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    Opinions/experiences with OSes for hardware firewalls?

    I used to build/test drive tons of firewall distros years ago...sort of like a hobby. Almost on a monthly basis I'd try some new distro I'd found. Which one is best for you depends on what you're looking for, what your needs are. Some are lean and mean, super fast, excellent QoS...
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    Problems with VPN from site with same host IP address

    Normal. VPNs need different subnets at different ends. Otherwise...how is the VPN supposed to know how to route traffic? Which side of the fence is 192.168.1.1 on? You see the confusion? When we setup offices with VPN connections connecting them (like wide area networks)...offices are...
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    VPN server on router vs physical device on network

    *Performance...assuming you have your hardware edge appliance (or dedicated VPN appliance) on decent hardware, performance will be much better for remote (VPN) clients/users. As having a Windows Server run VPN...well...ain't a ball of fire. Especially important if you have concurrent VPN...
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    Outdoor AP for a hotel at the seaside

    We've enjoyed a lot of success with Ubiquiti's wireless hardware, including some pretty good outdoor projects. Probably want a centrally managed wireless setup with 4 maybe 6 APs..depending on the physical layout. Surge protection is easy, plenty of ethernet surge protectors out there...
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    Ubiquiti EdgeMax EdgeRouter Pro Reviewed

    Ordered one for our server room (mini data center)...we're bringing in an AT&T fiber connection and need lowest latency possible. A fiber pipe and the Edgemax should fit the bill! Right now it's running on a combination of 5x IPs from a cable ISP and 5x IPs from AT&T DSL. Split across a large...
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    Any Chromecast users?

    Just got a ChromeCast for our office a few days ago. Have it on our big screen TV up on the wall of our office, we use it from our desktops while doing training, education meetings, etc. Based on our Ubiquiti controller for our Unifi AP in the office, in the past 1x day and 8 hours, it's...
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    VLANs in AP, switch, or both?

    It depends what your goal is..and what else you need to separate. As for security for wireless clients...to keep it simple, have SSIDs with "client isolation mode" enabled on the "guest" ones, or the ones NOT related to your business. This separates "them" from your business network. However...
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    Make vs. Buy for new router

    There are many reasons to roll your own open source router...but for the home user, I wouldn't consider security to be one of them. When you look at the vulnerabilities of many residential routers (STinksys, Nutgear, DStink...those home grade ones)...many of those are addressed with simple...
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    Pop-up ads today- thick as flies on cow dung

    AdBlock Plus is wonderfully simple to install into Chrome, or FireFox. And so effective.
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    What makes a fast internet connection?

    ISPs often have higher speed packages for business grade. ISPs usually use better, higher quality, higher performance "modems" or "gateways" for their business connections. ISPs usually have different DNS servers for their business connections, higher performing, less load. ISPs usually...
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    What hard drive should you buy for your NAS?

    Only in some cases...while I do have some larger clients with larger NAS units in proper server rooms, NAS units rule the smaller side of the SMB world. Meaning...typically they're found in the smaller networks that are workgroup/peer to peer networks. No real server...no active directory...
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    What hard drive should you buy for your NAS?

    For the self sufficient and capable such as yourself...that way of thinking works fine, and can cost-justify itself. Plus you're likely aware of occasional monitoring of its status. For many other people that have to hire someone to do it...and for businesses such as I cater so, they hire an...
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    Getting Uverse Installed Soon What to Expect?

    Enjoy! It's usually very good. I work with ISPs all the time, it's part of my job....I'm an SMB IT Services consultant...we provide (manage) all IT related services for small to medium businesses. So in many states...we work with all the ISPs on a regular basis. In our state we even have...
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    What hard drive should you buy for your NAS?

    When they originally published that claim (enterprise drives aren't better than consumer grade)....I fell out of my chair laughing. As did a lot of other seasoned techs that have been in the trenches for years. Anyone partially familiar with computers will immediately spot the flaw in...
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    Isolating clients on LAN subnet

    If you're talking about a small hotel network...or any business, you want to use business grade products and not mess with pizza tech home grade stuff flashed with 3rd party firmware like DD. You want to stick with business grade products at a minimum...and with those products, you'll get solid...
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    Is this a DNS issue?

    Depends how your ISP is routing you...and which of their gateways they're dumping you out onto the internet from.
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    Routing Performance - DS1512+

    Actually...some of the higher end biz models do..they have multiple NICs and they have an app and options to run as a traditional NAT router much like your conventional Stinksys or Nutgear router. WAN, LAN, PPPoE support, port forwarding, DNS server, DHCP server, all that. And much more. As...
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    Review Suggestion: Sophos UTM

    I just saw this Tim....(yeah I've been scarce) Yes I've run "Astaro"...at home....ran it on both an old IBM Thinkpad laptop, and on a SuperMicro 1U box with a dual core Atom CPU and 2 gigs of RAM. A somewhat "similar" product to Untangle...actually Astaro has been around for a long...
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    Untangle Version 10

    As it stands...yes it's a fresh install, there currently is no upgrade path. It is an entirely new OS platform. Like upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 8...there is no "migration/upgrade". Some users have reported success in importing some individual module exports. Version 9.4 will...
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    Ubiquiti UAP-LR (Long Range) Reviewed

    First, it's not a router, it's purely an access point. It's designed for businesses...to be used in offices where multiple access points are setup. Also note that it's designed to be installed in ceilings, nice 'n neat. Another big feature is centralized management. Say you deploy 20 of...
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