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Nov/09

Sync Mozilla Thunderbird Using Dropbox

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Software, Windows at 16th November 2009 20:28 by

Overview I have had a Dropbox account for a while now but never really used it till now. There have been really good tricks and uses to Dropbox posted on the Internet and I finally decided to try my hands … Continue reading →

20

Mar/09

Netgear DG834N On O2 Broadband

Filed Under Networking at 20th March 2009 0:01 by

I have finally replaced the O2 Thompson router with a Netgear DG834N which was back in Eastbourne before. The setup was fairly easy. I used the following settings: Connectivity Mode : RFC1483 Bridged Protocol Encapsulation : ETHoA or IPoATM (IP … Continue reading →

12

Jan/09

Free VPN For The iPhone

Filed Under Mobile Phone, Networking, Security at 12th January 2009 0:01 by

Whilst I was away I was aware of the dangers of using open and free access points. Even using an unfamiliar network say at your friend or family’s house. I discovered HotSpotShield which provides a free VPN service for the … Continue reading →

28

Dec/08

Enabling Remote Access To MySQL

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Software at 28th December 2008 16:29 by

I recently set up a virtual machine with Linux running on it to test stuff out. I ran into the issue which I have solved many times when I had installed my server at home which has a LAMP set … Continue reading →

07

Dec/08

Great Wall Of UK

Filed Under Networking, News at 7th December 2008 17:47 by

It looks like I signed up to the wrong ISP. I do not agree at all with what they are doing but yet to have faced the issue of the ISP wide proxy (fingers crossed it won’t happen). An article … Continue reading →

24

Nov/08

O2 Home Broadband & O2 Wireless Box II

Filed Under Networking, Review at 24th November 2008 23:32 by

Overview I have signed up with O2 Home Broadband. It was very cheap as I am an existing O2 customer. Like most broadband companies they offer an “up to” speed of a certain amount and a free router. Ordering To … Continue reading →

16

Nov/08

O2 Blocks Port 25

Filed Under Networking at 16th November 2008 13:52 by

It has only been recently that I have got the my broadband service from O2 and I have already hit a wall. I tried sending email through the internationally recognised default port (25) and it would not let me do … Continue reading →

13

Oct/08

Microsoft Word Crashing Frequently

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Windows at 13th October 2008 2:39 by

I discovered a serious problem with Microsoft Word 2007 and potentially other Microsoft Office applications where if a networked printer is offline and is set as the default printer in Vista and XP would cause the following symptoms: Long opening … Continue reading →