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anyone familiar with installing a Linux ISO in to fusion?
by Scott Granados 04 Aug '12

04 Aug '12

So I'm running VM FUsion on the Mac. Is there any way of doing a talking install of a linux distribution or specific image? I have a PBX system that's called Elastix that I'm wanting to try out and don't necessarily want to spin up hardware and have someone install it. Thanks Scott

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Problems setting static IP on SRV 2K8
by Barry Toner 04 Aug '12

04 Aug '12

Hi folks, I've set these up on client machines no problems for years but not on a server and not in a server running within a VM. FYI I'm using VM Workstation v8. I go into Network, adaptor settings, hit properties on TCP/IP v4. Typing in the static IP I want to use 192.168.2.24 I got the Gateway address prior by running ipconfig/all which came back as 192.168.2.0 So I put that in, and according to this MS Article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754203(v=ws.10).aspx I can use the current machine as the DNS Server so I thump it's IP in to the Preferred DNS. In saying this according the the same article I can do the same for the alt DNS, but this throws up an error saying they both can't be the same. No problem I leave Alt DNS blank. I tick the box to validate on exit, click OK, click close. The Net Diog keeps coming up and it's aying it's found a problem but has no idea what it is. I'm also not able to browse out on to the net. I can ping the machine IP but the gateway address is unreachable. FYI I've tried the default Gateway of 192.168.2.1 and I'm using the default Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0 Help? Cheers, Barry.

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Problems setting static IP on SRV 2K8
by Barry Toner 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

Hi folks, I've set these up on client machines no problems for years but not on a server and not in a server running within a VM. FYI I'm using VM Workstation v8. I go into Network, adaptor settings, hit properties on TCP/IP v4. Typing in the static IP I want to use 192.168.2.24 I got the Gateway address prior by running ipconfig/all which came back as 192.168.2.0 So I put that in, and according to this MS Article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754203(v=ws.10).aspx I can use the current machine as the DNS Server so I thump it's IP in to the Preferred DNS. In saying this according the the same article I can do the same for the alt DNS, but this throws up an error saying they both can't be the same. No problem I leave Alt DNS blank. I tick the box to validate on exit, click OK, click close. The Net Diog keeps coming up and it's aying it's found a problem but has no idea what it is. I'm also not able to browse out on to the net. I can ping the machine IP but the gateway address is unreachable. FYI I've tried the default Gateway of 192.168.2.1 and I'm using the default Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0 Help? Cheers, Barry.

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Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtual Machine
by Barry Toner 02 Aug '12

02 Aug '12

Hi folks, I've tried to install his as a VM several times with no success. I've left it alone for several hours and when I come back I can't get any audio feedback fromt he installation. VMware for Windows keeps saying it's installing. I'm installing from DVD media. I installed it and told it to autologin. Any suggestions? Regards, Barry.

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Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtual Machine
by Barry Toner 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Hi folks, I've tried to install his as a VM several times with no success. I've left it alone for several hours and when I come back I can't get any audio feedback fromt he installation. VMware for Windows keeps saying it's installing. I'm installing from DVD media. I installed it and told it to autologin. Any suggestions? Regards, Barry.

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IPV6 on a DLink DIR-857
by Scott Granados 29 Jul '12

29 Jul '12

Wonder if anyone has had any luck configuring IPV6 on Dlink products. I have the ipv6 to 4 tunnel working and can ping by name ipv6 hosted sites but can't gt the LAN side to work. Wonder if anyone has gotten this config to work? Sort of stuck, I don't get the LAN status to say anything but none in status and don't see anything happening on the host Laptop on the LAN segment. Any pointers would be appreciated.

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Open University Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Course
by Barry Toner 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Hi folks, I have a DSA assessor coming out next week for my OU Server 2008 course. I am looking for suggestions what I might need & can justify? For non-UK folks this is Disability Services assessing any hardware/software/support I need to complete my course. I have the latest Window Eyes and NVDA but want the latest JFW so I can make sure I can access every aspect of Server 2008 R2. Should I try for a new Desktop computer? We will be doing the work on pre-built virtual machines. I am conscious about not wanting to take the mickey but equally I tend to leave myself short on these assessments and end up having to purchase things myself. If I had a greedy head on I'd go for a Macbook because I've no intention in my next portable being an IBM based machine, but I'm not sure I could ask for that with a straight face on a Microsoft course! I have a Victor Reader Stream and an iPhone so that's electronic and audio book reading covered. Again I could bluff and ask for a portable player but I'd rather get what I need rather than go on a Christmas shopping list, like so many do. FYI here's the link to the course I'm taking. http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/tm128.htm Any thoughts? Regards, Barry.

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Open University Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Course
by Barry Toner 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Hi folks, I have a DSA assessor coming out next week for my OU Server 2008 course. I am looking for suggestions what I might need & can justify? For non-UK folks this is Disability Services assessing any hardware/software/support I need to complete my course. I have the latest Window Eyes and NVDA but want the latest JFW so I can make sure I can access every aspect of Server 2008 R2. Should I try for a new Desktop computer? We will be doing the work on pre-built virtual machines. I am conscious about not wanting to take the mickey but equally I tend to leave myself short on these assessments and end up having to purchase things myself. If I had a greedy head on I'd go for a Macbook because I've no intention in my next portable being an IBM based machine, but I'm not sure I could ask for that with a straight face on a Microsoft course! I have a Victor Reader Stream and an iPhone so that's electronic and audio book reading covered. Again I could bluff and ask for a portable player but I'd rather get what I need rather than go on a Christmas shopping list, like so many do. FYI here's the link to the course I'm taking. http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/tm128.htm Any thoughts? Regards, Barry.

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ms group chat
by Brian Moore 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Hi. Anyone have any experience with this thing? A friend of mine asked as they are using it at work. There is a downloadable demo of ms communications server 2007 which includes this group chat thing but I don't have a server 2003 or 2008 box handy to play with it. anyone ever tried this thing and gotten any success with jaws prefered but any access at all. I might try and throw together a box later this week if no one else has experience but figured I would ask here. thanks. Brian. -- Contact me on skype: brian.moore follow me on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bmoore123

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weird server connectivity problem
by Jackie McBride 19 Jul '12

19 Jul '12

Hay, all--man, I've got a weird thing going on here. I needed to buy some additional web hosting space. I currently have a server w/a provider & can access CPanel & all my other services w/o difficulty. Lately, though, I needed to buy more space, & because I'd been so happy w/NameCheap in terms of buying domains, I decided to lease server space from them. When attempting to log into my CPanel, I get a message that says authenticating, & then it asks for my username & password again. I click the login button, & get: Login successful. Redirecting … After some time I get: Problem loading page The connection has timed out The server at 1bizhosting.com is taking too long to respond. list of 3 items ▪ The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. ▪ If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. ▪ If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web. list end I've been battling this for about a week. I've disabled my OpenDNS, reset my hosts file, even disabled my firewall & antivirus briefly w/no success. I've used 2 proxies, 1 of which said it wouldn't let me view anything else until I paid 'em $40, the other I couldn't get past the logon screen. I've also tried logging on from different networks, w/similar results. A tracert command yields: Tracing route to host11.registrar-servers.com [199.188.200.56] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.0.1 2 54 ms 54 ms 54 ms phnx-dsl-gw16-208.phnx.qwest.net [67.40.227.208] 3 54 ms 54 ms 54 ms phnx-agw1.inet.qwest.net [216.160.199.121] 4 66 ms 66 ms 66 ms lap-brdr-04.inet.qwest.net [67.14.22.158] 5 204 ms 220 ms 219 ms te1-1.ccr02.lax05.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.11.125] 6 66 ms 67 ms 66 ms te0-2-0-6.ccr22.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.82.153] 7 96 ms 96 ms 96 ms te0-1-0-6.ccr22.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.237] 8 113 ms 114 ms 113 ms te0-0-0-7.ccr22.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.24.21] 9 114 ms 113 ms 113 ms te0-0-0-0.ccr21.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.45.29] 10 139 ms 239 ms 212 ms te2-1.ccr01.atl07.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.26.49] 11 112 ms 113 ms 113 ms 38.122.130.10 12 113 ms 113 ms 112 ms 6509-sc1.abstractdns.com [64.22.117.234] 13 * * * Request timed out. 14 113 ms 113 ms 112 ms host11.registrar-servers.com [199.188.200.56] Trace complete. Again, I have no difficulty connecting w/my other provider. I'm also experiencing timeout issues w/Namecheap's ftp as well. The support people cannot replicate the problem, i.e., entering my user credentials logs them on just fine, evidently. I can actually access www.1bizhosting.com w/o difficulty. So--any1 got any bright ideas? I've been doing this stuff a pretty long time now & I've never seen anything quite like this b4. -- Blame the computer--why not? It can't defend itself & occasionally might even be the culprit Jackie McBride Ask Me Computer Questions at: www.pcinquirer.com Jaws Scripting training materials: www.screenreaderscripting.com homePage: www.abletec.serverheaven.net

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