Author Archives: larry

Wrong Firewall Config

Posted on November 24, 2014 by larry

Some frustration was lifted today when I figured out what I was doing wrong with my new firewall. Apparently I got the subnet masks wron.  After correcting it I felt like I had some good performance. I have two 10/100 … Continue reading →

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Server Room 2014 is Done

Posted on November 23, 2014 by larry

Finally am done with my server room. Here is a panorama of my bench.  I normally don’t bring drinks in here so that coffee cup is normally not there. Still have some Linux Servers that are not virtualized.  Primarily due … Continue reading →

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A Few More Things for Server Room

Posted on November 22, 2014 by larry

The server room is done, but I need to clean up with a vacuum. I feel a lot better at where the server room is.  I will call it done tomorrow and take some pictures. Just doing pushups and situps.

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Inspirational Cross Country

Posted on November 21, 2014 by larry

This evening I went to the final gather of the cross country runners for my son’s team.  I listened to all their stories and made me feel good. I may not run as fast as them but I am truly … Continue reading →

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Server Room So Close To Done

Posted on November 20, 2014 by larry

All the servers are in their place, just need to label things. Amazing how for this has gone.  One more day of organizing then I think I am done with the server room.  Little things like labels are time consuming … Continue reading →

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Continue Rebuilding My Servers

Posted on November 19, 2014 by larry

Brutal build process, I am struggling to get this new server up.  But this is one server is used to monitor all my other services. It runs nagios, mrtg, cacti and other stuff.  I think I may try to figure … Continue reading →

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Technical Irony

Posted on November 18, 2014 by larry

One of the greatest reasons for doing all of this network mumbo jumbo is to simplify my network. Irony is while I was doing more work on my network, I messed something up and a whole slew of issues cropped … Continue reading →

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Server Room Redo Progressing Well

Posted on November 17, 2014 by larry

My server room cleanup is progressing well, the new rack is in place and seems like things are looking up. I removed a lot of cable, and am slowly getting color coordinated.  Now that I got a a lot of … Continue reading →

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Rack is in Production

Posted on November 16, 2014 by larry

And power is holding steady. I am sure there are a bunch of unresolved things still going on in my network. Also cabling is atrocious and the rack ears I have are the wrong size. Getting the right fasteners as … Continue reading →

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Many Gremlins On Network

Posted on November 15, 2014 by larry

Its nice getting my servers up, but there are certainly a lot of gremlins on the network. There are little things that aren’t working and this is due to primarily the new firewall.  Its amazing how many things rely on … Continue reading →

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