Category Archives: Technical

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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Day Flew By

Posted on November 13, 2014 by larry

Here is how my day went, and to top it off, I had a horrible sleep last night. First off, I had to quickly get a some new servers rewired in the morning. Then I had to present in a … Continue reading →

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Getting New Firewall Up

Posted on November 13, 2014 by larry

I been slowly getting my servers up and running, but one item I really want to get up is the new firewall. I should be able to get it up and running this weekend. Just doing pushups and situps.

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Rack is Done

Posted on November 11, 2014 by larry

Time to populate and put it into production. This cost less than $100 including mistakes, it would probably be under $50 if I planned better and just used 2×4’s. I ordered a rail for one of the servers and am … Continue reading →

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Four More Servers Left

Posted on November 10, 2014 by larry

Most of my servers on the DMZ are on CentOS 6 now. I should get another one done tomorrow, but the last one will probably be done over the Thanksgiving weekend. Its about that time I am going to do … Continue reading →

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Server Rack Done

Posted on November 10, 2014 by larry

I finished my server rack but need some cage screws to get stuff in it. Tuesday or Wednesday I will post some pics. Just doing pushups and situps.

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Server Rack Almost Done

Posted on November 8, 2014 by larry

I have most of my server rack done.   Hope to post pictures of it online tomorrow. It is not 100% accurate but good enough and it will do the job. Also tried to upgrade the CPU of a Dell … Continue reading →

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