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You will need to forward port 22, which is the default ssh port to the server ip at your house that is your ssh server. For that reason i recommend setting a static ip to that box.

I wanted to a share a few Linux commands I found myself using this weekend while moving some data around and extracting some video files from an iso.
The first one is used to mount an iso file in Linux so that you can browse it like any other directory.
You will need root credential for [...]

Installing most things on a debian based system is as easy as typing Apt-get. Webmin is not that way, almost it is not much more difficult.
First thing we need to do is prepare the system to install webmin. For that we need to install some dependencies.

sudo apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl
Next [...]

I have been using my Xbox 360 as a media device lately. I’m running Linux on an older P4 machine running U-share. It allows me to stream media be it pictures, music, or videos to my Xbox in the other room. The problem is when I am doing things I am usually on my laptop [...]

Want to get snmp up and running quick and dirty, then here it is.

ERS 8600 Directed Broadcasts using Wake on LAN Application

You can simply make a file with all the machine names in your network, and have a script that runs psshutdown.exe at a scheduled time. If you run the file with a -c switch it allows the user to abort the shut down. So you could use a -t switch with a 30 second delay which should give the user plenty of time to stop the shut down.

So in our earlier post we told you how to get cacti up and running now lets talk about setting up some host to get some use of it.
The first thing you will need to do is login to your cacti web gui.
Once you do you will see this screen.
Once at this screen click on [...]

So you may be asking yourself, why in the world would I want to monitor my network printers with Cacti?

So you’ve got Cacti installed and running but you want to unleash the full power. Well to do that you’re going to need some templates. Templates can be found all over with a simple Google search.