The wireless card Intel Pro 3945ABG on a Thinkpad T60 stopped working after the latest Windows XP Update. It showed as “working properly” in my hardware profile but neither the Windows Network Tool or the IBM / Intel Network Manager could pick it up and…
Find your MAC address on the ipod touch
This is one that stumps a lot of ipod touch users; where is the MAC address on my ipod touch? Well today I thought I would reveal the solution here so mainly I can just send the url the next time I am asked. Go…
PPTP VPN client on Linux SLED10 and Debian
Connecting my SLED10 (Suse Linu Enterprise Desktop) to my office’s Windows VPN was something of a struggle, I had to try several different methods just because PPTP didn’t come installed by default on my Gnome NetworkManager. To make it work you need to install the…
System Monitoring with Nagios
Nagios is a network monitoring service that is designed to run under Linux or any othe unix-like system with a C compiler. I have been reading about Nagios for a while and so decided to give it a go. I haven’t put it to full…
Find your Mac Address in Ubuntu
Having just starting using Ubuntu I have been needing to do some basic setup options to put my laptop on the network at the office. We use Mac Address based security and so I needed to find mine for the ethernet card. Looking through all…
Untangle – Firewall, router, spam and content filtre
Untangle has been advertised as a reliable Open Source replacement for the rock solid Sonicwall. Untangle has all a small network needs to cope with today’s demands, it can work as a Gateway/Router, DHCP server, SPAM Filtre, Virus Filtre, VPN server, Web Content Filtre and…