Recent content by SSri

I will check this. New are getting new doors and windows as they are > 40 years old and the main door has a lot of cracks. We will check if we get something built in. Thanks

Yes. This is the part, which I hate about it, especially, I am happy to carry out the automation myself - minus electricals. If we go full wireless vs the premium brand like KXN and Laxone, are they worth the premium than the wireless mode like using Apple Home Kit? We can't get rid of the...

Back after a while! We are replacing the 40 years old windows and doors as the house has become colder and issues with them cannot be fixed. It’s time for a replacement. It is a detached property and we moved in Jan 2015. We have a Virgin business broadband, a Cisco switch connecting the...

I do not know where you live. Is it not possible to hire communications only address for a small monthly fee? For instance, small businesses hire addresses as a registered office. They can also receive all your communications. You go and collect them regularly. I know it is a hassle and costs. I...

I recommend that you take a look at the unifi and snb forums re-the dream machine pro, which seems to have stability issues. Ex: please see here.

The laptop is Samsung NP9004XD. I have been and still looking around for the replacement. Not easy. Thx for the Asus heads up. I will check. Cheers.

@gggplaya Thanks for your reply. At the moment, I am connected to a desktop display. The laptop is still very responsive after the Samsung upgrade. What mobile display would you recommend, if I want a portability, please ? Yeah! I was thinking of 7260 as an interim fix until I the...

Waiting makes sense. Thank you. We are in the process of bringing network changes - firewall router, additional APs after a proper wifi survey leveraging Netspot pro (hence looking to upgrade the wifi card on the laptop! 😊), smart light switches, doorbell camera, security cameras at the back...

After spending some time thinking and reading about these, I will not virtualise the router. I will stick a stand-alone PfSense or a subscribed Untangled router.

Thx for your reply. That’s the doubt I also have. The good part it’s just a couple of quids. I have been searching a decent looking adaptor in vain. The safer alternative is an AC card, though it’s only bluetooth 4.0. 😊

Why replace something, if it is not broken? The 10 still has another 4+ years of support. I hope they will extend the support like they did in the case of 7! 😊

We have an old Samsung NP900X4D. This has an i5-3317U CPU, 8 GB Ram, upgraded Samsung 256 GB SSD and run Win 10 Pro and it still boots under 30s. We connect directly to an external display as the screen is damaged. We plan to use iPad as the main display thru‘ Duet. We are unable to find any...

Many thanks for your reply. Residence please. 3 users normally, unless we have guests/friends come over. Devices: Leaving the wired ones, about 15 devices connect wirelessly at the moment. The number of wireless connected devices will go north, given the smart home plans. I fully agree...

I am probably a little late to the party. I have a HP workstation sporting X5450. It's rock solid since 2008. It has 20GB Ram and we replaced the NVS 440 by FX1700 to run windows 10 Pro. My machine requires DDR2 ECC RAM, which is pretty expensive. If you are in the UK, please check bargainhardware

Happy to be back after a long time!:giggle: I am looking to buy or build a system for PfSense / Untangled / IPFire . I have a business grade Virgin fibre, ISP router, cisco switch, 2 UniFI APs, Cat6 all over the house, etc. I had a PfSense, which was quickly hijacked by a very close friend of...