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The thoughts and ramblings of an Engineer

Month: January 2012

D-Link DSL 320B
29 January, 2012 Blog

D-Link DSL-320B: A truly awful modem

The irony of this post is that, only a few days ago, I was singing the praises of the D-Link

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22 January, 2012 Blog

Maximum transmission unit (MTU) explained

The maximum transmission unit (MTU) is a term used in data networking and refers to the maximum size of a

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D-Link DSL 320B
16 January, 2012 Blog

Using BE Unlimited with another modem

I’m canceling my BE contract and need to return the BE Box to them. I’m getting a connection with an

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15 January, 2012 Blog

VLANs and 802.1Q VLAN Tagging explained

VLANs are a feature of almost all managed . A managed switch will allow you to assign ports to VLAN

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1 January, 2012 Blog

Controlling the image and title displayed on Facebook for a ‘like’

If you have a ‘like’ button on your website, you can control most of what gets displayed on the wall

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Wordpress Logo
1 January, 2012 Blog

WordPress plugin: Wikipedia extract tooltip v1.2

Here is version 1.2 of the plugin. It has a small tweak to facilitate proper HTTPS support. The tweak is

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UnrealIRCD Logo
1 January, 2012 Blog

Changing the SSL certificate or private key of UnrealIRCd

It is possible to change the SSL certificate or private key of without restarting the process. A normal /rehash or

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