Category Archives: Linux

Setting up ChilliSpot with FreeRadius on Tomato Part IV

Posted on June 14, 2007 by The Elite Geek

This is part four of the series on setting up ChilliSpot with FreeRadius, using MySQL, on Tomato. The final part is to get ChilliSpot running on the Tomato router, which includes modifying its firewall to block packets. The first step … Continue reading →

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Setting up ChilliSpot with FreeRadius on Tomato Part III

Posted on June 13, 2007 by The Elite Geek

With the previous two completed, that is, setting up FreeRadius, MySQL, and sourcing the ChilliSpot package, and having this on your now setup CIFS network share. What we need to do now is look at the configuration, and make it … Continue reading →

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Setting up ChilliSpot with FreeRadius on Tomato Part II

Posted on June 12, 2007 by The Elite Geek

This is the continuation of last nights entry on how to set up ChilliSpot with FreeRadius, on a Tomato firmware based router. With the mysql database created, and setup, and the configuration done for FreeRadius, we must of course, test … Continue reading →

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Setting up ChilliSpot with FreeRadius on Tomato

Posted on June 11, 2007 by The Elite Geek

I’ve decided to share how to setup Chillispot with Free Radius, using MySQL for the user database, and running ChilliSpot on the tomato firmware. I don’t want to make this too long, but also want to be detailed, so don’t … Continue reading →

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Yum Install CentOS-5 (Upgrade from CentOS 4.4 to CentOS 5)

Posted on June 8, 2007 by The Elite Geek

As many might know already, CentOS 5 has been released (for some time). However, the issue for some (or many) will likely be the huge, mammoth, overly large upgrade to CentOS 4.4’s replacement, CentOS 5. The good news is, its … Continue reading →

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Server Crashes solved?

Posted on June 7, 2007 by The Elite Geek

Today, we upgraded the crash server to a new BIOS version. This new BIOS version quotes that it Improves Memory Compatibility. And so far, the results seem to be promising. We moved (backwards) from Fedora Development to Trixbox 2.0. The … Continue reading →

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A dedicated server, that doesn’t like data centres

Posted on May 17, 2007 by The Elite Geek

Before I start, Now We Are Talking have censored every post I have made in response to any other post, even when I go with a simple reply with facts, pointing out where someone else, or the editor, has got … Continue reading →

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QoS implementation in the DD-WRT

Posted on April 29, 2007 by The Elite Geek

I’ve spent a few hours working on editing the QoS this afternoon for the DD-WRT. I tried a few different tricks to getting the script edited, but you can’t do that in read only firmware, and I don’t really feel … Continue reading →

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Now, where did we put that nameserver? We split it up? Into 31 peices?

Posted on April 25, 2007 by The Elite Geek

I’m absolutely surprised by this recent stuff up of a webhost that has caused a few issues for a few people. I won’t name the host or the company involved, as they are liable to take the action that a … Continue reading →

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Yet another issue

Posted on April 18, 2007 by The Elite Geek

The server that I spoke of in a recent blog post, which is kernel panicing every 2 days under kerel 2.6.9-8 and 2.6.9-10 compiled by CentOS, but is running fine on 3 other VPS’s, and 1 other dedicated server, seems … Continue reading →

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System Error, Kernel Panic, Linux and Windows

Posted on April 16, 2007 by The Elite Geek

I’ve got two concurrent machine issues right now. One is a Linux Server, which for the last few months has been Kernel Panic’ing every 2 days or so. That issue is expected to be a problematic CPU, however, memory tests … Continue reading →

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DD-WRT impresses again!

Posted on April 10, 2007 by The Elite Geek

A while ago I posted how I was really annoyed with D-Link, and I moved our traffic to the DD-WRT (using a Linksys WRT54GL). I’m running the BETA version of DD-WRT, and looking through it, this firmware package just gets … Continue reading →

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New Linux Idea

Posted on April 8, 2007 by The Elite Geek

When I’m duplicating a setup to another box, I tend to want to have things done with minimal interaction from me. For Windows Systems, you have Ghost, you simply ghost an image, and viola, you can duplicate it to as … Continue reading →

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Something interesting with programming

Posted on March 28, 2007 by The Elite Geek

One thing I find amazing is how inconsistent some developers can be when developing on a project. Take the open source project, Trixbox for example. In one application installed with Trixbox, you can actually manipulate some users fantastically. In the … Continue reading →

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HOWTO: Log a kernel panic.. It can be done!

Posted on March 19, 2007 by The Elite Geek

Ever find yourself in a position with a server which you can’t watch a kernel panic on, and wonder, how the hell can I find the cause of this issue, with no access to the console, and no way of … Continue reading →

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Dos and Don’ts of Linux

Posted on February 4, 2007 by The Elite Geek

I got myself a dedicated server recently. Was certainly good. However, since getting the server, we’ve had Hard Drive issues. The first drive, a SATA drive, wouldn’t install with the OS we planned to use. So we bailed on that … Continue reading →

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