One way to block https sites without having to decrypt/reencrypt the traffic
(which usually causes issues) is to use OpenDNS as your external DNS provider.
It's free and easy to use in conjunction with any other internal service. They
also have some nice reporting features for what it's
possibly the refresh rate also.
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On
Behalf Of Mitch Mueller
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:51 AM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: [info-tech] External Laptop display messes up [Spam score:10%]
I have a teacher
We wanted to do the same thing, but publisher was a show stopper for us since
we have hundreds of publisher files on the network. There are open source
publishing apps that are like publisher, but there is nothing that will open a
Microsoft publisher file for editing. We even looked for
Performance on our ICN internet connection in Le Mars is bad even though
utilization is low. Anyone else seeing this?
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Yes. It is VERY VERY bad in Le Mars.
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On
Behalf Of Stanzel, Matt
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:22 AM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: RE: [info-tech] Internet Speed [Spam score:8%]
We're also getting reports of
I got 170 kbps up and about 2.5 down
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On
Behalf Of Frerichs, Chad
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:56 AM
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I get 2899 kbps down and 17
A second run gave me 387 kbps down and 98 kbps up :(
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Behalf Of Richardson,Tony
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 11:01 AM
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2236 kbps
I thought I'd share this since we were talking about linux and wireless the
other day. Decided to move my laptop over to opensuse 11 last night. It has
one of the Broadcom cards in it that have always been hard to get going. But
with the newest kernel, it comes with drivers for all the
If they are windows computers I just use Group Policy and WSUS.
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On
Behalf Of Mueller, Mitch
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:30 PM
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Subject: [info-tech] Updating Computers [Spam
Community Schools
Milford, IA 51351
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From: Mark Walz [mailto:mw...@lemars.k12.ia.us]
Sent: February 11, 2009 12:31 PM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: RE: [info-tech] Updating Computers [Spam score:8%]
If they are windows computers I just use Group Policy and WSUS.
From
Also WSUS only pulls one copy down from the internet then distributes it all
locally. Windows Automatic Updates is a bandwidth killer.
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On
Behalf Of Frerichs, Chad
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:31 PM
To:
I've been thinking about the same thing the past few days. I put the newest
version of OpenSuse using KDE 4 on a desktop here, it joined the AD domain
easily and everything works really smoothly with no effort on my part. I
really like a lot of the new things in KDE 4 already. I totally
Of Technology
Okoboji Community Schools
Milford, IA 51351
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From: Mark Walz [mailto:mw...@lemars.k12.ia.us]
Sent: February 06, 2009 10:56 AM
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Subject: RE: [info-tech] Is it Windows 7 or KDE 4?: Insight - Software -
ZDNet Australia [Spam score:8
I've been looking into this too, and I think I can do everything I need to with
group policy. I've been looking at the Software Restriction Policies so only
approved exe's will run.
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On
Behalf Of Paul Heyer
Sent:
We got our first three this past summer. We have the 680i's and I really like
them. The teachers that have them really like them and use them a lot. They
have been giving presentations to other teachers within our district and we are
ordering quite a few more this summer. I agree that there
Frerichs
Director Of Technology
Okoboji Community Schools
Milford, IA 51351
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From: Mark Walz [mailto:mw...@lemars.k12.ia.us]
Sent: February 05, 2009 9:57 AM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: [info-tech] Open Office
Has anyone ever switched a group of users from MS
It's pretty bad in Le Mars too.
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On
Behalf Of Melissa Merida
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:41 PM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: RE: [info-tech] Handling Internet [Spam score:8%]
Spencer Agrees!!
-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On
Behalf Of Mark Walz
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 3:37 PM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: [info-tech] Wireless networks.
Does anyone know how to use XP's built in wireless manager, yet make it so
normal users can only connect to one SSID? Or to setup the SSID
Does anyone know how to use XP's built in wireless manager, yet make it so
normal users can only connect to one SSID? Or to setup the SSID that you want
then disable the interface so that no one can switch to another wireless
network?
.
I've never added a .cpl there.
Chad Frerichs
Director Of Technology
Okoboji Community Schools
Milford, IA 51351
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From: Mark Walz [mailto:mw...@lemars.k12.ia.us]
Sent: January 19, 2009 3:37 PM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: [info-tech] Wireless networks.
Does anyone
away. Is that the desired out come? What are you
trying to do?
Chad Frerichs
Director Of Technology
Okoboji Community Schools
Milford, IA 51351
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From: Mark Walz [mailto:mw...@lemars.k12.ia.us]
Sent: January 19, 2009 3:47 PM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: RE: [info
When you say problems, do you mean like Why is my network so slow? if so, I
use prtg to show me who is going where on the network/internet. I just have a
port on our core switch setup for mirroring, then prtg sniffs it and puts it
all in a very readable format that I can access through a
You might want to try spiceworks. We use it for an online inventory and help
desk system. Free(puts ads in the web interface) and web based. We run in on
an old 2003 server.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy A.
Limbert
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
For those of you that have policies in place for students misusing the
computers, could you please send them to me? I have a few students that are
giving me headaches and I would like to give the administrators as many
examples as I can. By misuse I mean trying to hack into Active Directory,
I use a Freeguard 100 filtering device at the gateway at the school, but it
cannot filter https traffic, because it is secure traffic. So I also use
www.opendns.comhttp://www.opendns.com to block the dns names, which also
stops https sites. OpenDNS has category blocking and proxies is one of
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From: Mark Walz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: October 21, 2008 10:50 AM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: RE: [info-tech] Proxies [Spam score:8%]
What is your policy?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frerichs, Chad
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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