Captive Portal Fails to Load Properly or Returns 404 This article describes how to fix the issue whereby captive portal fails to load, is returned only partially without the user / pass fields or returns a 404 error. This also mitigates issues with:slow access to a Mobile Access gateway on wireless or lossy networks. The …

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Find The Serial Number of IP Appliances Via CLI Sometimes it is necessary to find the serial number of IP appliances but you either don’t have physical access to the machine or someone has removed the sticker from the side or bottom. This article lists methods to retrieve the serial via the command line interface …

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How to mitigate the issue where this a long delay when logging in via SSH or console. When an SSH session is initiated to a linux box, the SSH server tries to perform a lookup on the client’s IP; in certain situations this is not going to be possible, e.g.: the configured DNS server is …

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This article details how to use “dmidecode” to find out your Checkpoint UTM-1’s model number. Dmidecode reports information about your system’s hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard  – see here for a sample output. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as …

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This article shows a sample output when using dmidecode on a Checkpoint UTM-1 appliance. Check here to see what the model numbers equate to e.g. this model is reported as a U-5-00 which is a UTM-1 130 appliance: [Expert@fw-trinity:0]# dmidecode # dmidecode 2.7 SMBIOS 2.3 present. 45 structures occupying 1755 bytes. Table at 0x000FB380. Handle …

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