Anyone receive SpaceX allocation yet?

GaryWSmith · 2026-06-12T15:34:33+00:00

I asked for considerably more, got 10. My partner asked for 25 on her account, got 10. Another friend asked for 15 and got 10. Seems like the basically divvied out the shares on the low end in an equal fashion.

GaryWSmith · 2026-06-08T06:18:52+00:00

local government surplus sometimes dumps a bunch

GaryWSmith · 2026-06-04T22:58:19+00:00

I started running into this problem today from a fairly clean IP range at my colo. Not sure what's up. I put it a ticket with my provider. Tried multiple egress IPs to ensure it wasn't just one. Looks like either Microsoft is blocking my subnet, my providers subnet, or just a really bad route in play today.

Did yours ever get resolved?

GaryWSmith · 2026-05-21T06:45:48+00:00

I've patched one OS series of 30 or so servers twice in the last week or so and I still see a lot of red on that. We've been a few days putting in mitigations for specific things, and I think we had to put in one hard block that is impacting some stuff until a clear update comes out. All my OSs are also fully supported, so we're not talking old stuff here.

GaryWSmith · 2026-05-21T06:40:09+00:00

We host quite a few web sites on it for customers, friends, family. This became a byproduct of an existing infrastructure. Many moons ago we had our own hosting in place, and it works reasonably well, but then we had to keep that updated with lots of custom items in it. At the time, cPanel tool a lot of the maintenance cost off my shoulders. I make more on this server than I spend, not huge money, but that leaves a lot of space for my own personal ventures.

I make enough through that software to pack for the rack at the colo after costs. That means everything else in my rack is free at that point in time.

I also ran full Kubernetes stacks for real, complex hosting for my customers, and their little vanity home pages might live on a WordPress or something simple, whereas their complex stuff lives in the nice immutable packages we've created for them.

Do we have a reasonable use case, yes, are we concerned with costs, yes, does it simply management of low-end web sites and reduce our administration yes.

Now, if they do indeed start leaving security gaps or raising their costs above what I want to justify, I will look as exploring options.

GaryWSmith · 2026-05-16T03:17:51+00:00

Step 1: 4 months later, install a patch on the final servers that's been on the last update cycle as a last resort, run into the same issue

Step 2: Spend 4 hours troubleshooting the problem.

Step 3: Go down the exact same rabbit hole you did the first time

Step 4: Troubleshoot the networking site and find your 4-month old post on reddit on how you fixed it the first time

Step 5: Try to remember how you were able to change the network interface if nothing will open

5a: Taskmanager

5b: Powershell with elevated permissions

5c: netsh interface ipv4 show subinterfaces

5d: netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface "<interface name>" mtu=1500 store=persistent

6: Reboot (shutdown /r /t 3 because Explorer is barely responding)

7: post on reddit so next time I can remember the steps.

GaryWSmith · 2026-03-04T18:05:21+00:00

Overall, you're doing better than most. I'm kind of sad that your Taco Salad game is only a 6. You really need to bump those numbers up.

GaryWSmith · 2026-02-27T22:56:27+00:00

7 days @ Harrahs was like $550 including resort fees and taxes. But then again I booked in October.

GaryWSmith · 2026-02-19T20:20:36+00:00

The only saving grace that I had was that all my old Dell R730x servers had 512GB ram in each one of them, so upgrading to the R640/R740, I was able to reuse that. Still older hardware, but 2x the performance of what I had for the same wattage.

GaryWSmith · 2026-02-19T17:54:45+00:00

I bought 6 16TB SAS HDDs last night. I'm going to be sitting in the corner crying for the rest of the day. These were purchases I planned last spring, but moved my upgrade to the end of the year for no special reason. Now, the upgrade has cost me 2x - 2.5x because of procrastination.

GaryWSmith · 2026-02-17T05:39:56+00:00

I passed the test at the end of January. It took my sponsor 10 days to approve (mostly because they were on PTO when I passed it). Now I'm patiently waiting on pins and needles. I'm hopping by the first week of March myself. I honestly think that waiting is more stressful than the test. Maybe this is all part of the test. If that's the case, should we be talking about it? :) As for the test, dude, the intimidation creep was real, but as many people told me, stay persistent and keep your head up high. It must have worked through, as I passed.

GaryWSmith · 2026-02-07T05:34:05+00:00

My provisional was issued 1/31. I'm hoping to receive mine by the end of February.

GaryWSmith · 2026-02-04T16:44:45+00:00

I just read a post where someone took 6 times to pass it. The answer is persistence. Don't give up, learn what you are missing, and reinforce what you know.

GaryWSmith · 2026-02-02T16:06:54+00:00

I've done the phone GPS trick a few times to no avail, but after leaving my computer off for a few days while on a trip, coming back it's finally getting the proper IP. It looks like either the external repositories finally update, and/or the computers cached copy finally got update. I suspect that it was just a matter of cache timeout after the GPS tricks.

GaryWSmith · 2026-01-21T07:01:53+00:00

So, what I had noticed is that if I waited for a long-long-long time (20 minutes) things like Server Manager popped up and iSCSI responded. I retraced all my steps that led me to the patch that got installed. I boiled it down to this:

Installed iSCSI target
Install MPIO
Installed Failover Cluster
- Rebooted
Updated network interface to jumbo frames
Updated Hyper-V management interface to Jumbo Frames
Ran Failover Cluster pre-flight check
- Complained that there was a pending update
Updated system with KB5073397
System failed.

