The Background Lands End Airport is one of our sites – and therefore one of my sites! It is one of our busiest and arguably most popular departure points, is used for Engineering activities as well as managed by ourselves. In that there is a lot of infrastructure up there. And with lots of infrastructure … Read moreHow do you fix an internet problem like Lands End Airport?
At the office we have a combination Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam system, (Sophos Endpoint Security and Control) so historically this hasn’t been an issue, but I do run a test server for testing out various upgrades, tweaks etc, and yes, a mailserver is also installed. It’s during the latest batch of spam that I decided to … Read moreExchange 2007 Native Anti-Spam
Been fighting with 2.4ghz wireless installs for some time now, and as previously mentioned (somewhere in the blogosphere) I have a lot of wireless saturation down here, so after some research and assistance I decided to replace the 2.4ghz kit with shiny new 5ghz units. As with most wireless hardware you can spend £50 or … Read moreSetting up a 5ghz P2P link
Today’s hot topic has been the fact that the Vodafone network for much of the West of the country has been affected by an outage. Early on little was known until a news story broke about their datacenter being the subject of a break-in. And now, at midday there is still nothing much evident on … Read moreVodafone and damage limitation
So we run a Mitel VoIP system internally, a subject of news in 2010 when it received an upgrade and a good illustration as to perhaps how poor, or no, publicity can sometimes be a bad thing! The process was enacted in an honest fashion, a team of staff joined together to collectively create a … Read moreMitel system upgrade/quirks