@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
User notification and/or user consent when taking control of a computer. I really need to get on that.
That would be HUGE!
I tried but I can only upvote this once.
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Airbnb guest found hidden surveillance camera by scanning Wi-Fi network
Airbnb initially didn't ban offender despite rule against undisclosed cameras.
"Once the family had unpacked, Andrew Barker, who works in IT security, scanned the house's Wi-Fi network," CNN reported today. "The scan unearthed a camera and subsequently a live feed. From the angle of the video, the family tracked down the camera, concealed in what appeared to be a smoke alarm or carbon monoxide detector."
These stories are becoming more common.
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BBC News - Huawei laptop 'backdoor' flaw raises concerns
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47800000
Well this isn't going to help their cause. lol
I had a similar issue in a workgroup with drives disconnecting. A bunch of Googling brought me to this.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/297684/mapped-drive-connection-to-network-share-may-be-lost
That seemed to fix the issue for me.
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BBC News - Internet access in Africa - Are mesh networks the future?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47723967
Nice use of Ubiquiti gear in the video.
@Dashrender said in Interesting FreePBX Setup:
@NashBrydges said in Interesting FreePBX Setup:
They have a route to a cell phone at reception in the event of internet or connectivity issues with VoIP provider.
I'm curious how this works? how is the cellphone integrated into the solution?
VoIP.ms has a "routing if unreachable" setting where you can enter a cell phone to forward calls to if there an interruption between VoIP.ms and FreePBX.
@JasGot said in Interesting FreePBX Setup:
@NashBrydges said in Interesting FreePBX Setup:
Why would he do this? This isn't a HA setup. His home DS918+ is a backup only. Recovery would likely mean purchasing a new Synology and recovering from his backups at home. Now, whether that's been done/tested, haven't asked and my guess would be no.
I am willing to bet his expectations are that he can.
You may be right.
@JasGot said in Interesting FreePBX Setup:
@NashBrydges said in Interesting FreePBX Setup:
Anyone else see a similar setup elsewhere?
Only in the story books. I wonder if he has every powered down the office Synology, and brought the home Synology in, to test his DR.
Why would he do this? This isn't a HA setup. His home DS918+ is a backup only. Recovery would likely mean purchasing a new Synology and recovering from his backups at home. Now, whether that's been done/tested, haven't asked and my guess would be no.
@Dashrender There is no other on-prem server. The Synology is the only onsite device and the only thing running any kind of hypervisor.
I met with a prospective client yesterday and he was walking me through their current setup and needs. Runs a small office with 53 staff all at one location. They're Office 365 enabled and don't have any onsite servers except for 1 Synology DS918+ NAS. This is where the "interesting" part comes in.
They use the NAS for Active Directory services (Active Directory Server package) and the obvious file sharing services and I've definitely seen that before, but they also have a FreePBX VM running in Synology Virtual Machine Manager. I didn't get to login since they're not a client yet, this was just an intro meeting, but he did show me the documentation that the guy who did the setup provided to him.
FreePBX installed as a VM on Synology DS918+
8GB RAM on the NAS (2GB allocated to FreePBX)
Snapshots of the VM that are replicated to an offsite DS918+ (at owner's house)
Config backups of FreePBX being saved to a local folder on the NAS and included in the nightly remote DS918 location
He says they have about 70 extensions configured including conference and meeting rooms, etc, and haven't had any problems at all with this setup. He even had the conversation with the guy who did the setup about whether they should host it as a VPS or have a local FreePBX and he deliberately chose the local install because it was more important that the internal people could continue to use their phones across the 3 floors of the building. They have a route to a cell phone at reception in the event of internet or connectivity issues with VoIP provider.
I knew Synology could do this but haven't run into anyone who actually used the Virtual Machine Manager. Anyone else see a similar setup elsewhere?