Network Planning, Kindle Tricks and a Linux Network Install Tool
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 running time 24:22
This week Matt continues his series on IT Infrastructure planning. Shannon has a bundle of Kindle tricks, and Darren's amped about a USB boot key that network insalls popular Linux distros.
Segments
IT Infrastructure Planning
Matt explains what to do before actually building your infrastructure including patch panels, server re-dos, moving network cables out of the rack and more.
Kindle Haks
There is plenty to do on the Kindle that isn't in the user manual. Read on for details!
At the Home screen use ALT-SHIFT-M for Minesweeper. It's a little slow in response time, but still fun.
Free Books and PDF's on your Kindle can be accessed through sites like Mnybks.Net and Feedbooks. Mobipocket creator converts pdf's to kindle files for all of your needs. If you don't want to use Mobipocket, check this out- for free conversions, email a document to "name"@free.kindle.com and have it emailed back to you in kindle format.
Bypassing Paying for Blogs Check out sites like Kindle Feeder to read your favorite blogs and news sites for free, instead of paying for the subscription version. From your browser, go to kindlefeeder.com and sign up or just search for your favorite feed.
Try accessing a site that isn't compatible with mobile through proxy sites like mowser.com.
Google Maps Under browser mode, click Alt-1 to access google maps quickly. Alt-2 shows gas stations and Alt-3 shows restaurants.
For email and useful messengers, use the following: Gmail: m.gmail.com Yahoo Messenger: us.m.yahoo.com/p/messenger/ Google Reader: google.com/reader/m Google Calendar: google.com/calendar/m
SMS messages to your friends cell phone can be accessed by simply emailing the 10-digit cell phone number at the appropriate gateway. e.g. for AT&T cell customers would be 1234567890@txt.att.net. This is a (unverified) list of gateways for various cell services.
- AT&T: @txt.att.net
- Alltel: @message.alltel.com
- Nextel: @messaging.nextel.com
- Powertel: @ptel.net
- Sprint: @messaging.sprintpcs.com
- SunCom: @tms.suncom.com
- T-Mobile: @tmomail.net
- US Cellular: @email.uscc.net
- Verizon: @vtext.com
- Virgin Mobile: @vmobl.com
To view personal pictures on your Kindle, plug your Kindle into it's mini USB to a computer. Add a folder called 'pictures' in the root of the Kindle or SD card. Create another folder inside the Kindle folder 'pictures' called whatever you like. In the Home screen, hit Alt-Z to refresh and your new 'book' should appear with the name of the folder you chose. Open it and page back or forward to view your pictures. Press Alt-Shift-0 to set the current picture as a screensaver.
And here are a couple of tips for the Kindle 2: Tether your Kindle 2 via a USB port so you don't have to use WhisperNet or create a custom screensaver with your own pictures.
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Highlights
open source: 0:11, 3:37, 20:37hard drive: 3:49
gas stations: 13:25
mary mcdonnell: 2:23
Automatically Generated Transcript
May not be 100% accurate" Wow."
" This time on the show. Easter eggs I corporate I T infrastructure plan. And are open source free isn't prosper could be here -- of the week. All that and more on this episode of Hak5. Episode Hak5 is brought to you by frost brewed Coors Light the world's most refreshing beer. -- and easy free web conferencing. International fight against drunk driving over the limit under arrest."
" Everybody welcome this week's episode of Hak5 I met last night and -- and there it's and we got an excellent show for you today. However there and you are here not yet. And writing -- yeah there's it would just answering. Machine Friday nights yeah I. -- structured -- places that. On Friday tomorrow I would be ultimately to the blue ridge parkway he would my campaign and biking in all that once upon noticing I can have -- house --"
" Voters. So why -- I'm not going to their -- has some pieces that injured. Dockery. Decided upon its entire backpack and so we're we're stop. That's nice of you Hezbollah attacks that can mean good bye now and -- lists and pancake it. Translate it feels like it's like counter steering me when I'm going to return happens is is fish -- Very very age so it can kind of sick feeling. We it's that you know and cradle. It's called. The theme park thing. Tons taken in this weekend. Okay tell you ago couple weeks I would be doing next week and except it just kinda and going to Toronto. So if you're in Toronto and wanna meet up follow us on Twitter because that's me of information will be disseminated that Facebook's news report."
