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Network pics thread

WTF

The world has gone mad

We don't get that here, just the blue standard Pepsi. We can't get Mountain Dew here either becuase of some chemical in it that is banned in the UK.
 
Jay_oasis said:
WTF

The world has gone mad

We don't get that here, just the blue standard Pepsi. We can't get Mountain Dew here either becuase of some chemical in it that is banned in the UK.
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Interesting...

"Pepsi Wild Cherry: a cherry-flavored variety, introduced in 1988. Available for a brief period in the UK in the late 1980s, and relauched as "Pepsi Max Cherry" in 2011. Originally called "Wild Cherry Pepsi", its name was changed along with the formula in 2005. Now uses the 2008 Pepsi design."

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Pepsi#Europe
 
LOL I love how we went from the xerox rj-11 phone cord to wild cherry pepsi. next time i'll just post of a picture of it.
 
Jay_oasis said:
WTF

The world has gone mad

We don't get that here, just the blue standard Pepsi. We can't get Mountain Dew here either becuase of some chemical in it that is banned in the UK.
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Pepsi Blue?

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Jay_oasis said:
...We can't get Mountain Dew here either becuase of some chemical in it that is banned in the UK.
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Way off topic, but...

The 'chemical' is caffeine. In Mt. Dew it exceeds the level permitted in the UK for "soda drinks". Pepsico could sell Mountain Dew there as an "energy drink" quite legally, but they don't want to market it that way.
 
PigLover said:
Way off topic, but...

The 'chemical' is caffeine. In Mt. Dew it exceeds the level permitted in the UK for "soda drinks". Pepsico could sell Mountain Dew there as an "energy drink" quite legally, but they don't want to market it that way.
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Actually we do have Mountian Dew Energy but it doesn't taste the same :( I have to import it.

Pepsi blue!! :D

Anyway we are way OT here.
 
Alright back on topic here, just recieved some goodies this morning :)

First up, brand new Sonicwall TZ210 fully licensed :)

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Next up, new Storage server, 4 bay asus server got it for VERY CHEAP! off ebay, came with rails cp cooler & unit, Im putting in a core 2 2.2 with 4 gigs ram and 4 x 2tb drives for my new ISCSI box, yes i know its a OLD lga775 unit but i don't need a power hungry power house box for iscsi.

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dam customs.

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SO just our of curiosity how do you get a fully licensed tz210. Reseller? Begged Sonicwall? Just curious
 
calvinj said:
SO just our of curiosity how do you get a fully licensed tz210. Reseller? Begged Sonicwall? Just curious
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I kept making fun of them for a company I do wiring for, they got me a NFR :) to learn on and stuff, after the year is up, it's mine to manage and license :)


dash.
 
I rate sonic walk in the same bracket as watchguard, not fantastic not terrible but not good value.
 
Jay_oasis said:
Depends what you are doing but I would rather have a 5505 or even an 1841.
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Jay_oasis said:
I rate sonic walk in the same bracket as watchguard, not fantastic not terrible but not good value.
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And what are you going to couple with it to get the Content Filtering, IDS / IPS, Spyware and AV scanning. While it may not be the greatest thing in the world let's compare apples to apples here
 
And how much would all that cost for a 100 user setup? Cisco 5505 can do content filtering and ips ids and it doesn't suffer from the really poor GUI issues the sonicwall seem to have.
 
Jay_oasis said:
And how much would all that cost for a 100 user setup? Cisco 5505 can do content filtering and ips ids and it doesn't suffer from the really poor GUI issues the sonicwall seem to have.
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sw 5.8 isn't that bad, i like it..

sonicwall can also scan all traffic for malware & viruses. cisco can't.
 
Jay_oasis said:
And how much would all that cost for a 100 user setup? Cisco 5505 can do content filtering and ips ids and it doesn't suffer from the really poor GUI issues the sonicwall seem to have.
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Honestly not sure without digging back through some emails. But by the same way. What does the 5505 set someone back for the said example... I'm not sayin one is better or not. I'm a Cisco guy at heart too. Just didn't seem like a fair comparison
 
I can help keep things on track with the pics. I don't see that I posted this yet but I've had this Meraki MR12 unit for a few months. I'm not a fan of the subscription based usage, however overall functionality so far is great. I like them a little better than the Cisco APs when it comes to GUI managment (granted a good Cisco AP is easily managed through CLI).

