So. You’ve decided you need to use Vista on your domain to create/edit/delete user accounts, and you have Exchange on the network too? Microsoft has finally improved this functionality with Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista and Windows 7.
You may have heard about it, but it took effect as of October 1st, 2008. Comcast provided more bandwidth, and even more recently (up to 50 MB download speeds), and capped your bandwidth utilitzation to a total of 250 GB per month, both up and down. Great, now we have the bandwidth capabilities, but don’t dare use it, or your service can be discontinued for a year! Comcast does not provide bandwidth usage tools, though they should. They will, however provide the usage statistics when they contact you about it. They will give one warning, then you’ll be discontinued beyond that. So how to avoid this?
A word or two about wireless security on your home network. Most of us are running a Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Belkin, or some form of broadband router at home to connect all of our PC’s to the internet. Nothing is more frustrating than finding your neighbor connected to your router eating up valuable bandwidth.
So we implement security. In the past, WEP was the only form of security, but with a Linux laptop and a couple of hours, it was easily cracked. Then cam WPA and WPA2, respectively which offer better security. I definitely recommend either of these technologies, WPA or WPA2, but there is a better way, and you can leave your access point open, making it easier to connect to without having to remember a cryptic passphrase. This solution isn’t for everyone, it just depends on how comfortable you are with accessing your router and working with it. You might also want to allow a large number of computers to access your wireless, so if this is the case, consider using WPA or WPA2.
Filtering by MAC address allows you to control which network cards can access your wireless network. All routers I’ve worked with have this feature. Your MAC address is the serial number assigned to your network interface by the manufacturer. To determine your MAC address, open a command prompt and type:
ipconfig /all
Enter the MAC address into the MAC address table provided by your router and you’re all set!
There are instances where you will want to hide a test on the Big Brother display. For instance, if you followed the article to configure memory testing and graphing, you would want to hide the “mem” column.
This post is about memory tests and memory graphing for Big Brother. Out of the box, BB 4.1 Professional tests memory fine on Windows boxes, but not Linux.
This external script will perform tests on memory for Linux, including physical memory, actual memory and swap memory. Download it here. Here are the instructions, pretty easy:
Wanted to write up a review on my new Animas One Touch Ping insulin pump since I got it a month ago. I’m really enjoying the freedom on pump therapy vs. the old way of doing things, long acting insulin twice a day by shot and short acting insulin prior to meals the same way. Getting my blood glucose under tight control was really hard, but through the use of pump therapy, my BG’s are getting much better as I get used to it.
Some of the important feature include: