@syko24 said in ANYONE USING VULTR FIREWALL WITH FREEPBX:

@scottalanmiller said in ANYONE USING VULTR FIREWALL WITH FREEPBX:

Example, you have ten servers including databases, application servers, proxies, etc. And you only want the proxies exposed to the Internet, not the other machines. But they need to be exposed to each other. So the firewall exists to ensure that traffic cannot get to them, even though their own firewalls cannot close all of those ports because they need to see traffic from your "Vultr LAN."

Makes sense, most setups I have done on Vultr have been single server setups - FreePBX or NextCloud. I haven't really built out a full network of systems on their platform.

Not many have as there weren't firewall options before 😉

Lots of Intermittent issues all over. We have Spectrum, Cogent, Level 3 and ComCrap depending on location and all of them getting intermittent 404's and other issues

So I believe I was able to resolve the issue. I ended up rolling back my Office updates using the method from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2770432/how-to-revert-to-an-earlier-version-of-office-2013-or-office-2016-clic . I had tried numerous versions but none seemed to work. I ended up trying Build 1707 16.0.8326.2073 and holy crap it worked.

Just another observation before I had rolled back is that Excel was using a high amount of CPU (about 45% to 50%). I have seen other people complain about CPU being high in some older versions but it was typically related to the Creators Update and not Office updates.

Anyways, thanks for all the suggestions!! I will let you guys know if this one blows up on me too.

It is a very common issue

No, you should never need to do that because it should always be an outbound registration to keep the trunk up.

@syko24 said in Office365 spam:

ms have in common is that the sender/reply-to address is from a domain that is also using Office365 for email. I assume what is happening is the domain sending the emails is someone who fell for the scam and now their email account is being used to send spam to other Office365 accounts because they are unlikely to be marked as spam.

I have users that receive emails from Office 365 senders and they are not in office 365 which means is an Spam problem and not an Office 365 problem. Even if you host emails in Office 365 you should either adjust your Spam Filtering or use an external Spam Filtering.

Unless you need to record internal calls I would use your sip providers API, everyone offers it these days and usually for .0002 or so per minute. (Twilio, Telnyx etc)

I would trust Freepbx about as far as I could throw it for this task.

If learning a Synology interface is the goal, I've got 2 junk units sitting on the shelf you can VPN into and muck around with, they are on the latest DSM.

My Brother HL-5170dn from ~2005 is still running strong.

@JaredBusch I appreciate it. Thank you!

@syko24 said in Headset Recommendations for softphone:

@thanksajdotcom - Really just something that is comfortable and over the ear. Being able to walk away from my desk while on the phone would be nice as I am a pacer when I talk.

I assume that wireless models actually connect to the wifi network or are they all just Bluetooth with some kind of base station/usb module.

Also, I prefer over-the-ear, which is why I like the W730. If you see an M after it, all that means is that the specific model is Microsoft certified, but the ones without it work just as well. Also, Plantronics has some awesome software you can use to help manage it, that is very nice and powerful. It's free too. 🙂 aka no extra licensing or fees to get it or use it

The business here uses Zones. I prefer to get my licensing from whomever is least expensive and most helpful.
I care not for who sells me the licenses as long as they're legit.

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@travisdh1 said in OneDrive brings new file collaboration and management features to the enterprise:

@BRRABill said in OneDrive brings new file collaboration and management features to the enterprise:

@travisdh1 said in OneDrive brings new file collaboration and management features to the enterprise:

@Dashrender said in OneDrive brings new file collaboration and management features to the enterprise:

@travisdh1 said in OneDrive brings new file collaboration and management features to the enterprise:

@Dashrender said in OneDrive brings new file collaboration and management features to the enterprise:

@syko24 said in OneDrive brings new file collaboration and management features to the enterprise:

Really what's the draw to OneDrive for Business? Is it the ability to modify OneDrive documents directly using Word or Excel?

This is huge! What's the process for editing a file that's in OwnCloud with locally install Office?

As I understand it (I've never used ownCloud/NextCloud) either:

install sync client and sync any file locally that you want to edit download the file using the web client, open with Word, edit, save, upload via webclient use WebDav to map a network share

1 allows for the easy propagation of cryptoware files to the server
2 is a huge pain in the rear
3 allows for crypto problems directly on the remote storage

4 Install Collabora and just edit everything on the server, no sync or download. Also, no, I haven't gotten Collabora installed and integrated with NextCloud yet. Not enough time to go troubleshoot.

Sure, but that's not what was asked. He asked about using locally install Office apps.

Yeah, forgot which thread I was replying to, again.

LOL, what is up with you these days?

Trying to do 5 things at once instead of 2 or 3.

Lower your threshold... Settle in at a nice and round 4. 🙂

@Dashrender said in Cabling and firecode:

@syko24 said in Cabling and firecode:

@Dashrender - I think low voltage is one of those things that a lot of installers cut corners on because most people aren't going to check their work above the ceilings or down the walls. The client typically just cares that the jacks work and that's it.

Are you implying that the client will check other things? Like power wires, etc? I highly doubt it.

No but cabling and recabling is sometimes done after buildout of an office. No inspector checking the work.

@scottalanmiller said in Dell R720 vs R720xd:

@Danp said in Dell R720 vs R720xd:

@syko24 Absolutely no issues with buying an unit from that generation of Dell servers. Buy from a reputable seller who backs it up with a warranty and you shouldn't have any issues.

Check out xByte.

@ryan-from-xbyte

That's where it is from. It was one of those email offers xByte sends out every so often. The total price of the server is almost the cost of the drives alone from Dell. Can't really pass it up.

@guyinpv said in Zentyal 5.0 release in November:

@scottalanmiller said in Zentyal 5.0 release in November:

@guyinpv said in Zentyal 5.0 release in November:

I guess you're right, don't even need Zentyal at this point, lol. But I refuse to not have some kind of GUI/interface to manage my Linux services. I have WAY too much to do in my day to be farting around with command lines when I have work to get done.

Based on the same needs to save time, I refuse to have the GUI 😉 Same reason I don't have a GUI on Windows.

You're on crack, and many other things. Never speak to me again.

Everything is so fast. I can often get tasks done before other team members get a GUI up and running to look for what they need. Often I can do my CLI task without even logging in, just issue the command remotely.

@syko24 said in Malwarebytes aquires AdwCleaner:

I wonder if this means adwcleaner cannot be used for business use unless you purchase Malwarebytes endpoint.

Acquisition alone doesn't mean any change. They have to make the change in the licensing.

@coliver said in Zimbra and ActiveSync:

I think because active sync requires a license from Microsoft they were never able to include it in the community version.

That's what I have always been led to believe.

@Dashrender said in Nextcloud/Owncloud best use cases:

The local copy always stays local until you delete it, or a sync from another location deletes it.

Right. If you delete the local copy, it gets deleted from the NC server as well. So the next time the other clients sync up, it will get removed from them as well.

We are trialing phone.com and so far it's not bad. The pricing is a little unclear. I initially contacted sales to confirm how pricing works and was told the exact opposite of how it actually works.