April 2023 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

accessible router recomendations
by Ryan Shugart 06 May '23

06 May '23

Hi: I am moving into a new home, and as part of the process tossed out my relyable but old Airport Extreme router that I’ve had for the past few years and am looking for something new. Was wondering if there were recommendations on good, accessible routers that would be worth looking into? I do not know who my ISP will be yet so am just sticking to plane routers for now and am mainly looking for feedback on some good accessible options I can look at. I’d like something on the advanced side but perhaps not quite enterprise grade, but something that will give me features to play with but also let me get going relatively quickly. Thanks a lot. Ryan

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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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Network question that is driving me insane
by David Mehler 27 Apr '23

27 Apr '23

Hello, The below is an excerpt of a conversation I am having with a friend, I'm sending the initial topic here if anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate them. The summary I'm getting ready to block one of my home users from accessing *all* internet services here. Using Mac filtering I have already cut off his ps4 and his internet-connected tv it's actually my gfs but when he uses it it won't connect. I know about the inheriant limitations of mac filtering but he doesn't have the technical know-how to get around them, plus I'm going to put a network-wide site block on four specific sites that he goes to so that even if someone else here gives him there mobile or other device like a tablet it won't matter. Basic connectivity is this, AT&T Fiber internet, Orbi mesh system behind that, rbr50 to be specific which is running the latest Netgear firmware. Here it is: "Check me here please. 1. Any device must show up somewhere on the network it can not be a ghost or invisible or it wouldn't be able to receive anything 2. Any device (and this question pertains to my orbi) must show up in some way rather it's unknown or has a hostname or whatever, device must be in a list with it's IP Here's my problem, the one device I want to block (win10 64 bit home unactivated) is not showing up in my orbi connected devices, not as an unknown not as a nothing. Other devices connected via wired connection do even the RPI which is connected in to the same orbi satellite as the target shows and an arp scan from that box can not see it. I've tried arp scans from my machine here, the RPI, nmap, protable windows wireless network scanners, even fing on the phone, nothing is seeing this box, yet it connects to the internet. Ok, so I decided to look for an alternative WiFi or direct means, thinking maybe spectrum was put in and he's going separate, nope, the ethernet cord goes from the back of the target box to the orbi, no wireless addon cards in that box, nothing. I can also say he's not doing a phone tether, one no wireless or bluetooth to do it, 2 he's not that smart, 3 the speeds wouldn't be sufficient enough for streaming let alone gaming. It is driving me insane. Any suggestions welcome." Thanks. Dave.

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Implementing 2FA push authentication
by David Mehler 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

Hello, I'm trying to get 2FA going for some users. I'm finding the user experience difficult to sell as they don't like entering the user codes. What I'm trying to do is get 2FA push notifications going, where they get the notification of where the authentication is being made from and other information, and they just tap confirm. Ideally i'd like to make this as easy as possible. Suggestions? Thanks. Dave.

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USB Raptor?
by David Mehler 19 Apr '23

19 Apr '23

Hello, Has anyone used USB Raptor to create system-lock USB keys? If so what are your impressions of the process, it's accessibility, and if you'd recommend Raptor over a commercial solution? If a commercial solution which has the best accessibility? Thanks. Dave.

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Syslog analyser software?
by Steve Nutt 14 Apr '23

14 Apr '23

Hi all, Does anyone know of an accessible syslog analysis tool for Windows? Draytek do a Syslog utility for their routers, but it is not accessible. However, I can tell the router to save to a Syslog Server, and give it an IP address. Thanks for any help. All the best Steve -- To subscribe to our News and Special Offers list, go to <https://www.comproom.co.uk/subscribe> https://www.comproom.co.uk/subscribe Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW T: +44(0)1438-742286 M: +44(0)7956-334938 F: +44(0)1438-759589 E: <mailto:steve@comproom.co.uk> steve(a)comproom.co.uk W: <https://www.comproom.co.uk> https://www.comproom.co.uk

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Advice on CCNP enterprise specialization
by Samuel Barnes 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

So I passed my ENCOR exam last month, and surprisingly had no issues with the Pearson VUE ADA accommodations this time. I'm trying to figure out which of the CCNP specializations I should choose for my next exam. My short list right now includes: 300-410 ENARSI (advanced routing) It's the most traditional. It seems to have more overlap with my earlier courses. It seems like it has the most content that would transfer to other vendors I have access to lab equipment. 300-435 ENAUTO (network automation) It looks more future proof. I'm already somewhat comfortable with things like Python and Ansible It seems more buzzword compliant I'm all about offloading as much cognitive burden as possible. That's what computers are for. Advice appreciated. --Sam

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Tables in m365 admin sites inaccessible
by core7xx＠gmail.com 12 Apr '23

12 Apr '23

Hi all, I use the admin pages of m365 like: Admin.microsoft.com Or the message trace in the new exchange admin center as examples. What I'm finding is that I'm not able to select users or information that is presented in a table. This started happening a few weeks ago. I've tried using different machines, screenreaders and different accounts from different tenants. Not sure if this affects a specific region. Any help/advice would be much appreciated. Kind Regards

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Barcode printer and solution recommendations?
by Can Kırca 11 Apr '23

11 Apr '23

Hi, I’m looking for a barcode printer that helps me too create/print adhesive barcode labels and accessible way to scan them. I can buy barcode scanner or use my smart phone f”according to your recommendations. We are getting more than 20 boxes per day and I would like to label them. Thank you very much.

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Tables in M365
by Kieran Little 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

Hi All, I can’t find the original thread to this, but I had a reply from the enterprise disability answer desk on this issue. “CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi @Kieran Little<mailto:kieran.little@northumberland.gov.uk>, Thank you for contacting the Microsoft enterprise Disability Answer Desk. Engineering team is already aware of the issue, and they are currently working to resolve it. We will keep you informed of any progress made. In the meantime, we recommend that you try using the Firefox browser as a workaround. Based on our testing, this issue doesn't seem to occur in Firefox. For reference we have created a tracking ticket for this issue Accessibility 205512<https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdev.azure…>. You won’t have access to the link, but the number will help you and our team to track the issue to resolution.  Thank you. Devaki “ Kieran Little Support Officer Cyber Security Team Information Services Northumberland County Council Call me<callto:kieran.little@northumberland.gov.uk> Send me an instant message<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=kieran.little@northumberland.g…> Mobile: 07966325130 Email: Kieran.little(a)northumberland.gov.uk<mailto:Kieran.little@northumberland.gov.uk> Save Time Do It Online! We have made a few key improvements to our site to make our services easy to access. Now you can do everything from paying your council tax, to reporting a faulty street light online. Go to: www.northumberland.gov.uk and click 'pay, apply or report' to access the relevant forms. This email is intended solely for the individual or individuals to whom it is addressed, and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the email from any computer. All email communication may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with internal policy and relevant legislation. [Northumberland County Council Stay Home]

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MSDN subscription
by Andrew Hodgson 06 Apr '23

06 Apr '23

Hi. Is anyone here funding their own MSDN subscription? I am thinking of doing this and potentially using it for my Office365 tenant. I did have an MSDN subscription through the company but due to a recent takeover we have lost the benefit. Would be interested to see what others are doing for funding this. Thanks. Andrew.

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Re: partition tool with access
by Andrew Hodgson 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

Hi. Its likely that whatever lockdowns you have you will have the same issue with another partition manager tool as I expect they use similar methods to resize the volumes. If you explain the lockdowns you have done it may help but try the tool I mentioned at www.lsoft.net first. Thanks. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 10:41 PM To: Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access Yes you can resize, but with the lock downs we have in place only if we're booted to p e so that is the issue. On 4/5/2023 1:03 PM, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > Hi. > > To be honest I thought you could resize the system volume using Diskpart, Diskpart is what is used as the backend to the volume GUI tool in Disk Manager. Internet searches seem to confirm this. > > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason White via Blind-sysadmins > <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:48 PM > To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > Cc: Jason White <jason(a)jasonjgw.net> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access > > > On 4/4/23 05:57, Isaac wrote: >> I love diskpart, I can't resize on the fly with diskpart however, and >> we have to restrict some services that diskpart uses so want another >> tool that can move data up and down the partition with out moving it >> off of the drive in curtain scenarios. >> > If you were asking about Linux, I would suggest GNU Parted, which also has some capacity to resize NTFS filesystems, according to a quick Web search. > > However, I'm less familiar with the Windows offerings. The partition > management tool included in Windows (the one with the graphical > interface) can resize NTFS filesystems as well. That's how I freed space on my laptop's drive in order to install Linux alongside the existing Windows installation. > > _______________________________________________ > 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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partition tool with access
by Isaac 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

