RE: network mapping software

2010-10-19 Thread Brian Desmond
Nmap with the thumbprinting options? What are you planning to do with this data? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 1:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: network mapping software

2010-10-19 Thread Matthew W. Ross
I used to use the free 3Com Network Supervisor tool, but I don't know if it's available anymore. What kind of network equipment is being used? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: network mapping software

2010-10-19 Thread Matthew W. Ross
Well, it looks like the 3Com Network Supervisor is out, and the 3Com Intelligent Management Center is it's replacement. They offer a 30 day free trial, which is long enough for you to discover and map your network.

Re: CASPOL docs for sysadmins?

2010-10-19 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com wrote: So what is the actual app ... From the logo at http://meters.example.com/ (name changed to protect the guilty), I gather it's called FMAudit Central. The original software publisher appears to be

Re: network mapping software

2010-10-19 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Deploy at 30-day trial of PRTG and you'll have a network map of what you want. I'd definitely try SpiceWorks as well. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Bill Songstad bsongs...@gmail.com

Re: ESET vs VIPRE

2010-10-19 Thread Sean Martin
I would like to learn more about the product but unfortunately it's too late to be considered for our environment. If you plan on updating the list with an announcement, that should suffice. Don't worry about sending me anything specifically. - Sean On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Alex

Re: CASPOL docs for sysadmins?

2010-10-19 Thread Jeff Steward
Will this do? http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ScriptCenter/en-us/2f2ea17e-3f1b-4753-bfd1-d0400819a555 http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ScriptCenter/en-us/2f2ea17e-3f1b-4753-bfd1-d0400819a555-Jeff Steward On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue,

Re: CASPOL docs for sysadmins?

2010-10-19 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Jeff Steward jstew...@gmail.com wrote: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ScriptCenter/en-us/2f2ea17e-3f1b-4753-bfd1-d0400819a555 No, we need to get the page count meters from the printers, for several reasons: - Print queues are sometimes changed vs

Re: network mapping software

2010-10-19 Thread Bill Songstad
I'm really trying to paint a picture, and if I get a useful map, so much the better. Basic stuff that the net admin knew but never wrote down. Like what ip segments are printers, which are workstations. How many printers are there in the building. How many servers, which ip maps to which

RE: partition recovery after attempted XP install

2010-10-19 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Sam - If the Sony recovery set created (and then subsequently destroyed on the following attempt) two partitions, wouldn't recovering the MBR provide me with the partitions that the recovery set created (wrote over top of the data)? When I ran EASEUS Partition Recovery it found the two

Re: network mapping software

2010-10-19 Thread Bill Songstad
Thanks for the leads Andrew and Matt. I'll start checking them out. Bill On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Deploy at 30-day trial of PRTG and you'll have a network map of what you want. I'd definitely try SpiceWorks as well. *ASB *(My XeeSM

RE: partition recovery after attempted XP install

2010-10-19 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
A WHILE back?!?!? It is written for DOS... not sure I want to try and use that on a 500 Gig drive... Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com -Original Message- From: John Aldrich

Re: Update: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-19 Thread Kurt Buff
Following up on the other responses: http://www.metageek.net The hardware and software on there will help a lot, and some of the software packages (inssider, ekahau, and others) are free, and useful by themselves. Kurt On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 05:50, John Hornbuckle

RE: partition recovery after attempted XP install

2010-10-19 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Thanks Tony - I've got a couple of copies of UBCD4win, but somehow I missed that utility. I'll boot one up tonight and see what it yields. Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.comBLOCKED::mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com

Re: partition recovery after attempted XP install

2010-10-19 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
The Windows Disk Management tool is quite horrible. Its not to be relied upon except for the most basic of tasks. -- ME2 On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle jra...@eaglemds.com wrote: Sam - If the Sony recovery set created (and then subsequently destroyed on the

Re: partition recovery after attempted XP install

2010-10-19 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Understand agree. I was simply using it for frame of reference. Jonathan L. Raper, MCSE Thumb-typed from my HTC Incredible (and yes, it really is) Droid. Please excuse brevity any misspellings. - Reply message - From: Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Oct 19,

Re: CASPOL docs for sysadmins?

2010-10-19 Thread Phil Brutsche
Have you tried to see what's visible in SNMP? On my HP printers these will give me the page count: snmpget -v 1 -c public ip 1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.9.4.2.1.1.16.1.1.1.2.0 snmpget -v 1 -c public ip 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.10.2.1.4.1.1 Some printers will give results for one, but not the other. Some printers

Re: Oh no, not again!

2010-10-19 Thread Jim Majorowicz
Many have hit the nail on the head. I don't really use a template, but more a series of questions to ask the owner to help them form an idea of what they want for DR. And of course now I can't find where I put that document... I do recall it assumes certain discussions about backup plans have

RE: Update: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless

2010-10-19 Thread Glen Johnson
If any two have more distance between them than the rest, set them on the same channel. Say 6, then put the other two on 1 and 11 respectively. You can also turn the power down a bit on the two that are on channel 1. One other thing I learned. You want all your clients to be able to see each

RE: CASPOL docs for sysadmins?

