Streaming video over http
Hello- I've got some tutorial videos I would like to provide for a few clients. I was hoping to not use youtube and instead stream them off my own linux sever. They need to stream over http (or https)...
View ArticleSysadmin position for Linux & Networking?
I'm going to be attending a four-year college next year for studies in Information Technology. However, I will probably be minoring in something unrelated as well. Anyway, I was hoping to end up...
View ArticleSBS 2011 - Anyone used? Can anyone give me a headsup on what to expect?
Hey Folks. I am due to be setting up an SBS 2011 server on Friday that is coming with a new Dell server that a client of ours has bought. I have never used or even seen SBS in operation so am a little...
View ArticleMigrating Windows 2003 DCs to different servers
Hello all... Like the title says, I'm planning to retire the 2 DCs I have running now and use the backup servers for the DC duties. I'm am, in no way, shape or form, an Active Directory guru so I was...
View ArticleWireless Coverage
We have a WiFi router on a second internet connection (separate from our network) to provide wireless internet to laptops/phones/etc for our users and guests. It is set up in a central location in our...
View Article3 locations VPN'd together, want to move all servers to a single location,...
Right now the setup is A, B, C A=192.168.1.x, B=192.158.2.x, C=192.168.3.x A, B, C are each VPN'd together with a firewall/VPN box, but each have their own DC/DNS/DHCP/file server on site. I'm assuming...
View ArticleSysadmins - What do you use to remote control to your users?
We have UltraVNC - but it seems quite buggy most of the time. Any other suggestions that are a little more stable? submitted by d33d [link] [12 comments]
View ArticleStrange entries on VPN/firewall connections..
ok.. wtf is this.. I have a watchguard UTM device with Mobile User VPN (MUVPN). The users have either verizon aircards or connect up to their home broadband. I've recently noticed these entries in the...
View Article/r/sysadmin, Thanks for all the advice on the last thread I posted regarding...
I know this varies widely depending on what they will be used for but basically I want a physical box with 3 vm's 1 for DC/DNS/DHCP 1 for file/shared drive 1 for AV I will be ordering 3 boxes, each for...
View ArticleBest method to keep Lab users using laptops from connecting to other WAP's...
Does anyone have any recommendations for preventing lab users from jumping off the provided wireless (which also is filtered) and jumping on to open unfiltered connections? I know that this can be done...
View ArticleDFS Basics
Can you help me out with the basics of DFS. We are moving to a MPLS VPN setup and want out remote plants to replicate the data back to our main corporate office. I am just trying to understand the...
View ArticleTime tracking, ticket management, email. How do you stay organized?
I've been trying to think about ways to improve my organizational habits lately and so I thought, what better resource than r/sysadmin? Let's talk about ticketing systems, time trackers, & to do...
View ArticleMonitoring network with NTOP
Is there a distro that works best with NTOP? I can build it if it will work right but all the packages I've tried have been broken in some way. While we're on the subject, is there anything better than...
View Articleneed to copy active directory computer name description to local computer...
I would like to copy the active directory computer description field to each local computer name description field. I have been looking around at powershell but cant find some info about querying AD....
View ArticleRecommended Reading List - I don't always post to reddit - but when I do -...
ALL YOUR BOOKS ARE BELONG TO US. Start listing - I will post this up on the Sysadmin Wiki. Thank You submitted by d33d [link] [5 comments]
View ArticleSysadmins - How secure are remote control services such as logmein?
I was viewing this post (http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/hjsxt/sysadmins_what_do_you_use_to_remote_control_to/) and it got me thinking. Should a remote utility such as logmein be used in a...
View ArticlePublishing a web site on internal server
This is probably going to seem like one of those ridiculously easy questions to everybody, but it's something I've never bothered with until now. I need to publish a web site (built by someone else) to...
View ArticleBest linux distro using YUM
So I recently just started a new job where I'm going to be getting knee deep into a lot more Unix than I previously was comfortable. Assuming there's no free (as in beer) way to get Unix what would be...
View Articlemoving linux vm to different location.
A month ago I set up an ubuntu vm on my desktop using virtualbox. I installed nagios just to "play around" with it. Well, obviously its awesome and has already become a pretty essential tool. So now I...
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