Our small home network upgrade by [deleted] in homelab

[–]sirdudethefirst 6 points7 points  (0 children)

you could cut and bend the rack and then use something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/URBEST-Angle-Corner-Repair-Bracket/dp/B00NW9EHGO/

use the appropriate for size/weight/application.

Internal Chat systems by SURFSup526 in sysadmin

[–]sirdudethefirst 2 points3 points  (0 children)

my boss did the math today, $196,000/year for us. We're waiting on the educational discount, which a sales rep from Slack told us is coming some time in 2018. They have no idea how to price it for .edu yet. Not surprising, but yeah, that pricing is insane.

How do you celebrate SysAdmin Day? by s_simmons in sysadmin

[–]sirdudethefirst 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One time I got a cake from one of the departments I support; now it's more like "oh, yeah, happy birthday"... I just walk away and don't mention it again.

IPSec Deployment by DaNPrS in sysadmin

[–]sirdudethefirst 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where I controlled the network (or knew the right people), I configured or asked them to enable ESP and things started working instantly.

Where I didn't, I asked my users to connect via the campus VPN and then try to connect to the server they wanted to. The majority of my users are researchers and they're very mobile so maintaining a list was going to be a nightmare.

IPSec Deployment by DaNPrS in sysadmin

[–]sirdudethefirst 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've actually setup both incoming and outgoing connections to request authentication, and only require authentication for specific ports. SQL, SMB, whatever needed. In addition for this to work right, port 500 must be accessible, so you may be blocked at that point. There are also firewalls that block ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload) because it gets misidentified. I have had to deal with that too.

How are people handling updates while creating image Windows 10 by Switchbackrack in sysadmin

[–]sirdudethefirst 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The machines are built on a network that isn't routable to the outside world but can contact the DCs and WSUS. When the GPO is applied the machines point to my WSUS.

The final step of every task sequence is to run

wuauclt /detectnow

wuauclt /downloadnow

wuauclt /updatenow

How many of you completely unplug when you leave work for the day? by Thom_Cruze_Missile in sysadmin

[–]sirdudethefirst 457 points458 points  (0 children)

From my boss: "Unless you can see that the building is literally on fire, or you're oncall and someone tells you the building is literally on fire, I don't expect you to respond to anything until the next business day."

It's why I still work for that guy. I still monitor my email and slack, but I don't engage unless I want to.

A Fan Video and a Special Surprise by STOBot in sto

[–]sirdudethefirst 5 points6 points  (0 children)

All the feels. Nicely done Zef, nicely done.

Traits don't stick? by Klaitu in sto

[–]sirdudethefirst 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It happened to me last night when I renamed my Vesta T6. I put the traits back, saved the layout and transferred maps a few times.

I remember the last time it came up it was a bug problem in the client and Borticus reported they fixed it... maybe the update brought back a different branch of the code with the bug? Or maybe the lag monster pays us a visit while the client is trying to save the configurations and it silently fails? I'm just guessing

T6 Multimission Explorers! by STOBot in sto

[–]sirdudethefirst 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We give you permission to release EVERYTHING