How to Backup a Macbook Pro
Backing up the data on your Mac on a regular basis is essential to ensure you do not lose any information should the device become damaged, lost or corrupted. There are a number of options, listed and detailed below on how to achieve this listed in the order of ease and simplicity Time Machine backup to an External HDD or USB Thumb Drive Time Machine backup to Apple Airport Time Capsule Time Machine Backup to a Server, NAS Drive or Networked Storage Cloud Backup over the Internet Time Machine is Apple’s built-in program for backup and restoring data and it is very easy to use. How to use an Apple Time Machine to backup to an external storage device Time Machine backup to an External HDD or USB Thumb Drive Connect a USB storage or flash-drive to a spare USB port and setup Time Machine to use that for backups. This maybe applicable for Mac‘s that only have small internal HDD or SSD of 128 or 256GB. Other wise use an External HDD which come in sizes up to 4 or 6 TB. Connect an External HDD to a spare USB port with the supplied wire and setup Time Machine to use that for backups. A 1 TB external HDD drive will be suitable for most backup needs. The IT Guys can supply these for $99 and help you setup the backup. Time Machine backup to Apple Airport Time Capsule Backup all your home Apple computers to backup wirelessly Time Machine Backup to a Server, NAS Drive or Networked Storage Backups can be made to any other device, computer or server that are visible over the network. When setting up the destination of the backup, any available network locations will appear. If they do not show up, they may require some technical help in setting up the source computer, drive or NAS. Contact the IT Guys for help. Cloud Backup over the Internet The IT Guys recommend having two forms of backup, onsite (local, as above) and offsite (in the cloud) There are many cloud backup services available per month depending on the amount of data you require backing up. An alternative to a dedicated cloud backup service is to simply store all your data on a cloud-storage service such as Apple iCloud or Microsoft OneDrive. These service, keep your data safe but they do not backup your programs. :jk:
How to Backup a Macbook Air
Backing up the data on your Macbook Air on a regular basis is essential to ensure you do not lose any information should the device become damaged, lost or corrupted. There are a number of options, listed and detailed below on how to achieve this listed in the order of ease and simplicity Time Machine backup to an External HDD or USB Thumb Drive Time Machine backup to Apple Airport Time Capsule Time Machine Backup to a Server, NAS Drive or Networked Storage Cloud Backup over the Internet Time Machine is Apple’s built-in program for backup and restoring data and it is very easy to use. How to use Apple Time Machine to backup to an external storage device Time Machine backup to an External HDD or USB Thumb Drive Connect a USB storage or flash-drive to a spare USB port and setup Time Machine to use that for backups. This maybe applicable for Mac’s that only have small internal HDD or SSD of 128 or 256GB. Other wise use an External HDD which come in sizes up to 4 or 6 TB. Connect an External HDD to a spare USB port with the supplied wire and setup Time Machine to use that for backups. A 1 TB external HDD drive will be suitable for most backup needs. The IT Guys can supply these for $99 and help you setup the backup. Time Machine backup to Apple Airport Time Capsule Backing up an Apple Computer Wirelessly Time Machine Backup to a Server, NAS Drive or Networked Storage Backups can be made to any other device, computer or server that are visible over the network. When setting up the destination of the backup, any available network locations will appear. If they do not show up, they may require some technical help in settting up the source computer, drive or NAS. Contact the IT Guys for help. Cloud Backup over the Internet The IT Guys recommend having two forms of backup, onsite (local, as above) and offsite (in the cloud) There are many cloud backup services available per month depending on the amount of data you require backing up. An alternative to a dedicated cloud backup service is to simply store all your data on a cloud-storage service such as Apple iCloud or Microsoft OneDrive. These service, keep your data safe but they do not backup your programs. :jk:
How to Backup a Mac Mini
