VMWare Server on Linux (VMWare Server 1.04 on Ubuntu 7.10 Server) – Physical Network Interfaces that will only be used by VMWare Guests: Even though you may have a physical interface that a Host will not use, you need to set-it-up in /etc/network/interfaces. This will activate the network interface for the Host, which will only ...Read More

My toolbox – an incomplete list: MTR – Link Diagnostics IPerf – bandwidth test TCPTrack – track tcp connections per interface MTR: An indespensbile trouble shooting tool is MTR. It is already a part of my favorite distro, Ubuntu. It combines the functions of ping and traceroute, and the info provided is excellent for diagnostics. ...Read More

Check out http://www.lm-sensors.org  an open source project for embedded “sensors” for your Linux system. I needed an easy way to check the CPU temperature for my new PC from the command line.  This is yet another great example of what open source has to offer. On my Ubuntu 7.10 server, it was too easy: sudo ...Read More

Real quick – Webmin on Ubuntu 7.10. Get Dependencies: sudo apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl Download: sudo wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.420_all.deb (or whatever version is latest – browse to the webmin site, and paste the link for the current version download) Install: sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.420_all.deb