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IT related tech tips since 2006Give your Windows 11 Workstation a SINGLE Fixed IPv6 ADDRESS
Enabling and Disabling a SINGLE Fixed IPv6 Address ON WINDOWS 11 Do you have an account with a provider that sends an email to you to approve every connection from new IP addresses? Is that provider using IPv6 for their website? Are you IPv6 enabled? Does your IPv6...
Stop RDP from prompting for a Windows Hello PIN
Problem: User complains they are prompted for their Local Windows Hello PIN and then entering that the RDP connection fails to authenticate Work-a-round (too many clicks): At the prompot for a PIN choose More Choices => Use a different account and re-enter your remote...
Can You create an Openvpn Server that will Allow IPV6 Only clients to connect to IPv4 resources
Can a laptop with only an IPv6 address connect to an IPv6 Open VPN server but have an IPv4 address assigned and traverse the IPv6 connection between the IPv6 Laptop and IPv6 OpenVPN Server to access IPv4 Resources running behind the OpenVPN Server? Yes! The motivation...
ICMPv6 Ping to Azure OpnsSense
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/ipv6-overview The IPv6 overview says as at Sept 2024 ICMPv6 isn't currently supported in Network Security Groups. Not sure this is the right way to do this. But getting an ICMPv6 ping reply from a...
Getting the Azure Agent Running in OpnSense
This is how to install the Azure Agent on OpnSense. https://github.com/Azure/WALinuxAgent/?tab=readme-ov-file#installation Login via SSH or use the Serial console in the Azure Portal. Login as root and get a shell root@OPNsense:~ # freebsd-version 14.1-RELEASE-p3 You...
Re-sign rdweb rdp File
I want to tweak and then re-sign the RDP file downloaded from https://rds.example.com/rdweb the RD Gateway RD Web server to stop it being tampered with Steps With a browser on you local computer (I'm using Windows 11) connect to https://rds.example.com/rdweb...
Stopping the Remote Desktop Client from Trusting a computer after you have said trust this device
If you are connecting to a remote Remote Desktop Server and want to get the identity prompt back Goto HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Servers\ Find the key for the computer you have just trusted it could be an IP, hostname or fully...
Testing SMTP Relay with PowerShell
When setting up an SMTP relay on Windows this Powershell command can help Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer 10.77.23.20 -Port 25 ` -From [email protected] ` -To [email protected],[email protected] ` -Subject "Remittance Advice Test# 5" ` -Body "Test at 9:08...
Cannot Connect to Dell Management Using Firefox
12 year old Dell Server running Windows 2008R2. Wanted to check the HDD and other details. https://ipofserver:1311 Error message: Error code: SSL_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION Firefox error minimum supported TLS version is 1.2 Enter into the firefox location bar...