Odd search query paramater causing search keyword FPs. (Netsweeper)
I've replaced our ISP Keyword Block List with our own so that we more closely conform to KCSIE 2023. This is not a Keyword Block list in the true Netsweeper sense, but a Netsweeper Shared List with...
View ArticleEdge New Icon For Creating App Tiles
Anyone familiar with this Edge icon that appears and pops up with messages saying "We can turn this website into an App" which then lets you pin it to the Start/Taskbar. Attachment 70650...
View ArticleCached SSL Certificates?
Interesting issue appeared yesterday on our externally hosted website. The SSL Cert used was set to expire on the 18th and the hosting providers have since renewed it - so https working fine...... BUT...
View ArticleLive safeguarding monitoring - Smoothwall monitor, Lightspeed alert, what...
Morning all, I hope everyone's ok and didn't get blown away overnight. As a trust we are currently looking at live safeguarding monitoring systems. We've currently had a demo and a quote from...
View ArticleSmoothwall - Microsoft 365 Safe Links
Hi all, Anyone else using Microsoft 365 safe links and have a Smoothwall? We're getting a "This page isn't working right now" message and "ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE" - and can't see anything obvious in the...
View ArticleIts renewal time, web filtering options?
Morning, This summer or current 3 year deal is up, so looking to start early and get some foundations in place. To be fair, have been really impressed with our current connection, apart from a whole...
View ArticlePolice Cyber Alarm
Dear all I am looking to hear from other schools that have decided to install the Police Cyber Alarm virtual Appliance in the schools they manage. I decided long ago having read the posts about the...
View ArticleYouTube error "You're offline. Check your connection."
Is anyone else having problems with YouTube showing "You're offline. Check your connection." when trying to play videos? We are using Smoothwall for our filtering.
View ArticleSmoothwall help
I have raised a ticket with Smoothwall but I thought I would ask on here too. Recently more and more links in emails that are genuine begin with "url****.sitename.com". **** is always a 4 digit number....
View ArticleSmoothwall Opinions?
Hi there, We are an LGfL School. The head needs detailed monthly logs of internet activity for safeguarding. We have always run these though Webscreen but they are not very easy for a normal person to...
View ArticleSecurly allows students to access YouTube by embedding vidoes in PowerPoint.
Queried this with their technical support and this is the response. Thanks for reaching out. The URL that facilitates YouTube videos being embedded into PowerPoint is 'hubblecontent.osi.office.net'...
View ArticleTCP 456 (Class One catering supplier)
We use Class One in Skipton, NYorks as a catering supplier. They've (recently?) launched online ordering, but in school we cannot use it as the page content never loads other than the...
View ArticleSmoothwall - Idex database internal error
Come into work this morning and the idex database on the smoothwall has an internal error. Was working fine yesterday. No one able to get out to the net, anyone able to help? Only work around is to put...
View ArticleSchools Broadband scheduled reports not running again (Safeguarding)
Our scheduled reports have stopped running yet again. For us this is the safeguarding blocked requests and search keyword reports. They last ran on Friday. Ticket raised on Monday 8:45am and I'm staill...
View ArticleSmoothwal - is it possible to see where an external IP is trying to reach?
Currently being hammered by IP 93.184.221.240 which according to AbuseIPDB is know for port scanning. I have switched the outgoing IP address on our smoothwall box and within seconds this IP picks up...
View ArticleStarlink
Hi all, Would just like to ask a question regarding Internet options. Is anyone out there using Starlink for their business or school Internet ? Thanks all
View ArticleURL test from smoothwall box
Can anyone who has a smoothwall box please test the following url for me please. https://childimmunisationconsent.mft.nhs.uk Cannot access via ours and have an engineer remote in who is also struggling...
View ArticleSophos Firewall (Formerly XG)
Hi all Does anyone who uses Sophos Firewall have the issue where the Outlook client just plain crashes increasingly regularly at random intervals? Googling this it appears to have been a known issue...
View ArticleVPN disconnects wireless
Hi all, I use a VPN client to connect into some of our customers. Oddly, when connecting to the VPN client, it disconnects wireless on my laptop. However, on another laptop, different manufacture and...
View ArticleRM Proxies websites not loading such as Satchel One
We have RM Broadband and recently began experiencing problems with some websites not loading. For e.g. satchelone.com is not loading with a blank page on all student chromebooks, Spotify wouldn't allow...
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