Hi, does anyone know of a good windows partition tool with access at this point?

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Re: partition tool with access
by Andrew Hodgson 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

In which case give Lsoft partition manager a try www.lsoft.net. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 10:06 PM To: Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access Yes, I can shrink and extend from win p e but need to be able to do this in the windows environment. On 4/4/2023 12:21 PM, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > Hi. > > Can you modify the volume size if you boot to a Windows setup environment? I think I've done that before. Its been a long time since I needed to modify a partition. > > I've had good luck with the software from www.lsoft.net but not used the partition manager. I have the Data Studio suite which includes most of their products. > > Thanks. > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 10:58 AM > To: Mailing list for blind system administrators > <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org>; Andrew Hodgson > <andrew(a)hodgson.io> > Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access > > I love diskpart, I can't resize on the fly with diskpart however, and we have to restrict some services that diskpart uses so want another tool that can move data up and down the partition with out moving it off of the drive in curtain scenarios. > > On 4/4/2023 4:07 AM, Andrew Hodgson wrote: >> Hi. >> >> What's wrong with Diskpart? If you need a specific feature or use case it would be helpful. >> >> Andrew. >> >> Andrew. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 7:55 AM >> To: Mailing list for blind system administrators >> <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> >> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access >> >> >> Sorry, I should have said besides the diskpart tool. >> >> On 4/3/2023 3:17 PM, Jason White via Blind-sysadmins wrote: >>> I looked it up, and, under Windows, it’s called Diskpart. Apparently, it’s text-based, hence it should be entirely accessible. >>> There are also PowerShell commands available. >>> >>>> On Apr 3, 2023, at 15:28, Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, does anyone know of a good windows partition tool with access at this point? >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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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Re: partition tool with access
by Andrew Hodgson 04 Apr '23

04 Apr '23

Hi. Can you modify the volume size if you boot to a Windows setup environment? I think I've done that before. Its been a long time since I needed to modify a partition. I've had good luck with the software from www.lsoft.net but not used the partition manager. I have the Data Studio suite which includes most of their products. Thanks. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 10:58 AM To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org>; Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access I love diskpart, I can't resize on the fly with diskpart however, and we have to restrict some services that diskpart uses so want another tool that can move data up and down the partition with out moving it off of the drive in curtain scenarios. On 4/4/2023 4:07 AM, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > Hi. > > What's wrong with Diskpart? If you need a specific feature or use case it would be helpful. > > Andrew. > > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 7:55 AM > To: Mailing list for blind system administrators > <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: partition tool with access > > > Sorry, I should have said besides the diskpart tool. > > On 4/3/2023 3:17 PM, Jason White via Blind-sysadmins wrote: >> I looked it up, and, under Windows, it’s called Diskpart. Apparently, it’s text-based, hence it should be entirely accessible. >> There are also PowerShell commands available. >> >>> On Apr 3, 2023, at 15:28, Isaac <bigikemusic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, does anyone know of a good windows partition tool with access at this point? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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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PRTG
by Billy Irwin 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

Hi All, It is great to be back on the list. I have some news for all of you looking for a NMS solution. PRTG by Paessler is getting a GUI makeover and will be WCAG compliant with their new interface. I've been testing it in my production environment with much success. The GUI isn't complete by no means, but it is a great step in the right direction. They have committed to making their solution complaint. The interface is still in alpha. You can download their demo and work with it and send them feedback if you are interested. I will also add that they added WCAG to their public roadmap as well.. Best, Billy L. Irwin Sr. Cyber Security / Network Engineer County Government

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