Archive for 'Linux'
Setting up a PPTP server in Ubuntu
After years of using Windows mobile phones I switched to an iPhone. I got pretty to getting the iPhone’s VPN to work with our Sonicwall 3500, but I ran out of patience. According to the Sonicwall a connection was established, but the iPhone would immediately disconnect. My patience ran out so I decided to take […]
Posted: January 2nd, 2009 under Linux.
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Tethering 8525 and Ubuntu - revisited
I recently updated the firmware on my 8525 and as a result I could no longer tether my phone and laptop. As it turns out Microsoft has switched from using DUN (dial up networking) to PAN (personal area network). There were numerous guides available but I couldn’t quite get any of them to […]
Posted: July 11th, 2007 under Linux.
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Script to setup NTP on ESX 3.x
I threw together a script Set_NTP.zip this afternoon to automatically setup NTP on an ESX 3.x server. There are basically 3 ways to run it:
Interactively - enter every NTP server name / IP.
Semi-automatic - specify a file that has a list of NTP servers, you are shown the servers and then you must confirm […]
Posted: May 9th, 2007 under Virtualization, Linux.
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Tethering Cingular 8525 in Ubuntu
Since my Comcrapstic Internet connection is unreliable at best, I often have to connect to the Internet by other means. My neighbors actually lock down their access points so that usually leaves me with just my cell phone. After many hours researching and failing, I came across this article. Low and behlod it did the […]
Posted: March 12th, 2007 under Linux.
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Moving forward with Ubuntu
I have a few days under my belt running Ubuntu and overall everything seems to be working great. I was able to get my wireless working - my router just needed to be restarted. I opted to install Thunderbird for my e-mail. At first, I was worried about keeping […]
Posted: January 15th, 2007 under Virtualization, Linux.
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Linux switch - first steps
Yesterday, I cleaned up my XP installation and ghosted my laptop. I will eventually create this as a virtual machine following the steps here. Anyway, I went for broke and installed Ubuntu, which is almost painfully easy to install. I have used Ubuntu as a virtual machine before so it is […]
Posted: January 10th, 2007 under Linux.
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The switch it on…
Well I have decided it is time for me to make the switch to Linux - specifically Ubuntu. I am going to try and document the move in hopes that it may help some others out. Here’s the rough plan…
Clean up the existing Windows XP installation
Convert current XP installation to a virtual machine […]
Posted: January 9th, 2007 under Virtualization, Linux.
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