Archive for the ‘Networking’ Category

iPhone MP4 over SSL HTTPS issue

The iPhone and iPod touch are able to ’stream’, open MP4, MP3, AAC, M4V, and M4B files over an http connection. So when visiting a website you are able to click on a url, and QuickTime will start playing your file. This works fine when using a HTTP connection, strange things begin to happen when [...]

lm sensors into Cacti

My server has lm sensors capabilities, and I’m running Cacti. So it would be nice if these two could be combined. Eric A. Hall has written an article about it, and given some xml config files to get it working.
If you are going to run it on your system I recommend an article about lm_sensors in [...]

Netatalk served by Debian/ Ubuntu

File sharing between computers at my home use smb/ samba connection. I also have an Apple Macbook, so why use a protocol by Microsoft? Apple’s Finder supports afp (appletalk) file share protocol by default, curious about it i’ve installed Netatalk on my Debian 4.0 lenny server. You cannot get filesharing working by using the default [...]

Linux counter project

Lots of people use Linux on the server, desktop or other. Linux is opensource and can be downloaded for free. This is a beautiful thing but has a drawback: It’s impossible to make an estimate how many users actually use it. Solution: the guys at counter.li.org made a website where Linux users can register.
A counter site [...]

DD-wrt on Linksys Access Point

At home I have two Linksys WAP54G Access Points. One downstairs for my IPod Touch and MacBookpro. And the other one in my bedroom for checking my email wireless. The default Linksys firmware has enough shortcomings to give dd-wrt a try. Remember it’s warranty void and open-source so only feedback at their forums.
First of I [...]