Draytek Router – Firmware Update
KB ID 0000568 Problem You have a Draytek router (In my case a 2800 ADSL 2/2+), and you want to update the firmware to the latest version. Solution 1. Make sure you have EXACTLY the correct model number, this one’s a Draytek Vigor2800. 2. Go here and download the latest firmware for your model. 3. The firmware will be in a ZIP file download and extract it to your machine. 4. Log into the web console of your Draytek > Navigate...
DrayTek Vigor – Reset To Factory Settings
KB ID 0000573 Problem If you cannot get access to your router, or you have bought, found or been given one, and you cannot access it. The simplest thing to do it to reset to to factory settings. Once the Router has been reset its settings will be as follows; DrayTek Default Username and Passwords Model Username Password Vigor Rev. ALL admin admin Vigor 2600 admin {blank} Vigor 2800 {blank} {blank} Vigor 2900+ admin admin Vigor 3300...
BT Business ADSL – Configure a 2Wire Router to Allocate a Static (Public) IP Address
KB ID 0000760 Problem I know BT are now shipping the BT Business Hub, to their business ADSL clients, but there’s still a few 2Wire routers out there in the wild. Essentially if you have a range of public IP addresses, this is how to allocate one of the public IP addresses to one of your devices. In my case its a Cisco ASA firewall that I need to have a public IP. Solution Firstly I’m going to assume the router is working and...
BT Business Hub 3 – And Cisco ASA 5500
KB ID 0000762 Problem Warning: If your ASA is running version 8.3(4) or above you are going to have problems assigning public IP addresses from your allocated BT Range (jump to the bottom of the article for a resolution). You have a pool of public IP addresses and you wish to allocate one of these IP addresses to your Cisco ASA Firewall. Note: This is for customers using BOTH ADSL and BT Infinity Solution For this procedure I was...
AnyConnect Error: ‘The AnyConnect package on the secure gateway could not be located’
KB ID 0000406 Problem While attempting to connect to a Cisco firewall with a Linux client (In my case Ubuntu 10.10,) using AnyConnect you see the following error. Or on MAC OSX Error: Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client The AnyConnect package on the secure gateway could not be located. You may be experiencing network connectivity issues. Please try connecting again. Note: You may also see this error on a Mac OSX, or a Windows CE machine....
SquirrelMail – Error connecting to IMAP server 13 : Permission Denied
KB ID 0000880 Problem After installing SquirrelMail (with Postfix and Dovecot). When I attempted to connect via a browser, this is what happened. Solution Nice easy fix, 1. Connect via SSH (or open a temrinal window) > Logon as, or su to root. 2. Execute the following command; setsebool -P http_can_network_connect=1 Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links...
Configure Postfix for SASL Authentication from Dovecot
KB ID 0000883 Problem I built a Postfix mail server with Dovecat on CentOS 6.4 installed last week. To read my emails I installed SquirrelMail on the same server, and surprisingly it all went well. However If I attempted to send mail from Microsoft Outlook on my laptop, or from my iPhone this happened; The following recipient(s) cannot be reached: ‘name@domain-name.com’ on 22/11/2013 22:21 Server error: ‘554...
Linux – Enable PHP Short Tags
KB ID 0000886 Problem I have a particular web page that uses PHP short tags. Post migration from my old hosting company to a dedicated VPS, this stopped working. As I know little about Linux, and even less about PHP, I asked the question at Experts Exchange about why It was no longer working. I took no time at all, for someone who knew what they were doing to say, “Your code uses ‘Short tags’, but you do not have...
Backing up a Remote Linux Machine With Windows (Using Rsync and Cygwin)
KB ID 0000892 Problem The goal here was for me to get a backup of my VPS server (Running CentOS 6). My background is primarily Windows based, so I wanted a solution where I can just run the backup from a Windows machine, (i.e. my my laptop) and let it connect, login and perform the backup. What is Rsync? If you are familiar with Robocopy it’s similar, it can perform a backup/sync of data and encrypt that data while it’s...
Postfix – Change The ‘Welcome Banner’
KB ID 0000907 Problem After my recent DNS troubles, I was checking my mail server’s (MX) records, and got a warning about not having any reverse lookup records (PTR) configured properly. I telnetted to the mail server on port 25, and saw it was responding with the servers host-name. I know my records are correct for the FQDN of the server, I just needed to change its welcome banner. Solution Change the Postfix Welcome Banner by...