networking
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Virtualization
Stretch isolated network between multiple ESXi servers
Setting up testing networks and lab networks have been very interesting to me the past few weeks. When you are setting up Dev and Staging environments, the requirements may be to have multiple copies of production environments properly segmented and functioning…
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Windows 10
Windows 10 static address shows 169 address
Today I ran into a weird situation with a Windows 10 VM that I wanted to write up a quick post about. Having provisioned a Windows 10 VM from a sysprepped image, I quickly brought the VM up and started…
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Networking
Cisco VIRL Review
After using Cisco VIRL for a few days now, I wanted to write up a post on my thoughts and maybe even calling it a pseudo Cisco VIRL review of sorts. However, I will keep this post updated as to…
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Windows 10
Windows 10 Networking Powershell commandlets
With Windows 10 we have all the goodness of powershell baked into the operating system and with that, there are several really great powershell commandlets that can be used to take control of the networking components of your Windows 10…
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vSphere 6
FreeNAS Change IP Address on iSCSI target VMware ESXi 6
FreeNAS is one of the easiest and coolest virtual SAN appliances out there for use with VMware and other Hypervisor labs. If you have FreeNAS already setup and running with a VMware lab, you may at some point due to…
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Networking
Untangle 10 slow to apply network changes
I wanted to put this question out to you fellow admins out in the field who have experience with using both Untangle 9 and the new Untangle version 10. Do you find Untangle 10 slow to apply network changes? In…
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Networking
How to setup a wireless hotspot with Mikrotik RouterOS
Mikrotik makes a great RouterOS product that can be used to run any old x86 or any new x86 awesome rack server into a great router platform that can be used for WAN connectivity as well as several other applications.…
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Networking
Are you looking for a great wireless router for home or office?
For those of you who are looking for a home router that has exceptionally strong wifi, we wanted to introduce you to an awesome little home router with wifi from a company called Mikrotik. The unit is the Mikrotik RB/751…
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Windows
Windows Server 2008 R2 no shared folder icon
As a server administrator, oftentimes it is the little things that matter that makes our lives either good or much more difficult than it should be. One of the ticky little things that we simply cannot explain the rationale behind…
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Networking
Basic Initial Enterasys Switch Configuration
For those of you who may be replacing your old switches with new switches from Enterasys, you may be wondering as to how you go about accomplishing basic switch setup such as setting an IP address, setting the admin password,…
