Amazon AWS Direct Connect with Juniper SRX 240B
Wow its been an interesting few weeks for me to say the least. We had a Juniper 240Xb delivered to our cage in Equinx for our Direct Connect with Amazon AWS cloud service. For those who dont know...
View ArticleVolunteering and IT
I recently started to volunteering my free time to an organization that I really enjoy working at and believe in. When I first started there I mentioned to the volunteer coordinator that I do IT for a...
View ArticleRocksmith 2014
Back in Dec I was sitting at a car garage waiting for some new tires to be put onto my car when I saw an advertisement for Rocksmith 2014 on TV. Its saying was learn how to play the guitar in 60...
View ArticleFirst AWS certification completed!
Today I completed the Architect Associates http://aws.amazon.com/certification/...ect-associate/ During the exam I actually got worried because I was having issues remembering SQS/SWF/SNS stuff...
View ArticleUnifi Access Point and Layer 3 management
Purchased a Unifi Access point for the charity I volunteer for because I wanted something with 802.11n on the network. Neat little access point and cheap but its kind of a pain because the access...
View ArticleInstalling Microsoft SCCM 2012 notes from my lab
Before you can install SCCM 2012, a prerequisite scan occurs to make sure you meet certain criteria. If any show up as a fail, you will not be able to proceed with the install until you fix the issue...
View ArticleWindows 8.1, real tek sound cards, and VMware Workstation 10.x
Decided to install windows 8.1 on my Asus Sabertooth x58 motherboard last night and proceeded to install VMware workstation 10.0.1 build-1379776. Loaded up my ubuntu vms and for whatever reason...
View ArticleAdventures of using the Amazon's AWS cli part 1 - VPC
Here is a reference guide for myself when it comes to the Amazon AWS cli environment for a basic VPC configuration. Yes all this can be done from the web interface, however if you are going to work in...
View ArticleAdventures of using the Amazon's AWS cli part 2 - Security Groups
After you create the VPC, you will want to look at the list of your applications and drawings of your environment and setup Security groups. Here is a list of common TCP/UDP ports...
View ArticleQNAP stupidness with Rsync and delta copy
A QNAP NAS (TS-212) was purchased for the charity I work with to remotely backup their data in case of an emergency from a Windows box. I have a QNAP at home and remember reading that it supports...
View ArticleVmware ESXi 5.1 and ISCSI target issues
I am working on an environment where I have 4 Dell R610 servers and a Lenovo/EMC StorCenter px12-350r running software version 4.0.10.30765. All 4 Dell servers have Vmware ESXi 5.1 1483097 installed....
View ArticleMini computer firewall upgrade post
So I bite the bullet and purchase this device since my little netgate pfsense firewall wasnt cutting it any more performance wise. http://www.amazon.com/Mini-pfSense-R...pfsense+router I was really...
View ArticleSOPHOS UTM 9.2 installation error
Installing SOPHOS UTM on this mini pc I just bought and I ran into an error while installing the OS. The error was: Install.tar could not be found. After searching around, supposedly this has...
View ArticleVirtualization for the home user
Virtualization is great for those who want to learn new operating systems, working on certifications, testing out group policies, testing updates/patches, testing software on newer operating systems...
View ArticleConfigure AD authentication with SSL VPN using SOPHOS UTM 9
VPN configuration is really simple on this device, you can setup a simple local user on the router to allow a VPN connection just by following the link below...
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