Smoothwall GEO-Blocking
Anyone have any info on how this works? theres no documentation on the KB/Release Notes Ive ticked everything but the UK - Is this firewall in general? the smoothwall portal? Smoothwall admin? ssh?
View Articledomain name registration and admin providers
We use DNSmadeeasy as our DNS admin (and DNS failover via our backup internet line). I am looking at our domain name registration company- we need to add a credit card (currently mine) and I dont want...
View Articlelooking for a cloud based filter but without the need to spam a number of...
With BYOD becoming more on an issue and a potential decision to bring in school leased devices for pupils, our onsite filter is looking antiquated in the changing environment. I know of lightspeed and...
View ArticleVPN Problems - Barracuda to UDM Pro
Attempting to set up a new site to site VPN using IPSEC v2 tunnel between a Barracuda NextGen Firewall and a Ubiquiti Dream machine Pro. The VPN tunnel seems to be up and running but traffic does not...
View ArticleSmoothwall RDP Gateway setup
Evening all! I have read almost every article and blog on remote desktop services, but unable to decide/figure out how to implement an RDS gateway using Smoothwall. I have never setup remote desktop...
View ArticleSite to site VPN via smoothwall UTM and PFsense
Can anyone give me any suggestions on what the correct settings are to get a smoothwall UTM to allow a site to site VPN from a remote PFsense firewall? I Seem to get passed an error like this May 2...
View Article(Smoothwall support long response times for critical issues)
Raised a ticket yesterday as critical, haven't heard anything back, keep getting promised a phone call back but haven't heard anything yet, Is anyone else having these issues?
View ArticleAQA Centre Services portal wont load
Hi folks, new here! Just wondering if anyone else has had trouble getting the new AQA Centre Services portal website https:\\onlineservices.aqa.org.uk (http://onlineservices.aqa.org.uk) to work within...
View ArticleSmoothwall IPSec Routing
Hi all, Hopefully someone has either tried this (and can tell me it either can or can't be done), or can point me in the right direction. We have a number of schools across a number of different ISPs,...
View ArticleInternet connection - bandwidth - vendors
Hi, This is my first post - so nice to meet everyone. I am an enterprise network engineer/architect - used to dealing with similar-ish problems to you guys by the sounds of things, and I have been...
View ArticleSmoothwall and Sophos Installer.
Hello all, We've been asked to assist with installing the new cloud (i.e. not Sophos Central) version of Sophos antivirus into a secondary school using a Smoothwall appliance for filtering and...
View ArticleDo I need to allow MS Teams through client firewall?
Our external firewall is controlled by our LA but just to add an extra layer I have decided to enable the local client firewalls using GPO. The client firewalls will not be crazy locked down but just a...
View ArticleSmoothwall bandwidth module setup
Hi, I'm trying to get this working, initially to control the bandwidth on our guest network: a 192... / 24 network set up as a vlan on the smoothwall (basic interface) Followed this video...
View ArticleSmoothwall BYOD - guests stop being able to talk to the Smoothie
I've tried arguing this with Smoothwall support but they're insistent it must be my network, which I'm convinced it isn't, and makes no sense why it would be. So I'm coming here (a) to see if anyone...
View ArticleWindows Firewall - Private profile question - merge local settings with GPO...
I am in the process of enabling the firewall on all my local computers, as an added layer of defence, our LA control the main firewall. For staff that take their laptops home there is an option in GPO...
View ArticleSmoothwall safeguarding notifications blank
We are having a weird time with our smoothwall at the moment, where its emailing out blank safe guarding notifications. When looking in safeguarding reports, it is also showing as blank. Looking in the...
View ArticleSecurly Webinar - Guest Speaker David Wright - New UK Filter Legalisation
Don't forget Securly is hosting the first edition of it's brand new webinar series - 'Everything's better filtered' [TR] [TD="align: left"]A follow up to our talk at the School and Academies Show[/TD]...
View ArticleSchools Broadband - feedback please
We're currently looking at changing our ISP and have proposals from a few providers including Schools Broadband. On paper their proposal looks very appealing what with the hosted firewall and...
View ArticleSmoothwall Notifications/Reports - O365
We are trying to setup notifications via email and it isn't working. This response surely is not right: ---Quote--- Please bear in mind that Microsoft has been increasing security on their systems and...
View ArticleSchools Broadband - Outsourced Support
Morning everyone, For any of you following: Schools Broadband - feedback please (edugeek.net)...
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