... and stops - again!</h1> <article> <h1>... and stops - again!</h1> <p>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:07:25 +0000</p> Time for a total re-think </article> <article> <h1>Return of a network - the saga continues ...</h1> <p>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:18:45 +0000</p> Times they are a changing </article> <article> <h1>Peace</h1> <p>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:07:42 +0000</p> <p>This weekend there shall be no:</p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>banging<br /> </li><li>dripping<br /> </li><li>draining<br /> </li><li>sawing<br /> </li><li>cutting<br /> </li><li>drilling<br /> </li></ul><p></p><p> There shall be no plumbers, builders, electricians, joiners, labourers, architects nor foremen.</p><p> </p><p> Why? Because I shall be at home and not at school where there are no working computers, no data cables connected to any patch panels or switches. There are no servers on line, no routers whirring and no telephones ringing. In the <abbr title="Information and Communications Technology">ICT</abbr> suite and my recently demoted server room there is only polythene encased, well everything. I shall therefore be unable to do any remote working.</p><p> </p><p> Next week I am promised that the new server room will be completed, indeed the electric and data sockets are already fitted. The data sockets are not connected to anything as a new patch panel is required, but you can't have everything all at once.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Oh no what have I done?</h1> <p>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:51:12 +0000</p> Nothing that is commendable apparently </article> <article> <h1>Oh what a lot I've learnt</h1> <p>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:57:30 +0000</p> But nothing that is of any value any more </article> <article> <h1>23,980</h1> <p>Tue, 25 May 2010 21:25:06 +0000</p> Hey ho it's all good learning even if it is painful at times. </article> <article> <h1>A wheel came off</h1> <p>Thu, 13 May 2010 19:35:58 +0000</p> Debugging by conversation has failed me this time. </article> <article> <h1>The project continues ...</h1> <p>Tue, 04 May 2010 18:48:19 +0000</p> the settings aren't right and I ran out of time to 'play'. </article> <article> <h1>One step forward ...</h1> <p>Mon, 03 May 2010 18:03:27 +0000</p> ... and two steps back. </article> <article> <h1>Virtual forgiveness</h1> <p>Sun, 02 May 2010 18:13:41 +0000</p> It's good this virtualisation lark - very forgiving of mistakes. People however are another matter entirely </article> <article> <h1>Progress - forward and reverse</h1> <p>Sun, 02 May 2010 12:30:52 +0000</p> Very much the reverse. </article> <article> <h1>Explore - Discover - Learn</h1> <p>Sun, 02 May 2010 10:03:07 +0000</p> <p>As I have not previously kept an online blog I thought that now might just be the time to start. During my degree course I wrote copious entries in a Learning Journal, which proved invaluable on several occasions. Now I am at the start of a new project which, for me, is going to be a challenge. Perhaps by setting out what needs doing I will be able to keep track of developments (both organisational and personal), show progress towards the ultimate goal/s and mark success (and failure) points.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Travelling towards (not in any particular order):</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Hardware</strong></span></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong> </strong></span></div><div style="margin-left:25px;">2 x Physical servers Windows 2008 R2 OS</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> with Hyper-V hosting:</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">VM- Domain controller; Active Directory; DNS; (DHCP?); Exchange 2010</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> VM-</div></div><abbr title="Management Information System"></abbr><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">MIS</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> VM-WSUS, Anti-virus and print services</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> VM- Domain Controller; Active Directory; DNS; (DHCP? if not previous) User Home folders</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">All desktops and laptops: Windows 7 OS</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Netgear 48 port managed gigabit switch; 2 x Netgear 24 port gigabit smart switch</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Ruckus Zone director with 7 Ruckus poe wireless access points</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div>to be continued ..... Still travelling but now it's someone else's pigeon </article> </main></body></html>