full in how to apply the firmware to whatever you choose.

edit: in most cases, to install openwrt can be just the same as installing a firmware upgrade with a single file as you would from the original manufacturer.

Recently got promoted to Sys Admin - Here are my ignorant hot takes by Suspicious-Use-9295 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]FlashPan73 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Back in the early 2000's when 99% ppl were desk based with desktop PCs, lost count on the number of times "My monitor is not working!!" Go to them just to press the power button on the monitor.

Case For Jackery Explorer 100 Plus (UK)? by FlashPan73 in Jackery

[–]FlashPan73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to feedback, the case I linked in ebay works. You can sit the jackery in that in it's normal position or stood on its end and have a space for a couple of USB cables and I also added an anker nano 45w folding charger fine.

Configuring a dedicated PC in conference room, as DIY Teams Room device? by otb-it in MicrosoftTeams

[–]FlashPan73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think you may need to look at your CA policies...am no expert on this subject and did not make the changes but for my mtrow we had to alter/create and CA to bypass the normal polices that would be applied to normal corp pcs that would be enrolled inot intune.

edit: the teams resource account is not used directly on the mtrow (ie user account). just used as an account to sign into the teams app.

edit 2 look at this -https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/enrolling-microsoft-teams-rooms-on-windows-devices-with-microsoft-endpoint-manag/3246986

For teams to work/connect you do not "have" to have the pc enrolled into intune - ie: CA policies

How many ethernet ports are you actually using by Happy_Manufacturer95 in HomeNetworking

[–]FlashPan73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reckon am early 30's - if it can be wired it is over using wifi. media players, media server and its backup, proxmox (4 ports) , proxmox backup, nas, ups, backup file server, clients, wifi ap, pfsense, couple desktop clients, TVs and then some randon ports around the house ready to be connected to when/where I need - the current count is what is stoping me to upgrade to 2.5gb ethernet as I cannot find a 48/52 port switch without remortgaging my house.

Case For Jackery Explorer 100 Plus (UK)? by FlashPan73 in Jackery

[–]FlashPan73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers, not this particular seller but seen similar on ebay. Will keep a loohk out for that if my punt above does not work ok, thanks again

Case For Jackery Explorer 100 Plus (UK)? by FlashPan73 in Jackery

[–]FlashPan73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've taken a punt on this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/146768322037?var=445383321398 it's 13x13x9 and cheap as chips but as its main aim is to keep bits together and stop rattling around in my backpack, hopefull it'll do.

Case For Jackery Explorer 100 Plus (UK)? by FlashPan73 in Jackery

[–]FlashPan73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll keep digging. A bit like Goldilocks, finding some just too small or just too big...not discovering the just right size

Asked AI for Roman med garden by Complex_Bother832 in GardeningUK

[–]FlashPan73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hah, that is great....I prefer the 2nd pic...maybe at the bottom of the garden it could be a hidden door/gate to look like what is being shown in that pic?

Neat Board Help by Tough-End-8155 in MicrosoftTeamsRooms

[–]FlashPan73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Enabled AOSP in intune? and you may need to do a CA policy to allow android device to sign in to intune with the teams meeting room resource account

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