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  • WindowsWindows server dhcp vlan scopes configured allocating ip addresses

    Windows Server DHCP VLAN Configuration: Detailed Guide

    Network segmentation is a great way to compartmentalize the various networks you need to run in your environment. This provides many benefits from both a management and security perspective. When segmenting your networks, one of the things that you have…

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    Keep Track of IP Addresses Automatically with GestioIP

    I have been testing different IPAMs for use in the home lab as of late and seeing what I like about them and what I don’t. I am doing this to try to settle on the best IPAM solution for…

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    What is VMware NSX SpoofGuard

    VMware NSX includes many great features that help to bolster an organizationโ€™s security posture at a network level.ย  It allows the abstracting of network and security functionality from the underlying physical network infrastructure.ย  We often talk about microsegmentation with VMware…

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    Change VMware NSX IP Pools after creating

    In working with VMware NSX, one of the obscure little things you may run into after setting up IP Pools within the NSX configuration screens is changing a particular IP Pool. ย Static IP Pools are created if you want to…

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    Arpwatch SMTP configuration

    One of the more obscure sources of information when configuring arpwatch is arpwatch SMTP configuration. ย There are so many flavors of linux and SMTP servers, how can you easily setup a vanilla SMTP mechanism to shoot out your arpwatch notifications?…

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    Arpwatch Home Network Monitor

    Let’s face it, these days, we all need to pay more attention to what is going on with our home networks. ย I have the mindset and maybe this is overkill a bit, but we should manage and administer our home…

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    Force the primary outgoing IP address Windows Server 2012 R2

    In working recently with a web server that also has a basic SMTP engine loaded as well, I ran into an issue with the mail server outbound mail queue stacking up after making a reverse DNS change with the ISP.…

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    Powershell if equals and not null

    A while back, I wrote a blog post about using Powershell to email notify you if your home IP address changes if you are dynamically assigned an IP from your ISP. ย However, I wanted to write a quick post about…

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    Change vRealize Operations Manager 6.01 appliance IP Address

    Recently in upgrading a production vSphere 5.5 environment to 6.0, I have been working through the individual infrastructure pieces left over to upgrade. ย I spun up a new vRealize Operations Manager Appliance to take the place of the current vCenter…

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    Monitor Home IP Address Using Powershell with email Notify

    Many of you may need to monitor your home IP address due to services you are running or simply to know your WAN IP address in order to RDP into a workstation you have back home. ย The problem of course…