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By: bbendily

August 4, 2009 11:59 am

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Upgrading DHCP

Recently I upgraded the default DHCPd RPM from Novell to a direct download from ISC.org. When i did that I had problems with the line: option slp-service-scope true "default'; I had to add: option slp-service-scope code 79 = {boolean, text}; before this line: option slp-service-scope true "default"; That maybe something Novell changed […]

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By: dmair

April 16, 2009 8:39 am

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iproute2 Traffic Control

Linux has very cool network filtering capabilities, I've written about them in a couple of articles. One of the comments made about the first article was this: "...add advanced routing (iproute2) in order to handle bandwith resources" I didn't know anything about iproute2 then. I did a little research before writing my follow-up iptables […]

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By: jrecord

May 14, 2008 12:37 pm

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Creating a Central Supportconfig Repository

Overview FTP Server Configuration Host Configuration Conclusion Overview The supportconfig tool gathers system information to troubleshoot problems and reduce resolution time. The troubleshooting process is enhanced when you can compare a working server to a broken one, especially when you can compare the working and broken states of the same server. One challenge is, the […]

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By: jrecord

February 7, 2008 10:42 pm

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Troubleshooting a supportconfig Hang

Problem On occasion the supportconfig will hang when gathering data. The supportconfig is just a bash script that runs system commands. There are times that a command is executed at an inappropriate time, causing a hang condition. However, this is rare. Most of the time, the supportconfig just identifies a problem you already have with […]

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