So you got yourself a bunch of shiny new Dell N4064F switches, and you want to use all of the advanced features like VRRP and MSTP. Sit down awhile and listen…. or just read these important notes for hard learned best practices when using advanced services on these higher end Dell switches. For reference I’ve built out campus wide…
Author: Michael Rickert
Guide: Create your own Windows fileserver cluster on 45drives hardware with GlusterFS
Intro This is a complete how-to guide, from first boot to first file copy, on how to build your very own Gluster file storage cluster on 45drives (or any storage device capable of running Linux). It is meant to serve not only as a straight copy/pasteable recipe for creating the initial cluster and for adding nodes, but to also give…
Panasonic BB-HCM581 cameras won’t respond? Here’s why.
Had a strange issue run past my desk this week, figured I’d share the fix if anyone has similar in the future… So we have a few Panasonic BB-HCM581 cameras that for some reason or another decided to go to factory reset default. When they would do this, they would show up in DHCP for a short period of…
Building your own CoreIR transponder
Creating your own CoreIR transponder from off-the-shelf components… What you’ll need: An NPN transistor A 4S balance lead connector Two 940nm IR led A 9.1ohm resistor One Arduino pro micro 28guage silicon wire A hot glue gun Got all that? Great, let’s get started!
Reversing iLap, hacking IR protocols, and the creation of CoreIR
Reversing iLap, hacking IR protocols, and the creation of CoreIR My adventure into IR protocols, arduino hardware, and C++ all started when I found out that iLap was selling a small device. This small device, a $40 ‘timing gate transponder’ in essence quickly repeatedly sent a 7 digit number out of an infrared LED to a receiver at the finish…
Quick Dell n1524p thermal testing
Did some quick thermal/environment testing on the new Dell n1524p today… it survived quite well. The max physical (ambient) temp reached was 150F and the switch continued to operate normally. It did throw a few temp warnings in the logs and flag its status from “good” to “medium” but was not severely hindered. This test was run the old…