We use a 10. addresses, and separate information based on the IP.
For example: 10.20.103.250
That can be read as: 10.High School.Room 103.Printer 1
Or: 10.Building.Room.Device
We have all of our addresses statically assigned in DHCP, so we can keep this
kind of address logic. For example, we
Some bioses can make the SATA controller emulate IDE. Check to see if the bios
has a Compatibility Mode for the SATA controller.
Else, you can use the F6 method or the nLite method already mentioned to get
the drivers installed on the system.
Good luck!
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
Rack mountable or not?
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: Kurt Buff
[mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Mon, 14 Dec 2009
15:38:46 -0800
Subject: Hardware question...
All,
I'm
[mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Mon, 14 Dec 2009
15:59:50 -0800
Subject: Re: Hardware question...
Not - I'll be putting these in the corner of my office at home.
Kurt
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 15:56, Matthew W. Ross
The beautiful thing about the SuperMicro is that it's all setup for work
without CPU, Ram or Hard drives... everything else is all set. The reason I
recommended a raid card was because the internal intel raid isn't likely to be
supported by Xen.
Compared to a similar Dell or HP, the Supermicro
So you want to put a camera outside? You'll need either a camera designed for
the cold/wet weather, or a weatherproof housing to put it in... Or put it
inside your building and point it out a window.
Axis is one of the most trusted brands of IP cameras available on the market.
They started the
Kurt, if you're going to go with the inexpensive indoor camera looking out a
window, your prices drop dramatically.
Probably the best Bang for the least Buck camera you can get out there:
TrendNet's TV-IP501P. $100 at Provantage.com. PoE, which saves you from running
power to the camera (Which
You just need something that will do IM and log all traffic?
Checkout Openfire by Ignite Realtime.
http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/
Works with just about any jabber client, plus they have their own. I believe
their client does 1-to-1 video conferencing.
I've used it... very
The main concern that I can think of is allowing a virus infected machine
unblocked access to your computers. A crafty virus may not need any
credentials, and can get past software firewalls.
I'm sure there are other concerns as well.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original
Hey list.
we purchased enough Windows Server 2008 device CALs to cover our network... now
we're looking at upgrading to Server 2008 R2. Will we need to purchase a new
batch of R2 CALs?
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~
Server 2008 R2 RD
Session Hosts and RD Virtualization Hosts.
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 11:48 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Are there Server 2008 R2 speciffic CALs?
Hey list.
we purchased
I'm with you, and I agree that the cost of Server Grade hard drives from the
likes of HP, Dell, and others is outrageous.
Now, HP does test their drives, and even a single fault of fairly insignificant
measure (i.e. one the drive itself can correct) will not pass their tests
before they
overnight you a drive when yours showed up on the
pre-failure warning shows up in SIM.
You are not paying for a drive so much. You are also paying for the
service to keep you up, or get you back up quickly.
Steven
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Matthew W. Ross
mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote
Subject: Re: HP drive sleds
I didn't say you had to implement your environments wisely. Merely
why there was a cost to buying quality products with support.
m'kay?
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Matthew W. Ross
mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote:
Okay, is there an option to buy an HP drive
that the same issue can crop up with other RAID cards, including HP
and Dell.
Kurt
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 13:44, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org
wrote:
I hate email, because I can't read the inflection of your message. I'm
going to assume that you were not insinuating that I am unwise
Some Options:
HP ProCurve 1700-24 (Part no J9080A): Rackmountable, but not deep. About $150,
which may be cheap enough. Silent, no fan. Web Managed. Lifetime Guarantee.
Asante FriendlyNET FS4124R: Check with Asante to see if it's fanless, but fits
all your other criteria. About $80.
Netgear
Hey list,
I'm taking a serious look at the HP DL120 G6 server... and so far I'm liking
what I'm seeing.
Can I put my own hard drives in this unit, or will HP only support the system
if it's has their own drives? Does the raid on this system support raid 10?
Thanks for the insight.
--Matt
If Time/Money is an issue, Run a single Cat5E or better right away, preferably
more than one, to get gigabit up to the new IDF. You can always pull something
new in the future.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: James Kerr
[mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
To:
Ah, the good old 110 wiring block.
Yes, I would use that style of connector. I would actually use two of them, one
for each termination of a wire. Then I would connect them using these:
http://www.hometech.com/hts_images/uc/uc-e511c803_1.jpg
Hope that helps!
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School
lines?
Just some thoughts...
