I was recently given a Linksys SGE2000. After installing the switch to replace a series of smaller SOHO switches, I found that my Xbox was again experiencing network trouble. This time, after the Xbox powered on and did not make a connection to Xbox Live, I could run network diagnostics and everything would then behave … [Read more…]
Sometime earlier this month I started noticing more frequent problems with my internet connection at home. Flash back to June of this year, our local Frys Electronics had a sale on the Netgear WNDR3700. I had done a quick search in store and found that the WNDR3700 was supported by DD-WRT, so I picked one … [Read more…]
Home theatre devices do not like to play nice together. They each use separate protocols and methods for command and control, and finding documentation or sample code on how they work is often difficult. I have written two small libraries and put them up on GitHub for devices I have come in contact with: The … [Read more…]
The past few weeks have been jam packed with academics and post-grad job hunting, so I’ve had little time to play around with technology. This week, in a few hours of time, I deployed IPv6 in my school research lab, the research lab webcam, and my colocated server (this blog). My domain name, compbrain.net, now … [Read more…]