Comments for qBang Solutions Blog http://blog.qbangsolutions.com qBang Solutions | solutions you want. done. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:47:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Beef Up Your Wireless Router by Rick http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/beef-up-your-wireless-router/comment-page-1/#comment-100962 Rick Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:47:39 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/beef-up-your-wireless-router/#comment-100962 I have just installed a Linksys WRT160n to replace a dead Netgear. Everything is working but after reading so much about it, I am beginning to wish I had gotten an <a href="http://4portwirelessrouters.com/apple-router/apple-airport-extreme-routers" rel="nofollow">Apple Airport Xtreme</a> I have just installed a Linksys WRT160n to replace a dead Netgear. Everything is working but after reading so much about it, I am beginning to wish I had gotten an Apple Airport Xtreme

]]> Comment on Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) 5x exhibitors: non-profits by Moving to California http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/southern-california-linux-expo-scale-5x-exhibitors-non-profits/comment-page-1/#comment-100961 Moving to California Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:44:20 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/17/southern-california-linux-expo-scale-5x-exhibitors-non-profits/#comment-100961 I will have to try to make it to the next one after I get moved. I will have to try to make it to the next one after I get moved.

]]> Comment on Bank security is not really improved by jeffg http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/bank-security-is-not-really-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-99064 jeffg Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:16:27 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/18/bank-security-is-not-really-improved/#comment-99064 I hope NCR in particular is paying attention to this story and seriously rethinking its processes. Nothing creates willing insiders quite like relocating your corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations away from a struggling state. I hope NCR in particular is paying attention to this story and seriously rethinking its processes. Nothing creates willing insiders quite like relocating your corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations away from a struggling state.

]]> Comment on High Availability with Open Source by Benjamin Smith http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/high-availability-with-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-68460 Benjamin Smith Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:33:37 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/high-availability-with-open-source/#comment-68460 NFS is truly awful for networked file systems. Locking/blocking issues abound. If you want to see distributed, redundant, fault-tolerant, high-availability cluster file system, look no further than GlusterFS. I went from reading docs to implemented and working in 30 minutes, without repartitioning ANYTHING. The only kernel module I had to worry about was FUSE. (and it was already installed on my CentOS 4 systems) GlusterFS changes the game. [EDITOR'S NOTE]:   I talked to folks at Gluster recently when I went to the Southern California Linux Expo in Los Angeles.  Gluster looks like some *seriously* cool tech.  I'm looking forward to doing some hands-on testing with Gluster and doing a write up for InfoWorld.  Find Gluster at <a xhref="http://www.gluster.org" title="GlusterFS Home" target="gluster" rel="nofollow">http://www.gluster.org</a>. NFS is truly awful for networked file systems. Locking/blocking issues abound.

If you want to see distributed, redundant, fault-tolerant, high-availability cluster file system, look no further than GlusterFS. I went from reading docs to implemented and working in 30 minutes, without repartitioning ANYTHING. The only kernel module I had to worry about was FUSE. (and it was already installed on my CentOS 4 systems)

GlusterFS changes the game.

[EDITOR'S NOTE]:   I talked to folks at Gluster recently when I went to the Southern California Linux Expo in Los Angeles.  Gluster looks like some *seriously* cool tech.  I’m looking forward to doing some hands-on testing with Gluster and doing a write up for InfoWorld.  Find Gluster at http://www.gluster.org.

]]> Comment on Beef Up Your Wireless Router by high http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/beef-up-your-wireless-router/comment-page-1/#comment-33586 high Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:56:02 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/beef-up-your-wireless-router/#comment-33586 Grandnube: Regarding your discontinued wireless router, if it has a USB or parallel port to which you can connect a printer, then you could likely use OpenWRT/DDWRT/Tomato to turn it into a print server. However, if there are only ethernet ports then you will not be able to use it as a print server. Grandnube:
Regarding your discontinued wireless router, if it has a USB or parallel port to which you can connect a printer, then you could likely use OpenWRT/DDWRT/Tomato to turn it into a print server. However, if there are only ethernet ports then you will not be able to use it as a print server.

