Something you can do to keep the CLI entertaining is to customize it to your liking. Sometimes, the default shell style can just be cumbersome to look at. If you want to change the appearance, it’s actually really easy! No one likes looking at a plain shell. Also, while you Read more…
You know that dreaded “calculating time remaining” window, wherein you are trying to delete all the files in a folder and the operating system is simply wasting time trying to count the files within as well as estimate the time required to delete it all? I know it all too Read more…
Syntax to block an IP address under Linux using IP tables: iptables -A INPUT -s 123.45.67.89 -j DROP Replace 123.45.67.89 with the IP in which you would like blocked. For example, if you wish to block IP address 123.45.67.89 iptables -A INPUT -s 123.45.67.89 -j DROP If you just want Read more…
I found this FortiNet FortiGate 100D but I forgot the password. Or I never knew it. The pinhole just reboots the device, and I’ve never used a FortiGate appliance. I really want to get into the CLI and eventually the WebUI, but I need to factory reset this thing. Here’s Read more…
Today I had to decommission a Windows Server which was running a DHCP role. The client has a Meraki firewall and on the firewall is an option to import all the IP reservations from a formatted CSV: “That’s great!”, I thought. I can get all ~100 reserved IPs Read more…
I ran into this issue because I don’t really have any old hardware or components, but I do have a bunch of new stuff. Like, every HP switch comes with a console cable. Resulting in tons and tons of console cables. The issue was that I needed a null modem cable, Read more…
When you migrate a user from a workgroup/local environment to an Active Directory domain, the user experience is always an immediate shock. This is because the user will normally lose all their settings and files under the new account. Of course, fearless IT people will be able to get everything Read more…
A lot of people have the Amazon Cloud Drive software running on a home computer. The upload speeds can be pretty mediocre, and by default you’re only uploading one file at a time. But what about servers with higher-throughput internet connections? I installed the software on a cloud server and Read more…
Not that I use eSATA for any of my peripherals, but I noticed that some Synology models have eSATA ports where other models don’t. Get this: During a tear down of my DS416play, I discovered there’s an eSATA port on the USB 3 module. I haven’t tested it and don’t Read more…
We let our Documents sync to the cloud, download themselves on all of our PCs, and trust that no single person besides ourselves can ever see those files, unless otherwise intended. This may be true that “only you” can see what’s in your Dropbox and other cloud storage, but in Read more…