Nailbat.org is once again operational. What happened was that I had one harddrive completely fail in my web server. I thus lost all my web sites, my friends web sites, email and other files. The harddrive that was in the web server was a 4yr old Maxtor 10gb ide, out of warranty. No signs of dying. It just dropped dead. I went to Staples and bought two new Maxtor 30gb harddrives. I took the server home to reinstall the os (installing redhat 8.0 since I didn’t have my 7.3 cds burned or could find the isos). I installed redhat 8.0, spending an hour figuring out how to do software raid. Both harddrives will now have exact copies of each other (aka RAID 1 or mirroring). I managed to salvage some data off the last remaining harddrive, but also found out this harddrive was dying. The data I got were the mysql databases (this blog amongst other things), and some config files.
So I didn’t lose the blog thank god. So in short, the server is now better than before. I plan on buying a cdrw drive at some point and put that in. Then leave a cdrw disc in the drive. Use amanda to backup critical files (aka web sites, configs, databases, etc) and then dump it onto the cdrw like 3x a week.
So now comes the process of rebuilding my other sites and reinstalling apps, tweaking the system, etc.

I passed the Network+ Certification exam today. Took me 30 minutes to complete. I got a 740 point score. Passing is 646 points. Total points 900. Not too shabby. I didn’t study much; had I studied some more, I would have done better. I just feel that this exam should be done on your real job/life experience, and not what you learn out of a book. You have to apply the concepts before you get it. So yeah, now to find a job where having this certification means something.

Forgot to mention I bought two mobile ide racks from newegg. Gunna put these in my fileserver. One left open for friends to come over and leech files.

So I am mobile in my house once again. I bought a Dell 1170 access point, which is just a rebadged Proxim AP-2000. I have it installed downstairs in my basement. It will eventually live on my rack, but I need to get a 4U Flanged Blank Panel to mount the ap to. This AP has a very nice web-based admin page. I can configure EVERYTHING through it. Although it is just one slot, I still like it.
I really like how my network at home is set up. Some more tweaking to do; like take out the pcmcia carrier card I have in my linux router now and replace it with a dlink nic, and plug the ap directly into that port (thus becoming ETH2 on the linux router). This way I can segment my ap off my network as the ap can be a security hole. Then to set up ipchains to drop all packets which will force all clients to use a vpn to access the wired network. yay