I had this idea last night: I will use my old Compaq Armada e500 laptop as a router/firewall for my home network.
This has many advantages compared to the old workstation I am currently using: a laptop is more quiet, takes less room, has a screen and a keyboard etc.
I will have to buy 2 PCMCIA [...]
I have just discovered that Wanadoo has recently set up wild card records for non-existing domain names on their DNS servers. This means that when a users wants to visit a non-existing website (eg “nonexistingdomainname.com”, she is automatically redirected to “www.aide-a-la-navigation.net”.
I have sent them an e-mail, nut I really doubt that they will answer.
This can [...]
Yesterday, I bought a new laptop: a Toshiba Satellite M40X-141 (link in French, as this product seems to be only available here). I bought it in a hypermaket for €399 (with a 50% discount!).
I first booted once to bundled Windows XP, and checked everything was usable (wifi, video card, sound etc.). Then, I installed Debian [...]
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