Changing DNS Root Hint for b.root-servers.net
The Only Thing Constant is Change On January 29, 2004, the the IP address for the DNS root hint for b.root-servers.net changed to 192.228.79.201: New IPv4 address for b.root-servers.net Copy …
NetDiag Warns about NetBT Errors Because Messenger Service Not Running
System and Configuration I manage a server running Windows 2003 R2. This is a single-server network. The server acts as an Active Directory controller and as a DNS server. There …
Testing SMTP Using Telnet
I’m trying out a hosted anti-spam solution. This service works by becoming my public-facing mail server (DNS MX record), and relaying non-spam mail to the mail server in my office. …
Windows Media Services and a Change of IP Address
A short while ago I changed the IP address configuration on my Small Business Server 2003 SP2 machine. The main reason for the change was to choose an oddball local …
Exchange IMF and Custom Weight Lists
One of the features built in to Exchange 2003 SP2 is Intelligent Message Filtering. While this is a major step forward in blocking incoming spam, IMF does have its limitations. …
SoCal Code Camp Rocks!
This past weekend I attended the SoCal Rock & Roll Code Camp, held at the UCSD Extension campus. This really is a cool idea–let anybody who wants to give a …
DNS Root Hints and Forwarders
A post in the Yahoo group mssmallbiz asked an interesting question: when DNS Forwarders are configured under SBS 2003, is there a way to get the secondary nameserver to automatically …
Excuse Me, Your SCSI Is Slipping
So you’ve got a hot-swap SCSI RAID array and you figure you are covered, even if a disk fails. Well, that is usually true. Kinda. Here is a long story with …
Certificate Authority on SBS 2003
The June/July 2007 issue of SMB Partner Community magazine has a nice article by Mikael Nystr
Seagate FreeAgent Pro eSATA and Bad Block Errors
Background I was looking for an external hard drive for a Windows 2003 Server. The drive will be used mostly for backups. My long-range plan is to be able to …