twin--turbo

There are many better ways to engage children than using a Int-Act-whiteboard, 90% get used as a projection screen, 9% as a pointing tool, 1% for something interesting. Rob

Rofl, I nearly spat my beer out... Automated, Clever... Having experienced a few BMS i can't see "automated and clever" being applicable as an AND Rob

Cashless Catering Follow Me Print CCTV Systems Intergration IPTV Phone / Comms Lines ( and Ducting ) Apple Servers BYOD provision Door Access Visitors Kiosk Systems Digital Signage Laptop Storage Remote Access Rob

Office computers should be computers not laptops. Or should have DOCK's with correct Monitor mountings, Keybaord, Mouse Etc.. BMS ( Building Management Systems ) Rob

Interactive whiteboards are way out of date, don't buy any unless an absolute idea of how they are going to aid T&L is put forward. I've been asked what we would need if we were to move site into a new building, what IT equipment would be needed. The building isn't yet constructed so treat it as if we have free reign. So far i've put down. >>Server rack with sufficient power for all appliances such as servers, ups, switches and routers. 1000 Deep >>Modular Layer3 core switch Make sure it's got some redundancy for failures. >>Firewall and content filter Plenty of options from free to ££££ >>Rack mounted servers with storage array RAID6 Don't go for 1U, stick with 2U. >>UPS Power supplies Make sure the load is distruibuted correctly and that they are network connected. >>Air conditioned room Specify N+1 for the capacity required. >>Ethernet cabling to latest spec Don't bother with CAT7 >>Ethernet sockets in computer rooms yep make sure there is enough physical room for the students, use cantaliver benches to remove legs from the front edge. >>Workstation grade PC’s to run CAD/CAM software Workstations are very expensive, what CAD are you using >>Wifi Network – Next generation specification Meru,Rukus,Meraki... get vendors in to show you the advantages. >>Interactive whiteboards Interactive whiteboards are way out of date, don't buy any unless an absolute idea of how they are going to aid T&L is put forward. >>Printers in computer rooms Reduce the number, make it more difficult to print, reduce print. >>Office for IT staff for network monitoring with multidisplay computers. Cry.... >>Backup NAS drive in separate room Seperate building or tapes off site. >>Hi-speed internet (fibre) Don't go for a consumer service as the upload is not good. >>Fibre backbone for LAN Diverse routed if you can. >>Gigabit switches for computer rooms with wall mounted cabinets Avoid this if you can, central distro rooms preferable. >>is there anything missing??? Probably lots. Rob

Ouch yeah, the 450's are ~£115 ExVAT..

Screens are only £30-£40 new. Rob

Broken up by logical elements Servers IPT Printers Guest Catering ILO ( and other Management interfaces ) Door Access BYOD Client ( more than 1 ) Etc.... With redundant routing at the CORE(s) Rob

P.S... been using Linux since 1996. Implemented Squid Proxy in school in 1999 when a dual 64Kb ISDN line was not enough Rob

Home ------- Daily Laptops. ( Ubuntu ) Music Media Server ( VortexBox ) File Server ( SLES ) TV PVR ( MYTHBuntu ) Web Servers(s) ( IPSconfig on Ubuntu ) Work ------- Web server(s) ( ISP Config 3 ) Helpdesk Server ( SLES LAmp Stack ) Mail relay ( spam/malware ) on ClearOS Securus ( Runs on Ubuntu IIRC ) IPTV ( Onelan ) Digital Signage ( OneLan ) Telephony (CISCO Call Manager) Virtual Hypervisors ( Citrix , ESX ) CCTV ( Zone Minder on SLES ) Captive Portals for BYOD ( pFsense ) ISCSI stoarage Server ( Open Filer ) probably more..... Rob

I get round this sort of thing by not moving with the times, not even got IceCream on my Xperia.. TT

Been a bad couple of weeks, been out with freinds a few times and had a couple of take aways.... Just about breaking even on the calls... Of to Darby for the weeekend so more beer and then back to being GOOD Rob

If somone forgets to tell openreach about the new site then you wont get any comms into the building. So when you come to order your fibre or ISDN they we say the site does not exist. You seriously want to make sure there is a duct out to the nearest openreach duct. newSites regional contacts Rob

we went from a 8Mx8M disused corner classroom ( windows on two sides ) to a 3Mx6M office with no windows at all... You need to make sure that they plan the data an power requirements for each area with computers, specifying a max number of PC's per ring main. Make sure they plan all the data socket outlets. Make sure they plan High level data outlets for WIFI Make sure they plan High level data/power outlets for Digital Signage Make sure they plan data/power outlets for printers. Make sure they register with Openreach NEW sites and make sure a duct is lead into the server room Building systems may also need access points for data and potentialy for phone lines ( Openreach will charge a premium for internal wiring ) Make sure the server room has sufficient power, then add 20% more. The list goes on... What sort of site is it ? Rob

A great actor, a sad day. Rob

it was a Tooway that I wasted 10+ Hrs on. it was supposed to be a transportable but the BASE was so diffiuclt to level and stabalise that doing the alignment was a nightmare, and even when we had the base level and solid we struggled to get a lock. 3G is much better, if needbe get a decent antenna on it and you will get good downloads. TT

Should only take 10 mines to create 20 copies of a clean new user. Log them in as close together as possible and time it. Rob

Is the hardware the same as the old server? Rob

Can you generate 20 clean test users , and see if the logins are good. We had a similar issue with logins on FAT laptops ( brand new ones ) over the wireless and it turned out to be a Duff Image on the laptop taht was the primary cause. Rob

How big are the user profiles? Rob

We will be looking at moving away from Websense for September 2014. Smoothwal is on the list. Bloxx , The name just makes me think it's missing an "O" and no good. It's a big step to move though. Rob

Had a look at a lenovo. the Sittable dock keyboard was a joke. Sad as I usualy like Lenovo stuff. Was very disappointed today , we installed W8 on an old Tosh Touch tablet Portege . The tablet side did not work straight off which frankly was a big utter fail for W8. Rob

Put a new cable in. Rob

As I said speek to Mark as a first port of call, he will probably get Paul to drop you a line.. and yes the upgrade is more or less as CyNd says but there are some gotchas ( drive space can be one ). Rob

low earth orbit is considerably better but considerably costlier. I tried a geo-stat but wasted 10hrs on it. better results from 3G!! Rob