Up to 10Gbit Cloud Servers are now available!

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, Hosting, Servers 22 July 2022
Our Virtual Cloud Servers come with 1Gbit network ports and unmetered bandwidth as standard. This usually provides plenty of bandwidth to cover the needs of most customers. For those that need a little extra bandwidth,…
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Forex Cloud Servers with low latency

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, Uncategorized 24 May 2022
We have recently launched Forex Cloud Servers in our central London facilities which come with dedicated port speed availability and low latency to the London Stock Exchange and UK/European based brokers. As part of the…
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Jump start in to CentOS – How to Create a new Sudo User

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, Tutorial 21 January 2018
Introduction If you haven’t set up your new server yet, read this guide. The sudo command provides a mechanism for granting administrator privileges, ordinarily only available to the root user, to normal users. This guide…
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What is SSH? SSH Essentials, and how to use SSH

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, CentOS, Security, Servers, Tutorial 21 January 2018
Introduction SSH is a secure protocol used as the primary means of connecting to Linux servers remotely. It provides a text-based interface by spawning a remote shell. After connecting, all commands you type in your…
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Now accepting Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin and Monero!

James Ensor 5wire, Blog 18 January 2018
Now accepting Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin and Monero! We also accept Bitcoin! Following the crypto-boom of late 2017 we have now adopted Monero (XMR), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) as payment methods…
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How To Install MariaDB on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, CentOS, Hosting, Support, Tutorial 18 January 2018
Introduction MariaDB is an open-source database management system, commonly installed as part of the popular LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Python/Perl) stack. It uses a relational database and SQL (Structured Query Language) to manage its data.…
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How To Install MySQL on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, CentOS, Hosting, Support, Tutorial 18 January 2018
Introduction MySQL is an open-source database management system, commonly installed as part of the popular LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Python/Perl) stack. It uses a relational database and SQL (Structured Query Language) to manage its data.…
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Web Caching Basics: Terminology, HTTP Headers, and Caching Strategies

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, CentOS, Support, Tutorial 18 January 2018
Introduction Intelligent content caching is one of the most effective ways to improve the experience for your site’s visitors. Caching, or temporarily storing content from previous requests, is part of the core content delivery strategy…
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Bitcoin Accepted for Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Virtual Servers, Dedicated Servers and Colocation

James Ensor Blog, BoxBilling, cpanel, WHMCS 30 October 2017
We have just updated all of our services so that we are now accepting Bitcoin as a form of payments for our entire range of services! Bitcoin is a rapidly growing virtual currency that has attracted…
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Bitcoin UK Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Virtual Servers and Dedicated Servers

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, cpanel 30 October 2017
5wire Networks were one of the first UK hosts to accept Bitcoin for Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Virtual Servers and Dedicated. Over the past month Bitcoin has experienced another surge of phenomenal growth! Over the…
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