Cisco ASA 5505 Firewall Configuration Example : ASA Version 8.0(3) ! hostname ASA5505 domain-name domain.local enable password /z4VVuCaYOFObhYQ encrypted no names name 100.100.100.69 mail.domain.com name 192.168.10.10 Server1 ! interface Vlan1 nameif inside security-level 100 ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0 ! interface Vlan2 nameif outside security-level 0 ip address 100.100.100.67 255.255.255.248 ! interface Ethernet0/0 switchport access vlan […]
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 To 2010 Requirements and Migration – Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2: Prepare: Ask users to clean up their mailboxes, empty deleted items ahead of time so you can cut down on mailbox move time. Prepare: connect the two Exchange servers to the same Gigabit switch to speed up the […]
Windows 7 – Windows Updates keeps failing with Error 80071A90: Scenario: When trying to install Windows updates on a Windows 7 PC and after you reboot to apply, Windows reverts back changes and doesn’t apply updates as if nothing has happened! Resolutions: KB2647753 is the fix. Click Here to Download KB2647753 apply it and restart. […]
Windows Search and Windows Updates don’t work after replacing laptop drives with a newer bigger cloned Hard Drive or after replacing one of the RAID disks: Scenario: You have a Windows computer and space is running out. You replace it with a newer and bigger cloned/imaged hard drive (cloned with Symantec Ghost for instance). After […]
Default Username and Password for Ricoh MP C2551 Printer: User: Admin Password: blank (no password) For security purposes, change it when you can. If you find this article helpful, please send us a note to Mike@bostonIT.com
How to Stop, Start or Force Restart iSeries AS400 Enhanced Fax Support: 1- End Fax Support ENDFAXSPT FAXD(*ALL) ENHSRV(*YES) and press ENTER 2- Confirm that the QFAXSBS and QFQSBS subsystems have ended: WRKSBS You might need to wait for a few minutes for them to end 3- Vary off and on the controllers: WRKCFGSTS CFGTYPE(*CTL) […]
How to force end stuck iSeries (AS400) Writer: Writer name P8 (for instance) ENDWTR P8 *IMMED CALL QSPENDWA P8 varry off P8 vary on P8 STRPRTWTR P8 After that check Outq for messages
How to Configure Hot Failover – Cisco ASA 5510, 5500 Series Firewalls – Active/Standby: Two ASAs have identical hardware specs From “Show version” compare the licenses installed. Licenses must match on both ASAs. If you are running ASA IOS 8.3 and above, licenses don’t need to match. Before upgrading to 8.3 (in case you want […]
Microsoft Hosted Exchange – How to grant a user full permissions on a room mailbox in Office 365: Email address of user to be granted access: User123@domain.com Room mailbox email address: Room123@domain.com You need to do that through Powershell. Powershell is part of Windows 7. From your Windows 7 machine, run Powershell as admin (right click […]
Windows Server 2008 Takes Too Long to Restart or Shutdown. Had two identical Lenovo ThinkServer servers loaded with Windows Server 2008 SP1 (not R2) and when restarting or shutting down, it would take over 30 minutes for them to restart. When you press restart in Windows, Keyboard and Mouse appear unresponsive and the screen halts. […]