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: Matthew W. Ross
[mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Tue, 17 Nov 2009
11:13:26 -0800
Subject: Re: facilities wiring
Not to mention this is the preferred way of wiring... Horizontal wiring
between floors to individual IDFs connecting to a single MDF, and Vertical
wiring to the individual users.
Man that brings back memories of Cisco classes...
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message
40 users on 100mbit? Doing normal tasks, or something more more network
intensive? (Say, all 40 users streaming youtube or doing video conferencing...)
If doing the normal every day stuff... no problem. Even if they are heavy
network users, you should be okay.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School
Hey List.
Using Active Directory Users and Computers, I can create a user account with a
home folder, and it does everything correctly, including setting the
permissions for the folder for the user.
Now, I have a user who is adding users herself, and I have granted her the
ability to add
http://www.bowmanmfg.com/mobile.htm
http://www.earthwalk.com/EWUSA/
Just a couple of options.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: Jonathan Link
[mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent:
HP acquiring 3Com makes sense to me. 3Com is dying, as a switch company. I'm
sure they have good engineers, patents, etc.
I don't know anything about 3Com's business in China or Tipping Point.
But I do remember the 3Com NBX phone system. This is an area where HP can
expand into with the
,”
Umm, isn't HP that dominating vendor? So how are people to break free
when one of the options they had is now gone?
Not that I mind the merger; I've only used 3com stuff in a handful of
places over the past 12 years.
Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org 11/12/2009 8:52 AM
I'm curious who here uses a non-transparent proxy? We currently are, but are
thinking of blocking port 80 and requiring our users to use a specific proxy
server, so we can track users via login.
If you do use a non-transparrant proxy, how do you inform your users how to
connect? I know that
: (Non)transparent Proxies
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Matthew W. Ross
mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote:
I'm curious who here uses a non-transparent proxy?
/me raises hand
Squid, to be precise.
... thinking of blocking port 80 and requiring our users to use a specific
proxy
Wait... Do I see an Outdoor Projector on that?
*drool*
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: N Parr
[mailto:npar...@mortonind.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Wed, 04 Nov 2009
11:12:38 -0800
Subject: RE: Home
.
:)
-sc
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 4:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Hiberfil.sys on W2K8 systems
Hah... Just link it to a website
hypotheticalgoto www.bensquestions.com
Call your rep, get this cleared. If he can't handle it, ask for his manager.
If you have a quote/PO, there's no reason the shouldn't take it back for
sending the wrong item.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: David Mazzaccaro
The 3ware 8006 is an old card... which may be why it's backordered.
Also, the older 3ware cards (Pre 9xxx series) seem to be less supported with
the new versions of Windows. I have my 8600 working on Windows Server 2008, but
only after using the Beta / Engineering Phase drivers.
Just FYI.
, that makes it easier
in a workgroup.
Carl
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 5:35 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Hyper-V 2008 R2
Anybody try Hyper-V 2008 R2 yet?
I've downloaded the free .iso
District
On Oct 26, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Tim Vander Kooitvanderk...@expl.com
wrote:
RSAT works much as its name implies (remotely). Thus, it does not
install on a server OS as that would not be remote.
HTH,
Tim
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr
- Original Message -
From: John Aldrich
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Fri, 23 Oct 2009
08:07:22 -0700
Subject: Home-brew SAN vs name-brand storage appliance
Ok. To recap what I previously posted. J
A few things I notice right away:
1. nVidia raid. I dunno how good their HD controllers are, but since you're
talking linux...
2. Redhat (or any linux) works best doing the raid in software. I actually do
recommend OpenFiler in this case...
3. I see the Tyan has 8 HD slots, but only a 6 port
Give WinDirStat a try. I love it.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: Matt Plahtinsky
[mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Fri, 23 Oct 2009
11:38:28 -0700
Subject: File Server Reports
Anybody try Hyper-V 2008 R2 yet?
I've downloaded the free .iso and installed it on a box that ended up not
having a Virtualization compatible processor... so I need a new test box to try
it on. Anybody have thoughts on it?
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
~ Finally, powerful endpoint
Your claim that the onboard Adaptec HostRAID is choking makes it seem like you
want something beefier.
For an inexpensive, but not cheap card, you could go with a Promise. The
Promise FastTrak TX2300 would do the job if you need a PCI solution.
Going up from there, you should go for the usual
, the others require 4x or 8x slots. Most
of those are SAS cards, so you'll need a SAS SFF-8087 to SATA fanout cable.
