Programming, Hardware, Software and gadgets.
Why you should NOT buy an Hikvision camera!
Yesterday evening someone asked me to help with his IP camera. He has an Hikvision DS-2CD2132F-I (about € 300,- at that time) […]
Gira HS Beta 4.111 and presentation leaks..
Back as never before with this new blog. Upcomming weeks a lot of news, cool stuff and hacks will be posted here! I’m full with ideas and supported by many of you who e-mail me with secrets and hacks. Last christmas ‘Cuteboy E***’ sent me links to: Gira Beta presentation, framework, documentation and examples of [...]
MDaemon SpamFilter not Learning
I had an issue where the MDaemon Mailserver’s Spam Filter was not learning new Spam or Ham. Currently running an evaluation version of MDaemon v16.0.1 but seen this before on v13, v14 and v15 :) […]
New mainboard in Samsung TV and the Secret Service Menu
I repaired a broken Samsung TV (UE55ES8000) last month, however the same instructions should apply to other Samsung models. The TV made a ‘clicking sound’ all the time and couldn’t turn ON or OFF. The screen stayed black. My first thought was the Power board, a dried capacitor, a (physical) broken part on it or [...]
Zehnder/StorkAir MX110 Roof ventilation
I needed a proper roof ventilation to cool my server room. Noice (dB) and power usage are the most important factors for me. I tested many options and finally bought a Zehnder/StorkAir MX110 Fan. This fan is really quiet, has low power usage and you can buy these quite cheap [...]
Pinout for RJ45 cable between Moxa Terminal server and Cisco/HP Console port
I recently build an Out-of-Band (OOB) management network for Utrecht University with Moxa Terminal servers (CN2610-16-2AC). The Moxa Terminal servers had all RJ45 (serial) ports. However, connecting it with a normal network cable, a cross-cable cable or a Rollover cable didn’t work. I found the pinout and made a drawing of it in case you [...]
SQL Server + FileStream + IFilters
I’ve scanned all my documents (incomming invoices) in TIFF but also have a lot of documents in PDF and DOC(X) format. Now when something gets broke and I need to return it to the shop I’m often looking for that invoice, sometimes I don’t even know at which shop I bought it. Imagine I could [...]
AsteriskNow VM for Xenserver
Here it is, a ready to rock AsteriskNow VM for XenServer, ready to download as a .xva file. It includes: CentOS 5.9 (because only 5 is offically supported yet) Asterisk 10 (v10.12.2) FreePBX 2.10 (v2.10.1.9) ARI (Call Recording) Xe-tools (optimized for Xenserver 6.1) Get a cheap or free SIP Trunk Provider, some Cisco IP Phones [...]
Cisco SSL-VPN problems after KB2585542
Today I noticed that some Windows 7 clients had problems to connect using Cisco’s AnyConnect VPN Client (SSL-VPN). After a few hours troubleshooting we noticed that Windows Update KB2585542 was causing the problem. The clients were not even able to see the website (on a Cisco Router) which hosts the Anyconnect client installer. When trying [...]
How to Backup/Restore Avaya to IIS7.5
In IIS7 and IIS7.5 which runs on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, it is not possible to use the WebDav PUT command without ‘authentication’. This is a problem for your Avaya VOIP phones. Avaya uses the PUT command to backup a phone configuration and to store contacts. Now, there are 3 possible [...]