Oct 29, 2012
Reading epub documents in Windows and Linux
Let’s face it, ereaders are here and very popular as well as the epub format. All of us tech’s have started to create libraries of epub and mobi formatted books and would like to read them on our PC’s. Well no worries, there are several good programs available to read them and are available on many OS’s. Here are a few that I have used on Windows and Linux. Adobe Digital Editions... read more
Oct 22, 2012
How To Setup a DDNS enabled Router Through Double NAT
Recently my ISP upgraded my trusty Cisco 675 to a Westell 6100 due to an upgrade of my service. It was shortly afterwards I noticed I could no longer access my Linux server using DynDNS. Nothing had changed with my account and settings on both ends. Upon investigating I noticed my ISP DNS had changed from a routable 10.x.x.x address to a non-routable 192.168.x.x. After searching the Internet and checking... read more
Oct 11, 2012
How to Use Putty and SCP from Windows to Linux Using Keys
It’s time for another messing of the Linux and Windows world’s. Recently had the task of allowing Windows servers to scp (secure copy) files to a Linux Apache server and automate it. With the help of Putty and private / public keys this is an easy task. Install PuTTy on the Window server. Download it from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html . Download the Windows... read more
Oct 10, 2012
How to Copy Files between Windows Systems with PowerShell Copy-Item
As a longtime Linux user I have always enjoyed the ease of being able to copy files between systems with scp, ssh and other means. With Windows systems this has been hit or miss in corporate environments with firewalls and block on the un-secure port 445 used by SMB. But with PowerShell there is another way for Windows administrators to enjoy what Linux / Unix admins have enjoyed for years. The copy-item... read more
Oct 9, 2012
How to use PowerShell to create HTML from a Text File
Recently I was tasked with creating a Cluster Health Report for the Windows 2008 R2 Clusters. I was able to do this with PowerShell using the failovercluster cmdlets. This was outputted to a text file and emailed to the support for review daily. To expand / enhance the report it was suggested to create it in HTML format. So back to PowerShell we go and low and behold we find the ConvertTo-Html cmdlet.... read more
