Change Hosts / Connection / Screens on a Belkin Omniview KVM Switch
Nov17

Change Hosts / Connection / Screens on a Belkin Omniview KVM Switch

KB ID 0000194 Problem You are stood in the server room looking like a muppet, because you can’t switch between servers on the Belkin KVM switch, and even though the HP/Fujitsu KVM switches all work with [Print Scrn], these don’t. And putting a model number or something on the exposed part of the KVM so you could Google it and get a handbook would have been far too hard. Solution You need to Press Scroll Lock TWICE {it...

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Juniper SRX Firewall – Allow ‘Ping’
Nov17

Juniper SRX Firewall – Allow ‘Ping’

KB ID 0000706  Problem I was working on an SRX100B Firewall yesterday, and needed to be able to ping the outside interface. Solution Note: You can quickly enable ping on a physical interface from CLI like so; set security zone security-zone trust interface ge-0/0/0 host-inbound-traffic system services ping 1. Log into the web console of the Juniper. 2. Navigate to Security > Zones/Screen > Select the ‘Untrust’ Zone...

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Juniper SRX Firewall – Allow Web Management from Outside
Nov17

Juniper SRX Firewall – Allow Web Management from Outside

KB ID 0000708  Problem Assuming you already have web management enabled, and you want to access it from the outside (the untrusted zone). Solution 1. Log into the web console of the Juniper. 2. Navigate to Security > Zones/Screen > Select the ‘Untrust’ Zone > Edit > Host inbound traffic – Interface > Select the Outside interface > Under Interface services add in ‘http’ > OK. 3. Then...

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Factory Reset Juniper SRX Firewall
Nov17

Factory Reset Juniper SRX Firewall

KB ID 0001003  Problem If you manage to stuff up your firewall, or you have just done some testing and want to revert back to ‘as new’ here is how to do it. Solution 1. Connect to the firewall either by console cable or via SSH, go to CLI mode then configuration mode. login: PeteL Password: ************ — JUNOS 12.1X47-D10.4 built 2014-08-14 22:21:50 UTC PeteL@Petes-SRX> cli PeteL@Petes-SRX> configure Entering...

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Juniper SRX – Setting the Default Static Route
Nov17

Juniper SRX – Setting the Default Static Route

KB ID 0001008  Problem It takes me seconds to do this on an ASA, on every occasion I’ve had to do the same on a Juniper firewall I’ve had to research how to do it again. Here I’m setting up the ‘default’ route to the Internet, but the syntax is the same for setting up any static route. Solution 1. Connect to the firewall either by console cable or via SSH, go to CLI mode then configuration mode....

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