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Currently have a network that has grown a bit out of control, comprised completely of a dozen HP ProCurve 2650 and 2510 switches. Need to upgrade the "core/distribution" switch because the 2510's blistering 300mhz CPU and 1.5MB of frame buffer just isn't up to task anymore. Getting packet...

If you do a transfer Win 7 to Win 7 machine, is it still slow? Is the NAS sharing using SMB, SMB2 or CIFS?

Between 2 wireless N clients, 6-7MB/s SMB2 goodput is pretty much maxed out. http://bradreese.com/aruba-test.pdf Rule of thumb with Wireless is start from 60% overhead as a perfect scenario. Theoretical maximum for TCP over 300mbps Wireless N is around 130mpbs or 16MB/s

Windows Server? Just using it for local access, or as a gateway? Both connected to the same LAN, or different LANs? On the "one port" interface - is it incoming, or outgoing traffic? Need some more information on what you're trying to accomplish and what your environment is.

Been running Dovecot for the past 4 years. It works, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you're a masochist.

Similar to Mackintire, but I'd say Unifi Pro - Gives you Wireless N and standard PoE (instead of proprietary 24V). Assuming you have some budget, Get a 3 pack, put them equidistant from each-other (and ceiling mount them), then if you want to be fancy - turn down the power until they're not...

They "can run fine", but usually don't. When you can grab a HP managed gigabit switch with lifetime next-day warranty for under $500, there's no excuse not to IMO. Even something simple like loop detection can save hours of problems and troubleshooting, especially in a rats nets like that.

Needs more 8 port consumer grade unmanaged switches on milk crates. That's the mark of a true professional!

Conduit, conduit, conduit. Twice as big as you think you might ever need. Using Flexible Raceway ("Smurf Tube") is generally easiest, because you don't need to worry about elbows, and it'll usually be easier to pull wire through because you don't have a bunch of right angles for the wire to...

Really depends on exactly what they're doing with each box, but it's not immediately the stupidest thing I've ever heard of. I've seen a few places that do a redundant (CARP or similar) "master gateway" that does major threat mitigation, traffic shaping, QoS, etc - then the "access" router(s)...

If the ISP supplied the media converter, I'd say keep using it. You'd be spending your own money for no gain, IMO. Also, Looking at that part, if their website is correct it's using 100BASE-FX over Single Mode Fiber - which is a bit of a problem, since 100BASE-FX is supposed to be used with...

This is insane - I will drop HP like a brick if they don't reverse this immediately.

Looks like it started out reasonable (probably a telco) then rapidly spiraled down. If you have the budget, get it all redone - with proper 4-pair Cat5e/6a from a patch panel to each drop. If you don't have the budget, at least get things cleaned up and labeled properly. I've come across...

Yeah, because self-hosting is always 100% secure, and has no backdoors. You want real security? Cut the power. I hate your mindless generation. :rolleyes:

Building out a main storage server for a SAN that will be serving 4 VM host servers with about 90 virtual machines (with room to grow). The client wants about 20TB, and they're forcing Dell hardware (fine, whatever). I'm not leading this, my buddy just brought me in to assist - however his...

PoE works fine within cable spec - so up to 300ft on Cate5e.

For the cost of doing it right, once, I'd do decent Cat6. Cat5e is fine for now, but consumer devices will very likely get into the 10GbE space within the next 5 years. An extra 20% now, or would be an extra 2000% if you need to re-run after construction. Which bring me to the next point - if...

IF you're not cramped for space (can spare 1U) I can't say enough good things about the PowerDsine Midpspans. I run 27 of them, they've all been 100% uptime since 2005 when our phone system was installed. Went with them at the time because Both HP and Cisco weren't "recommended" to run Mitel...

Another vote for TeamViewer. Seems to work quite well every time I've used it. Not as cumbersome as LMI, as far a I'm concerned. I actually talked one of our lowest-functioning users through installing it in less than 5 minutes.

