As everybody knows, console cables and their corresponding interfaces are a scourge on a network administrators existence. They are always too short, COM-ports get renumbered, Baud-rates are unknown, etc. By their very nature, you also have to be physically present… Read More ›
The 2920 series switches from HPE/Aruba has a special feature that no other switches in the old ProCurve/E-Series line-up has; dedicated stacking interfaces. On other HPE switches, stacking merely facilitates “simplified” management, by allowing you to manage any switch in the… Read More ›
When configuring network hardware over the network itself it’s very easy to issue a command that breaks the network connection to the switch, requiring you to visit the switch and connect to it with a console cable to fix the… Read More ›
Setting up Spanning Tree on HP switches is really easy, after you’ve done it a couple of times, but getting it configured can seem like a daunting task for beginners, espcially in a production network. Here are some simple steps… Read More ›
Yesterday my Raspberry Pi arrived, and today I had some time over to set it up and have a first look. First of all, I don’t see this becoming a desktop machine for anybody, it’s just too slow to be… Read More ›
Last week I updated the core switches at one of our sites to two new fancy HP 5406zl. Along with all the nice new features that came with these two beasts was PoE on all ports. All was good and… Read More ›
DELL Server im Rack Originally uploaded by BlaM4c Last week I spent close to 8 hours printing and applying labels to different cables in a packed and live rack. And it didn’t help that the rack runs our virtual servers,… Read More ›
Today I got into another argument with a network printer. I installed a new computer at a remote location, and they had their own Samsung network printer that I had to connect manually. Most people that aren’t familiar with Samsungs… Read More ›
Now I’m really starting to doubt myself. For 2 weeks have I been troubleshooting a Vista machine that just got connected to the network. I’ll start to from the beginning; 2 weeks ago we had a contractor add a double… Read More ›
This Monday I was called out to fix a computer that couldn’t get on-line. I quickly discovered that the problem wasn’t with the computer itself, but with it’s wired connection. The computer was wired as follows; Control Room: Computer <->… Read More ›
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