Posts by CimmerianX

So, it sounds like you have it installed and sitting at a CLI prompt.... Is it just X that wont start then?

The collisions have nothing to do with the cables.

This is the way I do it:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

The application has a pulldown for many popular distros including backtrack.

On a hub (not a switch) when 2 pcs send out traffic it is replicated to every port on the hub. When 2 PCs send out traffic at the same time, the hub detects a collision and each PC will re-transmit the packet after a random length of time.

I have two CNAME records added to my AD server.

The Textbook lync setup requires the SIP helper records in DNS.

Look here... this article has the example and the links on how to set it up properly.
https://help.nextuc.com/entries/21807198-How-to-verify-your-DNS-Settings

Can the trouble machine ping and resolve the items as indicated?
Can you manually enter the connection information into the trouble machine's client and have it connect?
Can the trouble machine telnet to the lync server on port 5061 without issue?
Does the trouble machine work from any other location ?

Contacting server and signing in

Are both laptops using the same DNS? Usually, Link servers are identified by the DNS Helper records for SIP. Lync Servers are 'found' on the network with these special DNS records. Usually, sip.mycompany.com will resolve to a lync server to service your client.

Do you have a firewall running on the 2nd machine by any chance that could be blocking ports?

Start from the public internet and work your way into your network. IF this is just a hardware layout, then show the routers, firewalls, LBs, switches, etc... and the interconnects between each.

Look at some examples on google images for ideas

Don't use password auth, use keys instead.

This article explains it all.

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/07/rsync-over-ssh-without-password/

Curious. You could also look at XP local HOSTS file and see if there is anything 'funny' in there. You could also try manually adding a name with IP and see if you can ping that added name from command line.

What web server are you using and on what system? Apache? NGINX?

Also, if you are using ubuntu 12 or better, dns entries are made in \etc\network\interfaces now.
i.e.
'dns-nameservers 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2'

Sooo..... you good then?

Duplicity seems to be a popular solution for this. I've not used it personally, but the docs claim it can backup directories and encrypt with GPG key or passphrase.

http://duplicity.nongnu.org/duplicity.1.html

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/duplicity.1.html

Looks like it's coming up as sg6. Tail dmesg as you plug it in to be sure.

None of this is correct. Whichever account you use to purchase Mountain Lion will have it.

You can certainly sign into your mom's mac app store with your ID (if you purchased it), DL and load the OS if you want.

Do this.

At the top of your php script, add the line
"#!/usr/bin/php"

That will set the environment up so the script 'knows' what it is.

Then in cron, just issue the script.
1 * * * * /var/www/cronjob.php

Make sure the .php is set with execute permissions (as DoRight said above):
chmod +x /var/www/cronjob.php

and you should be good.

Remember that the power supply can pride up to that amount of power. Usually, units require less than the maximum, so lets assume the max for this exercise.

AmpsVolts = Watts so 194.74 = 90.06 Watts.
So up to 90.06 Watts per hour * 24 hours = 2161.44 Watt hours each day.

Can that host trace to any of the canonical? You might have a bad gateway on this server. YOu read the package info from cache but can't hit the repos when you really want to install.

auto-apt get installed into /usr/lib/auto-apt You should see it there.

I can install this on Mint 13 with no issues.

Do you not have this file?

Coffee Coffee Coffee.

Where did the router come from? Was it provided by an ISP? Any model#? How about a picture?

But with VMWare Workstation, you can set the New Guest OS to use the ISO as the CD rom.... There's no need to burn the ISO to a physical disk.

Sounds like the iso/disk is damaged. If you have the original ISO, you can use the .iso file and mount it directly to the Guest OS without having to burn it first.

So long as you let it dry completely before plugging it in (passing current), there is no danger. Water only harms electrical equipment when there's current and the water creates a short.

Thanks. Don't forget to flag this thread as Solved. :)

No. Don't do that. Do not reset the router. All you need is to replace the SSID and Security crednetials back to originals. Since you don't have these you need to get them from the family. If they don't remember it, then you can select a new SSID and new Pre shared key and go around to every device and setup the wifi again. A Pain I know, but you have no other option without the original PSK.

