Installing a VMWare private cloud was a huge step in making my sysadmin life easier. Then, adding Veeam backup and replication made it simple. Disaster Recovery Made Simple With VMWare I have had to make several Disaster Recovery plans throughout…
Network Challenge – Connect Two Buildings I have had to extend my network into a second building two times in the last several years. The first time I got lucky. Although there was no fiber to the building –to either…
There are some things in life that don’t make any difference to you when everything is good. But suddenly make you happier when there is a problem. For me, DynECT Managed DNS traffic management is one of these. It doesn’t…
SonicOS Version There are several great tutorials out there on how to setup a SonicWall SSLVPN. Each one is somewhat different as the SonicOS changes and the steps and location of items changes from release to release. So, while they…
Before you read this article – I don’t write about a service that I don’t use, and while this may appear like a product testimonial, well it is. But I only write about it because it solved a problem for…
When you are running a very small business, you often don’t have the time to mess with having a centralized windows or mac directory server handle your DHCP for you. In these cases, if you happen to have a Cisco…
ISP Outage Anybody with any IT experience will tell you that at some point, you will have ISP issues. Depending on the issue you could be down anywhere from just minutes to hours. I once had an issue with a…
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DIY Wireless The simplest multi-access point wireless installation that I have ever installed was to install Ruckus Wireless gear. I stumbled across Ruckus by reading comments in spiceworks forums , and from those who used it for their own network. …