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...
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...
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...
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...
Cisco AnyConnect – Allow Domain Password Change via LDAP
KB ID 0001273 Problem If you have remote users who connect via VPN, and a policy that forces them to change their password periodically, this can result in them getting locked out without the ability to change their password (externally). If your Cisco ASA is using LDAP to authenticate your users, then you can use your remote AnyConnect VPN solution to let them reset their passwords remotely. Solution Standard LDAP runs over TCP...
Reset an AD Users Password Expiry Date
KB ID 0001272 Problem I was setting up a Cisco ASA this week and needed to enable the ability for users to reset their domain passwords when they are about to expire. To actually test that, I needed a test user that had their password either about to expire, or actually expired. As I dint want to wait 42 days, or setup a password policy just for one user, I needed to find a ‘quick and dirty’ fix for one user. Solution You...
Cisco – LDAP AAA Error ‘AAA Server has been removed”
KB ID 0001271 Problem Seen while attempting to test AAA authentication via LDAP to a Windows domain Controller. Authentication test to host {IP-Address} failed. Following error occurred – ERROR: Authentication Server not responding: AAA Server has been removed Solution This is a terribly ambiguous error! What it means is that the ASA cannot bind to active directory, either because; The ASA bind account password is wrong. The...
Cisco Licence Differences LAN-Lite / LAN Base / IP Base / IP Services
KB ID 0001270 Problem Actually finding the answer to this question is far more challenging than it needs to be! As usual Cisco can change this on a whim so before you purchase any equipment it’s still a good policy to check on the feature navigator. Solution This is about the best reference I’ve found. Although anyone who can tell me what the correct Layer 2 differences between Enterprise Access and Complete Access are,...
Managing IE Settings via GPO
KB ID 0001269 Problem There used to be a GPO called “Internet Explorer Maintenance” that you could set your Internet Explorer settings, i.e. Proxy server settings, home pages etc. This has now gone, and has been replaced with a group policy preference. Solution From the Group Policy Management Console > Locate the OU containing the USERS you want to link the policy to and create a new policy, then give it a sensible...
macOS – Editing the Hosts File
KB ID 0001268 Another guest post from Daniel Newton Problem I’ve had windows for years; I knew the OS inside out. Recently, I switched to Mac. But I wondered how to edit the hosts file for my VPN connections and my servers. After some research, I found out how to do it and thought I will document it on PeteNetLive! 🙂 Solution Open a terminal session and type in the following command; Sudo nano /etc/hosts Note: I’m using nano for this...