Ended up Picking up the Dell PowerConnect 5448 instead of the Baystack 5510 which means it's layer 2 instead of layer 3. The main reason is I could not find any configuration guides or list of commands for the baystack. Both are gigabit switches and the Dell cost 2x as much as the nortel but, at least in the dell I know I can replace the fans with silent ones for home use.

Thanks @Danp and @JaredBusch . I am going to give C@C a whole new look. So far I have been fairly impressed minus the screen refresh 😄

Check this too www.robware.net

Thank you all for your thoughts on this, given me a bit to chew on.

I especially enjoyed the comparison to manufacturing - given me something to google later 🙂

@sreekumarpg said:

@thecreativeone91 said:

eryone making changes. That's why when you do it it's nightly.

We required only weekly backup,

@sreekumarpg said:

@thecreativeone91 said:

eryone making changes. That's why when you do it it's nightly.

We required only weekly backup,

That should be fine for everything expect the Forigate I think you might be stuck doing it manually. Nedi was working on supporting them at one point so you may check their forums out and see what became of it.

@thanksajdotcom said:

@BMarie said:

Sometimes technically erks me!

Technology is great...when it works. I feel like we need to append "as intended for proper use" to that phrase...

Yeah, for proper use. Or caution, may be deemed unworthy of working properly.

@Dashrender said:

Why should I do it more often than that? Linux boxes have been known to go years without rebooting.

Because it provides for safety and reliability. Just because machines CAN go without rebooting doesn't make it a good idea. And reboots are not to make systems run better, they are to protect against the unability to reboot when things are critical. No amount of "systems can run for years without a reboot" matters because that's not related to why we reboot.

http://www.smbitjournal.com/2011/02/why-we-reboot-servers/

@Minion-Queen said:

I have seen enough about the getting hot and battery issues to dissuade me from moving to 10 just yet.

I wouldn't just yet...if for the battery issues alone on the Surface Pro 3...

Looks like the delayed start did it! Thanks!

@thecreativeone91 said:

Pretty much any computer outside of high end gaming and business grade computers will cut costs anywhere they can.

Along that line of thought, I would assume that the cost of removing it is more than the cost of leaving that part of the BIOS code alone.

@scottalanmiller Can't get ahold of anyone involved.

Ended up finding this

Enhanced PoE use Cisco Discovery Protocol to auto-negotiate a power level in excess of 15.4W per port.
The Cisco Enhanced PoE switch informs the powered device (PD) of the power level it is capable of providing, and the powered device then selects the appropriate power level.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/epoe.html

So it may even need to by a Cisco Branded device... Ugh. Cisco!!! Why???

@thecreativeone91 said:

Some how I Dont think anyone that can afford the paid version of UEB or an appliance is going to be using C@C for anything they care to backup.

You can get a free UEB over there, which is what I use, and lots of people here are over there, and use C@C.

Webroot blocked it... Interesting.

For the filtering part, what about OpenDNS?

@thecreativeone91 said:

@tonyshowoff WinAmp is stuck in the 90's still. It's better than iTunes but that's not saying much.

The 90s was my hay-day.

Anything I am missing? Going to be firing up a couple new boxes this afternoon.

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/

Hmmm.... interesting idea but hard to imagine where it will be useful.