All of the cards I have listed here are true RAID cards. On-board CPUs,
64MB - 512MB RAM, BBU options, etc.
Matthew W. Ross wrote:
For an inexpensive, but not cheap card
I'm with Ben here; Pick up two of these...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101259
Deck them out with processors, memory, OS of choice. Get the SAS/SATA
controller(s) you like, (Adaptec, LSI, Areca, whatever) and fill it with 8
server grade 2TB hard drives... then
Macs are not ready for the enterprise. Apple refuses to commit to support
anything but their most recent hardware and software. As soon as the new
version comes out, there is no way to support the older stuff.
I have some older XServes which I can't replace the harddrives for. Nor could I
get
HP ProCurve 2510G-24 (J9279A) should do the trick. I've used them, they're
quite nice. Should be less than $800.
If you don't need a CLI, and can live with a web interface, the ProCurve
1810G-24 (J9450A) is an option too. Should be less than $400.
As someone previously stated, it's ProCurve,
- Original Message -
From: Matthew W. Ross
[mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Wed, 21 Oct 2009
08:51:01 -0700
Subject: Re: Advice on switch for personal lab
HP ProCurve 2510G-24 (J9279A) should do the trick. I've used
I think I know the difference:
The 2810-24G was available about 1 year before the 2510G-24. It's more
expensive, too. Sm:)e. I'm sure there are other differences, but nothing to
warrant the price difference.
We have purchased a single 2810-24G, but when the 2510G-24 came out, we started
Message -
From: Matthew W. Ross
[mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Wed, 21 Oct 2009
08:51:01 -0700
Subject: Re: Advice on switch for personal lab
HP ProCurve 2510G-24 (J9279A) should do the trick. I've used them
What?! 5GB? A separate partition? Can't defrag files that large?!
Thank heavens we don't use Outlook/Exchange. That's just insanity, if you ask
me.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: Ben Scott
[mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
-software.com]
Sent: Wed, 21 Oct 2009
12:42:30 -0700
Subject: Re: Outlook 2007, constant hard disk thrashing.
On 21 Oct 2009 at 11:29, Matthew W. Ross wrote:
What?! 5GB? A separate partition? Can't defrag files that large?!
Thank heavens we don't use Outlook/Exchange. That's just insanity, if you
That's a recommended Maximum of 2TB per user, or overall?
Just curious.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: Michael B. Smith
[mailto:mich...@owa.smithcons.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Wed, 21 Oct 2009
Okay, I've been trying to following this, and as I know nothing of
Exchange/Outlook... perhaps I misunderstood something... Help me clear this up:
These PST/OST files, they are located on the Client, or on the Server?
Because a 5TB partition just for a database on the server doesn't sound so
Hey All,
We're using Windows Deployment Services from Windows Server 2008 (Not R2). It's
been very good for out imaging of labs and laptops for over a year now.
We are now beginnnig to acquire computers that cannot use the default boot
image which is included with Windows Vista. Of most
in Optional - MDT 2010 Print-Ready Documentaiotn.zip.
Curt Finley
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:22 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Windows Deployment Servies, WAIK, and DISM
Hey All,
We're
It sounds like Software Raid has improved on Windows since the last time I've
tried it. We used it on a Windows 2000 server, with much fussing and failing.
Since then, we have been using any available alternative, including built in
raid on intel chipsets, (quite good actually, Especially the
If you're interested in trying a Linux server, I'd try BackupPC. It allows you
to setup users so they can start their own backups and restore their own files.
Files are transfered over SMB using rsync, so it's network friendly. If the
remote VPN comptuer can be seen by name over the VPN,
Hey all.
I'm curious what remote support software for windows people are using. We're
using Dameware now, and have used VNC in the past... but we also manage Macs
using Apple Remote Desktop... and we feel that we haven't seen an equal to it
on the windows side.
Anybody know of a decent
Hey list.
Since nobody had a good network mailing list, I'll as my question here.
We have a large flat network which I'm looking at splitting up. It was
10.x.x.x/8, looking to bring it to several 10.20.x.x/16s. I've got my
configuration of the router figured out, except DHCP. We statically
DHCP server
or DHCP-Relays?
Statically assign - at the machine, or by DHCP reservation?
We have one DHCP server here and it's handing several different subnets
Dave
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:38 AM
to the server. This is accomplished by assigning
the 003 Router option in the scope options. Each scope with a specified
003 option will only lease addresses that come from that route/network's
default gateway of the same IP address.
