by ezs | May 16, 2008 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
The wireless network is re-configured and running.
Finally I got the wireless network, IPsec and wi-fi security configured to let authorised laptops be part of the private backbone. No more uploading photos to the NAS server only when docked!
I had to swap out the old wireless router – an old Netgear – it would randomly drop DHCP offer packets from the backbone to the bridged wireless network. Even the online docs from Netgear say it’s problematic.
I upgraded to a new 802.11n router – works perfectly and gives great throughput.
The old Netgear is now the guest, non-backbone access network. Wireless access for guests and family without letting them loose on the backbone.
by ezs | May 13, 2008 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
It’s ITIL reading time again.
Following on from the ITIL v2 Managers Certificate I am now working on the next step for the ITIL v3 equivalent.
It’s been difficult finding the details – but what is now clear is that the route to the ITIL v3 Diploma is via the v3 Manager Bridge training.
To that end I’m off to sunny Brisbane in July (in the middle of the Queensland winter) to sit a 4.5 day Manager Bridge course and then a multiple-choice exam. The pass score for the exam is something like 80% – so I’m reading the ITIL v3 books – yes all five of them.
by ezs | May 13, 2008 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
It’s nice to have google eat the spam instead of me.
Before the move I switched the MX to use hosted google mail – I saw an immediate drop in spam handled by spamassassin.
The flip side is that my hosted google mail shows about 2000 spam being caught for my emails every day.
by ezs | May 13, 2008 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
Finally I got to re-rack and power up the servers after the move (that’s another post!)
Obviously being offline for a few weeks meant that there were updates to be applied.
One nice update that was available is the new version of WPG2 – the integration of WordPress and Gallery 2. The project is here http://www.wpg2.org/
WPG2 was updated to version 3.0.6 – which integrates with the new security model (password hashing) of WordPress 2.5. The update has been a few months in the works – kudos to ozgreg and the rest of the hackers on getting this out of the door.
I did the double upgrade to WordPress 2.5.1 and WPG2 3.0.6 – and so far everything is looking great on the main family blog site.
I’ll let this sit for a few days – and then update the other sites.
by ezs | May 13, 2008 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
At last – back online. Posts from the technology side of the move coming soon.
Recent Comments