Well, got that installed without a glitch! Installed a 320Gb SATA disk into it, went thru the setup wizard and it just works!
The only gotcha so far is that the USB ports are at the rear of the unit, and not easily accessible.
Next I'll connect up the IOMega 350GB external USB drive to the NAS200. Don't expect any adverse to happen (just have to re-jig some of the cables around here!)
Sep 27, 2007
NAS200 - Network Storage System with 2 Bays
Just got a package with some stuff I bought when I was at Networkers last week. 2 Linksys NAS200 units! 8-)
These units hold up to 2 1Tb drives which can be configured as 2 separate drives or as 2 mirrored drives or 2 stripped drives. They also come with 2 USB ports in the back so that you can plug-in 2 USB 2.0 hard-drives or even a USB flash drive.
From the Linksys website:
These units hold up to 2 1Tb drives which can be configured as 2 separate drives or as 2 mirrored drives or 2 stripped drives. They also come with 2 USB ports in the back so that you can plug-in 2 USB 2.0 hard-drives or even a USB flash drive.
From the Linksys website:
- Ethernet connected network storage with two available SATA hard drive bays adds shared storage directly to your network
- Add even more storage with two USB 2.0 ports for hard drive or flash USB storage devices
- Securely share files locally or through the Internet (FTP, HTTP) with no dedicated PC needed
- Advanced backup software included
- Built-in media server for streaming to PC or UPnP AV digital media adapter
Cisco Networkers 2007 - Brisbane
After having spent 4 days at the Cisco Networkers Conference in Brisbane is has been difficult getting readjusted to the weather!
This year, I attended the techtorial on "Security for Network Engineers". This 1 day session cover all aspects of keeping the network secure and the bad guys out. As well us giving us ideas on how to secure our networks we were given an insight into how they handle security within Cisco themselves.
The following days I attended many of the breakout sessions, covering many topics including server/router virtualization and SANS architecture.
I take my hat off to Cisco for organizing such a large event! Over 1500 delegates attended and an untold number of support crew as well the exhibitors.
I shall have to write up more on the stuff I learnt there soon... ;-)
This year, I attended the techtorial on "Security for Network Engineers". This 1 day session cover all aspects of keeping the network secure and the bad guys out. As well us giving us ideas on how to secure our networks we were given an insight into how they handle security within Cisco themselves.
The following days I attended many of the breakout sessions, covering many topics including server/router virtualization and SANS architecture.
I take my hat off to Cisco for organizing such a large event! Over 1500 delegates attended and an untold number of support crew as well the exhibitors.
I shall have to write up more on the stuff I learnt there soon... ;-)
Sep 6, 2007
Welcome to My World
Howdy and welcome to my technical/security blog!
This will be a dumping ground for all sorts of ideas and thoughts I may (or may not) have when it comes to network and computer security.
As you may already know, this is an ever expanding area. The Black Hats find the exploits, the White Hats try to fix them and the Grey Hats are schizophrenic!
And here's some food for thought ...................
"There are 3 hats in the world, Black hat = hacker, White hat = good guy and Red Hat = victim"
This will be a dumping ground for all sorts of ideas and thoughts I may (or may not) have when it comes to network and computer security.
As you may already know, this is an ever expanding area. The Black Hats find the exploits, the White Hats try to fix them and the Grey Hats are schizophrenic!
And here's some food for thought ...................
"There are 3 hats in the world, Black hat = hacker, White hat = good guy and Red Hat = victim"
Apr 12, 2007
Cisco 3750 Password Recovery Procedure
Just in case you need to know.....here is the password recovery procedure for the Cisco Catalyst 3550, 3560, and 3750 Series Layer 3 switches. Unlike the 2500 and 2600 series of routers, these have a 'mode' button on the front along with some cute status LEDs.
1. Attach a terminal or PC with terminal emulation software. Set up as speed 9600, 8 bits, no parity bits and 1 stop bit.
2. Remove the power cord from the router
3. While pressing down on the 'mode' button, power up the router. Keep the mode button pressed down until the SYST LED stays solid green. When you release the mode button the SYST LED will start flashing.
4. You will then see:
1. Attach a terminal or PC with terminal emulation software. Set up as speed 9600, 8 bits, no parity bits and 1 stop bit.
2. Remove the power cord from the router
3. While pressing down on the 'mode' button, power up the router. Keep the mode button pressed down until the SYST LED stays solid green. When you release the mode button the SYST LED will start flashing.
4. You will then see:
The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the flash file system to finish loading the operating system software: flash_init load_helper boot
5. At the prompt enter: load_helper
6. Then type ren flash:config.text config.old
7.
pressed down until the SYST LED stays solid green. When you release the mode button the SYST LED will start flashing.
4. You will then see: