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So how do you go from a rather large and obtuse server to a very small and simple server? Easily I say. You simply install Ubuntu 7.04 Server Edition onto your Mac mini then follow the “perfect server” tutorial over at how-to forge. Then you create a tarball of your /var/www folder on your old server and secure copy it over to your new server. You export your ISPConfig databases and then re-import them. You recreate any user accounts along the way and wa-la, you have a new web server with the exact same pre-existing data.

Mac mini: $599 (originally)
HP a1600n: $750 (originally)
DynDNS Account: $25
Ubuntu CD Media: $0.35
Tutorials: $0.01 (fraction of a cable internet bill)
Minimizing server overhead and saving space like you’re Ikea: Priceless
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New New New!!!!

NEW iMac

Mac mini upgraded

Mac Pro RAID Card

iLife ‘08

iWork ‘08

.Mac upgraded

Airport Extreme upgraded

NEW keyboard

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So while I was updating financial information last night I came across the need to print several pages, scan a few checks in, etc. We have this supposedly amazing Hewlett-Packard c6180 all-in-one printer. When I first got it back in December I had it set up via a physical Ethernet connection in my custom-built office. However, when we moved into our current apartment we needed to set it up to be wireless as our current arrangement is not conducive to a wired network in any way. The perk is, this wireless printer is supposed to support WPA2 wireless networks… well for six months it seemed it has not. No matter how many times I manually entered our WPA2 key and network name with static IP address into the computer via it’s LCD interface it would _never_ connect.

HP c6180 All-in-One Printer

So here’s how I finally got it working:

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