Backing up the data on your Mac Mini on a regular basis is essential to ensure you do not lose any information should the device become damaged, lost or corrupted. There are a number of options, listed and detailed below on how to achieve this listed in the order of ease and simplicity Time Machine backup to an External HDD or USB Thumb Drive Time Machine backup to Apple Airport Time Capsule Time Machine Backup to a Server, NAS Drive or Networked Storage Cloud Backup over the Internet Time Machine is Apple’s built-in program for backup and restoring data and it is very easy to use. How to use Apple Time Machine to backup to an external storage device Time Machine backup to an External HDD or USB Thumb Drive Connect a USB storage or flash-drive to a spare USB port and setup Time Machine to use that for backups. This maybe applicable for Mac’s that only have small internal HDD or SSD of 128 or 256GB. Other wise use an External HDD which come in sizes up to 4 or 6 TB. Connect an External HDD to a spare USB port with the supplied wire and setup Time Machine to use that for backups. A 1 TB external HDD drive will be suitable for most backup needs. The IT Guys can supply these for $99 and help you setup the backup. Time Machine backup to Apple Airport Time Capsule Backing up an Apple Computer Wirelessly Time Machine Backup to a Server, NAS Drive or Networked Storage Backups can be made to any other device, computer or server that are visible over the network. When setting up the destination of the backup, any available network locations will appear. If they do not show up, they may require some technical help in setting up the source computer, drive or NAS. Contact the IT Guys for help. Cloud Backup over the Internet The IT Guys recommend having two forms of backup, onsite (local, as above) and offsite (in the cloud) There are many cloud backup services available per month depending on the amount of data you require backing up. An alternative to a dedicated cloud backup service is to simply store all your data on a cloud-storage service such as Apple iCloud or Microsoft OneDrive. These service, keep your data safe but they do not backup your programs. :jk:
How to Backup an iMac
Backing up the data on your iMac on a regular basis is essential to ensure you do not lose any information should the device become damaged, lost or corrupted. There are a number of options, listed and detailed below on how to achieve this listed in the order of ease and simplicity Time Machine backup to an External HDD or USB Thumb Drive Time Machine backup to Apple Airport Time Capsule (no longer available for purchase) Time Machine Backup to a Server, NAS Drive or Networked Storage Cloud Backup over the Internet Time Machine is Apple‘s built-in program for backup and restoring data and it is very easy to use. How to Backup a Mac using Time machine Time Machine backup to an External HDD or USB Thumb Drive Connect a USB storage or flash-drive to a spare USB port and setup Time Machine to use that for backups. This maybe applicable for Mac‘s that only have small internal HDD or SSD of 128 or 256GB. Other wise use an External HDD which come in sizes up to 4 or 6 TB. Connect an External HDD to a spare USB port with the supplied wire and setup Time Machine to use that for backups. A 1 TB external HDD drive will be suitable for most backup needs. The IT Guys can supply these for $99 and help you setup the backup. Time Machine backup to Apple Airport Time Capsule Apple Time Capsules are no longer produced by Apple. But of you still have one, they remain the easiest way to backup wirelessly. How to backup a mac to a Time Capsule Time Machine Backup to a Server, NAS Drive or Networked Storage Backups can be made to any other device, computer or server that are visible over the network. When setting up the destination of the backup, any available network locations will appear. If they do not show up, they may require some technical help in setting up the source computer, drive or NAS. Contact the IT Guys for help. Cloud Backup over the Internet The IT Guys recommend having two forms of backup, onsite (local, as above) and offsite (in the cloud) There are many cloud backup services available per month depending on the amount of data you require backing up. An alternative to a dedicated cloud backup service is to simply store all your data on a cloud-storage service such as Apple iCloud or Microsoft OneDrive. These service, keep your data safe but they do not backup your programs. :jk:
How to Backup a Mac
