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Hi I have an LSI 9271-8i without a BBU. I have the following settings applied: Write Policy: Write Back Read Policy: Always Read Ahead IO Policy: Direct IO Access Policy: Read Write Disk Cache Policy: Disabled Background Initialisation: Enabled What do you think of these settings? Should I...

Thanks for the reply Paul. I haven't picked any yet. I was just wondering if it would make much difference. Is the extra expense of a 500w platinum PSU worth it over a 300-350w gold? Will a platinum PSU offer power savings over a gold? Thanks!

Hi All I'm building a 1U server for an Untangle firewall. Should I go with a 500w platinum PSU or a 300/350w gold? Does it make any difference? Cheers Phil

Thanks for the reply. They're Netgear M4300 switches.

Hi All I've been using a couple of Meraki switches at home for the past few years. The hardware is already EOL and the licences are about to expire too. Rather than buy new Meraki kit and licences, I've bought a couple of Netgear Prosafe switches instead. One of the things I really like about...

Thanks for the reply. So does that mean no SIP devices can't be used at all? I read somewhere that SIP devices would be treated as generic SIP devices? Also, I don't suppose you know if I can use a Cisco 8861/8841 handset with UC5x0? Thanks

Hi I've been given an old UC560 from work. When using either 7970 or 7975 handsets, should their firmware be SCCP or SIP? Oh, and will the newer 8800-series phones work with a UC500? Many thanks Phil

Can anyone suggest a good alternative to Meraki access points? I have two MR26 APs at home (which are working fine) but their licences are due to expire soon. I don't really want to pay more cash to keep obsolete APs running. I'd much rather buy new hardware which don't need licences to work...

Thanks for all the replies. Yes, the OS is installed on a separate disk. So when the new OS is installed, do I need to do anything in Disk Management?

Hi All I have a self-built server running Windows Server 2008. It has an LSI 9260-8i installed with a couple of RAID 5 arrays running off it. I'd like to upgrade the OS to Windows Server 2016 but I'm not sure if I need to 'prepare' the RAID arrays. Do I power the arrays down? Do I do something...

Hi, thanks for the reply. I'm in the UK. Are the expander cards 6Gbps? Also, you mention 'at least one SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cable to connect the expander to your controller'...if I use two, will this have any benefits or cause any problems? Cheers

Hi All I have an LSI 9260-8i with eight drives attached. I use two SFF-8087 cables with four drives connected to each. What would I need to buy to connect more drives? Cheers Phil

Hi I've been given a Dell H830 RAID controller by a friend. I'd like to make good use of it by hooking up some kind of enclosure (HP maybe?). As the card is a fairly new model, I can use 6gb/s SATA or 12gb/s SAS - I'm on a tight budget (well no budget at all really) so 6gb/s is prob the...

So can the radio be left alone and change just the antennas?

OK, thanks for the suggestions guys, but looking at the photo, are the radios in the yellow or red boxes? Thanks

Meraki APs aren't cheap. I have a spare internal AP lying around so I don't mind doing a bit of DIY to get it up and running.

Hi I would like to use an indoor Meraki AP in the garden by protecting it in an outdoor enclosure. I also want to put some antennas on the box to increase/direct its signal. I've opened up the AP to see what's inside and it looks pretty straight forward but I'm not 100% clear on where the...

Hi All I've just setup a Hyper-V server at home. When I create a VM, the default hard drive size is something like 127GB even though the physical hard drive is only 50GB. How do I get Hyper-V to use every last MB of the physical drive and show the actual drive size in the VM? Is it just a...

Sorted! Although connected via LAN cable, it was still transmitting via SonosNet. To deactivate SonosNet, you run the following command: http://ip_address_of_zone_player:1400/wifictrl?wifi=off The full list of command can be found at...

Although there are two network ports on each Sonos device, only one of them is in use.

Hoping someone can help... I connected my Sonos kit to a Meraki switch, everything works, but I'm getting these messages/errors: and What does this mean? Is there any way to get rid of the messages or isn't it anything to be concerned about? Thanks

Thanks for the replies guys. The VM host will have 32GB of RAM but the SSDs will store the VM guests only and they probably won't have more than 4GB of RAM each.

I've been given a load of 50GB SSDs by a friend. Are they big enough for Win Server 2008R2 or 2012? Thanks

Where can I get one of those?

Where is your new rack from?

Hi I already have a Meraki AP but don't want to pay the premium for a second. If I add a Trendnet AP to my network and set it to broadcast the same SSID as the Meraki, will laptops/phones/ipads etc list two identical wireless connections, i.e. one coming from the Meraki and the other from the...

I just noticed Intel have released a new motherboard - the DQ87PG. It has a parallel port, PS2 and VGA. Now I know people still use VGA, but parallel? What possible reason is there for including this on a new gen board...

Hi All Just wondering, we have many staff spread over the UK and some internationally. Some have laptops and some have desktop PCs. If we need to re-install Windows, its a massive headache because not all staff can get to our IT office. Is there any way we can deploy our Windows OS...

Hi all I have two Meraki access points in very close proximity - directly above each other on different floors. 2.4GHz channels are manually set to 7 & 11 but the 5GHz channels are set to "Auto (44)". Shall I leave the 5GHz channels on auto or manuall select? Thanks

Does this have HDMI 1.4?

I was just about to suggest a Smoke Cloak. It's by far the best security device we ever bought.

Would I see any benefit running my own DHCP and/or DNS server?

Thanks for the replies. I'm just messing around with Windows Server but don't want to go through the trouble of creating a domain. What about Windows DHCP, does that require a domain? Thanks

Hi All If I wanted to set up a Windows DNS server on my home network, does it have to be part of a domain? Thanks

...VMDK for me? The file itself is about 30MB. I need to host a VPN concentrator in the US. The concentrator works best with a DHCP IP so the many hosted VPS soultions and dedicated servers have not worked because of the fixed IPs. I'll obviously pay for the hosting of the VMDK but because...

Thanks for the replies. I haven't noticed if its after reboot. I do some work on the switch, save the settings and try to re-connect a few weeks later and it's usually reverted to a static IP. I've gone for DHCP because its only being used at home, and if I need to change some settings, I...

Hi I have a HP Procurve 1810-24G which I use at home. I have set the switch to use a DHCP-assigned IP from my router but for some reason the switch reverts back to a static IP on another subnet. Any suggestions on where I'm going wrong or how I can fix the IP to DHCP? Thanks Phil

Hi I have an Asus RT-N56U router. Its currently running a fairly old firmware version (1.0.1.7f). I have tried on numerous occasions to upgrade the firmware as per the Asus instructions but I always run in to the same problem - basically, the web interface 'loses' all its options...take a...

Cool, so does that mean the SSID etc are all set within the UniFi?

Hi I've just set up my first pfSense and I was hoping to use an external Ubiquiti unifi as my AP. All the interfaces on the box are showing as 'em' interfaces, how would I go about creating a wireless interface? Thanks Phil