Monthly Archives: January 2020

BuddyPress @mentions were working perfectly within WordPress posts and comments however not in bbPress. This is one solution to get @mention user lookups and an email notification when used in a topic or thread reply.  However a notification is not … Continue reading →

These are the minimum steps I needed to get WordPress running on Ubuntu Server 18.04. It is based on the below guide at the time of this writing: How to install WordPress   During the install and setup of Ubuntu … Continue reading →

Specific setup was Windows Server 2012 R2 and UniFi Controller 5.12.35.   The issue was that suddenly neither internal connections (LAN/private) nor external WAN (public/WAN) connections  could access the controller.  If Windows Firewall is enabled, the UniFi controller needs two apps … Continue reading →

These are the steps to crossflash a Dell 0WFN6R (SAS9341-8i) to an LSI 9300-8i. At the time of this guide the latest firmware available is P16. All files needed for this guide can be downloaded here. The firmware and BIOS … Continue reading →

Recent experience with an Aquantia AQtion AQC108 5G network card that was integrated in a motherboard (Supermicro X11SRA-F).    Plugging in an ethernet cable would not activate the port (status LEDs would not light up on either the NIC or … Continue reading →