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Dog
3:04 PM
I got the Archer C7. So have a few others
 
I'm running an RT N56U as the main/house router. Using a Dlink DIR815L as an AP for my room.
 
I got the C7, C8 and C9 in tweakers atm
 
 
Boneless potatoes. Not sure why they are packaged per 4 rather then by 3-10kg
 
Dog
3:10 PM
DIR815L :-o
I have a DIR815-Non-L
potaaaato?
@JourneymanGeek Go obfuscate yourself
 
tomaaato
 
Dog
Obf******* you too!
 
the 815 seems to be a N, not AC though.
 
Dog
Correct
 
And no GB Switch.
 
Dog
3:13 PM
Mine had GB
 
Oh, desc said 4 10/100 LAN Ports, 10/100 WAN Port
 
Dog
I can't find anything about an 815-L on Google :-/
 
@XKCD heh
 
I can, but in swedish. (I think)
or FInnish, geving that URL
 
Dog
Looks nothing at all like my 815 :-o
Also the thing in the pictures says 810L on it
 
3:18 PM
C2600 ordered. I'll probably pick it up tomorrow.
 
I want a nice router
gig would be nice, 100Mb is good enough, atm I have just the virgin superhub -_-
I built my own gentoo router as a test, it was/is pretty damn good
but I'm lazy
I'd love something with proper QoS especially
 
100mbit is good enough for me, though with 100mbit I would also connect the 10Gbit NICs between main PC and fileserver
Without those I prefer 1GB or better
 
Well, due to how this house is laid out, tehre's a switch between my server and desktop, And my router
 
Oh, own routers are quite doable. MUlti stream wireless otoh is not something I want to try on my own
 
server/desktop - switch - router
Yeah, multistream wifi would require funkiness on the firmware level I think?
I did wireless and wired bridge on it
 
3:21 PM
That works. I can do the same but if I need one device less than that is less clutter, less power used and fewer parts which can fail.
 
it's a full blown ap. running gentoo, with QoS and various other 'fun' bits
snmp
 
Dog
Pretty much any non-low-end laptop from the last decade will have multi-stream wireless built in
 
I'm thinking about beamforming and stuff
what is multistream then o_O
 
@Dog my bad. Its an 865L
 
Dog
Duh
Yes, Google suggested that when I typed 815
 
3:25 PM
Its also an unreliable piece of garbage in many respects
 
my god
 
Its fine as an AP, but as a main CPE type thing, things ... die. A lot.
 
please please never let me have to speak to 'airport IT' ever again
worst. ever.
 
oh, and I also have a repeater/'extender'
and homeplug
 
Oh, I just got a SMS with an order update.
My 2600 is ready to be picked up.
That was fast
 
3:26 PM
and prolly a switch or two.
grumbles about windows 7's network map getting nuked
 
I just got fribre -> ISPs modem -> Ethernet -> Single multifunctionthingy
 
Dog
@djsmiley2k 802.11n
Beamforming is optional in 802.11n and built into 802.11ac
 
Soon I will have an .a and .g laptop and a .ac AP.
Still, that laptop will not last forever (it is from Feb 2009, but still going strong)
Now if it only had a whitelisted mini-PCI card with .ac as option.
 
and you could always upgrade the wireless card
ah. alas. Thinkpad?
 
Dell E6500
 
Dog
3:30 PM
Beamforming is handled automatically by the wireless chip firmware
 
I might mail Dell to ask if something like this works
 
Dog
Why wouldn't it?
Only one manufacturer puts restrictions on what wireless cards you can use AFAIK, and it's not Dell
 
Too many stories about laptop BIOS' which are incompatible with non whitelisted devices
That was compaq which did.
And Dells on desktops. Insert RAID card... no output on the screen
(Dell optiplex 745 or 755)
This sounds good though:
Robert Novak (@gallifreyan) December 28, 2013 at 11:46 AM | Permalink

One thing to note is that you can find 802.11ac adapters for laptops fairly cheaply on eBay. Not as convenient for Macs, but most PCs are relatively easy to upgrade (I have one AC card in a Dell E6500 now, will be getting more). I paid $35 shipped for the Intel 7260.HMWG Wireless-AC 7260 card, now they’re $28 with free shipping.
Reply
 
Dog
Dell has never whitelisted wireless cards on laptops
RAID cards on servers is another matter... desktops, never tried
By default nobody whitelists, except the ones who do. Which I can only recall Lenovo doing in the past, and they don't anymore
 