]]> Comment on Beef Up Your Wireless Router by grandnube http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/beef-up-your-wireless-router/comment-page-1/#comment-33145 grandnube Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:24:20 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/beef-up-your-wireless-router/#comment-33145 I appreciate all the comments. I've learned a lot here. However, i have a question: I have a wireless router that has been discontinued but it still works fine (but it can't access the internet). Right now i'm using it as a switch but i was wondering, would i be able to use it as a print server? Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. I appreciate all the comments. I’ve learned a lot here.

However, i have a question: I have a wireless router that has been discontinued but it still works fine (but it can’t access the internet).

Right now i’m using it as a switch but i was wondering, would i be able to use it as a print server? Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Beef Up Your Wireless Router by Idetrorce http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/beef-up-your-wireless-router/comment-page-1/#comment-28652 Idetrorce Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:37:51 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/beef-up-your-wireless-router/#comment-28652 very interesting, but I don't agree with you Idetrorce very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce

]]> Comment on Beef Up Your Wireless Router by Randy Bryan http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/beef-up-your-wireless-router/comment-page-1/#comment-11778 Randy Bryan Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:08:20 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/beef-up-your-wireless-router/#comment-11778 Hey Tomato does exactly what I want it to do: 1) I want to be able to boost the power output. 2) It blocks users past a certain distance, so even though I am high powered, I can keep my neighbors off my router 3) It has security 4) It's Ajax Powered, at least the web bases interface is... ! I would use tomato just for this one feature only! 5) Did I mention that it has Ajax? Randy Hey Tomato does exactly what I want it to do: 1) I want to be able to boost the power output. 2) It blocks users past a certain distance, so even though I am high powered, I can keep my neighbors off my router 3) It has security 4) It’s Ajax Powered, at least the web bases interface is… ! I would use tomato just for this one feature only! 5) Did I mention that it has Ajax?

Randy

]]> Comment on Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) 5x exhibitors: non-profits by Alfred http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/southern-california-linux-expo-scale-5x-exhibitors-non-profits/comment-page-1/#comment-11503 Alfred Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:10:45 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/17/southern-california-linux-expo-scale-5x-exhibitors-non-profits/#comment-11503 Very interesting article good to know PostgreSQL is going to be even better. Very interesting article good to know PostgreSQL is going to be even better.

]]> Comment on Beef Up Your Wireless Router by Haus http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/beef-up-your-wireless-router/comment-page-1/#comment-2742 Haus Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:36:09 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/beef-up-your-wireless-router/#comment-2742 OpenWRT provides a great deal of flexibility, and there have been a few interesting packages that have been built on top of it. My personal favorite is a security package that adds functions such as IDS/IPS, VPN, AV, and more. www.packetprotector.org OpenWRT provides a great deal of flexibility, and there have been a few interesting packages that have been built on top of it. My personal favorite is a security package that adds functions such as IDS/IPS, VPN, AV, and more.

http://www.packetprotector.org

]]> Comment on Beef Up Your Wireless Router by markvanhaze http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/beef-up-your-wireless-router/comment-page-1/#comment-2313 markvanhaze Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:07:22 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/beef-up-your-wireless-router/#comment-2313 Kraftor: Please get in touch with me, i would need help to copy your weather station setup. my email is : mark at kiteibiza.com thanks a million! Kraftor: Please get in touch with me, i would need help to copy your weather station setup. my email is : mark at kiteibiza.com

thanks a million!

