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A good Systems Administrator will not cost you money.  They will make and save you money and time. We provide Superior Professional Technical Support in Systems Administration in the Information Technology and Communications fields or what is known as I.T.C.  We feel our experience in multiple Information Technologies is of great benefit in Systems Administration. There is a merger of technologies and these Convergent Technologies will be the driving factor in tomorrow's market place. 

We are based in Tweed Heads New South Wales (NSW) Australia which is located on the border of NSW and Queensland. Tweed Heads is on the edge of the Mt Warning Caldera and is part of the Gold Coast which is the fastest growth area in Australia - AU. We are 1 Hour south of Brisbane CBD on the way to Sydney. 

We have Murwillumbah, Byron Bay, Ballina, Lismore, Casino, Kyogle and Beaudesert within 1 hour's drive. Tweed Heads is part of the Northern Rivers of NSW and has the Great South East and Hinterland to the north in QLD. We are 10 minutes from Coolangatta Airport and regularly travel to other areas as needed.
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Draytek Vigor phone 350

posted 15 Feb 2012 13:16 by Mark Albrecht   [ updated 15 Feb 2012 13:39 ]


Priced now at $200 inc

  • Workable with VigorIPPBX series for auto provision capability
  • Support G.722 codec for crystal-clear voice quality
  • Ethernet pass through port (Can use existing single Ethernet cable to work phone and PC without extra cabling required)
  • Multi-SIP registration with different Proxy (up to 10 accounts) for managing your various calling purposes
  • PoE and general power supply connection convertible for fitting your power supply structure
  • GUI & LCD Menu configuration for easing your adoption
  • BLF (Busy-Lamp Field) for easing your call management processes via its user-friendly switchboard-like features
  • TR-069 compatible via firmware upgrade for your centralized management needs
  • Handsfree and Headset
  • Handsfree internal answering option
  • 2 x dedicated line keys
  • 4 x Softkeys
  • 1 x Voice Mail key + Voice mail LED notification
  • 16 x programmable keys with tri LED
  • 1 year warranty







With high quality of voice, VigorPhone 350 is designed for VigorIPPBX and SIP server to fit the requirement and environment of small & medium business enterprise.

It is a telephone which can transport voice by integrating data package of IP protocol. In addition, it can be used in network from LAN to WAN. Transmitting through network with low cost, the sound quality is good as ordinary telephone line. Such advantage will save your money greatly.

It is workable with VigorIPPBX series for auto provision capability. To manage various calling purposes, VigorPhone supports multi-sip registration with different accounts (up to 10) and support G.722 codec for promoting voice quality. The simple WEB UI based configuration allows you to configure VigorIPPBX with ease.

The functions of VigorPhone 350 are much like the ordinary telephone in inner and out lines. With the stability, sound quality, compatibility and the rich functionalities, VigorPhone 350 can make your life conveniently.

Area I.T. support for ISDN on VigorIPPBX 2820

posted 25 Jan 2012 15:28 by Mark Albrecht   [ updated 31 Jan 2012 20:46 ]

Draytek Aust. now allows Area I.T. to support the locked off on board ISDN ports on the 2820 IPPBX to support the up to 4 ISDN basic rate channels.

New Beta release Firmware for VigorIPPBX 2820 now Available

posted 25 Jan 2012 14:48 by Mark Albrecht   [ updated 31 Jan 2012 20:45 ]

DrayTek have just released new firmware for VigorIPPBX 2820. The firmware (version 3.5.7 RC3) is a beta release and has a number of new features as well as a number of bug fixes.


New features include:

Support New Auto Attendant mechanism.

  • Support Call queuing mechanism (for hunt group).
  • Support custom trunk (i.e. define an extension as a trunk).
  • Trunk simultaneous call number limitation.
  • Support Vigor Phone 300 auto provision.

  • . Improved: Modify the mechanism for the incoming ISDN-TE DDI call which will notanswer by PBX now. 
  • . Improved: Expand SIP trunk number from 6 to 12. 
  • . Improved: Expand hunt group number from 10 to 20. 
  • . Improved: Support hunt group "Random" hunting mode.
  • . Improved: Support hunt group voice mail box. 
  • . Improved: Expand DigitMap rule number from 20 to 50. 
  • . Improved: Add ANY_ISDN option for Digit Map. 
  • . Improved: Support new user prompt maintenance mechanism. 
  • . Improved:: Support user to play multiple prompt in Music on Hold function. 
  • . Improved: Support Holidays' answer mode. 
  • . Improved: Support personal voice mail greeting store in USB disk. 
  • . Improved: Allow the user to use BLF to monitor night service number *7/*8. 
  • . Improved: Add a telnet command to enable/disable night service function. 
  • . Improved: Record which extension turn on/off night service in CDR. 
  • . Improved: Support SIP alias answer mode to forward to voice mail remote accessnumber. 
  • . Improved: Add protection mechanism for DSP channel usage. 
  • . Improved: Hunt group voice mail function behavior. 
  • . Improved: Add forward AA menu option in extension answer mode "Pick up by AA".  
  • . Improved: Add RTP range check to prevent wrong settings.  

Vigor Routers now Support Sierra 320U 4G modem

posted 25 Jan 2012 14:39 by Mark Albrecht   [ updated 25 Jan 2012 14:41 ]


DrayTek have recently released firmware for Vigor routers that now support the Sierra 320U 4G modem. Firmware is now available for the following models:

  • Vigor2110
  • Vigor2710
  • Vigor2820
  • Vigor2830
  • Vigor2920
  • Vigor3200

Firmware for VigorFly200 should be available soon.


Future Vision

posted 4 Jan 2012 21:09 by Mark Albrecht   [ updated 4 Jan 2012 21:13 ]

Special Pricing on selected Brother printers and multi function centres

posted 2 Jan 2012 15:01 by Mark Albrecht   [ updated 2 Jan 2012 16:06 ]

Bitdefender is now supplied and supported by Area I.T.

posted 1 Jan 2012 20:46 by Mark Albrecht   [ updated 3 Jan 2012 14:19 ]

After careful testing we have decided to start installing Bitdefender as it is considered by us and independent testers to be a superior product as well as being offering cross platform protection for Windows, Mac and Android. 

There is a managed solutions available to allow companies to outsource the management of network security to Area I.T.



Draytek 2820 N IPPBX

posted 1 Jan 2012 20:34 by Mark Albrecht   [ updated 2 Jan 2012 16:42 ]

These are an all-in-one Router, 3G, ADSL, File Server, Print Server, IP Telephone System. We have installed several units and can recommend them.  Area I.T. is now authorised to utilize the ISDN component of these routers in Australia. Default Telephone system configuration allows for 4 ISDN channels, 1 PSTN line, 6 SIP VoIP line (20 calls max at same time), 50 sip extensions (1 analogue extension and sip extension can be local or remote), Auto Attendant, Voice mail with forward to email, Site Networking, 2 Virtual Faxes, Music on Hold, Hunt Groups, Auto Day Night mode and much more.



New graphic

posted 1 Jan 2012 16:40 by Mark Albrecht   [ updated 1 Jan 2012 20:35 ]

New Black and white graphic work up for Area I.T.

New Area I.T. website

posted 31 Dec 2011 03:42 by Mark Albrecht   [ updated 3 Jan 2012 14:33 ]

It is the case the car mechanic has the worst car.  I also had not done any work on my own website for a long time, but now I have set aside some time. 

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