Computer

Subcategories

• Debian - Thoughts and Tips for Debian
• Unix Tricks - Tips and Tricks for variants of Unix
• Windows Tricks - Tips and Tricks for Windows
• Unix on Windows - Notes for dual booting
• Linux Custom Install - Notes for custom Linux install CDs
• cygwin - Cygwin tips for a unix hack
• monitoring - Monitoring systems with Debian
• SIP - SIP Telephony Topics
• ServerInfo - How I built this server
• TikiWiki,:::::" class="wiki wiki_page">TikiWiki_Tips - Links and tips for TikiWiki
• Programming Reference - Links and tips for various programming languages

• Server Maintenance - Maintenance and system integrity checks
• iPhone Ringtone - How to add custom ringtones to the iPhone
• iPhone Baking - How to bake water out of electronics

• ISO 3166 Country Codes

Tools I Use

PHPWhois
cricket - Router polling RRD front and back end
drraw - Generic graphing engine for rrdtool. EXCELLENT

Miscellaneous Topics

Network Monitoring Topics

• EnvironmentGraphs

Debian Network Monitoring Blog - Some great examples and how-tos

• CPU-Z - Gathers hardware info for a windows system
• RRDTool

rrd.cgi - CGI frontend for rrd tool with excellent examples of a complete rrd system
SmokePing - Latency monitor from RRDTool author Tobi Oetiker
MIBDepot - All vendors MIBs - great browser

• Zenoss - Enterprise IT Monitoring
• AWStats - **Must have** Apache Log Reports

Temperature Graphs

Temperature Sensor w/ DS1820 - Using serial port on Linux

Weather Graphing Topics

RRDWeather - Pulls from weather.com
angular gauges example code

Using SSH

The 101 Uses of OpenSSH: Part II of II - Great explaination of SSH tunneling including how public keys work

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Implementing Wi-Fi

Issues

Interference: Wi-Fi horrors
Tip: Throw out your 2.4G cordless phones and purchase 5.8G phones

Routers

Longer Range N/B/G: Belkin F5D82314 - Wireless Router N1 ~$90
Longer Range B/G: Belkin F5D9230-4 - Wireless G-Plus MIMO Router ~$60
Tried and true: Linksys WRT54G - Wireless Router ~$50

Increasing Open Field Range

Cantenna
HyperLink Technologies - Parts for all thins RF
NetStumbler - Power and Noise measurements

Streaming Audio Protocols

AirPlay

• Receivers
  • AirPort Express - Built in WAP
  • Many mid-range audio receivers (e.g. Pioneer VSX-60)
  • https://github.com/albertz/shairport: Open source hack
• Senders
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAOP Linux: pulseaudio-module-raop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Living_Network_Alliance

• Receivers
  • Many mid-range audio receivers (Pioneer VSX-60)
• Senders
  • Windows Media Player 10/11