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Gira installer tips!

Recently I was installing some additional RJ-45 wallmounts in my house. I was really annoyed of Gira’s ‘solution’ to mount a Panduit CAT6a (10Gbit capable!) keystone. I needed a screwdriver to get my cable back from the Gira wallmount. Many installers face the same problem. I found a simple solution by replacing the plastic Gira [...]

By |2017-02-09T13:20:54+01:00June 15th, 2011|Technical|2 Comments

Trixbox VM on XenServer

I made a VM of Trixbox 2.8.0.4 for use with Citrix XenServer (5.6). The VM is in .xva format so you can import it right away in XenServer, all yum updates are done (as of 06 dec. 2010) and latest Xen-Tools are installed. Download it: trixbox-2.8.0.4.rar (589MB) Details root password: trixbox IP: Automatic (via DHCP) [...]

By |2017-01-11T14:41:19+01:00December 6th, 2010|Technical|10 Comments

Gira is threatening with letters

Childish threads about copyright on photos Unfortunately I had to remove the photos of the Gira Homeserver 3 in the post: “Building your own Homeserver III” because Gira said it was under copyright. Gabi from Romania donated me some copyright free photos which I uploaded to the article. It’s kind of discrimiating that Gira only [...]

By |2022-04-01T14:10:48+02:00October 28th, 2010|Technical|9 Comments

Building your own Homeserver III

UPDATE: Photos are back online! Thanks to Gabi from Romania for the copyright free photos! Gira has a made beautifull Homeserver and FacilityServer. Unfortunatelly it’s quite expensive (about €2400,- for their Homeserver3 and the Facilityserver is even more). Is this device made of gold ? The opposite is true, the Homeserver [...]

By |2021-12-22T21:13:23+01:00November 7th, 2009|Technical|2,104 Comments

Touch Screen seems broken or misaligned?

I always wear a screencover/seal on my phone untill I went to a Smoking Eel party recently (“NK Palingroken”), my phone was so oily that the screencover just slide off.. the screencover was dirty and messed up so I put the phone in my trousers without screen protection. A few days later I thought the [...]

By |2017-02-09T13:56:39+01:00September 13th, 2009|Technical|0 Comments

Posting Binary data (automate a file upload)

I used the following code for posting/uploading binary data (example: upload a file for an email attachment in webmail). It can also be used to send MMS messages to an Internet MMS Gateway. Code is in VBScript which can be run without the use of additional components. Example1 (upload) Example2 (mms) If you however like [...]

By |2009-07-22T12:22:19+02:00July 22nd, 2009|Technical|0 Comments

Acronis True Image Server hell!

In my search for an easy, stable and manageable backup tool, I tested Acronis True Image Server 9.5 (Enterprise Edition). My goal was to backup several Windows 2003 servers and some Linux CentOS 5.2 servers. I experienced a lot of problems and weird things; […]

By |2008-12-21T16:00:05+01:00December 21st, 2008|Technical|1 Comment

Project: New Wi-Fi Accesspoint

Because of the problems i had with getting my Wii Game Console onto Wi-Fi and the fact that i screwed-up my Asus Accesspoint by connecting it to a to heavy cable so the plug broke..  I decided i deserved a new Accesspoint.   […]

By |2014-09-05T12:34:57+02:00June 14th, 2008|Technical|1 Comment

VBScript: Be carefull using Doubles or Singles!

Most of us decided to use (ASP) VBScript to quickly write a script or build a simple website, writing code in a ‘higher-level’ has the advantage to keep our mind on the functionality of the script or website and forget about the low-level technical stuff. Unfortunately, we have to worry about the following issue (example [...]

By |2017-01-11T14:32:09+01:00May 27th, 2008|Technical|1 Comment
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