I was able to get to the menu to reset my printer, but when I get on to the screen to select a language I get no response from the printer. Any help is appreciated. My printer is an Officejet 6500a.

In advance, thank you,
Mr. Wright.

P.S. I still love my big brotha in you Scott! lol! No Homo!

@Pete-S said in Captive Portal/Splash Screen/Better Alternative:

He or his guests doesn't need to type in anything.
Most phones for example support qr codes for ssid & pwd.

There are many sites that can generate the right qr code for him to print out.

For example https://wifiqrcode.com

Hey Pete. I wish I knew you well enough to put you on my Christmas list. That idea was the BOMB! My bad for those who are not hip to that term. It was a great idea.

I also talked him into getting a Unifi Dream Router (UDR). With the UDR you don't need to buy extra gear. It's a 4 in one. It's a router, switch, AP and controller. There's another one called Unifi Dream Machine (UDM). It's a 3 in 1. It's a switch, AP and Controller. Both can create a captive portal / splash screen.

Here's a side by side comparison:

If anyone else has any cool ideas like Pete, please share. I'm open to learning and sharing information.

If anyone is interested, below are setup video of both products.

Unifi:
UDR - Router
UDM - Machine

In the mean time, MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

A company bought out another company and I was asked to assist in doing a Network Crossover that involves:
testing networks, server AD Migration...etc!
What do you think is reasonable to assist. I don't want to come off asking for too much, but at the same time I don't want to cut myself either. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance, |
Chris.

Can anyone help me with the title please. I f'got. Thank you in advance.

@MattSpeller

Matt why are you too crazy!! lol!!

I really do love all you guys! When you guys spoke about the compatibility mode I checked it and it was stuck on Vista. So I changed it to 7 and Whalaa! Thank you all for being on my team. I hope I'm smart enough in something to help you guys figure something out. Thank you so much.

I just want to come by and show my respects to a IT community that is not only top of the line intelligent, but a community that do not look down on others due to lack of knowledge, go out their way to help you, so down to earth, very passionate about what they know and are willing to encourage you as well as help you to become a better IT professional. I'm sure I speak for Mangolassi when I say:
What ever you learn on Mangolassi or in life...with kindness pass the knowledge on and make the world a better technical place.
Let's give three cheers for Mangolassi! May you last longer than Microsoft and Apple!
HIP HIP HURRAY!
HIP HIP HURRAY!
HIP HIP HURRAY!

@scottalanmiller said:

@MrWright4hire said:

@scottalanmiller said:

It also requires defining how the term "cloud" is meant to be used in this case. What is the overall goal?

That's a great question. A question I will present once I go in for the interview. Any other questions on this matter should I ask to avoid the rolling eye scenario? lol! I would like to be armed and ready to ask the appropriate questions to be able to lock down the direct steps needed to get the job done on time, with in budget and with less down time.

Well given that you will be interviewing in this case, I'll propose some ideas based on some assumptions that could be way off base.

They probably want to go to a completely "hosted" model. The most common approach here, still today, is colocation and VPN. NTG does this. We colocate enterprise servers (one of our datacenters is in Mississauga near you) that we then run VMware vSphere on and virtualize all of our servers. We then add an enterprise VPN (we used to use IPSec, then OpenVPN and finally settled on Pertino) that connects every user into the "hosted network."

With this model, we use traditional computing like Active Directory, SMB drive shares, RDP and any other LAN protocol and it all works right over the Pertino VPN network. We are able to manage our network like a traditional LAN while not being in a single office and having no on premises servers.

Are you saying that NTG provides or use this service? If it provide this IT service, why would I suggest yall? That's taking food off my table. lol! However, it it uses this service then your scenario would be a great foundation to learn from. I have to see how many employees there are. To gage how big their system may be. It's my understanding that they even have a sister company in Toronto. It's an Wine company. Holidays should be nice around there...cheers! lol!

