@cmr  As the network I'm currently on is organised, the MX uplinks to a port on a different brand of gateway device, that is defined as LAN or WAN as the deployment requires. It is most convenient. And the dynamic external IP address is passed through to the MX (and the Z3C behind that). ... View more

Well, if one can't redefine a LAN port as a WAN port, then the demo rig could be downsized.   The MAC is just another string (I know its a number, OK?)   Let me quote -    Many network interfaces support changing their MAC address. On most Unix-like systems, the command utility ifconfig may be used to remove and add link address aliases. For instance, the active ifconfig directive may be used on NetBSD to specify which of the attached addresses to activate.[13] Hence, various configuration scripts and utilities permit the randomization of the MAC address at the time of booting or before establishing a network connection. Changing MAC addresses is necessary in network virtualization. In MAC spoofing, this is practiced in exploiting security vulnerabilities of a computer system. Some modern operating systems, such as Apple iOS and Android, especially in mobile devices, are designed to randomize the assignment of a MAC address to network interface when scanning for wireless access points to avert tracking systems. [Allegedly], the US National Security Agency has a system that tracks the movements of mobile devices in a city by monitoring MAC addresses. To avert this practice, Apple has started using random MAC addresses in iOS devices while scanning for networks. Other vendors followed quickly. MAC address randomization during scanning was added in Android starting from version 6.0, Windows 10 and Linux kernel 3.18. The actual implementations of the MAC address randomization technique vary largely in different devices.   So Meraki is already in a world where MAC addresses are not carved in stone. For anybody treating a MAC as a string, there is the possibly unfamiliar issue of bit reversed notation to be addressed, which will take most of us back to CompSci 101. Fortunately, it's not Hamming Code.🤣 ... View more

Thanks guys   Philip will be amused to know that I got this steer through Wellington NZ, where there are a number of VMWare folk. ... View more

@Peter-77 wrote:   Did the calls to EE provide any guidance? Did they change anything on their side?   I'm still laughing . . . . The nice folk in Ulster hadn't realised that people were using externally acquired devices on a data-only tariff. I gave them the product code of the cellular/LTE subsystem (it shows against Model in the dashboard) and suggested they checked with the engineers if they had any questions. In any event we didn't change anything.   The continuing problem is that the EE Billing team didn't envisage people having PAYG data-only SIMs. So whenever I need to top up, I have to call the boys'n'girls in Ulster, who are very polite but mystified. Don't make any bomb jokes.   If I used the Z3C more regularly, I'd get a monthly subscription, although I'd leave my phone on O2. When EE gets organised where I live (on the S Coast) I'll look at dropping the fixed line contract, as long as the 5G option includes multicast capability. ... View more

I have multicast working - streaming 4K UHD HDR without hiccups, no packet leakage, entirely reliable and buttoned down. I put another brand security appliance that runs a configurable igmp-proxy, ahead of the MX, which doesn't handle IGMP-proxies, configurable or otherwise. Meraki has shown zero interest in making single source multicast IPTV, as used in most of the world, work on their hardware. ... View more

@Peter-77  I use EE for my Z3C. I had some stuffing around to begin with and a couple of calls to EE and help from Connor. I am not using it ATM, being "grounded" at home. But, I just have cellular enabled, didn't have to do anything with APN   ... View more

@ZOOR wrote: What is the relevance of a name change, doesn't change the question I asked. read the small print . . .  ... View more

More or less as of now Office 365 has become  Microsoft 365 (with more Azure features) so do your research. Licences have been changed.   A lightweight affordable vMXzz is overdue, please (@MerakiDave  ) ... View more

Logically, System Manager may only acquire network operator and phone number information when the phone connects via cellular rather than WiFi. Since we moved everything to the Cloud, there is no reason to access the local LAN from a remote device . . . so I don't see the phone number. ... View more

The IMEI is analogous to an ethernet device's MAC - MNOs know both, police either ask the MNOs, or have permanent access to the MNO data. The TLAs generally get the data from the police or by interrogating the cells. Change the SIM card, phone number changes, change the phone and the IMEI changes. Enter *#06# on the keypad of your phone to see what the IMEI is ... View more

