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Hello and welcome to Mike's Tech Blog. These tech notes are often the result of my attempts to set up or install something. Often after many hours of searching the internet, and collecting bits and pieces of information

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Easy Way to Install Equipment in a Rack | Print |  E-mail
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How to easily install equipment into a 19 inch equipment rackI needed to install a transmitter into a 19" equipment rack. Since it was heavy, and having installed heavy equipment into a rack I needed an easy way to do that. This is what I came up with.

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Build a Cheap 19 Inch Equipment Rack | Print |  E-mail
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How to Build a 19 inch equipment rack using an IKEA Lack tableRecently I needed a 19" equipment rack. But being cheap, I decided to build one. While searching the Internet, I found what is called a LackRack, which uses IKEA's Lack Table. However further reading revealed a couple of things that I thought were lacking in the original design of the LackRack.

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How to Password Protect a web page or directory | Print |  E-mail
Networking - Misc.
password protect web pageThere are times when you want to password protect a web page, or a whole directory of a website. For example if you have an area of your web site and you don't want the public to have access. You might want to have a paid subscription service. Password protecting a web page works well for this.
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How to Speed Up Internet surfing securely with OpenDNS | Print |  E-mail
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How to speed up internet surfing with OpenDNSAbout a year ago I discovered OpenDNS, and I am pleased with the results. OpenDNS speeds up your internet surfing, as well as provides a measure of safety from

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How To Make a CAT 5 Cable | Print |  E-mail
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 CAT 5 Network cable

All too often I need to make a CAT 5 cable. Here is how to make one. First off, there are two standards for CAT5, honestly I see no difference between them other than what color pair is used in what order. I have used EIA/TIA-568A cables in a EIA/TIA-568B wiring system with no problems.

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