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    iPads in bulk: what do I need to know about Enterprise/Corporate staging & deploymnt?

    you should be able to input the manual SSID information for your wireless with Meraki, just an extra step that's all.
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    iPad Storage

    check out some of the synology devices, DS1513+, there are a bunhc of apps that you can download from the appstore to allow the connections to the NAS. for the DS1513+ there are also some expansion units to add additional storage, i believe it maxes at 60TB.
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    How to install a microphone on a desktop and listen remotely?

    if it's all internal, setup ventrilo or equivalent and just put it on voice activated
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    good long range antennas ?

    depending on location for the router in your home... think of wireless as a shower head, it's it positioned at a low point in your house you're going to have a lower amount of coverage vs at a higher point in the home. an access point would help potentially if you were to have it mounted at a...
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    Getting a new router for a friend. Need some suggestions.

    does he need a new router or just better wireless?
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    Quieter alternative to a Cisco 3560G PoE switch?

    are those the one's with the magnet that comes with the switch for mounting?
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    Quieter alternative to a Cisco 3560G PoE switch?

    how many ports are you looking for? check out hp's selector tool, pretty handy, there is an option for fanless on there as well. http://h17007.www1.hp.com/ca/en/products/switches/selector/index.aspx just picked up a couple 8 port gig w/ poe as they had a special on buy 2 get the 3rd free...
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    need router recommendation

    meraki... get a MX60 for the firewall and sit in on a webinar and get a free AP for your wireless...
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    Looking for the perfect iPad Bed Mount

    from one of the other threads here... http://xflexstand.com/
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    Can a case be made for IT SysAdmin primary computer be macbook pro?

    how many monitors can be hooked up to the rMBP? i have a 27" Dell running at 2560x1440 and a 24" running at 1980x1200 currently on my win 7 machine. can both of those be ran off the rMBP? what adapters would be needed to push out at that res? i'm guessing it would be best to have the nvidia gfx...
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    Friend/client wants to get rid of old exchange server

    do they have their own domain? may want to look at google apps for migrating the email accounts to and use active sync for them. i believe its up to 10 users for free on there, used to be 50 i think.
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    Best Training to Help Coworker Replace me as Network Admin?

    sounds good... basically if you're keeping it simple then you're not going to be dumping a ton of cash into the project and thus most vendors probably won't be throwing in training for their products. How long has the new guy been with the company? has he gone through the whole process that the...
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    Which of these is a better gaming laptop?

    i would stay far away from acer myself, have had nothing but issues with the brand. Lenovo i've had much better luck with (running an x201 currently and it's taken a few 6ft drops and is working solid still) to each their own though and it's all personal preference/experience
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    Best Training to Help Coworker Replace me as Network Admin?

    can i ask what you're upgrading your servers too? is it a fail over cluster? virtualization? VMware? hyper-v? standalone servers? SAN/NAS? what type of network upgrades are in place? firewall? switches? wireless? people are referencing ICND/CCNA studying but if you're not using cisco at all...
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    Meraki

    it's odd, i can see the ssid's from the aerohive ap but no traffic will pass through it. I can authenticate and connect to the ssid but no traffic is passing, can't get dhcp or anything from our dc going. any thoughts or suggestions? i'm waiting to hear back from the sales rep to get a tech...
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    Meraki

    aerohive? how come? i've been testing one of their AP's and have had nothing but issues with the device.
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    Meraki

    i'm running some of the Meraki ap's at my office, i used to work through a MSP as well and we were heavy into Cisco and Juniper. I got one of the demo ap's from Meraki and found it could do everything the Cisco/JP's were capable of doing but with a lot more ease of setup. the mr16's have a...
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    SonicWALL TZ 210 or Cisco ASA 5510?

    what are you looking to do with the firewall though? users connecting in through VPN? site to site VPN? content filtering? IPS? each firewall will have +'s and -'s depending on what you're looking to accomplish.
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    Migrating from IceWarp to Exchange 2013 -- any tools to assist with migration?

    do you have a roll back plan as well if things are getting completely fubar'd? you need to have things going in stages for this size of a migration, once stage 1 is done then continue to 2, if 2 cannot be done, what is the rollback options? like the others are stating it sounds like no one...
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    What iPhone 5 cases are you guys using?

    element case otterbox lifeproof few options with those
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    Building a work SAN, need reccomendations

    the equallogic's are in that 20-25k range from Dell, PS4100 is what i'm running at the office here, working quite nice.
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    looking for advice for decision on laptop

    have the dedicated gfx would be nice, i'm not sure how the performance would be over the intel 4000 for vid editing, would it even handle some light gaming? does windows usually have issues when running on the mac hardware? is the 7hr battery legit or in a best case scenario? anyone have any...
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    looking for advice for decision on laptop

    Hey all, long story short... looking for a new laptop for mostly video/photo editing and day to day stuff. I haven't used OSX all that much but i'm not afraid to go that route and can also get windows installed on the MB if i wanted to. I'm looking for any info/reviews for owners of either or...
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    looking for that laptop

    it may be cheaper for you to look for one with say 4gb ram and then upgrade yourself down the road.
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    Wireless issue

    i saw that you had said the apple ap in your first post, i was actually wondering what you were using for antivirus, if you have a firewall with it as well?
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    Wireless issue

    what AV are you using?
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    Wireless issue

    is there anything setup for band steering on the AP? have you tried the nic on the 2.4ghz band instead of the 5ghz?
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    BB10

    crackberry has their review up and it's fairly thorough http://crackberry.com/blackberry-z10-review
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    Wireless issue

    is your mac mini hardwired or wireless as well? - 2.4ghz? - 5ghz? - any idea what channel your AP is on? - if not, take a look for insidder it's a program to check what frequencies are being used around your home, get your AP moved to a channel with less interference. - check power...
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    If you had to pick a gaming laptop...

    m17x is a beast though, not much of a portable laptop, thing runs in around 12+lbs but it is built for gaming.
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    If you had to pick a gaming laptop...

    any thoughts on the alienware M14x?
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    Dameware or PC Anywhere remote client?

    take a look at meraki's system admin. once it is setup on the machines (can be pushed out via GPO) you can then connect to each of the machines from the webpage. it's free as well
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    CCIE - anyone else working on their Certs?

    what type of job do you do that expects a CCIE designation??
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    Home IP range change, advice/pointers requested please...

    - start with the firewall static ip, - setup the dhcp scope - set any other static devices that are needed (NAS, AP, printers, etc) - enable DHCP - reboot the devices or release/renew their ip's keep in mind you may need to set your laptop/desktop to a static ip to apply the changes or to...
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    Network pics thread

    how'd the meraki setup go? any regrets or insight afterwards?
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    Port Forwarding to Hyper-V in Server 2012?

    your forwarding is still setup through your firewall, if you moved the dhcp over to a server then you have a little more granular control over it. You'd also be better off on the server as you can then get dns running smoother internally.
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    MS Server '03 Backup Solutions...

    ya that'd be the first place to start, how much data are you looking at? is there an AD/Domain? Exchange? or just the file server?
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    I setup a mansion with 4 different accesspoints. Did I do it wrong?

    for the wireless speeds being half of that of the wired speed, correct me if i'm wrong but wireless is half duplex, so you speed is cut for the sending and receiving.
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    PC/hardware inventory management software?

    look up newt pro from komodo labs
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    Cisco Gear

    www.meraki.com look at the mx60 or 80/90
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