When I bought my Synology DS416play, I was concerned about the included 1GB of RAM. I eventually decided that it probably didn’t matter that much how much RAM it had When I saw my RAM filling up for no reason, my concerns grew again. I decided I’d upgrade the RAM with Read more…
I don’t know about you, but my impression of Amazon Cloud Drive has always been somewhat negative due to the fact that you couldn’t sync the files with your PC after you uploaded them. I mean, this completely defeated the purpose of having that type of storage for a lot Read more…
I was using acd_cli, mounted to my file system last night, and picked up today to finish up. I navigated to the directory I mount ACD in and listed the contents. root@vultr:/var/cloud# ls -alF ls: cannot open directory ‘.’: Bad address Only to see an error that I haven’t seen Read more…
I filled up my 15GB of space on Google Photos. I always thought the photos were kind of stuck in there. I knew I could download them, but I didn’t want to do it through their web interface. That would be very cumbersome as I have many photos. I discovered Read more…
With all of the recent data breaches, online security is (and has been) becoming a growing concern. If you aren’t aware, hundreds of major breaches have been publicized, and who knows how many smaller breaches are going unnoticed each day? With the “have I been pwned” website, you can both view Read more…
Many times, early on in my tinkering or trying to learn about computer systems, I would wonder about certain terms or ideas that would come up on a “higher level”. The capabilities of my brain sometimes couldn’t wrap up the thoughts that make up an idea or a concept into a Read more…
Background: My girlfriend has an AirBnB service for a spare room in her home. I have a Sophos UTM appliance running her home network. Okay! Last night my girlfriend received a text on behalf of our guest stating that the WiFi wasn’t working. We were out for pizza + beer, so we Read more…
AndrewX192 has created a Python script to allow adjusting the fan speed of a Lenovo SA120. Step 1: Download the python script to your FreeNAS Log in to FreeNAS and open a shell Hit “paste” and copy below: curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndrewX192/lenovo-sa120-fanspeed-utility/master/fancontrol.py > ./fancontrol.py To verify that this downloaded, run the command Read more…
The iPhone supports IKEv2, IPsec, and L2TP Client VPN. Sophos UTM supports SSL, PPTP, L2TP over IPsec, IPsec, and more VPN protocols. For this guide, we are going to use iPhone’s L2TP VPN Client to remotely connect to our Sophos UTM. To start, log in to your Sophos UTM and Read more…