Nov 23 2011

Wireless Router ZyXEL NBG412W3G compatible 3G USB Modems

Below there is a list with working 3G USB Modems for ZyXEL NBG412W3G wireless router.
Features of ZyXEL NBG412W3G wireless router :

  • 4 LAN ports and a WAN port – all 100 MB/s
  • 3G WAN (using a 3G modem connected to the USB port)
  • 3G as Primary WAN without wired connection
  • 3G as Backup WAN in a wired environment (auto Fail Over/Fail Back)

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Nov 23 2011

Acer Aspire One Windows 7 Starter freeze

If you have a Acer Aspire One laptop and it freezes suddenly,  this post can help you :

Machine : Acer aspire one D257 with 1 GB RAM, Windows 7 Starter preinstalled.

CPU : Intel Atom N570 (1.66 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache), 1 GB DDR3 memory, 250 GB HDD.

The machine hangs when installing Office 2007 through wireless. Continue reading

Nov 17 2011

Fail2ban iptables error on ISPConfig on Ubuntu 11

After installing ISPConfig 3.0.4 on a test machine, along with fail2ban, i saw saw an error in fail2ban log. It seems there was a “race” condition with iptables.
My test setup was : ISPConfig 3.0.4 running on Ubuntu 11.04 x64 Server, Fail2ban version 0.8.4
Hardware : IBM x3550, 2 GB RAM, 146 GB SAS 15k
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Nov 07 2011

Beware of WordPress Free Themes

You should be very careful when using free themes.
The bad things that can happen vary from warnings, if you change the footer (sometimes rendering you unable to login ) to hidden links, malicious code, and even allowing someone else to have access to your files.

One example is the Proglow theme from DUCK THEMES.
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Nov 01 2011

iPhone sync Notes with IMAP email

If you want to sync your iPhone notes directly with your IMAP account (not a GMail account) and not through iTunes, you may encounter some issues like i did.

First, a little info about this feature introduced with iOS 4. You can sync your notes in multiple ways :
– with iTunes, and from there with GMail.
– directly with GMail if you configure your mail account from Settings – > Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Add account -> GMail.
– with an IMAP account on a different server, other than Google. Continue reading

Oct 30 2011

Unable to move message the message cannot be moved to the mailbox trash

If you receive the error message : Unable to move message The message cannot be moved to the mailbox trash when trying to delete a mail message on your IMAP mailbox, here is the fix :
1. Go to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
2. From accounts, select your mail account : Continue reading

Oct 30 2011

Install SATA driver on Lenovo U350 after XP install

It seems that the BIOS reverts to its defaults values on certain situations (loss of battery power, BSOD, etc).
One setting is the SATA native mode : AHCI mode instead of IDE.
Because XP was installed with BIOS set to IDE, this keeps Windows from loading, resulting in a BSOD.
Also, using AHCI should improve battery life and HDD response. Continue reading