I'm trying to update my flashplayer in Centos, but having some problems. Nevertheless, I stumbled upon this note. How many of you knew this:
NOTE: Adobe Flash Player 11.2 will be the last version to target Linux as a supported platform. Adobe will continue to provide security backports to Flash Player 11.2 for Linux.

If you don't know now you know (censored)!

@Obsolesce said in The Most Effective Meetings:

@MrWright4hire said in The Most Effective Meetings:

Isn't it funny how we may disagree about being there for someone until we're the someone that needs the help

Is calling a meeting to take the time of several people or more really the most effective use of resources if one needs help with something? I can't agree to that.

Allow me to clear my thoughts up for everyone.

Scenario #1:
When you call a meeting and there's really not much to talk about from a business pov. However, you are aware that a team member is having issues and struggling at work. You open the dialog, without pointing fingers, how you have notice the issues. And how you need to address it before it gets out of hand. Like I said, instead of calling someone out, let it be known that anyone with the issues should come and discuss the issues. You not taking up extra resources. You're bringing awareness and depend on what the issue is, educating your team for a better work environment.

AND

Scenario #2:
Co-workers don't get along. That needs to be address and nipped in the bud quick, fast and in a hurry.

There's issues you can address in public and in private without wasting time or resources.

This doesn't have to be trivial, I'm basically just saying that people are important when it comes to a team. Just make sure all is good for a great team results.

@Obsolesce, thank you for your suggestion. I'm checking it out now.

Here at the library studying Cyber Security.

Mr. @RojoLoco, no I'm not an expert. I'm expressing my thoughts as you are. I think what I'm sharing stems from a place of:
Wisdom is similar to expert decision-making skills, but it's not the same as being an expert:

In fact:
Wisdom is the ability to use knowledge, experience, and judgment to make good decisions in complex and uncertain situations. It involves understanding how to regulate your feelings and motivations to achieve your goals.

Everyone is going through a transition in life...a new chapter. To some, this new chapter is a blessing and to others a fearful reality. A wake up call to pivot in life. With that said, the sanity, the emotional conflict and life burden of a team member is the business of a company. Men always say they're fine when they're not. It can affect their performance at work. Whomever is leading a meeting should include a roll call on everyone's health. Like I stated in my previous post...Mission, Men and then yourself. Whether you agree or not, I stand by it.

Isn't it funny how we may disagree about being there for someone until we're the someone that needs the help?

@EddieJennings thank you so much for your valid feedback. I very much agree with you about chasing the skills and not the certs. However, companies, in the cyber world, wont take you serious, if you can't produce a degree or a cert to show.

I'm all for the skills. At the time I wasn't aware of the many different levels of CyberSec. Now that I'm aware, I know what direction I would like to go to gain the skills and the cert to get my job. This is why I wanted to know if there is anyone out there, who's already in the field, could provide some feedback, study guides...etc.

Again, thanks for your input Eddie. Your suggestion is already in play.

W'sup everyone and Merry Christmas. I'm about to start my journey into the Cybersec world. I started out studying for Fortinet firewall cert, I got my FCA, for the professional level...I decided to head into the FCP, Public Cloud Security.

In doing my research, I came to understand that FCP is proprietary. Meaning that I can only be valuable to companies with Fortinet products. Then I discovered CCSP. I was thinking this, Fortinet FCP, was that, CCSP. But THIS wasn't THAT. lol! As I kept researching, I then discovered CISSP. OMGness!! It never stops. I was blown away to find out that CISSP is CCSP and more. So now I have made up my mind to pursue both CISSP and CCSP. I read that CCSP is a nice compliment to CISSP even though most of CCSP information overlaps with some of CISSP.

At first I was a bit nervous. I didn't know how I was going to afford the study materials or where to start. But then I came across some DOPE resources for guidance. Study groups and free courses!! Here are some sites I found:
Skool
Cyber Seek (it has a map of all the cyber jobs in demand in the USA)
CISSP on YouTube (Providing a full free course in CISSP. God is good!)