" Yes we are going to turn on Labor Day weekend."
" Right celebrate our Austin America yes."
" It's one week and sadly after it annexed which it says. And Mary McDonnell is going to be there. Or Rutland. And -- mr. We do."
" It's good treatment. This team and now."
" No probably not but I don't know better team you better somebody is gonna be might be upset. Yeah you're right I just realized -- world okay and that's who I agree -- my dream girls are fighting."
" And yeah. It's happening when you guys."
" Other than being excited for candidate my -- have been playing with my Kindle."
" Work work. Where oh well let's get it because we got a call someone Almonte and they -- gonna be sharing with us a whole bunch infrastructure goodness."
" coming up we're gonna be talking about -- planning an infrastructure correctly. Not a whole lot showing -- today more."
" Logistics and oh god designed --"
" It's time once again for the open source free isn't prosper in the history of the week. Like you think you hate working out which species you're going on Felix. This is small Linux based bootable USB key combines the power of the Internet. Hard drive and a pretty few weeks to -- that box from its oppressive blitzkrieg overlord. And it. But it realizes -- destiny -- know we're installing it over the next person with you guys are gonna love this check it out --"
" How do you get your here cold certified. Check out the project called experiments at Coors -- dot com slash project cold there's an experiment section where guys -- created new ways to -- here quickly. You can vote on whether their methods are cold certified and share them on FaceBook."
" There are also no your call animation I give you tips on how to get in keep your beer cool. They've got tips on hacking -- fridge and freezer fundamentals. Creating his -- back what you're washing machine just in time -- you labor party."
" According -- even need your policies. All worth like cancer -- cold activated an announcer from white -- you're here. --"
" Our guys are here we are we're gonna just kick off our network infrastructure revamped kind of planning project. Whatever you wanna call it not really -- specific idea or. Methodology that we want it and today we're gonna do is we're gonna -- kicking off here. And then go into. More of taking your questions in your feedback and roll that into future at episodes in segments. The reason this all came up is I recently had to do a network infrastructure revamp of my network. From a nine to five job. As you see here. We've got. Patch panels. Server read two eyes are as wiring cabling. Moving networking equipment out of the the rack and so on and so forth. And before I tackle this project a lot of people just want to dive right in but there's a couple considerations that you really need to make. Before you actually start planning procuring equipment and then eventually deploying it most of you have to get it approved. And things like that it you have -- higher up that you need to to deal with than they need to see the value in what you're actually going to be spending money on. And there's a couple. Big steps that need to be be taken one of them is to find your business and design requirements. You know why is it that you're gonna be reviewing the network why is it that you in. You know feel the need to do this is there a performance issue is their security issue. Things like that. Defined the network assessment. Go through and look at what you've currently got is there are there things that -- gonna re use lines or you gonna be ripping and replacing everything. If so it makes a little easier because you can do. In production testing separate of your corporate infrastructure. If you're doing a you know kind of a patch job makes little bit more difficult if scheduled down time with users and make sure that people are aware. You're actually going to be affecting network performance. And possibly taking hold it down. Infrastructure selection you know we're gonna go and I acquired power connect switches. Squeegee who is frequent packed house visitor. He acquired. Cisco equipment for four times as much as equipment that I paid for. It all depends on how much are actually looking at spending your budget. And how much are actually looking to spend going forward now. You may be able to procure. You know Dell equipment now and Cisco equipment later in all the panes now if you're gonna do that make sure that you take into account. What your actual. Growth or expansion is gonna be and plan accordingly. On the get locked into a specific product all work group of products company whenever just because you know price. There's something Cisco does -- and there are some things that all those great. You just got kind of really do the research. And things like that can make your own informed decisions on what you actually had your network assessment down. The other thing is that you were designed proposal