Future Proofing Server
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Is there a reason you’re making your own access point instead of buying an off-the-shelf one? I know you said you don’t want to spend more, but a proper AP would let you simplify your server and remove the Windows VM entirely while still providing greater than Gigabit speeds (depending on the speed of your switch ports).
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Maybe a stupid question, but isn’t it just easier to get a secondhand AP on eBay or something than deal with this windows WiFi BS?
You ask about future proofing but Windows 10 is EoL in 8 months.
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why ubuntu instead of debian?
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You keep cloning and configuring shit on a Win10 instance because you can't find the key?
That's silly and you should just stop doing that: https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
There you go! One less problem to deal with.
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This is why I asked. Thank you!!!
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Live patching; I don't reboot
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I use one as a backup when problems happen and I go this route for the additional features that routers usually don't have like the spam blocking and vpn.
Window only faces internally so I'm okay w it not getting support and it's only purpose is as an acre point
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This way I get all of the features that I want that including things that off the shelf access points usually didn't have (eg ad blocking, internet accessible storage, and vpn) and for free since it's all 100% made out of old hardware cannibalized from only laptops and workstations.
It's also a perpetual project that forces me to keep the knowledge of how to work with these technologies since I stopped doing it professionally once I became a software engineer.
Also: I'm not too happy w the idea of the software getting old and compromised and adding to the zombie hordes of botnets or letting the Chinese or American governments decide what's best for my home network.
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It's real; I used to use it in my furniture to keep my dogs from chewing on it
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sour apple spray
Doesn't it attract ants etc?
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Window only faces internally so I'm okay w it not getting support
There is room some future proofing.
All your mobile devices connect directly to that Windows. Consider them 'unsafe'. Consider Windows 'unsafe' as well.
'unsafe' + 'unsafe' = incubator for all kinds of trouble IMHO.
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Interesting. How well has this feature been working out for you?
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An AP is just a WiFi point, you can use pretty much any AP with your pfsense router.
That’s what most of us do, using this windows VM just for WiFi is only going to cause you a headache in the future.
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well so far; the only time this machine reboots is when it loses power and it's usually once or twice per year.
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i'd like to replace it with something else; but the wireless network adapter is intel and i can only get 100 megabits using the linux driver whereas i get 1 gigabit using the windows driver.
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i don't think it's real apple and it has no smell, so no; or atleast not yet in the last five or so years.
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it causes headache now since, but i don't think i have another choice if i want faster than 100 megabit speeds.
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What about on major version update?
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they happen when the reboots occur.
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I would not want to expose my home server to the internet. VMs have been breached. I would dump the windows stuff, if nothing else it is not future proof. Consider an AP. Backup consider a hot mount sata enclosure. One can then do swapable high speed backups. I would want off line and off site backups. One issue with rsync is it may not store all file attributes. Just be aware and it may not keep historical snapshots. Some of this depends on how it is configured.
