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• Packages and IP setup

  James Wynhoff • 04/26/2018 at 23:29 • 0 comments

  apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp

  and in  /etc/network/interfaces :

  auto enp3s0:1
  iface enp3s0:1 inet static
  name TFTP Server
  address 172.16.0.251
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  broadcast 172.16.0.255
  network 172.16.0.0

  and then 

  /etc/init.d/networking restart

  ifconfig
  enp3s0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d4:3d:7e:ba:a9:56
            inet addr:10.0.1.74  Bcast:10.0.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
            inet6 addr: fe80::d63d:7eff:feba:a956/64 Scope:Link
            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
            RX packets:433088 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
            TX packets:11424 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
            RX bytes:66214575 (66.2 MB)  TX bytes:1114489 (1.1 MB)
            Interrupt:19

  enp3s0:1  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d4:3d:7e:ba:a9:56
            inet addr:172.16.0.251  Bcast:172.16.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
            Interrupt:19

  Sweet, up and running!

  next I will configure the services!

• Really MSI?

  James Wynhoff • 04/04/2018 at 20:57 • 0 comments

  I just recently got my office in a (mostly) usable state at the new house, and threw my hand usb installer into the PC I was going to use as a server with a fresh 3tb sata drive, I came back to it today and found things were a hot steaming mess, the scripts I have on my auto installer relies heavily on having an internet connection, this was actually the first time I have had a problem with this, I should make everything fail gracefully, it doesn't, it turns it into a hot mess.

  Right away I found the problem, the integrated NIC is putting on a good show, but its all for show.

  It gets a link light, you can detect the interface, but it wont DHCP, and wont respond to static settings, I booted a LiveUSB to confirm it wasnt just an issue with this install, no dice.

  Maybe now I remember why this PC landed in the reuse pile.....

  I know somewhere in this house exists a PCI-E NIC, I just saw it...... a few weeks ago?

  Oh boy..

• It all starts with an ISO...

  James Wynhoff • 04/02/2018 at 22:14 • 0 comments

  Today I will be working on getting the first server set up, I will post its specs here as soon as I figure out what machine I will use...

  Its roles will be:

  TFTP Server (boot SBCs)
  

  Central Log server

  Notification server (using prowl to send messages to the phones)

  Video Transcoding (lowest priority)

  HDMI framegrabber (more details soon)

  It will have a virtual interface sitting at 172.16.0.251 for TFTP serving so I can hard encode the address in uboot and let this be as easy to deploy as possible without interfering with standard network setups.

  
  The base will be Ubuntu 16 Server
  

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