review. You're gonna write -- budget you're gonna write up the design and your present it to somebody unless you're the one making the decisions and implementing the equipment. On in the event you're not making the decisions somebody asked to sign off in keeping the money to actually buy this stuff. It's very important that people who were approving this equipment these changes these modifications. Understand why it is that they even need to consider this because otherwise they're just gonna turn you down flat out say. When you wanna spend 15000 dollars worth of money for. My emails been working fine. My justification that I used was what are we are having serious speed. Issues and he was very cumbersome to -- new users and servers and beyond that. A lot of our servers. Suffer from heat issues because there wasn't correct air flow through the through the -- and here's an example of what and the -- look like. And in this is what the rack looks like now. So as you can see all the cables themselves are routed. And you know going. Back to you know why this is a perfect example. I can cleanly see what's what. I can see you know if I need them to replace something now so you like well where your cable management arms. -- When is the last time that you can honestly say that you had to hot swap. Fan. And they do have. I believe hot swap will memory modules now once the last thing you actually had hot swap something. Go ahead on -- second. Can't think of a time right. See that's the problem the cable management -- we had in place we're blocking so much air flow. And it was getting recycle inside the cage this way air flows from the front to the back. And it gets exhausted out the rest of the room so from here you can see huge improvement. So these are a couple of the design considerations. Budgetary processing that you gonna need to do if you actually want your project to get approved. We didn't really show whole lot of the nitty gritty unfortunately like I said I had haven't done my bosses my throat. But I won't I promise -- take it to my office one of these episodes here it shows you exactly what we did. And we're gonna go ahead and do a very pretty. Kind of overview -- maybe I'll get Paul to do some 3-D modeling because I know how much he loves treatment treatment at all. Network closet server room and things like that I can have your questions please submit them to me at Matt at. F five dot -- almost proof that one. And some significant to me and I'll try my best answer on we do get a lot of emails here so if I don't it to you right away keep pestering me and I promise I'm pissed off."
" actually. Respond. Coming up we've got Darren who's gonna hospital -- with this month's landmark. Is closed its war."
" Yeah it's -- It's it's. -- All the details about it is over clintons are allegedly bought about. -- coming games. You art club on order Saturday. Either. -- What are -- sponsors that will play against. Listen people out on drugs and driving to not mix and the messages pretty clear drinking and driving over the limit under arrest. Don't do it yourself or others injured at least we'll be out horse from August when it first through Labor Day week. Actually got drivers. I'm just putting your life -- mine at risk you could cost yourself a bottle of time and money driver's license higher insurance rates dozens of other expenses. Is fines -- costs of going. Airs loss of work the list goes on and on. Drinking and driving is so easy to avoid go out of fun this and it had at a designated driver quality actually take the bus -- They're actually pretty cheap when it split up between a dozen people."
" Session on Kendall. While. We check out some excuse he would -- head. It definitely has a couple of things. You the the -- of device you buy once and that it's. Well free. Like if I was homeless. I would just mean that's about it checked everything for what we do more detectors you know. Yes one thing that I think is Austin. Play a little mine sweeper yes mine sweeper on -- who. Have. And that's early. In the -- Own pace and you hit the browser. Google Maps and that it it's just that the browser and the new one. -- its restaurants. Gas stations nearby important that. Day. -- seasons when. -- very well this website that are like many books there's times. Free completely open and free licensed bucks you can choose from thousands. Yes necessarily have to -- that -- to buy it. Looks just browse the effort free. And it. Off so you can't read PS on -- things have to convert -- there it. Says. But there's this one. -- Which you for. And you can convert your favorite yes it read evenly text books. And articles that you've created. -- where. Or configured word documents excel. -- me. Fat free dot com. Back. It'll file. -- Use have to transfer that giant. And that. Just stick up on. The back. And it's one. Assets and routes used in news you read your email. And yes. And -- hopefully everybody's."
