@DustinB3403 said in Energy efficiency?:

There are likely thousands of these sitting on a dock/cargo ship just waiting to get delivered to the outlets that sell em.

Nope, been on continuous back order since first release. There is no "spare" machines in the RP universe.

@JaredBusch I've never used that either, but I like a lot of their stuff. Lots of people use their switches, but Routers don't have functionality that many need.

I really wish that I could. but the cost of flights and my limit to only 30 days a year in the country on my tax status is very hard to work with for anything but visiting family. I'm super bummed about it.

@Dashrender said in Fiber Connection Termination Question:

@BraswellJay said in Fiber Connection Termination Question:

Not that I really think I need it, but out of curiosity, if I were to get appropriate fiber connector for each end and insert into the same port on both sides is that all that would be needed to make another pair active?

Maybe yes, maybe no - it depends if there is fiber behind ports 2 and 3. If there is fiber between your building connecting ports 2, and port 3, then yes, just install a fiber patch cable on each side and you have another connection.

Besides what @Dashrender said you can also turn your current fiber pair (transmit and receive) into two separate fibers with send and transmit on every single fiber. You just have to change your fiber transceivers in your switch to the bidi type (bidirectional).

Works like this:
bidi-transeiver-working-principle-1622516147-5CFncvxO1a.jpg

Bidi tranceivers looks like this (notice the single fiber connector):
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If you want even more fiber communications running inside your single fiber pair you can use optical multiplexers and demultiplexers.

Looks like this:
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This is what you use when you need to expand your communication without actually running new fiber pairs.

Every communication channel uses a different wavelength of light so they don't collide and every channel will run at maximum speed.

@JaredBusch said in SIP to PA System gateway just stopped audio.:

SIP (meaning anything using the chan_sip driver) is dead.

For reference: https://community.freepbx.org/t/asterisk-v20-rc1-is-released/85613
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@marcinozga said in ER-X firmware Upgrade:

@pmoncho said in ER-X firmware Upgrade:

@marcinozga said in ER-X firmware Upgrade who are ya:

It probably is bricked. The same happened to my ER-X when firmware 2 came out. I got it booted eventually over serial cable, and if I remember correctly it displayed something about internal storage.

I noticed others have had the same issue in the past.

I just saw the serial connection setup. Did you just use the USB-TTL device to connect?

The part that bugs me is I had check the storage issue prior to upgrade. Had 58% free so I figured I would be ok.

I used this cable:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QT7LQ88?psc=1

I didn't bother with recovery, I just wanted to see what the issue was. I bought another ER-X and kept it on 1.x firmware.

Thanks for pointing!

@hobbit666 said in MPLS alternative:

So following on from another thread.

I'm today's modern day how would you handle:-
*Multiple site connections around 60 sites.
*Internet access via a
for "security" either at a single point or something per connection? Nice to have Intruction detection blah blah blah 😁 and content filtering. Will need to allow certain ports in and out (I know this is normally standard on Firewalls/UTMs but worth mentioning)
*semi managed with high SLA.

How would multiple vpns be handled. Would it be a case each sites router would have multiple vpns to each site? Or a single VPN to a singe "master" site/device.

About two years ago, we stopped using MPLS in favor of site-to-site virtual private networks. Costs are decreasing, speeds are increasing, and visibility is improving. We're using Fortigates for the firewalls, but you should be able to use whichever firewall you're comfortable maintaining. Similar use profile in terms of traffic type (Citrix ICA). We used hub and spoke vpn architecture, which works well for us; what works best for you will rely on the rest of your infrastructure topology.

@garak0410 said in Quick VBA Help Needed:

@JaredBusch said in Quick VBA Help Needed:

.InitialFilename = "\fileserver\drafting\logos"

You saved my day...if I see you at SpiceWorld (if you go), I'll make sure to thank you in person...

I'll be there.

@Dashrender

I ended up putting a wireless card in that PC for now...quickest fix when I have so much else to do...not sure why the onboard card decided to act up.

@JasGot said in Softphone for Windows PC???:

What goes in the domain field in the account setup?

Nevermind 😞
Too simple. The same domain I use to login to the admin interface. Doh!

@travisdh1 said in Eero Inquiry:

@scottalanmiller said in Eero Inquiry:

@stacksofplates said in Eero Inquiry:

@Dashrender said in Eero Inquiry:

@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:

@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.

https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-

Why Eero over Ubiquiti? Business versus consumer. Does the pro version have APs with wired connections?

Prob because management is much easier. I ditched my APs and edgerouter for a single Amplifi which I can update and control from my phone. My mom has a Deco setup and it works very similarly and is great as well.

