CARP provides a way to build redundant, fault tolerant services using FreeBSD and standard PC hardware. It was origonaly designed after Cisco’s VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) but can be […]
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What is NTP? NTP stands for Network Time Protocol. It is a set of software programs that are used to keep accurate time on computers. It accomplishes this by referring
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When I am upgrading a system or moving some services from one server to anyother, there is always a need to keep the production data in sync with the
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Postfix is an excellent email server that is available as a port for FreeBSD. My mail server is running in a Shaw cable modem as every now and they Shaw
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OpenSSH has the ability to use a number of authenitcation mechanisms. One of the most popular (next to plain passwords) is using shared keys. Shared keys can give you a lot
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I have used OpenVPN for a number of applications. From remote access while I travel to building a wide area network for a small business. OpenVPN has a number of
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I installed trixbox CE 2.6.0 and noticed that the misic on hold was not working. If you go into the webGUI and click on the Music on Hold module it
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I downloaded the X-Ten softphone and was suprised to find out that the video call did not work. When trying to enable the video it would turn on the “Sending
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For those of you like myself that have a laptop with newer hardware that FreeBSD does not recognize, VMWare may be a good solution for you. FreeBSD 6.2 works very
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We use BGP on our main borger router and need to check or test out BGP connectivity every now and then. This article shows most of the common commad
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