]]> Comment on Beef Up Your Wireless Router by sBox http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/beef-up-your-wireless-router/comment-page-1/#comment-1623 sBox Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:05:46 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/beef-up-your-wireless-router/#comment-1623 Unless you are a die hard, paranoid parent, good luck on keeping up with the logging. While you are at it, you can add monitoring text messaging via cellphones. There is too much information to monitor everything. Education is your best and first line of defense. Unless you are a die hard, paranoid parent, good luck on keeping up with the logging. While you are at it, you can add monitoring text messaging via cellphones. There is too much information to monitor everything. Education is your best and first line of defense.

]]> Comment on Beef Up Your Wireless Router by Josh Kuo http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/beef-up-your-wireless-router/comment-page-1/#comment-1621 Josh Kuo Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:56:36 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/beef-up-your-wireless-router/#comment-1621 For those of you who want to monitor your kids' online activities... I am not going to debate/discuss the moral issues about that, that's for each parent to decide. As for the network traffic monitoring, the easiest way I can think of off the top of my head is to run tcpdump and send the output somewhere. For example, if my WRT box is 192.168.1.1, I can run this command from any other machine with storage (for the potentially large dump): <tt><font size="-1">$ ssh root@192.168.1.1 "tcpdump -i eth0 'tcp port 80'" > /var/log/http-dump &</font></tt> This command will execute tcpdump on the remote machine 192.168.1.1 via SSH, records every packet that is sent to/from port 80 on eth0, and save it to a local file /var/log/http-dump. I will leave the exact syntax of tcpdump up to you to figure out. A word of caution, this will slow down your WRT router's performance. For those of you who want to monitor your kids’ online activities… I am not going to debate/discuss the moral issues about that, that’s for each parent to decide. As for the network traffic monitoring, the easiest way I can think of off the top of my head is to run tcpdump and send the output somewhere. For example, if my WRT box is 192.168.1.1, I can run this command from any other machine with storage (for the potentially large dump):
$ ssh root@192.168.1.1 "tcpdump -i eth0 'tcp port 80'" > /var/log/http-dump &
This command will execute tcpdump on the remote machine 192.168.1.1 via SSH, records every packet that is sent to/from port 80 on eth0, and save it to a local file /var/log/http-dump. I will leave the exact syntax of tcpdump up to you to figure out.

A word of caution, this will slow down your WRT router’s performance.

]]> Comment on Beef Up Your Wireless Router by tcc http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/beef-up-your-wireless-router/comment-page-1/#comment-1620 tcc Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:26:27 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/beef-up-your-wireless-router/#comment-1620 DangerMouse, I have had to think about the same stuff with my kids.. I do not want to get into monitoring everything though... If kids go around someones back then their is another problem to solve... not the stuff said "secretly". I recommend setting IM defaults to not allow any IM except from people on your kids buddy lists. That will eliminate most potentially "bad messages". Then talk with your kids about IM, phone, and other communication with their friends. To go one step further you may set a "rule" that your kids tell you who they are wanting to add to their buddy list. That would be similar to who they are going to go hang out with somewhere.. just getting to know their friends. DangerMouse,

I have had to think about the same stuff with my kids.. I do not want to get into monitoring everything though… If kids go around someones back then their is another problem to solve… not the stuff said “secretly”.

I recommend setting IM defaults to not allow any IM except from people on your kids buddy lists. That will eliminate most potentially “bad messages”. Then talk with your kids about IM, phone, and other communication with their friends.

To go one step further you may set a “rule” that your kids tell you who they are wanting to add to their buddy list. That would be similar to who they are going to go hang out with somewhere.. just getting to know their friends.

]]> Comment on Beef Up Your Wireless Router by FCS http://blog.qbangsolutions.com/beef-up-your-wireless-router/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 FCS Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:03:25 +0000 http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/beef-up-your-wireless-router/#comment-1604 I have tried most of the firmwares listed and my vote goes to DD-WRT. I have several friends and family members using it. I am very comfortable with Linux, so I also like to mess around with OpenWRT. I have tried most of the firmwares listed and my vote goes to DD-WRT. I have several friends and family members using it. I am very comfortable with Linux, so I also like to mess around with OpenWRT.

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