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SonicWall TZ500 Unbox and Install
So today our SonicWall demo unit trial expired so a few days ago I purchased a not for resale (NFR) unit from Exertis to replace it. Having been impressed with the NSA3600 we wanted to use one on our...
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Using LOGICnow’s Max Backup service with Azure for offsite disaster recovery
We’ve been using LOGICnow’s Max Backup service for a while now to provide cloud backup and business continuity to our clients. Recently we’ve been playing with Azure to provide a DR solution that can...
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Demo Lab: Configure a Meraki Network
I’ve wanted to get some more Meraki kit into the office to experiment with for ages and finally got round to sourcing some and setup a test lab. If you’ve never used Meraki equipment before you should!...
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DrayTek Vigor 2960 Multi tenant setup using private and public IP addresses...
This week in the lab we are going to setup a DrayTek Vigor 2960 for a small multi tenant office. Each office will have their own subnet and DHCP provided by our 2960. Each tenant will have the option...
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SolarWinds Max Backup Bare Metal Recovery Step by Step
If your new to Max Backup or just haven’t been in a situation where you have had to do a bare metal recovery then its time to have a go. In this lab I’m going to try and recover one of our physical...
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Guest Post for LOGICnow
Hi Everyone, LOGICnow have posted one of my guest blog posts! If you use their Max Backup service take a look: https://www.logicnow.com/blog/understanding-bandwidth-throttling-backup
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SolarWinds MSP Backup Hyper-V or not to Hyper-V
I recently asked if it was better to backup virtual machines at the host level using SolarWinds MSP Backup or to install it to each guest VM and backup from there. I had a few conflicting...
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Unifi Guest Wifi Unable To Obtain IP Address
Having trouble getting your guest WiFi portal working using UniFi? I did too and its most likely caused by you using a separate DHCP server on the network rather than using your USG for DHCP. Here is...
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How to Setup a Unifi Cloud Controller in Azure
Welcome to my in depth guide to setting up a Unifi cloud controller in Azure. If you love the great value Ubiquity products offer but want centralised cloud management like you get with Meraki...
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Upgrade Windows Server 2019 Evaluation to Full Version
I recently ran into an issue where I wanted to test a deployment using Windows Server 2019 Storage Migration Service feature. It turns out an Evaluation installation does not support storage migration...
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Microsoft Translation Travel App
I was randomly browsing the Google play store the other day and came across Microsoft Translator and for fun installed it to see what its all about and was very impressed! Microsoft Translator can...
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Unifi There Was An Error Saving The LAN Network Invalid API Request
I recently came across this error ‘Invalid API Request’ when trying the change the network address of the LAN configured at a clients site. I clicked on Networks and then clicked EDIT. You can see...
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How To Rename UDM Pro Site Name In ui.com Portal
I recently installed a Unifi Dream Machine Pro for a client and wanted to rename it in the ui.com portal. I tried to rename the site in the controller settings but it wouldn’t update the name in the...
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Blog Progress 2021
I cant believe its been 5 years blogging about Microsoft 365, Azure and PowerShell and in that time I’ve written or contributed to three published books, written 173 blog posts and guest posted for...
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