Category Archives: Tutorials
How to remove domain group policy from a windows computer
Domain group policies are a set of software restrictions that network administrators can create. The network administrators will specify rules for what users can and cannot do on the computer. For example, they can set a rule to make sure that people use complex passwords. Domain group policies help ensure that network administrators are the only ones who can modify computer settings in order to keep all of the company’s equipment under one specific standard.
This tutorial will show you how to solve an issue that occurs when older domain based group policy’s don’t remove themselves and still cause problems with your desktop. For example, if you delete a printer from the Group Policy Server and refresh it and then try to manually remove it from the desktop, it keeps coming back even after successfully running gpupdate /force on the desktop. This is because the desktop is having an issue … Read the rest
Hestia Control Panel with A2 Hosting
In this tutorial you will be shown how to setup a website server using Ubuntu 20.04 and Hestia Control Panel within A2 Hosting. I have made my move from Linode VPS to A2 Hosting VPS to host my website server.
Now the few reasons I have decided to move my Hestia Control Panel over to A2 Hosting was due to a few issues with Linode servers. I had horrible server performance, however they would move me to less nosey shared VPS servers I would continue to suffer after a few hours. I also believe that Linode’s environment may be suffering from many bot crawls and DDOS attacks on their client base. After performing a live move to A2 Hosting and testing it out for a few days I have noticed increased performance. Pages loaded quicker and there has been less noise on the server from bot crawls and DDOS attacks. … Read the rest
Ideal VMware Home Lab Setup
Discover the perfect VMware Home Lab Setup for your virtualization needs. Explore an ideal environment to enhance your skills and test various configurations efficiently. Unlock the power of virtualization at home!”
A great way to learn about VMware technology is by starting a home lab. A home lab will help you learn about technology by providing you with an enjoyable, low-stress way to do so. It will also help you find out the areas of technology you are interested in. In addition, a home lab is practical because you can use it to service your own home.
What is a VMware Home Lab?
A VMware Home Lab is a place for experimentation, for testing new ideas, for learning new things about VMware, and for having fun. It is a place outside of the office where you can do personal projects that may lead to professional development. Well, it depends on … Read the rest
How To Understand Ubuntu CPU Load
It’s really important to know what your Ubuntu CPU load averages mean. The three numbers represent an average over progressively longer periods of time (one, five, and fifteen-minute averages), and the lower the number, the better. The higher the number, the more overloaded your machine is. But what’s an acceptable range? When should you be concerned?
Lets Access The Ubuntu Server’s Processes
In this tutorial we will use the top command on Ubuntu. This is used to show the Linux processes. It provides a dynamic real-time view of the running system. Usually, this command shows the summary information of the system and the list of processes or threads which are currently managed by the Linux Kernel.
As soon as you will run this command it will open an interactive command mode where the top half portion will contain the statistics of processes and resource usage. And Lower half contains a … Read the rest
How To Configure Unifi UDM-PRO Security Settings
In this tutorial you will be shown how to configure Unifi’s Network Security Settings so you can properly secure your networks. In this tutorial I will be utilizing a Unifi UDM-Pro.
How To Configure Unifi Controller 7.0.22 UDM-PRO Security Settings
Key Knowledge
- An Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is a type of engine that identifies malicious traffic by checking the signatures. The signatures contain known traffic patterns or instruction sequences used by malware. This type of signature-based engine can only detect anomalies based on known malicious traffic patterns.
- An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is a network security technology originally built for detecting vulnerability exploits against a target application or computer. IDS only listens for issues and alerts you and does not take preventative action.
- GeoIP Filtering is a technology that can block web traffic from entire countries, can be an effective way to stop hackers from attacking your business. As the
How to repair Windows Server 2019 installation with DISM
In this tutorial you will learn how to repair Windows Server 2019 installation with DISM. If you’re experiencing problems with your Windows Server 2019 installation, using the DISM /restorehealth can help repair it. DISM is a command-line tool that can scan and fix issues with Windows images, including those used by the Server operating system. This process can be done by following a few simple steps such as opening an elevated command prompt, running the DISM tool, waiting for the process to complete, and restarting your system.
