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The original was posted on /r/homelab by /u/JJBAReference on 2024-01-24 09:28:25+00:00.

Alright, so I have a second PC that I plan on using to be able to access some external drives that have a lot of things that I would like to be able to access from any PC at anytime so long as the server PC is on.

Problem is, from what I understand, if you want to use a server, Linux is the go-to solution…and every time I tried to use some sort of wireless, it wouldn’t show up in Windows 10 under Network in File Explorer, or if it did, it didn’t work correctly.

I tried OpenMediaVault, I’ve tried using Ubuntu and trying to get SAMBA shares with that, I’ve tried to install Arch and apparently my signatures are off probably because I’m using an older iso image because I don’t like having to be a gerbil trying to keep up with everything.

I wanted to have this set and forgotten about by yesterday, but at the rate this is going, this is gonna become the weekend project when I got other crap going on in life that I’d rather be concentrating on as opposed to trying to figure out what’s getting in the way of me just trying to do what I actually want to do, which is just to set up a server that isn’t gonna be on all the time. With my work schedule, I might not use the server all that much unless it’s a weekend, which I don’t get as many of as I used to. The idea is that I see no reason for this server to get hacked by some crypto-bro/black hat coomer when it’s not gonna be on all the time, and even then, the whole idea is to just be able to access drives that I don’t want connected to my main desktop PC/laptop all the time due to how much they slow everything down anytime I try to do anything on them when they’re plugged into their respective PCs.

I know the ideal is to get a bunch of internal WD Red Drives, and particularly the ones before they started cheaping out a few years ago from what I remember hearing about back then, and then plug them into some Synology thing with RAID, but my finances haven’t been the best, and I’m more focused on taking care of bills and building my savings back up to where I have a real financial cushion and some peace of mind. As far as backups go, I got some extra drives that I can use to make copies so it’s not like I’m screwed.