Here is the command to list the network routes on your Windows 2003 server, XP, or Vista computer.
c:\route print
To add a static route to your server or computer use the route add command.
c:\route add -P 172.182.200.0 mask 255.255.255.0 172.182.200.1
In the above example a route to subnet 172.182.200.0 via gateway 172.182.200.1 is added. The...
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Archive for April, 2009
Adding static route to your Windows Server 2003, XP or Vista.
Robocopy a great replacement for copy and xcopy.
Robocopy a saviour tool for the Server Administrators. This is a great replacement for the old DOS copy and xcopy command which have many limitations. That’s not to say that these commands should be retired, I still used them regularly. But when I need to copy a large directory with all...
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How to create a virtual disk with the Dell OpenManage Server Admnistrator.
Open the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
Click on System – Storage – PERC 5/E Adapter (PCI Slot 1) – Connector 0 (RAID) – Enclosure – Physical Disks.
This will display all the Disk Drives in the right window.
Under the column Available RAID DISK Space, you should be able to determine if there is any unused disk....
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Configuring NAT on the Cisco PIX or ASA firewalls.
If you do not want to expose your server’s IP address to an external client you can use Network Address Tranalation (NAT) to hide it. For example if your servers IP address is 192.168.0.10 then you can publish it to an external client as 10.0.0.10. The reason you would do this is...
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How to check for open ports on your server using Netstat.
Netstat is a really handy tool that comes packaged with Microsoft Windows, Linux and Unix. There is a version for each type of operating system, the command syntax may differ but the result is the same.
There are many a times when I need to find out what ports are open and listening on...
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How to install a new volume/disk with GTP partition in Windows 2003 Server.
By default a new disk or volume added to Windows 2003 server is created with MBR partition. MBR has a maximum size limitation of 2 terra bytes, but it is bootable, meaning use MBR if you are setting up a bootable partition. GTP exceeds the 2 TB maximum size limitation, I’m not...
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Typical Windows DHCP Server Scope Options
Here is a list of typical DHCP server scope options that I usually configure on the Windows DHCP server.
003 Routers
006 DNS Servers
015 DNS Domain Name
249 Classless Static Routes
The DCHP server automatically assigns unique IP addresses to any computer that wishes to connect to the LAN. Before DHCP came along the network administrator has...
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TCP ports opened on firewall for Dell Remote Access Card – DRAC.
The Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC) communicates via the following ports:
22 Secure Shell, SSH
23 Telnet
80 http
443 https
161 SNMP
3668 Virtual Media Server
5900 Console Redirection
5901 Console Redirection
If you have a firewall in between you and the server, ensure that you have the above ports opened.
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Default Password for Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC)
The default userid for the Dell remote access card (DRAC) is root and the password is calvin.
The DRAC module makes the life of the server administrator easy, you can remotely power cycle the server as if you were standing next to it. You can do pretty much everything as if you were standing...
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How to remove the time stamp in WordPress?
How to remove the time stamp in Wordpress? Well, that depends on the theme you are using. The most common answer is to remove this code from page.php or which ever file you find this code in. I would just remark it out by inserting /* before and */ after...
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