Posts made by AdamF

@scottalanmiller Yeah, It is interesting to see how organizations are going back to the thin client model where it makes sense.

@scottalanmiller I'm going to check them out. Never used Acer before.

@gjacobse Yep, It's the user and their specific needs. So it has to be Windows.

I have a user who just needs to RDP to his powerful desktop machine at the office. He will be offsite a lot and I am looking to get a laptop so he can connect to it from anywhere. I just need something inexpensive that runs Windows. Any recommendations? I was looking at Asus , Dell, etc. Any recommendations on makes/models?

@irj said in It's the CEO's Birthday!!!:

@travisdh1 said in It's the CEO's Birthday!!!:

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@scottalanmiller said in It's the CEO's Birthday!!!:

Awwww.... this was our sale day for tickets for the last MangoCon.

Fingers crossed we get another soon.

With dick shirts?

How did this happen is the real question?

This had to be intentional?

It was intentional, I was just sad I missed it.

Whats the joke? We're dicks?

The joke was that the shirt had a questionably shaped object as the main center piece of the shirt. I didn't even feel comfortable wearing it around my kids. Right @scottalanmiller @Dominica ?

@scottalanmiller said in Cellular backup options:

@AdamF said in Cellular backup options:

@dbeato said in Cellular backup options:

@AdamF said in Cellular backup options:

@scottalanmiller Yeah, Our team, when working from home, likes to RDP into their PCs at the office. They use either traditional VPN, or Zerotier. Some of them claim to have issues with Zerotier, claiming it is "slow" for them. I never use traditional VPN anymore and I only use Zerotier if I have to RDP to anything at the office. I never experience slowness of any kind with Zerotier.

Yeah, change is "hard"

Zerotier is was such a game changer for us. Remember the old MPLS / pay a fortune days? DO NOT miss those.

I've never had to deal with that. We had better options than MPLS before MPLS hit the market. Even by 2000 we had ways to handle that stuff well without MPLS.

Yeah I only dealt with MPLS in a larger global company I worked for previously. They spend SOOO much money on AT&T managed WAN connections. Like insane amounts of money.

@dbeato said in Cellular backup options:

@AdamF said in Cellular backup options:

@scottalanmiller Yeah, Our team, when working from home, likes to RDP into their PCs at the office. They use either traditional VPN, or Zerotier. Some of them claim to have issues with Zerotier, claiming it is "slow" for them. I never use traditional VPN anymore and I only use Zerotier if I have to RDP to anything at the office. I never experience slowness of any kind with Zerotier.

Yeah, change is "hard"

Zerotier is was such a game changer for us. Remember the old MPLS / pay a fortune days? DO NOT miss those.

@scottalanmiller Yeah, Our team, when working from home, likes to RDP into their PCs at the office. They use either traditional VPN, or Zerotier. Some of them claim to have issues with Zerotier, claiming it is "slow" for them. I never use traditional VPN anymore and I only use Zerotier if I have to RDP to anything at the office. I never experience slowness of any kind with Zerotier.

@scottalanmiller said in Cellular backup options:

@AdamF said in Cellular backup options:

What is the physical connection layout for the Cradle point? I understand that the static IP block that I have from Comcast would NOT work during a failover scenario. I can deal with that. However, under normal operation (not in LTE failover), is this configured in such a way that creates double NATing? We have VoIP phones connecting to a cloud PBX, and I would not want to deal with double NAT.

I've not tested with static, but the assumption would be that the static would still work.

I just heard from my rep. Static IPs will not work during LTE backup. Once normal service is restored, the IPs are available again, but not during the LTE backup.

@travisdh1 said in Cellular backup options:

@AdamF said in Cellular backup options:

What is the physical connection layout for the Cradle point? I understand that the static IP block that I have from Comcast would NOT work during a failover scenario. I can deal with that. However, under normal operation (not in LTE failover), is this configured in such a way that creates double NATing? We have VoIP phones connecting to a cloud PBX, and I would not want to deal with double NAT.

A previous employer of mine had a very large client that used Cradle Point as a backup for each location. The Cradle Point had static IPs as well, so we could set the VPNs to use either the main or Cradle Point IP.

Did they use cradlepoint direct with their own LTE connection? Or did they use the Comcast connection pro solution?

What is the physical connection layout for the Cradle point? I understand that the static IP block that I have from Comcast would NOT work during a failover scenario. I can deal with that. However, under normal operation (not in LTE failover), is this configured in such a way that creates double NATing? We have VoIP phones connecting to a cloud PBX, and I would not want to deal with double NAT.

@scottalanmiller said in Cellular backup options:

@AdamF said in Cellular backup options:

@JasGot said in Cellular backup options:

We use the Peplink MAX BR1 Mini LTE | Industrial-Grade 4G LTE Router | MAX-BR1-MINI-LTE-US-T at about 80 customers. We like it. It's easy, it works. Verizon charges anywhere from $10 to $20 per month depending on how you get them to include it.

The hardest part of any failover system (except the integrated solution from Comcast) is the router setup. We use all Sonicwall and it works perfect for FailOVER, but every once in a while it doesn't failBACK.

I even carry one of these with us on vacation when we travel to remote places where cellular IS available but decent copper broadband ISN'T.

This plugs into you network via ethernet, or it can be a WiFi router. (or both!)

Here's a link: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MR5YKF9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That looks like a decent solution too. I like that you can go to other networks like Verizon, etc.

It's always another network. 4G providers are almost never physical ISPs.

Right, but what I meant was that I didn't know if Comcast used their own cell network. However I think Comcast uses Verizon under the hood anyway for their cell network. Can anyone confirm that?

Another alternative would be to get a second physical connection in the building. However, the only other option is a super slow DSL connection. But as just a backup, that could works as well.

@JasGot said in Cellular backup options:

We use the Peplink MAX BR1 Mini LTE | Industrial-Grade 4G LTE Router | MAX-BR1-MINI-LTE-US-T at about 80 customers. We like it. It's easy, it works. Verizon charges anywhere from $10 to $20 per month depending on how you get them to include it.

The hardest part of any failover system (except the integrated solution from Comcast) is the router setup. We use all Sonicwall and it works perfect for FailOVER, but every once in a while it doesn't failBACK.

I even carry one of these with us on vacation when we travel to remote places where cellular IS available but decent copper broadband ISN'T.

This plugs into you network via ethernet, or it can be a WiFi router. (or both!)

Here's a link: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MR5YKF9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That looks like a decent solution too. I like that you can go to other networks like Verizon, etc.

@scottalanmiller I’ll contact my rep. Is it unlimited data I assume? Any idea on cost?

What are some good options for a backup cellular connection for business internet? I have Comcast coax, and at times, it goes down for brief periods. I have an Edge Router 4 at this office and having a setup that automatically detects an outage and swaps over to a backup connection would be fantastic. There are a ton of them out there. Any recommendations here? I know Comcast also offers a backup lte solution as well.

I need a new solution as well and am going to go with Zabbix. What is the recommended OS these days for a Zabbix install? Are the guides on here still valid?

Here we go again.....

Awesome! Now I need to check out the new features in Asterisk 18.

@Obsolesce said in Microsoft store missing:

@AdamF said in Microsoft store missing:

My solution was to format and re-install. Lesson learned!

The first rule of Microsoft Store:

1. Don't remove Microsoft Store.

Yep!

My solution was to format and re-install. Lesson learned!