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August 8, 2009

The mysterious case of the missing Ethernet port

I encountered a really strange issue with a Mac mini functioning as a small workgroup file server. The mini had dropped off the network and no-one could access it's share points. I had the end user reboot it to see...
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August 6, 2009

Mac OS X 10.5.8

The 10.5.8 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac, as well as specific fixes for: compatibility and reliability issues when...
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August 2, 2009

How VMware Fusion Rocks

VMware Fusion is a great piece of software from one of the world leaders in virtualisation technology, VMware. There are other alternatives for virtualisation on the Mac platform, Parallels Desktop is a very well known product and they were actually...
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July 29, 2009

RFC 1925 – The Twelve Networking Truths

Here are the 12 networking truths. They apply to a whole heap more than just networking, most of them are good advice for pretty much any situation you could possibly get yourself into. Just remember: "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly...
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July 27, 2009

How to find your DHCP Server Address under Mac OS X

Here's how to find out the IP address of the DHCP Server your Mac is currently using to obtain it's IP address. ipconfig getoption en0 server_identifier You can also do more with ipconfig, things like determine the router address for...
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July 27, 2009

Key-based SSH Logins with PuTTY

Here's a quick writeup on how to set up key-based (passwordless) logins to SSH servers using PuTTY on Windows. I've seen mention of this ability before, and use it all the time with ssh on Mac OS X, but none...
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