Backing up the data on your Mac on a regular basis is essential to ensure you do not lose any information should the device become damaged, lost or corrupted. There are a number of options, listed and detailed below on how to achieve this listed in the order of ease and simplicity Time Machine backup to an External HDD or USB Thumb Drive Time Machine backup to Apple Airport Time Capsule Time Machine Backup to a Server, NAS Drive or Networked Storage Cloud Backup over the Internet Time Machine is Apple’s built-in program for backup and restoring data and it is very easy to use. How to use Apple Time Machine to backup to an external storage device Time Machine backup to an External HDD or USB Thumb Drive Connect a USB storage or flash-drive to a spare USB port and setup Time Machine to use that for backups. This maybe applicable for Mac‘s that only have small internal HDD or SSD of 128 or 256GB. Other wise use an External HDD which come in sizes up to 4 or 6 TB. Connect an External HDD to a spare USB port with the supplied wire and setup Time Machine to use that for backups. A 1 TB external HDD drive will be suitable for most backup needs. The IT Guys can supply these for $99 and help you setup the backup. Time Machine backup to Apple Airport Time Capsule Backup all your home Apple computers, easily and wirelessly Time Machine Backup to a Server, NAS Drive or Networked Storage Backups can be made to any other device, computer or server that are visible over the network. When setting up the destination of the backup, any available network locations will appear. If they do not show up, they may require some technical help in settting up the source computer, drive or NAS. Contact the IT Guys for help. Cloud Backup over the Internet The IT Guys recommend having two forms of backup, onsite (local, as above) and offsite (in the cloud) There are many cloud backup services available for $20 – $50 per month depending on the amount of data you require backing up. We use CrashPlan Pro and can set it up and have it automatically running in the background for an ongoing fee of $20 per month per device. Unlimited cloud backup for $20 per month :jk:
NBN over HFC delayed until Q3/Q4 2018
If your home is scheduled to get NBN over the HFC (Foxtel Cable) Network and you have not already made the move to NBN, your going to be delayed until mid or late 2018. As Reported By The Australian Financial Review on November 27th 2017 NBN is immediately halting the rollout of super-fast broadband delivered over pay television cables due to mounting issues with service dropouts, which could see $120 million of Telstra‘s earnings in 2017-18 kicked further down the road. Read more: http://www.afr.com/technology/web/nbn/nbn-halts-hfc-rollout-effective-immediately-as-issues-mount-20171127-gztg2i#ixzz5308QhrS0 In April 2018, The Australian Financial review also confirmed that “NBN is adding more than 400,000 new homes and businesses to its fibre-to-the-curb (FTTC) rollout, taking the total number of such customers to nearly 1.5 million. The move to expand FTTC, which was revealed by The Australian Financial Review on Monday, was announced on Tuesday morning and will see the new technology rollout take the place of premises earmarked for hybrid fibre coaxial which sat within or adjacent to Telstra’s HFC network and and fibre-to-the-node where there were long coppers lines, which will also resume its rollout and sales later this month after being delayed in November because of mounting issues and service dropouts. …. Read more: http://www.afr.com/technology/web/nbn/nbn-confirms-faster-fibretothecurb-internet-for-440000-customers-20180409-h0yjy6 “NBN also confirmed it will resume the wholesale sale of HFC services from April 27, starting with 1000 premises in Melbourne and Sydney, before an additional 38,000 by the end of June across capital cities. From July, NBN said it expects the HFC rollout to ramp up to around 100,000 premises per month.” Read more: http://www.afr.com/technology/web/nbn/nbn-confirms-faster-fibretothecurb-internet-for-440000-customers-20180409-h0yjy6#ixzz5CijpZY6s As Reported by Telstra – Telstra stopping selling HFC connections from 7th December 2017 “On 27th November 2017 nbn co announced it’s applying a temporary cease sale to the HFC (Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial) access network. The cease sale will come into effect on 11 December and is expected to last 6-9 months. To make things simpler for our customers, Telstra will stop selling nbn HFC from 7 December. Customers in these areas are able to connect to ADSL or Cable services. Why has nbn co decided this? nbn co has made the decision to stop sell driven by concerns with the customer experience on its HFC access network. According to nbn co, a small portion of customers in these areas are experiencing connection delays and dropouts. It will use the next 6-9 months to address these concerns. When will the temporary cease sale commence and end? nbn Co has stated the temporary cease sale will begin on 11 December, and is expected to last 6-9 months, across the entire nbn HFC network. As a result, Telstra will cease selling nbn HFC from 7 December. What does this mean for customers in existing HFC serviceable areas? From 7 December, any premise that is currently listed as ready for service with HFC, and does not have an nbn