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Hacky Nonsense: Bookstack Load Balancer
When I set up my home Bookstack instance (wiki server), I realized it didn't have a good way to handle failover between two Active Directory (AD) domain controllers (DCs). I initially put the domain name in the LDAP server config hoping that DNS would fail ove...
Mounting Cluster Volumes to Folders with an HA Windows File Server
The Problem I Need to Solve I won't get too deep into the "why" behind this, but I need to mount multiple iSCSI devices to a Windows file server failover cluster. Why is that a problem for me? Well, I automatically map my network drives using Active Directory...
Applying ACLs in the Right Direction
The objective of this page is to clarify some possible confusion about how standard access control lists (ACLs) are applied to interfaces on Cisco routers. This shouldn't take long. I'm currently reviewing for the CCNA using the free course from Jeremy's IT L...
Proxy ARP
As part of my cert prep, I've started working my way through the Boson Netsim CCNA labs. The experience hasn't been perfect so far, but most forum threads and a couple trusted youtubers highly recommend it, so I'm powering through it. Anyway, the reason I ment...
Misinformation in Boson NetSim Labs
Many people speak very highly of Boson and their ExSim and NetSim products. From my experience so far, NetSim definitely has some advantages over Packet Tracer for cert prep, and the labs are (mostly) pretty solid, and they ask good questions in most of their ...
Setting Up Cisco Modeling Labs on Proxmox
Background Based on the many enthusiastic recommendations from various CCNA prep courses and communities, I purchased Boson NetSim labs for my CCNA studies. However, unlike many a Redditor in r/ccna, I wasn't happy with the Boson labs. You see, NetSim's expla...
Mounting Cluster Volumes to Folders with an HA Windows File Server
Mounting Cluster Volumes to Folders with an HA Windows File Server The Problem I Need to Solve I won't get too deep into the "why" behind this, but I need to mount multiple iSCSI devices to a Windows file server failover cluster. Why is that a problem for me...
Learning PowerShell: Logging Pings
The problem I have to solve today is that I want to keep a log of pings for a certain device. That in and of itself is super easy. You just do this: ping -t <some_device> > SomeLogFile.txt However, I also want to make sure the date and time get prepended to ...
Hacking on ThinPro: Fixing EAP-TLS
I ran into a problem awhile ago which was causing ThinPro to strip an issuing CA out of a certificate chain. My investigation started when I noticed that wireless authentication for my test device was failing in certain areas. Naturally, I wanted to see what w...
Creating a Default Start Menu Layout
Summary This guide covers the process of distributing a Start menu template to the default user profile on Active Directory joined Windows 11 computers. The objective is for Windows to build new account profiles using the template while leaving existing profi...