The Never Never Land

Well, I have found you can not use UPnP on any Cisco or Sonicwall device. Low and behold neither does IPCOP, MonoWall, WinFos or WinGate.

SmoothWall does and it resides under the advanced tab in networking. I have installed SmoothWall in ESX with out any issue. Started passing traffic with out even having to poke at it.  I did have to turn DHCP off since I run one internally. The VPN was a bear to make work since there are no real settings you can change on SmoothWall just took forever in their forums to find out what those settings are. Port forwarding is like any other Linux firewall but works nicely. The GUI is not hard to use and actually very fluid.  Some thing worth while for a look.

www.smoothwall.org

Well, I am sure no one is as happy about this as I am.  I have been convicted with 2 counts of Aggravated Battery and that is a class 7 felony.  I will be serving 24 months with Community Corrections. After that as long as I can keep my nose clean I will be eligible to expunge my felony in 5 years.

This does mean I get to have a little change in my life style. Can’t stay out all hours of the night. I have to get prior permission to leave town for any reason.  No Drinking and no drinking for any one in my house. That and the fun of UA’s.

I know a lot of people keep saying how sorry they are they are that I have to deal with corrections and all that stuff.  Well, I know some of them professionally.  I do not think it will be an issue except getting used to the 11PM curfew ( I have set a 15 min alarm on my phone to remind me to get the heck home).  Other then than that if ya of you have any questions just ask.

Ok for people that could not see their websites last night or are just wondering about what all is happing here… We have move some of our hardware around so now we have a server running windows 2008 and exchange 07….This server is now my Domain Controller and my only windows server at the moment.

I also changed the virtualization at the house.  The current web server is still a virtual machine but now it is running on an ESX server located at the house.  The server is a single 3.06 Xenon with 3 gig of ram… The data resides on a 6 Drive Raid 5 Array.  I hope over time to have another windows server and a SSL VPN reside also on this server. More on that as I have tinker time.

It is moving along I hope to have pics up soon… For the love of film I guess…. I hope it will not be long until I get the egress windows in and from that I will have plenty of space for people to stay when they come into town… Or if I get board another room to sleep in :p

Thats right I am going to post up how my network is built and mostly configured in Hope that people may take some of my idea’s and apply them. On top of that maybe even give some suggestions on how to make it better/cooler.

Yes Yes Yes Again I have redone my website to a little different look. I have installed the photo show. I will upload more as I find more pics.

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Well, today I add a post that covers almost all of the above in one shot. I am making this post because this has been way too hard for me say face to face to anyone. As in every time I start to choke up trying to fight back tears.

As most of you know now I recently spent some time in Saline County Jail. I have been listed on the Salina Journal and EBC-Link. This alone has changed my life in ways that I am not even fully aware of.

Today I have to type because I cannot say… Thank you… I have been trying to think of the words to tell my close friends, my family, my fellow staff, and my families friends and acquaintances that I do not even know who you are or your name.

When groups of words like “Posting Bail”, “Lawyers Fee’s” you would expect to hear from your family and maybe one or two loved ones. The thought of some your parent’s friends, old fellow employees and just people they spend time with not even asked but they offer help. Some say we have this you can barrow this with no question just let us know.

When my phone is full of text messages, and voice mails, my E-Mail inbox is full of messages from everyone that I know. I really mean almost everyone I know. People from almost 20 years ago that I have not really been around for almost 20 years they found my E-Mail address and sent me mail. For one of the first time in my life I have heard the words that have come out of my mouth so many times said back to me just this time in unison. “How can I help, what can I do just let me know.” The first one or two I expected and warmed my heart. The next 78 messages I read brought me literally to the floor in tears. My mother used to tell me there are more people in the world that knows you and cares the world about you they just do not show in a way that you notice. Well, I always questioned that in my mind until Thursday. All I can say to all of you is thank you for your support. Thank you for helping me see my world and life are not over. Thank you for showing that you care. I have never felt so cared for and loved as I do now. I will post more as I have information to give.