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My Knowledge Management Process With PDF Files – Part 2

Greg Ferro — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:00:09 +0000

I've been asked a few times about how I organise my PDF files and keep track of documents. This post looks at my workflow for capturing, storing, tagging and organising my Knowledge Management system. This is Part 2

Windows Tools Aren’t Worth Selling.

Greg Ferro — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:30:10 +0000

I was working with a PR person who asked me about some software tools. They wanted to know why I didn't consider these tools anymore.

Network Monitoring: SNMP Knows Stuff

John McManus — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:14:48 +0000

Some packet generator are more important than others and indeed while a packet is just a packet for us network people if the packets stop moving around the network the way they should it can be a great cause for alarm. I have a customer with such a packet generating devices and it chucks out a 600k udp multicast stream (a single UDP payload) every 5 seconds and if this screws up for any reason then the application is not happy and hundreds of users are very upset. If the packets stop for any length of time then a Severity 1 incident is raised and the customer needs an ass to kick.

Mental Case on the iPad : Memorising and Refreshing Information

Greg Ferro — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:22:41 +0000

Mental Case for the iPad was released today, and I am well impressed. Looks great, feels great and improves my revision time.

Review: goSerial – Console Break for Network Devices on OSX

Greg Ferro — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:13:40 +0000

This is a quick look at the serial console program for Mac OSX called goSerial. There are not many serial consoles programs available and I wanted to review this for my own use.

Using Choosy for OSX. A Better Way to Use Multiple Browsers.

Greg Ferro — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:26:27 +0000

I use multiple web browsers all day. One for typical web, and another for network management. I need a way to easily select which one I want.

Internets of Interest:1 Feb 10

bookmarks — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:32:03 +0000

Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 1 Feb 10:

Switching Network Locations From the Menu Bar

Greg Ferro — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:40:06 +0000

You have now configured and applied the Network Profile. You can easily switch between the Locations by open System Preferences, Network, and using the Location menu which is just a bit too manual for me.

Configuring Network Locations in Mac OSX.

Greg Ferro — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:18:26 +0000

When you are working in a lab environment, you often need to connect your laptop to different networks so that you can test stuff. For simple change like an IP address or a default gateway a script is useful. But you may want to have a much more sophisticated profile, such as different proxy servers and multiple ethernet ports. And if you are working on different sites, each one with different IP addressing and DNS details, and maybe even different proxy settings or 802.1x. Mac OSX has a way for configuring multiple profiles for your Ethernet connection ( or Airport wireless).

What the Letters on 802.1 Ethernet Standards Stand For

Greg Ferro — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:21:29 +0000

A recent post from a member of the IEEE standard finally tells us something useful instead of keeping everything a secret.

Musing: Finding All Cisco Press Books on Safari

Greg Ferro — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:56:30 +0000

I like to see only Cisco Press books when researching or studying (since I find them easier to read and understand). A short post showing how to list Cisco Press books in O'Reilly Safari.

CSM, IDSM, ADSM Performance Problems or Memory Errors ? Increase Java Memory.

Greg Ferro — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:36 +0000

I have been getting out of memory errors in Java when running CSM and ASDM clients on MS Windows platforms. Here are some tips for improving Java performance, and letting you run more than one Java program / applet at the same time