Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/19
Boy, I totally forgot to post this. It runs also ESXi 5.x; I’ve not tried more recent ESXi versions as they just run fine.
As a follow-up on [WayBack] VMware Communities: ESX 3.5 Whitebox on HP xw6600 …, I have installed ESXi 4.0.0.Update01-208167 on a HP XW6600 workstation.
Good news: the generic ESXi 4 installation works, whereas the HP specific ESXi 4 fails (you get a nice purple screen of death).
[WayBack] http://www.vm-help.com//esx40i/esx40_whitebox_HCL.php
–jeroen
Posted in ESXi4, ESXi5, ESXi5.1, ESXi5.5, Hardware, HP XW6600, Power User, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESXi | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/11
OS X
Android / Chromebook:
clients3.google.comiOS 6:
gsp1.apple.com*.akamaitechnologies.comiOS 7:
www.appleiphonecell.comwww.airport.us*.apple.com.edgekey.net*.akamaiedge.net*.akamaitechnologies.comiOS 8/9:
Windows
ipv6.msftncsi.comwww.msftncsi.comdns.msftncsi.com (DNS resolves to 131.107.255.255)Amazon Kindle (Fire)
OS X settings are in:
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/CaptiveNetworkSupport/Settings.plist--jeroen
via:
Posted in Captive Portal, Communications Development, Development, Hardware, Internet, Internet protocol suite, Network-and-equipment, Power User, Software Development, TCP | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/09
For hooking up SFP and SFP+ ports on Mikrotik devices you basically have two options:
Choosing the SFP/SFP+ modules is a bit intimidating as the MikroTik SFP module compatibility table – MikroTik Wiki has very few details.
Then I found sfp_all-150601132341.pdf (archived) which lists many of the SFP and SFP+ modules including their specifications.
Since neither the matrix nor the PDF contains links to the products, here is a small list of what I could source last year and is compatible with both the CCR1009 routeres and CRS226 switches:
–jeroen
via: Connect CCR1009 with CSR226 over a longer distance than 3 meter – MikroTik RouterOS
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/04/25
MikroTik has great hardware, but getting things to work can be a bit ehm intimidating.
So here are some links that were useful getting my CCR1009 and CRS226 configurations to do what I wanted.
/ip dhcp-server lease add address=192.168.100.10 mac-address=70:F1:A1:D1:49:49 client-id="client10"/ip firewall filter
add chain=input protocol=tcp dst-port=53 action=drop in-interface=!bridge_lan
add chain=input protocol=udp dst-port=53 action=drop in-interface=!bridge_lanput[: resolv ...] syntax: nslookup on Mikrotik – MikroTik RouterOS
put [:resolve shell.xs4all.nl]put [:resolve shell.xs4all.nl 8.8.8.8]put [:resolve 194.109.21.9]/ip neighbor print;
/system ntp client set enabled=yes server-dns-names=0.pool.ntp.org,1.pool.ntp.org,2.pool.ntp.org,3.pool.ntp.orgSNTP Client dialog and a few seconds later, the Clock dialog will also update itself./ip firewall mangle add chain=prerouting action=change-ttl new-ttl=increment:1Very advanced stuff:
Packet flow (maybe the toughest part to wrap your head around):
Scripts:
Load balancing:
Syntax highlighting:
Pictures
Very well written blog:
Manito Network’s Mikrotik solutions blog. In-depth articles on Mikrotik routing, security, best practices, VPN, and more.
Source: Mikrotik — Manito Networks
Solutions for RouterOS-based Mikrotik networks. Includes security and best practices, VPN, routing, switching, and more.
Source: Mikrotik-1 — Manito Networks
–jeroen
Posted in DNS, Internet, IPSec, MikroTik, Network-and-equipment, OpenVPN, Power User, PPTP, routers, VPN | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/03/30
I tried to power both Raspberry B+ and Raspberry 2 B devices via the USB ports of both a Fritz!Box 7490 and Fritz!Box 7360.
