How to Manually run Windows Updates

Approximate reading time: 3-4 minutes If you are not an A. F. Daniel client, skip to the section “General Audience” below. This article describes the steps we are taking to update and secure our clients’ systems, and a General Audience section with...

Edgemarc Router Monitoring and EdgeView Alerts

Our Edgeview system monitors the system Up / Down status of our clients’ Edgemarc Routers. Here’s an explanation of the EdgeView Up/Down Summary Notification message. What does this notification mean? We have detected a change in the status of your...

Cisco SPA8000 Configuration Tips

Configuration tips for connecting the Cisco SPA8000 to your analog telephone system or fax machine. This procedure describes most of the configuration needed to connect the Cisco SPA8000 to an older analog telephone pbx system, or any telephone system with analog POTS...

I Am Responding (IAR) Delayed Notifications on Android Pie

Since updating my Android Pixel 2XL to Pie, I’ve noticed that I’m getting delayed notifications on the I Am Responding (IAR) app.  A lot of times, I don’t have my fire pager with me, so I’ve really come to rely on this (as many have). After the...

Web Conferencing

Web Conferencing: On-premise or in the cloud? Internet technologies have turned our world into a virtual office in which we can conduct business with employees, partners, suppliers and, best of all, customers all across the globe. Working in this virtual environment...

Finer Points of Good Backups

Good backups are not just about getting your files and folders back; good backups are all about making your business work the way it used to before you had that crash in the first place, with everything put back just the way it was before something crashed. Good...

WiFi Network Poaching

WiFi Network Poaching Ok, here’s the scenario. You have your laptop at a coffee shop, someone’s office, or a friend’s house. You turn it on and it detects a wireless Internet router. All you have to do is click connect and you get free Internet,...