Beware “Free Public WiFi”
KB ID 0000338 Problem Ever sat in a train station, cafe, or airport, and seen “Free Public Wifi”? It’s a well known fact that my personal motto is “there’s nothing better than free things”, sadly in this case your not going to get what you were expecting 🙁 Solution There’s nothing particularly sinister about it, it’s caused by a bug that was in Windows XP. This particular bug was fixed...
Broadcom Network Cards Disappeared
KB ID 0000034 Dtd 11/06/09 Problem After Driver upgrade on Server 2008 – Broadcom network cards disappear. Seen with Broadcom NC373 (On board) and 373T (PCI) Cards. Solution 1. Roll back the Driver – Use 4.4.24.0 cp009703.exe 2. Install the above and reboot, On board chips will still not be visible (until step 3 is completed) PCI card NIC will be visible. 3. Turn on Hidden devices in device manager start > run > cmd...
NetApp – Four-Post Rail Kit
KB ID 0001007 Problem I’ve never really worked with NetApp equipment before, but today we had to rack a lot of DS2245 shelves, DS4246 shelves, and an FAS6250 controller. Every single one of these had the same rail kit. After much swearing, and inserting and removing of cage nuts and bolts, someone committed the cardinal sin of actually reading the instructions. What he discovered was you don’t fit the cage nuts to the...
Wire Your Own RJ45 Wallsockets
KB ID 0000085 Problem You want to wire your own RJ45 wall sockets Solution 1. First Get the right Tools! You will need: a. Krone Tool b. Flat Point Screwdriver c. Cable Stripper d. Wire Cutters e. Cable Tester (Not essential) 2. Hopefully before you start you will have something which looks similar to this (This is a double socket and one point is already wired) – Yours may be a single point. 3. Using your cable strippers ,...
Make Your own Patch (Or crossover lead)
KB ID 0000084 Problem You want to make your own Patch, (Or crossover lead). Solution You want to make your own Patch, (Or crossover lead). 1. First Get the right Tools! You will need: a. Some Cable b. A set of RJ45 Crimpers c. Crimp on RJ45 connectors (Plugs) – You might want to fit some stress boots also. d. Cable Stripper e. Wire Cutters f. Cable Tester (Not essential) 2. If you are fitting stess boots put them on First! 3....