HFC order in-train, will be rolled back to ‘unserviceable’. You’ll be able to connect to Cable and/or ADSL in those areas if available. I am waiting to be connected to HFC nbn with Telstra, will my order be cancelled? No, as you already have an order in place, it will progress. If you no longer want this HFC service, please call us on 1800 531 939 Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm AEST and we’ll organise this for you. What if I want to cancel my nbn HFC order? We can proceed with your request to cancel the order. Please call us on 1800 531 939 Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm AEST and we’ll organise this for you. What is happening to the nbn areas that are scheduled for HFC? For now, the rollout will just be delayed and customers will be able to continue to order Telstra broadband services over ADSL or Cable in those areas. What happens to my existing nbn HFC service? We’ll continue to support you with any requests you have relating to your nbn HFC service. How do I know if I am an nbn HFC customer? You can check your nbn technology type via the Telstra 24×7 App and My Account. What does this mean for small business customers? Similar to our consumer customers, Telstra will be offering Telstra Cable or ADSL to Small Business customers in HFC serviceable areas from 7 December. We encourage our business customers to call us on 13 2000 Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm AEST at any time to discuss their options.” NBN Alternatives 3G/4G mobile broadband from Telstra, Optus or Wireless broadband from Node1 maybe the only alternative if you live in an HFC area. :jk:
If you use passwords such as ‘123456’, ‘123456789’, ‘qwerty’, ‘password’ or ‘111111’ you are likely to get hacked
You are advised to check you have strong and different passwords for all of your online accounts, following continued reporting that billions of people have had their logins and passwords exposed online. Weak passwords uncovered in large data breach A large data dump including more than 1.4 billion email addresses, passwords, and other credentials has been found on the Dark Web. Security shop 4iQ has discovered an online database that aggregates information from over 200 previous data exposures. The database reveals peoples’ usernames and passwords for a number of different social media and other online accounts. If your credentials (usernames and passwords) become publically available, a criminal could use the information to login to your online accounts. The database also shows that most people continue to use weak passwords. In this case the most common password used was 123456, followed by 123456789, qwerty, password and 111111. Weak passwords make it easy for a cyber hacker to guess your password and gain access to your accounts. Additionally, individuals continue to reuse passwords for multiple accounts. If you reuse a password, then the risk of someone compromising multiple accounts is significantly increased. For example, if you use ‘Password1′ as your password for your social media, internet banking, and email accounts, a hacker has a very good chance of cracking your password, and then being able to access all of your accounts. They can use the information gained from these accounts for financial crime, identity theft and sending phishing emails. Staying Safe Use strong passwords for all of your online accounts and avoid using information that may be included in your social networking profiles that could be used to crack your password. Create a different password for each of your online accounts so that if one password is stolen, not all of your accounts will be at risk. Stay Smart Online recommends setting strong, unique passwords that: are at least 12 characters long mix upper and lower case letters, numbers and other symbols use a passphrase to make them easy to remember, for example ‘horseshoe31#’ use two-factor authentication whenever possible. Do not include: recognisable words or names, in any language repeated characters personal information—especially information that is included in your social media profiles anything you have previously used. The original article is on The Australia Governments “Stay Smart Online” Website https://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/alert-service/weak-passwords-uncovered-large-data-breach :jk:
Computer Repair Shop Near Me
