Category: Gadgets

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ADSL router statistics

In a previous post I explained how to gather statistics for your Netgear DG834 DSL modem router. Thanks for all the donations!! I have made some subtle changes in the router.cgi to display SNR/attenuation in one chart and display the...

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NAS: Netgear ADSL statistics

In a previous post I explained the significance of SNR and attenuation for ADSL lines. I have spent now a significant amount of time to write scripts to retrieve the ADSL-statistics for my Netgear DG834v4 ADSL router. The script will...

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NAS: Analyse your squid logs

In a previous post I described how to install Squid on the Synology. This small tutorial will now explain how to display your usage behaviour in Squid via Webalizer. You need to have ipkg installed and need to have an...

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ADSL: Significance of SNR and attenuation

As an ADSL n00b I wanted to understand how the technology works and how to get the most out of it. In essence if you want to improve speed and increase stability you need to familiarise yourself with SNR (signal...

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Bye Bye iBurst – whoop whoop Telkom

Finally my frustrations are over – although iBurst has tried the best the possibly could, it was too little too late. Amazingly, I ordered a 4MB ADSL line on 29th September and within two weeks line was installed and working....

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PS3: 2nd platinum trophy

It took me 32 hours since 29th September to finally get the Burnout Paradise Elite trophy. This translates into 44 owned cars, 4 bikes and 1300 miles travelled. Most trophies are very easy and just take time. Amongst the more...

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iBurst: Almost wowed me…

After putting enough pressure on iBurst, the company decided to provide me with a free installation of a directional antenna. Installation team arrived last week Friday and install went smooth (bar the fact that for whatever unexplainable reason, they chose...

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PS3: Killzone 2 beta – more news

I had to laugh, when I saw the post on PSXExtreme, where it was reported that “us Europeans” got the first Killzone 2 beta invite: Please support the South African PS3-gaming community by: Posting on the EU-forum to convince Sony...

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iBurst: Still no broadband

In a previously related post. I detailed my “journey” into the getting no broadband anymore. iBurst’s service is still degraded. Due to all the download issues and retries I eventually exhausted my 5GB-bundle and my 3.5GB top-up and was forced...

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/me Famous

Well, it does not happen often that you get a mention in N4G – lookse here What is all the hype about? Sony has acknowledged me as one of their super-customers and I have sofar participated in every single beta:...