Author Archives: sconrad

Changing your WordPress domain name URL

Posted on 29/03/2022 by sconrad

When you have to migrate a site from one URL to a new domain name, the following SQL commands will help you out. These can be run from the CLI or PHPMyadmin as a standard SQL statement. UPDATE wp_options SET … Continue reading →

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Disk file recovery

Posted on 20/03/2018 by sconrad

I worked on a failed Windows 7 hard disk for a client recently where there was no backup available. Major issue was the fact that the home directory was encrypted with a third party product. I mounted the encrypted drive … Continue reading →

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Gordon power station

Posted on 27/02/2017 by sconrad

A small sample of pictures that I took on a recent work trip to Gordon Power station in Tasmania. I went up there to work on fixing some lighting systems but ended up inside Generator 2 to work on the … Continue reading →

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A Berry big network. (Berry farm)

Posted on 26/10/2016 by sconrad

A new client has a requirement for using handheld wireless devices (2.4Ghz) over a very large area. Approx 700m wide x 950m long. One of the major obstacles is the lack of power, so we have had to design and … Continue reading →

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Mikrotik USB 3G router config

Posted on 30/08/2016 by sconrad

Just whipped together a quick config to get a new Mikrotik HAP Lite AP connected to Telstra with ether 2,3,4,5 set to be a LAN bridge. This was using a Telstra Ultimate 4G USB dongle. /interface bridge add auto-mac=yes name=bridge-local … Continue reading →

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Website hosting upgrade

Posted on 22/08/2016 by sconrad

Over the past few weeks all the existing website hosting infrastructure has been moved to new hardware on to a 1Gbps connection. The new hardware and software has state of the art security and firewall protection to help combat the … Continue reading →

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PTMP solar repeater

Posted on 01/07/2016 by sconrad

Some days are just beautiful in winter. Here we are adding additional radio links to an existing solar powered radio site. All equipment is in the 5Ghz ISM band.

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12m climbable tower

Posted on 01/07/2016 by sconrad

Installation of a climbable tower in the NE of Tasmania with bridged 5.8Ghz and 24Ghz radios linking to a DR site 2km away. Photo’s taken at various stages of the build. We used Mikrotik routers to provide redundancy Main tower … Continue reading →

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Dodgy electrical and data work

Posted on 01/07/2016 by sconrad

This gallery contains 11 photos.

If it looks bad, it more than likely is dangerous. Here are some examples of work that we have had to rectify recently.

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Application installer – Ninite

Posted on 20/10/2015 by sconrad

When building new computers for clients, I have use Ninite to deploy typical applications and it saves me truckloads of time. Check out the website https://ninite.com/

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