At first this works, but the Raspberry B+ devices over time would become unstable: not being able to ping and/or boot.
So below are some links on power requirements and powering Raspberry Pi A, B, A+, B+, 2B and zero.
Fazit/TL;DR: use an external power supply when available.
Posted in *nix, Development, Fritz!, Fritz!Box, Hardware Development, Internet, Linux, openSuSE, Power User, Raspberry Pi, SuSE Linux | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/03/21
I totally forgot that GExperts can be under the Tools men
GExperts IDE configurationu (I’m so accustomed that Alt-X is GExperts and Alt-M is ModelMaker Code Explorer).
These keyboard shortcuts are only assigned when you install GExperts before you install ModelMaker Code Explorer.
If you reverse, then you have to fiddle by removing the ModelMaker Code Explorer expert, then re-add it.
Anyway: you can configure this in the “IDE” tab of the GExperts Configuration.
After that you have to restart the Delphi IDE to reflect the change.
–jeroen
Source: GExperts Help
Posted in Delphi, Development, GExperts, Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, ModelMaker Code Explorer, Power User, Software Development | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/03/20
Still not sure why (as the WiFi here didn’t change) but I had the LED of my ScanSnap ix500 scan button light up orange instead of blue.
Via How to Connect More than One Mobile Device to Your ScanSnap iX500 [WayBack], I found out it means this:
If the light is orange, go to the ScanSnap Wireless Setup Tool and check the mobile connection.
Evernote suggests to have it re-connect over WPS [WayBack] but in as WPS has big security issues this is not a good idea.
So I hooked it up over USB and re-registered it to the WiFi connection. You can do this from both a Windows PC and Mac:
configure your ScanSnap iX500 to a different router, follow the step-by-step instructions here [WayBack]
If I ever want to use it on Linux: it is possible to get it to work, see 12.10 – Does the ScanSnap IX500 work with Ubuntu? – Ask Ubuntu
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/03/17
If you use everything search from VoidTools, then don’t be surprised that pressing Ctrl-T makes it “Always On Top”:
Ctrl-T sets “Always On Top”
Of course this is not defined in “Tools” -> “Options”.
I forgot in which version this was introduced, as in the past I never stumbled over it on keyboards that have Ctrl and Alt reversed.
–jeroen
via: www.voidtools.com • View topic – Everything window is ‘Always On Top’
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/03/13
I hadn’t done a lot with pfSense in the past, which I regret a bit since I discovered this really cool feature: Sniffers, Packet Capture – PFSenseDocs.
The coolness isn’t so much that you can capture packets, but that it’s compatible with tcpdump and Wireshark (which has become available natively for Mac like 2 years ago).
Which means that you can download captures and open them in Wireshark.
So it’s as easy as 1,2,3:
–jeroen
Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, Internet, Monitoring, pfSense, Power User, routers, tcpdump, Wireshark | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/03/03
Apple TV needs iTunes
A while ago, my model A1469 3rd generation Apple TV had a slowly blinking white light but nothing displayed over HDMI any more, so I searched for Apple TV slow blinking white and
Reading Restoring your Apple TV (when its white light is flashing) | Comics and gadgets, I opted for the first option: a soft-restart of the Apple TV. To do that you have to press menu+down on the Apple Remote at the same time for 5+ seconds, then wait for the Apple TV to restart. That initially did show an image over HDMI which later disappeared. I didn’t get the image at first as I thought it was looking for iTunes media over USB (like from an iPhone or iPad), so I waited for a time-out to occur.
After a while that image disappeared and the Apple TV white LED started rapidly flashing. Not good.
Later I found the image was portraying a USB cable not having a connection to an iTunes logo and some dark grey text on a black background pointing to support.apple.com/appletv/restore.
I didn’t see that at first as the room was a bit brightly lit since we had a lot of sun that day so this non-descriptive image with grey on black UX worked really well.
Conclusion: I had to restore the Apple TV which I thought would be straight-forward as it had been connected to my iCloud account.
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 