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Trying to get a Raspberry Pi 4 to get DHCP from my router
by Steve Nutt 01 May '25

01 May '25

Hi all, I just got a new Pi 4, in order to use it as a Fing agent, http://www.fing.com for network monitoring. We installed Bookworm to it, and even tried earlier versions like BullsEye, but it will not get DHCP from my router. Once we have installed it, we can see it using PuTTY and I can log into it. However, although it gets as far as the LAN, it doesn't get out to WAN. It goes for the local IP of 127.0.0.1. So my friend took it to his house, and from his router, provided by Plusnet, it gets DHCP, and on my Draytek router, it doesn't. The main difference between the two is that the gateway on the Plusnet router is 192.168.1.254, and the gateway IP on the Draytek is 192.168.1.1. Could anyone please tell me the easiest way to change the gateway, netmask and DNS servers it looks for? In this way, we may be able to get DHCP from the router. It appears that Bookworm doesn't use DHCPCD any more, so I have been trying without success using NMCLI commands. If anyone can help with this, I would be extremely grateful. Many thanks. 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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accessibility of Peoplecert ITIL exam
by Fayre, Jason 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

Hi all, I'm currently in a course for ITIL 4 fundamentals. The exam is online. Does anyone know if this exam system is accessible? Please note: for accessibility reasons, please do not send me screenshots. Jason Fayre Assistive Technology Specialist | Enterprise Endpoint Compute | Employee Technology Services | CIBC 81 Bay Street, 14th Floor Toronto ON, Canada, M5J 0E7 | Tel: (416) 412-2678 | jason.fayre(a)cibc.com<mailto:jason.fayre@cibc.com>

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Hosted AI server
by Timothy Spaulding 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

Hello All, Can anyone recommend a hosted solution VPS (I would assume) where I can install an OpenSource AI LLM such as Ollama? I don't have anything in my home lab with a GPU to speak of; and I want to play for a bit before I throw a crap load of money at it. Regards, Tim

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Just a heads up, networking issues on VMware Workstation, 17.6.*
by ultimatethesecond＠googlemail.com 18 Mar '25

18 Mar '25

HI all. If anyone else uses VMware Workstation 17.6 on Win 11, there seems to be a problem with the latest point release. I was prompted to update yesterday 17.03/25 I can't recall the exact version it pushed. Something like 17.6.3. Should have taken a note. However, following installing, it broke guest connections via bridged adapter to my real network. A major pain as I use SSH from my Win11 host as some of these VMs are headless or otherwise inaccessible. A bit of Googling seems others have had this problem but with earlier builds. I uninstalled and reinstalled 17.6 and disabled automatic updates. Things seem to be working again. Workstation itself doesn't let you downgrade, so you'll have to uninstall and reinstall. Some sighted folk have got this working with nat and host only but as I say, not a solution I can use due to inaccessibility. Cheers Chris.

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test
by ultimatethesecond＠googlemail.com 12 Mar '25

12 Mar '25

Are my messages getting through? CHris

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Anyone taken Comptia Security+ online from home?
by ultimatethesecond＠googlemail.com 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

Hi all. Is this list still going? Not seen post for months. Anyway as per subject line. Any screen reader users here taken the Security + or for that matter any other exam with Pearson Vue from home? Just wondering how well their system works, if indeed it does. Thanks. Chris.

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Pearson vue online exams? Pearso
by Chris T 13 Feb '25

13 Feb '25

> hi all. Has anyone taken online exams with accommodations, as a screen reader user, with Pearson Vue? I’m just wondering about your experience. This was not an option last time I tried many years ago. I’m not working at the moment and trying to retrain, looking at taking theComptia Security+ If the online exam process works okay this would give me a lot of motivation to get into this more. Cheers. Chris Turner

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Advice on SIEM management
by Zameer 09 Feb '25

09 Feb '25

Hi all, I trust you are well. Do any of you on the list manage the SIEM for your organization? I've been offered a job to setup a SIEM from scratch, and the software that would be used is log360 by ManageEngine. I am very new to this, and if you have any advice or tips, I would be much appreciated. Not sure if this is a job I'd want to go in to if it wouldn't be accessible. Of course training and certification would be provided, but what I'd like to know Is, is this worth a job from an accessible standpoint? I know I struggled to read logs from the event viewer as an example with screenreaders in the past and I'm just abit weary when it comes to log analysis from various devices etc. I don't mind reading logs if I have to troubleshoot a specific issue but having to deal with logs as a primary function of the job I may take could be frustrating I think. Not meaning to complain but, What I find very frustrating with logs is that I have to hear the time and date and then the actual text of the log. Would there be any way to just be able to filter the text and then if say something interesting was found, look at the dates and times? Help/advice would be much appreciated. Kind Regards

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Accessible SysLog analyser for Windows?
by Steve Nutt 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

Hi all, Does anyone know of a good SysLog analyser, that is accessible, for Windows please? Just having some strange problems with my router and chromecasting, and I want to see if I can track it down. I can get the logs when it happens, but I don't know what all of the codes are. Many thanks. 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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Reading PuTTY terminal output with NVDA
by Luke Scholey 24 Jan '25

24 Jan '25

Hi list Hope all are well. Quick question about NVDA and reading terminal output with PuTTY when interacting with a Unix shell via SSH. How do I read the entire buffer with NVDA, specifically the text that has scrolled off screen? My issue is that when I reach the point at which the text is no longer visible NVDA just says top. Is there a way to scroll back up and read the rest of the text? For reference I’m using NVDA+up arrow to read the terminal output with latest version of PuTTY and NVDA. I am aware that tools such as Less can help me out here, or I could output to notepad etc. But just wondering if I can do this with NVDA or not? Thanks for any suggestions. All the best Luke

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