Notes from the Lab
Inside the Lab Notes
Things Worth Remembering
Moving a Synology NAS to a New Static IP
The IP change itself was simple. Finding the old address hidden inside DNS, domain services, NFS and other systems was not.
Read the notes →Why a Group Policy Startup Script Wasn’t Running
The GPO looked correct, but the startup script still refused to execute. Tracking down why turned into a useful lesson in how Windows processes startup policies.
Read the notes →Changing a Raspberry Pi Static IP
A small network change with wider consequences for DNS, mounts and services that still expected the old address.
Read the notes →Something Broke
A surprising amount of useful documentation begins with something that worked yesterday and inexplicably doesn’t today.
Something Changed
New hardware, new IP addresses, upgraded services and configuration changes often reveal dependencies that were easy to forget.
Something Was Learned
The useful part gets documented so the same problem doesn’t require another three-hour investigation six months later.