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Author: Brandon Lee

Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
How to connect Shrew Soft VPN client to Sophos IPsec VPN
Security

How to connect Shrew Soft VPN client to Sophos IPsec VPN

So far I have really been impressed with the features and power of the Sophos UTM appliance.  I have ran it both in a software based applianced running on a…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 27, 2015January 11, 2021
Sophos UTM vs Untangle
Security

Sophos UTM vs Untangle

UTM or Unified Threat Management devices are becoming more and more popular as businesses and corporations have realized in the past couple of years that a simple tradition firewall of…

by Brandon LeeDecember 17, 2014January 11, 2021
Google 2 Step Verification Setup with Duo
Security

Google 2 Step Verification Setup with Duo

Two step verification is quickly becoming the preferred means of authentication especially for the security minded out there who want that extra layer of security protecting their personal accounts or…

by Brandon LeeDecember 10, 2014January 11, 2021
Keep from switching IPs back and forth
Networking

Keep from switching IPs back and forth

If you are a system administrator or someone who spends time configuring routers or other network devices, you may have the need to place your laptop or workstation on the…

by Brandon LeeOctober 31, 2014December 28, 2023
Installing and configuring VMware Operations Manager 5.5
Virtualization

Installing and configuring VMware Operations Manager 5.5

vCenter Operations Manager allows admins to monitor and manage the health, performance, and capacity planning of their current vSphere infrastructure environment.  It provides a really nice graphical interface to help…

by Brandon LeeOctober 23, 2014January 11, 2021
Setup iSCSI Napp-it Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster
Windows

Setup iSCSI Napp-it Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster

In playing around recently in my home VMware lab, I set about created a Windows Server 2012 R2 cluster with iSCSI storage.  I have used many products over the years…

by Brandon LeeOctober 16, 2014April 5, 2024
Nginx configuration, security, and other information
Web

Nginx configuration, security, and other information

Nginx is rapidly gaining popularity in the WebHosting world, especially since performance, speed, and scaling are becoming ever more important.  Nginx is capable of handling a large amount of concurrent…

by Brandon LeeOctober 13, 2014May 1, 2024
Hacker Typer – code like a hacker
Cool Stuff

Hacker Typer – code like a hacker

If you are ever needlessly bored or you have the desire to become a super hacker able to blast out lines of code in an instant and impress your friends…

by Brandon LeeOctober 10, 2014January 11, 2021
Viewing and killing TCP IP connections Windows
Networking

Viewing and killing TCP IP connections Windows

Many time in troubleshooting or needing to view network traffic information or connection information, seeing your TCP/IP connections in Windows can provide valuable insight into problems or issues that may be…

by Brandon LeeOctober 10, 2014January 11, 2021
Untangle 11.0 new features and changes
News

Untangle 11.0 new features and changes

Untangle has announced and released a new version of their ever popular UTM device the NG Firewall which is used by an ever growing number of customers.  The simplicity and…

by Brandon LeeOctober 9, 2014

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