by CBrown | Nov 5, 2011 | MikroTik, Networking
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...
by CBrown | Nov 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Sometimes when setting up NAT it is useful to see if you have done your configuration correctly. Using this command you can see what your public IP address is from a command line. wget -qO – http://www.whatismyip.org
by CBrown | Oct 28, 2011 | Technology
In the Group Policy Editor. (gpedit.msc) Navigate to Computer Configuration / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Local Policies / Security Options. In the right-hand pane look for the policy: Interactive logon: Do not display last user name – Change to...
by CBrown | Oct 11, 2011 | OSX, Work
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...
by CBrown | Sep 27, 2011 | Servers, Work
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...
by CBrown | Sep 19, 2011 | Web Sites, Work
Gravatar is junk…. To remove it, add this toward the top of your themes function.php function bp_remove_gravatar ($image, $params, $item_id, $avatar_dir, $css_id, $html_width, $html_height, $avatar_folder_url, $avatar_folder_dir) { $default =...
by CBrown | Sep 16, 2011 | MikroTik, Networking, Uncategorized
This article goes with Marking Traffic for Queueing. I did use the new queue type (mq-pfifo {multi-queue packets-first-in-first-out) in this setup and it worked fine. I also had it setup with the default and it worked fine as well. You will setup your trees per WAN...
by CBrown | Sep 16, 2011 | MikroTik, Networking
To mark traffic based on website I had to create rules to first identify the website then put the address of the website into an address list to then mark the traffic. This had to be done two different ways, one for regular traffic (HTTP) and one for secure traffic...
by CBrown | Aug 27, 2011 | Networking
Many times when you browse to a network computer in Windows it will keep the connection active and you will not be able to map a drive with a different credentials. The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password.To connect...
by CBrown | Aug 27, 2011 | Servers, Technology
This is how I found to remove the background of an RDC login. Remove the Wallpaper data in: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
