Mobile broadband on Ubuntu Linux – O2 ZTE MF100
I’ve already provided details on how to get O2 Mobile Broadband Pay As You go on Ubuntu Linux with Huawei
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WatkissOnline – Stewart's Blog
Various ramblings from an IT professional
Computer Networking
Dropbox – Keeping files in sync across computers, and across the Internet – Linux, Windows and Mac OSX
Dropbox provides a folder on your computer, which can be shared across multiple computers, across multiple operating systems, across the
Read MoreFirstaidquiz.com website outage
The first aid quiz website has been down for a couple of days. I only realised yesterday when checking on
Read MoreLinux Apache Virtual Hosts (vhosts)
Virtual Hosting is the ability to run several different websites on the same server. There are a number of ways that this can be achieved,
using different port numbers for the webservers (instead of the default port 80); using different IP addresses aliased to the same server; or by using the information contained int the http header to determine which site the user is trying to access.
Embedded Linux – Are you already a Linux user?
There are now more and more people discovering Linux as a real alternative to running Windows on our desktop computers.
Read MoreLinux – using a network time server (ntpd)
The network time protocol is a means to synchronise time clocks of devices over the Internet. As well as being a convenient way to make sure your PC shows the correct time it is often used to ensure that the time of servers and routers are in synchronization. This is particularly important for database transaction logging, stock related transactions, security logging and analysis, network monitoring and other time critical applications.
Read MoreSimple Intrusion Detecion Rules for Apache (Apache mod_rewrite & PHP based Intrusion Detection System IDS)
This is a document I created a while ago. I’m redesigning the Watkissonline site that this was previously stored on,
Read MoreReview of O2 Mobile Broadband USB dongle
I have bought a pay-as-you-go O2 Mobile Broadband USB Dongle to provide broadband connectivity whilst away from home. The first
Read MoreUsing O2 Mobile Broadband under Ubuntu Linux – Huawei E160
These instructions work for getting a O2 Pay-as-you-go Mobile Broadband USB stick to work under Ubuntu Linux. I also tested
Read MoreNetwork cabling lengths
During my day job I often have to arrange for network cabling spanning large distances within a data centre. As
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