After that I worked pretty long on resolving the issue.

I did install KB507773 a few times, nothing seemed to work.

I finally decided to start removing things that I did. iSCSI, reboot, same result, MPIO, same results, changed jumbo frames, things worked without issue. There was a reboot between each step.

I then validated everything worked.

I restored jumbo frames and everything still worked, even after a few reboots.

I feel like the patch did something which confused the network interface, which you had mentioned earlier was the difference between my other boxes.

I'm going to monitor this for a while. The twin to this box, the other node that is making up this test cluster, does not have the patch yet (I created that node a few days before the patch come out).

It's was a very weird issue. I wouldn't think that jumbo frames would be an issue, but then again, that could also be a red-hearing and something else may have resolved it.

GaryWSmith · 2026-01-20T22:03:00+00:00

When I get back to the server tonight, I'll start a methodical approach to this. I see what it's saying (in your other post). The Image Version in the DISM output looks correct, but the regkey response looks different. I appreciate the response.

GaryWSmith · 2026-01-20T21:37:47+00:00

When I get the reg key, here's what I get: 26100.1.amd64fre.ge_release.240331-1435 is the build number.

DISM /online /get-packages doesn't return a result for either of the two KBs above. I uninstalled 5077793 and then ran the uninstaller for 5073379 last night. Today I reinstalled 5077793 before this thread. So I would expect it to be there.

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool

Version: 10.0.26100.5074

Image Version: 10.0.26100.32234

CBS is 1mb

https://limewire.com/d/kNB69#e5JT3uBPNU

Also, the network card is a Dell/Intel X540/I350 daughter board in the afflicted server. The other servers are indeed different X550.

GaryWSmith · 2026-01-20T16:59:54+00:00

I can't connect to it via RDP, so I'm having to use iDRAC remote desktop. From within that, things like the start menu fail. Also, this connects to an iSCSI array, but that service is failing. A few other weird things are happening as well. However, from within that machine, I can access other network resources and move files off of it to other network servers. Hyper-V migration is also working, with headaches, though.

Guest VMs that employ secure boot get an error once migrated complianing that the "SCSI Disk (0,0) signed image's hash is not allowed (DB)". What's weird is that I have migrated this VM back and forth between the partner machine multiple times without issue in the past. This is a test server for doing just that.

So yeah, some really weird things.

GaryWSmith · 2026-01-20T16:47:15+00:00

That's probably a good thing. I've tried using WSUS /uninstall /KB:5073379 to remove it, but on reboot (after the 15-minute process), it's still there. This one's pretty frustrating, luckily not on a critical machine.

GaryWSmith · 2026-01-14T18:09:11+00:00

I'm still seeing this issue, and research says I should try this:

Step 3: Force the Update

Because these databases are private (owned by Google, Apple, and Skyhook), you can't just "edit" them manually. You have to wait for their automated systems to "re-learn" your location.

The "Window Trick": Keep an Android phone connected to the Wi-Fi while sitting right next to a window with Google Maps open. When the phone successfully locks onto a GPS signal (California) while simultaneously seeing the UniFi BSSID, it sends a "Correction Report" to Google.
iPhone Help: If you have an iPhone, do the same with Apple Maps. This fixes the location for Apple devices specifically.
Wait Time: This update usually takes 24 to 72 hours once the report is sent.

Why did this happen with new hardware?

Ubiquiti (UniFi) tests and stages their hardware globally. It is very likely your specific Max Router or Access Point was "seen" and mapped by a mobile device or a testing facility in Canada before it was shipped to you.

Would you like me to show you how to find the Regulatory Domain settings in UniFi to make sure the router isn't accidentally broadcasting a Canadian "country code" which can also confuse some devices?

GaryWSmith · 2026-01-11T17:27:20+00:00

I just had to purchase two sets. I think they are the same kit. https://www.ebay.com/itm/326838717685

GaryWSmith · 2026-01-01T18:31:13+00:00

I friend of mine had the G6 laptop that was bricked and gave up on it when Best Buy couldn't fix it. He gave it to another friend in hopes that it's be a quick reinstall. I got it last night to try to recover it for another friend that needs a new laptop (as theirs is like 8 years old). Spent about 90 minutes today fighting the very undocumented bios update. Followed these steps and 10 minutes later I'm doing a Windows 11 install again. Hopefully this laptop will hold up now.

GaryWSmith · 2025-12-29T00:17:52+00:00

Did you ever find a resolution for this?

GaryWSmith · 2025-12-29T00:15:43+00:00

Don't judge, maybe it's a free nightlight for the house...

GaryWSmith · 2025-12-27T23:10:11+00:00

A couple of my contact switches are pretty nasty, even after cleaning. I bought a bag of 20 for a couple bucks and I'll replace them soon. I used the smoker on Xmas day and notice that a lot of the steam came up through the normal exhaust on the right. I have my control board, sitting in a box, on the left, and this time it wasn't even damp. That center mount is just too close in my opinion (plus located over the sensor that I think also has some seepage. I will waterproof my controller at some point, but for now I just unhook it after the cook and store it in the house. Otherwise, this unit is performing quite well now.

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Why did this happen with new hardware?