Set Transmit Power for Unified AP’s

Reading Time: 2 minutes In this article I will show how to configure the transmit power for unified AP’s via the CLI, the web GUI on the controller and from iMC WSM. I decided to write this article because it is not that intuitive to configure the transmit power for unified AP’s, but this article will make it clear. … Read more

HowTo: Use Reverse SSH Tunnel for Rsync Backup on a Synology DS

Reading Time: 4 minutes This post will describe, how to use a reverse ssh tunnel to backup an external device, like a server to your Synology DS via rsync. I have to use the reverse SSH tunnel function, as my DS is behind my firewall at home and my server (which should use the DS for backup) is in … Read more

HowTo: Enable SSH and Rsync on Synology DS

Reading Time: 2 minutes This post will describe how to enable SSH and rsync on a Synology DS. This will allow you to use your DS as a backup server. For this post, I use the Synology DS412+ with the latest version of DSM 5.1-5004. Enable SSH and Rsync Before I start, I would like to explain the environment, in … Read more

iMC UAM Page Push Policy

Reading Time: 3 minutes In this post I will explain the new UAM page push policy in iMC, which was introduced with the  update to iMC 7.1. The UAM page push policy will make it easier to select the webpage which should be used for the authentication. The UAM page push policy will replace the portal selection in the … Read more

MSM TFTP Mode

Reading Time: 2 minutes In this post I will explain the MSM TFTP mode. This mode is used to upload a startup image to a MSM AP to get them working again or to convert them back from Unified Code without the help of a MSM controller. The startup images are not available publicly. You should open a case … Read more

Thank you for more than 100 Clicks on one Day

Reading Time: < 1 minute Yesterday, we reached a new record for clicks per day. With the help of you all, I got more than 100 clicks. This is outstanding and means a lot for me. From those great figures, I can see, that the stuff I post is really appreciated and helpful. Currently, I have a lot of ideas … Read more

HowTo: iMC Webserver ​Certificate

Reading Time: 6 minutes This post will describe the process of installing your own iMC webserver certificate for the iMC webserver. We will create a certificate template for Windows Server 2008R2 and use this template for the certificate. This certificate is than exported and used as the iMC webserver certificate. Most of the information comes from the HP documentation on … Read more

HowTo: iMC License Registration

Reading Time: 2 minutes This post will cover the topic of iMC license registration as I always get questions around this topic. To be able to register and activate the iMC license, you should have an account for the HPN MyNetworking portal. You can find the portal here: https://h10145.www1.hp.com/sso/index.aspx If you did not have an account register one before … Read more

HowTo: Postfix with TLS

Reading Time: 4 minutes This time I would like to show, how to secure the connection between postfix and the client with the help of a certificate by using postfix with TLS support. You can use your own certificate authority for that or a public one. I will use StartSSL to create my certificate and use postfix with TLS. If you … Read more