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Is there really a market for an open source router?

Is there really a market for an open source router?Certainly isAs someone who installed Tomato on an old Linksys router, I think there is a market for this. Myself and others like me have looked on places like Craigslist to find the particular models that the open source firmware will...

Tags: Routers & switches, NETWORKING, Home networking, ShadeTree, Linkys Routers, open source, open source router, router, DD-WRT Firmware

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Is there really a market for an open source router?

MyOpenRouter offers developers a comprehensive user guide, applications forums and downloads. Best of all this isn't a stinky would-not-sell-otherwise router. It's got an internal diversity antenna to improve performance, and supports WPS. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Router, NetGear, Open Source Router, Tomato Download, Home Networking, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Open Source, Networking, Personal Technology, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Open source router from Netgear offers custom firmware and apps

Open source router from Netgear offers custom firmware and appsGonna get one ...Having installed DD-WRT on a very UNSTABLE Linksys WRT54G Version 6, I can testify to the stability and usefulness of FOSS on these routers. It solved a LOT of issues I was having, but because the version 6...

Tags: Home networking, Signal-StRength, Open Source Router, custom firmware, firmware, NetGear, open source

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

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Blog posts 2009-07-01

First look: Intel's Moblin 2.0 Linux desktop for netbooks

First look: Intel's Moblin 2.0 Linux desktop for netbooksThe menu for choiceI haven't tried Moblin myself, but your report sounds disappointing. Of course any interface should be application centered. What are they thinking?Maybe Intel could provide a choice during installation of Moblin, what kind of interface you want. Some Linux...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Web browsers, Moblin 2.0 Linux desktop, netbook, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

News to know: HP, Vista SP2; Pre; Oracle licensing

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Blog posts 2009-05-20

Ubuntu 9.04 release candidate published

Ubuntu 9.04 release candidate published disappointedI run Kubuntu on my laptop brother of Ubuntu, and I'm very disappointed to read that this RC still hasn't fixed the connecting to hidden wifi bug.Simply put, you can't connect to a hidden wifi. I'd consider this a good reason for postponing the release....

Tags: UNIX, Wireless LANs, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Reiser4, Ubuntu, Linux, Ubuntu 9.04 release candidate, Ubuntu 9.04, release candidate, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2009-04-17

How much legal trouble is Cisco in against the FSF?

How much legal trouble is Cisco in against the FSF?damm that open source creeping!I guess this means that cisco doesnt employ strict version control and monitor what goes into their products?I guess that would mean they make good products but dont actually know whats in them and therefore could be...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., open source, open source license, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so far

Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so farInteresting...... since the amount of spam I've received today is much greater than it has been in the past. Somebody has ramped up the effort on the bad guys' side.RE: Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so farHrmmm well no duh! Did you...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Linux, E-mail, Viruses and worms, Conficker, quiet, computer

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modems

'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modemsCould we have a list as to what routers are affected?And maybe instructions or a link to instructions on how to tell if our router is infected with this junk?RE: 'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modemsROTFLMAO!!!Oh yes, the linux only worm!...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, Cyberthreats, Linksys Inc., modem, NetGear, router, Psyb0t, Linux, worm, home router

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modems

More information has surfaced about the botnet "psyb0t," the first known to be capable of directly infecting home routers and cable/DSL modems. It was first observed infecting a Netcomm NB5 modem/router in Australia. Members of the website DroneBL, a real-time IP tracker that scans...

Tags: Router, Worm, NetGear, Modem, Linksys Inc., DroneBL, Command & Control Channel, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-25

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Blog posts 2009-03-24

Verizon Wireless Network Extender

Verizon Wireless likes to boast it has the best network coverage in the nation, and indeed, we've had plenty of readers tell us they rarely have a problem with signal strength on their Verizon phones. However, that doesn't mean there aren't any dead spots or areas with weak coverage. Verizon...

Tags: NETWORKING, Open Access, Network Extender, network, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Wireless Network Extender, GPS

Product reviews 2009-02-19

Beware of the TrixBox

Beware of the TrixBoxmisleading titlewell based on reading the article, it seems one ought not to necessarily beware of trixbox, but to beware of the HUD feature in certain circumstances or of poor network configuration and network interface settings.RE: Beware of the TrixBoxtrixbox deployments go well for those that have...

Tags: Telephony, VOIP, HUD, Trixbox, network

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

Beware of the TrixBox

For those of you thinking of cutting over to a packaged Asterisk solution, you'll want to read  this account from Dr. Adrian Steele, the Managing Director of Mercian Labels, a UK SME specialising in short run label printing and...

Tags: Phone, Softphone, Network, Telecom & Utilities, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Networking, Emerging Technologies, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-02-09

Open source can also close markets

Open source can also close marketsMisunderstanding what the technology can and can't do."My problem is with the legal concept, the idea of property rights over unlicensed frequencies, which their gear enables."Yes and no. While it is true it can restrict access in the sense that that particular box can't be...

Tags: network, open source

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

Open source can also close markets

Sputnik, which produces software which makes WiFi proprietary, which they call "venue-branded, access-controlled Wi-Fi networks," is now out with a version that supports the Netgear Open Source Wireless-G Router WRG614L. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Open Source, Wireless And Mobility, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-02

Does open source control 18% of the PBX market?

Does open source control 18% of the PBX market?Open Source PBX studyThank you for your writing about our recent Open Source PBX study. Here?s the methodology that was followed. The number of Open Source PBX surveys conducted and completed for the research exceeded 7,000. Then our PBX...

Tags: Telephony, VOIP, PBX, Open Source PBX, Does Open Source, open source, Asterisk

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

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Blog posts 2009-01-29

AutoPlay - Fun and social engineering

AutoPlay - Fun and social engineeringAbout 9m reasons to fix itIf you believe F-secureWhat is the proposed fix?Should Windows 7 detect icons that look like a folder and prevent developers from creating titles that say "Open folder to view files"?Besides, Windows no longer defaults the user to running as root...

Tags: Firewalls, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Windows Server Service, UAC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, firewall, social engineering

Discussion threads 2009-01-19