Meraki Block Page http://wired.meraki.com:8090  ‘Not Found’
Nov13

Meraki Block Page http://wired.meraki.com:8090 ‘Not Found’

KB ID 0001365 Problem If you have a Meraki Security device and have enabled ‘Content Filtering’, instead of a nice ‘block-page’ informing you why you are being blocked you may see this; http://wired.meraki.com:8090 This is happening because your Corporate DNS is resolving ‘wired.meraki.com’ to 54.241.7.184, which you can also see if you look at the URL you are trying to connect to it on port 8090. A...

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ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 1
Apr25

ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 1

KB ID 0001305 Problem I’ve not used ADMT for ages, I’ve got a domain migration to do soon, so I thought I’d get on the bench and have a reminder. Although ADMT 3.2 was ‘re-jigged’ to support Server 2012 R2, I’m still going to install it on Server 2008 R2. I’ve got a test domain built to migrate from, and a new domain setup ready to migrate into. Old/Source Domain: olddomain.com Old/Source...

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Windows – A Delegation For This DNS Server Cannot Be Created
Mar06

Windows – A Delegation For This DNS Server Cannot Be Created

KB ID 0001287 Problem When promoting a server to be a domain controller, you might see the following error, “A delegation for this DNS server cannont be created because the authoritative parent zone cannot be found or it does not run Windows DNS server. If you are intergrating with an existing DNS infrastructure, you should manually create a delegation to this DNS server in the parent zone to ensure reliable name resolution from...

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AnyConnect – The VPN Connection Failed (Domain Name Resolution)

KB ID 0001236  Problem This is a pretty generic error to be honest. AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client VPN The VPN connection failed due to unsuccessful domain name resolution. Solution Firstly, (and obviously) the name you are typing in the AnyConnect window can be resolved can’t it? If not then you might want to consider some employment that does not involve computers. Secondly (this is what usually trips me up) did you copy...

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Event ID 4521
Nov17

Event ID 4521

KB ID 0000135  Problem Event ID 4521 The description for Event ID ( 4521 ) in Source ( DNS ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: 32, {ip address}.in-addr.arpa. Solution...

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