technology, networking, virtualization and IP telephony
You can usually measure the success of any project by the amount of planning, research and testing that's been invested into the project. I've done dozens of network migrations, from complete forklifts and gradual side by side migrations and all of … [Continue reading]
Over the holidays I decided it was time to upgrade the home theater equipment in my basement. At the center of my old setup was a Hitachi 51SWX20B 51" rear projection TV that I purchased back in 2003. Unfortunately it only has 2 DVI ports and one of … [Continue reading]
I recently upgraded my in home WiFi from Extreme/Zebra/Motorola RFS4010 with two AP650s with two Aruba IAP-205s. Here's the configuration I used in setting up those Aruba IAPs.We need to set the country, enable SSH (terminal-access), set the NTP … [Continue reading]
Over the past Christmas holiday I received an Airconsole XL 2.o from a good friend and industry colleague. I'm a big proponent of having a serial out-of-band network for all my data centers. It's a relatively cheap insurance policy designed to … [Continue reading]
I recently read Tom Hollingsworth's post titled "Is It Really Always The Network?" and immediately thought, I need to find time to post a reply. I've been in this industry for more than 20 years now and it has been a constant struggle to educate and … [Continue reading]