Having problems with getting notifications from Google Play, GMail and or applications on the wireless behind a firewall. Open the following: TCP 5228
Android Notifications Firewall Port
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Network Administration
T-Mobile Wifi Calling Firewall Ports
I switched to T-Mobile yesterday and wanted to have calling enabled on specific IP's, discovered and tested that these are the ports needs for Wifi Calling TCP 5060 (Unsure if this really required, but added it) TCP 5061 UDP 52000-59999
Google Apps Password Sync for AD
Google Apps update alerts: New Product: Google Apps Password Sync for Active ...: Google Apps Password Sync allows Google Apps admins to synchronize their users' passwords from Active Directory to Google Apps as they are changed. Edit: A comment on this, the utility...
Blackboard Connect 5 API with PHP
I've been working on connecting our Data Warehouse to the Blackboard Connect Service using the SOAP API's. For those interested, here is the quick and dirty way to do it on PHP 5.3 Create the SOAP client $client = new...
Google Apps Education Implementation Info
Necessary tools for Google Apps in Education... AD to GA Password Synchronization Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003 Jasig CAS SSO Server Build Tutorial (CAS w/ AD + Attributes) Google Apps Manager (GAM) Google Apps Directory Sync Google Apps API PHP Client...
Google Apps at NCCE 2012
For those attending NCCE 2012 in Seattle, on Thursday I will be co-presenting a Google App's session with the Bethel Group. Please check out the session if you can, we will be covering the transition at Bethel from decisions, migration, training, and usage. Google...
Inexpensive Glass Whiteboard
Looking for an inexpensive glass whiteboard for your office? I came across this piece together from IKEA parts you can use to build one for about $100 or less. I decide it would work nicely in my home office, so here is my setup. IKEA Hackers: Not...
Apple Configurator Releases Today!
Apple quietly put this out today. I suggest checking it out if you have to deploy labs of iOS devices http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/03/apple-configurator/ You can find it in the Mac App Store for free.
NAS build in progress…
I picked up a HP N40L along with some other goodies for it. I'll be providing an overview of the system with use of UnRaid in the near future. As soon as I finish up the build, which is a little time consuming but well worth it, I will provide a write up on all...
Password Strength
Vsphere 5 Web Client Issues
We upgraded from ESX 2.5 to Vsphere 5, after logging into the Vsphere 5 Web Client I was prompted with a error that stated it couldn't find the Inventory Service. Here are the steps to resolve that issue. - Stop the vCenter Inventory Service. - From the Windows Start...
Google Apps: The Whole Kit and Caboodle
Bethel's Information Services will be presenting the experiences with moving to Google Apps, sign-up for NCCE 2012 in Seattle, WA and check out the session. I will be a co-presenter at this session for the technical aspect. Google Apps has become the "Whole Kit and...
Google Password Sync: Windows Server 2008
Alright! Finally, I sat down and decided to find out what the issues people were having with running the GoogleHashUpdater in Windows Server 2008. My Current Test Setup: Windows Server 2008 R2 64bit Hashing Password Filter RC4 64bit Google Data API 1.4.0.2...
Drupal Modules for your Portal
After a few months of having our new portal up and running, I thought it would be good to share some the modules we have put to use. We are using many more, but these are the main ones to point out. Drupal 7 Modules Homebox This took some work to get it tweaked...
Google’s free LMS is coming soon…
Keep an eye out for this one. Google and Pearson have teamed up to create a free Learning Management System/Social Network for Education. It is primarily focused for Higher Education, but should be interesting to say the least. It's suppose to drop ship in the...
Google on “Improving the DOM”
Google has some amazing things in the works, namely "Dart". I highly suggest checking it out, I find this pretty exciting and expect it to get some major traction. Improving the DOM
Creating a K12 portal with Drupal
Over the past month, we have been working on getting the new portal up and running using Drupal 7. We are ready to launch on Monday and thought I would share our welcome video that quickly goes over some of the features. I'll provide more information on Drupal...
OS X Server 10.6 on vSphere 5
Among the many of those disturbed by the Licensing of vSphere 5, it seems that OS X 10.6 Server will be supported as a guest operating system. What's New in VMware vSphere 5 vSphere 5 Pricing To run Mac OS X in a virtual machine, ESXi must be running on Apple branded...
Deploy Firefox
Looking for a way to deploy Firefox with default/locked preferences? Well it's built-in to Firefox, two files to config and it's done. You can have it override all existing preferences also. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences
Gluster 3.1 to 3.2 Upgrade
Decided it would be worth updating our Gluster storage to the newest version, it adds a few new features and bug fixes. This upgrade with simple and easy to do with no data loss You can find the instructions here Upgrading to Gluster 3.1 from 3.1.x The upgrade...