Welcome

Welcome!

This is my new site for both my business as well as technical and business oriented blogging.

I’m going to start off by discussing some interesting and not very common ways to do some interesting linux based networking.  I’ll be starting off tomorrow with a discussion of the iproute2 tools in Linux.

Please let me know if you find this site useful (or if you want to engage my services!) by sending an email to jnials@thanesoft.com.

• IPROUTE2 Tools - Part 1 Linux has a set of IP protocol management tools that are not used very much, but are much more powerful than the tools that are commonly used such as /sbin/ifconfig.  These tools are known as the iproute2 utility suite, and are documented here. This suite was designed to give you......
• Python by a Nose Recently I gave a presentation to the Austin Python Users Group.  As usual when doing this sort of presentation, it was a great learning opportunity for me. My topic was the unit-testing tool Nose for Python.  I spent a lot of time really delving into nose to prepare for the......

• What are some interesting sites/things to do while online? I am getting so sick of just going on Facebook haha. Facebook stalking is a thing of the pasttt. I just. have no idea what else to do while I'm on the computer! I mean. yeah, yahoo! answers. but that only gets you so far. what are some interesting things......
• Managing Your VoIP Rollout For mid-size to large companies, implementing VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) for their telephone service can be a tremendous benefit. You know that using VoIP can potentially save your company money, especially if you make many domestic long distance calls or international calls. And, while it all sounds exciting,......
• Link roundup: Music competition edition Today I attended my Lions Club's student music competition.  It's always fun to listen to these.  Always a lot of hard work going into these competitions.  I hope that these kids continue with the music and keep their hands in it; music is one thing that can bring joy to......