" I don't know hero and he's actually read if you got to operate any connection. Else can read and that's true then they -- and a Gmail. Before I had a proper client on my Smartphone that was I mean it's a pretty damn good mobile site right parts. --"
" And -- massive check out the Google Reader and noble and you can. You can check out your calendar and but that's so cool to me as I have tons and tons of crap on my Google calendars and it's very important that I can see that thing. -- paso and that you have to papers certain blogs and news articles. Yeah complete. I know so that Kindle fear dot. Com and you know check out techcrunch -- every single list I think you'd ever want to read those feeds. Everything you can get for free it's an reader all these media acts like computers -- estimates an instant messaging. This is pretty cool you can actually. It's as a messenger friends just use these ten digit cellphone number and then. Email it to correct gateways which for example eighteen -- is. That ten digits -- number act he Eckstein got eighteen T dot net. And then it'll automatically. Transferred it text message to your friends there. Bunch of these emailed new that's and that's the way and that's how things like marketing dollars billion dollars us on the Senate's there's one for Verizon won -- mobile. Think this one pack one pretty much yeah. And then you can also do -- is instant messaging. Yes. -- and people. Then ten whole people who went to use that on the Kindle can do it now there we -- actually. As -- you know the sentence properly developed it and potentially awesome. Runners the fairness and -- look into. Marriage now let's see if this pulls up the good patsy -- okay so this is one of my favorite things that Austria -- This is the picture viewer well this should be screen saver that generally comes with some. We're picture of an officer of these measures something you've never actually heard of so I decided to put my favorite animate photos. Pretty easy process to do you do is plug in your Kindle 2 but on my growth you've seen -- many USB port. And then you open up your Kindle -- the refile and you make a little picture folder and then inside the picture -- make another folder. I'll call. Anime pictures and incited the -- pictures folder you put all your pictures it's there is an easy can that there's only like. And a 500 megs available on this thing but it also put them on here -- You're eight legacy carrier. That itself on the -- to the home screen. All. And then from the home screen you hit alt Z to refresh it. My it's not refresh you crashed in India and sometimes that does happen. C hit -- see it refreshes the whole list of it on your books which you got for free from any extra of course. And you can see that I have a folder now called my pictures. And yes I got to. Open up my pictures and I can browse through all of my toes. Is bluffing and that I just hit page back page board to go through all the and then if you decide that you find one I really like you just hit alt -- zero. -- And it says this picture has been exported to use the screen -- You'd think I think people put on an -- into Enron he. -- Yes the picture it does work with the -- as far as right now I don't have once I haven't been able to test that. There's this kind of cool little hat that I found on -- for the continue where you don't necessarily have to news whispered it. You can tell others the cable TV US BT's laptop computer and use the computers in on. Kind of wish it was vice Versa yet and use whispered Atlanta that would be. That's exactly. That's and we can't. I'm sure that there's tons and tons of other hacks haven't yet -- really wanna find more stuff for this thing it's I notice is that things you can do you. -- We do that -- this secret until -- that."
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" This time on the show. Easter eggs I corporate I T infrastructure plan. And are open source free isn't prosper could be here -- of the week. All that and more on this episode of Hak5. Episode Hak5 is brought to you by frost brewed Coors Light the world's most refreshing beer. -- and easy free web conferencing. International fight against drunk driving over the limit under arrest."
" Everybody welcome this week's episode of Hak5 I met last night and -- and there it's and we got an excellent show for you today. However there and you are here not yet. And writing -- yeah there's it would just answering. Machine Friday nights yeah I. -- structured -- places that. On Friday tomorrow I would be ultimately to the blue ridge parkway he would my campaign and biking in all that once upon noticing I can have -- house --"
" Voters. So why -- I'm not going to their -- has some pieces that injured. Dockery. Decided upon its entire backpack and so we're we're stop. That's nice of you Hezbollah attacks that can mean good bye now and -- lists and pancake it. Translate it feels like it's like counter steering me when I'm going to return happens is is fish -- Very very age so it can kind of sick feeling. We it's that you know and cradle. It's called. The theme park thing. Tons taken in this weekend. Okay tell you ago couple weeks I would be doing next week and except it just kinda and going to Toronto. So if you're in Toronto and wanna meet up follow us on Twitter because that's me of information will be disseminated that Facebook's news report."
" Yes we are going to turn on Labor Day weekend."
" Right celebrate our Austin America yes."
" It's one week and sadly after it annexed which it says. And Mary McDonnell is going to be there. Or Rutland. And -- mr. We do."
" It's good treatment. This team and now."
" No probably not but I don't know better team you better somebody is gonna be might be upset. Yeah you're right I just realized -- world okay and that's who I agree -- my dream girls are fighting."
" And yeah. It's happening when you guys."
" Other than being excited for candidate my -- have been playing with my Kindle."
