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How to connect to an older Swann IP Camera

Update: It's easier to just use the Swann Security Windows App instead of installing an insecure years old version of Firefox or other browser. Go here => https://au.swann.com/download-apps/ Problem: Trying to connect to a Swann NHD-887F IP Camera with the latest...

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Online Computer Equipment Sales 2025

Recently been using https://www.centrecom.com.au/ for buying a few things like Unifi WAP's and Synology kit. Pricing seems to be good and they have some good specials Also they have a superstore near me in Nunawading Also had a great experience with purchasing a...

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DHCP to Static Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Ubuntu Server VM Original DHCP Config /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml # This file is generated from information provided by the datasource. Changes # to it will not persist across an instance reboot. To disable cloud-init's # network configuration capabilities, write...

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N-Able Alert ssh STOPPED

Getting an alert to say ssh daemon has failed on an install of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS MAX RemoteManagement has detected an error, details are below. A fault has been reported at MyCustomer site MySite, device MyDevice-Linux-01 The test Daemon Check - ssh failed. Additional...

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SSH show key finger print

Just in case you need to check the key fingerprint of an SSH Key ssh-keygen -l -f id_ed25519 # enter passphrase if prompted # output 256 SHA256:oSvuAOotnIB08e0RTxY93n+mrGdQoYb8auT6xD7f5Jw domain\user@TGN-PC (ED25519)

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