One can get the phone number from the IMEI. Talk to a friend at a MNO, or the police or one of those government agencies. ... View more

@mlowe4 wrote:  small branch routers with 802.11ax capability? . You are talking about small branch routers  So MX 64, 67 and 68. These are designed to handle "up to 50 clients", they probably will not greatly benefit from 802.11ax. As far as I am concerned, as long as there are appropriate MRs available, I find 802.11ax overkill in this context. Having had to deal with the politics of spectrum allocation, I'm eagerly waiting for 802.11ad to become generally available. ... View more

Teleworking - Home & Away - Z3C (or not Z3C)   The Z3C does a good job as a hub for wherever one sets up an office. It connects to available LTE networks and handles available wired connections, with aplomb. Unfortunately, it is Billy No Mates with ever pervasive WiFi.   Some of us find ourselves spending time in places where all cellular is blocked, but WiFi is available, this is a gap in the playbook.   Please tell us you are going to address this issue.   Also - one cannot help but notice that there are useful alternatives to corporate VPN technology. There is a trend to moving services to the Cloud and it does make a convincing economic and operational case in many situations. PAAS & SAAS do work. They certainly simplify life. Consequently, I'd ask for a simple, affordable tool for teleworkers access remote services in a consistent and demonstrably secure manner. vMX100, as presently licenced, is too expensive for individual deployment to all an organisation's teleworkers, and for those of us who travel, it gets even more expensive, or complicated.   Keeping the technology relevant is important. Teleworking is not going to go away. ... View more

We do it using ultrasonics attached to a Siemens IoT box, programmed using NodeRed. We have tested it at up to 65 knots, at which point the test mule ran out of puff. ... View more

Move the files up to OneDrive in the Cloud - problem goes away - they are encrypted at rest and in transit   Apparently, MS has noticed “a 775 percent increase of our cloud services in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter in place orders”. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/update-2-on-microsoft-cloud-services-continuity/          ... View more

The Z3C attached to the network where I am picks up an IP address that is is provided by the DHCP sever on the upstream device it is physically connected to. In this case, 192.168.11.12. The Z3 WAN port is configured as dynamic. If you look at the Z3 Status page, you should see the WAN 1 IP address set at the IP address handed out by the site ISP. ... View more

Royal Signals - what does your back look like 🤣😎🎖🐛 Welcome. ... View more

Unfortunately, for many networks, IGMP Snooping is required. Having to turn it off to make the Sky boxes function is a perfect illustration of not playing nice, as I mentioned above. ... View more

Sky is professionally obnoxious.   It is not their policy to play nice with anybody else.   They remain totally indifferent to the need to integrate into an existing network.   They have an uncanny ability to identify and employ the installers from hell.   You think I am being harsh? Look at other manufacturers' forums and see the posts from users about difficulties integrating Sky devices into existing networks. Sky is not alone in this.   If you are doing anything vaguely sophisticated involving multicast IPTV, stick another brand security appliance ahead of the MX and route that traffic directly to the playout devices. As well as being reliable, it is more secure. ... View more

As the trackees are using Cloud based applications - track them using Cloud management tools.   The wise lion leads his pride to the water hole before the buffalo. ... View more

@tinkushal wrote: Hi, what do you exactly mean to say? Can you be more clear?  As you said earlier, you declined a corporate phone.   Unintended consequences. ... View more

You were offered a corporate phone . . . .   Did you think you could decline, without consequences? 👀 ... View more

@guest134 wrote:   I would also like to be able to remotely access the Windows server desktop the database is hosted on. Again, is this a firewall/remote access issue, or a VPN issue? I have found that TeamViewer does a reasonable when it comes to accessing remote desktops.   However, when it comes to DBMS, most are designed for remote management. Have you tried the appropriate management tools? For MS - SQLServer Management Studio and for WinServer Admin - RSAT. ... View more