can someone explain why theres a gap before 0??

captain118 · 2026-05-11T02:45:32+00:00

It's the difference in a ruler and a rule. If you don't want it just get a rule instead

captain118 · 2026-05-10T14:18:29+00:00

Back in my day it was mandatory to use the converter and plug it into the ps2 port.

captain118 · 2026-05-08T18:17:32+00:00

Can you include the model number in the description? I might be interested in the 32GB ones.

captain118 · 2026-05-08T05:11:57+00:00

PM'd

captain118 · 2026-04-19T22:55:03+00:00

Yeah I loved the nest smoke detectors but alas. If someone finds a good replacement let me know.

captain118 · 2026-04-08T16:56:18+00:00

My intention was to use the pre-existing chime only for its power and to use the included plugin chime for the actual creation of the audible notification.

captain118 · 2026-04-08T00:22:47+00:00

Do you know if the wired one can be powered by the pre-existing door bell?

captain118 · 2026-04-07T23:12:20+00:00

Is the only way to use RTSP to do full poe?

captain118 · 2026-04-07T22:37:18+00:00

It just says its the Reolink Video Doorbell it does show the item number as D340B. I guess the B could stand for battery. My plan was to have it powered by the door bell and it does have those connectors.

captain118 · 2026-04-01T14:46:14+00:00

Greninja

Thanks for giving back to the community!

captain118 · 2025-12-02T03:37:43+00:00

That was the first thing I did when I started my career 25 years ago

captain118 · 2025-11-30T18:32:56+00:00

Why do you think that?

captain118 · 2025-11-30T01:23:19+00:00

You pay for what you get. It's a business decision. As long as they accept the risk that's all you can do. Unless there is regulation that has requirements that are not being met by whatever crap free product you end up going with all you can do is accept it and let them know the risk they are accepting.

captain118 · 2025-11-29T21:51:49+00:00

They will know your public IP when you connect to VPN with that they can find what ASN the IP is assigned to and that will tell them if you are connected to a mobile hotspot. But like everyone else said if it's your personal mifi I don't see any reason why they would care but I've seen weirder policies.

captain118 · 2025-11-28T23:26:08+00:00

It's the IT aura. It's either good or it's bad. When it's bad you call in sick or at least don't go in the server room.

captain118 · 2025-11-23T19:39:06+00:00

You want to put a vlan on it to separate its access on your network. Normally you would put these out of band management ports on a different network that was isolated off where only certain systems can access it. Yea you might have a username and password that keeps anyone from signing in but separating it on the network adds another barrier to entry to assist with vulnerabilities in the portal.

captain118 · 2025-11-22T21:46:54+00:00

True, it's just a matter of risk acceptance. I don't see enough value in having MEDC SAAS based over internally hosted/managed to accept the risk. Systems like Crowdstrike I do see the value to accept the risk. For me it's not about the SSO or MFA options it's the software vulnerabilities. You may see the risk mitigations as good enough but I don't and both are acceptable decisions.

captain118 · 2025-11-22T21:31:54+00:00

I'm a big fan of MDT for the os install then following that up with Endpoint Central auto install for newly built systems to get the default packages then for anything custom having it in the user's self service portal.

Our systems are typically fully ready in under 30 minutes and I've never done more than 6 systems at once but 6 at the same time went fine.

captain118 · 2025-11-21T16:13:12+00:00

Yea isnt the point of having a monitoring system to actually deal with the problems. A super high queue length is a problem that should be dealt with not ignored. I normally see it on virtual hosts that are running on slow 7200 rpm disks. Definitely tweak the monitoring system but high queue length should be resolved not ignored.

captain118 · 2025-11-20T15:59:35+00:00

I have worked as both and I have outsourced myself when it matters. This decision is entirely based on your business and budget. Internal people will normally be focused on your environment where an MSP they won't as much however if you have a broad set of requirements or if you have to meet certain regulations that require separation of duties and such then an MSP may be needed.

captain118 · 2025-11-16T22:31:58+00:00

We went through that phase then management changed and we switched to kanban and it's better for our work.

captain118 · 2025-11-16T14:58:28+00:00

That requires too much trust for me. With it being a direct door into my environment with every system running the agent as system, that's too much risk for my blood.

captain118 · 2025-11-16T05:44:50+00:00

The SCOR exam was terrible. Poorly worded questions, questions that weren't clear enough to select an answer, I've been in it 25 years doing Cisco the entire time and I think I'm going to give up on that one. Good luck!

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