Most routers have a backup/restore option too. IF the family was smart, they backed up the router's current config somewhere. You could also use that to restore if it exists.

I could only find paid services to do this. Even from technet:
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/Convert-EDB-to-PST-b77500b5#content

Can I offer another suggestion.... IF you are looking for just a speed increase, Corsair offers a Caching SSD option. It's a small SSD drive that will cache files read from a larger HD. You install the SSD, run the caching software (only works in windows) and the files used most often are cached and read from the SSD. It's a cheap way to speed up a machine. I"ve seen this used and it cuts the OS load time in Half. Frequently accessed files (like your email app, office) loads fast.

http://www.corsair.com/SSD/accelerator-series-SSD-cache-drives.html

You'll need to be more specific. Sharepoint has tools to check for the validity of many coponents like cert validity, user app license validity, etc....

20 years of IT exp behind me. And even though the tech may change, the base job stays the same.

It's a thankless job. Most of the time, the only communication you get from the employees are complaints. So you must have this customer service mindset that the end users are customers and your job is to ensure that they have the tools needed to do their jobs.

Most big companies look for certain prereqs when hiring, (BA, X years experience, MCSE). But smaller and mid size companies without brainless managers tend to hire based on ability to perform.

When I hire, I don't ask for credentials. I lay out the responsibilities of the position entail, then grill the candidates to see if they really know what they are talking about, or are just noobs and paper MCSEs. As a rookie, you'll probably want to look for any entry level position like Jr admin or help desk technician. LEarn as much as possible from these positions. IF you have the ability, you will get more responsibility added to your job.

HAving the skill set is important. No one want to teach a rookie how to tail a log to look for errors. But more important than tech ability is overall compentence. I've known many briliant tech who know linux backwards and forwards, but would fail miserably when expected to work in a team with gasp other humans. I've also known excellent and dedicated employees who may not be the best …

A common mistake I see is that the Power supply power control lead to the motherboard isn't seated on the right pins, or +/- are reversed.

Remove the reset control lead to the MB as well. No need for it at this point.

Do what JorgeM said and remove all peripherals and extra equipment. Just get CPU/MEM and boot it to Bios.

Dell support is excellent. I have hundreds of machines and servers with their protective care and never have had an issue getting parts or replacements.

AFAIK, the serial number in the MB is programmable via some tech utility, which I have yet to get a copy of, to match the tag # of the unit.

I don't think there is a way to determine the uniqueness of the MB without opening the unit...

However, that PS warning message is common enough. I've seen it when I use a 60W charger in a dell model requiring 90W, or when using inferior 3rd party chargers that don't 'speak' to the Laptop correctly.

Are you still using the 90W that came with the laptop?

Did you run the GP modeling wizard on the server for thie user and workstation? What did results show. Are your changes applied?

Also, what 'restrictions' are you implementing?

Most online games use very little bandwidth. 2mbps is more than enough to play any online game. The real factor is the latency between you and the other players. High Latency equates to lag which can really hurt online competitiveness.

Any online speedtest should give you a good indication of your speed, but latency is determined by many more factors, the most important of which is the number of hops bewteen you and the server/peer and the time it takes packets to make it back and forth.

This should explain everything:
http://www.winvistaclub.com/t19.html

So you need to ALTER TABLE (or whatever) and create the new fields for password and filename. Then re-import the data again.

Sounds like you are missing or have a bad file association where the doc or docx is associated with Internet Explorer. You need to check and re-associate the doc/docx extension with the application 'word.exe'.

How can the fields not be there but the data is still present? That makes zero sense to me.

If the fields in a table aren't setup correctly you need to run an Alter Table command (or whatever for yoru particuliar DB) and add/edit the fields. Then run your data import again.

Couple of ideas off the top of my head.

Usually RPC (remote procedure call) could be used to remote execute code on another host. Obviously that won't work here.

