Console rulez (as in linux console)

Yep, once again I find myself dragged into blabbing about the beauty of the consoles. I had some troubles with the network and the only way to work in the servers room was, you guessed, console.

Now, I want to briefly share some goodies with you:

wavemon

Awesome tool for helping you with debugging the wifi signal at the server (if you have such thing at the server)

iperf

Another good tool to test the performance between two points on the network

nload

Comes very handy if you need a graph showing the bandwidth. There are other tools here, like iptraf, etc. I just like this one...

Hack, I should expand this article later when I remember other goodies like this...

Found my router, and bought it in Europe...

Remember my old post about SOHO router with low power and available in European shops (2009/05/where-is-my-router)? Guess what, I found one. It is not from Billion and it does not have that much as 4 GigaEthernet ports, but still it is full of features, and based on some reviews, it is even more stable (although I will soon give feedback if that is not true). So, to remind you, my requirements where:

1. ADSL2+
2. Firewall with VPN
   
3. VoIP (SIP)
4. WLan (802.11N draft a bonus)
5. Giga Ethernet
6. 3G/UMTS/EDGE backup a (another bonus)

This new pick it has even more:

1. Torrent client for the USB disk that you can attach
2. SSH/Telnet
3. Multiple SIP accounts
4. Second WAN port (meaning 3 possible routings, with ballance)
5. VPN with 32 (Billions has only 16)
6. Printer support (not seen in Billions version)
   

Interesting, is it not? Even better than the previous hit! And, another extra bonus: you can buy it Europe? Me so happy. Not to mention that it has a quite decent price, somehow lower than what was estimated for Billions. I found it from British BroadbandBuyer and it is a DrayTek Vigor 2820Vn. It took 7 days to get it and the shipping was quite inexpensive. So, I am a happy low power router with lots of features owner now...

Back to work: need a new laptop...but in Europe...(update)

There you go: I am back at work and thinking and reviewing the laptops available. Best found so far was the: Panasonic CF-R8. Brilliant design, light, SSD, 802.11n, gigaEthernet, and light, I mean 910 grams. Beat that... Only problem is to order it in Europe. What is it with Europe that we cannot get cool things here?
Update 1: Found even the link from Panasonic webpages thanks to a friend from Japan.

Low power, SOHO, integration: where is my router in Europe...

I've been searching for a long time to find a router that is for the year 2009. My requirements are simple:

1. ADSL2+
2. Firewall with VPN
   
3. VoIP (SIP)
4. WLan (802.11N draft a bonus)
5. Giga Ethernet
6. 3G/UMTS/EDGE backup a (another bonus)

Well, believe it or not, there is such a product. It does not come from Linksys (as I am a big fun) nor from D-Link, Marvel, etc. I could not find it anywhere but here. Yep, Billion has it. They got it right. They have all the features and in one device. What is my problem then? Well, digg that: I cannot find a place to buy it in Europe.