Just re-installed my workstation from ISO and installed OpenVPN Connect. The new 3.8.0 version has had an interface re-design. To add your username and password to an OpenVPN Connection profile in the new interface Click Menu Icon => My Profiles => Click the Pen Icon...
James McDonald
Internet Connection Upgrade
A month or so ago I got an email from my ISP (Exetel) that they were bumping me up to a higher speed plan. I had a 100/40 and now my connection is 500/40 on HFC which I believe is using old cable TV infrastructure. But am certainly grateful for, and noticing the...
Tailing a log in Windows with Powershell
# just show the last 20 lines and exit Get-Content MyLogFile.log -Tail 20 # show last 20 lines and follow as content is appended to the log Get-Content MyLogFile.log -Tail 20 -Wait
Cannot delete a file / sym-link with a trailing dot on Windows Server 2019
Unable to delete folder due to "Could not find item. This is no longer located..." attrib -s -h -r "E:\dont migrate\*.*" /s /d Trying rmdir on a parent directory failed rmdir /s Temp Temp, Are you sure (Y/N)? y Temp\OICE_15_974FA576_32C1D314_1788\D93F4BC2. - The...
Attrib doesn’t remove system hidden or read-only attributes from files
Windows 2019 Server attrib wasn't removing the system, hidden and read-only attributes as expected. Make sure you are using an administrative prompt command prompt and then run the command as listed under "# working command" note the addition of "*.*" # failing...
How many Pings?
Q: How many Windows 11 pings are lost (request timed out) while a USW Enterprise 8 PoE switch is restarted? A: 32
WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED
This can happen if you assign previously used IP Addresses to a new Virtual Machine which changes the host key To remove the warning and allow connection again use ssh-keygen with the -R switch: ssh-keygen.exe -R 20.213.210.243 You can manually edit ~/.ssh/known_hosts...
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS as Firewall Router in Azure Notes
Latest version of these notes available here: https://github.com/toggenation/ubuntu-fw README.md Using Ubuntu in Azure as a Firewall, Router, VPN create vnet Dual IPv4 / IPv6 with multiple subnets (WAN, LAN, DEV etc) Add burstable with .5GB ram x 2 vms firewall: Add a...
Screen command for Console Cable on Netgate 2100
This is what I'm using from MacOS M1 with the Silicon Labs Driver Installed and it seems to work OK I'm using iTerm2 # As root # screen /dev/cu.usbserial-10 115200,-ixon # Use CTRL A then CTRL \ and enter y to exit the screen session Re the driver install downloaded...