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IT related tech tips since 2006Setting Client Side Routes on MacOS to L2TP Unifi Remote User VPN
If you are connecting to a Unifi L2TP Server type Remote User VPN and you haven't selected the "Send all traffic over VPN connection" option under advanced settings on the Mac. You will need to set routes so you can access a LAN or LANs behind your UDM If you are...
Dozens of allow 9009 rules in Windows Firewall
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/642063/keep-seeing-something-hosted-on-port-9009/?p=4202486 Turns out is a module of Gigabyte's AppCenter called gcloud, which is running a netshell command on boot. Uninstall Gigabytes AppCenter
Cannot sniff WakeMeOnLan.exe WOL Packets with Wireshark
I am using a Windows 10 PC on my LAN that I am trying to send a WOL magic packet using WakeMeOnLan.exe . I wanted to check with Wireshark whether the packets were being sent but using a capture filter or wol on the correct interface returned nothing The problem...
Test your AV client with Eicar
eicar.com is a special file that is NOT malicious (if gotten from the right place) it is simply a text file with a special string inside it as follows: It is handy if you want to test if your Anti-Virus solution is working To obtain a copy goto https://eicar.org wget...
How to get OpenVPN Connect 3.3.2 working with Synology VPN Server
I recently tried to connect a Synology OpenVPN Server with both Tunnelblick 3.8.8beta02 and OpenVPN Connect 3.3.2 and they both would not connect, a problem many are having, as discussed over at the OpenVPN forums...
Getting the SSH Key Fingerprint to check against the fingerprints listed in the Unifi Controller
When you upload a SSH public key to a Unifi Controller it identifies the key by a fingerprint: I wanted to know which key I was using and wanted to check my local ssh key fingerprints against the one listed in the controller but found they didn't match The reason is...
SSH to Unifi USG Public Key Rejected
Trying to login using SSH with a Public Key to USG and only get a password prompt Using latest version of MacOS and the following ssh version ssh -V OpenSSH_8.8p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1l 24 Aug 2021 Run the following to get more info ssh user@usg -vvv get a heap of output but...
Getting league\glide installed on Laravel 8 / PHP 8.0.3
I started a project using the sample inertia app Ping CRM and then upgraded to use the latest laravel and sail docker environment. Laravel version php artisan -V Laravel Framework 8.70.2 When I tried to install glide with just the following it tries to install the...
Git Merge Commits From One Branch Into Another
I created a feature in my Toggen WMS to be able to print an SSCC Label PDF from MessageXchange XML the branch in git was xmltopdf Later I fetched the production "live" code back to my development repo and changed a label print page to have 3 print forms instead of 2....