Remember to always have a backup. Or if it’s a virtual machine at least a snapshot.
1.Lets get started by Opening up CMD as administrator and running the following:
dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
2. Once /scanhealth is complete, run the following.
dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth
3. Now lets mount your Windows Server 2019 ISO as a drive. Take note of your mounted drive … Read the rest
Windows devices can’t connect to RADIUS 802.1X Wifi
There is a known issue with a windows patch that will cause some Windows 10 and 11 devices unable to connect to RADIUS 802.1x Wifi, luckily there is a workaround.
Windows RADIUS Wifi Access Workaround
- On your Windows device open search, type Control Panel and open the Control Panel application.
- Once the Control Panel window is open click on [ View network status and tasks ].
- Once your within the Network and Sharing Window locate and click on [ Set up a new connection or network ].
- Now we will click on [ Manually connect to a wireless network ] followed by clicking Next.
- In the Network name field type in your WIFI SSID name. In Security type, click the dropdown and select WPA2-Enterprise. Afterwards click Next.
- You will now be presented with a Successfully added your wifi ssid message. However
How to configure Windows Server and UDM-PRO UniFi Controller for RADIUS VPN access
In this tutorial you will be shown how to configure Windows Server and UDM-PRO UniFi Controller for RADIUS VPN access. Why is this useful? Well this allows us to just disable a user account in Active Directory after a termination and the previous employee will no longer have VPN access to the network. This will prevent Tech Support having to manually remove VPN users every time an employee is terminated.
Prerequisites for this tutorial.
- Internal Unifi Controller and Firewall, I myself am using a UDM-PRO for that function.
- Your Unifi equipment should be assigned static IP addresses outside your DHCP Scope. Once done write down the IP addresses alongside their model or unique name.
- Stand up a new physical or virtual server with Windows Server 2019.
- I called my new virtual server HDN-RADIUS. 1vcpu 4GBram 60GB HDD
- Install all updates on new Radius server
- Assign static IP address.
- Join new
How to configure Windows Server and Unifi Controller for RADIUS Wifi access
In this tutorial you will be shown how to configure Unifi Controller and Windows Server for RADIUS Wifi access. Why is this useful? Well this allows us to just disable a user account in Active Directory after a termination and the previous employee will no longer have Wifi access. This will prevent Tech Support having to change the Wifi password every time an employee is terminated.
Prerequisites for this tutorial.
- Internal Unifi Controller, I myself am using a UDM-PRO for that function.
- You can use a Cloud Hosted Unifi Controller but you will need to open radius ports on your firewalls wan. Your network firewall should be configured to only allow incoming traffic from your Unifi Hosted Controllers IP address to access the Radius ports.
- Your Unifi equipment should be assigned static IP addresses outside your DHCP Scope. Once done write down the IP addresses alongside their model or unique
How To Downgrade Or Update Unifi UAP Firmware
If you are having problems your Unifi wireless access points it could be do to a bug in the firmware. In this tutorial you will be shown how to downgrade or update the Unifi UAP firmware.
How to Downgrade or update firmware.
- Log into your Unifi Controller.
- Make sure that Auto Update is disabled
- Settings > Site > Services , uncheck Automatically Upgrade Device Firmware.
- Also check scheduled upgrades. Settings > Services > Scheduled Upgrades and remove them.
- On the left hand side menu Click on Unifi Device Icon
- Click on the the wireless access point you would like to start with so the side menu expands to display a GUI like below.
- Click on the gear\config icon
- Scroll down to the bottom and expand MANAGE DEVICE
- In the Custom upgrade section use the copy/paste the firmware version you would like to use, for example: https://dl.ui.com/unifi/firmware/U7PG2/4.3.20.11298/BZ.qca956x.v4.3.20.11298.200704.1347.bin
Note: if you
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