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This Blog contains a collection of posts starting in the mid 2000's down to the present. Mostly it catalogs day to day experiences in IT
Recommended Home Office Setup
Ubiquiti UniFi WiFi 6 Dream Router HP LaserJet Pro 4101fdn A4 Mono Multifunction Laser Printer with Automatic Duplex - Print, Scan, Copy & Fax For a little over AU $1000 you can have a home office setup that includes remote VPN access, the ability to provide...
Start WSL in Linux Home Directory
When running WSL you are normally dropped into the current directory of the terminal you start wsl from. e.g. However to drop yourself into the WSL linux home run wsl.exe with a tilde character wsl ~
Does Microsoft 365 Delete Email From Your Mailbox – Yes and No
Yesterday I received about 9 suspicious SPAM/phish emails into my Microsoft 365 inbox It looked like a provider had been compromised and then a flood of email had been sent out. The email alias they sent to was the one I publish on the contact page of this website I...
How to Install Windows Terminal on 2022 Server
Goto https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases and select the latest version (not preview) e.g. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.22.10731.0 Under the version download the msixbundle...
What bandwidth does iVMS 4200 consume?
Just some notes on bandwidth used while displaying cams with iVMS 4200 and a remote Hikvision DVR which has a mix of 20 different resolution cams as follows: 5ea 3840x2144 cams connected via ONVIF 15ea 1920x1080p cams connected via HIKVISION protocol Main-Stream 20...
Windows Environment Reboot Sequence
The environment Reboot sequence - top to bottom First reboot the holder of the FSMO roles TGN-DC01.TOGGEN.INTERNAL (wait till all auto services are running again) Remote Desktop Licensing TGN-DC03.TOGGEN.INTERNAL (wait till all auto services are running...
Alternatives to Visio
Draw.io is good https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop/releases On Linux I used dia http://dia-installer.de/ but it seems to not have had a new release and Draw.io has a Linux version.
Simple Script to Get Latest Cloudflare Proxy IP List and Reload Nginx
https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips A snippet to auto-download and reload nginx Checks for a valid conf and echo's success or failure #!/usr/bin/bash # get-cf-proxy-ips.sh ipv4=`curl -s...
Divi Email Message Pattern Example
Example of a message pattern for the Divi email contact form Name: %%First%% %%Last%% Email Address: %%Email%% Phone: %%Phone%% Message: %%Message%% Get the token names from the Contact Form Settings dialog
Firmware Upgrade Swann NHD-887F
Check the swann website for the latest firmware Install Swann Security Windows App Connect to cam with IP, Private, Port 9988 admin user and pass Don't do bulk upgrade from the Device Management Page Go into the Cog Icon (Remote Parameter) beside each Cam Go into...