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Intro to git
git is essentially decentralized, which seems to be the direction everything is going, so I decided to take a shot at it. I’ve used cvs, VSS, TFS, SVN and now git and I’ve got to say it is definitely pretty cool (and free). The main difference I have noticed between git and these other guys…
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Cisco iOS Emulator Hardware and Software Simulations
Good article with introductory discussion: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/networking/practice-cisco-router-configuration-using-a-free-emulator/419 Supported Hardware Dynagen/Dynamips: Cisco 7200, Cisco 3600 series (3620, 3640 and 3660), 3700 series (3725, 3745) and 2600 series (2610 to 2650XM, 2691). Emulators/Simulators Dynagen/Dynamips (excellent choice and good for windows and *nix): http://www.gns3.net/download http://www.ipflow.utc.fr/index.php/Cisco_7200_Simulator http://dynagen.org/tutorial.htm Boson (proprietary at least 100USD$): http://www.boson.com/AboutNetSim.html pyios (not as much following as the…
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C# MySQL On Windows Named Pipes Development Mode
While outlining the scope for a new project I’ve considered the possibility of using MySQL for budgeting purposes with respect to the potential size and growth rate of the database. I downloaded and ran through the latest setup for MySQL on Windows (x64 although I opted for the 32 bit binaries) and popped in the…
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C# Application Not Responding Issue on Long Running Threads
Undoubtedly many of you have encountered the dreaded “Application Not Responding” message, programmers and non-programmers alike. In general, this is caused by the OS misinterpretation of long delays in form refresh, even though these can easily be caused by a long running process, or any running process longer than a couple seconds actually. If this…
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