{"id":330,"date":"2026-03-19T11:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/?page_id=330"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:36:10","slug":"support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/support\/","title":{"rendered":"Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">IT Support &amp; Sysadmin<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--accent-3);border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--accent-3);border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--accent-3);border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--accent-3);border-left-width:10px\">\n<p>Helping people use their computers, keeping computers working, and setting up whole networks and systems.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8d88fe0f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/colourful-imacs-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"3 colourful iMacs sitting on a grey mottled carpet. Specifically: Graphite iMac 400 DV SE (1999); Tangerie iMac 333 (Rev. D, 1999); Indigo iMac 350 (2000).\" class=\"has-border-color has-accent-6-border-color wp-image-332\" style=\"border-width:1px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/colourful-imacs-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/colourful-imacs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/colourful-imacs-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/colourful-imacs-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/colourful-imacs-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So many Macs \u2026since 1985. Laptops. Desktops. Servers. All the architectures: 68K, PowerPC, Intel, and now Apple Silicon. And both the OSes: Classic Mac OS through to macOS (was Mac OS X).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8d88fe0f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PCs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Windows PCs, the frequent bain of my life. But I kept them all working too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PC-laptop-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"PC laptop displaying a blue screen saying &quot;Cleaning up 50% complete Don't turn off your computer&quot;. It's sitting on a desk in an office, reflections of the office lighting are prominent on its screen.\" class=\"has-border-color has-accent-6-border-color wp-image-331\" style=\"border-width:1px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PC-laptop-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PC-laptop-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PC-laptop-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PC-laptop-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PC-laptop-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8d88fe0f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cern-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A man standing beside a museum case containing the first web server: Tim Berners-Lee's original NeXTcube\" class=\"has-border-color has-accent-6-border-color wp-image-341\" style=\"border-width:1px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cern-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cern-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cern-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cern-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cern-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cern.jpg 1658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Servers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Web servers from scratch on Linux-based  VPSes (LAMP). Updates for those servers. And security. Certificates. DNS. Domain names. Backups (on-site and off-site). Even mailservers (back in the day). The lot!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8d88fe0f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Networking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The wiring and the internet connections. The wifi. And the firewalls. Lots of crawling around under desks over the years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/network-rack-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A comms rack with a switch, and router, and a number of mainly yellow patch cables.\" class=\"has-border-color has-accent-6-border-color wp-image-339\" style=\"border-width:1px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/network-rack-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/network-rack-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/network-rack-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/network-rack-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/whiteland.net\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/network-rack-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e1fea541 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-accent-3-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-accent-3-background-color has-background eoc-line\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT Support &amp; Sysadmin Helping people use their computers, keeping computers working, and setting up whole networks and systems. 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