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repeater not repeating
by David Mehler 23 Aug '18

23 Aug '18

Hello, I've got an issue with a repeater router it's not repeating. My setup is a cable modem, going to an ISP-provided router, (I'll be getting rid of that and it's not relevant), and an Asus RTN66U running dd-wrt daisy chained on to the isp-provided router. To this setup I've got a multi-story home and want to add a repeater. So on the second floor I've got another Asus RTN66U also running dd-wrt that I'm trying to get to repeat the signal from the other router. On the second floor router i've turned on repeater-bridge mode in case I want to hook a client in via ethernet, and set wan connection type to disabled. Under security i've turned off everything as security should be handled by the primary router. I've also switched from AP to repeater-bridge. In the wireless configuration i'm eventually wanting to repeat both the 2.4 and 5GHZ signals, but for now am only trying to get the 2.4 going. All those settings match the primary router, SSID, channel, WPA2 key, etc. Currently I have an ethernet plugged in to the second router and am trying via wireless to obtain a dhcp address from the primary router which they should be talking. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. Dave.

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Cheapest way to get a 2nd network connection
by John G Heim 18 Aug '18

18 Aug '18

I am trying to help someone with a home office. She has a single ethernet port in this room where she made her office. But she wants to move her network printer into the room. So we need a second ethernet port. For now, I loaned her aa 5-port switch. It seems like overkill. I don't like wasting electricity. What I'd really like is something like a USB dongle that essentially serves as a hub. Something low power, small. Any ideas? If it was my own linux machine, I'd put in a 2nd ethernet card and enable packet forwarding in the kernel. But she wouldn't want me to mess with that. -- -- John G. Heim; jheim(a)math.wisc.edu; sip://jheim@sip.linphone.org

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Re: Cheapest way to get a 2nd network connection
by Ben Mustill-Rose 17 Aug '18

17 Aug '18

Honestly I'd just get a consumer level switch and be done with it. If you wanted to go the DIY root I'm sure you could build something out of a Pi and a USB NIC but I'd be waying up the cost and time taken against how much power, if any it would actually save. On 8/17/18, Katherine M. Moss <KMoss(a)winterhillsolutions.com> wrote: > Most network printers have WiFi capabilities that work just as well as if > they were on a RJ45 connection. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John G Heim <jheim(a)math.wisc.edu> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 1:24 PM > To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Cheapest way to get a 2nd network connection > > I am trying to help someone with a home office. She has a single ethernet > port in this room where she made her office. But she wants to move her > network printer into the room. So we need a second ethernet port. For now, I > loaned her aa 5-port switch. It seems like overkill. I don't like wasting > electricity. What I'd really like is something like a USB dongle that > essentially serves as a hub. Something low power, small. > Any ideas? If it was my own linux machine, I'd put in a 2nd ethernet card > and enable packet forwarding in the kernel. But she wouldn't want me to mess > with that. > > > -- > -- > John G. Heim; jheim(a)math.wisc.edu; sip://jheim@sip.linphone.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >

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Accessible managed switches?
by Zameer Mahomed 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

Hi listers, Just a few questions please? I've recently been playing around just for education purposes with setting up a virtual DC, DHCP etc. I'd like to venture abit in to setting up VLans and realise that I need a managed switch for this sort of thing. Is there a low-cost managed switch that I can get which is accessible with either JAWS or NVDA? Any help would be appreciated as I am new to these type of things. Kind Regards

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Re: How to use a WDS Server?
by Eigeldinger Simon 14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18