Easier if you do it yourself. But if you have a support company, I think the Unifi is easier. The Eeros always made for a lot of extra work when we had to deal with them.

At a former job, we had an Amplifi system that caused ~8 hours of un-needed billable time. If it would have been a UniFi system, we could have fixed it without the site visits.

You can grant remote access to Amplifi. Aftyer I set it up at my mom's, with her credentials, I then added myself as a remote admin.

@scottalanmiller said in Facebook at Work (Meta Workplace)?:

@Pete-S said in Facebook at Work (Meta Workplace)?:

@gjacobse said in Facebook at Work (Meta Workplace)?:

WHY,.. Why would you do that. That is ten times more poison them Sharepoint.

I don't know. Don't companies use Sharepoint?

I guess I'm wondering in general if companies use internal social sites. Or perhaps they just use messaging apps like Teams and Slack or just...nothing.

So OTHER social sites, yes. We've used the ones from Microsoft (Yammer) and Zoho Connect and the idea is fine. I like them. I just wouldn't use one from Meta. But conceptually, I find them slightly useful but not very.

what he said - I've never seen a company using Meta's workplace version.

@Pete-S said in NoMachine Server running, not found:

@travisdh1 said in NoMachine Server running, not found:

@gjacobse said in NoMachine Server running, not found:

This is a bit frustrating - It seems that NoMachine is 'hit and miss' being being able to receive a connection. Searching for a device that is online find none, and the device shows running. Restarting the service may fix it, but many times doesn't seem too, and restarting the computer leaves the same issue - not found.

Some threads suggest re-installing it - which I will do, but seems like a poor fix on a service that should run on boot.

It's it just my aggravation is causing this or am I looking for something else?

That's why I never ended up using NoMachine. Too many issues like that.

And it's not free for commercial use - at least the last time I looked.

Can be, depends which one you are using.

@scottalanmiller Weird I haven't see that, that is a new one for me.

@scottalanmiller

I wonder if your assumptions are correct. They are probably just using gethostbyname() / getaddrinfo() to find the IP and then it's the OS (Windows) that is responsible for the behavior you're seeing.

As I'm sure you know those function are part of socket programming functions of the OS. Based on BSD originally but Microsoft must have added code to deal with netbios, wins and whatever they've been doing since the days of Wfw.

Linux by comparison only deals with name resolution by DNS and manual hosts files. I can't think of anything else right now at least.

@JasGot ok cool, gotcha, it seemed the other way and just wanted to clarify.

sent over recommendation and leaving it at that .
thanks !

@JaredBusch I should clarify - IPO is not the plan. IPO being thrown around is because our volumes are now equivalent to publicly traded companies. Sorry for the confusion.

@Pete-S said in Mikrotik software firewall/router?:

@PhlipElder said in Mikrotik software firewall/router?:

@scottalanmiller said in Mikrotik software firewall/router?:

The same sales tactic is used to sell expensive "you have to pay the vendor extortion rates for support" over open source products that are known to be far better for decades. It's probably the best known scam in our industry. And once people overpay and get too little, the vendor has customers over a barrel and they feel that they can't expose to management that they spent a fortune and got less than they would have gotten for cheap or for free. And so the spending spree continues because no one up the chain wants to expose what they've done.

Three cluster setups:
1: Cisco Small Business Pro series Gigabit and 10GbE
2: NETGEAR Gigabit and 10GbE
3: Ubiquiti Gigabit and 10GbE
4: Mellanox/NVIDIA 10GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE, 100GbE

Guess which ones we've had the most grief with? Which one's the least?

I can't stand the suspense. Please tell!

Cisco woudl be reliably the biggest problem. Never seen anything require more support, have more problems.

Netgear is cheap, and we've seen lots of issues. Nothing is as bad as Cisco, obviously, but Netgear relies on easy to manage, easy to replace and if you have the right mindset it'll crush Cisco in the big scheme.

Worked extremely little with Mellanox. Known to be really good stuff.

Ubiquiti is definitely what I'd use most of the time. Good management, better pricing, and has the "easy to replace" advantages that take Cisco out of the serious running. Nothing Cisco could do (but doesn't anyway) could touch the safety net of being able to have spares instead of waiting for clueless engineers to putz around.

@PitzKey said in Exploring VitalPBX:

Phew! Wow, I just spent quite some time reading through almost every comment in this thread.
Fast forward to now, it seems like most issues were addressed.

Worth mentioning that we have been using VitalPBX in single and multi-tenant mode since I think early 2019 and have struggled with a ton of issues, but we are glad to see the progress they have made.

This was a good throwback ride!

Yeah, we use it heavily too.