Did you know if you have a library card that you can have free access to Linkedin Learning (formally known as Lynda com) catalogue.

If anyone in Cyber Security have any other cool resources to share, please do. I haven't even taken the exam yet and I feel so blessed. Wish me luck!

Oh! If anyone is starting their journey in Cyber Security, hit me up. Let's become study partners.

If any Cyber Security professional care to mentor someone, hit me up. I could use an Obi-Wan Kenobi. lol!

To all who has started and or thinking about starting...g'luck. May my lil resources be of some help to you.

Each one, Teach one!

Although I understand where you both are coming from. The thing is that there is always something to talk about. I know you're expert in computing, but that isn't the only thing that keeps the wheels of a company oiled.

Based on business alone, there's a POV of:
How one is being effected psychologically
How one is being effected emotionally
How one is being effected physically
Where we at with our team energy
Team effort to work with one another
How to strengthen our weakness
Team building
Career enhancing

Strong men open up, weak men stay closed up, isolated and Fk up the progress of growth. Sometimes the issues aren't technical or what you can see with your eyes, but the ones you can sense via energy. Suicide rate for men has risen higher than ever before. 75% of it is work related. A person's outer appearance doesn't always represent their inner appearance.

All relationships are like a business. If you only focus on ONE aspect of the business, the other part of your business will crumble. Therefore, role call from every aspect...i.e...emotional, physical, psychological, socially, individually and as a team is very important. In the military, our motto was:
Mission
Men
and Self

As a team, we should all think about our mission and how we could help one another. As a leader, afterwards, you think about the men you're leading. And as a leader, once the top two tiers has been taken care of, you think about yourself.

So to say that there isn't anything to talk about is speaking with from an individual pov to brush off issues as a team or as an individual to deal with our person demons alone.

If you don't speak up, you can't complain when ish hit the fan and or you feel as if your world is crumbling all around you. People can't help you if you're breaking your neck to protect the silent killer aka your inner demons.

@Pete-S said in Captive Portal/Splash Screen/Better Alternative:

He or his guests doesn't need to type in anything.
Most phones for example support qr codes for ssid & pwd.

There are many sites that can generate the right qr code for him to print out.

For example https://wifiqrcode.com

Hey Pete. I wish I knew you well enough to put you on my Christmas list. That idea was the BOMB! My bad for those who are not hip to that term. It was a great idea.

I also talked him into getting a Unifi Dream Router (UDR). With the UDR you don't need to buy extra gear. It's a 4 in one. It's a router, switch, AP and controller. There's another one called Unifi Dream Machine (UDM). It's a 3 in 1. It's a switch, AP and Controller. Both can create a captive portal / splash screen.

Here's a side by side comparison:

If anyone else has any cool ideas like Pete, please share. I'm open to learning and sharing information.

If anyone is interested, below are setup video of both products.

Unifi:
UDR - Router
UDM - Machine

In the mean time, MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

@gjacobse said in Captive Portal/Splash Screen/Better Alternative:

Unifi has a captive portal in the controller,..

Oh,.. can’t be troubled to type a SSID, then dealing with a controller or really ANY captive portal option will likely be more than he wants to deal with..

Thanks for the suggestion gjacobse. I thought of Unifi as well, but once again, it's extra gear. This task is annoying.

I have a client that is requesting a captive portal for his home. He's not interested in buying extra gear or software subscription. I looked into DD-WRT, but they have 3rd parties that charge for services.

My client has a Asus RT-AX1800S router. I spoke to Asus and they no longer support captive portals on their routers anymore. He wants simplicity, keep his family network separate and wants to avoid having guess come to him for pwds.

As an alternative, I mentioned how he can hide the family SSID while exposing the guest SSID for them to connect to. His response, what if a family member gets a new device. I informed him at bare minimum he would have to only input the network information in once. Once to him is even an headache.

Any ideas anyone?

In advanced, thank you for your time and efforts.