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Can anyone comment on whether SnipeIT or AssetTiger is the better product if anyone has experience using both?

Definitely guilty of doing the same thing! It's definitely a long conversation but hopefully we get some good ideas that can be used as reference for others in the future .

Hi all, If you were in the process of setting up a domain for your school network, what are some of the best practices you would adhere to in order to have a secure and efficient network? This is something I will be doing over the half-term to fix a botch job that was done before I started and want to make sure I get it right! Equipment wise, we have two HP Proliant servers with 160gb of ram and 12 cores each. There are around 200 computers (desktops and laptops) in the school and then a few MFP and BYOD devices. Thanks a bunch

Can't have, it was not created that long ago. I will check.

The set up is one nic. I enabled port 62000 on both the client and the server which did not help. Here is the output from the troubleshooting tool: errors at pretty much every stage! [15/12/2017 09:00:34]: In worker thread, going to start the tests. [15/12/2017 09:00:34]: Running Network Interfaces tests. [15/12/2017 09:00:34]: PdaNet Broadband Connection (PdaNet Broadband Adapter): fe80::119:9a2a:f062:f505%14;: 10.1.19.2/255.255.255.0; [15/12/2017 09:00:34]: Default gateway found for PdaNet Broadband Connection. [15/12/2017 09:00:34]: PdaNet Broadband Connection has configured the default gateway 10.1.19.1. [15/12/2017 09:00:46]: Warning - default gateway 10.1.19.1 for PdaNet Broadband Connection does not reply on ICMP Echo requests, the request or response is maybe filtered? [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: The public DNS Server (8.8.8.8) does not reply on ICMP Echo requests, the request or response is maybe filtered? [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: The public DNS Server (2001:4860:4860::8888) does not reply on ICMP Echo requests, the request or response is maybe filtered? [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: Running Inside/Outside location tests. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: NLS is https://DirectAccess-NLS.domain.school:62000/insideoutside. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: NLS is not reachable via HTTPS, the client computer is not connected to the corporate network (external) or the NLS is offline. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: NRPT contains 2 rules. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: Found (unique) DNS server: fd3b:5119:6c32:3333::1 [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: Send an ICMP message to check if the server is reachable. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: DNS Server fd3b:5119:6c32:3333::1 does not reply on ICMP Echo requests. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: Running IP connectivity tests. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: The 6to4 interface is disabled. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: Teredo inferface status is offline. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: The configured DirectAccess Teredo server is win1710.ipv6.microsoft.com.. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: The IPHTTPS interface is not operational, last error code is 0x80190194. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: The IPHTTPS interface status is failed to connect to the IPHTTPS server. Waiting to reconnect. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: Error - no IPv6 transition technology is operational! [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: The configured IPHTTPS URL is https://85.92.177.122:443. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: IPHTTPS has a single site configuration. [15/12/2017 09:00:58]: IPHTTPS URL endpoint is: https://85.92.177.122:443. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Successfully connected to endpoint https://85.92.177.122:443. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: No response received from stkaths.school. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Running Windows Firewall tests. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: The current profile of the Windows Firewall is Public. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: The Windows Firewall is enabled in the current profile Public. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: The outbound Windows Firewall rule Core Networking - Teredo (UDP-Out) is enabled. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: The outbound Windows Firewall rule Core Networking - IPHTTPS (TCP-Out) is enabled. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Running certificate tests. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: No usable machine certificate found. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Found 0 machine certificates on this client computer. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Running IPsec infrastructure tunnel tests. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Failed to connect to domain sysvol share \\domain.school\sysvol\domain.school\Policies. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Running IPsec intranet tunnel tests. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Failed to connect to fd3b:5119:6c32:1000::1 with status IcmpError. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Failed to connect to fd3b:5119:6c32:1000::2 with status IcmpError. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Failed to connect to HTTP probe at http://directaccess-WebProbeHost.domain.school. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Running selected post-checks script. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: No post-checks script specified or the file does not exist. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Finished running post-checks script. [15/12/2017 09:00:59]: Finished running all tests. Firewall is running on both client and server as is IPv6

I'll try that now and see what information it provides. Thanks ! - - - Updated - - - I haven't allowed port 62000. Is that on the server/client/network firewall?