Computer Repairs and IT Support Services to Perth, (WA) and Western Australia Looking for a Computer store Near Me? The IT Guys (WA) offer Computer Repairs and Computer Services to the Perth Metropolitan area in Western Australia We offer support in a number of ways, listed in order of costs (cheapest first): Workshop Repair (Subiaco, Western Australia) – from :assess-fee: Remote Repair (Worldwide) – from :15m: Mobile/Onsite Repair (Perth Metropolitan area) – Call out from :15mos: plus :15mos: per 15 min onsite. Come to our Computer Repair Shop in Subiaco, Western Australia and save on call-out fees. The IT Guys are your 24/7 “on-call” IT department that you only pay for when you need (PAYG) We can support individuals and business IT & Computer Requirements as a support service or on a break-fix basis. If you have a computer related issue in the first instance please either: Call into our workshop in Subiaco and talk to a technician :opening-hours: or Call us on :phone: and speak to a technician or leave us a message on our answering service (24 hour service) or Send us an email to support@itguyswa.com detailing the nature of your problem All our technicians are fully qualified by Microsoft and Apple and very easy to speak to. They are West-Aussies born and bred or speak English as a first language. Workshop , Triage, Testing & Assessing and Repairs If you can bring your equipment to our workshop in Subiaco and we are able to fix the problem within 5 minutes there will be no charge If your computer equipment is too heavy for you to handle but you can have someone put it into your car, one of our technicians will carry it into our workshop and put it back in your car when it is fixed. Testing and Assessing In cases where we are not able to make a quick-fix, the equipment will need to be left with us for 24-48 hrs for testing and assessment. You will be required to pay a fee of :assess-fee: when you leave your equipment. The fee covers you for 30 minutes of labour, if the issue can be assessed and fixed within 30 minutes or is unfixable, there will be nothing further to pay. If a fix is available and requires parts or labour beyond 30 minutes, we will contact you, give you a quote and discuss any possible alternatives with you. Remote Support If there is an available internet connection we maybe able to ix minor issues remotely (see Remote Support). This service is available worldwide, but still carried out by our Perth based Technicians. Remote support starts from only :15m: (M-F, 8am to 6pm) per 15 mins. https://www.itguyswa.com.au/residential/remote-support/ Onsite Support or Call Outs Onsite Support and Call Outs are usually not necessary in 75% to 90% of all IT and Computer problems. Certain computer and IT problems will require an “Onsite Support Visit” or “Call-Out” at the clients personal residence or business premises. :jk:
What is Phishing and how can I defend against it?
Your computer or iPad may be protected from Computer Viruses but it’s Phishing you really need to worry about. If you send or receive emails you are constantly being exposed to Phishing. Phishing scams try to steal your identity, login and password details in an attempt to steal money from you directly (internet banking) or redirect you to malicious sites that encrypt your data or hold your computer to ransom or profit from you by stealing your identity and on-selling that information onto other crooks. What is Phishing and how can I defend against it. Prevention is better than cure. Please watch the following video. The video, suggested employing computer software to defend yourself against a phishing attack. Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection for Office 365. The best available protection again Phishing is from Microsoft and is called “Advanced Threat Protection” or “ATP” and is available to anyone using the following Office 365 subscription plans: Exchange Online Plan 1, Exchange Online Plan 2, Exchange Online Kiosk, Exchange Online Protection, Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E2, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise E4, Office 365 Enterprise K1, Office 365 Enterprise K2, Office 365 Education. For a more in-depth video, click on the following video If you dont use any of the above mentioned Office 365 Business packages, you can still protect yourself using a third party Anti-Virus endpoint protection package but they are often difficult to setup and are not as effective a solution. If you wish to protect yourself by employing Microsoft Advance Protection, contact us for a quote. :jk: What can be done to stop email spam, email viruses and Ransomware
Upgrade issues to macOS High Sierra
