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Hi everyone.
I'm currently writing this with my left hand and a pinkie on my right cuz I just cut the crap out of my right index finger on a computer case while starting a new build. Worst case cut ever!!! (dang All Star game. Never turn your back on a computer...)
So that is what brought me by to say hi. Figured I could at least sign up and say hi to Smartmom and few others handles I recognize.
Other than that, if anyone has any experience with network load balancing on 2008R2 server(s), I've got a few things to bounce off of you concerning the Application Server role, clustering, and Remote Desktop Services (formally terminal services). Seems to be my thinking at the moment...
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Ashton
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Good to see ya here Aston. I'd love to help out on the 2K8 server stuff, but generally networking isn't a strength of mine. I don't have to work with it too much, just emergencies, 
. A friend of mine here EvilMonkey works with in things like that everyday though, so he'd probably be able to offer some help.
Hi SmartMom. Hey STaRDoGG.
Okay, "Mom", I'll remember your advise on the case ;-). This is an efficiency build (cost), so I bought the case for 37 bucks at the local computer supply store (on a reseller account). The computer being replaced is a:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/me/en/ho/WF06a/12454-12454-3832403-3832404-3832404-3832626.html
Which is really cute as it is PC whose case dimensions are roughly 12" x 12" and the mobo is roughly third of the size of an ATX board. I can literally hold the board in the palm of my hand! Anyway, it was way too expensive to find a replacement board (btw - totally the mobo. I "dislike" saying the motherboard is shot but there is no other explanation. Not wiring harness, replaced BIOS battery, shorted the connections to turn on, replaced or removed everything else, etc...) without having to consider that the same amount of money could be used to build a better, albeit a standard, PC.
I've just about got the index finger to start typing now...almost.
The application server is strange. This is new realm for me for server clustering but some of the finer points about Windows Server 2008R2 (and it really is a whole nother upgrade, but still in evaulation) is the supposive ease of setting one up.
For those that need a basic overview of an application server, imagine that you need some specific software to run and rather than me coming over and installing on your computer, I give you an URL to go to (inside the domain that you are a member of). Once you are there, you click the software you need and a Remote Desktop Session begins for you to use the software. This is particularly useful in lets say...an educational enviroment...where different applications are needed for a variety of subjects.
What I'm working on is a proof of concept. What I'm basically running into is that Network Load Balancing was previously set up on the onboard NICs (not by me) and that has the effect of turning two computers MAC addresses for the NICs into one and therefore being assigned one IP address for two computers (via DHCP no less) with no network errors. I want to break that setup as there apparently doesn't seem to be a way to view the configuration, but uninstalling the NLB feature resulted in no change, which makes me think it's further up in the domain. What I've done is install two other NICs to handle the heartbeat (how the servers know that the other is there for load balancing and the Remote Desktop Session Broker to communicate on those static IP's that I've assigned to them. I would like to use the previous configuration for the other NIC's as the IIS role is using them for the webpage and the fact that I cant seem to change the configuration for them...
Sigh
Anyway, I'll most likely reinstall, rename, and track this from the beginning ;-)
So, the "darkside" badge. I'm surprised that a pic of my mug isn't the icon..hehe. All this time that I've spent returning to the light, and here I am, bestowed with a Vader badge. Maybe Stardogg could pick up on a distant past post we discussed on creating an API that appears to be something functional, like minesweeper for Facebook, but acts as a...ahem...profile tracker. Course, the term of service wouldn't like that too much, I'm guessing.
Also, what are you guys doing about spell check? I know there is no way that the above post deosn't have spelling errors.
Also, what are you guys doing about spell check? I know there is no way that the above post deosn't have spelling errors.
We have a spell checker right here:
(no clue why that pic came out fuzzY - I'll have to redue it later). You can also do like I do and switch to plain text editor and edit it like you do with Firefox (I do it that way its faster).
OK out the door on vacation 
Sweet.
Okay Smartmom. Have fun.
I know if I was in the Keys, I would want to go fishing for marlin. I've never tried big game fishing.
Are you going fishing? ;-)
I grew up on the water and I love to fish but only deep sea fishing (I'm not a lake fishing girl) and yes I love going for big game. We have gotten some sail fish in the past and my dad got a marlin. The biggest fish I got was a 45lb bull dolphin (no not flipper that would be mahi mahi) and that about killed me. Our one boat has a fighting chair where your strapped in so that you don't kill yourself fighting it. My family has a larger 39' boat here that I'm not sure if were going to take out this trip. We towed up our smaller boat to go exploring the islands here. Its to hard to use the big boat for island hopping due to all the sand bars. Our smaller one is a 16' boat and lots of fun. I don't have a pic of the smaller one on this laptop but here is the larger boat
the big attenna things in the back are downriggers that are used for going for big game. Up top is a tuna tower that you can go up on to spot for the fish running. we toss the kids up there as lookouts - they love it. If you get sea sick that would be the place you would not want to be.
Also, what are you guys doing about spell check? I know there is no way that the above post deosn't have spelling errors.
Also, after you type your post, if you click on "switch to plain text editor" Firefox's spell check will bring up all those beautiful red underlined words for you! 
PS... welcome Ashton.... I still owe you my life 
Dancin' with myself...
Hey Critterkeeper.
Ha, you don't you owe me nothing. ;-)
What is bad, is that I just found the logout button. I believe i was logged in the entire night!!!
I'm learning..
Maybe Stardogg could pick up on a distant past post we discussed on creating an API that appears to be something functional, like minesweeper for Facebook, but acts as a...ahem...profile tracker. Course, the term of service wouldn't like that too much, I'm guessing.
Ah yes, I still want to dig into the Facebook apps API sometime and see what can be done. 
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Hola Ashton and welcome to Geekdrop
Ouch on the hand, thats not good. Hey at least you didn't injure it falling off a roof.
Next time with the build tell them (who ever its for) to spend the few extra dollars for a Lian Li Case
. There nice cases and best part is they turn the metal so no sharp edges and in some parts they even put up edge guards. Not only that but mine has a removable mother board tray which is sweet for builds. It will save you from having to buy stock in bandaids.
Anyways glad your here and I'll let dogg know to badge you