Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A Journey Through Discovery

  • 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…

  • Configuring a Do-It-Yourself Web Server

    So the time has come again that I would like to build a web server! This time, though, I want to build it with software that is not from any distribution’s package management. You may ask why I would want to do something like this? Well, I want to learn the process because up until…

  • ITIL Service Lifecycle

    There are five stages of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). They start with Service Strategy at the core. Once you know what and why you need to do something, you can move to Service Design. The Service Design stage is where you start to meet services with identified business strategies. Once you have designed the…

  • Data Center Solutions that Interact with vSphere

    vSphere is comprised of the ESXi Hypervisor as well as vCenter. Additional offerings include vSAN, Horizon View for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure,  vRealize Suite, Site Recovery Manager (SRM), NSX, or VMware Cloud.

  • Explain Available vSphere Editions and Features

    Editions offered in version 6.5 vSphere Standard Edition vSphere Enterprise Plus Edition vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise Plus Features Business Continuity and Security Resource Prioritization and Enhanced Application Performance Automated Administration and Provisioning Intelligent Operations Management Platform Performance Monitoring and Analytics Capacity Management Extensibility Through Management Packs Log Analytics

  • Partitions & Filesystems

    Partitions You first need to create areas on your hard disk (HDD) to store data. This also equates to the amount of data you will store. When partitioning, you are basically slicing up available HDD space. Partitions are labeled by their physical nature first, then logical. The first disk is /dev/hda and the second disk…

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