Few weeks ago, Yun
had asked me about our internet service; why we still subscript to a fixed line
data plan as both Ving and I subscribed to an unlimited 4G data plan? I explained to her about the need of a fixed
line as we are currently running a cloud service in our house. I was using Dropbox
for over a period of 2 years and when the compliment data space expired; I was
forced to move 100G+ of photo and movie from Ving’s storage to a mobile hard
drive. The downloading process took me over 20+ hours… a strenuous process and
I decided to host my own cloud service. The searching process was simple, either
synlogy or qnap? No much to compare as I had a budget to follow…. There was a
promotion going on for the TS231+; although I am not satisfy with the ARM
processor, I have to compromise for it.
Installing the
machine was simple; but setting it up was a pain. I am not unfamiliar with the
port forwarding part and the system was up running in less than 30 min.
Everything was ok for the first day but my “cloud” had disappeared on D2. The
machine was running but I was unable to locate and logon to it. Rebooting the
machine is simple solution but yet the cloud disappeared after a day later. It took me a week
to modify the setting and finally I found the culprit – my dlink ip cam
recorder DNR 202L…..
The removal of the
recorder solved the problem. The rest of the learning process was simple and I
am happy with it.
A simple UPS was
added later on and as long as the power failure is less than 1 hours, the
system is good.
I had wanted to
upgrade the fixed line to 300m/100m when I set up my cloud, but I was disappointed
when I found out that my area was not eligible for the service. My 100m/30m
data plan at that moment was running on a double VDSL line basis instead of
optic cable.
When Yun brought
up the question, I ran a check over the net and found that an upgrade to
1G/600M was available…..My eye shinned but yet the fee was way out of my budget;
the fare was RM400/month and the 500M/250M was RM300/month. I opted for the
300M/100M which cost RM100 less and submitted the application.
The contractor
came 3 days ago and the FTTH was installed. The upgrading of the speed was noticeable
but I lost the convenient of having a fixed IP. I had to rely on the DDNS
service provided by the router.
I later found out
that a 100M/50M data plan provided by TMnet cost RM300/month; same price with 1/5
of the speed. No wander when I in law visit me, they were amazed by the surfing speed....
Well, the price of
a 100M/50M in Sri Lanka is RM 75(limited to 100G, additional 1G = RM4). Water fish price by TM.
I considered myself lucky, but felt sorrow as I am so far away from home...
