Google Chromebooks - Smoothwall Cloud Filter
Hello Are they any schools out there who run a large 1 to 1 chromebook deployment and use the Smoothwall Cloud Filter on a separate VLAN? A few years ago we decided to use the cloud filter and the...
View ArticleEcat
Has anyone ever come across the Ecat iOS app and managed to make it work through a Smoothwall? Looking in the logs I'm not seeing any blocks for any URLs ending ecat.co (or login is schoolname.ecat.co)...
View ArticleSmoothwall - Allow a user unfiltered internet for a short time
We need to allow the safeguarding lead to temporarily but regularly unfilter the Internet to investigate the filter alerts they receive. I created an 'Administrator Bypass' block page and a user...
View ArticleYoutube doesn't like ad blockers
Is anyone else running Smoothwall (Leeds 78 but in this case the user is purely Cloud Filter) blocking adverts but running into Problems accessing YouTube? I've had two reports this week from Teachers...
View ArticleSanity check - UDP session timeout
As per title we've recently had a new phone system installed by a third party, and had issues with phones not ringing and other issues. They are insisting we increase the UDP session timeout on our...
View ArticleSecurly SSL Issues
Hello, Is anyone else experiencing issues with some websites with Securly filtering? Amazon, Tesco, LinkedIn and a variety of other websites are throwing up SSL errors for us. Issues have been ongoing...
View ArticleSmoothwall - uncategorised site needs blocking
Good afternoon Smoothwall for your info to look at Today we have been made aware of a website classroomcommunity.com which seemingly is browser within a browser and you can bypass all policies getting...
View ArticleMacOS iDEX Client
Hello Everyone Has anyone got the latest copy of the IDex Client for MacOS - disappointingly Smoothwall are discontinuing this app. I desperately need it to help a school who are solely MacOS devices....
View ArticleTrouble Viewing Twitter/X.com In Browsers
Morning all, We're having issues getting onto Twitter/X.com through a web browser. It's been like this for a while in honesty, just had no time to look into it. When we go to the website, we get the...
View ArticleThinking about blocking HTTP ...
Something worth discussion and has been on my radar for some time. With more and more traffic moving to HTTPS how much HTTP traffic do you actually see on your network going to the internet? We have...
View ArticleInternet Filtering and Monitoring Providers
Hi, Couple of questions if I may regarding Internet Filtering and Monitoring. I am a Computing Teaching Specialist in a two (ish) form entry primary school and have acted as the IT Sp go between with...
View ArticleWebinar: The Next Generation of Cloud Filtering in UK Education
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View ArticleDC sync issues causing DNS broadband surfing problems?
Hi Has anyone ever experienced problems browsing the internet caused by DC sync issues? Were unable to browse the internet and receiving DNS errors but so far our internet provider have not identified...
View ArticleYouTube approved videos and Smoothwall content restriction issue
We have a strange issue where some staff members are not seeing the ability to approve videos and are instead being forced into restricted mode. I have set a ignore setting for staff on content...
View ArticleAmazon - Access Issues
Hi, Not sure if anyone else has come across this issue. We are having issues accessing the Amazon UK website. We keep getting intermitent issues with the pages loading or being stopped. We also keep...
View ArticleMonitoring - How do we know if it is working & foreign languages
Hi all, Would you mind if I ask, what is everyone doing with the monitoring and filtering of foreign languages? Some products seem better than others for foreign language monitoring. The one we use...
View ArticleClient-less way of checking what students type
I've been asked about a way to view what students are typing online which doesn't require any client-side installation. Does anyone know if such a thing exists? We have a student BYOD network, and...
View ArticleSenso not blocking some Classrooms
We are experiencing a strange problem with Senso. Two classrooms don't block anything we have put in the Access Block list. We can see them in Senso they are all setup exactly like every other computer...
View ArticleSmoothwall - block youtube sidebar ads
Hello all A teacher has reported "innappropriate ads" being displayed on YouTube, on the recommended video sidebar (screenshot below). We have https decrypt & inspect enabled alongside the...
View ArticleSecurly Licensing Query (Devices vs Users)
Evening All, Anyone using Securly as their filter recently do you know what their current licensing setup is - Is it per device numbers or full student numbers etc? We are looking at getting some...
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