Monthly Archives: September 2009

Do you know what time it is?

Posted on 28 September 2009 by

I do. I am a bit particular about accurately knowing the current time so I have set up two Stratum 2 NTP time servers at home. One syncs from the atomic clocks run by the National Measurement Institute in Australia … Continue reading →

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NETGEAR DG834G Firmware Upgrade

Posted on 25 September 2009 by

As mentioned in my last post, I have migrated from Optus ADSL to TPG Naked ADSL2+. I have had a few reliability problems with the connection dropping out regularly which compounded the DNS migration issues. TPG recommended changing the DSL … Continue reading →

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Migration to TPG

Posted on 25 September 2009 by

I have changed ISP from Optus Business ADSL to TPG Naked ADSL2+. There have been a few problems during the transition which have prevented a smooth cut over. The main problem has been that my new static IP address has … Continue reading →

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Cost of running a home server

Posted on 21 September 2009 by

I currently run a number of home servers for various purposes (email, web, IM, NFS, PBX, calendar, MythTV, music & DNS hosting). These are running on five different systems around the house. At times, this strikes me as excessive! Ever … Continue reading →

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Facebook Privacy

Posted on 15 September 2009 by

I found a very useful article today on the MakeUseOf web site. The article goes into some detail about what you should do to safeguard your privacy when using Facebook. I have a Facebook profile, but I rarely use it, … Continue reading →

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