Their PCI-e slots on desktop were labelled (graphics card slots).
And inserting a PCI-e card in them broke graphics output (unless you accidentally put in a graphics PCI-e card)
And no, no option in the firmware (BIOS) to change that
 
Dog
3:36 PM
That's just shoddy BIOS implementation tbh, doesn't indicate a whitelist
 
It also did not work when I also added a PCI graphics
 
Dog
Lots of early PCIe BIOSes were just too stupid to accept anything else on the PCIe port
Because they just treated it like an AGP port
 
3:51 PM
Hmm
Apparently I have botyh a Dell DW1510 802.11 ABGN Wireless Half Mini PCI-E BCM94322HM Dual-Brand[sic[ WIFI Card and a https://www.laptopcentrale.nl/dell-5530-wwan/?gclid=CJm7-KXNgNECFY4K0wodRMIIlg. That one was not ordered for my laptop.
 
4:06 PM
OK, Intel PCI-e Adapter AC 7260 Mini WiFi AC1200 and bluetooth ordered.
Nopw pretty please, E6500, do not die on me in a few months. :)
 
ah yeah my home build only did b/g
 
My baseline at the moment is G. Most of my gear is 2.4ghz N, with my personal stuff doing 5ghz AC
 
@Hennes Boneless potatoes?!?!?!
 
Yes. Utterly insane.
At least over here in Europe. No idea if the potatoes int he UUSR or the USA have backbones.
 
> CHANGING THE WORLD THROUGH LIFESTLYE ORIENTED CHOICES.
Click here to change your life
@Hennes Are they gluten-free potatoes?
 
4:23 PM
uhm. I guess. GLuten was mostly wheat? Right?
 
@ThatBrazilianGuy Do keep up :)
Aug 18 at 11:56, by DavidPostill
https://claraglutenfreewater.com/
Aug 18 at 11:59, by DavidPostill
The Shocking Truth Behind Clara Gluten-Free Water - a nice rant from "The Angry Chef" (Exposing lies, pretensions and stupidity in the world of food.) ;p
 
okay hats are scarse this year
 
Meh, 2016 is not the year for hats.
Just for bad news
Brexit, United states of Trump, the eternal war in the east
In 20 years a movie called “Aleppo” will win 7 Oscars & everyone will say “Something like that should never be allowed to happen again”
I fear she has a point.
Also, this 20 years old cartoon:
 
@HackToHell Not even 24 hours has past. You need to be patient :)
 
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4:32 PM
@Hennes well they haven't made a film about the genocides in bosnia and rwanda so its unlikely
 
@DavidPostill :D
 
Oh. I see I'm leading the SU Hat Leader board :)
 
link?
 
5:35 PM
@DavidPostill gimme 1 :P
 
@HackToHell A hat?
Just go vote on any meta :)
 
Yes, also j/k
ooh
 
I'm running out of screen space for my Darth Vader hat collection :)
 
6:24 PM
how to earn hats?
 
Each hat has a special task that gives it to you
 
can I perform these tasks in app?
 
Yes, in fact you need the app for a couple
 
till now I couldn't find any special task
 
@AlanWatch Example. Vote on a meta question gives you a hat.
 
6:49 PM
Edited for reopening:
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Q: How to set group policy to a specific user in command line?

Flyen HI want to add an account to some Windows 7 computers with limited access for security. First, I added the account and added it to the "Remote Desktop Users" local group on each computers. I used the following commands to do this: net user test 123456 /add net localgroup "Remote Desktop Users" t...

 
Interestingly, I made a thing that you could use with PowerShell to accomplish something like that
 
@DavidPostill i'm 15th!
@BenN is there anything you don't use powershell for? ;)
 
@Burgi With one hat?
 
yes
how did yuo get the taco hat?
 
Nobody is quite sure. Something to do with editing tags on at least 5 questions. See here for secret hat musings
 
7:06 PM
oooh
 
I have a gif of that somewhere.
 
right.... its been a LOOOOOOOOONG day, i need to zone out for a bit
 
7:22 PM
@DavidPostill That would explain the nuber of crap tag edits today then
 
7:42 PM
lol
 
7:59 PM
@DavidPostill Need help with a batch script. Feeling helpful today?
 
