Category Archives: Technical

Made it to vmworld 2014

Posted on August 23, 2014 by larry

Woo hoo, made it to vmworld 2014 in san Francisco.  I was hungry and ate a burger from Jack in the Box.  Mistake,  felt lousy after. Gonna try do pushups and situps, but right now as I post am having … Continue reading →

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Network Stable

Posted on August 21, 2014 by larry

Not completely, but it is getting there. Most of the stuff has cleared up. Next thing I am going to look at is the power (UPS) issues. Finally, gonna go through a server reduction/upgrade. Pushups and situps for today.  

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Finally Did It!!!

Posted on August 17, 2014 by larry

Finally got my vlan’s up and working.  I can call it done!!!! The magic was choosing the right router and firmware version.  For me it was the Linksys E2000. This link really helped http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/VLAN_Support Another magic item was getting bridging … Continue reading →

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Frustrations With DDWRT

Posted on August 16, 2014 by larry

DDWRT is becoming one frustrating piece of work. Been struggling most of the day working on it, I dunno if it is hardware or firmware, but some versions ssh work, others don’t some versions vlan works others don’t.  I am … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Up My Network

Posted on August 13, 2014 by larry

Spent most of the evening cleaning up the network and getting VLANs working. I got the concept and configs right, but made rookie mistake of not wiring correctly. Just doing pushups and situps. Weight: 308.8

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Hot Hot Day

Posted on August 11, 2014 by larry

Today was a really hot day, just doing simple errands around the house caused me to sweat a lot. I am getting a lot of my networking done, got a new CA going and OpenVPN works on my tablet!!! Just … Continue reading →

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Continuing with Network Change

Posted on August 10, 2014 by larry

So I got most of the machines on an insecure subnet secured.  Now I need to get the right network in. I have been relying on mostly DDWRT, but I think I can clean things up a bit with better … Continue reading →

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Working on Raspberry Pi Today

Posted on August 3, 2014 by larry

Tried out my Raspberry Pi B+ today. I am warming up to it real quick.  Having the microsd tucked in is nice and the 50 pin GPIO is actually good. Just doing pushups and situps. No Weigh In.

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Sensor Ran Out Of Power

Posted on June 24, 2014 by larry

It has been about a week but I only noticed today that my sensor that I setup to test how long it will last on battery, sent its last message on June 17, 2014, at 1:38AM.  I recall bringing it … Continue reading →

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Another Good Meetup

Posted on June 16, 2014 by larry

Today we had another meetup, initially I thought it was going to be a no show but people started arriving and we had a pretty good meetup. Just did pushups and situps. Weight: 308.0

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