UPDATE 2: Looks like the load on the hardware was corrupt somehow. A clean install and rebuild from scratch of the config was done and the machine has been stable for a full week. A diff on the working to non-working config files yielded nothing.

UPDATE: Seems the device is not quite as happy a...

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I am in the process of looking for very small form factor devices to run standard Linux on. By standard I mean not Arm. Nothing against Arm, but that is a special world. The goal was small, PoE powered and handles a standard Linux install.

I came across the Minisforum S100. Looked to be near ide...

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Zabbix template created for an HP Color Lasterjet Printer.

Links to:

  • Generic by SNMP
  • ICMP Ping
  • Generic by SNMP

Items:

  • prtMarkerLifeCount.1.1
  • prtMarkerPowerOnCount.1.1
  • prtMarkerSuppliesDescription.1.1
  • prtMarkerSuppliesDescription.1.2
  • prtMarkerSuppliesDescription.1.3...

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I recently got a new laptop. The HP Dragonfly G4 Elite. This unit comes with an IntelĀ® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 wireless card. Full support for 6E, meaning 6 GHz channels. The home network also supports 6E so I should be all set right.... No.

Upon getting everything up and running I had issues using the 6 G...

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After poking at the HP/Aruba AP555 I have transitioned to a pair of Engenius EWS377AP access points.

Initial setup was using the ezMaster controller. This worked really well but presented a few cons I was unwilling to live with. Mainly independent monitoring of the APs via SNMP is not possib...

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