Network Install via PXE and TFTP on RHEL6 (X86_64)
This is a step by step on how I deployed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via PXE and HTTP leveraging exclusively RHEL6.1, my focus will be on the PXE/TFTP-DHCP part as the HTTP based installation is well documented by Red Hat. In terms of hardware I had available 2 DELL Precision 5400 (2 NICs per machine), and an HP Procurve 2824 Switch (yes overkill).
*Encrypted* Sharing Of Personal Media Libraries with Simplify Media
About a year ago while I was looking for a simple way to share my personal media libraries (stored on a Mac) over the Internet I discovered 
Simplify Media. The other zero conf tool was Hamachi-Log Me In VPN. Although Simplify Media doesn't say it in plain english, it's quite evident that as Log-Me In behind the curtain a custom VPN is running...
Last week the Head of the Music Department at the school I work asked me about a way to share music with his students when they are at home (understand over the Internet).
Network Bandwidth Testing At The Command Line
Whether when I’ve been designing networks for schools or BYOC parties , I’ve played with ethernet cables long 
enough to allow some custom tricks when it comes to bandwidth. The point of this post is *testing* not troubleshooting laaaaaaaaaag nor monitoring.
Nothing can truly emulate a bunch of hardcore gamers, leechers, hackers pushing your network to its limits but prior to opening your RJ45 gates you can certainly do some testing with the help of some command line tools and some basic scripting.
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Current books:
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An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise by John R. Pierce
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RHCSA/RHCE Red Hat Linux Certification Study Guide (Exams EX200 by Michael Jang
Recent books:
- Cybernetics, Second Edition: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine by Norbert Wiener
- The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll
- Apple Training Series: Xsan 2 Administration: A Guide to Designing, Deploying, and Maintaining Xsan by Robert Kite
- Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson
- The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh
