Recently I needed to disable proxy settings on windows machines in a network. I was trying to remove an old proxy based web content filter (eeewww).  I know it is…

I am sure you have installed a GBIC in a Cisco switch that was not manufactured by Cisco. and your switch no doubt shut down the SFP port and gave…

I have had many people ask me about commands on switches and I was going to make a cheat sheet but Erik Rodriguez did such a nice job I am…

Most domain admins these days are following the very smart practice of using a normal user account for their day to day work and another for their domain admin tasks.…

I have run into several SB installs with very high memory utilization issues lately. I started poking around and noticed it was MS SQL chewing up all the memory. I…

As most everyone has heard SSL 2.0 has been compromised. Most PCI certification authorities are requiring SSL 2.0 to be disabled. I am sure with poodle SSL 3.0 is not…

These are notes I’ve compiled after many years of supporting Northern Telecom/Nortel Networks SL1, Meridian 1 and NCS 1000 phone systems. While graphical tools exist, many times it’s easier to…

Many times I came across one issue… how to grant access to CLI (Command Line Interface) on Cisco devices without creating separate username and password for each user on each…

Many windows admins these days are very busy upgrading/replacing windows XP. I am not going to go into how very important to remove windows XP machines from our environments since…

  We just recently begun building an Exchange 2013 DAG to support out email environment. This is part of an internal shift to Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013 for unified…