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If you want to boost the signal of your wireless linksys router all you need is configure the router.  You can type on the browser 192.168.1.1 which is the default IP address assigned on the router.   After logging in you can go to wireless then click advance settings. Most configuration in this area is based on default configuration, change the following value.

• Beacon Interval – 50
• Fragmentation Threshold – 2304
• RTS Threshold – 2304

After setting the values you can save the configuration and turn off the router for several seconds.  Turn it on again to use the changes made on your router.

Knowing a Linux distro is one asset of a network administrator, since then I seemed to be a die hard fan of knowing Linux.  The first linux distro I used was Red Hat and from the first time I saw it I was so amazed and at the same time surprised that such operating system exist.  By then I was a great fan of linux but sad to say I seldomly use the operating system because most of the tools used in school and work is windows based, though it can be ran through wine but running it in windows is different.

Lately, my friends and colleagues installed a transparent proxy used for filtering sites accessed within the network.  They explained to me how the proxy functions and it was a very big interest to me especially that linux was involved.

This was also a coincidence that in the previous week I was able to download the latest version of Slackware Linux v13.O.  I tried to install it but facing it in text based is something new to me because the previous flavors of linux I used comes with a graphical user interface making it easy for me to install and configure stuff.  Read the rest…

Filezilla is an FTP Client used for transferring files from one host to the other or is used to exchange and manipulate files over a TCP/IP based network.  It is a free software downloadable on their official website filezilla-project.org.  Filezilla is one secure FTP client an so far the best FTP Client I have used.  I already have tried several software before like SmartFTP.  SmartFTP is also one secure FTP client but it is not a free software.  If you are not used to explore software you will have a hard time using the software.  Read the rest…

Thunderbird, a free mail client software has a new version which is version 3.O that comes with a lot of new features and one of this is the clean interface. Since most of the viewers of this blog is requesting the newer version of an add-on that minimizes Thunderbird on the tray instead of closing it.

The add-on which I provided on older version is not working on Thunderbird v3.O but I have an alternative solution which is also an add-on I used today.  It has same effect and options.

Here is the link of the site where you can get the add-on.  Install the add-on and set the option that suites your desired actions. I hope this will solve the problem of most viewers in this site.

The coolest bluetooth headset is now to be lunched this January of 2010.  This the safest and handiest bluetooth set ever!  Bringing a much bigger device is such a hassle especially when you are in travel because it occupies a bigger  special space in your baggage to make sure of the safety.   Some bluetooth headset are only for music files and for calls anf with out even any warnings that an activity is currently active.  Here are several reasons why you should grab one this 2010. Read the rest…

Broadband Internet Connection means a wide range of frequencies that are available to transmit information. This ultimately means that the wider the range of frequencies available, the high the amount of information that can be sent at one given time.   This type of connections is much faster than Dial-up connections which are limited to 56Kbs internet speed which also requires a telephone to work.

Internet is vastly growing and dial up is almost not in use today.  And one good thing about this is that most internet technologies already support Broadband connections.

Before choosing you broadband internet connection here are several tips for you to consider.  First thing is you need to have a broadband speed test so that you will know how fast your Internet Service Provider(ISP) is.  This is the first thing that one should do before deciding which ISP to select.  Failure to check will surely give a lot of pain along the way.  Read the rest…

By Default phpmyadmin can import data on your mysql database up to 2MB of data and beyond that will be an error.  This has been a big problem  by most webmasters and sometimes this can be a barrier to stop improving the sites.  Before I kept on searching what to use to import a large data on my MySQL database and all I can see is BigDump.  It is a software used for large and very large MySQL Dumps which is also an option to import large data on your database.

If you find BigDump a pain in the head then another way to solve the problem is to edit your php.ini file.  All you need to do is open your php.ini file and edit the line

Setting 2M to a larger size will fix the problem.  One problem with this is that it will affect the web server’s runtime limit and could throw an error if you dump a very large data.