IT BS thread

They are HQ'd in San Jose.

 

Broadcom was already taken, so I winged it.

 

I worked for a company that was acquired and whose products are in many of Broadcom's components. Name the original company.

 

Athena or Blue Steel maybe?

 

pretty good .. Broadcom it is

 

haha .. that's a tough one, since we acquire a company about once a quarter

 

I'll give you a hint. The acquiring company is a major component in most cell phones.

 

well, let me go down the list...

a few acqs for baseband, bluetooth, digital & 3D video & compression... one each for GPS, NFC, and 4GLTE

hard list to choose from, but since you said most I will take that literally and go with GPS : Global Locate?

 

Nope.

The acquiring company produces a product that uses the original companies product (which is included in many broadcom products separately).

Another hint. Companies like Qualcomm and Apple use these products.

 

L3?

 

So I have been running the Linksys EA3500 now for about 2 weeks. So far so good, pretty decent router. I get great speeds on WAN/LAN. It doesn't have the same range as the Asus did, but the interface isn't written by a 3 year old like Asus's was.

I'm hoping DD-WRT comes out with their firmware for this router.

 

Any of you guys know Powershell? I'm trying to get my server to email me when a certain service fails, but the stupid service name isn't recognized by Powershell due to the periods in the name.

Is there a way I can get the service name recognized?

Code:

#Environment Data
$currenttime = Get-Date -UFormat %r
$computer = get-content env:computername

#Email Configuration
$smtpServer = "mailserver.mymailserver.com"
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
$msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage
$msg.From = "support@mycompany.com"
$msg.To.Add("me@mycompany.com")
$msg.To.Add("myboss@mycompany.com")
$msg.To.Add("support@mycompany.com")

#Gather event data
$eventdata = Get-EventLog -newest 1 -log Application -EntryType Error -Source [B][COLOR="Red"]Scheduler4.5.34.64[/COLOR][/B]

#Build and send email
$msg.Subject = "Service Failed"
$msg.Body = "TESTING PLEASE IGNORE!!!
Service Failed
Time:  $currenttime
Server: $computer
`nPlease restart the service
`nEventLog Error Data:`n
"

$msg.Body = $msg.Body + $eventdata.message			
$smtp.Send($msg)

 

I'm not familiar with the program but can you make a variable, assign it the service name and then pass it to the function or put it in quotes? My guess is that the program thinks it's an object (like Net.Mail.MailMessage)

e.g.
$source = "Scheduler4.5.34.64"
$eventdata = Get-EventLog -newest 1 -log Application -EntryType Error -Source $source

or
$eventdata = Get-EventLog -newest 1 -log Application -EntryType Error -Source "Scheduler4.5.34.64"

 

^^ x2 to try quotes around the service name .. anything that has . or spaces will make traditional CMDlets upset, so maybe the same applies here

 

Well first off, I found that the name of my service is different in the event log (it's "timeXtender 4.5.34.61"), so I corrected that.

I did as Evil Monkey described (note that the double quotes are mandatory in either solution he provides), but it comes up with error:

Code:

Get-EventLog:  No matches found
At c:\scripts\myscript.ps1:16 char:26 + $eventdata = Get-EventLog <<<< -newest 1 -log Application -EntryType Error -Source $source
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-EventLog], ArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GettEventLogNoEntriesFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetEventLogCommand

Event though I can see the error in my event log. I'm wondering if I'm still getting the name wrong?

 

Success!
Talked with our PowerShell expert (he's been away at conferences).
I think I've learned, "when in doubt, add more quotes"
Here's the answer:

$source = "timeXtender 4.5.29.64"
$eventdata = Get-EventLog -newest 1 -log Application -EntryType Error -Source "$source"


Does anyone else type too fast and end up calling it 'PoserShell'? lol

 

Hey guys, I know you are busy and all, but I have a really important task I need help with. I did a search on AOL today and they said I could speed up my productivity in dBASE if I did this. Can one of you come over and help me do this? I'm really good at software but I leave my hardware to the experts. I've got a fine tuned machine and I don't want to mess it up!

 

Ha ha. Having trouble cleaning your balls?

 

I just realized there's a severe lack of innuendo in the computer field. They took away our balls and removed our floppies. All we have left is our dongles.