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ÔªøSolaris NIC speed and duplex settings

ÔªøSolaris NIC speed and duplex settings Setting NIC speed and duplex Solaris is often unable to correctly auto-negotiate duplex settings with a link partner (e.g. switch), especially when the switch is set to 100Mbit full-duplex. You can force the NIC into 100Mbit full-duplex by disabling auto-negotiation and 100Mbit half-duplex capability. Example with hme0: 1. Make […]

UNIX

Make Your MediaWiki Private – Secure MediaWiki

Make Your MediaWiki Private – Secure MediaWiki I thought I’d share with you all the the process of customizing the default install to create a private wiki. Following are the specifics to my install but this will probably be helpful to many with a different host or newer version. Install MediaWiki. Chmod LocalSettings.php to 600 […]

UNIX

How to create a sub-domain in Linode

How to create a sub-domain in Linode Login to Linode Members Area Go to the DNS Manager tab. Click the domain name you want to put the sub-domain to. Scroll to the middle of the page and look for the A/AAAA Records. Click on Add a new A/AAAA Record In the Hostname input box, input […]

Miscellaneous

David Loyds Gym Membership…

David Loyds Gym Membership… So your thinking of signing up for the gym at David Loyds? Just remember, if you ever want to leave you need to give them written 3 months notice!! I was with them for around 18 months… Not very fair seeing as im paying over ¬£100 a month for our joint […]

Datacentre

Calculating PUE

Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is a standard developed by The Green Grid‚Ñ¢ consortium to provide a clear answer to the primary issue surrounding energy efficiency within the data center which is how much power is devoted to driving the actual computing/IT components (servers, for example) versus the ancillary support elements such […]