Nov 26, 2012

IPKG for Synology DS213+


CAUTION: before upgrading your DSM disable IPKG ( if its already installed )! 

=> /etc/rc.local
original source: http://www.synology-wiki.de/index.php/IPKG


Install IPKG:


ssh onto NAS
ssh root@NAS

afterwards change to root dir
cd /volume1/

Nov 1, 2012

Remote Sniffertrace with tcpdump and netcat

sometimes there is the need to capture network traffic on a remote host, but the host hasn't got enough disk space or resources to handle the traffic. for this issue we can work with a remote capture host using netcat and tcpdump!

Situation: 1x Client ( local ) - 1x Server ( remote )


netcat has to be installed on the local client and the syntax should be as follow:


Feb 29, 2012

WIFI / DHCP bug after upgrading to OSX 10.7.3

as reported many times on the internet, it seems that there is a bug included in the newest OSX version 10.7.3 upgrade, which affect not all, but some MACs.

same happened on my Mac Book pro ( mid 2009 ) :-(

after the upgrade process and a post reboot, i couldn't get online with my WIFI connection anymore.
also plug in a network cable couldn't fix this issue. it seems like there are problems in getting an ip address.

the only way to FIX this problem is to restore the ( old ) /etc/authorization file.

i got an backup of this file in time machine and also in /etc/authorization~backup


after restoring the file ( from 10.7.2 or earlier ) and a reboot, everything works like a charm.

thanks to apple ( .. )


Feb 17, 2012

Opsview with Heartbeat(linux-ha) and drbd on Cent OS 5.5


after spending many hours in reading and reading on howto setup a fully functional working opsview instance on CentOS 5.5, i finally document everything ..


opsview is a product of http://www.opsview.com


INSTALL CentOS
We have two servers with two NICs. One NIC is for the heartbeat and the other to connect to the nework. We synchronize the Database via mysql-Replikation. First you need to Setup centOS on both servers. We parted our300GB harddisk like this. You can keep it like this.