CableSpaghetti

The access points powering the guest and internal Wi-Fi networks at work were getting a bit old and senile, so around 6 months ago we decided to get some money to upgrade. At the time we only thought only one needed replacing, so we went out and bought a Cisco WAP321 to replace it; having prior k...

A few months ago I was tasked with encrypting the laptops of a few of our consultants who travel a fair bit. I was going to go with Microsoft BitLocker, but as we use Windows 7 Professional we’re out of luck. I also looked at using TrueCrypt, but there are a lot of question marks around it since ...

There is an DSL router at work which I’m sure is sentient. It’s 100% reliable for months on end and then once in a while, always when I’m out of the office, it decides to crash and drop the Internet connection. The only solution is of course to turn it off and on again; which means visiting the o...

I’ve had websites of my own in the past and they always start off great but then get left and eventually taken offline out of embarrassment. I suppose this is due to lack of time, inspiration, or just plain laziness. However since I started a new job as Systems Administrator at Snowflake Software...