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Ok I got them for you. As it happened not only did I end up installing 20 new modules we had a faulty 6 Bay chassis and the sent us a new one and didn’t want the old unit back so I have loads of them now! Send me a DM with an address and I will post you whatever you need.

You can PayPal me the postage cost once I’ve sent them. They will only go in the skip otherwise.

Your lucky day... I’m about to install 15 x 5406 ZL modules so I will have plenty going spare. They will be available next week how many do you need?

Hiwatch by Hikvision. 4 Ch NVR with built in PoE switch. Excellent free software for PC/Android/IOS use any HDD you might have handy. Just CAT5 the cameras to the NVR and connect the LAN port to your power line adapter and your done. This is the simplest system I’ve ever worked with, just love them.

This is affecting more than just RDP connections. The latest update appears to have stopped SHA1 from being negotiated completely. I’ve had all sorts of issues with connections with VPN clients. Certainly with SonicWall VPN clients stored credentials are being used that can no longer be negotiated. Domain\username no longer works but user@domain does. Evidently all servers performing AD auth must be updated. Admins all over the world are suddenly finding themselves unable to login to servers using RDP/RDS from Windows unless the servers are updated. This Registry Mod IS NOT A FIX it’s a FUDGE it only forces the clients OS to ask for a lower level of server/host connection rather than the one being requested after the latest update.

I’m in the process of rolling out an HPE Switching and Ruckus solution for a new build. Wasn’t my first choice, but Unifi was dismissed from the race early on as the support wasn’t deemed mature enough, the lack of Layer 3 routing and stacking options make even Netgear look more feature rich. Many of its current limitations will I’m sure be overcome as it is an SDN product with constant ongoing development. Remember that Ubiquiti was a P2P and WISP provider long before it launched Unifi. It’s not a new product, just a constantly evolving one. This is its key strength and is still attracting users on a remarkable scale. (Declaration of interest) I still hold a significant number of UBNT shares in my SIPP! The established brand names have all recently undergone many mergers and acquisitions as they too seek to evolve into fully integrated wireless and wired platforms capable of delivering wire line speeds and security. Unifi have been doing this since it’s inception. I still try to remain totally impartial and appreciate that every vendor has its strengths and weaknesses but in a climate where staffing and budgets are being cut to the bone who really cares what brand of WiFi you choose as long as it does what you need it to do. Alas, in my own experience as schools continue to cut back on technical staff and salaries they seem to have no choice but to spend more on sophisticated and more expensive outsourced systems in the hope that these will look after themselves and negate the need to employ people who know their stuff! As for Dual cable runs to ceiling outlets, Every commercial installation now seems to accept this as the standard. In two recent School designs I’ve been involved in where this has been recommended its been cut back as an unnecessary overspend by the LEA/EFA It seems that 10Gig base T is expected to become the norm for WiFi points. Smart Rate ports are just a bump in the roadmap. I’ll let the community here debate that one... 🤨

All of the above. Most of the Network/LAN units Ive worked with have Proxy settings buried in the management settings but in fairness we have a dedicated gateway configured to route PCI-DSS traffic with ACLs and Firewall rules applied. 3G devices with M2M sims are common and widely used but it will normally be your payment gateway provider that supplies them. I remember back in 2004 paying for Fuel in a rental car at the last petrol station on the road to Cape Reinga https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitiki_Landing The unit had a mobile cellphone attached to it! Glad to say they are fully integrated now!

I don’t believe this to the case. Ofcom drag their feet over everything especially if there’s no license income to be gained from it. Some of the responses from Aerospace and Ham Radio enthusiasts seem to be negative and others are insisting on limitations of 40Mhz channel use. DFS defence continues to be an issue, I have 90 Unifi APs in the Heathrow flightpath and these regularly detect Radar Interference and suddenly switch channels. So, I don’t think they have actually made any decision as yet but if they do will it not require approval from CEPT/FCC? Apparently not as BREXIT may provide a solution... Consultation on Ofcom’s plans closes in July. Global harmonisation across the 5GHz band will not happen before 2020 at the earliest, following discussion at WRC-19. But the good news for Brexit supporters is that the UK can go ahead and open up the 5725-5850MHz band – without waiting for its European neighbours to collectively decide to do the same – as there is no legally binding EC Decision that restricts the UK from doing so. Who really cares anyway, VM and BT will just ship dodgy routers configured for 160mhz channels as default and increase the noise floor by 40db as default just to meet silly advertising claims. You don’t really expect them to adhere to international regulations do you? There are shareholders waiting for a return!

