Posts made by AshKetchum

@brandon220 said in Fiber Optic LC adaptor:

https://www.fs.com/products/82730.html is all you need.

thank you very much, very helpful post.

@DustinB3403 lol, if I know the model why would I ask here? yah seems like you cannot help as you don't have time to watch the video. I'll wait for others reply.

I'm using the same visual fault locator w/out an adaptor.

One of our fiber links is down, we are using a single-mode and LC connector. I found a fiber optic light source visual fault locator but has no LC adaptor so I cannot use it for checking. based on the video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9ewC8StXDY&ab_channel=LawrenceSystems i should use adaptor but i cannot seem to find where to buy them.

@Dashrender got it, thanks.

@JaredBusch said in Windows folder auto sharing:

@AshKetchum said in Windows folder auto sharing:

I noticed my windows 10 machine (domain connected) automatically shares the drives (c$, d$, e$). how to prevent windows from automatically sharing d and e drives?

Those are administration shares. Unless a person has administration rights to the device they’re not accessible.

is there a way to prevent windows to share D and E even to the domain\administrators?

I noticed my windows 10 machine (domain connected) automatically shares the drives (c$, d$, e$). how to prevent windows from automatically sharing d and e drives?

We have a Mitel PBX 3300 appliance/server. What are my options if I need to upgrade? Is there a Virtual Machine PBX solution that I can use where all my current IP Phones & telephone console can still be used? Is the VM PBX cheaper that the usual Mitel appliance? Or my Mitel 3300 PBX should still be good for 2 to 5 years and just getting the maintenance is the best and cheapest approach.

Hi,
We set up an auto-reply (exchange) for employees that left the company. We then disable their domain account. I assume when we disable the domain account their email is disabled as well and inaccessible.
We noticed that the employee that left the company 6 months ago still has an active auto-reply. what is the best practice and how long should auto-reply for terminated employees?

@brandon220 said in user files:

You could redirect their My Documents, etc to a shared drive on the server. They would still "think" they are saving locally but the files would actually be on the server.

yes, moving forward we will do that but for now, we need to secure some user files.

Is there a way to copy domain user files remotely discretely? the user seem not saving the files to the domain shared drives so it could be a local folder on the domain connected laptop. Is there a way?

@scottalanmiller said in Dish Network Alternative:

@AshKetchum said in Dish Network Alternative:

@Dashrender said in Dish Network Alternative:

@AshKetchum said in Dish Network Alternative:

@AshKetchum so i have 12 set top boxes and i distribute the channels to 100 plus TV in the property. i tried roku last night but in the morning the streaming stops and only shows the roku wallpaper. it much have timeout. i want a channel that will contineuosly play like how cable channel does.

I'm not aware of a Roku channel that does continuous streaming. Doesn't mean one doesn't exist, I just don't know of any.
Amazon FireSticks have a news channel that I believe will keep streaming, but that's not movies.

I think the expectation is different here for streaming services versus cable services.

With cable, there's no fee based on length of access - it's a flat fee wither your TV is on or not.
With streaming fees, the streamer - Let's say Netflix - is likely paying based on bandwidth usage and actual content usage, so they want to make sure their service is actually being used - For example, if you've ever binge watched a show on Netflix, after 4-6 episodes, assuming you haven't touched the remote, it will pause and ask if you want to continue watching? No response, the stream stops.

Of course, because of the non-stop availability on the side of cable, they build their fee structure based upon almost continuous viewing - i.e. higher bills, and I'm guessing things like Netflix can be lower because of the lower expected amount of viewership.
That's a long winded way of saying - I'm guessing there are business solutions to provide what you want, a non stop continuous streaming situation.

And all of that is assuming you're not breaking the law on rebroadcasting, etc.

yah, if some companies tried to reach this private island to inspect for rebroadcasting issue they will need their own private plane that can land on water or their yacht. regulations are almost doesn't exist in the middle of the oceans :). I just need to make sure the guest will be able to watch when they turn ON their TV. compliance and other issues can follow later.

Indian Ocean, right?

i neither confirm nor deny

@Dashrender said in Dish Network Alternative:

@AshKetchum said in Dish Network Alternative:

@AshKetchum so i have 12 set top boxes and i distribute the channels to 100 plus TV in the property. i tried roku last night but in the morning the streaming stops and only shows the roku wallpaper. it much have timeout. i want a channel that will contineuosly play like how cable channel does.

I'm not aware of a Roku channel that does continuous streaming. Doesn't mean one doesn't exist, I just don't know of any.
Amazon FireSticks have a news channel that I believe will keep streaming, but that's not movies.

I think the expectation is different here for streaming services versus cable services.

With cable, there's no fee based on length of access - it's a flat fee wither your TV is on or not.
With streaming fees, the streamer - Let's say Netflix - is likely paying based on bandwidth usage and actual content usage, so they want to make sure their service is actually being used - For example, if you've ever binge watched a show on Netflix, after 4-6 episodes, assuming you haven't touched the remote, it will pause and ask if you want to continue watching? No response, the stream stops.

Of course, because of the non-stop availability on the side of cable, they build their fee structure based upon almost continuous viewing - i.e. higher bills, and I'm guessing things like Netflix can be lower because of the lower expected amount of viewership.
That's a long winded way of saying - I'm guessing there are business solutions to provide what you want, a non stop continuous streaming situation.

And all of that is assuming you're not breaking the law on rebroadcasting, etc.

yah, if some companies tried to reach this private island to inspect for rebroadcasting issue they will need their own private plane that can land on water or their yacht. regulations are almost doesn't exist in the middle of the oceans :). I just need to make sure the guest will be able to watch when they turn ON their TV. compliance and other issues can follow later.

@hobbit666 kinda

@AshKetchum so i have 12 set top boxes and i distribute the channels to 100 plus TV in the property. i tried roku last night but in the morning the streaming stops and only shows the roku wallpaper. it much have timeout. i want a channel that will contineuosly play like how cable channel does.

or other alternatives aside from roku

So our Dish network is down and not sure when it will go back. We are outside US, our TV system diagram is like this --- DISH > Encoder (HDMI to IP) > Enseo System/IP network > STB > TV. SInce our source channel Dish is down, can i use roku as source channel? is there a roku channel that continuously going to play movies?

@scottalanmiller lol, nice one.

how to disassemble Canon MF644? i need to clean the film below the toners.

How to monitor switch ports via The Dude Monitoring? I want to see which port goes offline like how i monitor the devices via "The Dude Monitoring". Is there other freeware that monitors multiple switch ports in real time?