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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...

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

Hi All I recently built myself a pfSense box with multiple network interfaces, the aim being to have different subnets for different areas of the house, e.g. family room, basement, loft, bedrooms etc. The problem is, I have quite a few Sonos components throughout my house, which all use...

Hi! I have an Asus P8B WS motherboard with the latest BIOS release installed. This is causing me many prooblems so I'd like to downgrade to an earlier BIOS version. The board is used in a pfSense box so I can't downgrade from within Windows. Is there any way to downgrade from within the...

Hi Guys I recently bought an Asus P8B WS motherboard for a pfSense box - overkill I know, but I have unusual requirements (but that's another story). The problem I have is intermittent - almost every time I boot the PC I encounter a flashing cursor just after boot and it stays like that -...

Hi Guys I have just built a pfSense box and I have a couple of spare interfaces. I'm just wondering if there's any way to have an interface connect to a PPTP server? My aim is to have a switch connected to the interface and for anything connected to the switch to aquire the VPN IP. Is...

Hi I've been given an old Brocade 200E fibre channel switch to have a play about with on my home network. Just wondering, can these be used as a 'core' switch? I've got a few HP Procurves with fibre ports and I was thinking of connecting the procurves to the brocade. I'm not sure this...

Hi I've been given an Avocent DSR2010 KVM switch to play around with an manage some home servers etc. I've got all the hardware etc, but I've just realised I need some kind of management software. Obviously I'm not going to pay thousands for DSView, so can anyone recommend a free...

Hi I am trying to move my collection of bluray rips from one PC to another. I've mapped a drive on my new media server to copy the old files over. I've tried copying a 9GB file numerous times, all unsuccessful. The file copy initially starts with a speed of around 110MB/s but soon drops to...

Hi All, I was recently given a HP Procurve 1810-24G to use at home, and I was hoping you good people will be able to help me in figuring out how to connect my home media servers to the switch's SFP ports. I've already got two SFP modules seen at...