--
ME2
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Matthew W. Ross
mr
relays the DHCP request, it tells DHCP from where the request
came and DHCP will then give out an address in the appropriate scope.
Bill Mayo
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
It's a Layer 3 switch (which is, essentially, a router). I think it's something
only Layer 3 devices can do as it requires Routing anyways.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: Don Kuhlman
[mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
Hey all.
I have some networking-centric questions, and while I'm sure this list would
all be happy to give me your thoughts, I'm wondering if anybody knows of a more
Network and Routing centric mailing list? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
~
The Licensing for Microsoft Windows requires a CAL for each user to connect to
any MS server. So if the goal is to eliminate _all_ windows servers, you can
eliminate the costs of the CALs.
My experience with OSX server as a Domain Controller is limited to Mac OS X
Server 10.4, but I doubt it's
Okay, I'm trying ESXi 4.0... and it seems to work well.
But it has me use the vSphere client... which is A) a bit slow and B) not free!
Instead, It's a 60 day evaluation... and I don't see what happens after the end
of that evaluation. I suspect it stops working.
So I made a quick phone call
I was given a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate as a gift. Now, to upgrade it'll
cost me
$220, or go for a cheaper Windows 7 Home Premium Full edition, which will
still cost me $200.
Ouch.
For that much money, I'll stick with Vista. Maybe I'll even buy a Mac Mini, and
give my machine to my
.
You'll probably still have to pony up $200 for an OEM copy of Ultimate
though.
Carl
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 1:19 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Windows 7 Pricing and Pre-order
I
Thank you all for the great information.
So far, the crowd-sourcing looks like this:
Everybody prefers the Bare-Metal approach, vs running a VM on top of Windows or
Linux.
Most everybody likes ESXi.
A few people are trying Hyper-V.
XenServer only had one response.
Thank you very much for the
Greetings, List.
There are so many available Virtual Server solutions available now, and it's
time for us to look at moving from our current VMWare 1.0 server solution. As
our budget has been greatly reduced, we are currently looking at the free
products:
VMWare Server 2.0
ESXi
XenServer
this in a production setting, I'd strongly
suggest striking vmware server 2.0 from your list.
Unless you have hardware that isn't on the HCL for ESXi there is no
reason to go with vmware server over esxi.
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Thursday
You are going to hear alot about Fluke, of course...
I used a tester from a company called Test-Um, which I just found out was
purchased by JDSU. The TestUm won't validate Cat-5e or Cat-6, but it will give
you a good diagnosis of the problem for a fraction of the Fluke's price.
What kind of
Not sure, but it sounds like a multi-level FAQ or Mind-Map...
Check out freemind.sourceforge.net and check it out... It might fit your
needs... but then again, you may be looking for something else altogether.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: Richard
They do make ends for solid conductors, but they are much less common than the
stranded type. I've used a stranded end on a solid cable in a pinch, and it's
worked for me, but I don't depend on it.
I've also been in an argument with another installer about using stranded ends
on solid cable,
Yup, that sounds like the one I use. Another nice feature is the cable length
indicator, which is fairly accurate. But indeed, it is no Fluke.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: Ben Scott
[mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
run more than half the cost
of new.
-Paul
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Broken LCD TV
I have a broken LCD on my home 42 LCD tv. Backlight is still working
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009
08:23:10 -0700
Subject: Re: Broken LCD TV
I suspect it was a child and the Wii was involved..
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Matthew W. Ross
mr...@ephrataschools.orgwrote:
The LCD is damaged. It was broken by a flying
I have a broken LCD on my home 42 LCD tv. Backlight is still working, it's
just the LCD.
Can anybody recommend a place to fix broken large LCDs?
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~
Anybody on this list have any experience with the QNAP NAS boxes? They seem to
be extremely powerful, including live disk drive expansion on some of their
models (although not nearly as slick as the Drobo solution).
I'm thinking of buying one for home.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
~
it with Linux and LVM.
jlc
-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 1:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: QNAP - Alternative to Drobo?
Anybody on this list have any experience with the QNAP NAS boxes? They seem
Greetings list,
I'm interested in setting up our various wifi access points to use central
authentication for my users. That means a radius setup. I'm looking for
documentation or some general help on how to set this up.
Here's what we have: Windows 2008 domain controllers, Apple Airport
certs via gpo's are the way to go, imho.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb530679.aspx
From: Matthew W. Ross [mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 3:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Need: Primer to Radius
Isn't PAE a non-trivial memory performance hit? Or perhaps it used to be
non-trivial, but newer memory technologies are fast enough to make it trivial
today?
