Category: NetworkIng
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HP ProCurve 1810-24G – Where to find the latest firmware updates
Having trouble locating the latest firmware for your HP ProCurve switch? Here’s where to find it:
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Asus DSL-AC68U Dual Band AC-1900 modem router review – Part 01
Welcome to Part 01 of our Asus DSL-AC68U modem router review! This is Asus’ latest effort and it sports a pretty impressive spec sheet; Wireless router + ADSL modem Dual CPUs to assist with range and stability USB 3.0 port – printer sharing, file sharing, 3G/4G internet dongle Asus AiCloud – Asus’ home cloud…
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Fedora 20: ifconfig missing on minimal install
If you have selected the minimal install option you might be surprised by just how minimal it is; one example is that the ifconfig command is not available. The command yum install ifconfig doesn’t work – it’s part of another broader package. We can find out which one that is by running: yum provides…
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HP ProCurve 2510-24 Power Consumption
We measured the ProCurve 2510-24’s power usage: Idle: 11.9W Peak: 14.8W This was measured on a 240V power circuit with a handful of devices attached (5). The peak wattage was measured during power-on and idle was steady around 11.9W. We would expect power usage to increase as you add more bandwidth-heavy devices;…
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HP ProCurve 1410-16G (J9560A) review
If you’re in the market for a gigabit switch the HP Procurve line has probably come up in your searches. The 1410-16G is a 16-port gigabit switch, unmanaged, that is also fanless and comes with rack-mounting equipment. Oh, and it’s under $100 AU. With a lifetime warranty. That’s a lot of boxes ticked right…
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Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Network Adapter Review
Intel’s network cards are popular due to their speed and reliability, which is often greater than the onboard chips in devices/motherboards. The Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Network Adapter is a PCI-E x1 add-in card with a single gigabit port, usually selling for around $30AU. It is low-profile and should come with a low-profile…
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How to set up SNMP monitoring (snmpd) on Ubuntu 12.04
This one caused a bit of hassle recently – a few online guides don’t seem to work with the current version of Ubuntu. We found that this works, at least in the ~10 or so servers we have tried so far: sudo apt-get install snmpd Back up your snmpd.conf file: sudo…
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Monitoring network usage on Ubuntu
If you want to see how much traffic is passing through your network port there’s a handy tool called vnstat which will tally the amount of data passing through. You can install it with: sudo apt-get install vnstat It will usually add the databases and network ports automatically like so: …
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Ubiquiti Edge Router Lite default login and password
Oh, and as a follow-up to yesterday – the default login and password for a Ubiquiti Edge Router Lite is: ubnt ubnt Hope that helps – I know I’m guilty of a quick google for the login rather than opening a manual!
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Ubiquiti Edge Router Lite default IP address
I know someone is going to ask me this in the future so I’m making this post now – the default IP address for the Ubiquiti Edge Router Lite is: 192.168.1.1 For those of us who use 10.1.1.x etc. you’ll have to put a computer onto the 192.168.1.x range temporarily to change…