@NerdyDad said in Yealink DECT dongle for T41S and T42S:

Does the cordless and the deskphone both share the same extension? If so, this would be great for my wandering receptionist.

These are independent units so no. But you can put the same ext on them if the PBX supports it.

So with FreePBX and PJSIP based extensions you can have multiple devices registered all to the same ext.

Claiming this is UEFI issue is false. This maybe an HP + UEFI issue, but it is not a UEFI issue.

We use Clonezilla at one client for applying the desktop images and we run 100% UEFI.
Those systems are all Dell though. We do not do any cloning at any of our clients that have HP systems.

@Dashrender said in All New VoIP Handsets for PBX Migration?:

@DustinB3403 said in All New VoIP Handsets for PBX Migration?:

@Dashrender said in All New VoIP Handsets for PBX Migration?:

@scottalanmiller said in All New VoIP Handsets for PBX Migration?:

@Dashrender said in All New VoIP Handsets for PBX Migration?:

@scottalanmiller said in All New VoIP Handsets for PBX Migration?:

@Dashrender said in All New VoIP Handsets for PBX Migration?:

@scottalanmiller said in All New VoIP Handsets for PBX Migration?:

@Dashrender said in All New VoIP Handsets for PBX Migration?:

@DustinB3403 said in All New VoIP Handsets for PBX Migration?:

You could also opt to purchase a few $25 poe injectors for the few phones that are required to have power all of the time and feed that from your UPS.

The cost difference for Poe switch vs non is 400$.... over 48 phones that’s less tha $10 ea

Let’s move on from POE

But that's way more than wall warts typically. And the comparison is not against a normal switch, but against no switch. You don't need any switching at all beyond what you already have unless you go PoE, right?

That is not right. I'm 50% or more laptops. So I would need at least another 30 ports, but probably more like 40 ports to include phones in random locations.

Where you don't have ports today?

It's not that you are laptops. I think you are trying to imply that your laptops are wireless?

I may or may not have a wire there - but I definitely don't have a switch port connected to those wires. I replaced switches a while ago and didn't buy more than I needed for the APs, Printers, and Desktops.

yes the laptops are 100% wireless.

I see. Wherever we have a large amount of laptops, we wire them up for performance and stability.

My users have shown that when they have to manage plugs on a daily basis, they damage them regularly. We're lucky we don't have more issues with power connectors.

So eliminate the responsibility of having to plug things in.

Get a softphone and have people start using that wholesale.

huh? not sure where this came from?

today users move from station to station, only plugging in their power brick to power their laptops. They just use the phone at the desk they are sitting at that time.

I was responding to this comment. It didn't start from me, or you. Both of us responded to Dustin's topic.

@LilAng doesn't really have a computer at home, either!

@dave247 said in Most of my Windows 10 1803 computers upgraded to 1809 despite it not being approved in WSUS / Dual Scan is a thing:

@scottalanmiller said in Most of my Windows 10 1803 computers upgraded to 1809 despite it not being approved in WSUS / Dual Scan is a thing:

@dave247 said in Most of my Windows 10 1803 computers upgraded to 1809 despite it not being approved in WSUS / Dual Scan is a thing:

@dbeato said in Most of my Windows 10 1803 computers upgraded to 1809 despite it not being approved in WSUS / Dual Scan is a thing:

@dave247 said in Most of my Windows 10 1803 computers upgraded to 1809 despite it not being approved in WSUS / Dual Scan is a thing:

e systems was a consumer version of Windows 10 which the previous tech installed - no idea where he got it.

Probably came pre-installed on the Dell Computer and not imaged.

Actually it had Windows 7 installed on it but then the co-worker put his version of Windows 10 that I think he got from college on it, and a few other systems. So idk.

Windows 10 will activate on a Windows 7 license. So should be all set from that perspective.

I don't think so.. and it was a fresh install, or at least I know he used the Windows 10 key that he had been provided. That key was also used on about 5 other systems at the time.

You can work around it, but should accept the Win 7 key, too.

@black3dynamite said in Cloudflare SSL - Do You Use Or Not?:

@stacksofplates said in Cloudflare SSL - Do You Use Or Not?:

I use the actual CloudFlare certs that they give you also. Not just clicking the cloud. I use GitLab pages to host my blog and LetsEncrypt renewal is still manual there. So I got a free cert from CloudFlare which is good for 15 years and used that instead.

Are you talking about the Universal SSL (Shared) or the Origin Certficates?
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Origin.

