AnyConnect – “Connection attempt has failed due to server communication errors’
Jan31

AnyConnect – “Connection attempt has failed due to server communication errors’

KB ID 0001279  Problem We had a firewall fail at work this week, as part of the rebuild the latest OS was put on it, version 9.7(1). I thought no more about it until I tried to VPN in and got this; I used my Windows 10 VM and that connected fine, only my MacBook could not connect, this VPN tunnel is a big deal I need it to get onto client’s networks. I tried my other VPN connections and every one was fine, only the recently...

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Getting MORE! Free Airport / Hotel Free Wi-Fi
Jan27

Getting MORE! Free Airport / Hotel Free Wi-Fi

KB ID 0001278  Problem I was at the Airport the other day, and was pleased to find they had free Wi-Fi. So I opened my Email and started doing some work. The problem was, it was only free for 45 minutes and, (as is usually the case) I was going to be in the airport for a couple of hours. Not only that, you are expected to sign up for airport related spam and marketing materials? So 45 minutes later, I was dumped off the WiFi, and was...

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Unified Networking Lab – Connecting ESX VM to the Internet
Jan16

Unified Networking Lab – Connecting ESX VM to the Internet

KB ID 0001276 Problem UPDATE: This is an old article, UNL is now EVE-NG, please use the following link; EVE-NG Connecting to the Internet UNL is by far the coolest bit of kit I’ve got my hands on this year. I can run it in ESX, and connect to it from anywhere, so I don’t have to keep my labs on my laptop. But what if you want to connect your labs to a live network? Theres a great article on the unetlab website for the...

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Unable to Find a Default Server With Active Directory Web Services Running
Jan15

Unable to Find a Default Server With Active Directory Web Services Running

KB ID 0001275  Problem I was trying to get a list of all users on a client’s domain that had either a logon script, profile, or a mapped drive that was being set on their AD user object. But when I ran the command I got this error; Get-ADUser : Unable to find a default server with Active Directory Web Services running. Solution Active Directory Web services was introduced in Server 2008 R2, but I was running the command on a...

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VMware ESXi 6.5 – Setting up ESX Time Sync via Web Client
Jan15

VMware ESXi 6.5 – Setting up ESX Time Sync via Web Client

KB ID 0001274  Another guest post from Daniel Newton Problem Now that we have the web console instead of the VI client, and don’t have a windows machine anymore, it would be better to use the web console. Also, having your ESXi Server running the correct time/date is very important, before you follow this article I should suggest that by making sure the time is set in the ESX Servers BIOS, e.g. the internal clock is set correctly...

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