Siegel Group Celebrates 4 Years in Business
Siegel Group makes it 4 years. The last year in review.
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David Siegel
- Apr 6
- 3 min
My first remote work experience was in 1989
A story about Ed Story, my programming teacher in High School, as well as my first experience remote working.
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David Siegel
- Jan 18
- 6 min
AMD GPU setup on Ubuntu 20.04 for mining cryptocurrency
I outlined my base setup for a new server in a previous post, but it won't get your system ready for GPU mining. For that, you need to...
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David Siegel
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Backup up VM's and moving them to other servers on qemu-kvm
There's nothing worse than a server with a bunch of VM's on it just stopping to work, and then you not only have to rebuild the server...
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David Siegel
- Jan 5
- 5 min
Methods for providing network access to KVM guest Operating Systems
Sometimes there are just too many ways to skin a cat. I've been investigating all of the various ways you can get network access to a...
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David Siegel
- Jan 5
- 3 min
My qemu-kvm setup on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
I'm writing all this down for the next server I buy so I have a bit of a recipe to use and don't have to figure out some of this stuff...
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David Siegel
- Jun 11, 2020
- 6 min
3 Life Lessons I learned from HACKS
How joining a simple computer club changed my life forever.
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David Siegel
- Jun 10, 2020
- 7 min
ixgbe failed to initialize because an unsupported sfp+ module type was detected (fix for Centos 8.1)
Getting a 10G link up between an Intel X520-DA2 NIC and an Aruba S2500 on CentOS 8.1)
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David Siegel
- May 27, 2020
- 6 min
Developing MOPs
So we've got some disruptive work to do to the network. There are multiple steps, and failure is a possibility. We'll need to schedule...
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David Siegel
- May 25, 2020
- 4 min
Developing a network upgrade plan
Getting a network ready for a full NAC deployment is a process. You don't have to figure it all out at once. Start with some basics.
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David Siegel
- May 19, 2020
- 4 min
The switch and SFP saga
I created a bit of a saga for myself with my quest for a cheap switch. Read the story and see where I ended up.
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David Siegel
- May 12, 2020
- 7 min
The 5G Hype Machine
Carrier's are touting the many advanced applications that 5G will enable, but is 5G really the key to enabling them?
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David Siegel
- May 8, 2020
- 4 min
Setting up authoritative DNS for the home lab
Setting up an authoritative DNS server for your home is easy!
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David Siegel
- May 6, 2020
- 10 min
IPv6 at home: A Primer
Enable IPv6 in your home network and go under the hood with Dave Siegel
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David Siegel
- May 4, 2020
- 4 min
Lab Network Design Considerations
As I think about what I want out of this project and some of the designs I could employ, it occurs to me that I could easily be tempted...
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David Siegel
- May 1, 2020
- 3 min
Cisco 5108 Blade Server Chassis received!
Go big or go home! Cisco UCS 5108 for the #homelab. Cisco spec sheet is wrong...110V will not power up the included power supplies.
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David Siegel
- Apr 29, 2020
- 5 min
Preparing for a Cisco UCS Blade Server install
Finding a Cisco UCS Blade Server on the cheap was the easy part. Then it got interesting.
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David Siegel
- Apr 27, 2020
- 4 min
Finding a learning project
At the Yates Ltd team off-site in February, a co-worker of mine (@michaelmartelli) handed out copies of Brendon Burchard's High...
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David Siegel
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
Two Year Anniversary of Siegel Group
It's hard to believe that two years have gone by since I left Centurylink and started Siegel Group, and you won't find much information...
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David Siegel
- Apr 19, 2020
- 2 min
Under attack by 224.0.0.251
I received a question from a client who had recently installed Norton Anti-Virus and wanted to know why they kept having to approve...
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