Field notes for IThttps://kirb.it/en-ushttps://kirb.it/verizon-wi-fi-calling-not-working/https://kirb.it/verizon-wi-fi-calling-not-working/We’ve had several clients who complained that Wi-fi calling wasn’t working properly after we installed a Barracuda Cloudgen Firewall. I had tackled this issue on several occasions, but never was able to get aTue, 09 Jan 2024 17:28:47 GMTTips & Tricksbarracuda firewalltroubleshootinghttps://kirb.it/find-public-wan-ip-address-of-remote-unifi-device/https://kirb.it/find-public-wan-ip-address-of-remote-unifi-device/Had a unique scenario where I needed to find the public WAN IP address of a remote Unifi Switch that was connected to our cloud controller. If you open up the debug terminal with the Unifi Controller and then type inMon, 14 Mar 2022 11:33:03 GMTUncategorizedhttps://kirb.it/use-amazon-corretto-for-unifi-controller-instead-of-oracle-java/https://kirb.it/use-amazon-corretto-for-unifi-controller-instead-of-oracle-java/So with Oracle starting to charge for commercial usage and updates of Java SE, I was looking for an alternative for our Unifi Controller. I ran across a comment in the Ubiquiti forums somewhere that said using AmazonFri, 04 Oct 2019 14:52:29 GMTTips & Trickstroubleshootingunifihttps://kirb.it/barracuda-firewall-command-line-ssh-speed-test/https://kirb.it/barracuda-firewall-command-line-ssh-speed-test/Sometimes when you are trying to diagnose an internet speed or performance issue, it’s helpful to be able to run a speedtest from the router itself. We use Barracuda NextGen F Series Firewalls a lot, and the followingThu, 15 Nov 2018 15:33:59 GMTTips & Tricksbarracuda firewallspeedtestsshhttps://kirb.it/comcast-home-wireless-gateway-default-password-tc8305c/https://kirb.it/comcast-home-wireless-gateway-default-password-tc8305c/For years now I’ve always used the following username and password for Comcast modems. Username: cusadmin Password: highspeed Recently though it seems like some of the newer modems like the wireless gateway TC8305C useMon, 10 Nov 2014 11:25:03 GMTTips & Trickscomcastmodempasswordshttps://kirb.it/quickbooks-2015-will-install-windows-xp/https://kirb.it/quickbooks-2015-will-install-windows-xp/For all the folks out there still running Windows XP, you will be in for a surprise when you go to upgrade Quickbooks. Starting with Quickbooks 2015, you can not install it on Windows XP. I haven’t tried all theTue, 21 Oct 2014 17:53:16 GMTTips & Tricksquickbookswindows 7windows xphttps://kirb.it/start-microsoft-outlook-invalid-xml-view-loaded/https://kirb.it/start-microsoft-outlook-invalid-xml-view-loaded/I had a customer call me to say that his computer seemed to freeze for him, so he did a hard restart on it. Once it booted back up, Microsoft Outlook 2010 would not start but give the following error message. CannotTue, 21 Oct 2014 08:12:21 GMTTips & Tricksofficeoutlooktroubleshootinghttps://kirb.it/updates-office-ready-applied-blocked-one-apps/https://kirb.it/updates-office-ready-applied-blocked-one-apps/I have a customer who is getting the following error message in Office 2013. “Updates for Office are ready to be applied, but are blocked by one or more apps.” The problem is when the Update Now button is clicked, youTue, 29 Apr 2014 17:27:48 GMTTips & Tricksofficetroubleshootinghttps://kirb.it/pebble-steel-smartwatch-photos/https://kirb.it/pebble-steel-smartwatch-photos/A few photos of the unboxing and setup process for the new Pebble Steel Smartwatch. Some of my thoughts and impressions will be coming later. All photos taken with a Lumia 1020 and the screenshots are taken with a NexusFri, 07 Mar 2014 22:48:59 GMTJust for FunPebblePhotosSmartwatchhttps://kirb.it/using-new-generic-domain-name-gtld-office-365/https://kirb.it/using-new-generic-domain-name-gtld-office-365/Its been very interesting to me seeing all the changes that are occurring in the domain space, especially with all hundreds of generic top level domains that will be flooding the market this year. I’ve beenThu, 27 Feb 2014 18:33:03 GMTTips & TricksdomainsgTLDoffice365powershelltroubleshootinghttps://kirb.it/restoring-deleted-active-directory-user-fails-error-0x2077-illegal-modify-operation/https://kirb.it/restoring-deleted-active-directory-user-fails-error-0x2077-illegal-modify-operation/I was attempting to restore an Active Directory User that was accidentally deleted on a SBS 2011 server using the steps outlined in this Microsoft KB Article, however I kept coming up short with the following errorWed, 11 Sep 2013 18:04:57 GMTTips & Tricksactive directorysbs 2011troubleshootinghttps://kirb.it/windows-update-outlook-2013-folder-list-pane-empty/https://kirb.it/windows-update-outlook-2013-folder-list-pane-empty/Yesterday Microsoft released a few updates for Windows & Office. One of the updates, KB2817630, appears to break Outlook 2013. The screenshot to the right is what happened to one of our customers after the update wasWed, 11 Sep 2013 09:45:58 GMTTips & Tricksexchangeoffice365outlooktroubleshootinghttps://kirb.it/no-internet-access-on-windows-7-after-installing-extensis-portfolio-desktop-client/https://kirb.it/no-internet-access-on-windows-7-after-installing-extensis-portfolio-desktop-client/After installing Extensis Portfolio Desktop Client software on a few Windows 7 desktops today, we noticed that after rebooting the computers would no longer connect to the internet. They could access local files &Thu, 05 Sep 2013 23:12:24 GMTTips & Tricksextensisnetworktroubleshootingwindows 7https://kirb.it/change-sbs-2011-exchange-smtp-send-connector-port/https://kirb.it/change-sbs-2011-exchange-smtp-send-connector-port/On several occasions I’ve noticed that Comcast seems to be blocking port 25 on their internet connections. This, of course, is an issue for SBS 2011 networks and outgoing SMTP email. For most cases I use a Smart HostThu, 23 May 2013 10:26:09 GMTTips & Tricksexchangepowershellsbs 2011https://kirb.it/installing-cpanel-on-windows-azure-linux-vm/https://kirb.it/installing-cpanel-on-windows-azure-linux-vm/Installing cPanel on a Windows Azure Centos Virtual Machine fails with the error code “yum failed 6 times.” Fortunately there is a simpleSat, 04 May 2013 00:02:49 GMTTips & Tricksazurecloudlinuxhttps://kirb.it/exchange-2010-sp3-the-module-dll-exppw-dll-failed-to-load/https://kirb.it/exchange-2010-sp3-the-module-dll-exppw-dll-failed-to-load/A Windows SBS 2011 server at one of our customers locations installed several updates last evening, and when they came into work this morning they discovered they were not receiving any email. Neither was the remote webFri, 03 May 2013 23:08:02 GMTTips & Tricksexchangesbs 2011troubleshootinghttps://kirb.it/configure-office-365-passwords-to-never-expire/https://kirb.it/configure-office-365-passwords-to-never-expire/One of the biggest complains we get from customers that are using Microsoft Office 365 is the mandatory password expiration. Microsoft has a KnowledgeBase article that explains with a few simple powershell commands howMon, 29 Apr 2013 17:19:53 GMTTips & Tricksexchangeoffice365outlooktroubleshootinghttps://kirb.it/enable-office-365-auto-discover-for-outlook-in-sbs-2011-exchange-environments/https://kirb.it/enable-office-365-auto-discover-for-outlook-in-sbs-2011-exchange-environments/One of the issues you will run into when migrating from an on premises Exchange 2010 server on SBS 2011 is that Outlook will not autodiscover the correct Office 365 server settings. Fortunately this can be easily solvedMon, 15 Apr 2013 12:27:55 GMTTips & Tricksexchangeoutlooksbs 2011https://kirb.it/wifi-on-windows-8-does-not-support-wep-shared-key-authentication/https://kirb.it/wifi-on-windows-8-does-not-support-wep-shared-key-authentication/I was troubleshooting a Windows 8 laptop that wouldn’t connect to a customer’s wireless network recently. The wireless network was configured using the WEP – Shared Key Authentication method which is horribly insecureFri, 12 Apr 2013 10:44:27 GMTTips & Trickstroubleshootingwindows 8wirelesshttps://kirb.it/hello/https://kirb.it/hello/After a long hiatus from blogging, I’m back. I plan to post tips, tricks, and tidbits from the world of IT.Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:36:49 GMTMeta