Karl Ahlers

My name is Karl Ahlers and I like to blog about technology such as Linux, Windows, and Cisco
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Using Vagrant and Linode to create a VPS in minutes

By Karl | April 16, 2017 - 1:48 pm |April 17, 2017 Linode, Linux, Vagrant
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Automation is now becoming more popular and given a standard in some places. The best place to start learning is by using Vagrant and Linode a Virtual Private Server(VPS) that will host our content. Our goal in this project will be to use Vagrant to provision an image of Ubuntu… Continue reading →

Tagged Linode, Linux, Vagrant, VPS

Updates again

By Karl | April 14, 2017 - 11:29 pm |April 14, 2017 Uncategorized
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It’s been almost 4 years since I’ve posted anything around here and during those 4 years I’ve learned a lot and it’s about time to start documenting  them.

Boot the Playstation 3 into safe mode

By Karl | June 19, 2013 - 5:18 pm |June 19, 2013 Playstation 3
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What some people don’t know how to do til it’s to late is how to boot the Playstation 3 into safe mode, they already bricked their Playstation 3 and start to panic and worry since the device is out of warranty. It seems that the the Playstation 3 firmware version… Continue reading →

Tagged Firmware 4.45, PS3, Unbrick PS3

Using Minicom to access Cisco Router

By Karl | June 6, 2013 - 6:42 pm |June 6, 2013 Cisco
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One of the things I don’t get to use alot is a Windows based Terminal. I remember the days when you Hyperterminal use to be apart of the Windows Operating System and you can access the console of Cisco equipment. Today I will be using Minicom to access Cisco Router…. Continue reading →

Updates!

By Karl | May 26, 2013 - 7:02 pm |May 26, 2013 Uncategorized
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A new refresh look of the website and also new content will be added to reflect more on the networking aspect and adding in Cisco related posts.

Tagged Cisco, Refresh

Trixbox Password

By Karl | October 19, 2012 - 10:29 am |October 19, 2012 Linux
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It has been awhile since I updated my site but I’ve started another new job and have been here 4 months and I love it here! One of the many things I get to work with is Trixbox a software PBX based off of Asterisk. I know my way around… Continue reading →

Tagged Asterisk, PBX, Trixbox

Lenovo Ideacentre Q180 with XBMC

By Karl | June 23, 2012 - 3:39 pm |June 23, 2012 Hardware, Linux
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I decide it was time to go with a simple HTPC(Home Theater Personal Computer) that ran Linux. So I decided the only thing that would work really nice with a good remote control was the Lenovo Ideacentre Q180 with XBMC setup. So far after setting up everything I can say… Continue reading →

Tagged Lenovo Idea Centre Q180, XBMC

IPv6 Day

By Karl | June 5, 2012 - 1:16 pm |June 5, 2012 Uncategorized
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On June 6 2012 we celebrate IPv6 or IPv6 Day. For those of you unfamiliar IPv6 can handle 2^128 addresses compared to IPv4 which is 2^32, Google has setup a nice Overview of it located here. I guess I should be thinking about updating my Motorola Surfboard to at least… Continue reading →

Tagged Internet, IPv6

Sysadmin fail

By Karl | May 21, 2012 - 5:44 pm |May 21, 2012 Windows
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The last job I was with really did some weird things, they loved to store all of there clients username’s and password’s in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. I will let you take a moment to catch yourself because I was stunned by how stupid this idea was and why they… Continue reading →

Tagged Excel, Stupid Sysadmins

Windows 7 missing shortcuts

By Karl | May 10, 2012 - 12:10 pm |May 10, 2012 Uncategorized
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I recently had to help a client who got infected with Malware on their PC, of course it was connected to a domain and that means they are other variables to take into effect. I removed the infection off the computer and used the unhide tool to unhide hidden files… Continue reading →

Tagged Malware, windows 7
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