We are seeing a few failed High-Sierra update issues coming through the workshop recently. Here are the common causes: Corrupt installation file (wi-fi, power or internet dropped out whilst downloading or installing. Make sure power cord is in and preferably connect to internet via an ethernet cord Corrupt installtion due to shortage of available diskspace High Sierra is a big download, Please amke sure you have plenty of available disk space before attempting the upgrade Failed HDD or SSD These tend to fail at the most inconvenient times, usually while doing an upgrade Computer is too old if your Mac is older than 2009, it’s not going to work (see full list below) Not enough memory (RAM) Your mac will need a minimum of 4GB RAM to upgrade to High Sierra. Encrypted Hard Disk To upgrade to High Sierra, your drive needs to be decrypted No matter what the issues is, The IT Guys can fix it, please bring your Mac to our workshop in Subiaco, No appointment necessary. If the installation fails, your computer goes to sleep or there is a loss of internet connection, you may corrupt the operating system and may then need to restore from the last full backup. The upgrade is also only available for the following Mac models macOS High Sierra Apple’s latest OS Upgrade available to download now (ver 10.13) :jk:
Why NBN is unsuitable for Australian Business Needs
NBN can only offer businesses an absolute maximum of 100mbps download and 40 upload…and with most businesses still using the old copper lines (FTTN) that is more likely to be 25 mbps downloads depending on your distance from the node. NBN cannot offer Business Grade Internet Speeds – but guaranteed speeds over Fibre of up to 500mbps are available in most business districts. Corporate Grade Internet delivered over fibre is available in most business districts and starting from $329 per month on a 36 month plan for 40 mbps upload and download and unlimited data. Corporate grade internet plans are available for speeds such as 40/40, 100/100, 250/250 and 500/500 With more Australian businesses adopting cloud services for Accounting (Xero, MYOB), File storage (OneDrive, Dropbox), Backups and Business critical applications, the need for high speed internet for business has never been greater. NBN cannot deliver. The National Broadband Network (NBN) has been touted as the key to making Australian businesses more competitive on the world stage. Originally the NBN was planned to be Fibre to the Premises (FTTP), meaning the network would have used fibre optic cable from the exchange all the way to the premises, which would have delivered on the Labour Governments promises. However, due to a change in government the NBN has now become Fibre to the Node (FTTN), which uses an optic fibre link from the exchange to a local ‘node’, and then uses the original copper telephone wires between the node and the premises. FTTP offered higher overall speeds, FTTN was cheaper, slower (max 100 mbps down and 40 up) but faster to deliver to homes and businesses but suffers the same problem as ADSL. Attenuation. The average 2017 download speeds as reported by Speedtest are still only 24 mbps and uploads of 8 mbps. Basically, an office sitting next to the node or the exchange will get a great speed, while businesses further away will experience this attenuation and slower speeds. See below for an indicative illustration of what attenuation looks like. The greater the distance from the node, the slower the maximum speed achievable. For businesses upload speeds are as important as download speeds, maybe even more so as large amounts of data needs to be copied or backed up to the cloud in real-time or over night to avert data corruption, viruses and Ransomware attacks. NBN offers only a maximum upload speed of 40 mbps (or more realistically 30 mbps) with as little as 2-4 mbps during evening peak periods. NBN cannot offer Business Grade Internet Speeds – but they are available. Corporate Grade Internet delivered over fibre is available in most business districts and starting from $329 per month on a 36 month plan for 40 mbps upload and download and unlimited data. Corporate grade internet plans are available for speeds such as 40/40, 100/100, 250/250 and 500/500 If considering a fibre upgrade, also consider upgrading your telephone system to SIP trunks, a hosted PABX and IP handsets. In the last few years, SIP Trunks have superseded the traditional technologies that connect businesses to the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network). SIP Trunks are IP-based connections allowing you to make calls from existing PBX handsets and softphones to the PSTN and other IP enabled SIP services. The key advantage that SIP Trunks provide over traditional technologies is that they utilise your data network to deliver you superior capability, while costing you less than restrictive ISDN services. Compared to traditional ISDN connections, SIP Trunks can be provisioned very quickly with additional call capacity, as your business grows. With SIP Trunks, it’s easy to quickly connect your existing ISDN or IP-based PBX for advanced features and great savings. For availability and pricing, please contact The IT Guys as detailed below :jk:
Whats Wrong with the NBN? – the 4 corners report for one?
“Whats wrong with the NBN” by the Australian ABC’s Four Corners investigative program was falsely presented as NZ v AU rivalry and political incompetence in tonight’s program and was incompetently watered down and poorly reported. What was totally missed was the lost opportunity for Australian businesses to become more competitive and develop new internet-based industries by being denied even basic internet speeds even to this day, some 4 years on. Even once connected to the NBN, max 100 mb connections are inadequate to host your own server or offer internet support services such as backup and disaster recovery. Gigabit connections are only available by renting space from a “data-centre” usually located in a foreign country such as New Zealand or Singapore …. or at a prime CBD location for 4 times the cost. Not once was the flawed politically expediant rollout of residentail customers before business customers mentioned and only once was the pivitol Telstra relationship hinted at. Did you know for instance that NBN equipment resides in telephone exchange buildings still owned and operated by Telstra and rented to NBN Co. Successive Labour and Liberal governments have failed to spur Australian economic cyber growth by denying Australian business access to NBN internet and this leaving them with no other alternative than to purchase fibre services from Telco heavyweights Telstra and Vocus at rates 500% more expensive than can be purchased through NBN co. Even in late 2017, Perth CBD and inner city business districts of West Perth and Subiaco are still awaiting the NBN rollout, 4 years after it was rolled out to rural Tasmania where there was no demand. Although 4 corners interviewed some business customers in Australia, they were all living and operating at suburban addresses amongst residential customers. Not one business person operating out of a genuine business premises was interviewed. We believe this was a deliberate and negotiated settlement between Telstra and NBN Co to allow Telstra and its rivals to milk Australian businesses for as long as possible by delaying NBN rollout to business areas and then finally deploying the slowest possible FTTN solution once available thus driving businesses to takeup fibre connections outside of NBN offerings such as 100/100 connections with Telstra and Vocus. The logical NBN rollout solution would have been to tackle the highest population areas first such as each state capital CBD and business districts with FTTB (Fibre to the basement) and FTTP (Fibre to the premise) by offering gigabit connections followed by the industrial areas before attempting residential deployments. Prioritising Residential NBN deployment has been a political deployment numbers game to justify each governments existence and has merely fuelled the rise in data consumption with the uptake of Netflix (A US company) and Stan but has provided no benefit to Australian Businesses or the Australian economy other than the major telcos and data center operators. Netflix success has been at the expense of other internet users in terms of data hogging. Once again, both major political parties have shown their support for multi-national telcos and the big end of town (political party donaters) over the SMB community who incidentally combined are the largest employers in Australia and given the toughest and most expensive deck of cars. Shame – Austraia – Shame. NBN Installation and Setup Help :jk:
Ubiquiti Solutions Provider – Perth & Western Australia
Ubiquiti Enterprise Network Solutions, Fixes, Troubleshooting, Sales, Network Design & Consulting services to Clients, Architects, Designers and Builders in Perth & Western Australia The IT Guys are experts in the setup and support of Ubiquiti Enterprise and Ubiquiti Unify products to industry and residential customers. Reliable and strong wi-fi internet is a cornerstone of any office or residence that needs high-speed internet (wired and wireless) in every corner of the building and/or grounds. The IT Guys (WA) offer consulting services to Clients, Architects, Designers and Builders to make sure the technologies to be deployed (Computers, Servers, TV’s, Home Theatres, Telephones, Alarms etc) are the correct ones to meet the clients needs. We turn basic electrical wiring plans – Into detailed networked wiring plans including specifying the equipment to be employed The IT Guys also provide cost estimates on the preferred equipment including supply and final setup (if required) using the best networking and sound systems. Wi-fi Problems? Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for extra large sized homes with multiple floors Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for medium sized homes Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for small houses, units or apartment Wi-Fi Internet Extenders Smart wiring – Is it really necessary? WAP’s v Network Range Extenders/Boosters High-Definition IP Video Surveillance System Building or Renovating? Make yours a Smart-Wired Wi-Fi enabled Home from $428 Sonos Installation and Troubleshooting Networking and Internet Solutions Internet Service Provider Perth If you would like the IT Guys to give you an independent quote or assessment and you are based in Perth or WA. Please give us a call on :phone: and we will see if we can help. :jk:
Network Design & Consulting services
