Upgrade the BIOS to the latest available In the BIOS Enter BIOS and... (F12 and then choose BIOS Setup) Change the System Configuration => SATA Operation to AHCI (From Raid on) Secure Boot => Secure Boot Enable => Disabled There is currently a problem with the...
James McDonald
How to view the VPN Sign-in Logs on the Unifi Android App
TLDR; You don't. You need to go to unifi.ui.com. See steps on how to do it from the Android App below I have a Samsung S24. This is how I view the Unifi VPN Sign-In logs: Open the Unifi App Make sure you have selected the right site / controller Select the gear icon...
How long does it take to cipher /w:D:\ a 6TB 5400 RPM Drive
Cipher is a Windows utility that can be used clean the free space on a volume cipher /W:D:\ Get-Date cipher /w:D:\ Get-Date Important: I'm a bit concerned by the cipher help for /W which seems to say if you specify a mount mount e.g. D: the data is removed so I'm...
How to find Pre-Authorization Allowances and Post-Authorization Restrictions in Unifi Console
I Google this multiple times but find the "AI Overview" is the master of misdirection. Halucinated answers... sigh. In the Unifi Network Console Click on Insight (globe icon left vertical tool bar) Hotspot Landing Page (icon next to Guests Icon) Once in the Landing...
Note to Self Meraki Licenses
Don't buy LIC-MR-ADV-3Y do buy LIC-ENT-3YR Pain avoidance post
N-Able Take Control
https://documentation.n-able.com/takecontrol/userguide/Content/Allow-remote-control-MacOS.htm
Windows 10 to Windows 11 Upgrade
Just came into possession of some Dell 7050 and 7070 SFF PC's (circa 8 years old). Just blogging my attempts to upgrade these old PC's to Windows 11. I figure I can use them as low performance Kiosks (Just a browser), or as a router on a stick pfSense emergency...
Rename a Hyper-V VM Network Adapter
Rename-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName PFSENSE280 -Name "Network Adapter" -NewName "NIC01"
Getting a Hyper-V Hosted PFSense VM to send untagged traffic out the default Non-VLAN interface to the Unifi Native VLAN which isn’t the default VLAN 1
pfSense 2.8.0 CE VM with one interface and wanting to do Router on a Stick in Hyper-V VM Powershell command to configure the Hyper-V VM Network Adapter to allow Multi-VLAN and a default Native VLAN on Unifi # Set Hyper-V adapter to be a trunk port and don't tag...
Don’t trust Embedded Images in Onenote Pages – They Break
Note to self: Avoid using Onenote for critical documentation that includes screenshots and images Onenote isn't reliable I've been using Onenote as a "Daybook" since 2015. Every now and then I look back to find my Notes on things like SSL Cert renewal for a particular...