2010-10-19 Thread Brian Desmond
The network access is likely what it needs full trust for. Kind of wierd that it runs in a browser not as a service or something. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c   - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: Powershell vs VBScript going forward

2010-10-19 Thread Steven Peck
We just enabled PowerShell v2 remoting through GPO where I work and trying to start building practices around using that feature. I have some PowerShell resource links in the top left block on my site http://www.blkmtn.org/ that should get anyone started. Steven On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:36

Re: network mapping software

2010-10-19 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 19 Oct 2010 at 13:56, Bill Songstad wrote: I have been asked to fix up a fairly complicated small network that has lost their network admin and their boss.A lot of knowledge was tied up in those individuals and contacting them is often quite difficult. Additionally their memories

Re: ESET vs VIPRE

2010-10-19 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 19 Oct 2010 at 14:31, Alex Eckelberry wrote: David, Support has gone to a web form. The problem with the email address is that a lot gets dropped and mis-managed due to the volume of emails. Putting it on a web form is a bit of a PITA for some, but it really

Re: CASPOL docs for sysadmins?

2010-10-19 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com wrote: Have you tried to see what's visible in SNMP? SNMP is one of those things that's been on my to-learn list forever, but I never seem to get around to actually learning. However, your examples have given me everything I

Re: network mapping software

2010-10-19 Thread Matthew W. Ross
How good is it? I admit, I haven't tried Spiceworks in a while, but I think I saw it when it was first released, and it didn't look very impressive. Has it improved? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] To: NT

Re: CASPOL docs for sysadmins?

2010-10-19 Thread Phil Brutsche
The second one reports accurate page counts on Lexmark printers; I believe it is a more generic SNMP element as it is something my newer HP printers accurately reported page counts on. On 10/19/2010 5:37 PM, Phil Brutsche wrote: Have you tried to see what's visible in SNMP? On my HP printers

Re: CASPOL docs for sysadmins?

2010-10-19 Thread Phil Brutsche
On 10/19/2010 6:43 PM, Ben Scott wrote: On my HP printers these will give me the page count: snmpget -v 1 -c public ip 1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.9.4.2.1.1.16.1.1.1.2.0 snmpget -v 1 -c public ip 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.10.2.1.4.1.1 FWIW: The second doesn't seem to work for any of ours (a mix of HP and

SNMP printer page counts (was: CASPOL)

2010-10-19 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com wrote: snmpget -v 1 -c public ip 1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.9.4.2.1.1.16.1.1.1.2.0 snmpget -v 1 -c public ip 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.10.2.1.4.1.1   FWIW: The second doesn't seem to work for any of ours (a mix of HP and Lexmark).  The first

RE: Great Plains/Dynamics experience

2010-10-19 Thread Ryan Finnesey
That is one of the issues I have with the Dynamics line of products. If you are not a Dynamics partner you do not get access to all the support and patches even if you are a customer. Cheers Ryan -Original Message- From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] Sent:

RE: SQL Query question

2010-10-19 Thread Ken Schaefer
It was just a thought - your old table might have had 10 columns. After the product upgrade, the table now has 20 columns, because the upgraded version stores new stuff. The suggestion that the application now uses Unicode is also a good one (that would double the size of the data). However a

RE: Great Plains/Dynamics experience

2010-10-19 Thread Tom Miller
What are your collaboration questions? We use a consultant, as we just went live a few months ago. A few of them are very savy and I can forward the company name if you wanted to use some of their time (time and materials of course) Ryan Finnesey ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com

RE: Digium VoIP

2010-10-19 Thread Ryan Finnesey
I have sound Asterisk works very well if you have the time to set it up and toy with it. Cheers Ryan -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Digium VoIP Digium is the

RE: Great Plains/Dynamics experience

2010-10-19 Thread Ryan Finnesey
I have found that are AX deployment only works will over Citrix or TS. Cheers Ryan From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Great Plains/Dynamics experience I know the basics. We have a database

RE: SQL Query question

2010-10-19 Thread Ryan Finnesey
Can anyone recommend a good SQL List? Cheers Ryan From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 9:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SQL Query question It was just a thought - your old table might have had 10 columns. After the product

Re: SQL Query question

2010-10-19 Thread Tigran K
Did you change excel versions as well? This might be an excel issue. Take a look at http://www.google.com/search?q=excel+file+growing+in+size There seems to be a lot of excel related topics. --Tigran On Tuesday, October 19, 2010, Ryan Finnesey ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com wrote: Can

Re: network mapping software

2010-10-19 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 19 Oct 2010 at 16:44, Matthew W. Ross wrote: How good is it? I admit, I haven't tried Spiceworks in a while, but I think I saw it when it was first released, and it didn't look very impressive. Has it improved? Don't use it, so I can't say (a) how good it is or (b) if it has improved.

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