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Bootstrapping MySQL 5.7 on FreeBSD
I tried a fresh install of MySQL 5.7 using ports on FreeBSD stable/10 the other day. All went smoothly until I needed to access the DBMS. The DBMS wouldn’t let me in, demanding a password I hadn’t set myself.
Read More → Bootstrapping MySQL 5.7 on FreeBSDUpgrading to Windows 10, version 1511, build 10586
Upgrading to the latest version of Windows 10 isn’t straightforward for all of us. For some reason, Windows Update is unable to perform its duties when asked to look after “other Microsoft products”.
Read More → Upgrading to Windows 10, version 1511, build 10586Lessons learned on Cisco Catalyst 4500E
At work we switched from a Cisco Catalyst 3560G to a Catalyst 4500E a few weeks ago. Remember to issue the spanning-tree extend system-id command prior to enabling VTP version 3. During the test period, the Icinga instances logged packet losses of varying degree around the clock when doing ICMPv6 pings.
Read More → Lessons learned on Cisco Catalyst 4500EAcer Aspire E5-551
I had to take apart an Acer Aspire E5-551 to exchange the hard disk for a SSD. What a mess.
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After installing KB3114409, Outlook 2010 started only in safe mode, even when told not to do so. Removing KB3114409 solved the problem. QA at Microsoft keeps lagging behind. A few weeks ago, HTML email made Outlook 2013 crash due to “improved” font handling, courtesy of KB3097877. Others were unlucky and couldn’t login until KB3097877 was […]
Read More → Outlook 2010 and KB3114409The RSS Aggregator
I abandoned Opera the web browser and went for Google Chrome a few years ago. At the same time I lost a good RSS reader. Last week I came across The RSS Aggregator. Yay, I can read my RSS feeds and listen to my favorite podcasts again.
Read More → The RSS AggregatorNetCom 4G and Huawei B593s-22
Sometime ago I switched from a Huawei E220 to a Huawei B593s-22. My 3G internet connection became a 4G internet connection in an instant. I recently turned on IPv6 on the 4G WAN interface, only to be really disappointed. NetCom does not offer IPv6 service to its 4G customers. That’s a shame. With ARIN running […]
Read More → NetCom 4G and Huawei B593s-22ARIN’s Z day
ARIN announced today the depletion of its IPv4 resources from their free pool. Only AfriNIC remains before all public IPv4 addresses are depleted. IPv6, anyone?
Read More → ARIN’s Z dayARIN close to Z day
ARIN, the American Registry for Internet Numbers, is closing in on their Z day. Soon only AfriNIC will have IPv4 address blocks available for their customers, and even AfriNIC will run out of IPv4 addresses sometime in the year 2019. See ARIN’s IPv4 depletion webpage for more information. The bottom line is: Start using IPv6!
Read More → ARIN close to Z dayDell PowerEdge R320, JBOD, mfi(4), and gpart(8)
One of the old webservers at work, a Dell PowerEdge R200, crashed a couple of weeks ago. I suspect the six year old motherboard finally gave up.
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