by admin | 7th Dec 2019 | News
This post was brought about by a really odd case we had in our network. We run a Synology DS1817+ for backups. It’s ideal for the job- loads of drive slots, can take a 10Gb-e card, and up to 16GB RAM. And in RAID 6 with 10TB drives it will have nearly 60TB of...
by admin | 30th Oct 2019 | News
We like Macs, but there are some er, less desirable models in the line up- so If you’re buying a new Mac this year, what specs to recommend? This post was originally written in March 2017, and since then Apple has updated many of the models- I have updated each of the...
by admin | 22nd Sep 2019 | News
This is just a quick set of notes to document things that I found difficult when doing this setup. With a lot of products you can simply use Google, but I found here that yes, I was the only person on the planet dealing with these issues. The Fanvil PA2 is a beast of...
by admin | 29th Aug 2019 | News
If you simply need to connect an ethernet device to the internet via wifi, these are a great little unit. But it took me ages to work out how because most of the internet instructions are all about creating a bridge between 2 wifi networks. So here it is- Plug the...
by admin | 20th Aug 2019 | News
We love 3CX, but it has so many options you could drown making decisions. A client recently asked us how to get voicemails from different VM boxes, and we didn’t know- so here it is! Assuming the voicemail box is at extension ‘XXX’ and the voicemail...
by admin | 14th Aug 2019 | News
When we set up a new telephone system for you, we need to ‘port’ your existing phone numbers from the old carrier to our new carrier. These movements are administered by the ACMA, and there is a set process to follow. It goes like this- We gather your...
