KevinTM » Techie

Quick Tech Tip: IE8 Will Not Install SSL Certificate

kevintm — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:37:52 +0000

I was able to test this successfully in windows 7. Not sure about vista.
But anyway, in the old days of windows xp with server 2003 and self signed certs, you could easy just install the cert straight from the browser. When you try and do it now, it seems as though those install cert options are gone. Well they actually are not. All you need to do 1st is add the secure site to your internet explorer trusted sites, reload the page. Then you will be able to install the cert straight from the browser!

Preping for next cert. MCITP

kevintm — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:21:36 +0000

July’s goal is to start on my next cert MCITP. The cert will require to complete 3 tests. 70-640, 70-642 & 70-646. Starting 2nd week in July I plan on just taking them in order ever other week. After passing the practice test out of the box, I’m pretty confident I’ll be able to pass them all in 1 shot. I’m still going to read and review everything before taking the actual test, only because they do cost $125 for each test and it takes a few weeks before I get reimbursed from work.

Passed 640-816

kevintm — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:49:15 +0000

I’m definitely in a good mode. Passed the cisco 640-816 exam today 1st try. aka ‘icnd2′. Scored 931 out of 1000. So now I officially have my full CCNA. Woohoo!

A slight network modification.

kevintm — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:19:10 +0000

Finally broke down and purchased a new router. Currently for the house we were using a netgear 514. After many packet drops and frequent reboots, I decided it was time. the 2 choices. Cisco 871w ($500) or Cisco WRVS4400N ($200)

I ended up going with the wrvs4400n for the price and hoping that i can find a way to do site to site vpn from it to my asa.

2nd’ly, I picked up a Buffalo LinkStation Live™ - LS-CHL 1 TB for my parents. They’ve been looking for a backup solution. I’m not all into keeping up with consumer level backup solutions, but for $140 I really feel that this buffalo was the best bang for the $. I should have it setup for them w/ auto backups setup by this weekend.

UPDATE: The WRVS4400N didn’t end up doing what I needed it to do for site to site VPN. Luckily enough I got my hands on a Cisco 831 for free, just had to configure it. With the $200 I got from the WRVS4400N return, I was able to get a Cisco Aironet 1311. Both are now configured and working great. I was able to take off the default cisco web interface on the 831 and load sdm express, in case I’m unable to access the CLI for some odd reason. I installed the full sdm 2.5 on my windows Desktop for any advanced configuring I may need to do in the future.

Server Rack

kevintm — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:15:24 +0000

I’ve been frequently updating my server rack over the past few weeks as I study for the CCNA test.

Desk area
Full Rack w/ Monitor out
Full Rack w/ Monitor in
Cisco Routers & Switches setup

Visio Diagram

For the actual lab part I’m using…
1 x 2950 12 port switch
2 x 2950 24 port switches
3 x 2610 Routers
2 x 2611 Routers
1 x 2621 Router
1 x 3640 Router
1 x VG200
1 x Pix 515E Firewall

HD2 vs iphone

kevintm — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:47:33 +0000

My wife has an iPhone. While I have the new HD2. I figured after about 2 weeks of using it now, it would be a good time to say a few words of what I like and don’t like about each.
I also use an ipod touch w/ the 3.1 os. So I’m pretty familiar w/ the os.

I’ll start off with what I liked or now miss on the iphone / ipod that the HD2 just does not do out of the box.

1) I really really miss Cisco IPSEC vpn. Out of the box, it’s built into my ipod touch and Joy’s iphone. I actually use the software for telneting to my asa and Cisco lab. You can purchase a $50 software package to add it to win mo. But it may or may not work depending on your environment. I’ve already spend enough to get the phone. I’m not spending more on apps. Future solution: I am going to be converting my vpn tunnel from IPSEC to any connect. My ASA is defiantly capable of handling it. But, I have enough on my plate right, so the conversion will have to wait.

2) The cisco study apps / flash cards are great on the ipod touch. On win mo, there really is none. We’ll the same questions and study information is on their site. But it is very well laid out and intuitive on the ipod touch.

3) The ebay iphone app is greatly missed. Currently I just goto the site and login from the hd2. But the layout of the ipod app was so nice.

4) Free solitaire. There is no Solitaire that comes with the hd2. wtf. I was actually kinda disappointed.

5) Apple’s App store is light years ahead of marketplace. No question about it.

Enough of that. Now on to 5 things I love about my hd2.

1) HTC Sense. HTC did a great job of hiding the win mo OS and really improving the interface and experience. I prefer HTC sense over the ipod interface. (I love the weather app)

2) Opera and Skyfire web browsers are better and faster at rendering websites then safari mobile. (imo)

3) Build in pdf viewer, mobile office and better media player.

4) The ability to run multiple apps at the same time is a nice feature that I use quite often.

5) Gorgeous Screen. It is bigger and better then the ipod touch / iphone.

What I loved about both.

1) Exchange sync works great on both.

2) Battery life is great on both.

3) the virtual keyboards on both units both feel about the same to me. Although Swipe on the hd2 has some interesting tricks. I’m not fast enough at it though because some times the words I’m trying to spell are nothing like

4) remote desktop & instant messaging on both devices work very well.

5) Google maps and gps navigation. Although I love that my hd2 had the telenav software already built in and ready to roll.

PASSED 640-822

kevintm — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:30:09 +0000

Passed! 640-822 (ICND1) So now im offically Cisco Certified (CCENT). Next test is (ICND2) for CCNA. I’ll probably take it in about 2 or 3 weeks.

2010 Appointments off by 1 hour in Exchange 2003 SP2. fixed

kevintm — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:59:12 +0000

I recently noticed that all my reoccuring appointments were off by 1 hour from March 16th ish to April 5, 2010. I did some troubleshooting and determined that the issue was on my exchange server, not desktops.
I noticed from multiple pcs in outlook 2007 and through OWA and my windows mobile phone, that all of the appointments were off.
After applying this hotfix from Microsoft, and restarting the server. All new appointments now show correctly. Unfortunatly, it did not auto fix the old appointments. I ended up having to delete them and recreate them.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979306 -> XP Desktops
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977720 -> 2003 servers

Cisco exam result icnd1 640-822

kevintm — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:53:28 +0000

Well I just got home from taking the 640-822 exam. Unfortunately I did not pass. I scored perfectly on all the configuration simulation, but unfortunately did terrible on the terminology section and ran out of time. I was expecting to get 110 mins to the take test, but only got 90. So about half way through the test I checked how much time I had left. To my surprise, I only had 20 mins. I ended up having to rush through the rest of the exam and didn’t get to read the questions with complete understanding.

No hard feelings, I know what I need to study more and will be ready for next week.

Next Phone Decided.

kevintm — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:54:53 +0000

So I’ve decided what my next phone is going to be since my blackjack II doesn’t last but more then a few hours before needing charging.

HTC HD2. (US Release date: March 24th for Tmobile)

As long as I have my tax money by then, I’m good to go.

engadget review