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Category Archives: Tips+Tricks

Backup cisco switch config to TFTP server

Posted on 23/02/2012 by Googs

To backup the running config on a cisco switch to a TFTP server #copy running-config tftp: To make a backup of the VLAN.dat file #copy flash:vlan.dat tftp:

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Add VLAN to cisco switch

Posted on 21/02/2012 by Googs

When you need to group ports on a cisco switch into a VLAN do the following Log onto terminal enable conf t vlan 1001  (where 1001 is the vlan id to be assigned name ExampleVLANname exit This creates the VLAN. … Continue reading →

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Adding Fortigate to Fortimanager

Posted on 14/02/2012 by Googs

When attempting to add a Fortigate to a FortiManager you may encounter the following error when trying to import the device. “fortimanager failed to discover device with IP address”   If this is the case check the time settings on … Continue reading →

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Steelhead Default username and password

Posted on 17/01/2012 by Googs

The default username and password for Riverbed Steelhead are: Username = admin Password = password   To reset the unit to factory defaults do the following > enable #reset factory reload     A quick Google is sometimes easier than … Continue reading →

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Group Policy checking

Posted on 13/01/2012 by Googs

When trying to troubleshoot why a group policy does not appear to be applying to a user the following command can be used “gpresult /r” This will tell you what policies are applied and which ones are not.

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Easily find unicode characters by drawing the character

Posted on 08/01/2012 by Googs

ShapeCatcher allows you to easily find the correct unicode character by simply drawing the character Example below shows an “é” but holding down the “Alt Gr” key and pressing áéíóú is a much quicker way for that….. .

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Fortigate – “The string contains XSS vulnerability characters.”

Posted on 06/01/2012 by Googs

When creating a new SSL VPN portal (on Forti OS version 4 MR 2 Patch 9  at least) you may encounter the following message when attempting to save the Portal “The string contains XSS vulnerability characters.”   If this is … Continue reading →

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Fortigate ping response on WAN interfaces

Posted on 05/01/2012 by Googs

Recently I encountered a issue where a Fortigate when pinged from an external source  was not responding to pings on the WAN interfaces . Administrative access was set to allow pings on both interfaces.   Solution: When all the admin … Continue reading →

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5 Websites To Learn Python

Posted on 04/01/2012 by Googs

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-learn-python-programming/

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VMware server 2.x and Windows 7

Posted on 14/11/2011 by Googs

When creating a Windows7 VM on VMware server 2.x you may encounter issues with regards to the network adapter. Solution is in the pretty good write up below http://www.petri.co.il/installing-windows-7-in-vmware-server-20.htm

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