Good prices on home theater and network equipment

July 28th, 2010 scythe944 No comments

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

July 12th, 2010 scythe944 No comments

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.

And:

Step-by-Step Deployment with the Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK)

Or, just visit this page for all of the walkthroughs for Windows 7:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd320282.aspx

Add drivers to Windows 7 image Offline:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744355(WS.10).aspx

Step-by-Step: Basic Windows Deployment for IT Professionals:

http://www.jacobytech.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/stepbystep_itpro.htm

Comparing Windows XP and Windows Vista Deployment Technologies:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc765993(WS.10).aspx

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VLAN How-to

July 12th, 2010 scythe944 No comments

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

July 12th, 2010 scythe944 No comments

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 support the IEEE standard 802.3ad.

The value to Link Aggregation is that the two switches will treat multiple ports configured in a Link Aggregate Group (LAG) as a single trunk, providing increased total bandwidth, as well as redundancy.  If two ports are configured as a single LAG between two gigabit switches, there will be two Gbps total bandwidth between the two switches (1 Gbps in each direction).

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-howto/30556-how-to-set-up-switch-link-aggregation

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Fixing problems with Server 2008 Windows Backup

June 23rd, 2010 scythe944 No comments

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 there is not enough disk space to create the backup copies.

Read more…

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Setting up multiple IP’s on a single modem

June 22nd, 2010 scythe944 No comments

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 modem.

We will be hosting an Exchange Server and a Moodle site from two separate servers using just one modem.

You may or may not have the same setup as this guy, but the poster’s give the basics of what you need and how to go about this type of setup.

Have fun!

http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1110455

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Pretty cool info for home automation, security, and servers

June 22nd, 2010 scythe944 No comments

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 family. So, if you’re a photographer (or a wannabe), you can easily share out your photos to friends and family from your own home server.

Water valve busts in your hose while you’re away? The Z-Wave valve can automatically shutoff water to your home, and send you an email and SMS message of what happened, and tell you that it shut off the water to prevent costly repairs (all while you’re not even home!)

Pretty slick stuff!

http://www.myhomeserver.com

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Think your precious little “apple” is safe?

June 2nd, 2010 scythe944 No comments
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List of common video resolutions

June 2nd, 2010 scythe944 No comments

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

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SSL for free?

June 2nd, 2010 scythe944 No comments
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