As I work for a hosting company that monitors a LOT of network traffic data it's only natural that my own DSL line is being "watched" (it makes talking to our ISP a lot more interesting!) If you look at the screenshot below you will see a very big difference in the connection from around lunchtime today: So what changed? The only thing that changed was the firmware on the … [Read more...] about OpenWRT – Followup – Improved Latency / Ping
Archives for March 2007
Lotus Chinese Medical Services Are Spamming Scum
Over the past few days a Coleraine based company, Lotus Chinese Medical Services, have been systematically spamming a LOT of Irish companies. While spam may be annoying and I'm no stranger to it, what makes this spam a little different and more annoying is the payload. The idiots are sending out a rather large PDF attachment with each and every email! The file is about 2 … [Read more...] about Lotus Chinese Medical Services Are Spamming Scum
OpenWRT
As I mentioned before, I have been using a number of different linux firmware versions on my LinkSys WRT54G. For the last few weeks I was using SveaSoft's firmware, as the previous firmware had caused me headaches. The Sveasoft solution worked quite well, but I had some crazy routing issues which left me rather confused. It was as if certain blocks of the internet simply ceased … [Read more...] about OpenWRT
Julian “MailScanner” Field On The Mend
As I mentioned a few days ago, MailScanner's Julian Field is currently in hospital where he is in a serious condition. According to a posting today from one of Julian's colleagues he is on the mend: Hi again, Today's news is that Jules is very awake and alert, and is drinking tea. Those who know him well know he gets through a fair few gallons of tea, so this is a good sign … [Read more...] about Julian “MailScanner” Field On The Mend
Another Elder Lemon Blogs
First there was HeadRambles, now his wife has started a blog. What's going to happen next? Is my mother going to start a blog? Though I think it's really cool that an older generation is getting online. Maybe there is hope after all :) … [Read more...] about Another Elder Lemon Blogs