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Entries for December, 2008

Basic Cisco Configuration

Here is a simple script I wrote to configure a Cisco router. First the header of my script: ##CISCO SCRIPT#### This script assumes you are in enable mode and ready to configure the router ##Lets configure the interfaces Now configure terminal by entering these commands: configure terminalinterface gig 0/0description Lanip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0ip nat insideno [...]

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Exchange 2003 spam filtering made easy

I can’t tell you how many times working at IronTech that I have walked into a new client’s environment only to find that the previous server admin had not been taking advantage of Exchange 2003′s built in spam filtering or had completely misconfigured the server to where it was barely blocking anything at all. If [...]

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How to remove a hidden user from a BES server

There are situations when a user you deleted at some point may become hidden on a BlackBerry Enterprise Server and never really was removed from the database. This is a lost user in the BES database that somehow needs to be removed or it will cause problems. You can see this lost user is taking [...]

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Outlook passwords and RPC over HTTP

Outlook 2003 has a feature called “RPC over HTTP” which allows a remote user to use their Outlook client with an Exchange 2003 server over the Internet without the need for a VPN. The connection is made using RPC calls through port 80 (http) and 443 (SSL). Outlook 2007 has the same feature for Exchange [...]

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Cisco Site to Site VPN Setup

I have worked in the I.T. world for a while now and to this day, I see so many issues when people are trying to setup a site to site vpn. Of course there are many routers that can do this but because I think Cisco is the gold standard in networking, I would like [...]

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SSL Chained Certificates explained

Today I would like to clear up some confusion about SSL Chained Certificates. For this example, I will use Network Solutions as the Certificate Authority (CA) you are buying the cert from. This is information you will have to know when you purchase a new SSL cert or renew an existing SSL cert for your [...]

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SBS 2008 and the "Fix My Network Wizard"

We’ve all have had to use the Configure Email and Internet Connection Wizard (aka CEICW) in SBS 2003 to resolve connectivity issues to the Internet, resolve issues with domain logons for users after a service pack upgrade, to get Exchange mail flow going again, etc. The CEICW was considered the “shotgun” method of fixing network [...]

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How to Sync your Outlook 2007 contacts and calendar with a T-mobile G1 (Google Android) phone

The T-mobile G1 is the first phone sporting the new Google Android operating system. Just like the first generations of Windows Mobile or iPhone, the Android has bugs. The e-mail and contact synching issues have been some of the major problems with the G1 since it was released on October 22nd. The Android does not [...]

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OWA Login 440 Time Out

In most case, OWA 440 Login/Authentication Timeout error is related to the permission and Authentication. The following are some cases and resolutions. Refer to How to reset/synchronize IUSR & IWAM passwords in both ADUC and IIS Case 1: The IUSR_Servername and IWAM_servername accounts’ passwords were corrupted or has been changed and out of synchronizing between [...]

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