PtP Bridge With 802.11N and NV2

Here is the configuration for a Point-to-Point link that can be used with a number of MikroTik devices.  With this example I used two StationTik 5G’s but could be used with SXT’s or any other Point-to-Point devices.  You might need to change your frequency...

NEC DT700 Phone Setup

When you first take the phone out of the box you will have to put some settings in it so it can call back to the server.  To do that it is not exactly straight forward and I could not seem to find it anywhere in the documentation.  After the phone starts to boot dial...

Fix Slow SSH Login (Ubuntu)

sudo echo “UseDNS no” >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config This prevents the server from doing a reverse DNS lookup on the IP address, which apparently takes forever sometimes.  

Disable Access During Certain Hours

Recently I have needed to restrict access to the internet during certain hours.  This is very easy to achieve with MikroTIk using a few mangle and filter rules.  I currently have this configuration on a RB751 so I am using a bridge for the LAN.  I have ports 2-5...

Remotely Turn on and Off OSX Screen Sharing

1.  SSH to your machine. 2.  Enable Remote Sharing (VNC) via: sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes -clientopts -setvncpw -vncpw mypass...

Fix FreeNAS Crash 8.0.1RC2

We have had an issue with our FreeNAS server kernel panicing when doing multiple large file transfers.  We are running 64-bit machine with 24TB of available space. First you will need to set the FreeNAS filesystem to writeable so you can make the changes to system...