Background

Windows 7 among others ask for proxy settings using DHCP. The issue is that they do not stop asking until they have received an answer. This results in that the log contains a lot information about these requests, an example can be found below.

2017:07:30-00:12:03 firewall-1 dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 192.168.188.213 via eth3
2017:07:30-00:12:03 firewall-1 dhcpd: DHCPACK to 192.168.188.213 (00:50:56:ab:38:53) via eth3

2017:07:30-00:14:03 firewall-1 dhcpd: DHCPACK to 192.168.188.213 (00:50:56:ab:38:53) via eth3
2017:07:30-00:14:03 firewall-1 dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 192.168.188.213 via eth4

Add the following option to the DHCP server:

dhcp-option=252,"\n"

Tags: Linux, Networking, Sophos by Bert Zefat
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Go to Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools (or VM > Install VMware Tools).

sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom
sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom or sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom
tar xzvf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-x.x.x-xxxx.tar.gz -C /tmp/
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/
sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d

sudo reboot

Tags: ESX, Linux, VMware, vSphere by Bert Zefat
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While opening a console for any virtual machine from one particular workstation, the console display is not sized correctly.

To resolve this, you will have to disable Display Scaling.

1. Right click the vSphere Client icon and select Properties
2. Click Compatibility
3. Check box, “Disable display scaling on high DPI Settings”.
4. Apply the settings
5. Reload the vSphere Client.

The console session should populate the full screen.

Tags: ESX, VMware, vSphere by Bert Zefat
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config system interface
  edit port1
    set ip 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0
    append allowaccess http
end

config router static 
  edit 1 
    set device port1 
    set gateway
end

Tags: Fortigate, Security by Bert Zefat
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