This morning I tried to connect to some devices on my home network remotely only to find that they appeared to be offline. My first thought was that there was an issue with my home Internet connection, but after quick troubleshooting it appeared that all of my no-ip.org subdomains were not resolving.

I logged on to my no-ip account and found a formal statement explaining that Microsoft sized some of the most popular no-ip domain names!

Read more: Microsoft knocks down my NO-IP subdomains

Hardware:

• Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
• Audio: Realtek ALC899
• Video: Intel HD 4600 (will not be used)
• Ethernet: Intel I217V
• Graphics: Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX660 TI
• 2 x 128GB Crucial M4 SSD drives
• 1 x 2TB WD mechanical HDD
• CH-528T media dashboard (image below)
  
  

Software:

• Windows 8.1 installed on 128GB SSD
• Windows 7 installed on 2TB WD HDD that also has separate Data partition
• MAC OS X 10.9 will be installed on a second 128GB SSD

I will be using TonyMACx86 method.

Read more: Installing MAC OS X 10.9 Maverick on a PC for triple boot with Windows

With BT Infinity service you normally have two devices provided by BT: OpenReach VDSL modem and BT Home Hub Wireless Router.

Read more: Configure your own router for BT Infinity

By default VMware ESXi 5.0 (VMware vSphere Hypervisor) installs in 60 days Evaluations mode.

Licence key can be obtained for free from www.vmware.com. To update the license key perform following:

• Login to your host unsung VMware vSphare client
  
• Change to Configuration tab click on Licensed Features and click Edit
  
  
• Select Assign a new license key to this host and click on Enter Key
  
  
• Enter the key and click OK