Month: January 2011
Upon the Subject of Web Servers
Now that I had the computer and the network taken care of, it was time to turn the setup into a web server. Here we get into territory that’s pretty close to my job. So to make things more interesting for me and to help others in the IT 566 class I decided to look around for good tutorials and see if they actually worked so I could pass them along.…
Upon the Subject of Networking
I had one problem with my new Dell Ubuntu machine. The place I had to put to was nowhere near my router and cable modem. The cable modem and router are pretty firmly entrenched near my TV. I really didn’t want to touch the cable modem.…
Upon the Subject of Ubuntu
Next up in IT 566 assignments is installing Ubuntu. I only had blank DVDs so I went the alternate download route and downloaded the DVD iso for version 10.10.
I put the DVD in the Dell machine and let the installer do its thing.…
Upon the Subject of Servers
One of the assignments for IT 566 is getting a server. This presented a problem for me, as I’m not in a position to spend even a few hundred dollars on a extra computer. My main computer is a 4 year old laptop that the keys have started falling off of.…
Upon the Subject of Routers – DD-WRT
An optional assignment for IT 566 is to install DD-WRT. DD-WRT is an open source firmware replacement for the stock firmware that comes on routers and other devices with embedded systems, in my case a Linksys WRT54GL.
Many moons ago I was a computer technician, and I still tinker with hardware occasionally, I just don’t get paid for it.…
Upon the Subject of Routers
One of the assignments for IT 566 is to get a router. Luckily I’m using a router right now, a Linksys WRT54GL, so this one was simple. …
Library Monk Lives!
Aside from being an archive of Twitter posts my blog was pretty dormant for 2009 and 2010. But I’m taking a class in Instructional Technology at UTK, (thank you UT staff fee waiver) IT 566 that’s being taught online almost exclusively through blogs and Twitter.…