For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been playing around with a FreeBSD distribution that’s quite interesting, FreeNAS. FreeNAS basically turns any old box you have lying around into a NAS, though you should definitely not run it on any… Read More ›
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Problems installing Windows 10 from scratch?
I recently had to do a reinstall of Windows 10 on a 3 year old Lenovo desktop. I previously updated the machine from Windows 7 to Windows 10, and shortly thereafter the hard drive started to give intermittent issues, so… Read More ›
Setting up NTP on HP Switches – HP Networking Series Part 3
This is a short guide on how to set up NTP time synchronisation on HP Network devices. I’ll be covering SNTP settings in this guide, as well as some of the niftier things that aren’t in the manuals but still… Read More ›
Using the reload command with HP Switches – HP Networking Series Part 2
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 ›
How to set up STP on HP Switches – HP Networking Series Part 1
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 ›
Mikko Hyppönen talking about the NSA at TED
I recently saw this speech live in Helsinki, and now I’m very thrilled to find it online, and in English even, so I can share this with the rest of the world. Mikko Hyppönen is the Chief Research Officer at… Read More ›
Professional Rack Installation = 8 Hours of Labeling
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 ›
The Magical “No HTTP-traffic” CAT5 Cable
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 ›
Computer Names
Recently I started thinking about computer names, and more so how you name them, and how my naming conventions have evolved over the years I’ve been involved in the industry. When I started doing home computing on such a level… Read More ›
How to install Windows XP from a USB-stick
I’ve recently tried very hard to install Windows XP on my Media Center/File Server, which little/no success until today. This was mostly due to the following factors; My server has a RAID controller (SI3114) that Windows doesn’t recognize from stock… Read More ›
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