Unifi US-8 PoE Passthrough With The Cisco 3560CX
As part of my “everything should be on a UPS” strategy, I recently replaced a regular 8-port gigabit switch with a Ubiquiti Unifi US-8 Ethernet switch because the US-8 can be powered using POE (Power Over Ethernet) provided by a UPS-protected switch in my basement, so it should stay up in the event of a power outage. This also allowed me to indirectly provide UPS protection for the Ubiquiti wireless AP in that location because the US-8 has a PoE passthrough port with which I could power the AP. Clever, right?
POE Passthrough
To clarify (because a picture is worth many thousands of my words), here’s how things were:
And here’s how things are after installing the Ubiquiti Unifi US-8:
The new setup worked well, but I noticed after a few days that the uptime for the Unifi US-8 kept on resetting; that is, it appeared to be rebooting. The Cisco 3560CX switch which is providing the POE can supply 30W per port, which is plenty enough for the US-8 and the wireless AP to be daisy-chained like this, yet when I looked at the logs on the 3560CX, I found an error:
Oct 23 18:23:12.124 UTC: %ILPOWER-3-CONTROLLER_PORT_ERR: Continue reading
Certifications: Why I Like Them, How I Use Them and My Plan for Security Learning
The other day Daniel Dib (http://lostintransit.se) asked me an interview question. The question was about certifications. What do I think about them…. and are they losing their “value”.
Poor certifications. People question their value. Of course “value” typically means for many what can the cert “do” for you once you have it. People also get so judgemental of others for “collecting” them. And yes… when I was younger I was, admittedly, one of those people who looked down on people I viewed as “cert collectors”. Poor poor certifications. In every area certifications exist they can get a bad rep. IT industry, Scuba Diving, .. heck even in girl scouts when there was always that one girl who wanted to try to get every possible girl scout badge. 
Why I Like Them and How I Use Them
In 2012 my view on certs changed. I realized I could use them to my advantage to help me organize my learning by making goals and signing up for certs. You see, back in 2010 I had bought a few books about Wireshark by Laura Chappel and told myself I would make Continue reading
Certifications: Why I Like Them, How I Use Them and My Plan for Security Learning
The other day Daniel Dib (http://lostintransit.se) asked me an interview question. The question was about certifications. What do I think about them…. and are they losing their “value”.
Poor certifications. People question their value. Of course “value” typically means for many what can the cert “do” for you once you have it. People also get so judgemental of others for “collecting” them. And yes… when I was younger I was, admittedly, one of those people who looked down on people I viewed as “cert collectors”. Poor poor certifications. In every area certifications exist they can get a bad rep. IT industry, Scuba Diving, .. heck even in girl scouts when there was always that one girl who wanted to try to get every possible girl scout badge. 
Why I Like Them and How I Use Them
In 2012 my view on certs changed. I realized I could use them to my advantage to help me organize my learning by making goals and signing up for certs. You see, back in 2010 I had bought a few books about Wireshark by Laura Chappel and told myself I would make Continue reading
AT&T Wants White Box Routers with an Open Operating System
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Unlocking the Internet for Education: Policymakers Hold the Key
Education is the basis for individual empowerment, employability, and gender equity. Unfortunately, it is not available to everyone.
In 2015, the international community agreed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which commits countries to addressing these challenges. Such commitments require innovative approaches that go beyond simply building more educational institutions. At the Internet Society we believe the Internet is a key piece of that puzzle, which is why we are pleased to release a new paper, “Internet Access and education: Key considerations for policy makers”, to help navigate some of the opportunities and challenges.
The Internet has great potential to not only expand access to, but also improve the quality of education. It opens doorways to a wealth of information, knowledge, and educational resources to students and teachers. It also promotes opportunities for learning beyond the classroom – a critical feature to promote the lifelong learning that the future demands. A skilled workforce that utilizes ICTs effectively is a key factor in the global digital economy and for harnessing its natural resources for sustainable growth. Education is where it starts.
This Internet Society briefing describes ways in which policymakers can unlock that potential through an enabling framework Continue reading
The Supreme Court Wanders into the Patent Troll Fight
Next Monday, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Oil States Energy Services, LLC vs. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, which is a case to determine whether the Inter Partes Review (IPR) administrative process at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) used to determine the validity of patents is constitutional.
The constitutionality of the IPR process is one of the biggest legal issues facing innovative technology companies, as the availability of this process has greatly reduced the anticipated costs, and thereby lessened the threat, of patent troll litigation. As we discuss in this blog post, it is ironic that the outcome of a case that is of such great importance to the technology community today may hinge on what courts in Britain were and were not doing more than 200 years ago.
Thomas Rowlandson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
As we have discussed in prior blog posts, the stakes are high: if the Supreme Court finds IPR unconstitutional, then the entire system of administrative review by the USPTO — including IPR and ex parte processes — will be shuttered. This would be a mistake, as administrative recourse at the USPTO is one of the few ways Continue reading
ONAP Rolls Out Amsterdam Release
ONAP’s second code release will take on enterprise data centers.
7 Things to Know About the Changing Security Landscape
If you are a hacker or a security company, 2017 was a very good year.
Network Break 162: Facebook Opens Routing Platform; HPE Targets Private Cloud
On this week's Network Break, we examine Facebook's Open/R routing platform, discuss why Qualcomm has rejected Broadcom's bid, and look at a new private cloud partnership between HPE and Rackspace. The post Network Break 162: Facebook Opens Routing Platform; HPE Targets Private Cloud appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Nutanix: We don’t need a traditional channel program | Channelnomics
Interesting piece on Nutanix and resellers: Nutanix’s senior director of EMEA channels Jan Ursi has defended against a claim the firm has no clear channel strategy, suggesting that the hyperconverged vendor does not rely on conventional methods, such as reward programs, in order to foster partner relationships. Some thoughts Building a reseller channel is expensive […]