Network config for Ubuntu 16.04. From the horse’s mouth. Source: NetworkConfigurationCommandLine/Automatic – Community Help Wiki

Ever try to log onto a cisco switch console with a blue rollover cable on Windows 8.1? I had the problem of my USB-to-serial not working until I found this driver. Putty works great now! 1. Download the driver Profilic_Win8_x64_x86 and extract it 2. Open Device Manager3. Expand Ports (COM & LPT) 4. Right click […]

            I was struggling with having Unix machines obtain reserved IP addresses from our Cisco DHCP server, until I found this link. At the end of the page, mkonarski3 mentions the following: use “hardware-address” (don’t put the 01 in front just the mac addr xxxx.xxxx.xxxx) for your unix box and “client-identifier” for your […]