Category: useful information
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What ports do I need to open to permit VPN traffic ?
For PPTP VPN connections, you need to open TCP port 1723 (for PPTP tunnel maintenance traffic). PPTP also uses IP port 47 for tunneling data. Port 47 is designed for “General Routing Encapsulation” or GRE packets. For L2TP VPN connections, you need to open UDP port 500 for Internet Key Exchange (IKE) traffic and
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Where to get that windows 7 disk
Ok… so you lost your Windows 7 install disk… well as luck would have it…. below is a list of direct downloads .. of course you will still need to have a valid key, but if you are doing a re-install then a quick jellybean or look at the sticker on your machine and your
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Dynamic DNS free Alternatives
DynDNS have removed their free account service and now require customers to pay a minimum of $30/yr for a basic account. If you’ve already registered an account with DynDNS don’t worry, existing customers on the free service won’t need to start paying. This will only affect new customers that would like to register an account to
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Install USB Drive Manager in SME Server Panel
This USB manager for SME Server-Manager panel is a great help. wget http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/jppialasse/SME7/usbdisksmanage r/smeserver-usbdisksmanager-0.2-0.1.noarch.rpm or alternate wget http://www.pialasse.com/RPMS/smeserver-usbdisksmanager-0.2-0.1.noarch.rpm Then run: yum localinstall smeserver-usbdisksmanager-0.2-0.1.noarch.rpm then go login and marvel at your new addition to your server manager.
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What ports for Email ?
Email ports The POP3 port for inbound emails is 110 (995 if you want to use secured POP3) And the IMAP port for inbound emails is 143 (993 if you want to use secured IMAP) The SMTP port for outbound emails is 25 or 2525 (465 if you want to use secured SMTP)
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What ports for VPN
For PPTP: IP Protocol=TCP, TCP Port number=1723Â Â <- Used by PPTP control path IPÂ Protocol=GRE (value 47)Â Â <- Used by PPTP data path For L2TP:For SSTP: IP Protocol Type=UDP, UDP Port Number=500Â Â Â <- Used by IKEv1 (IPSec control path) IP Protocol Type=UDP, UDP Port Number=4500Â Â <- Used by IKEv1 (IPSec control path) IPÂ Protocol Type=ESP (value 50)Â Â
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change you key in office 2010 onwards..
It can be done via the command line. Open up a Command Prompt (Press the Windows Button and type CMD or navigate to All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt). Then you just need to use the command below that matches your OS. For 32 bit Windows: cscript “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\OSPP.VBS” /inpkey:yourkeygoeshere For
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Some useful wiring information
some useful wiring information.. Cable pin connections LAN Straight Cable (RJ-45) Pin Number To Pin Number 1Â –Â 1 2 –Â 2 3Â – 3 6 –Â 6 White Orange, Orange, White Green, Blue, White Blue, Green, White Brown, Brown.. LAN Cross Cable (RJ-45) Pin Number To Pin Number 1 –Â 3 2Â –
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How can I repair the Windows 8 EFI Bootloader?
Firstly, boot from a UEFI Windows 8 recovery disk (CD/DVD/USB) – I found that the automated recovery process didn’t find the correct Windows partition, nor when I managed to add it to BCD settings would it make it reliably bootable e.g. using BCDEDIT I got it to find and launch the Windows partition but it
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Blank page (auth.owa Http 500) when logging into Outlook Web Access running on Exchange 2010
OK.. after a few updates have noticed that the OWA was not working .  Nothing new there..   No one  could access their e-mails via the web.  Checking the IIS logs, I found that the error was 500 which indicated some kind of authentication error. A little power-shell cmdlet you can run is Test-OWAConnectivity.