Author Archives: Yusuf Mangera

New Scripts in Exchange 2010 SP2

New Scripts in Exchange 2010 SP2 As with most Microsoft Exchange Service Packs and some Update Rollups, Exchange Server SP2 introduces six new scripts that are useful to manage and monitor your Exchange organization. All the canned Exchange scripts are … Continue reading

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UAG DirectAccess monitoring and troubleshooting in UAG 2010 SP1

UAG DirectAccess monitoring and troubleshooting in UAG 2010 SP1 After deploying your UAG DirectAccess environment, you need to ascertain that it’s up and running, and is providing the remote access as planned. There are a few things you’ll want to … Continue reading

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On a DA client, the DCA shows a red X or a yellow exclamation mark even when the connection works fine.

On a DA client, the DCA shows a red X or a yellow exclamation mark even when the connection works fine. A common situation with UAG is that when a DA client connects, he sees a red X or a … Continue reading

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Peeling back the onion on HP-FEX

Peeling back the onion on HP-FEX http://virtualeverything.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/peeling-back-the-onion-on-hp-fex/ Recently, HP and Cisco in collaboration released a FEX module for the HP C7000 chassis. See here and here to read about the release from both HP and Cisco’s perspective. This post is … Continue reading

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DIY outdoor all-weather 3G/Wi-Fi router

DIY outdoor all-weather 3G/Wi-Fi router  Source: http://make-a-project.blogspot.com/2011/10/diy-outdoor-all-weather-3gwi-fi-router.html My father lives in the village where no broadband connection is available. To access Internet he used creepy and hell expensive GPRS connection. Once tired by absence of normal connection and impossibility to show … Continue reading

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Pray for the innocent

The killing of children is a horrific, despicable act, yet Israel condones it IMEMC, Celine Hagbard – Every Palestinian group has harshly condemned the murder of a family sleeping in their beds in Itamar settlement last Friday, as well they … Continue reading

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How to Boost Your Wi-Fi Network Signal and Increase Range with DD-WRT

How to Boost Your Wi-Fi Network Signal and Increase Range with DD-WRT Wireless is really convenient until you drop your connection or get really low speeds. Thanks to DD-WRT, it’s easier than ever to extend your home networks range with … Continue reading

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Iran’s Biggest Secret

Iran’s biggest secret: the skiing’s great Sick of the braying hordes of Meribel and Val d’Isère? Looking for a more exotic ski holiday? Then head for Tehran. Comedian Dom Joly finds beautiful peaks and great powder in the heart of … Continue reading

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The science of skiing v snowboarding

  AS LUCK would have it, with vast swathes of the Northern hemisphere paralysed by snow, Babbage finds himself in the one place where such conditions are a boon: a ski resort. So, in lieu of our usual Difference Engine … Continue reading

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Hotmail delivers aliases to help you manage and secure your email account

Starting today, you can create and manage multiple email aliases from a single Hotmail account. Together with features that we introduced in November that let you use Hotmail with any existing email address, the new aliasing feature makes it easy … Continue reading

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