Month: June 2021

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Networking

Setup Router following another main Router IP Address

In this case, I’m using Asus RT-AC59U V2 connected to main router from Internet provider. Before i’m explaining how to do it, the reason why I need to have the same IP address class across network, is to make sharing or ping between them easily.

First, I just realized any computer in the network able to ping computer A that connected to main router via LAN. Meanwhile, computer B that connected from another router can’t received ping from computer A.

After checking on “ipconfig”, I found both machine A and B have different IP address class eg: 192.168.50.xxx and 192.168.4.xxx. This is why cant ping between computer.

Fyi, I’m using both Ubuntu Server and Windows 10 in this network. Where for Windows 10, the firewall already turn off and sharing mode in LAN settings already on.

The Solution

I decided to reset my Asus router. After read through the Asus product documentation https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/RT-AC59U/E15565_RT-AC59U_UM_v2_WEB.pdf I found the culprit is rely on operation mode.

So, my router by default have operation mode as “Wireless router mode”. in WAN settings, it’s received IP from main router. But, when other PC connect to this Asus router, it will have 192.168.50.xx.

Then, I change my ASUS operation mode into Access Point mode and problem solved! All the machine that connected to my router will following the same IP address as main router!

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Ubuntu Listening Who Ping me

Often we want to know who others IP address that currently send ping to our server. To detect this, can use this script

sudo tcpdump -i <YOUR-ETH-DEVICE) icmp and icmp[icmptype]=icmp-echo

#sudo tcpdump -i eth2 icmp and icmp[icmptype]=icmp-echo
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Networking

Mount NTFS shared folder Windows in Ubuntu write access

If you want to mount your shared partition or folder in Windows 10 to be accessible from Ubuntu server, you can use CIFS. Here is the step

sudo mount -t cifs -o user=YOUR-UBUNTU-USERNAME,username=YOUR-WINDOWS-USERNAME,password=YOUR-WINDOWS-PASSWORD,dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0777 //YOUR-WINDOWS-IP-ADDRESS/PATH-FOLDER /media/MOUNT-PATH

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Setup Harvester Farmer Chia with Ubuntu and Windows

Harvesters works as connecting the plots into Farmer via SSL remotely. Single harvesters can contains many plots. And yes, many harvesters can connect to single Farmer, which easier for you decouple from storage depedencies.

If you confuse what is Farmer? This is what farmer looks like

This is the main software that you are running to farming your plots. Farmer must only works in single machine as your only gateway to Chia Network.

Next, what is Harvester? It’s services that running separately than Main software. Ideally, you run this service into separate machine where you store your plots.

So, imagine I have main machine that maximum 20TB capacities and running the Farmer. Also, I have another machine with 120TB plots storage and connected via LAN to the main machine.

Usually, you can share folder so main machine can access the storage. With harvester, you can avoid the hassle in giving permission and make it more secure. This are the step to do it

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Solve Driver Power Failure Windows 10

Suddenly I see this Windows 10 Blue screen of Death “Driver Power Failure” often. No idea why this appear because seems my hardware is fine. To solve this problem, we can do three steps:

First, do the scan health and restore health. Go to Windows Menu -> Open command prompt -> using Administrator mode

Then go type 

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /scanhealth
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

This step should 80% fixing your problem. To handle another edge cases, you can disable power trigger to your system.

Second, go to Device Manager by right click Windows Start Menu. Go to Network Adapter, choose you Ethernet -> Properties -> Power Management. Then disable the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.

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Fixing Foreign Status Dell Poweredge R730 via iDRAC

When you remove the HDD from the bay, the log will be showing information like :

Drive 4 is removed from disk drive bay 1.

When we put back into tray, the log will be showing:

Drive 4 is installed in disk drive bay 1.

Sometimes, the status in Storage showing foreign state. This probably the HDD is part of RAID virtualdisk that detached accidentally. To fix this issue, go to iDRAC setting.

Go to Controller

Click “Setup” Menu and scroll down to Foregin Configuration. Your hdd will be show here. Then just click import to fix it

Idrac foreign state
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Networking

Setup Asus RT AC59U Aimesh Router

Wireless router ASUS RT-AC59U V2 AC1500 have amazing feature called AI Mesh. Which, you can put several wireless router and connect them together as single SSID. This is super helpful feature which you doesn’t need to connect for another wifi ID that have better internet connection.

Its acting literally like our GSM smartphone signal. While we are moving, our phone being transferred from one tower to another tower, without need to see unique ID of each tower.

In simple way, you can make extension or repeater of your wireless without need to use any LAN cable to connect both wifi. Meanwhile, still under single SSID.

To enable AI Mesh is super easy. If you have two ASUS router that support AI Mesh, here are the steps:

  1. Go to your “Node Router” candidate – I called Router 2 – which acting as extension later. Open browser http://192.168.50.1 and login. If you forgot account and password, click reset button. Then, see at the back of your router to know the default factory wifi name, username and password.
  2. Make sure you put two router in close distance eg: 1-3m side by side without wall or barrier. You can also connect LAN from router 1 to router 2. But usually there is IP conflict 192.168.50.1. So, you need to login to your router 2 web GUI to fix the conflict.
  3. Once done, don’t forget to set router 2 as AiMesh Node.
  4. Now, move to router 1 web GUI admin. Choose Operation Mode and make sure you operate as Wireless router mode / AiMesh Router mode (Default).
  5. Click on AiMesh and start to add or you can see it will detecting on side bar on home page. Click on the device and add.
  6. Done! Now you can detach the LAN cable and put your Router 2 to place that need better connectivity eg: second floor or another part of room

Enjoy!

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How To Remote Desktop Ubuntu 21.04

VNC

We can control Ubuntu desktop similar like Windows RDP, which all mouse movement and application is sync and same with the user login in the PC / laptop. We will login similar as graphical desktop.

If you want to have the same experience mirror like Windows Remote Desktop, then you can install install and use X11VNCServer.

sudo apt-get install x11vnc
x11vnc -storepasswd
x11vnc -usepw

Then, you can create a file execution “x11.sh” via SSH or directly to the host PC/Laptop/Server

#!/bin/bash
x11vnc -xkb -noxrecord -noxfixes -noxdamage -safer -forever -display :0 -bg -o /home/YOUR-USERNAME/x11.log

Then you just execute this with 

sh x11.sh

To start connect with your Ubuntu Remote Desktop, you can use several VNC client. My recommendation is https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/viewer/