How to Install Snare on Windows Server

snare-log-serverHow to Install Snare on Windows Server and configure it to log to Cisco MARS or any other logging server. Read more

Stop ASA from Logging Specific Log Messages

In order to prevent the Cisco ASA firewall from logging certain syslog messages you can disable the logging of that message from the CLI. Read more

Build Your Own Website / Domain

Okay so you want to build your own domain? Well you don’t really build a domain you build a website which your domain points to. Read more

How to Upgrade Cisco Aironet 1200, 1220 Series Wireless AP

Don't let the Cisco Aironet cause you hair loss.

Don't let the Cisco Aironet cause you hair loss.

Upgrading the Cisco Aironet 1200 Series can be clunky and time consuming especially if you haven’t done it before. Follow these steps in order to upgrade the Cisco Aironet wireless AP to Cisco IOS and then get the most recent IOS on it too!

  1. Download Aironet VxWorks to Cisco IOS Conversion Tool and Image from the Cisco website, you’ll need a CCO login.
  2. Download the most recent IOS software.

Now take the Cisco IOS Conversion Tool and Image and upgrade. Allow the unit 30 minutes to upgrade. You’ll know if the upgrade is taking place because you’ll see the light on the top of the unit turn red.

Once it the conversion us completed you’ll need to lo-gin to the unit. I think the username and password are cisco / cisco. Then find the tftp upgrade option to upgrade to the most recent IOS image. Http will not work!

The Cisco Aironet 1200, 1220 are both very insecure by default so be sure to disable all the unneeded protocols, change the default password and set up WPA encryption.

How to Find Words with Only A Couple Letters

Now did the title confuse you? I’m sure it did!

Lets say you have three letters “ots” and you want to find all the words in the dictionary that contain those letters.

Word lookup online... even if you only have a couple letters to go off of.

Word lookup online... even if you only have a couple letters to go off of.

Well you can search for the words that contain those letters with a lookup tool I found online.  http://www.menneske.no/ord/eng/vilkarlig.html

Just type in the letters you which to find in a word and the tool will find all the words which contain the letter combination you have entered.