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Nvidia's Project Shield was one of the most intriguing new products on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. This handheld gaming device combines the...

Type: Blog post Tags: Gaming Networking

One of the funny things about being a PC enthusiast, for me, is how there's a constant ebb and flow of little projects that I...

Type: Blog post Tags: Networking

Years back, while still an angsty teenager, I had a bug in my head telling me that A+ certification sounded like good times. With...

Type: Blog post Tags: Power

As Chicago said back in 1970, does anybody really know what time it is?...

Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Linux-Unix Networking

As I mentioned in one of the comments I posted in last Friday's FNT, I was planning on taking a laptop running Ubuntu 8.04...

Type: Blog post Tags: Linux-Unix

How can we make voice communications available to rural communities in mountainous regions of the developing world? I have been searching out answers to this...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

After my post about slow file copies with Windows Vista SP1, some of you offered potential fixes and asked for an update once the...

Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Networking

Seasonic power supplies are great. Whether they're units the Taiwanese PSU manufacturer sells under its own name or those it makes for other firms (like...

Type: Blog post Tags: Power

January 17, 2008   We were finally able to make it up to the mountains again to finish what we...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Linux-Unix Networking

December 6, 2007 Because of the problem with node 10 from the day before, I removed the node 10 antenna and remounted it on the other...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

December 5, 2007 Click on diagram for a larger version The diagram above...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

In July of 2006, Sun added an interesting new machine to their lineup of Opteron-based x86 servers. It was codenamed 'Thumper' during...

Type: Blog post Tags: Storage Systems Linux-Unix Servers

November 24, 2007 I had originally planned on using inexpensive Linksys WRT54GL devices for the long distance link. This has been done successfully in the...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

November 8, 2007 I realize I'm not going for any world records with a 100 km WiFi link. Many have gone before me; here is...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

October 29, 2007 Some effort was required to get permission to do our testing on the node 14 site.  It turns out that the east side...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

October 27, 2007 After a little trouble with FedEx, the four HyperLink antennas arrived (two 30 dBi HG2430G and two 24 dBi HG2424G).

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

October 19, 2007 We packed the usual site survey equipment and took a drive up to the area proposed for node 14, using Google Earth directions...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

October 18, 2007 I spent a better part of the day cutting, drilling, grinding, and assembling. The result was surprisingly stable–more stable than I could have...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking