In Linux we have Conky in Windows Desktopinfo or BGinfo. Here below I would like to propose to use Desktopinfo. This is not as much of use for home users to extend their desktop by beatutifult intergated system info direct with the desktop wallpaper / background. The most common use would be for multiple M$ systems hosted in cloud, small business servers or farms where you remote often and want to have all the system info right on plate – on your background. This saves time thus increase performance of administrative tasks by easy visually identifying the system health and resources. Continue reading
Convert Cisco Access Point to Autonomous mode Part1
Hardware in lab
In the part one I will show how to convert Wireless Controller Based Cisco access point into Autonomous mode. Then in the second part I will use it as a site survey device utilizing 10KHz spectrum analyser sensor. Continue reading
Light weight Linux Desktop – Lubuntu
This is a guide how to install a bare minimum but usable LXDE desktop in Ubuntu very useful especially in cases like AWS instance desktop environment or virtual machine desktop in VMWARE and Virtual-box. Continue reading
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr
The newest Long Term Support Ubuntu is coming soon the final release expected on April 17th, 2014. You can track the latest updates on the Ubuntu website Continue reading
Conky – system info on your desktop
I am using Conky as a system info which is directly embedded into my Linux desktop background. The rich configuration options and flexibility allows various data to be displayed in fully configurable format adding extra blink to the desktop wallpaper. Continue reading
How to measure Internet speed using terminal in Linux
This are methods you can use to measure the Internet bandwidth, speed, delay etc.. in Linux terminal: Continue reading
Configure NTP server and client on Vmware ESXi Hypervisor
Priority: Critical
VMware network time synchronization: A walkthrough To configure NTP synchronization, select the host, and on the Configuration tab, select Time Configuration under Software. You’ll now see the existing time synchronization status on that host. Next, click Properties. This selection shows the Time Configuration screen, where you can see the current time on the host. Make sure it’s not too different from the actual time, because a host that’s more than 1,000 seconds is considered “insane” and won’t synchronize. Continue reading
Windows routing – ipconfig and route command
Hi. It’s pretty funny talking about Windows and routing :0, however I need to document how to change a route metric when my Internet is from wireless network but LAN cab;e interface has just been configured by DHCP. In Windows always a network cable connection takes higher priority therefore that interface is assigned with lower metric therefore is used as a default gateway. But this is not always what we need. Please follow this step by step guide to assign a wireless interface as the default ip gateway. Continue reading
Configuration of Cisco console port on Linux
Linux console port serial connection it is very handy way of managing Cisco switches and routers. This is especially useful when you are connecting using older laptop with COM port. Please follow step-by-spe guide to configure Cisco Serial Console Connection in Linux: Continue reading
Upgrade IOS on up to 9 Cisco switches fast
Archive
Switch#dir Directory of flash:/ 509 -rwx 2301 Mar 1 1993 00:24:41 +00:00 config.text 510 -rwx 24 Mar 1 1993 00:24:41 +00:00 private-config.text 511 -rwx 2072 Mar 1 1993 00:24:41 +00:00 multiple-fs 512 -rwx 3584 Mar 1 1993 00:38:49 +00:00 tftp 2 drwx 512 Mar 1 1993 00:15:19 +00:00 c3750-ipbasek9-mz.122-55.SE7
The command below creates new archive saved.tar including all files and directories in c3750-ipbasek9-mz.122-55.SE7 directory and saves the TAR archive on tftp server.
Switch#archive tar /create tftp://192.168.173.1/saved.tar c3750-ipbasek9-mz.122-55.SE7