Graham Carter

I have the ASUS RT-AX88U and a day or so ago, upgraded to... Firmware version 3.0.0.4.388.22525 as with all firmware upgrades, its difficult to observe any good or bad issues, unless its been running for several weeks, and patterns stat to emerge . I digress, Im seeing overall wifi instability especially on WIFI6 devices. Instability in that whilst the connection doesn't drop, there will be no throughput of data etc and devices start reporting a dropout in internet connection. Seems to recover shortly after. Also, general connection speeds seem a tad lower, or take time to build up to the maximum speed when looking at the reported client TX rates. I get that WIFI conditions are variable at the best of times, and maybe it's the placebo effect in the firmware update.... be that as it may, anyone else observed general instability with this release? Have gone back to the early Jan release of 3.0.0.4.388.22237 for the time being. Oh and Im on Virgin Media also with the Superhub4 on 1gb connection

The company I work for have in the last month, migrated their on-premise email to 365 email services.Relatively small company with just over 100 employees. For desktop and laptops, we have an internal domain, which is used for device authentication and vpn.Every 90 days our AD policy requires users to reset their password. For pc and laptop users, both local and remote, because their kit has been added to our domain, the password change isn't too much of a problem. However for mobile users, on android and iOS devices, using a mix of outlook app and built in email app, changing password becomes quite a manual fair, especially since some have multiple mobile devices (iPad, iPhone etc) The password change date causes frequent account lockouts because the 365 domain controller also replicates with our internal domain controller, and when users for example change their password on their desktop pc, account locks quickly happened when they haven't manually changed their mobile device password! Would products like Microsoft Intune MDM be the logical solution for the above? What kind of pricing would we be looking at if so? One caveat is that we dont currently have the option / service to allow users to reset their password via the web / 365

Any recommendations on apps / processes for quickly setting up a windows 10 box as a webdav file server? Would prefer an app, but am open to suggestions

When COVID lockdown first hit, the company I work for was in the same situation... in that we needed machines which could quickly remote into office based PC's We snagged a ton of Chromebook's which were perfect for remote access

I've been both an Android and iPhone user for some time now and when I'm out and about, switch between my S21 ultra and iPhone 12 pro max However when it comes to making contactless payments, the iPhone wins hands down! When I say "wins" am talking about general reliability of the NFC payment So for example, when I make a contactless payment with my iPhone, its gets within about an inch from the payment scanner and boom force feedback indicates the payment has been made! Now with androids in general, you almost have to mush the phone right on top of the payment scanner and do an awkward rub up and down until it scans and takes payment Anyone else noticed this discrepancy between iPhone and android contactless payments in general? A question as well, is do apple pay contactless payments use a different type of technology to android or is it all NFC chip based?

Picked up an Apple Thunderbolt Display 27" earlier today for a steal of a price Anyone got any recommended adapters to output to it from my MacBook Air M1 Would presume I need to snag a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt adapter, however I know from past experience that display adapters are a minefield Any recommendations peeps?

Everyone authenticates to domain via pc's and laptops already joined to the domain, and connect via MERAKI vpn Normally we can do most stuff from the msc snap ins, however some users have these blocked via software firewall and yeah GPO updates are a possibility but prefer more granular tweaks.

I know you can use powershell to instigate remote windows firewall changes, however was wondering if anyone know of a GUI tool to perform this task. As most of our users are working remotely nowadays, there is the odd occasion where we need to change remote machines local firewall entries. Again I know this can be done in POWERSHELL however its too fiddly and was wondering whether there was a GUI tool?

Purchased several domain names from 123-reg.co.uk and want to point one to my home Synology NAS. I will admit am completely n00b when it comes to domain management and need some assistance Whats confusing me is the myriad of options / prerequisites available which kinda relate to re-diverting domain name traffic. On the 123-reg domain management page there is everything from Domain mapping, manage dns (A, MX, CNAME), change namer severs (DNS) and that's just on the settings on the company I purchased the domains from, Once I've figured out how to re-point my domain to my NAS (have a fixed IP address) then need to figure out how to allow the domain traffic to be accepted by the NAS. Can anyone give me some step by step guidance please? EDIT. - This guide is pretty much what Im trying to achieve, however most of it is a tad vague https://myrandomthoughts.co.uk/2014/12/access-your-synology-with-your-own-domain-name/ SECOND EDIT - Updated the A, and CNAME records to my fixed ISP address and sorted

Had this Seagate external 8tb drive for just over 4 years plugged into the USB port of my NAS to extend the storage Model Number: STDT8000200 It started making a clicking noise the other day, so inserted into the HD caddy and same problem. Anyone got any out of the box thinking tips to bring this back to life so I can get data off it? I read a post of someone stating to put it in the freezer with the intention to free up the head with the cold... IMG_1492.MOV

lol too serious guys, just wanted the fastest cables in place for future proofing

... "CLICK", when you've upgraded your small home network to CAT8 ethernet cables, and the last cable "clicks" into the back of the NAS!

Correct in your translation of the setup. The reason I want to RDP to the VM when its connected to the VPN is more convenience. Previously the company I work for had a gateway server setup, so to RDP into a physical machine within the company, you just had to add the gateway address into the RDP connection on the client pc. However the licence for such aint cheap, hence my post looking for workarounds.

Yeah I realise this, however is there a workaround, for example using an RDP gateway?

As the title am looking for a solution to rdp to a remote windows machine when vpn is connected The setup is as follows... Have a Microsoft Azure VM which has been setup to connect to a company meraki vpn using the built in windows vpn protocols With the VPN on the azure vm off, can connect to the VM using RDP, however as soon as the vpn is connected on the VM it looses RDP access unless the client pc also connects to the same vpn A workaround was to install google chrome Remote Desktop on the VM which allows remote connection regardless whether the VM vpn is connected or not. Am thinking some kind of RDP gateway, but this is where my knowledge gets a tad hazy Anyone got any tips / suggestions?