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Problem: I recently ran into an SSH Timeout error while trying to execute a “packer build” for an AMI on AWS. This was very confusing to me because the files were tested successfully in a different AWS account.
Read MoreSolution to Amazon EKS kubectl error: “Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp x.x.x.x:443: i/o timeout”
Read MoreI recently decided to try out the SoftNAS virtual appliance in my Azure account. The installation went as smoothly as any other Azure template install. All was good until I tried to login to the web interface. No matter what userid / password combination I tried, I could not get into the web admin GUI. Frustrated by this, I decided to do some digging.
Read MoreThe recent news of a new Windows Server 2019 build sent me to the Microsoft Insider Preview Download site. As it was a Microsoft app I wanted to download, I decided to use MS Edge. I normally don't use the Edge browser, but I thought it would be best for accessing MS resources. As I attempted to start the download, I hit a wall. Error 715-123130 appeared whenever I tried to download any of the product links. No matter how many times I tried or how many different tabs I used, the same error appeared.
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