JJanisch

At the moment my school has unfiltered access to YouTube. For the last couple of months we've not had one instance of it being abused though, as far as I have been made aware.

I've been waiting since September w/ that message - Google's interpretation of 'weeks' and ours is not the same!!

I've been working in IT Support for schools for a couple of years now and have been thinking about going self employed and taking on a few schools in the local area as my own little startup. Fortunately I think I could persuade 3 schools to be on board from the get-go. In my current position (IT Manager) I work by myself and provide support for three primary schools, however I am starting to notice a change in direction from my main employer which I might not be very happy with. I'd like to take things into my own hands a little bit and provide my own services as well as expanding on my web development for schools. Is there anyone on here that does this or knows someone who does something similar? I would love to ask a couple Q's and get a feel for it. Cheers.

I've just got in a few quotes and I'm still deciding on AC or Pro. I've heard that AC lacks in some features, although "accidentally" should I say? I've seen a few posts from a month+ ago speculating a fix would be on the way (not sure on the status of this as it stands), but if everyone has had a great experience with the Pro's then should I save some cash there anyway? Edit, this was just over a month ago - anyone know of changes?: "Do the comments in this thread still apply to the UAP-AC with the latest firmware installed? I'm also checking currently on whether to buy a UAP-AC or UAP-Pro. Any advize? Given that more and more devices are shipped with 802.11ac, I rather prefer to buy the slightly more expensive UAP-AC, but if this comes at the cost of stability, I'm not so sure anymore..." "UAP-PRO is still more stable. UAP-AC still have some lacking features like Zero HandOff, Wireless Uplinks and SNMP support."

I've been trying to sign up since September, doesn't look like they're actively trying to fix registration

Haha I thought you might have liked the original post

Good point about the drive mappings too. Remote it is, cheers.

EDIT: Wait, what? EDITx2: Thanks Drewfus, speak to you later. Btw fix my e-mail, thank you!

On second thought, I could set up some sort of remote conny onto either the SIMS server (eek) or a client machine/VM? Might be the easiest option

You weren't supposed to reply, I didn't want to explain the back story of getting the schools connected so I took full credit as an easier means of explaining! *runs* Good point about trusts, bah bah bah. Ok, I believe SIMs do some sort of remote access but considering this machine will have a local SIMs (rather than just a home PC) I doubt this being something they addressed. I'll look down that avenue first, but in reality it's not supposed to be a big job so if it is then there's others with more priority.

Hi, I've already contacted the schools' ISP and allowed communication between the networks which means that I can connect to and browse either side. Now, I was wondering if I changed the connect.ini file to point to the other schools' SIMs server, as long as both SIMs versions were the same, would I run into any major problems? I realise I could just give it a try but most of you guys seem to be 10 steps ahead of me whatever I'm doing so thought I'd ask here first!

Your script broke his school!!

Bit of a thread steal but you say that Ubiquity are easy to set up, is this easy for someone who has done a lot of wireless setups before or a bit of a point and click installation / auto detect APs etc? Don't want to waste any money on 'professional' installation if it's not required. Thanks

+1 for C# .net. Hugely beneficial for replacing little mondane tasks (like peterp suggested) and there are so many guides you can follow online as it is such a popular language. Once you've designed your program it's not hard to copy someone elses code from some workbook or help forum to analyse it and adapt it to suit your needs (I'm meaning very basic level of course). I've been doing PHP for 7~ years and recently started my own small business creating websites, but personally I'm not that excited by it anymore and I can't use that knowledge to much extent outside of client sites. On a plus side though, you learn a lot from web dev that you'll take into other languages and it is probably the most short-term fun you'll get. Android/iPhone dev can be overwealming and so can C to make something basic, where you could create a whole custom forum or helpdesk app with PHP and see results in the first couple of hours, building functionality up bit by bit. It's great to know a bit of everything to be honest, if you're focusing on web then just jump in and create a few projects (begin with HTML and incorporate other languages as neccessary), you'll eventually run into situations where JQuery would be useful and therefore begin learning bits without neccessarily having an action plan - likewise with C you'll learn a lot as your projects get more difficult and you look into controls deeper.

Well surely the easiest way would be to check DHCP statistics? 1 step and you'd have your answer

Wow, high recommendations for UniFi then! I'll have a look into this now. Anyone use a partner to get a good price on them, before I go direct?

Hi, I'm looking at bringing in a new wireless system that will initially support 30-40 devices, with the potential of 60 more to come in the near future. I have used (very basic use at least...) an Aruba 650 and Ruckus Zonedirector at other sites before, but I was wondering if there might be a better solution primarily when it comes to cost? Not all features will be there but on the flipside my extensive use of WLANs at the moment is display AP, connect to AP, and done! We'll need around 8 APs for adequate coverage. Have any of you used a Zyxel solution before? The company I'm getting in to do all of the cabling works have recommended the NXC2500 which seems like a pretty good, cheap solution. Then again, experience using the device is more important than product blurb.

Starting to get annoyed by this, seems like every time I add a new app my "15 minutes" estimation turns into 2 hours+. Any way to do as the title suggests?

This is my lunch for the past 3 days, partaking in this competition would only put me back on the dark side (Subway, subway, suuuuuubway! mmmm.)

I do just that, rip it and put it into a share somewhere, however I would draw the line way before 50 gigs! I would recommend that you look into purpose built software with such a big library of DVD's, it would be more manageable as a video resource for the whole school. In my previous job we used Clickview which I highly recommend - I'm not sure what the price is but do look into it.

Hi guys, We have a new student in that would benefit from some sort of language translator, I have been asked to look at the Ectaco LUX 2 but having just rolled out iPads, I figured a better option would be a couple English to Portugese/vice versa translator apps on a small iPad Mini or iPod touch? Do you guys have anything purpose-built? Is there any advantages you've found over using a couple of Apps?

What resource/book is the teacher using if you dont mind me asking?

We're a primary school too. I'll post back here once I have hosted a club and hopefully give you some positive feedback. Won't be a for a little while though, I have too much else to do! (he says while on EduGeek)

We haven't begun using them yet but due to the impracticality of unplugging computers and screens etc we have decided to set up a little area with some 24 inch TV's and all the PI equipment ready for after school clubs. The biggest interest right now is showing the children other Operating Systems (installing multiple perhaps - with guidance - and discussing what the children like most), using Scratch a little more advanced than they currently do in class, and some light introduction into Python (No, teacher, I don't want to install it on the network...). I opted for the Model B+ with more USB's etc, you can buy everything you need for a kit (the B+, a small keyboard, pull-wire mouse, hdmi converters etc) from CPC for a good price. That's the only place I could find that stocked everything I needed, most pre-made kits were $$ and didn't have the new model Pi either.