Pupil Home Internet Access
I have been asked to provide a home internet solution for a pupil (single parent low income household) as a replacement to the DFE provided solution which has now been cancelled. Is a 4G Router still...
View ArticleBroadband is up for renewal, who you using?
We're currently With VM 200/200 with a 1Gbps Bearer. We also have a adsl back up with them 20/20 i think subbed to bt. Who are you using, whats your thoughts on them, whats the spec? are you able to...
View ArticleFortiGate 'By Sequence' Firewall Policy - How to create new sequence groups?
Does anyone know how to create new sequence groups in the firewall policy section on Fortigates? There are some already there that have been created by some else but I want to create some more to keep...
View ArticleHOTSPOT...
Not sure if this should go in here, Security, Windows 10, Data Protection or Wireless Networks... Last thing Friday I just happened to flick through the Cisco Meraki page and saw a teacher laptop had...
View ArticleNetsweeper - Block /CBBC/Games but not all of BBC
Hi all, have been trying to block just this one section of the bbc website but not the whole thing. I have added it as a path, as a keyword onto our student's deny lists to no avail. Is it at all...
View ArticleThinking of a 4g/5g internet back up, anybody got any real world experiences?
Short story is our ADSL backup is pointless (up 1.5mbps). Instead of getting an additional fiber as a back up, was thinking that 4g/5g might be an option. Anybody got any real life experiences with...
View ArticleAllow a device to bypass captive portal Sophos XG
We have a "guest" wifi network that requires a wifi voucher code to be entered on a captive portal. (open network no ssid password) Anybody managed to create a rules to allow a device (via MAC address)...
View ArticleSmoothwall Cloud - For Children at Home
I am having trouble getting my head around something. We have laptops that go home with children *for the majority of the time*, that are on W10 and managed on the A.D..currently filtered by software...
View ArticleInstalling Smoothwall CA Certificate on Android 11 (Galaxy Tab A7)
I'm having some problems importing my Smoothwall security certificate on some Android 11 tablets used by teachers for pupil observation. My provider is Suffolk County Council and the filter is a hosted...
View ArticleApple IP addresses
Hi! I had realized that the setup that I had inherited and running for too long for our Smoothwall had holes in and the students gave me much information on where they were and closed them In the...
View ArticleLightspeed Filter - Sync Users
Hi We are testing Lightspeed filter and have setup the sync of users from AD to filter but the users dont appear straight away and seems to take 24 hours. Does anyone else have this issue? If so how...
View ArticleSmoothwall S8 VPN
Need to setup our Smoothwall S8 to act as our VPN. But where do I start? Ive read the KB articles but beyond that, Im a bit lost. Need to set it up for about 15 users to connect into our network. We...
View ArticleLightspeed - iOS filtering
Im just setting up and testing lightspeed filter on an ipad and in the process of configuring the MDM setting to push to the push. Can i push the same settings to all devices or do i have to configure...
View ArticleSophos XG user authentication issues
Is anyone else using a Sophos XG firewall and suddenly having issues with user authentication webpage appearing at regular intervals? Seems to be since the latest Windows 10 / 11 updates on Tuesday...
View ArticleSmoothwall, Google Classroom and YouTube - An exploit to bypass Smoothwall block
Here's a tricky one - We've just seen that some students have discovered a way around our Smoothwall blanket block of YouTube using Google Classroom. Our policy is as such: - YouTube is set to Moderate...
View ArticleSophos XG Firewall V19 Wildcards
Hi All, I'm looking at using wildcards for blocking certain pages that is linked with google I.E snake.googlemaps.com, https://www.google.com/fbx?fbx=snake_arcade...
View ArticleBlocking downloaded games on BYOD
We're about to launch student 1:1, students will either be leasing a laptop from the school or using a personally-owned laptop. Our web filters are okay at blocking online games, but don't seem nearly...
View ArticleAnyone using RM for broadband
Hello all, We are looking to change broadband suppliers from our old council-run company. I'm talking to Schools Broadband and LGFL but I tentatively contacted RM too. The initial pricing is good...
View ArticleSchools Broadband/Fortinet - Any Users?
So, the LA is pulling it's usual trick of "You've got a month to decide before signing up for 3 years" (they've obviously learnt some tricks from a certain company that used to have a lot of say) and...
View ArticleSmoothwall error on loading certain site:
I've got an issue with a user trying to access the below site through our smoothwall vtesims16.uksouth.cloudapp.azure.com:81 It's the port it doesn't like. When I test the URL in smoothwall I get:...
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