The Double NAT Problem

13th April 2021

NAT (Network Address Translation) is a well known solution to IPv4 not having enough addresses for the explosion of people and things that want to get connected to the internet….

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Gmail Teams force delivery to alternate email address

Google hides this really well I want the email that goes to info@tos to be delivered to temporaryRecipient@tos this works to either copy or redirect the email. logon to the…

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DR Lessons Learned

11th April 2021

Restore from backup may remove license keys, make sure they are recorded somewhere offsite Restore may change the network adapter settings including DGW, check those 2x Restore forgets network zones;…

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Batch files…still around

i used to use a program from the M$ powertools called sleep.exe but recently i found a native solution. A ping to the loopback address takes a known amount of…

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Message Trace in Office365

7th April 2021

3 different places to do a message trace in office365 the one that works:https://protection.office.com/messagetrace the 2 that don’t work:https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/#/messagetracehttps://outlook.office.com/ecp/?form=eac&mkt=en-US Stooopid Microsoft

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Windows log file sizing

5th April 2021

By default Windows uses a Rotating log file which means that when the log file gets full, the oldest entries automatically get over written. the default log size is 128mb…

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Raspberry Pi 4 & 400 FINALLY get support for Widevine streaming

WideVine is the plugin that allows streaming of protected content from Netflix and Disney+ https://www.linuxuprising.com/2021/03/raspberry-pi-os-gets-official-widevine.html

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RdWeb Diagnoser error; choose device or user mode OR no license server specified

30th March 2021

Turn off IPv6. Not necessarily the problem but definitely not part of the solution. Set the License Mode, Easy way: Set Licensing mode, manual alternative way: From W2012 R2 server,…

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Windows Admin MMC tricks

22nd March 2021

Nice Video on AD best practices and some info on MMC Saved Queries and Task Pads that will save time for any Windows Administrator

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HoneyPot

Recently installed tPotCe honeypot from .ISO onto a VmWare virtual machine. Super nice dashboard. This is a quick win to install on an INTERNAL network and listen for nosey malware….

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