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We had an interesting issue last week while replacing a Cisco Catalyst 4510R with a Juniper EX4300 Stack. The second switch in the Virtual Chassis stack appeared to have a bad PoE controller since none of the PoE ports on that switch were working. So … [Continue reading]
It's hard to believe that it's 2019.Just over seven years ago I started consulting on the side in addition to my full-time employment, While I've always enjoyed working for my primary employer, I've found consulting to be an exciting diversion … [Continue reading]
Hopefully you can see where I'm going with this... years and years ago... I setup an infrared point to point wireless bridge between two buildings across a public street that promised 100Mbps connectivity. Initially the solution delivered on its … [Continue reading]
I ran into an interesting issue tonight looking at an HPE MSA 2050..I was creating a RAID6 disk group with 5 x 4TB SAS drives, but the MSA was telling me that I would have 119TB of space available?There should be 20TB of raw space and … [Continue reading]
I'm going to break from the normal jib jab here and write about a new hobby... cooking. When I broke my ankle last year I found myself highly restricted mobility wise - for the first few months I had to keep my foot elevated because of all the … [Continue reading]