How to ping from OSX: In Mac OS X, how can I check to see if a computer is on the network?.

Welcome to my RJ11 and RJ45 pin-out cheat sheet! I referred to this a lot when I was first pulling cable, but really all you need to do is memorize the two end types. (Click the image to embiggen.) Wire colors: wo = white orange o = orange wg = white green bl = blue […]

Every time I reinstall SecureCRT I discover I’ve managed to lose my hotkey file. Below are those damn commands that I need all the time but don’t have memorized. F1 r7 F2 whois -h whois.arin.net F4 cp /usr/home/mushlette/temp.db /etc/namedb F5 cd /etc/raddb\rvi users\r/#LISCO\r F6 10yy9jpdwi F7 \e:x\r F9 whois -h whois.networksolutions.com F11 kill -HUP `cat […]

The old Cobalt RAQ and RAQ4 servers had their own special quirks. Below are instructions for fixing a couple of the more common ones.

List of telco numbers; to report trouble on circuits (LADS, EELs, UNEs, etc.) AT & T 800-325-123 GTE Circuit Repair 800-483-2000 GTE Multi-Line 800-262-4831 GTE Bus. Office 800-483-2000 GTE Acct Rep 813-273-2927 INS 515-830-0440 INS 515-830-0496 ITS 877-905-4692 C & W Circuit Repair 800-663-9932 USWest-circuit repair 800 227 2218 USWest Telephone Repair 800-223-7508 UWest ISP […]

Enabling and disabling FP extensions on Cobalt RAQ and RAQ4 boxen.

Administering mail.

Troubleshooting mail problems. Check an MX record 1. Open Madison 2. nslookup domain.com 3. nslookup – IP of primary DNS 4. set type=mx 5. domain.com a. gives name of mail server 6. set type=soa (source of authority) 7. domain.com 8. exit FORWARD MAIL TO ANOTHER ISP 1. cd /etc/namedb 2. vi domain.db 3. Change the […]

Change status message on VM system.