Network Design & Consulting services to households, business clients, Architects, Designers and Builders for Smart Wiring of Homes and Offices. Wether you are building, designing, renovating or moving house/office The IT Guys can help with Networking, Internet and Wifi issues. Trouble Shooting Internet and Wi-Fi Testing and Consultancy Services Designing, Building and upgrading home and office Networks During the design phase of any house, office build or renovation, the internet and networking requirements of the home or office need to be considered to ensure it is “future-proof“. This is often referred incorrectly as a “Smart-Home”or “Smart-Wiring” Architects often rely on their Electrical Contractors or the Builder for advise and more often than not will try and sell you a “Smart-Home” package from a “Smart-Home-Contractor” that specialise in “home technology solutions, smart wiring, home automation, one touch control, security systems, audio visual products” etc. Any Electrical Contractor can carry out “Smart (Ethernet) Wiring and cabling” but many prefer to sub-contract it out as they do not like terminating ethernet cables. Many Building companies attempt to sell clients an “Smart-Home” packages carried out by “Smart-Home-Contractors” which often offer solutions that are already 10 years out-of-date and do not meet the demands of a modern families internet and entertainment requirements. Many “Smart-Home” packages only offer “hard-wired” internet/home-networking solutions which DO NOT take into consideration the demands of multiple smart-phones, tablets, computers, sound-systems, security-systems, TV’s and streaming that all require high-speed wireless internet access throughout the whole house and often into gardens and out buildings. These contractors are still stuck in an era where everyone had a home-theatre and Foxtel was the only non-free-to-air solution, and the Foxtel signal needed to be piped through the house using multiple coaxial and HDMI cables and multi-room infra-red controllers. In 2017 there are a multitude of entertainment options available in addition to traditional Foxtel and Free-to-Air TV. All require fast internet streaming services and offer simultaneous streaming on multiple TV’s and devices. Hard wiring coaxial and HDMI cabling throughout the house is ancient technology, as are the requirements for multiple “Sonos-Boost” devices. The IT Guys (WA) offer consulting services to Clients, Architects, Designers and Builders to make sure the technologies to be deployed (Computers, Servers, TV’s, Home Theatres, Telephones, Alarms etc) are the correct ones to meet the clients needs. We turn basic electrical wiring plans – Into detailed networked wiring plans including specifying the equipment to be employed The IT Guys also provide cost estimates on the preferred equipment including supply and final setup (if required) using the best networking and sound systems. If you would like the IT Guys to give you an independent quote or assessment and you are based in Perth. Please give us a call on 08 6365 5603 and we will see if we can help. See also, by clicking on the links below. Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for small unit or apartment Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for small homes Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for medium sized homes Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for large sized homes Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for extra large sized homes with multiple floors Network and Internet Connection between Buildings Wi-Fi Troubleshooting Having Problems getting Internet and Wi-Fi throughout your home or office? Home Networking Network Support Services Network Design & Consulting services Telephone and Internet Connections offered by NBN Telephone and Internet Connections offered via the Mobile Phone NetworksTelephone and Internet Connections offered via Independent Telecomm Companies :jk:
Building or Renovating? Make yours a Smart-Wired Wi-Fi enabled Home
Building or Renovating? Make yours a Smart-Wired Wi-Fi enabled Home Free your family from the lounge room. Give them hi-speed wi-fi internet throughout the whole house. The strongest wi-fi (wireless) signal will always be next to the Internet modem, wherever this is located. Quite often next to the TV or in a home office. Many people use “wi-fi boosters“, “wi-fi extenders” or “POE” adapters to boost that signal into other rooms of the house, this can suffice to a certain extent but the speed and bandwidth will always be much slower than at the source. To get full-strength internet and wi-fi into all corners of the house, a “Smart-Wireless” solution needs to be employed which is a combination of ethernet cabling (hard-wiring) and “Wireless Access Points” (WAPs). The best time to implement this would during house renovations or when designing and building a new house. However most existing house and offices can be fitted out within a day with minimal disruption and mess. If your house or office is already “smart-wired” we can usually utilise the existing network ports without the need for additional wiring. The following prices are typical for supplying and deploying wireless internet solutions to smart-wired homes utilising the existing network ports. Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for extra large sized homes with multiple floors Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for large sized homes Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for medium sized homes Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for small homes Wireless Smart-Wired-Home solutions for small unit or apartment Example: A large single storey home with up to 4 bedrooms can be covered with 3 WAP’s hard-wired back to an 8 port switch Bigger homes, multi-storey homes and older houses with thicker walls and non-smart TV‘s, may need more ethernet and WAP’s than the illustration above. We turn basic electrical wiring plans Into detailed networked wiring plans that will deliver “wired” and “wireless” internet access throughout the home, including specifying the equipment to be employed and a cost estimate to supply and configure the equipment. The IT Guys provide cost estimates on the preferred equipment including supply and final setup (if required) using the best networking and sound systems. If you would like the IT Guys to give you an independent quote or assessment and you are based in Perth. Please give us a call on :phone: or email us at support@itguyswa.com.au and we will see if we can help. :jk:
