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What bandwidth does iVMS 4200 consume?

Just some notes on bandwidth used while displaying cams with iVMS 4200 and a remote Hikvision DVR which has a mix of 20 different resolution cams as follows: 5ea 3840x2144 cams connected via ONVIF 15ea 1920x1080p cams connected via HIKVISION protocol Main-Stream 20...

Windows Environment Reboot Sequence

The environment Reboot sequence - top to bottom First reboot the holder of the FSMO roles TGN-DC01.TOGGEN.INTERNAL (wait till all auto services are running again)     Remote Desktop Licensing TGN-DC03.TOGGEN.INTERNAL (wait till all auto services are running...

Alternatives to Visio

Draw.io is good https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop/releases On Linux I used dia http://dia-installer.de/ but it seems to not have had a new release and Draw.io has a Linux version.

Divi Email Message Pattern Example

Example of a message pattern for the Divi email contact form Name: %%First%% %%Last%% Email Address: %%Email%% Phone: %%Phone%% Message: %%Message%% Get the token names from the Contact Form Settings dialog

Firmware Upgrade Swann NHD-887F

Check the swann website for the latest firmware Install Swann Security Windows App Connect to cam with IP, Private, Port 9988 admin user and pass Don't do bulk upgrade from the Device Management Page Go into the Cog Icon (Remote Parameter) beside each Cam Go into...

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...

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...

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...