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: Ben Scott
Subject: Re: View PAE setting on W2K8
On Fri, Apr
Hey List,
I was wondering if anybody knew how to unlock a Vista desktop. I bump into
these from time to time, and I don't see any way of unlocking a user's desktop
if I don't know the user's password.
User Switching is not an option as it is disabled via GPO.
XP and 2000 would allow me to
Horribly old-school method of finding a computer on your network. I don't
suggest you do this during work hours:
Ping the box. Keep the ping running (windows command of 'ping -t ip.add.re.ss'
Walk up to your switches, and start unplugging connections. After each unplug,
see if the ping is
I'm always for the build your own answer. There are plenty of Atom
motherboards available, and you can find a case which fits the motherboard and
your other requirements.
How big do the harddrives need to be? Are you going to be doing Raid1, and
that's why you need 2 of them? Do you need
Overblown answer: Uninstall Office completely.
I have disabled that toolbar before, and it has re-appeared with updates to
Office... it's quite annoying.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: richardmccl...@aspca.org
To: NT System
Admin Issues
I haven't tried G4L, does it support different size target drives? (Aka, Pulled
a 10GB image from a 40GB harddrive, can I image it onto a 20GB HD or even a
80GB HD?)
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: John Aldrich
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
To:
The barcode scanners are just keyboards... I'd recommend the less expensive USB
ones, like this one (which we have had 4 of, and only 1 die in the past 3
years):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16838166002
As for Asset Inventory software, We're looking at RedBeam.
I can't remember, but what was the price? I think they priced themselves out of
reasonable competition...
Here's an MSI wind without harddrive or memory for $140, $210 with 2gigs of ram
and 320gb harddrive... and room for an optical drive.
.)
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: Matthew W. Ross
[mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Wed, 11 Mar 2009
11:37:31 -0700
Subject: Re: Dell OptiPlex FX160
I can't remember, but what
My experience of USB-to-(Serial|Parallel|Whatever) adapters is that it
completely depends on your adapter. A good adapter actually installs the port
you want as a device, but is attached vis USB. Others try to be some kind of
intermediate interpreter, which usually doesn't work.
I've had a
Scott
[mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Wed, 11 Mar 2009
13:04:19 -0700
Subject: Re: Dell OptiPlex FX160
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Matthew W. Ross
mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote:
You'll have to buy Windows
-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Monday, 9 March 2009 3:48 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: OpenSolaris
ZFS is a killer app, btw. If I were running Microsoft, I'd buy
Sun just for the ZFS, and implement it into Windows.
(Would never happen
If you're looking for a less expensive alternative to VMWare Workstatoin, the
free VMWare Player (as suggested by Nick on this list) would be an excellent
choice. If you require slightly more functionality, Sun's xVM Virtualbox is a
free alternative to VMWare Workstation as well. I've been
Hey list, I'd like a few opinions:
How do you deal with laptop users and their files, especially when it comes to
backups? From my point of view, there are a few options:
1. Local Files - The user's files are local onto the laptop's harddrive, and
it's up to the user to backup their files
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From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 11:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Laptops: Local Homes, Roaming Profiles, Offline files...
What agent do you use?
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
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There are so many to choose from! Most anything that's stable will work for
what you're asking for. Even some consumer grade routers can do the VPN, but
those are usually underpowered.
What kind of VPN are you going to try to do? Clientless SSL Tunneling? IPSec?
OpenVPN?
I usually fall back
Matt, that was a helpful summary. I never really realized all
the software based options. I do have a spare PowerEdge tower I could
use. Oh, and just IPsec.
-Sam
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From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 5:14
I am.
I'm very interested in Linux, so Opensolaris feels like any gnome-based linux
distro to me.
But, you do get some of the nice Sun technologies out of the box: ZFS,
OpenOffice, Java... It's a very nice platform.
ZFS is a killer app, btw. If I were running Microsoft, I'd buy Sun just for
When I spoke to a Symantic rep a few years ago, they said that they really did
understand about all the memory and CPU bloat... and that they were working on
making the next version much faster/smaller.
I don't know if that's actually the case nowadays.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
I just recently asked the list about Site to Site VPN solutions. It's called
Site to Site VPN... What works? Check out them in the archives:
http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/search/results?forum=ntsysadminwords=Site+to+Site+VPN...+What+works?sb=1
We ended up using IPSec between our two
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