StaticNAT

I can tell from my traffic stats that there are people out there checking things out here at StaticNAT I can also clear see how my inability to post lately has helped my numbers to tank. I never planned on this to be a huge site and my primary income so the numbers don’t kill me. But I can say there there is something exciting to watch the graph in Google Analytics rise as well as equally disappointing when the numbers drop. To avoid this emotional roller coaster I have enlisted the help of a friend who is a great systems administrator. You could soon be seeing posts by AppleEvangelist. Both AppleEvangelist and I spend a large portion of our time in a mixed OS X (server and desktop) and Windows environment (XP and 2003 Server) but it leans heavily towards the OS X side. This systems environment I refer to is clearly a small Enterprise environment. With more than 20 edge sites currently connected via serial T1s but soon to be connected via metro-Ethernet around 50 servers, hundreds of switches and an expanding security structure this is a very unique environment to be a Mac user in. Read the rest of this entry »

I haven’t posted in awhile due to a crazy work schedule. But I have set myself up with some tools to help me blog better. So this post is two fold.

1. A test of the ScribeFire plugin for Firefox.
2. Test new a new type of content for www.staticnat.com.

Up to this point I have not said a lot about my home network. I will be posting more because I think its relevant to the overall purpose of my site. Any of you who are into this fun little world of networking in the mid to large scale understand the value of test enviroments. Being a consultant most of that either happens on customer site if we are building a new site or in my basement if we are making changes in productions. Read the rest of this entry »