" Work work. Where oh well let's get it because we got a call someone Almonte and they -- gonna be sharing with us a whole bunch infrastructure goodness."
" coming up we're gonna be talking about -- planning an infrastructure correctly. Not a whole lot showing -- today more."
" Logistics and oh god designed --"
" It's time once again for the open source free isn't prosper in the history of the week. Like you think you hate working out which species you're going on Felix. This is small Linux based bootable USB key combines the power of the Internet. Hard drive and a pretty few weeks to -- that box from its oppressive blitzkrieg overlord. And it. But it realizes -- destiny -- know we're installing it over the next person with you guys are gonna love this check it out --"
" How do you get your here cold certified. Check out the project called experiments at Coors -- dot com slash project cold there's an experiment section where guys -- created new ways to -- here quickly. You can vote on whether their methods are cold certified and share them on FaceBook."
" There are also no your call animation I give you tips on how to get in keep your beer cool. They've got tips on hacking -- fridge and freezer fundamentals. Creating his -- back what you're washing machine just in time -- you labor party."
" According -- even need your policies. All worth like cancer -- cold activated an announcer from white -- you're here. --"
" Our guys are here we are we're gonna just kick off our network infrastructure revamped kind of planning project. Whatever you wanna call it not really -- specific idea or. Methodology that we want it and today we're gonna do is we're gonna -- kicking off here. And then go into. More of taking your questions in your feedback and roll that into future at episodes in segments. The reason this all came up is I recently had to do a network infrastructure revamp of my network. From a nine to five job. As you see here. We've got. Patch panels. Server read two eyes are as wiring cabling. Moving networking equipment out of the the rack and so on and so forth. And before I tackle this project a lot of people just want to dive right in but there's a couple considerations that you really need to make. Before you actually start planning procuring equipment and then eventually deploying it most of you have to get it approved. And things like that it you have -- higher up that you need to to deal with than they need to see the value in what you're actually going to be spending money on. And there's a couple. Big steps that need to be be taken one of them is to find your business and design requirements. You know why is it that you're gonna be reviewing the network why is it that you in. You know feel the need to do this is there a performance issue is their security issue. Things like that. Defined the network assessment. Go through and look at what you've currently got is there are there things that -- gonna re use lines or you gonna be ripping and replacing everything. If so it makes a little easier because you can do. In production testing separate of your corporate infrastructure. If you're doing a you know kind of a patch job makes little bit more difficult if scheduled down time with users and make sure that people are aware. You're actually going to be affecting network performance. And possibly taking hold it down. Infrastructure selection you know we're gonna go and I acquired power connect switches. Squeegee who is frequent packed house visitor. He acquired. Cisco equipment for four times as much as equipment that I paid for. It all depends on how much are actually looking at spending your budget. And how much are actually looking to spend going forward now. You may be able to procure. You know Dell equipment now and Cisco equipment later in all the panes now if you're gonna do that make sure that you take into account. What your actual. Growth or expansion is gonna be and plan accordingly. On the get locked into a specific product all work group of products company whenever just because you know price. There's something Cisco does -- and there are some things that all those great. You just got kind of really do the research. And things like that can make your own informed decisions on what you actually had your network assessment down. The other thing is that you were designed proposal review. You're gonna write -- budget you're gonna write up the design and your present it to somebody unless you're the one making the decisions and implementing the equipment. On in the event you're not making the decisions somebody asked to sign off in keeping the money to actually buy this stuff. It's very important that people who were approving this equipment these changes these modifications. Understand why it is that they even need to consider this because otherwise they're just gonna turn you down flat out say. When you wanna spend 15000 dollars worth of money for. My emails been working fine. My justification that I used was what are we are having serious speed. Issues and he was very cumbersome to -- new users and servers and beyond that. A lot of our servers. Suffer from heat issues because there wasn't correct air flow through the through the -- and here's an example of what and the -- look like. And in this is what the rack looks like now. So as you can see all the cables themselves are routed. And you know going. Back to you know why this is a perfect example. I can cleanly see what's what. I can see you know if I need them to replace something now so you like well where your cable management arms. -- When is the last time that you can honestly say that you had to hot swap. Fan. And they do have. I believe hot swap will memory modules now once the last thing you actually had hot swap something. Go ahead on -- second. Can't think of a time right. See that's the problem the cable management -- we had in place we're blocking so much air flow. And it was getting recycle inside the cage this way air flows from the front to the back. And it gets exhausted out the rest of the room so from here you can see huge improvement. So these are a couple of the design considerations. Budgetary processing that you gonna need to do if you actually want your project to get approved. We didn't really show whole lot of the nitty gritty unfortunately like I said I had haven't done my bosses my throat. But I won't I promise -- take it to my office one of these episodes here it shows you exactly what we did. And we're gonna go ahead and do a very pretty. Kind of overview -- maybe I'll get Paul to do some 3-D modeling because I know how much he loves treatment treatment at all. Network closet server room and things like that I can have your questions please submit them to me at Matt at. F five dot -- almost proof that one. And some significant to me and I'll try my best answer on we do get a lot of emails here so if I don't it to you right away keep pestering me and I promise I'm pissed off."
