When VMware quietly pulled the plug on its free ESXi hypervisor earlier this year, it felt like the end of an era. Veteran sysadmins exchanged knowing glances, home lab hobbyists clutched their coffee mugs with trembling hands, and social media buzzed with equal parts panic and nostalgia. But...
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If you blinked, you might have missed it: VMware, the virtualization juggernaut, has pulled a plot twist more dramatic than a soap opera season finale. The company quietly revived its free ESXi hypervisor, a move that has set the virtualization and IT communities abuzz. For those following...
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A full year after VMware unceremoniously stuffed its most beloved community freebie into a digital sarcophagus, something unexpected is stirring in the world of virtualization: the resurrection of ESXi's free tier. In a move that’s as quietly dramatic as a hypervisor reboot at 3am (when nobody’s...
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With the VMware broadcom pricing issue and them doubling the costs overnight we are starting to look at Hyper V. I have been a VMware guy for over 10 years and while i have worked with Hyper V some small details escape me. I need to get up to speed again.
I am looking at setting up...
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I have an EP-9636GS EDUB LOVE Wi-Fi 6 / Bluetooth 5.1 3K Mbps Broadcom Adapter with AX-200 tech, really broadband, fast transmission rates, but I am continually experiencing a significant problem in that the network card keeps becoming invisible to the system, like it's not even there, not...
keep those devices updated, folks … this security exploit deals with wi-fi chips from broadcom manufacturer. and, purportedly, the flaw has already been fixed (pursuant to os updating).
" … can unleash a self-replicating attack that, with no user interaction, threatens 1...
Hi guys, I have a problem about booting my laptop. Every time I start my computer, this message was displayed on my screen:
"Broadcom UNDI PXE-2.1 v10.0.9
Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Broadcom Corporation
Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Intel Corporation
All Right Reserved.
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check...
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Hi forum-goers,
(I apologise if I am posting in the wrong place, I am new here.)
I have a netbook from a fair bit ago, the HP Mini 210-1051VU and recently have been trying to get it Windows 10 ready. I've upgraded the ram to 2GB and plan to upgrade the hard drive to SSD and install a broadcom...
Need some help with this recent BSOD that I have been having since I upgraded to 8.1 from 8.
I have a Lenovo G500 laptop.
This BSOD seems to be easily duplicated when I try to modify settings under the Advanced tab of my wireless card adapter, a Broadcom 802.11n wireless adapter. This is true...
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been a while since I last visited - like the new layout!
I currently use Win 8 on my main PC and on my laptop, I need to connect a Bluetooth speaker to either of them but keep running into the same problems.
The PC is an Asus P8Z77V De-luxe, with its own Broadcom WIFI and Bluetooth.
The...