Linksys NSLU2

NSLU2 means Network Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives. Also see here. Custom firmwares The NSLU2 supports different firmwares. The original one is rather outdated. The most used firmwares are: SlugOS/BE Bad network performance My network consists of a WLAN repeater which bridges the network of my neighbor with mine. Access to the Internet… Read More »

U3 Basics

U3 USB Stick The U3 capable stick will emulate 2 devices: a virtual CD-ROM drive and the actual flash disk. The virtual CD drive contains the LaunchPad software manager and it is on this extra area to let it be automatically run by Windows (as Autorun from USB flash disks doesn’t work correctly). Another advantage… Read More »

jabberd2

The setup of jabberd2 is mostly straight-forward. Just install the package and all needed transports. The change the config files in /etc/jabberd2 to your needs, esp. the name/jid of the admin. pyMSNt Update The most recent version is in a Mercurial repository at https://sharesource.org/hg/pymsnt/summary. There you can download the trunk revision and replace the files… Read More »

RSA/Safeword Tokens

The P800 had an integrated RSA and SafeWord Token generator.For the iPhone there is a SecurID application in the app store. Here are some example initialization infos. RSA SecurID Example data Serial# Activation License 50453047 A4X3453NKFV8T2Y3JP093D3W91XUB 50525681 ACTUM53ERJHHIET93498HI3XTKAM2 50525682 AF3K453HLKMGL340KGMNL93YGKAMF 50525683 A9U4453M6W434MDEGEGKMM3YTK9BM (Taken from this PDF.) SafeWord Example data Serial# Authorization Code Key Phrase 00000123… Read More »

Midnight Commander (mc)

Open drop-down box To open a drop-down box (like those on the FTP link… dialog), press Alt+H. ZIP contents not shown The later versions of unzip have a slightly different output format but the uzip-module still expects the old one. To fix this, edit the file /usr/share/mc/extfs/uzip (as root) and change the line to Highlighter… Read More »

iPhone Carrier Settings

To enable MMS and Tethering, you might have to install a carrier-specific file for your carrier. Details If you look at the .ipcc-file you’ll notice that it’s a standard ZIP archive. Inside you’ll find a folder Payload and a folder with your carrier’s name. There you’ll find a file carrier.list along some others. It is… Read More »

iphoneOS Hidden Features

There are some hidden options which you have to enable via modifying some file. (see here and here.) Enable a feature For this you have to have ssh-access enabled!! Features Explained accessibility This will add a new settings menu below General (right below International). It is empty on iPhone 3G. gas-gauge-battery This will enable a… Read More »

MEDION HDDrive2go 🇩🇪

Hardware Cypress AT2LP RC42 Schließt man ein inkompatibles Gerät an, z.B. eine InnoDisk EDC2000 Flash disk, kann es sein, dass kein USB-Laufwerk mehr erkannt wird, sondern ein Gerät Cypress AT2LP RC42. In diesem Fall wurde der EEPROM gelöscht und der Cypress-Chip muss neu programmiert werden. Dazu gibt es das Tool Primer. Dieses hat ein findiger… Read More »

Cisco Catalyst 2950 🇩🇪

MAC Adresstabelle Mit folgendem Befehl (im enable Modus) kann man sich den Zustand der MAC-Adresstabelle anzeigen lassen: Die Ausgabe sieht in etwa so aus: Laut cisco.com ist der normale Timeout einer MAC-Adresse 5min (=300 Sekunden). Während der STP-Erkennung ist der Timeout 15 Sekunden – das erklärt auch, warum die MAC-Adresstabelle nach Ändern der Topologie plötzlich… Read More »