No, it's a new Virtual Machine created purely to act as DA server. Always on VPN has to be set up through SCCM right?

Hello all, I posted a few months ago about issues with DA which I am still experiencing in set up. The DA client will not move beyond the 'Connecting' message when trying to build the connection. Speaking to the ISP, they could see the traffic entering port 443 (HTTPS which DA uses) and being forwarded to the correct server internally, but the server does not pick up the connection and none of the network shares etc work on the client. All the correct DNS records exist in the DNS table which was one solution suggested for this issue. I also get an error on the client that says IPHTTPS interface is not installed which seems ominous for DA as it uses IPHTTPS. Many thanks! This issue has been on top of me for months...

Will give that a try and provide an update . Thanks

Hello fellow edugeekers/SIMS frustratees, One of our receptionists has been noticing a significant lag in a few of the modules within SIMs, specifically when she is doing any work on attendance and with some reports. There are no errors thrown up, other parts of SIMS and the computer work fine. This is a recent issue and not a long-standing one with her account/her SIMS installation. Any suggestions?

Might have meant the free version of Office 365? As localzuk mentioned above, Azure is technically free in that you can make an account without any cost but everything useful is a paid feature. Azure is priced depending on how much data, bandwidth etc you use. I have used this tool, Azure pricing tool to get a price for using Azure to backup our servers and it worked out quite cheap.

This could be a great thing as Amazon are looking for a killer product to kickstart their video streaming and as a result, might take this seriously. On the other hand, I worry because Jeff Bezos has used GoT as a reference for the sort of product he is looking for. I love GoT and I wouldn't mind if they were able to make something of similar quality but there is also chance of a pale imitation that is neither LoTR or GoT. At the end of the day, more Tolkien can never be a bad thing right??!

Jack Richards at Lane has quoted well for me in the past. My account manager at Misco (Dan) was recruited by another company (PCM). Here are their details: Jack - +44 (0) 203 824 6118(Direct) Dan - +44 (0)1604 521306(Direct) Dan said PCM are transferring to the UK market from the US and hoping to operate in a similar manner to Misco so you might find you g

Hello Promethean experts! One of our teachers has tried to open a flipchart this morning that she had created over the weekend. However, it seems to crash activinspire everytime it opens. This is happening on multiple computers with multiple versions of activinspire. A google search indicates that the file has probably been corrupted and is probably beyond recovery but I did not want to give up so quickly. If I open ActivInspire after it is forced to shutdown, it displays a message asking if I want to recover that file. Trying to recover still crashes the program but I can see it appear briefly so the data is still there. Many thanks!

Basic error guys: I messed up! The ethernet cable linking the switch that the server is plugged in to the core switch was unplugged . Thanks for all your suggestions though. I really appreciate you all helping out.

There are no errors shown in Device Manager and the NICs are being identified correctly. I will try manually installing some drivers from a flash drive to see whether that works.

It's a physical server on which I plan to run some VMs using HyperV

Changed from automatically assigning IP to manually assigning a few different free IPs with the relevant settings for subnet mask, DNS servers, gateway etc and this still didn't work. Another thread recommended uninstalling the network interfaces and then scanning for hardware changes which solved a similar issue, but that did not work in my case either. Any suggestions?

Chipping in a year later just to say that this fix still works! Thanks a lot to Langy and jdoyle

We have roaming profiles for all users in our school and occasionally, a few users log in to a computer to experience a blank desktop with no icons? Any suggestions on how to fix this issue would be much appreciated! There are no error messages. The issues only plague the user rather than the computer. Thanks !

@hiphopamus I got the password and re-registered which now delivered the Summer 2017 update with a couple of database upgrades but no upgrade to Solus 3. When I try to install the Summer upgrade, it says I need the database upgrades which both fail with no reasons provided. What a useful error code: 'The creator did not specify a reason for this fault'.

I have been experimenting with Meraki free. It seems to be fulfilling all my needs, no pun intended, so might be worth checking it out for you, no pun intended.

I will try to get hold of the site password as that has not been shared with me yet. Anything else I could try meanwhile?

When I click on 'Check for updates', it does not find any updates for the latest version for Solus which is why I suspect, it does not subsequently list the Summer 2017 update as well. Anyone know how I can fix this?

Why thank you kind sir.