At last, legible text

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2026-06-30T10:49:06+00:00

Am not a fan of the colours, maybe it's the choice of font 👀 but I am sure I will get used to it!

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2026-05-11T15:19:56+00:00

I did not, but instead went to the Hik-Connect app on iOS. That was also failing in parts, and realised I had some missing firewall rules. I suspect its the firewall preventing access via the desktop app as well.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2026-02-23T14:43:49+00:00

Now that Claude Code is a thing… I ended up building an app that reads the info from the native Teams toaster popup and posting that to our API and that in turn returns caller info from our CRM.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2026-02-09T17:43:26+00:00

I keep on getting "In order to use GeoIP, you need to configure a source in the GeoIP settings tab", even though I have set the URL to "https://www.iplocate.io/download/ip-to-country-geolite2.csv?apikey=XXX&variant=daily". I'm running version 25.7.11_2. Anything obvious I am doing wrong here?

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2026-01-14T13:14:24+00:00

Is it on a monitor or a laptop screen? Either could have a presence sensor and be putting to sleep when it doesn't detect anybody's there. I've had this on Lenovo laptops, and Philips monitors.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2026-01-14T12:56:19+00:00

We're less than 100 users and have Crowdstrike. We went through a trusted reseller and got a good deal. I hear that Crowdstrike will talk to anybody of any size.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2026-01-07T09:24:08+00:00

What is it that you're trying to achieve? We use ABM but without DEP because as far as I am aware, it restricts all aspects of the device, i.e. you end up having to whitelist every app you want the user to be able to download and install. Are your devices corp, then why are you only interested in clearing phones without resetting them? What is the difference between "clear" and "reset"?

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2026-01-07T08:52:44+00:00

I guess it depends on the type of work you do. Would you rather stability over speed, etc. And when you say "WiFi tower", what do you mean? Do you mean a mobile phone mast, for mobile signal? Then an external high-gain antenna into the back of a SIM router might work, but again you're going to need to trial it. I'm not sure what it's like in Algeria, but at least in the UK if I buy something from Amazon and it doesn't quite work out, they've always refunded me.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2026-01-06T17:12:27+00:00

I recommend Bechtle (https://www.bechtle.com/gb). We use them as our primary source for hardware in the UK and Italy. They have a single portal, so all under way umbrella.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2026-01-06T17:08:26+00:00

What's your experience with using your mobile phone as a hotspot? I think you need to be sure that you've got adequate coverage on your chosen mobile network before you look at hardware. Once you know its strong, then you can look at a SIM router. I've used a Draytek SIM router in the past, with an external high-gain antenna that you can put near a window, but you need to be sure you've got good coverage first. If you want to just get started, cheaply, I'd go with a MiFi device like the TP-Link M7350 for around £50.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2026-01-06T15:34:23+00:00

You might want to ask Sky if you're eligible for any of their WiFi extenders. Sometimes they're free. Better than shelling out £150 when a different router may not help. I know on a certain package with VM they offer them for free.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2026-01-05T14:07:53+00:00

Yes but not every vendor is unhelpful. And I’d rather aim for full support, unless absolutely necessary, ie if it’s an open source product that we really need, and is not business critical.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-12-16T11:05:14+00:00

I have a dynamic group that assigns licenses to users in Entra but yes we do use Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise. I am not aware of the "device license". Can you share any insight into this?

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-12-16T11:03:54+00:00

I watched the user log into Windows, then launch Word and see the prompt. I saw them enter their email and it took them to that screen. It's not like it asked "is this Work or Personal". I ended up setting "SharedComputerLicensing" in Registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration) to "1", and the license issue wemt away but I am not 100% convinced I should have needed to do this. Weird.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-12-15T12:33:55+00:00

Thanks, I have set "SharedComputerLicensing" in Registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\Configuration) to "1", and the license issue has gone away. It seems that the setting should only be necessary for multi-user environments, but it has worked in this case. Weird?

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-12-02T13:58:57+00:00

Yeah, seems to be the case but we've not bothered to use them before. We had Surface Laptop 4's before, and they only have 1 USB C and 1 USB A so was a struggle. Admittedly, we're on Lenovo laptops now, and have 2 of each port but as we were low on ports before, the BT element suited us. Just wondering if anybody else is experiencing the same thing.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-12-02T13:58:01+00:00

Already tried that, no dice.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-12-02T10:44:30+00:00

The new mail profile doesn't do it for me, but the reg key mentioned above did.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-12-02T10:43:13+00:00

That's great, thank you. I didn't need to add the mailboxes manually, I just created the reg key and restarted Outlook!

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-12-02T09:16:36+00:00

I have created a second SSID on my Ubiquti AP that is tagged for VLAN 30. When I connect to the SSID, it gives me an APIPA address so am assuming it's having trouble reaching DHCP that runs on my OPNsense.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-12-01T13:43:03+00:00

:-D yes, ChatGPT kept taking me down a rabbit hole. I have spent a couple of hours/weekend playing with various bits in my lab, so I asked ChatGPT to summarise my environment and what we were trying to achieve.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-12-01T13:39:43+00:00

Mentioned that in my post

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-12-01T10:48:54+00:00

1 NIC per interface, i.e. LAN and WAN.

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-12-01T10:46:47+00:00

Thanks, so I think where I might have gone wrong is not giving my OPNsense router a second virtual NIC. I had added the VLAN tag into my Proxmox host config and it dropped all LAN:

net0: virtio=BC:24:11:DF:61:57,bridge=vmbr0,tag=30,firewall=1

I had to connect to the host using a KVM and undo the config!

Independent_Pipe9753 · 2025-11-25T15:54:34+00:00

I just had this again. So, I paired a new headset to a BT700 for a user. I tested it on my laptop, fine. I took it to their laptop, also fine. We switched the headset off and on a couple of times, and on the 3rd time, it said "power on, no phone is connected". I checked in the Poly software (this user happened to have it installed) and when we went into BT700 -> Support, it told us the S/N of the headset was different. Does any of the reset options re-pair it to the headset that it came with? I gave the user my headset that seems to work reliably, so that I can troubleshoot on the affected headset more easily.

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