Front of Meraki MR12:
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Back of Meraki MR12:
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Web Management tool for MR12:
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I just purchased some switches (Cisco Catalyst 3550) for lab testing and hopefully will see those soon and will post more pics then.
 
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Jay_oasis said:
If we are talking about firewalls then why can't we compare Cisco to Sonicwall?
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You can. I think in order for it to be apples to apples though you need to choose the right series of SonicWalls. There's a few different ones (TZ, NSA, E-Class, etc.) for SonicWall.
 
Chibo said:
Damn, that's a pretty cool little web management setup.
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Indeed. It's a single sign-on management tool for Meraki APs. So if you have several in a building (or anywhere, for that matter) you sign-in to the main dashboard website to control them. I haven't been able to test how well that works but overall even just for 1 of these it's awesome.

You can manage maps and floorplans, there's automated email notifications when the AP loses connectivity, or changes are made to settings. Multi-SSID management is easy as well with built-in firewall capabilities to separate the traffic like you would with VLANs.
 
Meraki's are easier to setup than UniFi stuff, but that's going to change hopefully with the 2.0 stuff. :)

At any rate I'm dumping the Meraki's in favor of UniFi... Because those damn Meraki's are damn expensive, and the enterprise licenses also kicks your budget in the nuts. 14 enterprise licenses add up... Anybody want to buy used Meraki's? lol
 
Jay_oasis said:
If we are talking about firewalls then why can't we compare Cisco to Sonicwall?
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You can... but if you looked up what dash has, you'll find that he not only has a firewall, but Content Filtering, Gateway AV, Gateway Spyware, IDS / IPS. You look up the 5505 and you have well a 5505.

Besides I wouldn't stack a tz210 against a 5505 anyways. I would rather stack an NSA240 against it and compare.
 
yes maybe but if you have 100 users and want to cover just the AV for 3 years on this firewall its.....

$7,191.00

sonicwall themselves say its their equivelent to the 5505
 
Well, i was at a audio meet yesterday in victoria.

Scored 2 of these plus 2 luxo lamp imacs :)

1u dual g4 1 gigs with no drives but functional
1u dual 2.0 g5 ( no cpu's ( yet ) will build )

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I also scored 2 of these

a15" & a 17"

the 17" is a 1.42 1.5 gigs ram and 120gig hdd

the 15" is a 900$ with 1 gig ram,

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What are you going to do with XServs?
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osx server :) run a webserver / mail server maybe, I know these are going to be power hungry beast's too.

the g5 needs processors memory & fan bank. for now ill just throw it in the rack so its out of my way.

the g4 dual needs hdd's and more ram.

My first web server that i had was server 10.2 loved it :)
 
I love the look of the Xserve but I just couldn't afford to run them! I expect they make netburst CPUs look like Atom CPU.
 
Jay_oasis said:
I love the look of the Xserve but I just couldn't afford to run them! I expect they make netburst CPUs look like Atom CPU.
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Yep i hear ya, the g5 is a little but more effeciant than the g4's but still heat producers :)

my xeon quad core 1 u asus server is dead quiet, compared to this g4 dual
 
Do a video mate, it would be good to see. I may do a full video myself once I get my IP CCTV re installed (we have just decorated the entire house)
 
Jay_oasis said:
Do a video mate, it would be good to see. I may do a full video myself once I get my IP CCTV re installed (we have just decorated the entire house)
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I just bought a house too, will be posting pics of my new server / man land and how im concealing wiring etc etc, got some new projects coming soon too :)
 
OK, just installed CPU RAM and fired up this new 1u server WHOLY SHIT ITS LOUD!

good thing it has fan smart 1 & 2 because DAMMMM!!!!

Anyways i made a video, of first boot and the bios of me moving around in it.

Will be posting a build thread & iscsi configuration !

dash.
 
Those xserves take me back to 10th grade (2003) helping my school's network admin install a bunch of them in the server rack. One of them got dropped and the error light (showing the cover open) is still on to this day!
 
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