Yes that's usually the case with vPN providers but with Witopia that's
certainly not the case and that's another reason I've stuck with Witopia over
the last 7 years.
The Witopia VPN client is as easy to use or as configurable as you need it to
be but its probably the wrong place to go into all that on an audio list <smile>
As well as the client you can configure Witopia completely manually if that's
what you prefer to do which I certainly do, I only suggested the client as it’s
a very simple interface in its default form which offers Open VPN - probably
the most secure form of VPN to date - by default unless you change it.
Take a look at http://www.witopia.net and you'll see a whole heap of stuff you
can read, everything from FAQ stuff to detailed support guides to get you up
and running on just about every computer platform known out there and probably
a few that aren't so well known.
Witopia also offer a "Coakbox", a stand-alone hardware VPN solution which may
suit a lot of people, when this thing is set up then all the user need do is to
switch from the main network to another with whatever device they wish to use.
-----Original Message-----
From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Aman Singer
Sent: Monday, 21 May 2018 1:17 PM
To: all-audio@groups.io
Subject: Re: [all-audio] Intel Nuc
Hi Dane and all,
Personally, I like to avoid VPN clients from VPN services, they are
usually closed source and any closed source security application is suspect
just because the source isn't available. This usually isn't malice, it's plain
stupidity, the world is filled with perfect encryption solutions which turned
out to be trash when an unbiased someone looked at them. Personally, I would
use OpenVPN, StrongSwan, etc, these are accessible, open source, will allow you
to connect to most services, and you can at least hope that the implementation
isn't absolutely full of holes.
Aman
-----Original Message-----
From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2018 4:32 PM
To: all-audio@groups.io
Subject: Re: [all-audio] Intel Nuc
Yep, you could use an Intel Nuc as a VPN and media player without any trouble
at all as I can do with mine, I successfully used it yesterday.
You need a VPN Client from a particular VPN company of your choice - I use
Witopia given the 24/7 support I’m able to get and accessibility of the client.
If you’re going to use an Intel Nuc for this sort of thing then you certainly
don’t need anything too powerful.
> On 20 May 2018, at 4:19 am, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm sure you could do the surver thing. But Dain would know better. As for
> what people do with these little things I've heard of people hooking them to
> the TV and using them as a Media Center of sorts. Which is pointless now
> thanks a lot Microsoft. Yeah yeah there's Plex and stuff but I don't know how
> all that compairs in epicness to Windows Media Center.
>
>
> On 5/19/2018 2:15 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote:
>> Hi!
>> Ok, this might sound like i am going to bash all these machines people seem
>> to have in there houses but i am just curious.
>> Myself i have a mac mini from 2011 a macbook air which is my daily computer
>> and a very old pc from 2009 which i have linux on.
>> I have 2 raspberry pie’s which i don’t know what to do with them and 2 ipad
>> minis an Iphone SE and my nokia 8 for daily use.
>> So i also have a lot of units.
>> But i am very curious on what you all who have these nuk’s and rasperry pies
>> and other small intresting units do with them?
>> What can you do in regards to audio and video on these machines.
>> Can you have for example a raspberry pie 3 as a vpn server so that i can
>> listen through that device to bbc 5 Live which i really want to do.
>> I guess you can have these things for many tasks but my inspiration is gone
>> right now so i am really wondering i have to have these machines around.
>> /A
>>
>>> 19 maj 2018 kl. 11:56 skrev Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net>:
>>>
>>> Thanks for this and I followed up the Gigabyte Brix.
>>> I have two of the Intel Nuc basic versions running at the moment so
>>> obviously my third box for want of a better description was going to be
>>> something a little more powerful, the Brix and Nuc both offer an Intel I7
>>> that would fit my specifications so now the question is which one to buy?
>>> If anyone’s looking at the basic Nuc and Brix? Well they’re similar but the
>>> Nuc does have 2 USB 3.0 ports whereas the Brix has 4 USB 2.0 ports,
>>> something to think about.
>>> On the audio side the Intel Nuc has 3 outputs, analogue, SPDIF and HDMI for
>>> audio.
>>> I use one of my Intel Nuc machines with JAWS and FS Reader as a dedicated
>>> portable DAISLY player.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 17 May 2018, at 1:34 pm, Aman Singer <aman.sin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> There are many boxes like this and like you, Dane, I think they're
>>>> excellent. They're particularly good for blind users, running with no
>>>> screen is simple and they are easy to move and run off a battery if
>>>> necessary. My favourite are the Gigabyte Brix models, but I have used both
>>>> the Zotac Zbox and the Intel NUC. All work well.
>>>> Aman
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of
>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 6:32 AM
>>>> To: all-audio@groups.io
>>>> Subject: [all-audio] Intel Nuc
>>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>> For those looking for a box to use as say a media player by the bedside or
>>>> something to hook up to the entertainment system in the lounge then you
>>>> might like to take a look at some of Intel’s Nuc offerings.
>>>> I’ve built several of these machines here and what amazes me about the Nuc
>>>> is what you get in the package.
>>>> I have one of the basic models in front of me on the desktop now, its
>>>> around 4 inches square by 3 inches high and yet its dripping with
>>>> functionality all over it.
>>>> Starting on the top lower left hand corner is the power button.
>>>> On the front panel are 2 USB 3.0 ports On the left hand side is a
>>>> SD card reader And on the back are 2 USB 3.0 ports, input for a power
>>>> adapter, a HDMI port, headphones/optical digital audio out, VGA Video port
>>>> and LAN port .
>>>> So that’s the connectors and then there’s the built-in stuff like Wi-Fi
>>>> and Bluetooth connectivity.
>>>> This model is only a Dual Core unit running at 2.6GHZ but fast enough to
>>>> browse the web, play media files, watch video and so on, I’ve not seen any
>>>> sluggishness yet in all my tests with the Nuc machines I’ve had and again
>>>> I’m using the very basic models.
>>>> This particular machine I’m using has 8GB of RAM installed and a 500GB to
>>>> boot though storage wasn’t really an issue given the connectivity of this
>>>> machine and given I have NAS storage available.
>>>> So a nice little piece of kit, the Nuc including parts worked out to well
>>>> under $500.
>>>> I had to purchase the RAM and the Hard drive.
>>>> There are stores on eBay who will build the machine up to your particular
>>>> specifications.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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