24/09/2009

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...

04/08/2009

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.

04/07/2009

Holiday spree: killing spam and phishing...

Yes, summer holidays are coming, and I've been quite busy before this week. Cleaning up my "virtual desk". Meanwhile, I also managed to find some minutes and test some new tools for fighting spam as well as fixing some old postfix issue (the domain alias vs. user alias issues).

Well, as I said, holidays are coming, now they are here. So, I will stop and continue when I get back from Bella Italia!!! I will share some of the mysql configs for the postfix to allow better domain aliasing.

Enjoy the summer...while it last...