There are only like 4 movies I want to watch when I'm away from home and they are stored on my laptop. I had plex setup for outside use but didnt use it that much and figured when I did I was only interested in 4 movies. Step brothers - The greatest beer run - the big Lebowski - master and commander! I get em straight from the source Im home at the time why would i use the download feature??
The scary part and the reason I never paid is because I think they will shut down plex soon. No one is paying for streaming services anymore and those giants will start coming down on the gov to do something about it. EU is coming down pretty hard on IPTV and torrent sites already.
The ipad is fine I have a secure network no porn and no voice over roblox. The trick is not to just take it but give them the 10 min warning and they will just bring it to you. We always check his communications and remind him not to share any personal information with anyone online. He has a healthy relationship with the internet and his devices. Sometimes to get his ipad he needs to go for a walk with me which makes for good conversation and it’s good for his health.
Its good for weapon manufacturers! Its going to raise gas prices and basically everything will be more expensive for us. The rich will get richer fuck the rest of us.
I began my self-hosting journey in 2021 with the goal of hosting a game server for friends so they would not need to pay for external hosting. Through onsite IT work, I acquired several 6th and 8th generation i7 systems from companies that were downsizing or upgrading. After adding inexpensive NVMe storage and APC battery backups, the environment grew quickly.
What started as a single server eventually expanded to three dedicated game servers running 27/4, supporting up to 270 concurrent players at peak. These servers have been up for almost 4 years now.
ISP router configured in bridge mode if I return it they take away a discount.
Network Infrastructure
Router: UDM Pro
Switch: USW 16-Port PoE
Access Point: AC Pro
Infrastructure Services
DNS Server
Raspberry Pi 4 (4 GB RAM)
DietPi OS
Running Pi-hole for DNS filtering
Game Server Infrastructure
All game servers are connected to APC battery backups and maintain approximately 99% uptime, with downtime only occurring during scheduled maintenance. A custom watchdog script automatically restarts servers if a crash occurs.
Game Server 1
i7 6th Gen
24 GB RAM
500 GB NVMe storage
Windows Server 2019
Game Server 2
i7 8th Gen
32 GB RAM
500 GB NVMe storage
Windows Server 2019
Game Server 3
i7 8th Gen
28 GB RAM
500 GB NVMe storage
Windows Server 2019
Virtualization / Homelab
Proxmox Server
i7 12th Gen
40 GB RAM
1 TB NVMe storage
External USB Media Drive – 22 TB (with backup)
Current Services
Jellyfin – Replacing all commercial streaming services (currently LAN only, working on secure remote access)
Planned Additions
NGINX – Reverse proxy for secure external access
Apache Guacamole – Replace RemotePC for remote access
Tailscale – Replace Surfshark for private networking
Vaultwarden – Replace RoboForm for password management
If you think there are better options please let me know so I can do my research!
I can open the required port without issue. However, I would like to further educate myself on reverse proxy configurations, as I believe this would be the most secure and appropriate approach. Thank you!
Cloudflare has the cheapest prices and the fastest DNS record changes there is no reason to use anyone else.