My old main workstation is getting on towards three years old, and it's time for an upgrade. I ordered another Dell Precision workstation, in spite of the teething pains I'd had with the last two. Here's the story of the setting-up, known in the biz as the OOBE (out-of-box … [Read more...]
Windows domain — breaking up is hard to do, part 4
This is the third in a series of posts about downgrading from a Windows domain-based network structure to a workgroup-based one. The series starts here. Sorry I haven't posted about this in a while. I've been busy. I changed course, and decided to use VLANs: one for the … [Read more...]
Windows domain — breaking up is hard to do, part 3
This is the third in a series of posts about downgrading from a Windows domain-based network structure to a workgroup-based one. The series starts here. I tried to implement the alternative that I chose in this post (multiple subnets). I created a new port on the firewall, at … [Read more...]
Windows domain — breaking up is hard to do, part 2
This is the second in a series of posts about downgrading from a Windows domain-based network structure to a workgroup-based one. The series starts here. Here's a quick outline of my present network: Flat IP structure, with everything on x.x.x.x/24. DHCP server on a … [Read more...]
Dell R640 PowerEdge R640 OOBE — day 5
This is a continuing report on my out of box experience with a new Dell R640 server. The series starts here. The replacement motherboard came in to the FedEx office in Soquel yesterday. The tech offered to come down that day, but I had a conflict, so he came this morning. He … [Read more...]
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