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  • Ubiquiti AirVision 2 NVR

    Ubiquiti AirVision 2 NVR

    Ubiquiti announced the arrival of AirVision 2 and with it a new NVR appliance. Features: 1200 hours at 480P 400 hours at 720P Up to 50 cameras 500GB HD auto-discovery of airCams camera-based motion detection user-level security storage management H.264 video reporting mobile device support Lets see…that breaks down to 50 days at 480P. That…

  • Ubiquiti airOS v5.5.6 Released

    ==================================================================== Version 5.5.6-Service Release (June 03, 2013) ———————————————- Regulatory updates: – New: Lock country code for Ukraine – Fix: Rocket M5 Titanium: DFS band unlock with authorisation key – Fix: Remove DFS enable/disable option for EU/Switzerland, turn DFS ON after FW upgrade – Fix: Update maximum EIRP from 20dBm to 23dBm for EU countries (indoor…

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    Test Exchange Active Sync

    I was setting up my new email and it wouldn’t for the life of me work. I found this site www.testexchangeconnectivity.com. It lets you do a test via your browser and quickly diagnosed the issue. I popped into AD and adjusted some permissions as suggested and BOOM…everything is rocking and rolling. 🙂

  • Turn Unifi APs Radios Off And On

    Turn Unifi APs Radios Off And On

    While I’m doing some testing with my Unifi install, I need to disable allll of the radios save for one. The idea is I kill all radios and use a spectrum analysis tool to map the signal and really see where the waves are going. There are only two ways to disable the radio: one…

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    Shutdown And Enable Radios On A Cisco Wireless LAN Controller

    So I’m about to do some work with Ubiquiti in an environment that has a decent chunk of Cisco gear controlled via WLC. I want to kill allllll of the Cisco radios at once so I can do some spectral analysis before I do a complete transition. I found a few commands that will help…

  • Modify Cacti Alerts In Mass

    So I’m updating syslog and thold alerts in mass…removing an email address actually. Here are a couple of quick find and replace statements: Syslog Alerts use syslog; update syslog_alert set email=replace(email,', [email protected]',''); Thold Alerts use cacti; update cacti set thold_data=replace(notify_extra,'[email protected], ','');

  • TheBrothersWISP 14 – Airfiber Installs With Miller

    TheBrothersWISP 14 – Airfiber Installs With Miller

    In this one we have Greg(I have to apologize for my extreme tiredness in this one. I was on the tail end of a looooong sleepless week hehehe), JJ, Justin Wilson, and a new guest Justin Miller. I met Miller at the Vegas MUM and he’s been kicking around with us ever since. He is…