I’ve been doing some (work-related) research lately about the Chumby. It’s basically a tiny Linux device with a touchscreen and wireless networking that runs Flash Lite stuffed inside a squishy beanbag (yeah, seriously!). Here are the current specs: 3.5″ LCD color touchscreen Two external USB 2.0 full-speed ports 350 MHz ARM processor 64 MB SDRAM [...]
Archive of posts filed under the network category.
1TB of storage at home, nice!
Shortly after the new year began, I started converting all of my DVDs (and even some old VHS tapes!) into MP4 format with the goal being immediate access to my entire video library on any TiVo in the house using tools like pyTivo or streambaby. About two weeks into the project it became readily apparent [...]
Is AT&T quietly downgrading its EDGE network?
I manage a lot of AT&T mobile phones at work, mainly Treos (plus a few Centros) and Windows Mobile devices like the Tilt. Starting about a month ago, the Treo users (myself included) started having data coverage issues. Areas of the office that were fine before were suddenly dead zones and phones would drop data [...]
Tethering the Treo 680 and Eee PC
Next week I’ll be taking a road trip vacation up the east coast which means a lot of time in the car. I thought it would be cool to be able to use my Eee PC in conjunction with my Treo 680′s data connection to get on the ‘net while (literally) on the road (instead [...]
ThrEee weeks later
So it’s been three weeks since I got my Eee PC. Is the honeymoon over? Nope! I’ve spent the past three weeks carrying (and using) the Eee almost everywhere: taking it to work, having it in the car (in case I’m somewhere with free wi-fi), etc. Even now I’m kicking back on the couch watching [...]
Vista woes
This one’s going to be long, so grab something to drink … About two months ago, the CompUSA near my office was a few days from closing its doors for good so some colleagues and I headed over to scope out any remaining deals. The pickings were slim at that point, but I walked out [...]
Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 wireless router
I recently bricked my Linksys WRT54GS router while playing around with the DD-WRT firmware (it wasn’t DD-WRT’s fault … the v6 router I had was one of the “crippled” ones with less NVRAM running VxWorks so it was a risky undertaking to begin with). I really like the DD-WRT firmware, so I went shopping for [...]
Linksys WRT54GS wireless router
I guess I never blogged the fact that back in March I had replaced my aging (i.e., over a year old) Netgear router with a cheapie Belkin. Well, after I switched from WEP to WPA encryption, I started having way too many wireless drops and networking issues. So, I replaced the Belkin (sold it on [...]
Linksys WET54G wireless bridge
I recently decided to move up to WPA encryption on my home wireless network. When surveying my current network devices, I discovered that my old Netgear wireless bridge only supported WEP. A quick browse of Netgear’s site confirmed that there were no plans for a firmware upgrade to add WPA support, so I went off [...]
Epson AcuLaser CX11NF
My Brother 3820CN multi-function printer fell prey to the dreaded Error 41 that seems to plague Brother machines. Now, in Brother’s defense, they did extend the warranty on my printer from 90 days to 24 months, but that 2 years just ran out in May so I was out of luck. So I needed to [...]