" actually. Respond. Coming up we've got Darren who's gonna hospital -- with this month's landmark. Is closed its war."
" Yeah it's -- It's it's. -- All the details about it is over clintons are allegedly bought about. -- coming games. You art club on order Saturday. Either. -- What are -- sponsors that will play against. Listen people out on drugs and driving to not mix and the messages pretty clear drinking and driving over the limit under arrest. Don't do it yourself or others injured at least we'll be out horse from August when it first through Labor Day week. Actually got drivers. I'm just putting your life -- mine at risk you could cost yourself a bottle of time and money driver's license higher insurance rates dozens of other expenses. Is fines -- costs of going. Airs loss of work the list goes on and on. Drinking and driving is so easy to avoid go out of fun this and it had at a designated driver quality actually take the bus -- They're actually pretty cheap when it split up between a dozen people."
" Session on Kendall. While. We check out some excuse he would -- head. It definitely has a couple of things. You the the -- of device you buy once and that it's. Well free. Like if I was homeless. I would just mean that's about it checked everything for what we do more detectors you know. Yes one thing that I think is Austin. Play a little mine sweeper yes mine sweeper on -- who. Have. And that's early. In the -- Own pace and you hit the browser. Google Maps and that it it's just that the browser and the new one. -- its restaurants. Gas stations nearby important that. Day. -- seasons when. -- very well this website that are like many books there's times. Free completely open and free licensed bucks you can choose from thousands. Yes necessarily have to -- that -- to buy it. Looks just browse the effort free. And it. Off so you can't read PS on -- things have to convert -- there it. Says. But there's this one. -- Which you for. And you can convert your favorite yes it read evenly text books. And articles that you've created. -- where. Or configured word documents excel. -- me. Fat free dot com. Back. It'll file. -- Use have to transfer that giant. And that. Just stick up on. The back. And it's one. Assets and routes used in news you read your email. And yes. And -- hopefully everybody's."
" I don't know hero and he's actually read if you got to operate any connection. Else can read and that's true then they -- and a Gmail. Before I had a proper client on my Smartphone that was I mean it's a pretty damn good mobile site right parts. --"
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Started discussion: September 2, 2009 @ 9:21am GMT
Episode 603: Network Planning, Kindle Tricks and a Linux Network Install Tool [Discussion]
This week Matt continues his series on IT Infrastructure planning. Shannon has a bundle of Kindle tricks, and Darren's amped about a USB boot key that network insalls popular Linux distros.
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computoman
3 months ago
I am not a fan of the kindle, but it sure looks more and more tempting with all the hacks I see.
chuckles
3 months ago
In reply to MasterQ:
i didn't finish the episdoe but the audio is way out of sync in the flash version... at least in the beginning of the ep
EDIT: theres also a few places where the video goes to black for a second. glitchy episode
EDIT: theres also a few places where the video goes to black for a second. glitchy episode
Thanks for the report on the audio sync. We know what the problem is and should have a fix version in a couple of hours.
-UPDATE- Fixed.
-chuckles-
jintolain
2 months ago














EDIT: theres also a few places where the video goes to black for a second. glitchy episode