Posted by suvi under
Networking,
Security
New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database.
Three ways to securely access remote internal networks and work from home
Remote access to a computer and internal network’s secured resources – all of it in a simple way that’s following well-known security’s best practices? Sounds impossible, but it’s not. How to achieve it explains Bartosz Feński aka fEnIo.
A computer [...]
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Networking,
Ubuntu
New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database.
Building a Business Network Using Ubuntu – Introduction
This post begins the first (an introduction) in a series of several posts, discussing the benefits that Ubuntu Linux provides to business owners. Naturally, by default, I’ll be touching on several open source applications and server packages throughout the series. Hopefully I can [...]
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Networking,
Ubuntu
New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database.
How to setup NetworkManager work with pppoe connection on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
When Ubuntu 9.10 releases, pppoe connection via NetworkManager is impossible because some bug in it so to fix this we will install network manager from daily network manager trunk ppa.
Link to the original site
Posted by suvi under
Networking,
PHP
New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database.
IP Management With PHPIP
Phpip is annbsp;IPnbsp;Management tool which helps to manage your network
with the detailed information of your client or network IP at the
distributed point. This is basically useful for ISPs as well asnbsp;large
networks.
Link to the original site
Posted by suvi under
Networking
New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database.
Speeding up dynamic websites via an nginx proxy
Many of us are familiar with the use of Apache for hosting websites. It might not be the fastest webserver but it is extraordinarily popular, extremely flexible, and a great choice for most people. However there are times when it can [...]
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Networking
New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database.
DNS (Domain name system) may not be known to most people who use the
Internet but it is the real invisible force driving the Internet
without which everyone would be seeing numbers and IPs. The whole
meaning of domain names exists today just because of DNS./p
Link to the original site
Posted by suvi under
Monitoring,
Networking
New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database.
Network Monitoring Appliance
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pMy ambition was to implement a small (better tiny) appliance for
monitoring network health and network resources, short and longtime
trends, running under VMware Server or VMware ESX. So I had an eye upon
all components which [...]
Posted by suvi under
Networking,
Ubuntu
I remember when network-manager first came out. It was the most welcome piece of software I could imagine! The idea that a graphical tool would manage my wireless networks for me, display available SSIDs and signal strength and basically just keep me online with minimal work on my part. It sure beat the dark magic [...]
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Debian,
Networking
This tutorial will explain how to connect to a WPA (1-2) wireless network without installing any graphical tool.
I assume that your wireless drivers are activated in the kernel and that your card is detected in Linux with the command:
ifconfig -a
Mine is identified by wlan0 but that may change for you.
For Intel users, you may need [...]
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Hardware,
Networking
A diminishing few of us can still remember a time when you had to talk on a phone whose handset was tethered to the phone itself with a six foot cord. Forget about pacing around the house, let alone having a conversation while gardening in the backyard. It’s almost just as quaint now to think [...]
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Networking,
Security,
Tricks
OpenSSH is a great means to protect your connection from being sniffed by others. However, this isn’t always enough. Simply proving that you connected to a server is enough to get incriminated. Unfortunately, SSH doesn’t provide a native way to obfuscate to whom it connects. Instead, a proxy server can be set up. And this [...]
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Networking,
Ubuntu
Like many people who aren’t able to get DSL, I use mobile broadband. Typically, at least in Ireland and the UK, you are forced to purchase a modem with your contract. What if you want other devices in your house to use this broadband and you don’t want to fork out several hundred wing wangs [...]
Nagios is a free opensource enterprise-class monitoring system released under GPL License. It allows you to gain insight into your network and fix problems before customers know they even exist. It’s stable, scalable, supported, and extensible. Nagios is Stable, Reliable, and Respected Platform with 10 years in development scaling to 100,000+ nodes. From my personal [...]
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Monitoring,
Networking
Nagios is the industry standard in enterprise-class monitoring for good reason. It allows you to gain insight into your network and fix problems before customers know they even exist. It’s stable, scalable, supported, and extensible.
Read more at Ubuntu Geek
Posted by suvi under
Networking,
Server
I’ve posted more than once about tips we can complete to improve our web surfing. This morning I was cleaning out some old hardware (to take to the recycling centre) when I happened upon one of the last old laptops I had.
It’s an older IBM Thinkpad T22, Type 2647 with 256MB of RAM and a [...]