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We'll all presumably get the same email at the same time once it's fixed - but if not I'll post back.

Still got my fingers crossed for you and those shares @m25man!

Reinventing the wheel might cause a few support calls. Something like the home halo - Home Halo - your internet guardian angel which is due out shortly might do what you need (although there is a small subscription fee)?

Zero hand off is very useful for time sensitive applications such as VoIP - however it's not a game changer for me. I suspect AC APs will have ZHO soon enough for those that require it. ZHO can cause issues in a high density network - however what becomes high density is probably up for debate!

@caffrey To clear the battery warning light, either wait for a self test (once every two weeks I think), or press and hold the power on button for about 5 seconds to force a self test. This is the only youtube video I have ever uploaded - it covers this exactly.

I awoke to the same @DaveP. Glad it's working for everyone. :-)

Yes we're pleased with schools broadband. As I said we migrated a number of schools over. One with VLANs and BYOD, some with admin and curriculum networks and some a single subnet. The guys who transfer schools have done it a thousand times so know the usual pitfalls and the different types of setups most schools have. They'll tailor the firewall and filtering to your network, your devices. Then just make sure that you pay attention when they take you through the Lightspeed basics. After which they are in the end of the phone to help. They have been running further online training sessions on Lightspeed too. I regularly get invites. Nothing is set in stone and you can adjust as you go along. It's your connection and your school is in charge - a far cry from when I was with an LEA provider. Tom is right - you need to make a comprehensive list of requirements for your school. With your nervousness about moving away, a whole solution provider with a decent support record sounds like just the ticket. You just need to decide who fits your bill!

We moved away from our LEA provider about 18 months ago. Although they didn't give us network support, they did the filtering and firewall. We looked into numerous products and providers, but in the end chose Schools Broadband. In fact, we made the decision as a group of schools - eight in all. The decision was swung by the fact that schools broadband offered us the most complete package. This was particularly important for our partner primary schools - many of who receive only a few hours of technical assistance a month - who may need to get assistance with the provider directly. Schools Broadband are happy to manage everything, let you take charge or somewhere in between, useful for those starting out independently. I'd argue that lightspeed is more straight forward to use than smoothwall for someone starting out, but each solution have their merits. Switch wise - how complicated is your network? There's plenty of good HP documentation (and always keen edugeek users) on hand. Have a look at the configs, and ask if there is anything you don't understand. CCNA gives a good base in network configuration and terminology but things will be a bit different on your HP gear. Once your are confident - then you can start thinking about any necessary changes.

Do you know the situation is almost identical to one I dealt with last week. A nursery a few meters away - no infrastructure, unifi wireless... uncanny. Anyway. I ended up placing a Ubiquiti Nanostation M2 in bridge mode mounted internally in the nursary. The idea was that if it didn't work as I hoped, I could get another m2 point and use it as a p2p link. The M2 plugged into a small switch along with a photocopier (which needed to be shared as a printer) and another standard unifi AP. It worked a treat and the kit only cost a touch over £100.

The previous lot here was replaced after ten years. It was starting to show the strain so we took the opportunity to upgrade. I planned for the replacement lot to last about the same length of time.

According to the recent Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015... What is a specified authority? Now I haven't had time to absorb this act which is very new. However it does beg the question, how do schools show due regard to the need to prevent people being drawn into terrorism? Is monitoring email (a function exercised daily) a requirement of the act? Some more reading... http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/6/pdfs/ukpga_20150006_en.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/news/counter-terrorism-and-security-bill-receives-royal-assent New counter-terrorism duties: what schools need to know | Teacher Network | The Guardian

Behavior needs to change, and that requires education. Blocking one website or social network does not fix the behavior of an individual, and some may argue that it could encourage more risky behavior outside of the walled garden. Anonymous messaging services (whether text, images or video) have inherent risks within them. Schools should be advising pupils on risks, offering support when something goes wrong and promoting positive online behavior. Thank you for highlighting the article to members @woody - to be warned is to be forearmed. If a pupil comes into school with a concern, I've now got more knowledge about the service to better understand the issue.

It will depend on the size of your school, and how many will be accessing the database concurrently. Our server is virtualized on Xenserver. It has 16GB Ram, four cores and storage on our SAN. The single server runs everything nicely. We use full SQL, and have limited it's max RAM usage to allow the OS some breathing space. We also use Intouch, Discover and Emerge on the same machine. We run physical and virtual installs at some of our primary schools. They use SQLExpress and generally have between 4 and 8GB of RAM on quad core boxes.

@Michael is correct that it should usually be left as Auto but it can be useful in some situations. We had a series of printers a couple of years back that had a firmware bug which meant we had to force them to 100FDX to fix an issue - that took some time to find.

Interesting - thanks for this.

I've used these- very handy. Just note you need to get them the right way up, otherwise your spur is unfused!

Some handy advice there thanks Scott.

Unless budgets are very stretched, I'd go for the UAP-Pro APs or above. For UAP-Pros any 802.3af switch, and for UAP-AC any 802.3at compliant switch will be fine. If you fit the standard points, you either need a toughswitch from Ubiquiti or use their injectors. They use a none standard 24 volts. [edit] I've used pro APs on netgear and HP PoE switches without any issues.

Haven't twitter stopped the use of RSS? I think you need to get your RSS via another service now?

Interesting. What have you left me in your digital will? :-)

I've mentioned this over here too... http://www.edugeek.net/showthread.php?t=149290 Perhaps the mods can merge? Ta

No, for some reason they haven't made it very clear. Theory has it your space should be added by March 1st.

Yes, they said that to me too - but what I got out of them was it still needs SLG to work but that's secretly working in the back ground, so from a schools point of view you don't have SLG! It could be that the rep I chatted with hadn't really grasped it though. You do get the app free however if you have SLG...

The celebrate Safer Internet Day, Google are giving standard accounts an extra 2GB of free space if you complete their security check. It takes seconds and your free space should be awarded by the end of the month. Google Drive Blog: A quick checkup and a simple thanks Obviously it's still worth checking your security with your GAFE account, but you can't add more space to an unlimited account!

From what I understand the app requires SLG behind it. You don't get SLG, but ultimately Capita are hosting that on sharepoint for you so the app works. That's how the capita rep explained it to me on their stand at BETT anyway. Our pastoral team use it. It helps them with attendance and timetable info when they find a student outside of lessons. PE use it too. Perhaps I should apologize in advance, but this info was shared with me directly by each company without any suggestion that this may not be divulged. I heard Capita reps repeat this per pupil figure to numerous people at Bett, and Groupcall send the same pricing info out to everyone who requests it. If anyone thinks that these figures should not be quoted, please edit my posts as appropriate.