Posts made by wrx7m

So Chrome allows you to join and save the default application to open the session. Firefox still asks for the exe every time, save run, etc. I guess I will be using Chrome for screenconnect. Thanks for the help, Jared.

Wondering why Meraki Systems Manager MDM (Free) has screwed me a second time. Why did it just update the iOS-specific profiles, including the ActiveSync profile on all my iOS devices, wiping out the ActiveSync settings and all contacts mail and calendar items??? Seriously, Meraki, WTF?!

I did get a banner across the top of the web portal saying that I should install the .net plugin for FF (on Windows 8.1) but when I click on it it takes me to a mozilla page that says the plugin is not available anymore.

Yeah, I am on 8.1 with FF on my workstation. I will try it with Chrome and IE to see how it goes. On my laptop, I am running Windows 10 so I can also try it there too.

@JaredBusch I wonder what I missed. Thanks for all the information. I will give it another go tomorrow.

It must be that I am using Firefox. Every single time I double click the computer via the Web interface it wants to download a tiny exe that I have to save then run. After that it loads the connection.

I'll check out that screen shot app. Thanks for the tip.

Also, I wasn't missing the point. I like the fact that lmi has the client that doesn't require you logging into their website, as it resides locally for use by a technician.

@JaredBusch - I don't know if we are talking about the same thing... Here is the LMI client software I am referring to.

I just click on one of those computers from the list and have the option to connect. The client that I see from screenconnect looks like this:

So unless I am completely missing something, the LMI one allows me to connect from my computer to any of those computers, the screen connect only allows my computer to be connected to.

@hobbit666 Yeah, I did create the installer for the target machines but I was saying that each time I want to connect to a machine I have to go to the web portal then find the computer from the list of ones that are currently connected and click on it. From there it downloads a session/machine-specific exe that you have to run to connect to that specific computer.

Logmein has a client that can be run on the technicians' computers that allows you to see that list of available computers that you want to access remotely. I like this approach because it saves several steps and doesn't require me to login to the website every time I want to remote connect to a computer.

I was also considering these two because I have had it with LMI. Just checked the next year's renewal and it is over $600 now. Last year it was just over $400. They never tell you in advance, either. I also don't like how slow my connections are. Refresh is very slow even on connections that are 75/75Mbps on each end. I tried screenconnect cloud and I am thinking I only need remote access. We are finally going to hire a helpdesk guy so I would need to consider that in the cost of this because I would need two simultaneous connections.

One thing I didn't like about screenconnect (unless I am missing something) is that you have to use the website and download an exe per session to connect to the remote computer for remote access. LMI has a client that just has a list of the computers on your account that you can launch directly from your systray whenever you need to.

Thanks, SAM! I had my VM installed and ready last night.

After reading the Linux architecture post, I was thinking, "I wish there were a good list of sites/resources for learning Linux." Didn't have to wait long. I only dabble in Linux and have setup some things like Cacti, Owncloud and others. I started on ZeroTier, but had to put that down to do some other things. I would love to become proficient enough with Linux to actually use it on my resume.

Yeah I saw that too but was missing your description of what scenario would warrant that it be deployed.

@scottalanmiller said:

When you need to do things like low latency trading or precision machine control. No normal company does this stuff. But when you work in trading systems and implement your own Caesium Fountain clocks because you need accuracy to a nanosecond, you need things like PTP on your network.

Thanks! I figured it was something I would never need based on reading the spec sheets on the standards but I couldn't find out why a network would need it.

I am doing my research for switch purchasing and came across optional timing modules for SyncE and 1588 PTP. At what point would this be necessary/why would you implement this?

@scottalanmiller said:

@wrx7m said:

Tried ordering and it only lists provinces in shipping/billing addresses. I wonder if I can chat to see if I can get the price from the US site...

Ship to @MattSpeller and go pick up at his place.

LOL

Tried ordering and it only lists provinces in shipping/billing addresses. I wonder if I can chat to see if I can get the price from the US site...

Right but since the controller I am using is for NL-SAS, would it allow SATA connections on the** rear designated **cachecade slots or would those be the same as the front?

Hmm. I don't know if this will even work with my R720XD, after all. I have NL-SAS 7200RPM drives in the front (with a Perc 710) and if that SSD drive is a SATA, then it wouldn't work, right? Unless the cachecade are SATA connectors... Anyone know?

I guess the real test is if I can order from the site and have it shipped to me in California.

@scottalanmiller That would make sense if it were the other way around. The US site has it for $937 and the Canadian site is $599. Why is the US site so much more expensive??