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Home server (thelemmy.club)
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Built when Netflix first took away password sharing. Thanks for the heads up Netflix! Would not want to start this project now πŸ˜‚

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[–] 18 points 17 hours ago (15 children)

what is that "thing" on top of the desktop chassis? a wifi antenna?

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  • [–] 7 points 17 hours ago (13 children)

    not op, but yeah looks like. my old gaming tower is about to get debian installed and go on perma server duty, and the onboard wifi has an antenna like this, which may let me leave it in the garage.

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  • [–] 10 points 17 hours ago (12 children)

    Oof, do NOT run a server over WIFI. If plain old Ethernet is not an option, get something like this which, no, is not cheap but will offer a MUCH better experience.

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  • [–] 6 points 15 hours ago (1 child)

    That is way too expensive.

    I got a white, flat Ethernet cable and stuck it to the bottom of the baseboard using a very thin double-sided tape. Totally invisible and super cheap.

    The cable: https://a.co/d/09GMOz5k The tape: https://a.co/d/0hhCrXHP

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  • [–] 8 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

    I have a 2 story house (plus basement). I use Moca 2.5. House was built with coax to every room for cable TV. Everything that need high data use (tvs, gaming consoles, pc) gets hardwired. Everything else is on the two mesh routers.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

    Just remember to put a MOCA filter on the line coming into your house from the street. Or disconnect it entirely, if you’re not using the cable connection. Otherwise you’ll be sending all your Internet traffic straight out the cable line to all of your neighbors.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

    Brother I been doing this for 30 years. One size never fits all.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

    And I've been doing it for over 40. WIFI may be acceptable for certain applications, but it's never the best solution.

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