Tag: JustMigrated

Should anyone ask, I prefer OpenWRT to DDWRT

I changed from ddrwt with it’s GUI configuration to openwrt. Now my voip calls work again.

Linksys WRT54GL v1.2 settings:

mtd erase nvram

nvram set boot_wait=on
nvram set boot_time=10
nvram set log_ipaddr=10.15.11.1
nvram commit

uci set network.wan.proto=static
uci set network.wan.type=bridge
uci set network.wan.proto=static

uci set network.wan.ipaddr=10.15.11.2
uci set network.wan.dns=80.68.95.249

uci set network.lan.ipaddr=10.15.11.2
uci set network.lan.type=bridge

uci set network.lan.proto=static
uci set network.lan.ipaddr=10.15.11.2
uci set network.lan.dns=80.68.95.249

uci set wireless.wl0=wifi-device
uci set wireless.wl0.type=broadcom
uci set wireless.wl0.channel=13
uci set wireless.wl0.agmode=11b
uci set wireless.wl0.disabled=0
uci set wireless.cfg2=wifi-iface
uci set wireless.cfg2.device=wl0
uci set wireless.cfg2.network=lan
uci set wireless.cfg2.mode=ap
uci set wireless.cfg2.ssid=free.imaginator.com
uci set wireless.cfg2.encryption=none
uci set wireless.cfg2.isolate=1

uci commit

ifup wan
ifup lan

ipkg update
ipkg install ntpclient
ipkg remove dnsmasq

wifi

Should anyone ask, it’s getting tempting.

I hate getting messages in Facebook. I have email. It’s filtered the way I like. I can use it on my mobile phone. It works in Thunderbird. I like the idea of Social Networks, just not the implementations. Not the roach-motel nature of uploading content and never getting it back. Not that fact that Facebook doesn’t work with Myspace and doesn’t work with Orkut or Xing. Let alone LinkedIn.

I got close today:

…but chickened out. That’s a lot of friend stalking to miss out on.

Should anyone ask, I use GTD

GTD is short for Getting Things Done. It’s a system for doing just that. Doing things, not worrying about them by writing things down and making lists The list then allows you to stop worrying about the task. The other key feature is never writing down projects, just the first task of that project. “You can’t do a project, just the tasks within a project” is one of David Allen’s mantras.

The simple summary is:

  • Process
  • Organize
  • Review
  • Do

Here’s a speech by the master himself given to Google employees.

Should anyone ask, Marschallstr 2 has open internet access

Bruce Schneider is to internet security what Chuck Norris is to fighting toughness. In his latest piece for Wired Magazine, Steal This Wi-Fi he comes up with some good points for running an open access point. I do and have done for a long time. Things are pretty locked down but you can get internet access on most ports and your traffic will be nicely prioritised. Prioritised behind my spare outbound bandwidth that is. But if you want more then pony up for your own connection.

Bruce writes:

To me, it’s basic politeness. Providing internet access to guests is kind of like providing heat and electricity, or a hot cup of tea. But to some observers, it’s both wrong and dangerous. I’m told that uninvited strangers may sit in their cars in front of my house, and use my network to send spam, eavesdrop on my passwords, and upload and download everything from pirated movies to child pornography. As a result, I risk all sorts of bad things happening to me, from seeing my IP address blacklisted to having the police crash through my door.

While this is technically true, I don’t think it’s much of a risk. I can count five open wireless networks in coffee shops within a mile of my house, and any potential spammer is far more likely to sit in a warm room with a cup of coffee and a scone than in a cold car outside my house. And yes, if someone did commit a crime using my network the police might visit, but what better defense is there than the fact that I have an open wireless network? If I enabled wireless security on my network and someone hacked it, I would have a far harder time proving my innocence.

More on Wired. And more Chuck Norris facts like

If you have five dollars and Chuck Norris has five dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you.
There is no ‘ctrl’ button on Chuck Norris’s computer. Chuck Norris is always in control.
Apple pays Chuck Norris 99 cents every time he listens to a song.
Chuck Norris can sneeze with his eyes open.
Chuck Norris can eat just one Lay’s potato chip.
Chuck Norris is suing Myspace for taking the name of what he calls everything around you.
Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.
Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.

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