Vista tftp client
I'm trying to upload an image to a router at the moment and to do this I need a tftp client. I'm running Vista Ultimate (64 bit) and it doesn't have a tftp client installed as default. It's hidden away in 'Turn Windows features on or off'. Nice one :)
Submitted by garan on Wed, 01/28/2009 - 00:40
garan's blogADSL Speed Uplift (2)
I clipped the bell wire in the BT Master Socket tonight - it was running upto the office where it wasn't connected but, as my mate Greg pointed out, it's going to be a big antenna. It's dropped a little on the tone 224-255 line but no other noticable change.
Got a hardwired filter coming tomorrow for the alarm panel. Will also check my tones with the alarm removed completely.
I've setup a build environment for the OpenWRT software to run on my WAG354G but I need to do the other tests on a level playing field before I start playing with that. I'll try and write a bit of a howto for the OpenWRT stuff as it isn't immediately obvious what to do to get it all working..
Submitted by garan on Tue, 01/27/2009 - 23:57
garan's blog | Read moreADSL Speed Uplift
I've been fiddling about with my ADSL this weekend. My download sync rate has been steadily dropping from near 8Mb this time last year to just over 3Mb. I'm currently using a Zyxel Prestige 660 modem which allows me to see detailed line data.
Two major changes I've made to get me back to 6.5Mb sync rate were replacing the filters in the lounge (the master socket location) and in the office. At the moment I've got an ADSL Nation XF-1e filter in the lounge and a second NTE-5 in the office that has an ADSL Nation XTE-2005 Master Face Plate on it.
A comparison of the filters can be found at the following page:
http://www.adslnation.com/support/filters.php
I'm still about 1Mb down from what I used to see. To try and rectify this I'm going to firstly try a different modem. I've got a Linksys WAG354G to try first and then I'm going to try running OpenWRT on the Linksys to see how that holds up. I'm hoping that one of the two methods will allow me to graph the line data via SNMP, something that isn't available on the Zyxel.
I'm also going to find out if the second NTE-5 is overkill by replacing it with a filtered faceplate like the ADSL Nation XTF-68 ADSL Telephone Socket or replacing the NTE-5 faceplate on the master socket with the XTE-2005 splitter and running the ADSL and voice over different pairs upto the office and presenting them on a standard double phone socket.
Finally I'm going to get a hardwired ADSL filter to put under the alarm panel. I've got the pair from the alarm panel connected to the voice side of the splitter in the office but I'd like to put as much suppression as possible on that circuit, as close to the alarm panel as possible as it's the only thing connected (apart from the modem) when I run the readings below.
Submitted by garan on Sun, 01/25/2009 - 10:43
garan's blog | Read moretwitter two
Twitter two wooooo!
Trying a different alias command this time..
Submitted by garan on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 15:40
garan's blogtwittering...
I've added a twitter module to my blog. It should automagically post to twitter when I add an entry here..
Submitted by garan on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 15:39
garan's blogDon't eat yellowsn0w
Just read this in the release notes.. as I get older I find that I'm a lot more willing to read instructions!!
No PIN support yet. Remember how we said this was beta? Well we’re still working out the flow for SIMs with PINs enabled. Please disable any PIN you may have on that SIM before trying yellowsn0w, for now.
Submitted by garan on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 00:04
garan's blogUnlocking an iPhone
On New Year's Day the iphone Dev Team released version 0.9.5 BETA of their yellowsn0w unlocking software. Just had a nose at it and the interesting part is that it's a soft unlock that you install on a jailbroken iPhone. You add an apt source in Cydia and away you go.
It's been coded as a daemon that runs at boot time which means that it doesn't have to exploit holes in early versions of the baseband code and it'll work on the 2.2 software that is available from Apple (after you quickpwn it).
The application is a small daemon that is launched on boot. It injects the payload at boot and also whenever there is a baseband reset. You won’t notice anything about it other than that your third-party sim now works. It’s a small program and unobtrusive...
More info here:
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/67797811/dont-eat-yellowsn0w
Submitted by garan on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 00:02
garan's blogPicture Messaging on an O2 iPhone
I got MMS working on my iPhone over the weekend. I popped the SIM card out of the iPhone and rang O2 from my ex-Orange (unlocked) K850i and said 'please enable MMS as the battery on my iPhone doesn't last all day'. Within the hour it was working so I swapped the SIM back, installed swirlymms and away I went. The licence for swirlymms was $8 but I don't mind as it'll make MMS so much easier to do.
Submitted by garan on Sun, 01/04/2009 - 23:55
garan's blogOuch!
Have a look at Graham Rowntree's ear. Ouch!
Submitted by garan on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 12:40
garan's blogabout:robots
Firefox version 3.0.4. Type about:robots into the address bar. The quotes are from Bladerunner, Asimov, Futurama and Hitchikers Guide but not necessarily in that order. The Try Again button is neat too :) It's great!
Submitted by garan on Wed, 11/26/2008 - 14:55
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