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Cisco Meraki scaling back throughput of various hardware firewalls!

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This is a quickie article: Please note: UPDATE AT BOTTOM the issue has been resolved at this time. The article will remain as such for documentation purposes. Cisco Meraki has been scaling back the throughput speed for various hardware firewall products including the Z1, MX60/w,MX64/w, MX80. A user on Reddit has reported the drama in the following thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/meraki/comments/41laj8/did_the_z1s_just_get_a_bandwidth_lock_pushed_down/ Sure enough I've done a speed test just now and here's the result: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5010989908   Here's a result prior to this: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4596230047 An employee on Spiceworks forums has said this: However this statement does not seem to be true on my connection. Earlier when I first bought mine I got an upgrade that brought mine UP from 50Mbps to 80Mbps stateful firewall throughput. Why they would retract this and bring it down is beyond me. It's not like i...

Apologies for the last post BLOGGER HAD AN ISSUE

I would like to apologize for a certain post that wasn't supposed to appear on here. Blogger had an issue and I'm getting that looked into. Please do not take that personally or anything. Please also let me know how long that was on there. Thanks.

Ubiquiti Unifi AP AC LR and Lite review

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1)Intro 2)Features 3)Setup 4)Wireless configuration 5)Throughput tests (Wireless/Wired) 6)Closing Notes Intro: The Ubiquiti Unifi AP AC LR and Lite are enterprise level wireless access points that are extremely affordable for small to medium businesses, has lots of features and can tolerate a lot of heavy usage that enterprises require. Review Note: I have been provided two APs The AC-Lite and AC-LR or Long Range. They both work together on the controller software that works on windows, mac, and linux called UNIFI. The app requires Java runtimes so please keep that in mind. Also for the controller to see the APs and adopt them you must have the controller on the same VLAN segment as the APs and you must let windows firewall or whatever firewall you use allow them. Features: The Unifi AP AC LR and Lite features the following: I am providing a comparison table for both units for this review: Setup: 1)Power brick was a POE injector. Allows f...

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Newegg.com compromised!

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   Newegg.com has been compromised by a nasty "flash upgrade" pop up that leads to malicious software. DO NOT ACCEPT!!! Redit link 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/comments/3sva4q/meta_allegedly_newegg_has_been_hacked_and_it_is/ Original source: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/newegg-appears-to-be-infected-with-some-kind-of-social-engineering-hack.217568/ Someone has encountered the problem with Kasperski (sorry for mentioning another vendor! But this needed to be said) (Care of Jetster At Tech Power up forums) Here's a handy report on the IP address this attack is originating from http://urlquery.net/report.php?id=1447553569796 Please see there lots of IPs to block in your firewalls to further secure yourselves from other malware/attacks as well. I blocked in my hardware and software firewalls and hostsfiles as well. I suggest y'all do so too For all that want to contact the owners of the IP address where the attacks origina...

Amped Wireless APR175 review

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1) Intro 2) Features 3) Setup 4) Wireless configuration 5) Throughput tests (Wireless/Wired) 6) Firmware notes 7) Closing Notes Intro:  The  Amped Wireless APR175  is a  SOHO  level  wireless access point  that is  targeted at pro-sumers market   has  an average amount   of features   and can tolerate a  good bit  of heavy usage that  pro-sumers  require.  Features:  The  Amped Wireless APR175  features the following: 1)  Dual band 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz operation with  3 x 3  MIMO connectivity at up to  1200 Mbps 2)  2  wired Gigabit LAN ports  (1 PoE uplink/1 LAN) 3)  3 3x3mimo ...

Luxul XAP-1510 review

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1)Intro 2)Features 3)Setup 4)Wireless configuration 5)Throughput tests (Wireless/Wired) 6)Closing Notes Intro: The Luxul XAP-1510 is a wireless access point that is  targeted at pro-sumers market,has an average amount  of features and can tolerate a lot of heavy usage that pro-sumers require. Features: The Luxul XAP-1510 features the following: 1) Dual band 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz operation with 3 x 3 MIMO connectivity at up to 1900Mbps 2) 2 wired Gigabit LAN ports 3) 2 3x3mimo  dual band internal antennas with 30dBm output power for great wireless coverage. 4) SSIDs with configurable VLANs for each one providing more security then standard guest networks 5) Full VLAN configuration 6) Fixed and DHCP client address assignments 7) And lots more Setup: Setup was very easy and it connected pretty fast and got an IP quickly. Let's take a look at the really helpful status page that tells us all our status. ...