I ran the windows repair tool, it detected an issue with the nic, set it to DHCP. Not very helpful, however, when I then set it back to static of 192.168.0.254 it worked. I am guessing that the tool cleaned up some registry stuff that it did not tell me about or something.
But it seems ok now. I'll need to watch it to make sure though.
If I change the address to 192.168.0.253 the PV adapter takes it and can connect to the rest of the network and the internet. But as soon as I change it back to .254 it jumps to the 169 IP.
There is some sort of internal IP that it is conflicting with, but I cannot find out what that could be.
Sounds good, expect this server was set to have a static IP that was well outside of the DHCP Range and the DHCP server is also the main router/firewall and gateway to the internet.
There is very little chance that the DHCP server is the culprit here. I would just bounce it if I were on site, but I'm not and I do not want to loose my remote connection.
Xen shows the 169 IP. And I did follow those instructions, removing a few old ghost network cards and rebooted again, no change after this.
The DHCP is on the router they have (a Netgear something or the other, business class though). The server's IP is well outside of the range it is authed to give (192.168.0.100-199).
Firewall is off I believe (but I will check) and this is the DC for the domain, and it was working just fine until I had to hard reset it after a failed attempt to reboot it (this all started due to the need to reboot it, it locked up at "Shutting down Computer").
Ok, so I had an issue with an SBS 2011 server and ended up bouncing it quite hard as it was locked at 100% and Xen could not shut it down. Hard powered the host in order to get it back and running.
But now I have a very odd problem, the Xen PV network adapter is set to have a static IP of 192.168.0.254, but when it comes up it is trying to use its "Preferred" ip of 169.whatever.
According to some google searches this can happen when the there is a duplicate IP on the network, which there is not. I cannot ping in or out from this server.
So a while back I did some updates on Xen and had to re-install the Xen Tools which did not go so well, once issue was it never installed the PV network stuff, and there was a Realtek nic installed, which I configured, but then realized this was wrong and re-installed the Xen Tools, which worked the second time and everything was happy. So I am wondering if the "conflict" is actually between the Xen nic and the now hidden Realtek nic? If so, how in the hell do I get to that hidden nic to change it's config? Or am I barking up the wrong tree here?
I have tried rebooting the server again, hoping that maybe a clean re-boot would fix it, to no avail.
Not sure where to go from here...
I am trying to think of something I could use it for. It's so cheap!!
When they say 500Gb of bandwidth, what does the mean? 500Gb/hour? per day? per year?
Also, for $5/mo you can get double the RAM, double the bandwidth and 5 more Gb of storage. So even if the lowest plan is sold out, the next one up is still very reasonable.
@travisdh1 said in So I bought an abandoned Storage unit in Paradise, CA - Tons of vinage computer stuff was inside.:
Please tell me I wasn't the only one that had a special boot floppy made just to eek enough memory to run that one program that really needed all 4MB of memory?
Nope, I had spent a ton of time getting my memory config right. I remember I had it booting up completely with 620Kb of the 640k free as I had managed to push everything into the upper memory area,
@PSX_Defector said in So I bought an abandoned Storage unit in Paradise, CA - Tons of vinage computer stuff was inside.:
The PS/2 stuff, not so much.
Actually I have pretty much sold all 3 of them. Surprisingly they are very popular machines.
Yeah, the idea of a AMD Ryzen rig with a GeForce GTX1080 built into one of those roundish terminals is interesting.
5160 for me, but I did step through all the others (286, 386, 486 etc)
I've never actually used either TBH. I came up on IBM and IBM clones.
And it has a ton of old stuff in it, as near as I can tell the person who abandoned the unit was a PC Repair tech in the 80s and into the mid 90s. There are tons and tons of stuff in there that I figure some people on here would be interested in looking at.
Here are the pictures from my initial exploration: http://imgur.com/a/0rEIv
If I had the space I'd be repairing and running most of this stuff just to relive the glory days of computer, but alas I do not have the space, plus the SO would probably kill me if I dragged it all home with me.
So I will be trying to sell most, if not all, of it. But I am not too sure I want to have to ship the larger pieces. I plan on having a "Geek Garage Sale" the last weekend on April (if anyone on here is interested in buying anything let me know, or if you are interested in stopping by for the sale).
There is so much stuff, so far I've catalogued nearly 300 ISA cards, hard drives, floppy drives and peripherals, and I've not even started on the bigger things.
https://airtable.com/shraX3xyq3qjiGRVr - Expansion Cards
https://airtable.com/shrA7cS5ApaOun6gd - Drives, motherboards, CPUs etc.
I'm gonna be busy on this for some time.
My first question here would be what type of certs? For DV certs, then I'd say go with LE like everyone says. But if you need EV or Wildcard then you'll need to buy some. I suggest DigiCert.
Stay the hell away from Register.com for certs. Their customer support is horrid and they just re-sell certs and do not allow their customers to speak to the actual CA for support, so any issues take forever to get solved.
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/
I've heard (and read) really good things about that one.
@scottalanmiller said in hola.org - Anyone familiar with it?:
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@jrc said in hola.org - Anyone familiar with it?:
I'd not use it. The "free" aspect of it worries the hell out of me, they have to make money somehow.
Hola generates revenue by selling a commercial version of the Hola VPN service to businesses (through our Luminati brand)
Yes, there is a weird emotional response to loss leaders that I've noticed in IT.
I have no emotional reaction to such things, I merely remain sceptical and ask how it is something can be offered for free, what is the provider getting out of it. In most cases it boils down to ad revenue, but sometimes it can be far more nefarious and I don't want to blindly hand over my soul just to get a shiny toy.
At least when it comes to a paid product the exchange is very clear and easily understood on both ends. I give them money, they use that money to provide said service and make a profit. Simple, time tested. In the case of a free service they provide the service and I give them, what? My eyes to see some ads? Or perhaps my bandwidth to be used be others? My personal private data? You get the idea.
That said, Hola in particular is not one I'd use. I have read many bad things after I used them for a brief amount of time a few years ago.