How does MDT work with a standard thin image? I've done some testing, but only fat images.

I deal with about a dozen ISPs (across canada) for multiple users - most won't even put their equipment into bridge mode on "business" accounts - I can't imagine residential service would have an easier time.... In short, they don't want to be on the hook for whatever garbage hardware people...

That's all well and good, but an European or North American proxy isn't a big cost. Which is where I assume the other 10% come from. "Blocking China" isn't for security, it's to decrease traffic.

I'd vote for a VPN. Even a PPTP tunnel (for ease of setup in windows) would be much better than relying on single Windows password for security. I threw an RDP server on public port 3389 once - the amount of attempted intrusions was incredible (between 20-200 per second, 90% from China), and...

Looks like an ad server. Can likely ignore - probably just blocking a banner.

Wow. This wasn't on my radar, but now I want one. Further justification for getting an Ultrabook that takes a standard drive.

You can do everything required for CCENT and CCNA in Packet Tracer. I did, in 2008 on PT 4.0. Hardware is nice, but absolutely none is required until you hit CCNP.

It's come time to replace a couple dozen 5U SmartUPS 2200 XL's (circa 2000), and I'm looking to consolidate them into a couple units. I've gotten quotes in the $15k range for a 20KVA SmartUPS RT and TrippLite "EZ-series" with expanded batteries. I'm relatively satisfied with APC, but not...

Yes, cheaper is the goal. $1200 vs. $12,000 is a pretty big gap to clear. Again, cost wouldn't be an issue if I were talking about our IMAP, CRM, ERP, or POS backends. But I'm not. And I can't sneak VMware licensing into any upcoming projects. Hardware is all fairly low powered (but still...

1 - They would know because my organization would buy and register 2 copies 2 - Companies care about all sorts of dumb crap, especially when they have carefully tailored multi-tier licensing structures. I was previously instructed by the VMware direct sales team that it wasn't "allowed" to run...

Thanks for the link - I'm surprised their direct pricing is better than what I'm getting from our reseller (the resellers must love that). But my question stands - do they send SWAT teams and drone strikes to your server room if you're running 2 Essentials licenses in 1 orginization, for...

Trying to get some clarification after re-reading this - does this mean it's allowed to run multiple essentials licenses in one organization? When I asked VMware reps directly, they quickly and loudly said "No, and you'll get a visit from the BSA if you try" which was weird, since I thought...

First, I do appreciate you addressing these concerns, truly. Don't get the wrong idea from my skepticism. In 2009 VMware forced Veeam (and other partners) to discontinue support for ESXi Free -...

Unless they've redefined what "expected" means, yeah, I'd say that's intentional. No tinfoil required, but ignorant snark is always welcome. :cool:

Yeah, no real businesses run or build on Open Source....Google, Facebook, Oracle, Citrix, Amazon, Apple..... all just a bunch of idiot zealots. Total and absolute morons who couldn't run a lemonade stand. You're right. But seriously, obviously a lot of the systems I run are closed - more...

You mean the one that doesn't address it at all, but says "Hey, they might fix that thing that's entirely and completely intentionally broken and under-documented, just do you y'all a favor"? Yeah, I read that. Did you? :rolleyes:

Already said it's not business critical.

I don't think I'd ever call a Microsoft product "perfect". You must have me confused with Mr. Strawman from next door. Thanks for the honest review on HyperV - I haven't even gotten my feet wet with it, so I have little to no opinion at this point, other than an healthy distrust of all...

Why do you dodge in boxing when someone is telegraphing a haymaker? The bigger picture is that I need a longer term infrastructure to get into, and now is the time I can get that going. VMware was the default and easy choice, and if I get any deeper into it it'll just be that much harder to...

Upgraded SAN for expansion - we're maxed out on what we have right now, and it's a bit of a patchwork. 2 hosts are already on local for a majority of their storage. As I said in the first post, we don't need HA on the clients that are currently virtualized. They can be down for 24-48 hours...