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D-Link DIR-620 and dd-wrt - connecting flash, installing software, configuring NAS

So, after installing the router DIR-620 firmware dd-wrt, you can connect it to a flash drive or external drive via USB, install the programs and receive in addition to the router - NAS with downloading torrents. Mounting an external drive in the dd-wrt First you need to enable USB support on the router through the web interface: Services - USB - USB Support - Core USB [...]

Change the name of the network interface in Debian / Ubuntu Linux

Set out to home wi-fi network is translated into a modern encryption protocol - wpa2. It seems everything is just a must have, even in Linux - you put the wpa-supplicant, prescribe the point name, the type of encryption and key in the / etc / network / interfaces - and everything works. But no - fought for four hours, tried in different ways - can not connect my laptop to the network, although a netbook, and [...]

D-Link DIR-620 and dd-wrt - the budget NAS and torrentokachalka

It has long been thinking about the need to make a home NAS (network drive) to be common to all the home computers (and now - and Smartphone) store music, movies, backups and some shared files that need to be synchronized between multiple machines. The idea to collect another computer on something like the atom after reflection has been abandoned - it turns long and relatively expensive, [...]

Reminders to work in Linux

Collected a few simple recipes work in Linux, which, because of the low frequency of use can not remember by heart. While lying in the drafts - some more than once had to reread to remember how and what to do - the benefits are obvious. The order of output arguments xargs Once faced with the problem of the order of substitution of arguments xargs. And like a man revered, [...]

Low-level formatting of flash for Linux

Several times had to format the flash drive, and because it happens very rarely - was forced to go into Google. Concise memo formatting flash drives under Linux: Check the connection of flash fdisk-l will list the mounted drives and their partitions. Typically, USB flash drive - / dev / sdb Check whether the USB flash drive is mounted df-h If the flash drive is mounted - it will show the mount point. [...]

Openbox + sbxkb: switching keyboard layouts

Tired of the gently become quite noticeable brake Gnome with Metacity and Nautilus in the company (my laptop is fairly old by today's standards - IBM ThinkPad T40 with a Pentium M 1,5 GHz and 1 GB of RAM on board), I decided to try Openbox. He created a test user, and ordered him to Openbox as a WM, a little set up, popolzovalsya hour and translated [...]

Connecting through a VPN in Debian / Ubuntu Linux

When I have not had a router with an access point wi-fi and cable from the ISP's connected directly to a computer, I had to configure the vpn connection to the provider to be authorized and access to the Internet. Here is his experience of how to configure the openvpn connection in Debian Linux (with the provider Corbin). First you need to install the packages ppp and [...]

How to choose the right domain name for your website or blog?

Domain names, according to the rotation, are divided into several levels. By the first level includes domain names corresponding to country (. Ru - Russian,. Fr-French sites, etc.). The same level - the page a certain direction: educational - «. Edu», non-profit - «. Org», commercial «. Com». It is clear that the first level does not suit us. Let us turn to the second level. Distributing the data organization of domain names [...]

What should guide the choice of computer?

When buying a new computer, you should think about his future assignment. If your computer will be used for work or study, then, for this purpose is perfect office option (and often useful to consider as the basic version of a mobile computer - a laptop). Provided that the computer will be used for entertainment such as video games or watching movies high definition (HDTV), [...]

How to replace the wiring yourself

Faulty wiring in a house in need of complete replacement. The first step is to plan a new electrical wiring, which should definitely mark the place and connect the wires. Also, the plan need to draw for each of the rooms and apartments as a whole. It should show the position of the cable relative to the ceiling and floor. Scheme in any case does not dispose of [...]