There’s this great debate in the IPv6 world about how to chop up your allocation into assignments for your customers. Typically, most ISPs are being handed a /32, and general guidelines say to allow for a /48 per DSL/leased line/cable customer. However a lot of people are asking, why not a /64? Quoted below is [...]
If you have a system built with the still quite good Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS graphics card, and decide to upgrade by adding a second one and running SLI, beware the Nvidia Fail. Nvidia in their wisdom made an upgraded version of the card called the 8800GTS 512. It is not SLI compatible with the original [...]
A new level of fail from our friends at BT Wholesale. They have actually willingly provided proof that they do not read fault reports the first time around: Yes.. that is a grand total of 43 seconds from reporting the fault to BT Wholesale rejecting it. This was even reported via KBD, which lets you [...]
I hate these articles. They’re always written from the perspective of a consumer who knows some of the buzzwords but doesn’t actually bother to take the time to understand any of it or the technology. Bandwidth Throttling One oft-protested behavior of various ISP’s is the throttling – that is, limiting – of bandwith at certain [...]
It’s unfortunate that the Mikrotik RouterOS manual on IPsec is not great – it’s sorely lacking in details and good examples, and what examples it does have are not well explained. Recently I had to setup several Mikrotik RouterOS to ZyXEL VPNs and through I would document how it’s done.
No other company in the world has the balls to attempt what Sony is trying, and I would seriously love to know what crack they’re on and where I can get some. Sony Schmuck A: So, sales of the PSP-3000 are okay, but not great. Sony Schmuck B: I know! Let’s make a new version. [...]
In this article, it’s reported that Louis Vuitton – a fashion designer – has sued and won $32 million US from an ISP, Akanoc Solutions Inc, which hosted a customer who was selling forged Louis Vuitton products. This has caused uproar in the ISP community as at first glance it appears as though the ISP [...]
Possibly the most ghetto thing I’ve ever built: The Ghetto Wireless Antenna. Don’t worry, it’s only temporary. It’s a twist tie with an end stripped off, folded over and shoved into the N-type antenna connector. Suprisingly it gives quite good reception, increasing the signal strength to nearby laptops by about 20db.
This post documents a small shell script designed to provide basic mail queue statistics via SNMP for Postfix. Requirements Postfix Net-SNMP Installation The code can be downloaded here. To install, place the script anywhere in your system and edit it to provide the correct path to the “qshape” perl script that comes with Postfix. Note: [...]
Giving a password over the phone to someone is always painful, and I can never remember the NATO alphabet (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!). The following PHP function will convert any string into the NATO alphabet for easy recitation.