Datto restore tip

Backup, VirtualBox, what else? Improving performance of the Virtual Machine using this tip When virtualising a Datto backup, the system has already had Virtualbox drivers installed, and will detect and install these. However it may also want to install a disk driver for the Intel chipset and fail to find this driver. Point it to…

Tyro behind a firewall

Tyro ports and your POS system Telnet, Tyro, Terminals, oh my! You should get a response from the following: telnet merchant.tyro.com 80 telnet merchant.tyro.com 443 telnet terminaldownloads.tyro.com 10443 To allow your Tyro terminal and Point of Sale (POS) system to access Tyro’s network, please enable outbound connections on your firewall to the following TCP ports:…

Connect Pidgin to Google Apps

Connecting with encryption Creating accounts and linking services This is current as of Pidgin 2.10.7 Steps (4 total) 1 Add account Expand Click on ADD 2 Configure BASIC settings Expand Set PROTOCOL to XMPP Username is your userID for the Google Apps Domain Domain is the Google Apps domain Resource is “gmail.com” without quotes Password…

Netgear router – Hidden page

Putting a Netgear modem into bridged mode Use this link to access a hidden page on your Netgear modem/router To put a Netgear Modem / Router into Modem (Bridged) mode. http://192.168.0.1/setup.cgi?next_file=mode.htm Where, of course, 192.168.0.1 is the internal IP of the router. Once in bridged mode, you can still use this IP to connect to…

Active Directory fun and games

Using Windows domain controller with Active Directory adprep and dcdiag! Upgrading Active Directory to include a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller in an existing domain where the DC is 2003. This can be a real challenge. Let’s try to document the process so we can get them right every time. First check your 2003 DC…

Hackers hold Medical Centre ransom!

Protect your practice against attack Taking simple steps to secure your business and keep your patients safe Sydney Morning Herald: Ransom racket hits Brisbane businesses ABC News: Russian hackers hold Gold Coast doctors to ransom Media reports have spread of a so called “Ransomware” attack on a Gold Coast medical centre. In this case an…

Intel RAID is weird

RAID BIOS and rebuild drives Replacing drive 0 the correct way Thankfully we use “real” RAID in all our servers now – IBM branded LSI cards with batteries. I had to replace a drive 0 in an Intel RAID 1 today, and have the site up and running (if slowly during rebuild) right away. I…