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i put it in airplane mode and tried texting - i use android messages not my verizon text app, and it worked fine over wifi

hmm yes i have seen that option and can change it in the app. i guess it all comes down to trying to figure out how i can do these 2 things: in google voice app, dial anyone and it uses wifi. i don't care if it uses my google number or the real cell number. in the samsung phone app, dial...

is there a way to use the google voice number (wifi) only when i'm dialing through the google voice app? right now it's asking me which number to use every time. if i use my phone's dialer, i want it to go through verizon. if i use the google voice app, then i want it to go through wifi...

thanks for all the replies! so far i have only tried google voice but i'm not sure how to tell if it's using my cellular or wifi signal O.o

Hi, so I have 2 verizon cell phones in my home and the cell signal here is abysmal. Even though I'm within spitting distance of downtown Chicago, my cell signal at home is frequently 3g and 1 bar if i'm lucky, on either phone (samsung galaxy s6 and s7). i would like to do one of the following...

avira. use it on all my home computers and also install it for all my friends / relatives / coworkers personal computers/laptops. the free one only has one ad pop-up every couple days. stress to your end user that the avira pop up is legit, and to just hit the X to close it, and to expect it...

i personally would not like this at all. i want to know where all the wires go, and that i own all the equipment. who knows, the whole place could be wired together and the owner has a comcast modem in the basement or broom closet where everything is wired into :D if it were me, i'd call...

funny you should mention that, i came back just now to post the same thing. wondering what everyone thinks of their EdgeRouter line? the ER lite is still around $100 but does not need the controller app to configure - it has its own web interface and CLI of course. for $100 i'm considering...

heh, i thought about pfsense but i decided against it because i knew that i'd be constantly tinkering with it and ultimately have it down more than up lol. :D

well so far i've been impressed with this USG! right now i have the controller running on a windows pc but would like a more permanent solution so maybe AWS is the ticket. i have not tried setting up the VPN yet but it looks like it should be fairly straightforward. oh, and for anyone else...

i'm familiar with linux and bsd just rusty. i read somewhere that i can put the controller software on an amazon AWS server.... do you know anything about that? Or is it okay to run on one of my pc's at home? if the controller goes down/offline/etc i presume that the firewall retains its...

excellent, thank you for the recommendation. i have one on the way now :)

Hi, I'm in the market for a new firewall and I'd like to hear the community recommendations. I have checked out a bunch of hardware firewalls and I think I have narrowed it down to Fortigate and Zyxel. I would like a fully featured hardware firewall that has VPN capabilities so I can connect...