Archive for the ‘Networking’ Category

Mobile Broadband Deals to Connect Your Linux to the Internet

Posted by Matthew Alberto on September 13th, 2010 under Did you know, Networking • No Comments

As a proud user of the Ubuntu Linux operating system, you may want to connect your computer to the internet wherever you go. Mobile broadband deals can certainly help your Linux connect to the interne…

Broadcom WiFi drivers

Posted by Rom Feria on October 14th, 2008 under Networking • No Comments

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Since the days of diskette-based installation, Linux on the desktop has grown and matured so fast that in most cases, it is even the desktop of choice, i…

Using a Layer 7 Packet Classifier

Posted by Rom Feria on August 16th, 2008 under Networking • No Comments

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You may think that this is of no use to ordinary users but I will disagree. Imagine having limited broadband connectivity, it is smart to be able to pri…

Configuring Ubuntu to access the IPv6 network

Posted by Rom Feria on July 12th, 2008 under Networking • No Comments

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IPv6 will soon be the standard for IP addresses on the internet. There are services (sites) that are now connected to the IPv6 network but inaccessible f…

Using the Devil to protect you

Posted by Rom Feria on May 24th, 2008 under Networking • No Comments

When I was connecting my department to the internet in the early 90s, I used a small floppy-based Linux distribution to serve as our firewall (yeah, CISCO is expensive then and still is now!). It wo…

VPN via tinc

Posted by Rom Feria on April 30th, 2008 under Networking • No Comments

Securing data transmission between computers is always high on our priority list. Whenever I am on a public hotspot and I need to access my email, I make sure that I have VPN enabled for all traffic…

How to configure IPv6

Posted by Rom Feria on February 9th, 2008 under Networking • No Comments

With the major DNS backbones being upgraded to support IPv6, it will not be that long before the shift will officially start. Now is the time to play with it and make sure that you are familiar with …

Configuring your dial-up modem

Posted by Rom Feria on January 26th, 2008 under Networking • No Comments

Today's geeks might have missed the wave when getting online means hearing those tones, beeps and hisses and not to forget hogging that phone line for hours when you download files. Whilst today&#…