When you add your Vlan each port will need to be set to one of these: no tagged untagged forbid Here is the definitions for each network switch Vlan setting: Tagged: Allows the port to join multiple VLANs. Untagged: Allows VLAN connection to a device that is configured for an untagged VLAN instead of a… Continue reading Switch VLan setting meanings for no, tagged, untagged, forbid.
Category: Hardware
How to Tell What Type of Memory Your Linux PC Has Installed
Here it is, the magic code. Just run this as root and it will give you the ddr, mhz, and much more. sudo dmidecode –type memory
Manually changing an IP in Linux
It’s pretty easy actually. Just go to this directory: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts Then you will see a file for eachnetwork port, for example my server is: ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-eth1 I already have the ifcfg-eth0 set up from the install but I want to use the second one for back ups so I just opened the file and… Continue reading Manually changing an IP in Linux
The skinny on raid differances
We refer raid 5 but if you have remote back ups on the server then raid 0 will get you the best performance between several hard drives. Keep in mind raid still can fail even with the same data going to several hard drives and this will slow your system down. Hardware raid is much… Continue reading The skinny on raid differances
Upgrading a realtech lan / nic driver
The driver for the realtech lan / nic card seems to be faulty when rsync is running several files through it. There is a newer driver that resolves this issue available from the realtech website. Website Driver Download Here is direct link to the driver from our website: http://www.downloadspot.com/downloads/r8168-8.018.00.tar.bz2 Upload the driver to your root… Continue reading Upgrading a realtech lan / nic driver
When asking about a networking issue, get these details from the server
Kernal version uname -a Nic / Lan driver version dmesg | grep r8169 Internet controller lspci -nn | grep Ethernet Details on etho nic card sudo ethtool eth0 Module size lsmod | grep r8169 Module versions cat /proc/modules | grep r8169 Don’t worry all these commands are safe and just for reporting.