October 2021 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Ubiquiti and/or PFSense access
by Andrew Hodgson 30 Apr '23

30 Apr '23

Hi all, I have a new flat and with it comes a 1GBPs Ethernet connection as part of the building service. The router they have given me is causing me a lot of issues so I want to upgrade it. I have been looking at different models and I have discount a lot due to the 1GBPs connection. I have a Sophos router from a previous job, but it doesn't support IPV6. At this point I am looking at potentially going with a Synology router, the Unifi kit or a PFSense build. has anyone used any of this and can comment on the usability with JFW? i know the Synology will be pritty much the same as the NAS, though they don't have a demo site for the router. I am going to check out the Ubiquiti demo site next but I know people on this list were using it. Thanks. Andrew.

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IP phone recommendations?
by Can Kırca 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

Hi, Before I start, I'd like to say thank you to mr. Irwin, he answered my basic questions about PBX. Finally I've completed my IVR setup and other tasks, and now I need a dec or wireless phone. For handsfree and speaker quality, maybe accessibility features and for other details, which models do you recommend? I'll make outbound and receive inbound calls. Also, is there a way to configure these phones without sided help to enter SIP/connection details? Thank you.

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PlantUML iPad apps?
by Ben Mustill-Rose 12 Oct '21

12 Oct '21

Hi all, I currently write architecture diagrams in PlantUML as part of my job as a software engineer although you'd be able to do the same for infrastructure as well. This works fairly well from an accessibility point of view. I was wondering if anyone knew of any accessible iOS apps that will let me view the diagrams though? I have access to iPads through work and I reckon that being able to explore them by touch on something like an iPad Pro would be quite an enjoyable experience. Does anyone have any pointers? Cheers, Ben.

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Any cups experts onlist?
by David Mehler 05 Oct '21

05 Oct '21

Hello, I'm looking for a cups expert. I'm trying to set up a raspberry pi 3b+ to act as a printserver for my folks. The printers they have are an Epson nx420 all-in-one I think it's a printer/fax/scanner, does photos too, and a Brother hl5240dw laser printer. My goal is to make this pi setup as plug and play as possible i.e they plug in the brother via USB to the pi and the pi in. At that point when they tell me it's plugged in I vpn in to it, because I will have set up a ddns domain which will update with there IP address so for example using openvpn vpn in to homeip.net once there I can go to https://ip-address:631 and set up the epson. To that end I'm trying it here, I've got an HP laserjet 4200 connected directly to my orbi, which cups sees, which is kind of strange, but it does see it. The other printer is connected via USB and it is an HP laserjet p4515 and it's not being seen at all. Any ideas to get these printers to show up or any more suggestions appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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