IT Operations

I.T. related things that are not necessarily network related. Server stuff, Server hardware and the like. I.T. supports network geeks in one form or another.

My 49″ widescreen monitor experience

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Being a geek, I am always looking for new ways to improve my setup. Most of what I work on these days are ISP networks. Over the years, I have tried many different monitor setups. The latest iteration of my setup has replaced my 34″ Acer curved widescreen and a dell side car rotated 90 … Read more

My first Video look at the ALG site Monitor

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The Site Monitor is a monitoring and security module developed with the aim of providing accurate information through the Web server and SNMP-V2 protocol. Its versatility is one of its highlights, allowing seamless integration with a variety of leading market management software, such as Zabbix, Grafana, LibreNMS, The Dude, among other systems.

Mass Deleteing hosts in LibreNMS

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I recently worked on a network where we re-piped around four hundred hosts. These four hundred hosts were being monitored by LibreNMS. The question is how to delete this many hosts. I credit https://www.incredigeek.com/home/librenms-bulk-delete/ for this tutorial. I will only add that I used Excel instead of the MySQL database. I knew the IP range, so I opened … Read more

Mikrotik RouterOS 7.14beta8 is out

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https://librenms.icisky.net/dashboard/14 What’s new in 7.14beta8 (2024-Jan-22 21:07): !) rose-storage – moved SMB service in the RouterOS bundle;!) smb – removed legacy SMB service (replaced with newer and faster ROSE SMB service);*) bgp – allow to leak routes between local VRFs;*) bth – added simple “Back To Home Users” manager under IP/Cloud menu;*) console – added … Read more

VMware Fusion for Apple silicon Public Tech Preview Now Available

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https://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2021/09/fusion-for-m1-public-tech-preview-now-available.html To deliver Fusion for Apple Silicon devices we’ve had to re-evaluate every part of the Fusion technology stack. The scope and scale of this undertaking should not be understated, and the success of this project has been the result of a massive ongoing collaboration from many internal teams working together, entirely remotely as we … Read more

From the Big Brother Files: Chicago Heat

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The Chicago Police Department is using an algorithm to predict whether citizens will be involved with a shooting incident. While the system identifies people who might be involved with an incident, it doesn’t say on which side the citizen might be involved. This resulted in a citizen with no record of violence being continually contacted … Read more

Android 12 widgets and notifications

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https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/16/22438065/new-leaks-ahead-google-io-android-12-big-changes A new leak showing off Android 12 has appeared just before Google I/O. The video shows what appears to be a new user interface with new widgets, toggles, and stacked notifications. There is also a new keyboard design and a new lock screen with a larger clock. The video revealing the leaks is linked … Read more

Server Tip from a non-server guy

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Red-team Hacking tool

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I wanted to do something with a Ras Pi Zero that would incorporate my love for red-teaming/offensive security, and I wanted it to take as many paths of least resistance as possible, and it couldn’t be super expensive ($50-ish USD). Now that I had the basic (albeit arbitrary) parameters in place, all I had to … Read more

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