If you need to check quickly how well the Internet connection of one of your pfSense routers is doing , why not use Speedtest ? And this just requires installing a small package on the machine.
If you need to apply QoS rules to trafic coming or going to Youtube, the best thing to do is to have the list of IPs of their network.
If you use or plan to use a fiber network card such as the Intel E10G42BTDA – Intel X520-DA2 with a PfSense firewall (such as our SolidRouters), you need to adjust the /boot/loader.conf.local file with informations such as :
vm.kmem_size="435544320"
vm.kmem_size_max="535544320"
kern.ipc.nmbclusters="1000000"
kern.ipc.nmbjumbop="524288"
hw.igb.fc_setting=0
hw.ixgbe.num_queues="4"
Values are to be adjusted according to your setup. The last line is relate to quad ethernet network cards from Intel.
Crestron Toolbox is a software you can use to manage Crestron equipments over USB, IP, COM. It might be a bit difficult to find as a download since it is usually restricted to partners.Luckily it can be found on the Inernet
If the charger of your Parrot Bebop drone keeps blinking red after you plugged your battery in, it is because it’s refusing to charge it due to a low voltage. Sort of a safety feature but it is pretty annoying.
With the so convenient command “Say” on Mac OS, you can easily get your computer to read any text to you. Or for that matter, make another computer read text by sending a simple command line via Apple Remote Desktop.
Since I have to do remote desktop control over a lot of computers using Mac OS or warn of an upcoming update, I began using Mac’s speakers to address the users. Obviously it is useless to speak to a user whose speakers are muted.. so I decided to change the system volume via CLI.
You’re about to sell your Blackberry but you dont know how to format and erase its memory? Its easy!
If you ever need to flush the DNS cache of Mac OS X there are several command lines to do so or a little utility
If you run a Ubuntu Server I hope you’re maintaining it up to date (.. and this its true for any OS..). If you dont know how to do so, it just takes a few commands.