Windows Server 2012 R2 – Stop IE Opening ‘In Metro’
KB ID 0001119 Problem I was working on some Server 2012 R2 servers this morning, and every time I tried to launch IE, instead of the normal IE 11, it stubbornly kept opening the the IE App. Solution Hit the Windows key > Type in ‘internet options’ > make the following changes; Programs Tab > Opening Internet Explorer > Select ‘Always in Internet Explorer on the desktop’ > Apply > OK. Related...
Cisco ASA – Active / Active Failover
KB ID 0001114 Usually when I’m asked to setup Active/Active I cringe, not because its difficult, its simply because people assume active/active is better than active/standby. I hear comments like ‘we have paid for both firewalls lets use them’, or ‘I want to sweat both assets’. The only real practical use cases I can think of for Active /Active are; You have a multi-tenancy environment and want to offer...
Cisco IOS – Setting Up DHCP Scopes
KB ID 0001112 I usually only have to do this on very small sites, or occasionally on the test bench. Most of the time we will have a server sat doing DHCP. The procedure below was carried out on a router, but the procedure is the same for a catalyst switch. By default DHCP is disabled, you have to turn it on, then create a ‘dhcp pool.’ Petes-Router(config)#service dhcp Petes-Router(config)#ip dhcp pool DATA-VLAN-10 Then...
HP Networking – Tracing Networks and Locating IP addresses
KB ID 0001110 After not touching one for a couple of years, I was back on HP switches recently, and I had to map out a clients switches. Now I could have used some software, but they didn’t have SNMP enabled so, I had to ‘re acquaint’ myself with LLDP. For a basic LLDP View of attached devices. HP-Switch-1# show lldp info remote-device LLDP Remote Devices Information LocalPort | ChassisId PortId PortDescr SysName...
Exchange – Message Not Sent ‘Because there are too many recipients’
When attempting to send an email to a large amount of recipients, you may see the following error; This message wasn’t delivered to anyone because there are too many recipients, the limit is {number}. This message has {number} recipients To check what the limit is set to launch the Exchange Management Shell, and ecxecute the following command; Get-TranportConfig To raise the limit (in this example to...