This blog has been modified to accommodate postings by my right hand tech companion of over 13 years, Brandon Abshire. Brandon has always been a part of NetNerds but only recently has decided to become more visible. Brandon has been working primarily at Qualcomm Inc for the past 7 years but starting this month, will …

Just a handy little reference for myself. Internal PPTP Server 1vpnserver="172.16.1.10" 2 3iptables -N pptp 4iptables -A pptp -p tcp --destination-port 1723 --dst $vpnserver -j ACCEPT 5iptables -A pptp -p gre --dst $vpnserver -j ACCEPT 6iptables -I FORWARD -j pptp 7 8iptables -t nat -N pptp 9iptables -t nat -A …

Brad McGehee just published what's sure to be another incredibly informative ebook on SQL Server Maintenance Plans. A list of free eBooks, including the SQL Server Tackle Box, can be found on Brad's blog. Check it, one time.

After a week of trying out several different types of VPNs (PPTP, SSTP, IPSEC) at my new office, I finally figured out a solution to setup a WAN between my Linksys WRT54GSv3 and a Linksys RV082 business router. The solution was initially presented by Joe Kelly at NerdBoys.com but I couldn't get it to actually work …

With the guidance of Apress's Beginning iPhone 3 Development, I was able to create my first iPhone App in less than two hours. While the book's first chapter used the classic yet very boring Hello World example, I knew I'd need to spice things up in order to keep my interest. Over the past few weeks, I've been playing …

I found a link to this site on Facebook's SQL Server Magazine fanpage. Free Fundamental CDs for IT Pros and Developers (link no longer available). While you can order the CDs, I just went ahead and downloaded the zip files. The SQL Server CD is pretty basic, but I still managed to learn something from it =)

Natively booting OS X and Windows 7 on a hella fine Dell Mini is initially challenging but well worth the reward of being the coolest nerd on the block. Here's what you'll need to accomplish this task: Windows 7 DVD Leopard Retail Vanilla (I have 10.5.6) External USB Drive External CD/DVD drive DellMiniBoot123v8 …

Over the past week, I've installed Windows 7 and OS X more times than I can count. In attempting to figure out the easiest way to dual boot Windows 7 and OS X, I've also partitioned my drive a good 30+ times. So.. after messing up with an EFI bootloader, I was suddenly unable to re-install Windows 7. I encountered the …

Ugh, eff a GUID formatted disk! This is by far the easiest way to get OS X Leopard (Retail/Vanilla) to install on an MBR formatted disk. I've gone through about 400 other tutorials and most were so complex. This method, which consists of about 20 simple steps has worked like a charm so far. I suggest reading the …

Recently, I used my Windows-based domain's Enterprise Root Certification Authority to secure my subversion repository that is hosted on an Apache-based server. The process was rather straight-forward and relatively fast -- especially because I skipped over all of the file transfers and just used vi/notepad to …