Author Archives: larry

It was the power supply

Posted on November 4, 2014 by larry

After days of frustration, finally nailed it down to a failed power supply. I am 90% sure that was the issue, specifically the fan in the power supply. Can focus on either things now, network not done yet.  Still need … Continue reading →

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Big Finding on Network

Posted on November 3, 2014 by larry

After rebuilding my server yesterday, I finally found out what may be going on with my server. Seems like the power supply fan was dead and the power supply would shut down. NOW my server seems stable, will monitor for … Continue reading →

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Network Slowly Getting Stable

Posted on November 2, 2014 by larry

Rebuilt my server and it seems stable finally.  The cool thing is that I had documention and it was pretty quick to bring up. Feeling weird today, stomach hurts, I think it may have been something I ate. Just doing … Continue reading →

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Uber Happening Day

Posted on November 1, 2014 by larry

Today I finally stabalized my web server.  I put it on a temporary VM and am pretty sure it will live there from now on. But the big deal today was my presentation, felt like I accomplished something huge. Finally, … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween 2014

Posted on October 31, 2014 by larry

It was a good halloween, it was fun giving out candy (all 10 of the kids that visited our home), but I got some new toys, a firewall, UPS, and a Xoltac PC. But still been busy getting my presentation ready. … Continue reading →

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Brutal Updating

Posted on October 30, 2014 by larry

I just spent the past few hours trying to patch my drupal boxes. There have been warnings on the Internet to secure drupal boxes.  I think that is what has been causing my servers to crash.  Someone hacking in. Certainly … Continue reading →

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Focus On Arduino

Posted on October 29, 2014 by larry

Today I am going to stop messing with my network.  Tomorrow I will focus on arduino and getting my next KCLS presentation ready. Just did some pushups and situps.  Network certainly not stable yet.

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Web Server Migration Not Smooth

Posted on October 28, 2014 by larry

My web services keep crashing, needing to make a quick post before this web site stops responding. Not sure why, there are no logs saying why. Just doing pushups and situps.

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Major Network Upgrades

Posted on October 27, 2014 by larry

Finally got a huge chunk of my network done, even one of the main firewalls is up. Still need to test though, hope it works, nmap shows the right ports open, so it is promising. Just doing pushups and situps. … Continue reading →

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Upgrading and Decomm

Posted on October 26, 2014 by larry

Spent a lot of the weekend upgrading and decommissioning some of my servers. Looking good, got notes on rebuilding most of the new servers. Hoping the servers will be good in a week. Just doing pushup and situps.

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