I have a Cisco WS-G4912 (12-port Gigabit aggregation switch) that I’m using to bring my network up to Gig-E. It’s about all that I could afford, and works fine. Most of my older servers are running 1000BASE-SX multimode fiber, but I decided to use copper GBICs …

There’s a known issue with the SSH implementation in the iLO firmware for HP Proliant servers (specifically G2 and G3) and OpenSSH 5.1p1. There was a thread on the OpenSSH developers list that referenced this problem and suggested a solution, but it doesn’t seem to be a …

I know I’ve been letting my blog die off a bit lately, mainly due to the giant amount of work I’ve been doing. I plan on updating a lot more over the next few weeks.

I happened to get a comment on one of my posts today, so …

For those of you who use KDE and Konsole, you can easily change the title of the Konsole window with the command:

dcop $KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION renameSession 'NewSessionName'

this is pretty handy if, like me, you end up having a bunch of screen sessions running in different Konsole windows.

I just bought myself a new monitor for my MythTV box, as I’ve moved my beautiful Acer AL2416W 24”er to my new desktop. The chosen monitor, based on price, reviews and features, is the Acer X233Hbid. It’s a 23” 16:9 (not 16:10) monitor that runs …

I just bought a “new” desktop - I was thinking of doing an insane AMD Phenom II x4 940 (quad-core 3.0GHz) box - but I happened to find a used machine from $WORK; a Dell Precision 470 workstation, dual Xeon Nocona 2.8GHz processors, 4GB RAM (takes up to 16GB). So …

At $WORK, my group runs about two dozen servers that provide services for over 60,000 users. They’re a mix of Windows and Linux, with some old Solaris stuff thrown in there. The one thing they have in common is they’re all hand-built, hand-configured, and old. They’ve …

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the Brother HL-2170W that I got for my mother. It seemed absolutely wonderful. Until the night of March 31st, just before Conficker was supposed to strike. Being that mom’s computer is the only one at home running Windows, I finished up a …

It’s been a while since I’ve posted any meaningful updates here. And it’s not for lack of work - actually, I have a page-long list of projects I’ve finished and things I’ve discovered that I want to share with… well… whoever finds me on Google. I …

I’ve posted an update about serious DHCP problems with this unit.

Last week my mother’s printer died, and she asked me to find a new one for her. After a quick look on NewEgg (sort by ratings is a wonderful thing) I found the Brother HL-2170W. Aside …