Category Archives: Technical

Going Through A Build

Posted on April 15, 2020 by larry

Doing a partial test run of my network. Thinking of switching the ddwrt box though to something physical. This run is a minor one. With not much documentation, just to see if I can get through it. Also got our … Continue reading →

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Demo Network Settling With What I got

Posted on April 14, 2020 by larry

So I got the Window DC VM setup the way I want, Windows 7 the way I want, Windows 10 needs to be redone Little more tweaks to the Linux Server Still need to get the Linux Terminal Server up … Continue reading →

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Fine Tuning Build Scripts

Posted on April 13, 2020 by larry

Got the build scripts going, just fine tuning them. Although I think I am a little too focused on it. I think I will go with what I got so far and fine tune things later. Weight: 304.6

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Dedicated ESXi Host for Demo Net

Posted on April 12, 2020 by larry

I spun up an old ESXi host to support this demo network. Got the Win 7 kickstart, Win 2016 Server, and Linux box. Working on Windows 10 as I post. Weight: 305.6

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Getting Demo Network A Piece At a Time

Posted on April 11, 2020 by larry

Slowly getting all the pieces up for my network. Spoofing 1.1.1.1 so I can make configs look like they are getting DNS from cloudflare. Focusing on server build right now. Weight: 302.8

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End of Lent 2020

Posted on April 9, 2020 by larry

Made it, just need to last 26 hours with no food, and the ambien… I can take after midnight so just two hours. Anyway, I want to hold off longer. See if I can make it to the weekend. Taking … Continue reading →

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Back To Network Work

Posted on April 7, 2020 by larry

Was going to work on me demolab network today, but a UPS changed my plans (as well as work) There were a few things that went down that I had to troubleshoot. To complicate things, an unrelated problem occurred as … Continue reading →

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Getting DHCP and DNS to work together

Posted on April 5, 2020 by larry

I think I am going to finish my document on DNS and DHCP in Linux and getting them to work together. Kind of intresting, didnt think it was such a challenge, but I have overcome some of it. Weight: 303.4

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Setting Up Complete Network

Posted on April 4, 2020 by larry

I set up my network. Complete, with DHCP and DNS. With a Domain Control Why, well just in case. Need to update my resume to show my stuff. Economy looks scary even for me. Weight: 303.4

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Teaching an old dog new tricks

Posted on April 2, 2020 by larry

Apparently there is a new system ID in CentOS 7 that I did not know about. One of the clean up processes I did when setting up that AMI was to delete /etc/machine-id I thought it would recreate itself, apparently … Continue reading →

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