Broadband Usage
I got my monthly stats through for our broadband usage this morning. In January we used 126Gb, now I know this is not a lot to some of you, but its...
View ArticleWeb Filter / Firewall Alternatives
I have been asked to look at alternatives for Smoothwall what do you guys use? We are a school of 1500 pupils, 950ish desktops and have students...
View ArticleShare your Blocked sites
We are currently using Lightspeed and although its good we are still adding a fair amount of new sites for games ect on a weekly basis, has anyone...
View ArticleExa Education / Networks
Is anyone using these to provide internet? We've recently got a quote and its significantly cheaper than others we've had. I'm stuck on the buy...
View ArticleSmoothwall Express Home Setup
Hi All, I am looking at trying to setup smoothwall express 3 and seem to be hitting a brick wall. I have a machine with 2 interfaces GREEN +...
View ArticleCISCO firewall dropping packets - internet offline across whole site
Cut a long story short, I was setting up some new firewall rules yesterday for our BYOD system that's soon being installed. However, I have somehow...
View ArticleVideos not working on old HTML CD title
We've got some ancient multimedia CD about castles on the network, which I guess probably worked once, but hasn't been used for years. They're trying...
View ArticleAlternative to Be Broadband/ Bonded lines
Hi! I am looking for a new Internet provider for our backup xDSL connection. We have a fibre connection with Venus as our main Internet link. ...
View ArticleAnyone using PMX?
I had a demonstration of the new Parentmail PMX system at Bett, and was assured by PM's MD that the upgrade process would be much smoother than the...
View ArticleConnection Monitoring/Testing
Hi folks, We've been having ongoing problems with our LA provided Internet connection. The SLT have asked me to record and graph the quality of...
View ArticleDHCP static assignments - Smoothwall
Hi, I have about 100 ipads that pick up a dhcp address from our smoothwall. I have given them all a statically assigned address by ticking them...
View ArticleCaching and Mirroring - IOS, OSX and EducationCity.com
I work at an overseas school with limited internet bandwidth trying to support an exponential increase in IOS devices etc! I currently use an...
View ArticleSetting up linux box to forward requests
We use RM for our internet, using SmartCache2 as a proxy. I have recently set up a new VLAN for our wireless devices on a new ip range...
View ArticleWebsense not filtering XXX
This morning a student found out that if you go to Google and search XXX and hit images you get a nice selection of adult images, some of which we...
View ArticleOMG - I found a TMG 2010 License!
Just came across this by chance and thought some of you may be interested in case you haven't replaced it yet. It's a second hand license so not sure...
View ArticleRecommend me a firewall
TL : DR: Recommend me a firewall/UTM device for a small network of approximately 60 machines, connected to a 20Mb fibre line. Background: I...
View ArticleSmoothwall Express - Polar
All, I'm looking to open a port - not forward a port to a single IP on the green - but to the whole green network (or range of IP's) Its an...
View ArticleBackup broadband
Hello, Because of our reliance on net access for communicating with parents, I am looking at backup broadband options. What do people go for?...
View ArticleHello Mylo
Just wondering if anybody else out there is having problems accessing http://www.hellomylo.com (MFL activity website)? Seems to have been down...
View ArticleVLE's/Internet access
General question but just interested to see what people are generally using for their schools VLE's and how you incorporate internet usage into it. ...
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