Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-18 Thread liddy303
I've heard rumors that there may be 'used' vmware licenses on ebay. On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 8:52 AM Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote: > Steven, > > > I had this issue years and years ago with Vmware. I really hate these > companies that make licenses over complicated. The essentials if fine

Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-18 Thread dmmoffett
My current employer uses VMWare…..and fortunately someone else deals with the licensing crap. I would still use Proxmox if I was the one writing the checks. Even if I wasn’t writing the checks, if I was still trying to be a one-man band I’d pick Proxmox just for the simplicity of it.

Re: [AFMUG] Old Canopy FW upgrade

2022-10-18 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I figured out the first poke but not the second. From: Colin Stanners Sent: Monday, October 17, 2022 11:14 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Old Canopy FW upgrade *FSK SM into an FSK AP. It wasn't hard to get, I wasn't a programmer and I had

Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-18 Thread Mark - Myakka Technologies
Steven, I had this issue years and years ago with Vmware. I really hate these companies that make licenses over complicated.  The essentials if fine for now.  I don't think I'll need more than 3 servers.  The extra server I was adding, is just a small network appliance running a mikrotik CHR

Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm finding proxmox enjoyable to run and either free or almost free depending on what level of support you want. On Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 7:30 AM Steven Kenney via AF wrote: > Always funny seeing others dealing with Vmware with buyers remorse. I was > in your spot. I HATE Vmware on their

Re: [AFMUG] VMware question

2022-10-18 Thread Steven Kenney via AF
Always funny seeing others dealing with Vmware with buyers remorse. I was in your spot. I HATE Vmware on their business and licensing side. It is why I dumped them. They made things so complicated and absurd they screwed themselves out of the continuation of our support and service contract.

Re: [AFMUG] Old Canopy FW upgrade

2022-10-18 Thread dmmoffett
There was an individual who would try to sell you the info about the POKE command for a few hundred dollars. There was also at least one surplus equipment vendor who would sell you AP’s that were converted SM’s. I imagine PEEK and POKE were useful for debugging, but probably should not have