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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Perl – Using Pattern-sequence Memory with Regular Expressions
Pattern-sequence memory is very useful when you want to match the same character in several places but don’t care which character you match as long as all occurrences are the same character. For example, the below code matches the date … Continue reading
Posted in Perl, Programming Languages, Technology
Tagged pattern memory, pattern-sequence, pattern-sequence memory, Pattern-sequence Memory with Regular Expressions, perl, perl regular expressions, regex, regular expressions, sequence memory, Using Pattern-sequence Memory with Regular Expressions
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Setting-up DHCP with IP Helper-Address on Cisco Routers
In a prior lab, Setting-up DHCP on Cisco Routers, I discussed how to setup a Cisco router as a DHCP server. In this lab, I use a DHCP server setup on one subnet to provide DHCP services to two different … Continue reading
Posted in Cisco, Labs, Networking, Protocols, Technology
Tagged Cisco, Cisco 2126XM, Cisco 2126XM router, Cisco WS-C2950-24, Cisco WS-C2950-24 switch, configure DHCP, dhcp, DHCP broadcasts, dhcp configuration, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, ip helper, ip helper-address, Setting-up DHCP with IP Helper-Address on Cisco Routers
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HumairAhmed.com: Top 500,000 Websites in US – Not Bad for a Blog!
Well, it looks like I’ve finally broken into the top 500,000 websites in the US in terms of traffic according to Alexa. Not bad for a semi-periodically updated blog I suppose. Most sites, especially personal blogs, don’t even make the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Humair's News Releases, Internet Search, News, Technology, Technology, Websites
Tagged ahmed, alexa, blog, blog rank, blogging, humair, Humair Ahmed, Humair Ahmed's blog, Humair's blog, site, site rank, website, website rank
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Setting-up DHCP on Cisco Routers
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides the capability to automatically allocate reusable network addresses and configuration options to hosts.
Posted in Cisco, Labs, Networking, Protocols, Technology
Tagged BOOTP, Cisco, Cisco 2126XM, Cisco 2126XM router, cisco dhcp configuration, cisco router, cisco setup dhcp, Cisco switch, Cisco WS-C2960-24TT, Cisco WS-C2960-24TT switch, dhcp, dhcp configuration, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, router, switch
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Perl – Obtain the File Size
Here is a cool one line Perl script you can use to quickly obtain the file size of a file. The syntax to run the script is “perl [scriptname] [filename]”; in the below example I use the script itself as … Continue reading
Posted in Perl, Programming Languages, Technology
Tagged -s, file size, file size operator, get file size, perl, perl file size operator, perl get file size
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Perl – Writing the Linux ‘cat’ Utility
The below Perl code will give you similar results compared to the Linux ‘cat’ utility. At the command prompt, just enter “perl [scriptname] [filename1] [filename2] etc …
Perl – File-Test Operators
In Perl, file-test operators are useful for determining the status of a file. Some of the operators below refer to the “real user” which is the User ID specified at login rather than “effectve User ID” which refers to the … Continue reading
W3C Feed Validation Service and Markup Validation Service
The W3C Feed Validation Service is a very useful tool to validate the syntax of Atom or RSS feeds. I just used it to determine why my LinkedIn WordPress application could no longer connect to my WordPress RSS feed.
Posted in CSS, HTML, Technology, Web Development, WordPress
Tagged Atom, Atom feed, CSS, CSS Validator, Feed Validation, Feed Validation Service, Link Checker, LinkedIn, LinkedIn WordPress application, LinkedIn WordPress application not working, LinkedIn WordPress blog, LinkedIn WordPress blog not working, LinkedIn WordPress issue, LinkedIn WordPress issues, LinkedIn WordPress problem, LinkedIn WordPress problems, Markup Validation, Markup Validation Service, RSS, RSS feed, W3C, W3C CSS Validator, W3C Feed Validation Service, W3C Link Checker, W3C Markup Validation Service, WordPress
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University of Berkeley Astronomers Discover Largest Known Black Holes
University of California, Berkeley Astronomers have discovered the largest black holes known to date. The black holes are estimated to be have masses equivalent to about 10 billion suns each (one black hole being slightly bigger than the other). The … Continue reading
Tech Tips – Check if your E-mail Server is Running [Video]
I created and uploaded this video to youtube back in 2009, but I thought it might be helpful for others if I post the link here. It’s just a simple video that shows you how you can use telnet to … Continue reading