Jasper, 2.5 years old
A bit too late to wish for new year. Nevertheless, Happy New Year 2009! Not sure how often this blog get updated. Been thinking of changing this to photoblog instead. Some say, picture worth a thousand words
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
How to bridge DSL-520B with WRT-54GC
Most IT shops don't sell modem anymore. After my free TM modem Riger DB102 went kaput, I went to buy just that. But, most modem now comes with router function. But since I already have Linksys wireless router WRT54GC, something has to be done to disable router function of my new D-Link DSL-520B. I thought I might share this with anyone who might have same problem. Different brands might have different solution, but at least I got mine :) These are the screenshots and some brief description
1. Reset both the modem router and wireless router
2. Connect ONLY modem router to your PC. Set it up so that you can connect to the internet
3. Login to the admin page http://192.168.1.1. Default username/password is : admin/admin
4. On the left hand side panel, go to Advanced Setup > WAN > Add
5. Leave the defaults of PORT, VPI, VCO as 0, 0, 35 respectively. Service Category, choose UBR without PCR
6. Connection type : Bridging
Encapsulation Mode : LLC/SNAP-BRIDGING
7. Leave to default. Click next
8. Summary of setup. Click next
1. Reset both the modem router and wireless router
2. Connect ONLY modem router to your PC. Set it up so that you can connect to the internet
3. Login to the admin page http://192.168.1.1. Default username/password is : admin/admin
4. On the left hand side panel, go to Advanced Setup > WAN > Add
6. Connection type : Bridging
Encapsulation Mode : LLC/SNAP-BRIDGING
7. Leave to default. Click next
9. Click Save/Reboot
10. Connect Linksys wireless router. The settings we did just now are to disable the router functions in the modem router. Now it only function as modem. All the routing work is done by the wireless router
11.That's it! Hope it works for you
Friday, November 14, 2008
Want to get rich? Do spam!
from www.computerweekly.com
Spammers are making profit even though they are only getting one response for every 12.5 million e-mails they send, researchers who hacked into the infamous Storm spam network have found.
The spam study was carried out by computer scientists from University of California Berkeley and University of California San Diego.
For the month-long study the computer scientists infiltrated the Storm network, which uses hijacked home computers as relays for junk mail.
At its height, Storm is believed to have had more than one million machines under its control.
The researchers created several "proxy bots" on the Storm network to send out their own spam.
The team used these machines to control a total of 75,869 hijacked machines on the network and routed their own fake spam campaigns through them.
Linked to the spam e-mails they sent out, the team created a legitimate looking pharmacy site selling "male enhancement herbal remedies".
The fake pharmacy site was made to resemble those run by Storm's real owners, but it always returned an error message when potential buyers clicked a button to submit their credit card details.
The researchers sent about 350 million email messages over 26 days, which resulted in only 28 sales.
The response rate for the campaign was less than 0.00001%. Direct mail campaigns aim for 2.15%.
Even though the experiment saw a poor conversion rate, the researchers said that by sending out many more messages, the owners of the Storm network could be earning £4,500 a day, or £1.6m a year.
Spammers are making profit even though they are only getting one response for every 12.5 million e-mails they send, researchers who hacked into the infamous Storm spam network have found.
The spam study was carried out by computer scientists from University of California Berkeley and University of California San Diego.
For the month-long study the computer scientists infiltrated the Storm network, which uses hijacked home computers as relays for junk mail.
At its height, Storm is believed to have had more than one million machines under its control.
The researchers created several "proxy bots" on the Storm network to send out their own spam.
The team used these machines to control a total of 75,869 hijacked machines on the network and routed their own fake spam campaigns through them.
Linked to the spam e-mails they sent out, the team created a legitimate looking pharmacy site selling "male enhancement herbal remedies".
The fake pharmacy site was made to resemble those run by Storm's real owners, but it always returned an error message when potential buyers clicked a button to submit their credit card details.
The researchers sent about 350 million email messages over 26 days, which resulted in only 28 sales.
