Sonicwall Dynamic DNS: DynDNS Status shows “Network error”

If you have Dynamic DNS via DynDNS and you use it on your sonicwalls  you may be getting the status that shows "network error" like the screenshot below...     Recently DynDNS changed the way they hash passwords so you will need to reset your password for the service to start working again. Change your …

Home-Lab Cheslio iWARP and SMB Direct

I wanted to talk about why I chose iWARP as my RDMA transport rather than RoCE. First of all I'm a big fan of always using the open standard to any networking protocol rather than the closed source version. IWARP is an IETF defined standard, whereas RoCE is not. IWARP uses TCP as the transport …

Finally finished my homelab!

  The monitors and stand I got from a friend for $400, I connect my surface pro 3 via usb displaylink adapters and it works great! (4x 27" dell (older model) screens) Top - Synology 1515+ (4x 1Gbps nic + 1 Wifi USB Adapter for MGMT) With three 1TB drives in Raid-5 Also two 250GB …

How to Migrate from a 2003 to 2012 Domain Environment

Migrating from a 2003 to 2012 Domain environment can sound complicated, but Microsoft has made it rather easy. My main reasons for migrating from a 2003 to 2012 environment are as followed: More stable AD More features FRS to DFSR means much smoother replication More secure 2008 Namespace for DFS AD Recycle Bin Along with …

How To Deploy The OpenVPN Appliance in ESXi

The Open VPN Appliance is a great way to quickly setup a small VPN server without any of the command line hassles. They give you a two user license for free. For home use this should be enough. Their appliance comes in an OVA format which will allow you to deploy it on ESXi very …

How to Setup Simple SMTP Alerts for Dell’s iDRAC

A lot of people assume you need OMSA installed to setup fancy SNMP and SMTP alerts. However you don't! As long as you have an iDrac card that's all you need. In this tutorial I will be describing the steps needed to setup SMTP alerts for iDRAC emergencies and warnings.   So  let's begin. First …