Linking Outlook.com or Windows Live Hotmail with Microsoft Outlook 2010

Say you have to link your Outlook.com mail lisa@contoso.com ( See more about Contoso ) with Microsoft Outlook 2010 64 bit.

First of all, Download the hotmail connector for Outlook at http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=21305 (for 32 bit) Or  http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=24677 (for 64 bit).

Now double click the downloaded exe file ( named as OutlookConnector.exe ) to install it.

Now configure Outlook.com mail in outlook as you configure any other mails. See the steps below:

Setting up wireless ad-hoc computer to computer network in Windows 8

 In earlier versions of Windows, It was easy to create ad-hoc network to share your internet connection with another computer or mobile through WiFi. In Windows 8 , there is no direct way to make ad-hoc network.

1. Geeky way:
   Use netsh wlan commands to setup a new network, and share your internet using Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
• Go to cmd . Right click and Run as administrator.

• Type the following command
  netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=network_name key=password_here
  For example:
  netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=HOMEWIFI key=password1234
  (Note: Password should be minimum of 8 characters. )

Installing MK Livestatus and Adding to Nagios 3 in Ubuntu

Livestatus is a new approach for accessing Nagios data. It has a lot of advantages over the classical NDO approach. Livestatus make use of Nagios Event Broker API. It loads a binary module into Nagios Process. Livestatus creates a socket from which data can be read whenever required.
Many Nagios addons use Livestatus as the backend like NagVis, Check_MK etc.

Installing Livestatus

• Download stable version livestatus zipped file from http://mathias-kettner.de/check_mk_download.html. Eg: mk-livestatus-1.2.2p3.tar.gz

How to screen capture in Sony Xperia U with ICS

To take screenshot in Xperia U, press Power button and Volume down button simultaneously till it captures with a sound. The image will be stored in /mnt/sdcard/Pictures/Screenshots.

Automatic back up of Cisco routers - Kron scheduler

If your are a network engineer, it is a monthly or weekly job to take back up of the router configurations . If it is a small network with a few routers or switches, it is easy to manage. But if it is a large network , It is a hectic job. So I rely on Cisco Kron command.

Configuring Mozilla Thunderbird for Microsoft Exchange mail

Microsoft Exchange is the widely used mail solution in buisiness world. Microsoft Outlook is the email client used with this . But if we have to configure mail in our Linux machine, we have to go for some alternative email clients . Mozilla Thunderbird is a good alternative for Outlook. It is also pre-installed in many distros (like Ubuntu 13.10 )To configure Mozilla Thunderbird for Exchange mail , we can use an addon - ExQuilla. This addon is able to connect to Exchange 2007, 2010 and latest 2013 also.