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Tomato USB Corporate Theme
Like many, I have always been a fan of the old Linksys WRT54G/GS/GL routers. These routers have been and still are a work horse in many installations of mine. Originally I was a proponent of DD-WRT firmware and most of my production installs started with DD-WRT. Since that time I have become an even bigger… Read More
Send Email With Powershell
This is a basic Powershell script that will allow you to send an email. With that said, I want to point out that the top of the enclosed script has a comments section that includes filename, author, created date and a basic description of the script. While the name of the script is typically indicative… Read More
DHCP for PXE on Windows 2008 R2
In order to enable PXE booting with your windows DHCP server, there are two options that must be set. These options are option 066 and 067. Option 066, Boot Server Host Name, defines the IP-address of the PXE Server. Pictured below. Option 067, Bootfile Name, defines the name of the file to load to the… Read More
PXE Structure on Windows 2008 R2
The PXE file structure on Server 2008 R2 is very important to ensure smooth operation of PXE booting. There are two files that are required for PXE booting to work. You root directory should be C:\PXEServer\TFTProot\. If it is not, then you need to make sure you have made the proper adjustments to the registry… Read More
Enable PXE on Windows 2008 R2
Microsoft has not made it easy to figure out how to build a PXE Server on Windows 2008 R2, Here’s how. Below are the steps to enable Windows Server 2008 R2 PXE/TFTP Server. First you will need the install the WDS Server Role. Make sure only the “Transport Server” Role service is checked. See images… Read More
Seriously, How to Compact a vdi?
In my home shop, a lot of testing gets done using Virtualbox. As part of that testing backups are commonly made of virtual machines that mirror production configurations. I typically use thin provisioning on my test rigs. On of the things i have noticed is in working with the virtual machines the backups get very… Read More
Remote Logging for Mailgraph
To fix the problem, in “/etc/rsyslog.conf” create the following template line. $template sysklogd,”%TIMESTAMP% %syslogtag%%msg%” This is the same as the default template, but with the hostname removed (since sysklog will supply it). Then later in the file (it has to be later – templates have to be defined before you can use them) you just… Read More
Ebox/Zentyal Override Stubs
Ever since Ebox Platform v2.0 was published, we have seen a lot of information on the net pertaining to customization. While Ebox, now Zentyal platform is an excellent base to start from, almost every installation we have done required some level of customization. As you may or may not know, all module configuration files on… Read More
Pfsense LDAP Select Button Fix
With the recent release of pfsense 2.0, many of our customers have shown an interest in updating their OpenVPN Servers to utilize the new LDAP authentication module. With that said, we ran into a few snags when implementing LDAP that are worth noting. Included in pfsense 2.0 is the new menu “System” > “User Manager”…. Read More