The response rate for the campaign was less than 0.00001%. Direct mail campaigns aim for 2.15%.
Even though the experiment saw a poor conversion rate, the researchers said that by sending out many more messages, the owners of the Storm network could be earning £4,500 a day, or £1.6m a year.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Why yoga? Choose solat instead
Wikipedia refers to yoga as traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India; to the goal achieved by those disciplines; and to one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy.
It is intimately connected to the religious beliefs and practices of the Indian religions. The influence of yoga is also visible in Buddhism.
Practising yoga won’t cause a Muslim to deviate and become a Hindu but copying or adding elements which are clearly from other religions is not acceptable in Islam. The reminder was given in Surah Al Kafirun.
By practising the act which is endorsed by the Hindu and Buddhism religions, one indirectly permits these religions although the faith in the heart remains unchanged.
Muslims who feel offended need to take this issue seriously. In Islam, there are so many healthy activities well known to be good for the health, physically and mentally.
One such activity is Solat, which is to be performed five times a day. Solat dictates a sequence of movements which is good for the body.
There are some health benefits in performing the prayer as it has been proven to increase concentration and refine memory, provide a calming effect and regulate stress, and make the body healthy and active.
Studies have shown that the act of sujud, or prostrating, in solat, encourages blood circulation to several nerves in the brain which do not receive regular blood flow in normal positions. The hearts and spines of pious Muslims are healthy as they receive constant stimulation.
So why look far for such stuff for a healthy lifestyle when you can find alternatives so close to you?
I AGREE!
TENGKU AZLAN SULAIMAN,
Sri Kembangan.
It is intimately connected to the religious beliefs and practices of the Indian religions. The influence of yoga is also visible in Buddhism.
Practising yoga won’t cause a Muslim to deviate and become a Hindu but copying or adding elements which are clearly from other religions is not acceptable in Islam. The reminder was given in Surah Al Kafirun.
By practising the act which is endorsed by the Hindu and Buddhism religions, one indirectly permits these religions although the faith in the heart remains unchanged.
Muslims who feel offended need to take this issue seriously. In Islam, there are so many healthy activities well known to be good for the health, physically and mentally.
One such activity is Solat, which is to be performed five times a day. Solat dictates a sequence of movements which is good for the body.
There are some health benefits in performing the prayer as it has been proven to increase concentration and refine memory, provide a calming effect and regulate stress, and make the body healthy and active.
Studies have shown that the act of sujud, or prostrating, in solat, encourages blood circulation to several nerves in the brain which do not receive regular blood flow in normal positions. The hearts and spines of pious Muslims are healthy as they receive constant stimulation.
So why look far for such stuff for a healthy lifestyle when you can find alternatives so close to you?
I AGREE!
TENGKU AZLAN SULAIMAN,
Sri Kembangan.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Non-obvious alcoholic drinks in supermarket
KUALA LUMPUR: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry has ordered a leading hypermarket to immediately remove all alcoholic drinks in its soft drinks section.
The Petaling Jaya branch of the hypermarket was discovered recently to be selling 14 varieties of alcoholic pop drinks as well as popular brands of beer in its soft drinks section.
The alcoholic pop drinks come in colourful 275ml glass bottles and have an alcoholic content of between five and eight per cent .
They are priced between RM6.50 and RM12.
Tidak halal labels were displayed near the price tags.
But, some of the tidak halal labels were partially hidden by the price tags.
Complaints have been pouring in from consumer groups on the sale of the alcoholic drinks and the ministry said it was investigating all these cases.
The Consumers Association of Penang had called for an immediate ban on the sale of alcoholic soft drinks. It said they posed a serious danger to youngsters.
CAP president S.M. Mohamed Idris said the association had received complaints from parents stating that their children had been consuming these alcoholic soft drinks.
"These parents have expressed fears about the chances of these youth being hooked to alcohol in future due to their exposure to these alcoholic soft drinks at a young age."
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