Maybe using something like the PSExec http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553 in a WINE instance on the linux host might work. But I've never tried it.

Why not run IIS on the windows host and use the same code on that win server instead to call the file? Use a forward on the Linux host over to the win host for that 'link'.

On the linux host, when the link is clicked, have it write out a temp file on the windows host. The windows host could run a scheduled task every minute to check for the existance of a temp file and run jobs based on it's existance/contents.

Need to get a better understanding of what isn't working? Can you access the router? Does it boot? Does it get an external IP from the network DHCP?

My guess is this: Since linksys default to an internal LAN of 192.168.1.0/24, you probably have the same internal and external LAN. Maybe the linksys doesn't like it.

Disconnect from the network. Connect your PC to the inside lan of the linksys. Your PC should get an IP from the linksys on 192.168.1.0. Conenct to the linksys at http://192.168.1.1 Change the internal LAN subnet to something else... like 192.168.15.0 just so it's different than the office lan. Save and restart. Connect it all back up. Connect to the router on 192.168.15.1 (or whatever you chose) and verify it still has 192.168.1.23 statically assigned on the outside. You should be able to connect though it now.

Have you tried
net user <user> "this is the password"

I don't know if that will work but worth a shot. ALthough you may end up with a password being "this

If it is a perimeter block, then use a SHH tunnel through your home.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=317267

Don't forget Cisco also has their proprietary VOIP solutions with CUCM, Messaging, and management.

Building anything with 1 esxi host will not save you downtime as the patching for esxi requires frequent reboots. Be prepared to have downtime anyway.

Usually, perimeter firewalls are an appliance. You can of course build a dedicated host for this, but usually the appliances are just as good and can be cheaper depending on your needs.

Any tower server with multiple 5 1/4 inch slots can probably use a forward facing hot swap drive tray. Essentially, any SATA is hot swap. I've seen a nice piece of hardware that sets the drives forward facing in a cage granting access to 4 drives at once without shutting down the host.

Don't do RAID in an external enclosure for your Guest OS drives. It would be good for general storage, but too slow for multiple machines running on it.

External SAN with jumbo frames enabled is a good option for ESXi and I use it with great success running 80 servers off an equallogic array across dedicted gig links with 9k jumbo frames enabled.

From your Computer, can you access the nas via IP? START - RUN - \192.168.1.10 <- whatever its ip happens to be.

If you can hit is this way, then the nas may nto respond to broadcast discovery and you would need to add a hosts/lmhosts file entry to resolve the name to ip.

Ditto that. You may want to try copying the tar file into your home folder and unpacking it there to see if it works. If it does, then it is probably the lack of write permissions in that mounted file system.

I don't see a question there?

My thoughts on whether or not to scrap old drives....

1) If you have the cash, you can buy new, large drives with much for onboard cache to replace older units.
2) IF you don't have the cash, running drives in a raid array has its own set of pro's and cons (more complex setup vs possible gains and/or losses in read/write speeds depending on the raid level).
3) Running those extra HDs will pull more power and generate more heat.
4) SSD drives are becoming cheaper. No moving parts usually means much longer life for SSD vs platter drives.

In my own home setup, I use a single SSD for the OS then a larger drive for Data. I image the C and backup the Data nightly on a sceduled job.

Perhaps some of the tracks in iTunes are WMV. when tranferring to the ipod, IIRC you are prompted to convert WMV to another format, if you don't, the tracks aren't transferred. At least that's how it works on my older gen ipod.

Sounds like the OP is after an itunes replacement, not just a media player.

VLC is the best player for a PC regardless of OS. It plays anything. However it will not manage your media like itunes, nor will it connect to various 'stores'.

The problem with the ipods is that apple changes the database structure of the device with a recent firmware update. 3rd party apps that could transfer music to and from the device no longer worked because of the change in the table structure and AFAIK, no one has desinged an app to do the same types of transfers.

I have an old ipod classic also. I manage my own music folder, I manually move stuff I buy/rip into that folder. I still use itunes to get music/media to and from the device. If there is an alternative, I'd love to hear it.