Here’s a scenario: you’ve found a {convention|hamfest|trade show|conference} you want to attend, have a hotel picked out, and have your method of transportation picked out. What you don’t know, though, is if you want to leave out Sunday evening or Monday morning. This was the scenario I ended up with in 2005 when it was … Continue reading
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Project Update
Sometimes I dislike slow days at work as I start reading and reading and reading. I reread the EVDO Stompbox Project and something clicked with me: I remembered the mini-PCI slot in my net4501. While I’ve only used mini-PCI cards in notebook computers over the years, I never had a need to use it in … Continue reading
Importing Fun!
I imported the pre-FFXI blog posts from my other WordPress blog, so this goes back to 2006 now. Now to figure out how to pull the ones off the big server. I probably will boot with the original drives in first so I can grab those off it before I go nuts with the full … Continue reading
Musings on Networks
A long time ago in a college campus not far from here, I sat and built out a notebook computer that I wanted on Dell’s website. As I went down the list of options, I picked most of the standard options until I got to one that stumped me, the network card. I had a … Continue reading
Mobile Connectivity +α
Earlier this week, I read on TmoNews.com that T-Mobile was making another promo on their webConnect (aircard) service. I had cashed in on a promo plan towards the end of last year for $50/mo instead of $60/mo, but this one is even more awesome: “Overage Free” rate plan for $40/mo. What this means is that … Continue reading
Network Naming Conventions and Rebuilding Old Machines
A few years back during one of my silly phases, I translated all the computers in my house’s names into Japanese, using either the actual word or something similar. I had named my desktop ‘lunar’, so that became ‘tsuki’ (moon), the gateway machine was named ‘kadoguchi’ (gateway), and I had named my parents’ machine ‘iris’ … Continue reading
Phase One Complete
I decided to dig out the big plug strip and hook all the materials up to see if they worked together before I begin the pure DC phase of the experiment. After massaging pf a little bit to make the bridge work, I managed to get an IP wirelessly with the WAP plugged into the … Continue reading
Project Update
I loaded OpenBSD on the Soekris and did the necessary configuration tweaks to get all the interfaces assigned properly and the like tonight. I also adjusted the Cradlepoint (turning off WiFi, adding DMZ, etc.) for the system. Now to get it all hooked up and tested at some point.
Portable Connectivity or How DC Power Is Our Friend
A few years back, some friends and I had the crazy idea to utilize my MFJ-1800 2.4GHz Yagi antenna and a PC set up as a “reverse AP” to allow us all to use the hotel’s free wifi at a convention. The only downside to this was that we didn’t have wireless for ourselves, but … Continue reading
Life with Apple
As of last week, I once again own real Apple hardware: a Macintosh Server G4 (Power Mac G4) that will be up and running OpenBSD/macppc this weekend as my router, and a 13.3″ MacBook Pro that will serve as my daily travel computer. Why the sudden return to Cupertino’s finest? Back over two decades ago … Continue reading