@CanadianLuke Go for it.
I will be back in 5
 
Output from a command with give sets of 5 lines per entry. I need to get only some of the data, loop through to get each one, then I can output to a file. The problem is, I can't just run the command once for each variable. It takes a long time on remote systems, especially when there is lots.
Once the repeating part comes (the only part I care for), I need it to capture the data like so:
Blah blah (don't care)
Blah blah (don't care)
<two blank lines> (don't care)
Entry (blank, don't care)
Entry Part 1 (I care about the data part)
Entry Part 2 (I care about this data)
Lines 4-6 (I don't care)
<Blank line>
Above 6 lines repeated, once for each entry

I need to capture all that, and I only want to parse those two data points on each entry
Actually, wait... It looks like there are sometimes more than 6 lines for some entries... -.-
 
Is PowerShell an option?
 
It can be... I'd prefer batch though, as our organization does not have PowerShell installed on client workstations
Plus, the commands are all available as VBS scripts
 
Is all the output including the blah-blah available in a file at the start?
 
8:12 PM
I can output it to a temp file...
 
If you can provide the output we can help you parse it.
 
OK, here's an example:
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Server name
Port name 192.168.0.254
Host address 192.168.0.254
Protocol RAW
Port number 9100
SNMP Disabled

Server name
Port name 192.168.0.5
Host address 192.168.0.5
Protocol LPR
Queue print
Byte Count Disabled
SNMP Disabled

Server name
Port name 192.168.2.54
Host address 192.168.2.54
Protocol RAW
Port number 9100
SNMP Disabled
I care about the Port Name and Host Address
 
Do you control the script that generates this?
 
No, it's a built in Windows script
 
Which one?
 
8:16 PM
prnport.vbs (%WINDIR%\Sytem32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US)
 
@CanadianLuke Do you just want the ip addresses?
 
And the port names (usually an IP address too, but it can be different)
 
You could run a modified version of the script that only outputs the stuff you care about
 
@CanadianLuke What does the port name look like if it is not an op address?
@BenN +1
 
@DavidPostill I think that's the stuff like USB001?
 
8:19 PM
Sometimes they're IP_192.168.x.y, sometimes they're just random names like ThatFuckingPrinterKeepsJamming
You know, just to throw a wrench in whatever you're thinking too... -.-
BRB, just opening the doors for someone
 
How are you invoking that VBS script?
 
With the -l parameter
 
A modified version of the script with lines 525 and 529-561 commented out and invoked with /Nologo on cscript should just produce what you need
 
Winter Bash: Well, two years ago, I was #1 on the Super User leaderboard from start to finish. Last year, I didn't exactly want to participate. This time, I'm free enough to make a serious effort at getting hats :)
 
Can't modify the scripts that come with Windows for this project
 
Dog
8:32 PM
!!CAAAaaT
 
@CanadianLuke Right, you don't want to change the one in System32, but you can run your own version, right?
 
... Then I'd have to repackage it, and hope that people trust me enough to just do it
 
Or does all the output already exist and can't be generated again with a different script?
 
I think that the .VBS is the MS-official way of dealing with printers via the command line
 
8:34 PM
Under the hood, it appears to use WMI
But anyway, it seems I'm not understanding something. Where is the VBS being run, and where is this new batch script being run?
 
On a "tech" computer, that has Domain Admin rights. Need to list all the printer ports and their IP addresses, so that when we flip out the 192.168.x.y address scheme and flip to a new 10.x.y.y scheme, we can script the changes of the printer ports without reinstalling printers. We do not have AD, so we can't use Group Policy like normal companies
 
How do you have a domain admin without Active Directory?
Actually, never mind, I'm getting off-track. Both scripts will be run on the same computer at roughly the same time, though, right?
 
Cause each building (school) is its own NT4-style domain
Yes
 
@CanadianLuke Try the following (input file should be test.txt)
 
My goal with the script is to just have them list out the computer names, and the script cycles through the text file of computer names, running the command, and getting the results to a text tile. Then, as printer IPs change, they can run another script to change the IP address, without changing the Queue name
 
8:40 PM
Correction
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "usebackq tokens=1-3" %%i in (`type test.txt`) do (
  set _token12=%%i %%j
  set _token3=%%k
  if "!_token12!" equ "Port name" (
    echo Port !_token3!
    )
  if "!_token12!" equ "Host address" (
    echo Host !_token3!
    )
  )
endlocal
Output
Port 192.168.0.254
Host 192.168.0.254
Port 192.168.0.5
Host 192.168.0.5
Port 192.168.2.54
Host 192.168.2.54
Port IP_192.168.x.y
Host 192.168.2.55
Port ThatFuckingPrinterKeepsJamming
Host 192.168.2.56
I added 2 extra cases to your test data
@CanadianLuke ^^^
 
OK, so I'll need to output to a temp file, then re-read that file. Is that correct?
 