As you are looking to expand an existing network what do you have in place already? Daisy chaining switches to extend networks isn’t good practice, what’s in the cabinets you are going to uplink from? Do you have connectivity back to your core switch? Where is the node that will control the speaker system? What type of datagram/protocols will need to traverse the various uplinks to reach these devices? Are you using VLANs? I have a vision of somebody in the main office pressing a PTT button and flooding the network with multicast packets [emoji23]

Cloudcall is used at two of our call centre clients. They have 20 IP phones and use the same BT Leased line used for the Internet. Switches/Firewall all use QOS and reserved bandwidth. They get UK calls free, UK mobiles cheaper and some Overseas numbers reduced all in the package. As Recruiters they spend all day on the phones with a vast amount of calls made to overseas mobiles. Now with no PBX, Licenses or Line rentals to pay for just VoIP handsets to buy they pay on average £1000 per month and think that’s good? I personally use SipGate Basic at home on Virgin Broadband cost nothing at all and as I have a zillion minutes every month on the mobile very rarely make an outbound call on my VoIP line so £10 credit keeps it happy. I’ve finally got around to binning my BT line after paying £67 per quarter for years and years.

Are any updates safe to apply? I guess that’s down to your own interpretation of safe! We had a Business Critical incident yesterday after two updates KB4093108 and KB4093118 were applied to Win 7 Pro machines. Two out of 3 machines stopped printing overnight from a bespoke access database that generates Invoices. After a few hours of head scratching by using using Procmon we identified that the only working PC was connecting to the databases UNC path with the SMB1 short netbios name \\server-file\database\mydata.mdb The ones with the latest update were connecting with SMB2/3 using the FQDN path, \\server-file.mydomain.local\mydata.mdb The database itself was fine allowing input, searching, indexing etc but printing which outputs to a Word document resulted in a VB error. Users drives are mapped using GP’s and the working PC had not yet applied the WUS updates, it was pending a restart so we knew it was update related. We ended up working around the issue by remapping the UNC path by legacy login scripts to the shortened NETBIOS server name instead of the FQDN thus forcing SMB1 (The server is 2012 and will still accept SMB1 if negotiated) The latest updates appear to have no impact on any other systems of which there are 30+ it only hit these three PC’s that need to use the legacy Access Database. So, as always the MS security roll ups can have some very strange side effects especially on older VB based apps that you may have over looked, so as always be prepared to have to go the extra mile before blaming the updates for a problem as in my case I have been expecting this for years... the developer by now would be in his 80’s and I suspect the only support would be via Ouija Board! We are now going to have to move these databases into a dedicated share on a 2012 server as everything else will shortly be moving onto 2016 where SMB1 is no longer supported whilst the business owner expedites an alternative Invoicing solution. I’ve come to expect issues with every update, especially where client systems and applications are concerned anything more than a couple of years old is vulnerable and anything not Microsoft relies on a 3rd party to provide its own updates to match. Expect the unexpected.

And these people teach our kids! How Sad...

There’s always a Delboy somewhere and yes, the prices I posted here are of course the MSRP as this forum is not a flea market and official dealers are free to set their own margin. Of course, due diligence and 3 quotes needed, that’s what your finance team will insist on.

Twice if not three times the price! An R310 is about £360 the R510 is £560 and an R710 is over £1k so significantly more expensive than all of the Unifi equivalents. These seem to be similar in cost to other tier one products from the likes of Cisco, Aruba etc. Remember, Unleashed is the non Controller version uses a Master Slave system to replicate and provide distributed management similar to Aruba’s Instant and Netgear’s Ensemble mode. There are limits to the number of AP’s that can be managed in this manner but most are easily upgraded to a controller based solution when these are eventually reached but a neat way to get advanced Enterprise Wifi features for a lower capex.

It wasn’t that long ago when the only Wifi vendor allowed to be promoted on this forum was Ruckus. Oh my how that has changed... The 1st gen AC points (the square ones) used a different chip set as did the first gen AC outdoor. This means that they need to maintain code they neither want or need so rest assured they will drop support of legacy hardware at the earliest opportunity. The Gen 1 AC points didn’t work out for us, they always ran hot, over heated and sometimes killed the injectors . (If any one wants some PM me as I still have a couple BNIB). The latest current firmware release is definitely affecting our older standards and Pro AP’s. They have begun disconnecting and rebooting and injectors have failed in some cases associating clients but not passing packets. Fortunately having AC Pros spare we have just replaced them and all is fine. Some of the older units have given sterling service for well over 5 years so they don’t owe us anything but it’s quite clear that when Unifi decide it’s time for them to go EOL, a code tweak will see them in to landfill. Ubiquiti’s business model is somewhat unique in this market sector which they describe as “disruptive”. The large number of class action law suits against them in progress over some of these activities is worthy of note. There can be no doubt they continue to gain popularity here due to cost, they are great value for money even if the feature set isn’t as rich as some of the tier 1 vendors but IMOHO this should be an important factor when choosing a WiFi vendor. Selection on cost alone is always a bad move. Look at all of the mergers and acquisitions of WiFi and switch manufacturers HP Aruba, Ruckus Brocade, Fortinet Meru etc etc. Increased demand at the AP means you will inevitably need more than single 1Gb uplinks. 10G BaseT copper uplinks and Smart Rate switch ports will provide this and the vendors that have managed to assimilate WiFi and switches are now giving us 2.5Gb and 5Gb and even 10Gbe Fibre AP connections. Ruckus dropped off the radar after its botched sale and resale by Broadcom and Brocade and to be honest like many I had written them off as a viable option with many schools faced with Rip and Replace due to prohibitive license costs and limited upgrade options. Clearly they have now taken action to address this and have now changed their business model to a more traditional channel and distribution in an effort to re-establish themselves in a sector they once dominated. The WiFi wars are not over, in some ways they are just beginning again. The Radios have evolved to a point where there is little more that can be done without regulatory changes but the demand now is for higher density AP’s Multiple radios, intelligent antenna arrays with AP’s capable of associating 000’s of users, 10Gbe ports with Smart Rate switching is the order of the day and most of the top tier vendors have this now. Unifi don’t as yet, even the AC Pro HD only has a single 1 Gb port with a second for bridging, although Link Aggregation was slated to be enabled in Firmware 5.4.x I’ve yet to try it. But they are at least 50% of the cost of an Aruba or Ruckus point. With budgets strained as they are its an easy choice to pick Unifi and win brownie points with the Bursar, but as soon as you have the need for clever tricks you will start scratching around for work arounds and bolt on’s. Easy secure On boarding features such as DPSK are still just on the horizon for Unifi where they are standard on the “other” tier 1 vendors. You get what you pay for, It’s still the finer details like these that can let them down and many Unifi users all over the world will also tell you that being used as beta tester can be very frustrating. Do your research, listen to your peers but do remember one size doesn’t fit all.

