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Cheers Guys for all the suggestions... sounds like we're going to have a messy night come Saturday!!

Thanks Guys for the posts, will take a look over them! Cheers Matt

So I'm best man for a mates wedding and we have got the "Stag Do" this weekend (30th June). Has anybody got any ideas of party games/dares that they have tried and tested on such occasions in the past!! Thanks Matt

Thanks both... I've put an order in for one of those books! Regards Matt

Thanks Geoff, I just want to find out really what "junk" is flying around the network that shouldn't be flying around the network... but I'm unsure what I should be looking for in the captures to spot what is "junk" and what is needed etc When I run a capture I see alot of Broadcast ARP requests, I don't know what's nornal or not, I get many NBNS querries looking for some computer names that don't exist on the network, I get lots of "Host Announcments" - "Potential Browser", again I don't kniow if this is "normal" or a mis-configuration somewhere in the setup of the computers If somebody has a guide or can point out things that I shouldn't worry too much if I see them in a caputure file or things that if I see them then "hey you've got a problem" then that would be a great help! Thanks

Hi All, Does anybody have some kind of easy to follow guide to using Wireshark, i.e. things to look out for in captures / what's good / what's bad I've hunted around and can't seem to find anything, and the caputure files are often a mindfield! Many Thanks, Matt

Many Thanks Peter for the scripts you use. I will try them out on our setup. Matt

Hello, We are trying to develop a new Intranet page for our school using Joomla, we operate a 2 Week timetable and so, what we would like on the HomePage is some kind of coding/script that would display the current date (that's easy enough) but would also display whether we were currently on Week 1 or Week 2 for the timetable. Is anybody able to point me in the right direction of how we get this working? Or does anybody have a code already to do this or similar? I've never done any coding before, so don't really know where to start on this! Many Thanks Matt

Few more hours left on this if anybody is interested in having such a device at home/in school! eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace Thanks Matt

It kind of helps, but I still can't seem to get my ACL's working correctly!! How come, (For testing) when I put a Deny rule in and place it at the very top of the list "1 - Deny 192.168.1.0/24 Any Any Any" with no other rules, or allow rules or anything, I am still able to connect to the Wireless Network and get an IP Address from the DHCP server? - I thought that putting in the 192.168.1.0/24 would block out everything on that network range? Then I would need to put allow rules in for my DNS/DHCP/ and Smoothwall server to get access?? Cheers Matt

Right, I've got things preety much working... in this test setup, but I want to restrict access to the network with some ACL's At the mo, I have got setup on my Ruckus Guest Network, the option - Full (Wireless clients will be unable to communicate with each other or access any of the restricted subnets.) I understand that I need to configure the ACLS under the Restricted Subnet Access in the Guest Access Menu - currently I have nothing set in here other then the default DENY rule for the controller on the 172 Address (Deny 172.16.244.40/22) My VLAN for the Guest network is on the 192.168.1.0 Network - with no settings in place, I am able to get a DHCP address/DNS and access to the Internet, I am also able to PING all the machines connected to the 192 network which I don't want to be able to!! I've tried putting a deny rule on 192.168.1.0/24 and this then stops me being able to authenticate with the Smoothwall server - But it still allows me to get an IP Address from the DHCP server (and that's without putting in a rule to allow DHCP) The smoothwall is on 192.168.1.90, the DHCP server is 192.168.1.90 I've checked the Ruckus guide for the infomation on the ACLS on Guest Access and it's rather basic! Thanks Matt

Thanks... I'll try the setup tomorrow (on the same as ADSL for now just for testing) would I be right in thinking that if I kept it away from the ADSL address range then I would need to install another NIC into the smoothwall server? So I'll have 3 in my setup - 1 for 172.x.x.x (School Network) 1 for 192.168.1.x (To get on the ADSL) And a third for a different IP Range for the guests? Thanks for your replies and tips! I feel I'm "almost" there with what I want to achieve!

I've had a play around today... got preety close to it working but not all the way... I used the DHCP coming off the ADSL router, on the VLAN for the Guests, and had the Network cable from the Smoothwall Box on the same 192. interface going into that VLAN, I could connect to the guest network, it would redirect me to the Ruckus pages tell me it's redirecting, then let me straight out onto the internet with no Filter... it couldn't go via the smoothwall. I've setup Transparent Proxy filter... I think I need to maybe switch off DHCP on the ADSL router, pop a DHCP/DNS server in between and point the default gateway to the Smoothwall Box on the 192.x interface, so that it will then redirect me to the Smoothwall SSL login page for the users to authenticate with AD... do you think I'm on the right lines? Or... get the Firewall modules installed on the smoothwall box!! This is all in a demo/trial mode setup at the mo before we decide which route we go down.

