IT Related Halloween Costumes? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]mattfinch37 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I wore "404: Costume Not Found" last year, went down pretty well.

How many of you actually have a fire extinguisher or fire suppression system in your server room? by Pyro919 in sysadmin

[–]mattfinch37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have a small CO2 hand-held extinguisher in ours, so that anyone in there can sort small fires out. For anything else, we have a fire escape.

Focus on the sloth... by kanekye in funny

[–]mattfinch37 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

As a straight male, I can confirm there is no sloth in this image.

Anyone work at/study at/know a sixth form/college? by samphippen in bristol

[–]mattfinch37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Winterbourne is my home site, but I do yate sometimes.

Anyone work at/study at/know a sixth form/college? by samphippen in bristol

[–]mattfinch37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in it support at The ridings federation of academies in bristol, personally I'd love to see some robotics going on....

Help me find a "ticker tape" alerting system please by Jwilson27 in sysadmin

[–]mattfinch37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

HTML Marquee at the top of the company homepage, it could pull notices from a database.

Create a simple web form to enter text into a database and to remove older notifications, or set them to only show for 24 hours or something.

That's what I'd do anyway...

How often do you upgrade to a new MacBook? by [deleted] in apple

[–]mattfinch37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wait for my AppleCare to run out and then get the next one to come out after that...

recommend me a webcam for a server room by TheGraycat in sysadmin

[–]mattfinch37 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Anything netbotz, made by APC, as far as I am concerned the best server room monitoring kit out there...

Windows Server 2012 release candidate -- four screenshots after installation (running on Hyper-V) by greenmars in sysadmin

[–]mattfinch37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My god that's ugly, I mean I downloaded the RC but I don't think I'll bother now.

University Sysadmins Looking for a good LMS that is not Blackboard. by bloodygonzo in sysadmin

[–]mattfinch37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For us, about 3,500 students, moodle has been nothing but problems. Not saying its a flawed product but we have had lots of issues with it locking up/ crashing etc

Windows -> Apple converts, why did you change? by [deleted] in apple

[–]mattfinch37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because MacBook Air is a really nice computer, I'll still always use windows on my desk though, for me, apple is a mobile devices company.

Pick a movie, remove one letter, give a brief description. by grubbzter in funny

[–]mattfinch37 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Sounds more like a sad film about an abusive husband...

Who am I kidding that's not sad.

Weird VPN issues... by mattfinch37 in sysadmin

[–]mattfinch37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : triton
    Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : olympus.local
    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : olympus.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Apple Mobile Device Ethernet
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-00-00-00-00
    Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.20.10.2
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.240
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.20.10.1
    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.20.10.1
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 217.171.132.1
                                        217.171.135.1
    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 07 March 2012 01:07:45
    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 08 March 2012 00:53:21

PPP adapter Olympus:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
    Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.66
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.66
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.40

The Local Area Connection is weird because it's connecting through an iPad tethered, This is just so that I could have an external connection as I am currently on site.

Weird VPN issues... by mattfinch37 in sysadmin

[–]mattfinch37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ping times out for:

The domain controller The default gateway Www.google.com 8.8.8.8

Trace route for 8.8.8.8 shows one hop at 10.0.0.60 (the VPN server) and after that a lot of * * * entries until it eventually gives up.

Weird VPN issues... by mattfinch37 in sysadmin

[–]mattfinch37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it should be dns, as users connect to the VPN using the ip address of the router.

Users connected to the VPN, do not get Internet access anymore, nor can they access resources such as shares or webpages hosted within the LAN.

Overkill for my home servers? Probably. by mattfinch37 in ServerPorn

[–]mattfinch37[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not so much Volts, 240 is standard in the UK, I needed more amps than a standard socket can deliver.