October 28, 2008 by jim
Most people buy a wireless router like this Linksys and move on. Of course you can hack that Linksys, but sometimes you either want to play or have an old computer you can put back into service as a router/firewall/NAT box.
Let's take a look at pfSense, a FreeBSD-based project for our firewall, and learn how to set it up.
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Category: UncategorizedTags: embedded router, firewall, pfsense, router setup | Comments (0)
October 25, 2008 by jim
My white MacBook is from the first run of 1.83GHz machines from May of 2006. I don't depend on it for anything more than couch surfing and on-the-go computing. It has been back to Apple several times early on for issues, but once those were resolved the machine has been pretty reliable.
Until now.
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Category: MacintoshTags: diskwarrior, keys out of order, macbook | Comments (0)
October 7, 2008 by jim
I came across good information I wanted to share about checking the power levels of your Roadrunner cable modem service. If you have have problems you will want to keep reading.
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Category: UncategorizedTags: cable modem, General Instrument, help page, Motorola, Roadrunner, Surfboard 3100 4100., trouble shooting | Comments (0)