Thanks Ashm, Our Smoothwall doesn't have the DHCP option under services, I think that is only available on the Smoothguardian + Firewall setup?? We have just got the Smoothwall Network Guardian, Guardian Web Security. I'll see how much a bolt for it would be, otherwise I'll just setup an old box to act as a DHCP Server for that VLAN. Cheers Matt

Ahh that makes so much sense, but I don't think our version of Smoothwall allows for the DHCP/DNS but I will check... With this kind of setup, can you "see" from the ruckus controller which guests are on the wifi? Or would you need to find this out from your smoothwall box? Thanks

Hi, In my head I know what I want.... putting it all together I'm not 100% sure on! I will try and expalin as best as I can, and hopefully somebody will guide me in the correct directions. I would like to setup:- Guest WiFi Access for Students to connect their own devices Guest Users to be on a totally different IP Range to what the school network runs on, for added security Students to be able to authenticate to the WiFi using there Active Directory user names and passwords Gain access to the Internet via the Proxy Server, which would sit on the schools IP Range Have the one DHCP server, but with two scopes, 1 for 172.16.x.x (School Network) and 1 for 192.168.x.x (Guest Wifi) It sounds so simple, is all the above possible??. We have a Smoothwall Proxy Server running G3, Ruckus Wireless, D-Link Smart Switches (DGS-1216T, DGS-1224T, DGS-1248T) - Windows Server 2003 / Active Directory I have setup a test switch, and have created on it a VLAN for Guests, I have also created a Guest WiFi SSID, and put a tag on it for the Guest VLAN, I have setup a temp DHCP server to fire out IP Address on a different range, and that seems to be working... School WiFi I gte a 172.16.x.x address, Guest WiFi I get a 192.168.x.x address I obvioulsy need to do something to the uplinks on each switch port for this to work across all switches (I only have it running on 1 test switch at the mo)... I will also need to do something I'm guessing on the port of the switch where the Ruckus ZoneDirector sits? Would I need to install another Network Card in the DHCP server with an IP Address for the 192.168.x.x, Would I also need another network card in the Smoothwall Server for the 192.168.x.x How would the Wireless Guests/Students authenticate to the Active Directory if thats on the 172.16 and they will be on the 192.168.x.x Any hints/tips/guides would be gratefully recieved... I have looked across many forum postin and websites, and whilst some things have been useful alot has been no help in the particular setup Many Thanks Matt

If anybody is interested I have a Level One WPG-1000 Wireless Projector Server for auction on E-Bay, this device will allow you to plug ANY projector to this access point and using the software provided, will allow you to connect your Laptop/Computer/Tablet PC to your projector wirelessly, the device also access as a Access Point to the network to access file shares/internet. Comes with Power Cable / Electronic User Guide / Software I have a number of these units available if anybody is interested but have just put one online for now to see how it goes. eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace Thanks Matt

I'm very Interested... could you possibly send me over some images? Thanks Matt

I'm also interested if something falls thr'... Thanks

YEY!!! A Cuddly Toy! - I promise I will look after it and treat it well! I am fully aware that a Cuddly Toy is for life and NOT just for Christmas!!! Cheers Guys!

Funny that this topic has come up... I went along to the Chill Factore in Manchester a week last Friday, with a group of 6th Form Students and whilst we were there we bumped into Rio Ferdinand, His Wife and two children! He was happy enough to have a chat and pose for a few photos! Met a few others Celebs in random places...

@ glennda - Well that is 1 possible solution...

Hmmm a quick google search using some key words has brought back this:- RM Connector Does anybody know of a free alternative? Thanks

Hi All, We've just taken delivery of 2 x HP Mini 100e Netbooks for student use with a view of possibly buying 22 more. Whilst I am fully aware of the limitations of Windows 7 Starter (I knew this before purchasing) does anybody know of any programs or scripts that they have used to easily allow a student to access their "Home" Drives or Network Share Drives. I'm sure I heard a few years ago that somebody (like RM??) had made or was making a little app to allow such a thing for when they first started selling netbooks with Windows XP Home Edition installed. These little devices are ideal, and are coming in a such a great price! On another note... does anybody know of a simple way to HIDE the Wireless Security Key (WPA2-PSK) in Windows 7?? Windows XP always hid the passkey/code behind stars, but Windows 7 allows the user to "Show Characters" on the Network security key.. nice one Microsoft!!! Thanks Matt

I want to do something similar, but would rather put the Guest users on a totally different IP Range, and allow them only internet access which would go out on our Proxy Server which would be on the school network address schema. How would I do this? We have a Ruckus ZoneDirector 1000 with the 7952 Access Points... i know the feature request has been asked many times on the Ruckus forums for having a built in DHCP for the different VLANS and I'm also aware that a feature request to better handle forward proxing on guest networks has been asked for but none of these features have yet made it into a firmware release. What's the best way we can move on and get this working with what we already have... our server is Windows 2003 Thanks Matt