a blog about tech stuff – mostly.
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All things home security!
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
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Good prices on home theater and network equipment
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.
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Windows 7 Deployment tools
Silverlight videos from Microsoft Technet that help describe the Imaging process for Windows 7 Clients. Videos are also available in WMV format on the bottom of the page. Part 1: Preparing an Image using Sysprep and ImageX Part 2: Deployment Image and Servicing Management Part 3: Deployment Workbench in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Part 4:…
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VLAN How-to
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
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Need more bandwidth between two switches? Use Link Aggregation
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…
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Fixing problems with Server 2008 Windows Backup
If you are using Server 2008’s built-in “Windows Backup” tool to backup your server, you may run into a problem where the “auto-delete” function does not delete your older VSS copies if your backup destination is not large enough for the disk(s) that you are backing up. Then you will run into failed backups because…
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Setting up multiple IP’s on a single modem
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…
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Pretty cool info for home automation, security, and servers
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…
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Think your precious little “apple” is safe?
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…
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List of common video resolutions
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