@notverypunny said in Automation thought: Syncthing on the reports directory? Definitely an option.

He asked - what's the difference between USG/EdgeRouter/some other firewall.

@scottalanmiller said in Vendor troubles..: @WrCombs said in Vendor troubles..: @Pete-S said in Vendor troubles..: BTW, on windows telnet is not enabled/installed by default. Hey I knew that one! lol I ran into that in the past, I just didn't know what telnet was used for. Sort of... everything, lol. well, I see that now, I watched the video then did my own research for it.

@Pete-S only Cisco gear that label along with the sonic wall was more as documentation for myself.

@Dashrender said in My Network Journey: @gjacobse said in My Network Journey: @black3dynamite said in My Network Journey: University schools that has a surplus have some useful equipment for lab use. I’m doing that with a friend and his kid- it’s older UBNT and other gear- but it give a 10yo something to start with. What have they retired? That would be the only thing that matters on using older machine - the possibility that some newer commands aren't there. I will be upgrading my UniFi hardware. So I have two APs that I am replacing. the Controller is a VM still. I also had a project build of a Stand alone Point to Point wireless network for our Club. It's two UBNT M5 units and two EnGenius EAP9550 units One running DHCP, and the other a slave. The idea was that when we did a contest (Field Day) we could be across a 400yard area, and it would be nice to have internet / network for file sharing and such. I built it, it worked - and no one was interested in it. So - I'll be giving it all to him for his kid to learn on - tear up - etc....

@manxam said in Collision Domain - In POS: @scottalanmiller said in Collision Domain - In POS: @manxam said in Collision Domain - In POS: I can't recall ever seeing a switch "back in the day" that didn't have ASICs. There are a few newer switches that do, in fact, use CPU rather than ASICs, but they're built using MUCH faster CPUs than what are included in most -- if not all -- routers. Early days, the ASICs didn't even exist yet. It wasn't a choice, it was all that there was to use software. Then the ASICs came along and obviously dominated. But yes, it always requires throwing more hardware at it. How far back are we going here? My first experience with a switch was with Alantec/FORE ATMs (circa early 91/2). These had a RISC SCP processor to run the OS/management functions and custom ASICs for switching. After that, in the more mainstream, came Kalpana and then Cisco. To the best of my knowledge, there were no switches available prior to thicknet (first commercial ethernet). I'd love more information if you have it available. I love the history of tech. Not that far back, still 90s, but a lot of switches were all software in the middling to later 90s as the ASICs weren't broadly available. But even the very, very first ASICs were / are always based on working software prototypes. I've never seen a thicknet switch, what a freaking mess that must be.

@WrCombs said in Child's PC for Schooling: I'm Guessing that tablets would have some kind of Parental Control function, right? Be able to lock it down so he can only use the School Apps etc ? If you use Chromebook tablets, there are no apps conceptually by default. And there are regular user accounts.

@WrCombs said in Huge Mistake: The software I installed was a free Trial it wont let me actually recover anything until I pay for it... Wanting to use only Free fully functional recovery software means your data is not valuable to you. I have recently tried the following data recovery tools: Piriform Recuva Cgsecurity Testdisk On a formatted partition with good results. But some files were corrupted or lost. There are many more free programs most are a cut down version of a commercial package. A few recover a limited number of files for free or show you what could be recovered if you Pay for a license. Based on my experience, though those tools are paid, they are more professional and find more good results than free ones. I would recommend to you: iBoysoft Data Recovery EaseUS Disk Drill Please note that If you look for an unformat option if you have not written to the formatted partition since it happened (although windows will write to the drive anyway ). Because how successful they will depend on how much has been written to the drive since formatting. Therefore, you'd better use another hard disk eg USB, SATA, or over a network to a hard drive to recover the data. This post will be helpful: https://iboysoft.com/data-recovery/recover-data-from-formatted-hard-drive.html Moreover, depending on the value of data ask for professional help or carry on recovery yourself.

Since you are connected to the printer via USB. Disable plug and play. And then delete all those extra printers.

@WrCombs said in Unrouted Wireless Network setup: I'm sure there's some degree that it's different, because Tablets memory and Storage is no where close to a Desktop PC. but it the OS runs the exact same. The fastest computer in my house is a tablet. Intel i7 9th gen, 16GB RAM, NVMe storage. Way faster than any of our laptops or desktops. Tablet is just a shape and while they can't contain the power of a giant gaming rig, they can do anything a laptop or normal business desktop can do. It's literally just the shape.

@WrCombs said in what is automation? How does it work?: @scottalanmiller said in what is automation? How does it work?: @WrCombs said in what is automation? How does it work?: @Dashrender said in what is automation? How does it work?: There are multiple ways to get automation. Simplest might be to write a script that copies files and execute that script using Task Scheduler (a windows service that allows you to execute tasks based upon a specific schedule). Thanks - Got more information now: I need to be able to automatically send a folder to compressed zip. Then automate the import and publish. The more information I get the more confused I become about all of this. The first step to automating a task is defining how you would do it manually. Start there. That doesn't mean the automation will just copy that, but it helps to understand what you are doing today, before you figure out how to do it automatically tomorrow. Do it here? I mean, That's fine with me. I would make a new thread about that specific task, and you could toss a link in here to that.

@WrCombs said in Unifi AP on unrouted Network - Issues: @WrCombs said in Unifi AP on unrouted Network - Issues: How do you Export/Import Sites into new controllers ? Never mind I figured it out. I went into "site" settings , In the bottom left corner there was "export site" option. Click on that, download the backup file, create network on other Controller, then import site. You can then (if you have a domain set up) migrate the AP to that Controller. I didn't have this issue; I installed and it's working properly, can view, and edit the AP .

@scottalanmiller said in Need to Install SQL Server Management Studio: @Pete-S said in Need to Install SQL Server Management Studio: I'm pretty sure you can install the management studio on any computer. Doesn't have to be on the computer that actually has the SQL server installed. That's correct. SQL Studio requires Windows, but SQL Server does not. So we sometimes do that, as well. Yes or a 64-bit Windows 10 with a new version of Management Studio, managing an older 32-bit Windows 7 SQL Server install

@scottalanmiller said in File Sharing Issue Windows 7: @Dashrender said in File Sharing Issue Windows 7: @scottalanmiller said in File Sharing Issue Windows 7: @Dashrender said in File Sharing Issue Windows 7: @scottalanmiller said in File Sharing Issue Windows 7: @WrCombs said in File Sharing Issue Windows 7: @scottalanmiller said in File Sharing Issue Windows 7: Literally just got off of a meeting where we put the last piece in place for our first in house POS system, BTW i'm interested. Not for hospitality industry. But this is our first foray into POS and crossing over industries in the future is obviously very possible. you made it for the Vets? Yes You guys should look into making pharmacy software, you could likely make a killing, and be light years ahead of the seemingly junk crap that's out there now. That's a great idea. And my family is all pharmacists, so we have like endless direct access to resources. I really don't know the requirements for the interconnectedness - which this are... but yeah, so many of the systems are just old as F.

@Dashrender said in Soft Phone issues: HP sure in the heck isn't local in Omaha, they hire contractors to go to businesses to replace motherboards, etc for the onsite component. NTG got much of its early business being those "local" guys for HPE, Dell, etc. And funny enough... even being the "local guy" meant that our Rochester, NY guys covered like eight states. When those big companies are sending their "local guy", they are driving hundreds of miles much of the time unless you are in a huge city.

@Dashrender said in Windows 10- Cant Connect to this network?: I have seen specific devices have a hard time getting/staying connected. My old Lenovo laptop had this issue. Replacing the wireless NIC solved the problem. Others I've updated the driver and it solved, and yet others never resolved. Recommended solutions at that point were - replace the AP, replace the laptop/device. I didn't mention updating the AP, but I suppose that should be mentioned. Agreed, this is more likely to be hardware or driver related, than to be Windows 10 related.

@WrCombs said in Proposal to my Boss - Thoughts?: Proposal to my Boss - Thoughts? ......I want to propose to my boss Thoughts? Yes, make sure her husband is okay with it!

I'm looking to retrofit my own office... likely have to work from home soon... considering a pair of 4K displays... but we'll see...

@Dashrender said in How to set up Unifi Controller For Unrouted Private Network?: @WrCombs said in How to set up Unifi Controller For Unrouted Private Network?: update: https://i.imgur.com/L6U1LJA.png The tablet connects to the Network, with a Static IP of 192.168.128.103 the Ip of the AP is showing as 192.168.2.41 .. But it is connected.. is that normal?? sure, it can be. All depends on the routing. I assume you have the AP connected somehow to the second port on the ER-L, and that it's getting DHCP from that, but that same switch also has a connection to the secondary NIC in your Server, so the static IP'ed traffic can get around on that. You've kinda created a bridge between the networks via the AP, and if the password is the default, that could be a problem. password is not default.

At first, I was thinking this was a PXE boot. Those damned hackers are evil beyond compare.

@JasGot said in DHCP Question...: I guess I am going back subnet school. I found it, it's in the faded greyed out area under the red rectangle.