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Add power with a homemade 802.3af compliant wireless networking device: Since June 2003, when the IEEE ratified the 802.3af standard for Power over Ethernet PoE, several prominent manufacturers have released standards-compliant PoE products. The idea behind the standard is to supply the AP's power and UTP Ethernet connectivity requirements via a single Ethernet cable. This downloadable hack excerpt from Wireless...; Tags: Associated Press, cable, Ethernet, excerpt, IEEE, IEEE 802.3af, manufacturer, network, networking, O'Reilly Media Inc., Power over Ethernet, Rob Flickenger, Roger Weeks, standards, Tips & Tools, Web, Web site, wireless, Wireless Hacks, wireless networking; Download resources 2006-01-18

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Keep everyone on your trip on the same GPS page with this wireless hack: This chapter excerpt from Wireless Hacks: Tips & Tools for Building, Extending, and Securing Your Network explains how to share a single GPS unit over a wireless network. Traveling in a caravan is more than just an activity designed to make a long trip more interesting. For...; Tags: Network, O'Reilly Media Inc., Tool, GPS, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware; Book chapters 2006-01-18
Hack your way to a faster, stronger, better Yahoo!: Get more out of Yahoo! with these three hacks. Yahoo! is one of the most popular and most feature-rich sites on the Web. But, as the hacks in this download show, even the most feature-laden sites can be enhanced with a few well conceived alternations. The three...; Tags: Web, Yahoo! Inc., O'Reilly Media Inc., Channel Management, Productivity, Marketing; Book chapters 2006-01-05
Add power with a homemade 802.3af compliant wireless networking device: This chapter excerpt from Wireless Hacks: Tips & Tools for Building, Extending, and Securing Your Network explains how to insert DC voltage into a standard Ethernet cable. Since June 2003, when the IEEE ratified the 802.3af standard for Power over Ethernet PoE, several prominent manufacturers have released...; Tags: IEEE 802.3af, Network, O'Reilly Media Inc., Wireless Networking, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking; Book chapters 2006-01-18
Write your own custom Snort rules for tighter security: Snort is a favorite open source application in use in many IT departments because it offers an inexpensive and effective way to provide intrusion detection capability on a network segment. Now, with this sample hack from the O'Reilly book Network Security Hacks, you can learn how to make Snort even...; Tags: Snort, Network, O'Reilly Media Inc., Network Security, Intrusion Detection, Networking, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software; Book chapters 2005-03-10

