Category Archives: Networking

Of server racks and linux distro’s

Ok, so for my industrial experience project, an opportunity to have a server housed in an ISP’s datacenter for our source control system was made available. What an excellent proposition, no bandwidth charges, fast link for everyone concerned (no more … Continue reading

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Dig web interface

Dig web interface is a neat little website to perform DIG functionality.

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Strengthening Archilles Heel

http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n101496.asp The Netgear WGT634U router has been giving me connection woes of late. I’ve had to hard reboot it a few times before any client machine could connect wirelessly. Given I want to run some permanent services on my desktop, … Continue reading

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OpenWRT Client Mode HOWNOT

http://wiki.openwrt.org/ClientModeHowto I’ve got a new place that is much bigger, and a spare WRT54G router, so my natural thought was to use the WRT54G as a wireless client for my desktop which is now out of wired ethernets way. There … Continue reading

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Netgear WGT634U – WPA-PSK & DHCP

Symptom: DHCP does not assign IP’s when router is using WPA-PSK encryption. ‘Limited or no-connectivity’ messages appear after a ~2 min timeout once wireless client initiates connection. This problem is intermittent and more predominant when the router is under heavy … Continue reading

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