February 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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Blind Makers Group?
by John G Heim 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

Anybody know of a group for blind makers? Any interest in starting such a group if no such group currently exists? I am currently working on a project to create an accessible D&D module. The learning experience has been absolutely fascinating. I am creating a dungeon map by coding it by hand in postscript. I plan on converting the postscript to a format for a 3D printer. Once i learn how to do all this efficiently, I figure I can start making 3D maps for conventions and the like. I am going to help organize a convention for guide dog users in San Francisco in 2022. I am hoping to supply a 3D map of the hotel floor plan. I'd also like to get into home automation, robotics, etc. I'm already into woodworking. I think it would be cool to have a group for people who are into stuff like that. -- John G. Heim; jheim(a)math.wisc.edu; 608-263-4189

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VSCode
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 07 Feb '21

07 Feb '21

Hello, Are any of you writing PowerShell in VSCode? It has become unusable for me. I'm using the insider version. When I arrow through left and right over characters, Jaws and NVDA repeat a lot of characters with the result that characters are completely skipped. Take the word name. instead of n a m e, I very regularly hear n n m e. Or N a m m. I have heard from some people that can't reproduce this. I'm very frustrated as I encounter this on every workstation. Thanks Darragh

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Working with Azure in the CLI.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 02 Feb '21

02 Feb '21

Hello, I'm really interested in people's experiences with working on deploying resources in Azure exclusively in the CLI. Specifically, how do you keep track of everything? Or how do you know to check things. For example tonight I found that I could get the related deployments from a failed deployment then obtain the JSON from that so that I could use it in a support request. I don't see how that kind of joined up approach is available in the CLI. Sure, I can create a VM, disks, network interfaces etc, but even with a small subscription, it becomes hard to keep track of interdependencies. I'm sure this is just me. So I would love to hear how others manage this. Obviously thousands of people exclusively use the CLI every day. I just don't understand how. I was listening to a podcast a few days ago where the guest was talking about how intelisense made it way easier to pick from a list of resource groups, disks, vNets etc. This would make life way easier. But either this doesn't work when PSReadLine is disabled or Jaws / NVDA doesn't tell me when there are suggestions available. Any ideas? Thanks Darragh

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What is the best way to access Windows server 2012 and 2016 instances in the cloud?
by Jared Stofflett 01 Feb '21

01 Feb '21

I've started a new job and may need to access Windows server 2012 and 2016 instances in Oracle cloud. What is the best way to do this? My thought is to have group policy install Jaws with remote access. Although I'm an NVDA user I don't want to be installing the remote access add-on into servers. I'm also not sold on the Unicorn remote access solution since I have not heard much about it good or bad. In my limited experience remote desktop with Jaws was pretty reliable. Thanks for any advice.

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