AllTheModzAreCancer

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What is a self-hosted app/os/service/ect that is widely "known" as being fully open source, but it actually relies significantly on closed source software? in c/main@selfhosted.forum
[–] AllTheModzAreCancer@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

what's the point of the question?

The premise of the question is to open a discussion about software that lives in a de facto state of being completely open source.

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asking random people on reddit

As opposed to asking whom on a hodgepodge full of strangers?

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if there are other things that random people on reddit are giving wrong or inaccurate information about

As opposed to not opening a discussion where erroneous information is not brought to attention...

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Where can an absolute noob to networking learn more about routing tables? (alien.top)
 

I watched this short video about the netstat command and found the topic very interesting. Where can I find more noob-friendly information about the theory of IP tables? Right now I'm interested to learn more within the context of Windows instead of Linux (so that I can follow along).

I'm very interested to learn how programs/services listen/operate in relation to firewalls and also antivirus software like malwarebytes and windows defender. (For example I thought that I had to specifically open a port in my router for a program to use, but when I use netstat I see that there are tons of programs/services running that are using all kinds of ports.)

The reason that I am asking here is because I would rather someone point me in the right direction than try to over-Google it and find too much irrelevant information. As a cytologist I could Google various cancer cells and be able to sort through everything that I see to prioritize relevant information, but that's because I'm a professional in the field. I have no such experience with networking.

It's this time of the year again... which open-source project are you donating to? in c/main@selfhosted.forum
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What is a self-hosted app/os/service/ect that is widely "known" as being fully open source, but it actually relies significantly on closed source software? (alien.top)
 

I was looking into Tailscale which I thought to be complexly open source, but it turns out that their coordination server is closed source. If you want to run your own open source coordination server, Headscale is the go-to option.

This is no fault of their own (as they freely express this in their FAQ) it's just that I had always been told by people that Tailscale was fully open source. This got me wondering what else is not as open source as people widely accept it to be?

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Does my network map look ok? Also what's a good managed switch to run openWRT on? (alien.top)
 

I am just starting to get into selfhosting so I wanted to see if this plan of mine looks ok? I can't start my self hosting journey until my network is set up, and you guys are so much more helpful than some of the other similar subs.

What switch would be good to run openWRT on that is proven reliable and resource capable? It would need at least 10x 1Gb ports, but I guess more would be better to use link aggregation. I only have 1.2 Gbs upload speed so I don't need anything too industrial.

I'm looking to spend under $500 on one and I'm perfectly willing to buy used from eBay. (I got my supermicro board and xeon and ecc ram used there for my NAS and they've been going great for a couple years now.)

EDIT: Ignore the Home Assistant app listed under TrueNAS. I won't be looking into that just yet.

Is self-hosting with the default Comcast residential router possible?? in c/main@selfhosted.forum
[–] AllTheModzAreCancer@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

All you have to do is plug in the new router and use the app to update the MAC address. I did it a couple weeks ago.

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What can I do with a Lantronix Ethernet Terminal/Device Server? (alien.top)
 

I've gotten my hands on a EDS8PS and I'm a noob so I'm not sure if this thing will be useful in creating a self-hosted network or if it will be an overcomplication.

What drives do you all use for NAS? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum
[–] AllTheModzAreCancer@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

WD Gold 10TB but I miss the HGST Ultrastar days (before WD got them) HGST added something when they took IBM's disk drive business, but something was lost when WD acquired them.

I'm a noob too, but I can tell you that you need to keep in mind the purpose of your NAS. Ask yourself this: am I storing archives that will probably not be accessed much, or am I hosting a filesharing service or streaming or something else that will need a bigger cache and more RPMs? Also try to prioritize CMR over SMR.

When I built my NAS 3 years ago I bought a used SuperMicro MB, a used Xeon CPU, used ECC RAM, and it's still going strong. My WD Gold drives were new of course, but you can find some good deals on used drives too. Just make sure that you take into account not only the hours on the drive but reads, writes, and stop/starts too. Also look at the seller's rep to see if they have a history of reprogramming the ROM to show a false SMART.

Hopefully you are using SMR ram and a ZFS filesystem. TrueNAS is a great OS that uses openZFS and RAIDZ. If you are using lower-end or used NAS drives then consider using more parity drives than if you were to use new, enterprise quality drives.