Really nice forum for discussing security in your home, office, or wherever.  Everything from security cameras, alarms, and monitoring services for both novices and professional installers. http://www.diysecurityforum.com/ Oh, and here are, “7 Things you should know about home security” http://www.diysecurityforum.com/index.php?topic=11855.0 And a funny BAD story about home security from a service tech: http://www.diysecurityforum.com/index.php?topic=21421.0

http://www.monoprice.com Only $65.10 for 1000′ Solid Cat5e cable, which isn’t too bad.  I see they have all kinds of stuff for ‘wired’ homes as well. Check ’em out.

How to use VLAN’s to separate network traffic on the same logical LAN http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-howto/30071-vlan-how-to-segmenting-a-small-lan

Link Aggregation is also referred to as Port Trunking, Port Teaming, Ethernet Trunking, and Link Bundling.  Cisco has a a multi-port proprietary technology known as EtherChannel.  All refer to the same concept; multiple ports acting as a single connection between network devices.  The key to setting up Link Aggregation between different brands is ensuring they both […]

This post should help those struggling to realize the concept of having multiple external IP addresses registered to a single modem. I’m currently in the process (after a year or so of waiting for my employer’s to get ready for this) of setting something like this up to have two web servers behind one Comcast […]

Check out this site if you’re interested in placing some home automation tools, such as light switches, water valves, window / door sensors, or maybe things like home servers or home security cameras. Most things can be accessed from anywhere in the world, plus the added bonus of sharing certain devices out to friends and […]

Think again. http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20002317-245.html “And you think Apple is taking it seriously too now? Maiffret: Oh yeah. It’s even a little scarier with them because they try to market themselves as more secure than the PC, that you don’t have to worry about viruses, etc. Anytime there’s been a hacking contest, within a few hours someone’s […]

Very handy, also interesting to see the difference between today’s “hi-def” and the future’s 4k standard.  Take a look at the pixel differences!  That’ll make you hate yourself for spending all that money on a 1080P monitor when 4k starts coming out! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_resolutions

Setting up free certificates: http://www.h-online.com/security/features/SSL-for-free-step-by-step-906862.html https://www.startssl.com/

I was working on a computer with a bunch of viruses / malware on it (it had no A/V previously) and a bunch of things were messed up. No firewall, no windows updates, network stack wouldn’t start, etc. etc. One of the things on my list was to get windows updates to work again, and […]