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...

My Linux life is completed by the N900 mobile phone...

Well, the N900 is not quite a mobile phone. Saying that is an understatement. It is more like a mini laptop with a phone added as feature. Anyway, as of last weekend, I am using the Maemo Linux based Internet Tablet... Costs around 600€ but is worthy for those working and demanding a mobile development platform. Highly recommended...and here are the reasons:

• WiFi
• 3G
• SIP
• Full browser (Fennec)
• GTK/Open source/Debian

Well, you do the math... meanwhile, I enjoy it...

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...

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.