Untangle has been advertised as a reliable Open Source replacement for the rock solid Sonicwall. Untangle has all a small network needs to cope with today’s demands, it can work as a Gateway/Router, DHCP server, SPAM Filtre, Virus Filtre, VPN server, Web Content Filtre and…
Recover Linux reiserFS with bad blocks
Crisis normally create a great environment for quick learning. Some would say that it also exposes lack of planing, which in my experience both are equally true. Last week I had a server’s HD die on me and I suddenly had to rescue some of…
H323 SIP Gatekeeper on Linux – Updated
Recently we acquired a nice Tandberg Video Conferencing system, we normally stick with the Sony range as its menu interface is very easy to use, but we decided to give Tandberg a try. What a beast, great slick menu system, loads of options, built in…
Temporarily Block Users from Logging onto Windows Terminal Server
Put Windows Terminal Server into “Maintenance” Mode I find that quite often if I am having to diagnose a problem on our Windows 2003 Terminal Server my users continue to log on and try to work. If my maintenance requires rebooting the server, or running…
Setup Windows Terminal Server to Disconnect Idle Sessions
Sometimes when I have logged onto our Windows 2003 Terminal Server there have been over a dozen idle sessions. Many of these sessions have only been idle for short periods of time, but often we have sessions that have been idle for many hours, and…
Terminal Services Enhancements in Windows Server 2008
It looks like Windows Server 2008 will have some pretty hefty enhancements when it comes to terminal services and thin client computing. We currently use Windows Terminal Services on Windows Server 2003 at our work and it greatly helps in our administrative load and the…