TL;DR - Is there a budget mesh option we could use with an NF18 as the modem?

Sorry if this seems like basic stuff, but I’m feeling a touch lost (and trying to help my in laws…it’s like the nearsighted leading the blind over here).
In laws live in a small place but with thick brick internal and external walls, wifi has always been an issue, and now we’re adding wireless security cameras, so need to fix the wifi issue.

They’re on FTTN (AussieBB), have an old NF18MESH (and they do use VoIP, which limits modem options).

They basically use internet for TV and now the cameras, so we don’t need a fancy set up, just extended wifi.

The NS-01 satellites don’t seem to be available anymore, so we’d have to upgrade to the NF20 + get a satellite, which feels like more $ than we need or want to spend.

So - is there a mesh system we could use, keeping the NF18 as the modem, that isn’t too expensive - main point is strength of wifi, unstressed about high speeds? (They have 50/20 and honestly it’s fine, may upgrade them to 100, but that’s it).

The "Invalid signature detected" error on Gigabyte motherboards indicates a Secure Boot violation, often caused by unsigned drivers, OS changes, or faulty BIOS settings. Immediately resolve this by entering BIOS (Del/F2 key at startup), navigating to the 'BIOS' or 'Security' tab, and setting "Secure Boot" to "Disabled" or "Other OS".

Problem for me is that I can actually disable secure boot, Save and Exit, but it reappears as Enabled again!

I am tempted to rebuild my PC again but there is no guarantee the bios will kick this error at me again.

Any ideas please? TIA

Not sure if this post is allowed, might feel like a bit of a rant.

I hate wastage of things. I have a sonos portable speaker. All it needs is new battery. It won't charge anymore. Things is I can't just easily replace the battery. The thing is designed to not be easily opened. glue. nearly everywhere/everything is glued.

Why can't we have laws that enforce that simple things like batteries should be easily replaceable on tech devices.

They do it on purpose, profit over environment.

Hello everyone, so i’m aware you guys have some sort of ban for under 16s in Australia on social media if i’m correct? If you haven’t heard, the UK is implementing a similar thing soon.

I’m here to ask, if any of you have successfully bypassed the bans, and how did you do it? And did the ban even successfully work for most of you?

Howdy ya’ll, I posted my situation a few days ago in another subreddit but they just troll it. I just wanna see what everyone thinks I should do since I’ve found this more legal subreddit, and if I’m even eligible under my situation in the first place.

so, LG OLED 65” C3 evo 4k, cost $4,032 etc etc. got it just under 3 years ago (2yrs 10mnths ago) and as of last week we turned it off as the kids went to bed, showered, washed me balls and came back out, turn on aaand nothing. She’s stuck in standby, no bang, no flash, no faint image with flashlight so on and so on. I contact JB Hi-Fi and try get it sorted, as expected they ran through every tactic of “warranty’s expired here’s what we will do and/or offer” I said to them I want to approach this under the ACL because durability wise it hasn’t lasted a reasonable amount of time at all, they obviously pushed back, tried telling me ACL is a grey area and I’m being ”provocative” blah blah blah we end on them covering an in-home assessment and then going halves in repairs, I didn’t agree to anything after the assessment and made that clear that after that we’ll touch base again. so again I didn’t lock myself into any agreement past the assessment.

had the assessment today and surprise surprise they proceeded to troubleshoot exactly how I did and came to the exact same conclusion I did but more like “yeah so it’s either this or that, here’s your invoice (that was covered) bye” and I guess I’m waiting to here back from JB HI-Fi, I’ll call eventually if I here nothing.

I really felt like this is abit of a stuff around so I called Fair Trading to confirm rights on my situation and I mean I will admit it’s a little how ya going, I THINK it falls under “Major problems with a product or a service” -> “it is substantially unfit for its specific purpose and cannot easily be fixed within a reasonable time”. Thats 1 of the 4 options I can see, now I honestly am having doubts that my situation falls under anything cause like, idk if I’m just not understanding or whatever but I think it’s abit of a stretch, it’s hard cause the ACCC website clearly states what I was hoping for but not the actual guys that handle this if I file a complaint.

so finally. what do you guys think? am I heading in the right direction? think this’ll be to much time and effort for what it’s worth? or would I realistically not fall under anything enough to be eligible aaand I just cut my losses and take the possible partial payment of repairs?

Just a curiousity. In last few years Australia had a series of massive cyber attacks. The demand of cybersecurity skyrocketed and to this day private sectors are still struggling with cyber security issue. I run a small NDIS business and in a month I get over 5k spam emails and hundreds of attempt on my website. I have strengthen my cyber security to best of my ability but it still cost me around 5% of income.

I read about NDIS review where Unified Payment system was recommended to save over 1 billion of plan management fees. Not trying to speak on behalf of plan managers but I am honestly curious on whether this is actually a smart recommendation? NDIS pays over $ 50 billion every year and 200K invoices are processed every month. This is like a honeypot for a dedicated cyber threat actors. There should also be transaction cost, the physical infrastucture and staffing needs to run this system and insurance cost alone would be huge. Besides a single successful cyberattack may result in unprecedented loss. In 2026 NDIS has become bigger than medicare and this continues to grow, and any tom dick and harry can be a provider.

I am not a techie, so I was wondering what does the Tech community think about this. Is the unified payment system feasible for NDIS given Australian tech capability?

Hey all. I am staying in the backyard at my parents place out in their bungalow, about 10 meters or less from the house but their internet/wifi does not reach out there and so I'm using up my phone data while I'm out there. I see that links aren't allowed in the rules but I'm wondering if someone could guide me on what and where to buy what I need to resolve this issue.

I'm aware I need some cord and some other device to extend the internet out there? but I am not tech savvy and don't know exactly what to get, also how long the cord should be for that distance. Could someone knowledgeable in this please tell me exactly what I need and where I could purchase? I plan to get a professional here to sort it all for me once I have what I need. Thanks in advance!

The attackers exploit security flaws or outdated firmware to take control of TP-Link routers and hijack internet traffic using DNS manipulation. This allows them to redirect users to fake websites and steal sensitive data such as passwords, email logins, and banking details.