Ifconfig add an IP address

It’s easy, just run as root:

<code>ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.x netmask 255.255.25.0</code>

How to use a KVM 2-Port Switch

So, you just came across a 2-Port KVM switch and have hooked it up to two PC’s.

Now what ?

How on earth do you switch between machines……?

Simple !

Press the “Scroll lock” key twice

Now use the up/Down arrow key to switch between machines.

Simple, there you go.

Enjoy.

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Apple Airport Disk Utility

Hello all,

If like me you seem to be missing the Airport Disk Utility and have spent the last few hours searching through Apple’s website for a simple download then are in the right place and at the end of your journey.

Go to www.apple.com/downloads and look for the the most recent Airport Base Station update.

1. Download it and mount it
2. Right click and show package contents
3. Copy Archive.pax.gz to your desktop
4. Double click on the Archive.pax.gz file
5. Go to Archive.pax > Applications > Utilities
6. Copy Airport Disk Utility into /Applications/Utilities

Enjoy

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Hard Reset Nokia N95

Having to send my Nokia N95 back for the third time now, all with different problems.

Trying to reset the phone through the Tools menu to factory defaults still did not clear my calendar etc

Then i found out to use the network command:

<code>*#7370#</code>

Enjoy

Reboot, test and reset Apple TV

Hello,

So to access the service menu of the Apple TV to reboot the box just:

Hold down the ‘ Menu’ button and the menu scroll down button ‘ – ‘

Then select ‘Restart’ to reboot Apple TV.

Select diagnostics to run automated self tests.

Select ‘Factory Restore to reset Apple TV to how you first had it – probably deleting all music, photos off of it too.

Enjoy

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Creating an SSL certificate for your Apache webserver

This is my interpretation on setting up a self-signed SSL certificate for an Apache web-server.

The instructions are generic and apply to most versions of Apache on almost any Linux platform.

Firstly, I suggest creating a separate directory to store your SSL certificates e.g.

mkdir /var/www/ssl/mydomain

Now lets browse to the directory we just created:

cd /var/www/ssl/mydomain

We are using the ‘openssl‘ utility to generate our SSL certificate.

Firstly, we create a private key** using:

openssl genrsa -out mydomain.key

Now we generate a certificate signing request or CSR for short using:

openssl rsa -in mydomain.key -out mydomain.csr

Fill in the appropriate fields with relative information….

and, finally create the self-signed certificate using:

openssl x509 -req days 365 -in mydomain.csr -signkey mydomain.key -out mydomain.crt

This creates a selfsigned ‘mydomain.crt’ for 365 days.

**For safety only allow root to read the private key using:

chown root mydomain.key && chmod 600 mydomain.key

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DogsBoutique Best Pup Competition

http://dogsboutique.co.uk are running a monthly competition to find the most pampered pooch.

The winner will win £25 to spend in-store or on-line.

All you need to do is to email us a picture of your groomed model perfect pooch with his name and a contact email address- that’s it!

The competition is running through January only at present but, if it proves popular – it will be back!

email: info@dogsboutique.co.uk with subject “DogsBoutique pooch of the month competition” and attach your image maximum 5MB in size.

Dogs Boutique

203 Baker Street

Enfield

Middlesex

London

EN1 3JT

E-mail us at info@dogsboutique.co.uk,

or give us a call on 020 8363 3299.

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