Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A Journey Through Discovery

  • Change the Canonical Name (CN) of an Active Directory User

    Clean-up Active Directory periodically to make it uniform and look more professional.

  • PowerShell New-ADUser

    Create many new users in the same format and in the correct OU. Save on typing and errors.

  • Ubuntu 18.04 Automatic Zime Zone

    While traveling outside of my home time zone, I opened my computer and found that the time was incorrect. This was to be expected because I had yet to connect to the Internet. So naturally, I connected the Wi-Fi, and checked the date and time to see that nothing happened. Hmm, OK. I restarted my…

  • Amazon Web Services

    Moved to Amazon Web Services (AWS)! Finishing up some military training, then planning on finishing CompTIA Linux+, then starting an AWS training frenzy!!

  • VMware ESXi 6.5 STIG Default File Permissions

    Sorry for the long title, but I wanted it to be descriptive enough to understand and search. So recently, I was testing out the VMware Fling, “DoD Security Technical Implementation Guide(STIG) ESXi VIB” to try to speed up how I secure my hosts. Unfortunately, it changed the default file permissions on my files and I…

  • Introduction to Subnetting 

    Intro to Subnetting by Aaron G. Rombaut Introduction: Subnetting is a way for network administrators to use available network address space without waste. A general rule of thumb in networking is to remember a subnet = broadcast domain = vlan. Discussion: An IPv4  address consists of four octets in dotted decimal notation. Each octet contains…

This is how it all started…

I started this site with the intent to aggregate as much information as possible in one place. I use this to record lessons learned or frustrating configurations I have experienced on the job or just tinkering (learning) and just couldn’t find a better resource available. I have tried to be as thorough and accurate as possible, but technology is rapidly evolving and every environment is different. I may miss things along the way and my setup most likely differs compared to yours.

I hope you find this site has some value to you.

Welcome to Bits, Bytes, and Radio Waves! 

If you have any questions or comments (or just want to give me a shout-out), please feel free to contact me!

Aaron Rombaut

Writer & Technologist