Were talking about network administration. Have you ever tried interface bonding or setting up a static network bridge without editing config files?
Yes, and yes.
But only on servers, of which I wouldnāt use OSX for servers.
This is the part where I told him not to do that in macOS and maybe use GNU/Linux instead
Hes not using a laptop as a serverā¦
though you can do similar stuff with networksetup, Iām not overly familiar with it though. network manager is more featured as far as I can tell.
Since I am responsible for the the campus switches, router, firewalls, VPN Gateways etc. I dont really work with servers I know my way around windows server and like i said a bit linux server but thats it
Was just thinking as one of the things apple does well is cross device hand-off.
get a text, its on your laptop. phones ringing, laptop tells you. copy text on your laptop, its on your phone to paste. etc.
plus airdrop, its ridiculous.
Does it mean you mainly use ssh, telnet and web interfaces for you work?
yeah pretty much
sometimes network scanners but for that i use zenmap/nmap
I think the only other programm i had to use over the years was ASDM for the Cisco ASA
other then that ssh and a browser (vivaldi atm)
Youāll be right at home then, native ssh etc. youāll need something for serial though. Doesnāt look like Minicom is available for Mac (looks available via home-brew, etc)
so no usb to com ? ā¦ damn
Its supported, just not the tools id normally go to. Minicom is my goto on linux, its the best
There are other OSX serial software out there but its not something ive explored atm. and Minicom is available via home-brew from a quick google.
others exist, āserialā on the Mac store, you can use the built in screen command though ā¦ its the screen command. I guess it gets the job done.
i will look into that. Thanks
try to use nmap in your termianl .get used to man pages. usually a UI is restricting you more than it helps you for that work.
Additional side note: Do āping 1.1ā when you want to check if you have access to the internet through your network. 1.1 will be resolved as 1.0.0.1 which is a cloudflare DNS server. I have even put an alias for that in my .bash_profile so I only need to type āp1ā
I use zenmap since i dont have to use a network scanner often and i cant remeber the commands
I would say 80% of my work is done in terminals. Since GUIs take to long to respond sometimes i prefer the command line
Force touch links.
And other trackpad gestures you should learn.
If you throw it out I want itā¦
Back in the early days of OS X it was extremely common for most IT folks to use the command line as a method of compiling BSD & Linux software to OS Xāhowever that gap had shrunk after Mountain Lion, you can get OS X native ports. Keep in mind Iāve been using MacOS since 1992(mostly in school, my parents stuck with DOS/Windows) and I actually suffered using the first version of OS X(10.0/10.1) but for the most part the OS is easy to manage/troubleshoot. Iām sure spending a bit of time using Sun Solaris 9 & 10 may have played a slight role of making OS Xās terminal & commands less headache inducing. (switching between BSD & Linux leads to a bit of pauses in thinkingāwhile I used Red Hat since 1999, there are things about Linux which grind my gears)
As far as useful OS X native software, Iād highly recommend OmniGraffle & OminiOutliner. If you already plan to use Microsoft OneNote it might make Outliner somewhat overlapping. In my opinion Appleās Keynote is nicer than Microsoftās Powerpoint. Since I do audio work on OS X, it makes certain tasks somewhat more Mac leaningāwhile Linux has gotten better with low latency kernels, audio plug-ins are still Mac/Windows specific with DRM hell(key server or USB dongle).
Work wise Iām thankful Iāve never been forced to use Windows for server/network admin tasks. All I use Windows for is mostly gaming or dealing with products which require Windows for firmware/software updates/upgrades. #shakes fist at Garmin & TomTom#
Another good point atm:
The spaces left and right from the trackpad are getting nicely warm which help with my cold hands
Nice touch altough not really relevant.
Check out
- the services menu and how to use it
- holding down option key when clicking on things on the menu bar (e.g., wifi status, etc.)
As someone thatās prone to engage in worthless, nonsensical arguments, I have to disagree.
Aesthetics and features set are important to a lot of people, and tastes vary. Someone like Richard Stallman that checks his e-mail through the abhorrent Emacs will probably be fine with the little Apple terminal (of course, we all know he wouldnāt because heād be too busy criticizing it as being malware).
The biggest reason I use iTerm2 is, one, the color schemes you can import. Yes, Iām sure it works on Terminal, too. The second biggest reason is the terminal split.
CMD + D splits vertically and CMD + Shift + D splits horizontally. CMD + [ and CMD + ] lets you navigate. CMD + T opens tabs and CMD + Num allows you to switch between tabs. I can also rename my tabs with CMD + I > Type name > CMD + W.
Not sure about @Ruffaloās workflow. But lol at native Terminal.