Over the years we have deployed hundreds of Lenovo’s and never had a problem with the “Think” models. I’ve got one myself and would always consider them as good as any. That said, the V110 is a consumer grade product as is the S series desktop pc. These seem to self destruct without a great deal of effort needed on the part of the users and are not really worthy of your desk space... In fairness this seems to be the case for all of the leading vendors in that anything designed for the budget conscious consumer market really shouldn’t be on your shopping list. Back to the old Fast, Cheap, Good rule... pick any two.

I can’t get over the number of businesses that I work with still have the idea that because GDPR has the word “Data” in it, its all down to the IT guy to sort it out....

So, Firstly your trying to compare an albeit EOL $600 Ruckus AP with a $80 Unifi AP that is specifically designed to operate as part of an SDN Enterprise system. It was never designed to be operated in a stand alone mode (although it can be) is not really valid critique. The client adapters even on the end of a USB extension lead, have no antennas to speak of and are designed to be used in a desktop parked underneath an overhead AP. Under the Plugs and Sockets Safety Regulations Act 1994 (S.I 1994/1768) since 1st Feb 1996 it is mandatory for all UK resellers to provide you with a "moulded" BS1363 mains lead or compliant UK conversion plug. You should change your supplier. You can't compare these products (or any other vendors for that matter) unless you do so on a like for like basis. Unifi is an incredible product for its price point but your comparison is like comparing a Dacia to a Mercedes. Most WiFi vendors have bought out some pretty rubbish APs over recent years which is why most have spent the last few years buying each other up for staggering amounts of money! Ubiquiti have plodded on designing and building innovative products at an affordable cost. In doing so they have completely disrupted the marketplace. Ubiquiti do plenty of other products apart from Unifi that could have the same job in true stand alone mode. I've used NSM5's in Station Mode and got a connection hundreds of yards away. Sounds like you haven't selected the right equipment for the task in hand.

Aruba Instant, or Netgear Business AP's https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N4DV491?tag=ps-uk-netgear-02-21&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Both have Standalone or Cloud options. The new Netgear kit can be scaled up and out and includes some really advanced features. Not renowned for their previous wireless efforts the latest kit is now a really serious contender and should not be passed over. Lets face it they have been making AP's for years for almost every ISP in the UK I am and always will be a staunch Unifi advocate, we have them running Radius and now 8 SSIDs they seem to go from strength to strength with each new release but, If your looking for a turnkey solution that you can just install a single AP and walk away, the Aruba Instants and Netgear WAC's are a good call.

ITV Encore. Swedish Police, Mystery, Occult, Drama series. Season 2 Season 1 was weird and 2 even more so. I can only assume it's because the Swedes spend much longer in the dark than we do it seriously affects their minds. But now they have started linking Masonic activities to cover ups and other strange phenomenon such as parasites in human hosts, a group of people called others, evidence tampering and people turning into wood! Maybe it's not that crazy after all! I'm hooked...

Am I the only person watching Jordskott ???

Nothing wrong with Yealink phones but do be wary of the cheaper models. Only 10/100 LAN ports and no support for EHS switching. I started by buying the cheaper models then came unstuck later. If the old buy cheap buy twice phraseology certainly applies to SIP phones. The microphones in the handsets are susceptible to damage through moisture contamination. When they start crackling too much they need drying out for a bit.

Updated, http://freeview.co.uk At least they have acknowledged the issue and updated the website.

It appears that around 21:00hrs 31/09 most Freeview MUX in the South East went down or to very low power. The Freeview.co.uk web server also went off line. Downdetector.co.uk is reporting the same this morning. Having to watch on broadband/Sky today.

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