Hi Lukasz, We already have some images up there. we have a win 2008 R2 WDS Server and we distribute Win 10 Version 1803 images so that should work pretty well. at the moment i wonder how should i pxe boot or boot so the pc receives the image. Greetings and thanks, Simon Mit freundlichen Grüßen Simon Eigeldinger Informatik Nebengebäude 1, OG1 Stadt Hohenems Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 4 6845 Hohenems T: +43 5576 7101-1143 | E: simon.eigeldinger(a)hohenems.at | www.hohenems.at Diese Nachricht und allfällige angehängte Dokumente sind vertraulich und nur für den/die Adressaten bestimmt. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Lukasz Golonka <wulfryk1(a)gmail.com> Gesendet: Freitag, 10. August 2018 14:03 An: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Betreff: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: How to use a WDS Server? Hi Simon, i was using WDS under Win Server 2008 r2 to deploy Windows 7 machines about a year ago, so some things below might have changed. The interface on the server side was pretty accessible and the only problematic part was actually capturing and then deploying the images. Ive used a boot.wim from Windows 10 dvd as my boot image in WDS. At the time it was necessary to use insider versions, because the build which was a stable version back then has no narrator included in the install image. From my experience it doesnt matter what version of Windows is being imaged and deployed as long as the architecture of the boot image matches the architecture of the system you want to deploy. The more problematic part was actually capturing an image, because when creating a capture image from Win 10 boot image there was no speech. Ive worked around that by booting standard boot image, starting narrator, pressing Shift+f10 to open a command prompt and launching capture wizard from there by typing WDSCapture.exe, If anything is unclear please ask Hope this helps and sorry for my English Lukasz On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 12:43:35 +0000 Eigeldinger Simon <simon.eigeldinger(a)hohenems.at> wrote: > Hi all, > > We have a WDS server where some images are stored for some of our computers. > is someone using wds as well on this list and could tell me how to use it as a blind person? > > Greetings and thanks, > Simon > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Enabling memory integrity protection on Windows 10 Pro 1803
by Jason White 12 Aug '18

12 Aug '18

On the aforementioned Lenovo laptop (Windows 10 Pro 1803 with updates applied), I tried unsuccessfully to enable memory integrity protection in Windows Defender Security Center to improve over-all security. First, I discovered scripts on Lenovo's Web site that enabled me to change the UEFI (BIOS) settings from within Windows. https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht100612 This is much better than having to enlist help to change the firmware configuration. I enabled Intel virtualization support, then rebooted the machine and confirmed that virtualization was in fact enabled using System Information. I wanted virtualization anyway, so this was a desirable change on multiple grounds - not only the need to enable it for virtualization-based security. I then tried to enable memory integrity protection in Windows Defender Security Center. The resulting error message, presented as a notification, asserts: "Memory integrity can't be started. There may be an incompatability.. There may be an incompatability on your device.. . Received at 8:51 PM" I'm curious - has anyone else here tried it, and if so, with what results? I'm running JAWS 2018, although I have no reason to believe that it may be involved other than the fact that it uses its own video and braille display drivers. Various hardware drivers from their respective vendors are of course installed as well. For anyone who has enabled Memory Integrity Protection, have there been any adverse consequences?

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How to use a WDS Server?
by Eigeldinger Simon 10 Aug '18

10 Aug '18

Hi all, We have a WDS server where some images are stored for some of our computers. is someone using wds as well on this list and could tell me how to use it as a blind person? Greetings and thanks, Simon

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interpreting wifi analyzer output
by David Mehler 03 Aug '18

03 Aug '18

Hello, I'm trying to use wifi analyzer to go around my house, find spots of low or weak network coverage then put router/repeaters in those areas. I am having difficulty interpreting the output of wifi analyzer? Any pointers? Thanks. Dave.

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office 365
by mattias jonsson 03 Aug '18

03 Aug '18

i try to add skype for bussines and phonesystem or if it is called pbx i find the first one, skype for bussines but not the second one..

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Low Vision SysAdmin Setup
by Bekki . 03 Aug '18

03 Aug '18

Hi - My Dad is a sysadmin and recently diagnosed with macular degeneration. I was wondering if anyone could share helpful info about setting up a workspace specifically for low vision users (with central vision loss), best software to use, any particular glasses or other solutions that may help. Particularly with day to day tasks such as having to RDP into and maintain remote servers, reading + answering emails, etc. Curious also - has anyone had any experiences, good or bad, with using the Microsoft HoloLens or Samsung Odyssey as far as aiding with vision and working on remote systems, etc? Thanks!

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