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The thoughts and ramblings of an Engineer

About Me

I’m an Engineer, working for Vonage. I write about stuff that interests me - primarily Networks, Software Engineering, VoIP and Electronics. It exists in the hope that someone may learn from my thoughts and ramblings. I'm on GitHub! I'm also currently fairly active on Twitter and LinkedIn.

5 February, 2012 Blog

BT’s UK FTTC (VDSL2/Infinity) Explained

I realise that the title of this article is a bunch of acronyms, but it’s going to be informative none

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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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Raspberry Pi PCB
31 December, 2011 Blog

Raspberry Pi – $25 computer with a huge amount of potential

I’ve just stumbled across the Raspberry Pi (RasPi) and have spent the past 3 hours contently reading about it and

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28 December, 2011 Blog

Creating a wireless network with multiple access points

Following on from my earlier article on converting an old wireless router into an access point you can have many dotted

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