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Fail1996

Fail1996 1d ago

Cross-shipping nightmares: they received my RMA, I received an empty box · Dedicated Servers

203 days and still no update from OP on whether Contabo actually fixed their process or if this was just one lucky resolution

uma said:
Contabo's system just digests evidence and auto-replies "escalated." Did anyone here actually get a proactive update without chasing?

Hard agree, I still...

Fail1996

Fail1996 5d ago

Who is the most underrated provider you have actually used? · General Discussion

YuriDavid using crypto for billing is a self own honestly 😂 I tried RackNerd once and my IP got listed on five blocklists in a week their abuse desk is a black hole no tickets answered ever I moved to CloudCone and the spam stopped immediately their filtering actually works but nobody talks about t...

Fail1996

Fail1996 9d ago

Another submarine cable cut, another excuse for my latency · Networking

Cable cuts are always the excuse I see this every week my users blame the network when its their $2 vps for that money you get what you pay

I checked my logs last time someone opened a ticket about "routing issues" their container was swapping to disk not even a network problem

Emojis dont lie

Fail1996

Fail1996 14d ago

Looking for anyone willing to peer at IX with 1G commit · Networking

pablo said:
My cousin does the website stuff, I do the routers

PeeringDB is not a website thing, it is a database thing, and if you "do the routers" you should have done this already. I am not trying to be harsh but this is basic hygiene.

Also you should probably not post your ASN in a th...

Fail1996

Fail1996 1mo ago

Moving from cPanel to Hestia with 20 client sites · Web Hosting

LichunLars your script is fire I am coming to test this now now

My addition: fail2ban export/import client IP whitelist is important old cPanel blocklist go go to Hestia no manual work

[code]
# export cPanel deny list
csf -d | awk '{print $1}' > /tmp/banned.txt
# import to Hestia firewall
while...

Fail1996

Fail1996 1mo ago

Open-source billing panel for tiny hosts · General Discussion

Stripe Tax exists now but it's another 0.5% and you still need to know nexus rules yourself

pam3 said:
What about tax handling. You mentioned Stripe and PayPal but no tax engine.
This is the real gap IMO. Not another panel, but a panel that handles EU VAT and US sales tax without me crying...

Fail1996

Fail1996 1mo ago

Looking for anyone willing to peer at IX with 1G commit · Networking

pablo said:
You would not cost me anything extra.

This is how you end up in a NANOG presentation about route leaks

Not saying pablo would leak, but "my boss never checks" is not a good look when someone asks why your AS accepted a full table from a bilateral peer

Fail1996

Fail1996 1mo ago

What do you use for spare parts inventory in single-location DC? · Datacenter Talk

Chen said:
Found a tutorial

Post the link when it works or I will write one. My setup: sqlite with tables for item, count, threshold, last_tested. Cron every 6 hours runs Python, checks count < threshold, sends email via local postfix. 150 lines including comments.

I also log every disk s...