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Asus WL-700g download machine

2005-07-20T13:13:50+01:00

I just came across the Asus WL-700g Marketing Specifications - ASUS' new wireless storage router - supporting one internal IDE interface for 3.5 inch IDE disk and 3 USB 2.0 ports for high speed USB disk, USB Printer, Web Camera or Speaker.

With embedded BitTorrent (BT) "download machine" and web server, users can download data from the Internet and share their own data to the world... the killer product for users of unlimited DSL lines.

USB RAID. Support RAID 0 to expand internal IDE disk and external USB disk into one user-level partition. Support RAID 1 to online-mirror data of IDE disk into USB disk.
Simultaneous NFS/CIFS/FTP/Web Access support.
Download machine also supports Gnutella/Fasttrack/OpenFT support.
SPI firewall, DOS protection, DMZ

Nokia 770 Internet Tablet PC

2005-05-29T00:27:29+01:00

The new Nokia Linux Handheld Tablet looks like a gadget to get ASAP...

The new Internet Tablet, unveiled Wednesday and slated to go on sale this summer, is based on the open-source Linux operating system rather than the Symbian platform Nokia uses for "smart" cell phones.

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T-Mobile UMTS communcation center 2.0.1.44 from 2.0.1.40 upgraded

2005-02-21T17:30:28+01:00

my T-Mobile UMTS/GPRS card just gave me an updated version 2.0.1.44 to download - claiming performance enhancements... (that's what I need..

I'll check it out in a minute... I hope those guys tested their stuff before providing me a crippled driver... and... no public detail on this update at or availalable... I wish I would find a kind of driver site.

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Asus WL-500g Deluxe WLAN b/g router with firewall - USB2.0 print sharing, FTP server, USB2 webcam features

2004-12-26T14:06:24+01:00

Asus has the WL-500g Deluxe announced for many months now...

It's a WLAN b/g router with firewall - having 2 USB2.0 ports for print sharing, FTP server, USB2 webcam features ... so basically you could use this as a standalone fileserver at home if you attach a USB2 driver box to it...

And guess what... I want it - but it's simply not available - the previous model WL500g with only 1 USB1.1 port is the only thing deliverable currently... ok... will test out ASUS quality there and decide if I upgrade later...

What is really interesting about this device is the open source OS modding community that use to hack the firmware to add some neat features to the device...

That is supported by ASUS as they publish their complete sourcecode as it's written in the GPL... that's what I call viral marketing :-) - get it here

An interesting forum is here at Chupa.NL WL500g forums? - they even have a WIKI up to share findings about new/hidden settings

Expect some more news as I start to operate this device...

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NetGear WGT634U Wireless Media Router

2004-02-29T00:44:43+01:00

A WLAN Router with b/g and 108 mbps special is nice and available... but can you use it with a storage device - a router/network attached storage (NAS) to store your files centrally without using a dedicated file server?

No - that's where the WGT634U comes in.

Based on the WGT624 108Mbps router , the WGT634U has an extra feature - a USB 2.0 port. This connects to any USB storage device or memory stick to turn the WGT634U into a wireless network attached storage (NAS) server, ideal for storing all your media files in one place, and giving it the name of 'Wireless Media Router'.

A previous press-release already informed about their plans where it says:

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WRT54G Firmware hack EU and US version 2.00.8.1b.wfb

2003-12-28T02:27:23+01:00

WRT54G Firmware was hacked ... the LinkSys WLAN router actually incorporating Cisco technology can run a mini-linux :-)

Get the latest version Make by me, with Pingbug hack, Telnetd, VPN PPTP Passthrough - Christmas Version (Last update: 27/12/2003 - 01: 50 Paris)

features coming up:

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Dell Truemobile 1300 support in Linux - finally

2003-11-22T17:05:52+01:00

Linuxant - DriverLoader for Wireless LAN devices strives to bring the very latest Wireless LAN technology to the Linux community. It's a compatibility-wrapper allowing standard Windows NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) drivers shipped by hardware vendors to be used as-is on Linux x86 systems.

That is the solution to support devices for which no adequate native open-source drivers are available. Very famous chipsets such as the hyped Centrino hardware or even WLAN 802.11g chipsets in cards like my Truemobile 1300 are not yet supported by the hardware vendors - 6 months or more after chipset release.

Linuxant probably didn't manage to get hardware vendor license their stuff, so you need to buy their DriverLoader for $19.95 as noted here

They have quite a strange way of loading the windows NDIS drivers via a local webserver, mounted at port 18xxx that is open where you have to provide your root password - not just a very bullet-proof way I guess.

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Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Elite bonus at Amazon

2003-10-26T19:05:57+01:00

Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Elite is the top-notch wireless keyboard with even leather pads for your wrist - I wonder how that compares to my current silicone wrist pad I use. Amazon has a 10 EUR off until 31.10 which sound very interesting for me...

Checkout a review at 3D Velocity - and they also found it to be full 3d gaming capable - with 6000 optical samples per second this is somehow 8 times more than my current MouseMan Dual Optical...

Netgear's 108 Mbps 802.11b/g wireless gear WGT624 and WG511T

2003-08-26T07:53:20+01:00

On Designtechnica we can read about Netgear taking wireless speeds to the next level with the introduction of the WGT624 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router and WG511T 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card.

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