Exchange 2003 Hacks: Exchange Server 2003 is highly customizable and there are plenty of tips, tricks, tweaks and hacks floating around on the web. A lot of the tools and some of the tips have been well documented by the other MSExchange authors. This white paper discusses at some of the lesser known...; Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, TechGenix, E-mail Servers, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Office Suites; White papers 2006-11-09
Quickly grab Event Log information in Windows with this script: A key component of the job of every Windows administrator is to keep an eye on Event Logs. That includes not only the info in the logs but also the size of the logs and the number of records. This sample hack from O'Reilly's Windows Server Hacks provides a script...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware; Download resources 2005-05-18
Create a custom Firefox search bar that searches any site or your intranet: Firefox comes with a Google search bar that is installed by default in the browser. However, you can create a similar search bar that connects to any search engine, any site search, or even a search for your company's intranet. This sample hack from Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition shows...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, O'Reilly Media Inc., Intranet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet; Book chapters 2005-03-26
Crush and impress your friends with these Halo 2 hacks: Even after you finish a game like Halo 2, there is always more to do—if you know how. Halo 2 is a very popular game, played through to the end by many gamers, but that doesn't mean they have seen all there is to see. With some...; Tags: Halo 2, O'Reilly Media Inc., Games, Productivity, Personal Technology; Book chapters 2005-10-12
See how Windows Server 2003 can snap back from disasters with Automated System Recovery: Prior to Windows Server 2003, a Windows server installation that went bad would require a reinstall of the operating system and a reconfiguration of boot and data volumes. One of the best new features of Windows Server 2003 is Automated System Recovery, which makes it much easier to recover from...; Tags: Recovery, Microsoft Windows Server, O'Reilly Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Book chapters 2005-04-15
How do I download a specific hack?: I downloaded Hack #110 on tweaking XP. In the article Hacks #83 and #86 were referenced. I've tried to find those hacks on the site but have been unable to find them anywhere. There must be a list of Hacks but I don't know where it is. Help would be...; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, jborchel@...; Discussion threads 2007-07-05
Block OS fingerprinting on Linux/UNIX systems: When an attacker attempts to penetrate a targeted Linux/UNIX system, the first task involved is usually to discover which OS the system is running and then compromise it with known exploits. If you can thwart an attacker from identifying the OS, then you can make it much harder and more...; Tags: LINUX/UNIX, Attacker, Operating System, O'Reilly Media Inc., Networking, Network Security, Operating Systems, Security, Software; Book chapters 2005-03-25
Ten great Windows Server hacks: Here are 10 of the hacks from the O'Reilly book Windows Server Hacks. They provide some great tips to help administrators wring out the best performance, solve common problems, and beef up the security of Windows servers.Some of the tips include: "Automate Creation of OU Structure," "Use netsh to Change...; Tags: performance, hack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Windows Server Hacks, administrator, security, domain controller, server; Download resources 2005-02-11
Use these four Registry tweaks to speed up Windows XP: There are plenty of third party programs that claim to tweak or optimize Windows. However, what most of them ultimately do is to simply make Registry edits. Here are four tweaks that experienced IT professionals can manually make to improve the speed of Windows XP.Title: Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition...; Tags: tweak, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows XP, network, network security, IT professional, network administrator, Windows XP Hacks, registry; Download resources 2005-04-08
Keep everyone on your trip on the same GPS page with this wireless hack: Traveling in a caravan is more than just an activity designed to make a long trip more interesting. For many, a caravan is a useful tool for keeping everyone together. Even if there is only one GPS receiver in the group, you can still make sure everyone is following the...; Tags: daemon, excerpt, GPS, GPS receiver, network, O'Reilly Media Inc., Rob Flickenger, Roger Weeks, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, server, tool, Web, Web site, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi network, wireless, wireless network; Download resources 2006-01-18
Learn this technique for aggregating log files from remote sites: Managing and monitoring log files is one of the most important maintenance activities that network administrators handle. However, one of the biggest challenges is handling logs from remote sites. For example, the standard syslog service on Linux/UNIX can't be used over public networks because of privacy and performance concerns. Instead,...; Tags: Technique, Network, O'Reilly Media Inc., Networking, Microsoft Windows, Network Security, Security, Operating Systems, Software; Book chapters 2005-03-18
Wireless Hacks: Wall Off Your Wireless: If one has decided that small form factor PCs are available, and have invested in such a motherboard with the intentions of making their own access point, one is in the right hack. One certainly has other options for an operating system. Pebble is a good example of a small...; Tags: O'Reilly Media Inc., Wall, Pebble, M0n0wall, Linux, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software; Book chapters 2005-11-09
Ten great Windows Server hacks: Here are 10 of the hacks from the O'Reilly book Windows Server Hacks. They provide some great tips to help administrators wring out the best performance, solve common problems, and beef up the security of Windows servers.Some of the tips include: "Automate Creation of OU Structure," "Use netsh to Change...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, O'Reilly Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Book chapters 2005-02-11
Tune Windows XP to speed up boot and shutdown times: A common annoyance for both IT professionals and end users is having to sit and wait while Windows reboots. This sample hack from OReilly's Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition shows how to tweak a PC's BIOS, the Windows Registry, and other Windows XP settings to streamline boot and shutdown times....; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP Hacks, annoyance, hack, network security, IT professional, BIOS, network administrator, Microsoft Windows Server, network, PC; Download resources 2005-03-24
Palm & Treo Hacks: Get the Most Out of the to Do List: This paper covers a series of tips and techniques for the built-in To Do List. Some more involved hacks for the To Do List, such as using it for project management or managing school work, are covered elsewhere in the paper and won't be repeated here. One can use priorities...; Tags: Palm Inc., Palm Treo, O'Reilly Media Inc., Productivity, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware; Book chapters 2005-10-14

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IT Hardware and Software Purchasing Policy: Your IT Budget is tight. You want to get the most bang for your IT buck. That's where the IT Hardware and Software Purchasing Policy can help. This policy's purpose is to help properly set the boundaries for purchasing new hardware and software.; Buy Now