@CanadianLuke Yes, that is what this is doing
 
@DavidPostill Nice! I was imagining a really gnarly state-machine like thing, but your way is much better :)
 
temp file is called test.txt for my script
 
OK. Then I can assign a new variable name, then format it how it needs to be?
 
8:48 PM
@CanadianLuke Yes
Replace the echo ... with an appropriate set command that formats to your taste.
You even make a fake array containing the output you need.
 
Arrays??? In Batch files??? NICE! How?
 
Batch file:
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set /a _index=1
for /f "usebackq tokens=1-3" %%i in (`type test.txt`) do (
  set _token12=%%i %%j
  set _token3=%%k
  if "!_token12!" equ "Port name" (
    set Port[0!_index!]=!_token3!
    )
  if "!_token12!" equ "Host address" (
    set Host[0!_index!]=!_token3!
    set /a _index+=1
    )
  )
set /a _index-=1
for /l %%i in (1,1,%_index%) do (
  echo Port[0%%i]=!Port[0%%i]!
  echo Host[0%%i]=!Host[0%%i]!
  )
endlocal
Output:
Port[01]=192.168.0.254
Host[01]=192.168.0.254
Port[02]=192.168.0.5
Host[02]=192.168.0.5
Port[03]=192.168.2.54
Host[03]=192.168.2.54
Port[04]=IP_192.168.x.y
Host[04]=192.168.2.55
Port[05]=ThatFuckingPrinterKeepsJamming
Host[05]=192.168.2.56
@CanadianLuke
That good enough for you? :)
 
Does it need to have the leading 0? I'm also wondering what happens when it gets to 10 (I have 9 ports on my computer alone)
Sorry, I need to run away (work calls). I'll be back tomorrow. Thanks for your help, David!
 
No just remove the 0. It should work for 10+ but I haven't tested it.
Yes it works.
Port[1]=192.168.0.254
Host[1]=192.168.0.254
Port[2]=192.168.0.5
Host[2]=192.168.0.5
Port[3]=192.168.2.54
Host[3]=192.168.2.54
Port[4]=IP_192.168.x.y
Host[4]=192.168.2.55
Port[5]=ThatFuckingPrinterKeepsJamming
Host[5]=192.168.2.56
Port[6]=192.168.0.254
Host[6]=192.168.0.254
Port[7]=192.168.0.5
Host[7]=192.168.0.5
Port[8]=192.168.2.54
Host[8]=192.168.2.54
Port[9]=IP_192.168.x.y
Host[9]=192.168.2.55
Port[10]=ThatFuckingPrinterKeepsJamming
Host[10]=192.168.2.56
Port[11]=192.168.0.254
Host[11]=192.168.0.254
@CanadianLuke
@BenN Thanks. Was lucky the file had lines with 3 space delimited tokens :)
 
9:09 PM
lol
 
Dog
9:30 PM
@Hennes Why does China just say "China"
 
10:22 PM
 
Bob
@DavidPostill floof
 
@Bob Won top prize in the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards
 
Bob
@Dog from a game?
 
11:22 PM
@Dog Tip: you can add ?.jpg to the end of a non-extensioned image URL to make it onebox
I think there's another way to do that too
 
> Windows 10 1607 is ready for deployment. Also known as Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Windows 10 1607 has been declared as Current Branch for Business (CBB) and is ready for deployment. This is an important milestone and signifies that this version has been validated by customers, OEMs and partners giving organizations the confidence to further accelerate deployments at scale.
if you run Windows 10 in an enterprise, it's time to upgrade, folks
 
Just two years ago, nobody would have thought that GPUs could hit 2 GHz without LN2. Today, these sorts of clocks can be attained on air with a reference card. Wow.
 
Bob
@allquixotic o.O
 
May 7 at 23:39, by bwDraco
The Founders Edition runs at reference clocks but has cherry-picked chips. The GTX 1080 FE should have no trouble hitting 2+ GHz. (The unit demoed last night was shown to be running at upwards of 2.1 GHz.)
 
Bob
...I already have that on Azure. Enterprise N.
@BenN ooh, nice. I usually just stack.imgur it :\
@bwDraco depends on your case cooling as well :\
 
11:32 PM
If I was working in an IT department, I'd still deploy it in a test environment first.
 
Bob
tbf I haven't tried overclocking my 1080 yet
@bwDraco It's been available for testing for months, iirc
 
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