You might be able to use a BPM software to accomplish this. Sounds like you just want a runbook.

@WrCombs said in Yet another Communication issue....:

@scottalanmiller said in Yet another Communication issue....:

When troubleshooting on the network, always start at the bottom and work up.

Start with a ping to the IP (not the hostname.)
Then ping the hostname.
Then nslookup the hostname.

These basic steps tell you what is working and what isn't. Don't hop around, use progressive testing and you'll get to answers really quickly.

That's good advice,
We usually start with Aloha based issues such as the control service running on Server, any files telling it to stop, that sort of thing.
Then we move to Windows/networking.

If you know other things are working, you can move up the "stack" to where you can guarantee success. Like if you are transferring files, you know ping works.

@DustinB3403 said in Server 2012 Hyper V Cluster:

@scottalanmiller based on @mroth911's most recent topic he is looking to setup a Hyperconverged system and appears to be testing Hyper-V and oVirt.

can't do hyperconverged without shared storage. Shared Storage is the foundation of hyperconvergence.

EMC shows it is assigned to all services and the schedule task is there.

Calling this a win.

@Dashrender said in Skyetel Inbound SIP Trunk on FreePBX:

@JaredBusch said in Skyetel Inbound SIP Trunk on FreePBX:

@scottalanmiller said in Skyetel Inbound SIP Trunk on FreePBX:

@JaredBusch said in Skyetel Inbound SIP Trunk on FreePBX:

@scottalanmiller said in Skyetel Inbound SIP Trunk on FreePBX:

Locking a port to a single IP is a trivial task for any gear, even consumer.

I wouldn't go that far.

I don't know much consumer gear that doesn't make that easy.

Super easy tomport forward? Yes. Able to restrict to a specific source IP? No.

eh - if you're only open for the trunk provider, then you can likely lock to one or a few IPs.

if you need mobile support - that's another story.

How? Where? Been a while since I was in a consumer router, but port forwarding screens had nothing about source IP.

Is there anything else that you can tell us to help to fill in some gaps?

I... just... what...

Oh dear.....{sigh..}

@JaredBusch said in Alternatives to OpenVPN for FreePBX on cell phone...:

@scottalanmiller said in Alternatives to OpenVPN for FreePBX on cell phone...:

@JaredBusch said in Alternatives to OpenVPN for FreePBX on cell phone...:

There has never been a promise or timeline made for the mobile apps. Anyone expecting anything on that front is operating in their own little fantasy.

That's the main use case of softphones, though. Like 95% I would guess. Softphones for the desktop are way more niche.

I totally disagree. Softphone on the desktop is by far the largest user base thanks to call centers.

Softphone on mobile is a far second to that.

Maybe overall, but for FreePBX? FreePBX is pretty rare in call centers, AFAIK.

Product was discontinued three years ago. That one didn't make it very long.

@JaredBusch said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

@Dashrender said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

@gjacobse said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

Windows DUMBASS-ory..

Talking to my brother, he mentioned some 'issues' with Windows not releasing the lock on the partition. He suggested and this is the really dumb part on windows.

To boot Windows and RESTART normally.

Since grub starts Ubuntu by default, it booted normally into Ubuntu.

I did the lsblk -f as before, only this time for /dev/sda4 - there is a UID for it. AND it shows as NTFS..

so,.. FFS Windows,.. FYS. now,.. to see how to prevent this stupidness in the future.

This why someone suggested that you go into Windows and do a full shutdown with shift shutdown.... normal shutdowns now aren’t full shut downs to allow the system to boot faster.

But he did that and it made no difference

Yup - a FULL shutdown didn't do anything more that the SHIFT shutdown.

@Reid-Cooper said in A Required Privilege Is Not Held By the Client:

@Dashrender said in A Required Privilege Is Not Held By the Client:

@Reid-Cooper said in A Required Privilege Is Not Held By the Client:

@Dashrender said in A Required Privilege Is Not Held By the Client:

@Reid-Cooper said in A Required Privilege Is Not Held By the Client:

User is a local admin, but that does not solve the issue.

When when logged in as a local admin - processes don't run with higher privileges. Did you try doing a run as for this process? While UAC was enabled?

"Run as" worked, but wasn't always called. It's not a universal option, that was apparently the problem.

You can right click the shortcut for the app and check the box to make it run that way.

Only some apps. That's why I could test with Notepad.

huh? what app can you not right click and check the box to always run as admin?

SAM Unicorn Farts

Did someone say unicorn farts, BTW?