2014/12/09
by Marc
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During Summer I started experimenting with different setups for a APRS Digi. In September I found very good hardware components from DC4ZZ & DB3FAT. I installed the system beginning of September on VHF and UHF using a temporary antenna and the callsign LX1DUC-4. On … Continue reading
2013/08/07
by Marc
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I have been asked a couple of times to provide a starting point for a firewall based on iptables for AMPRnet gateways based on Linux. I’ll try to accomplish this here. I’m assuming your Linux gateway uses the following interfaces: … Continue reading
2013/08/05
by Marc
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I had to setup many AMPRnet gateways on Linux machines and I always had a hard time remembering the different steps, so I try to provide a quick start over here. I have been using the RIP44d deamon for all … Continue reading
2011/07/25
by Marc
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I have been experimenting with IPv6 addressing and routing under different Linux flavors. Addressing in LANs is quite easy with Auto/Zero-Conf, however for Auto/Zero-Conf you need to use /64 network, which could lead to memory exhaustion due to a Neighbor … Continue reading
2010/05/07
by Marc
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Emile, a member of the non-profit organisation PRMG, is the first external user on the EPT SIXXS IPv6 tunnel server. EPT is providing a public SIXXS POP since beginning of March 2010, until May 5only 2 SIXXS and 5 EPT … Continue reading
2009/12/26
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AVM released a so-called Christmas update for the German versions of the Fritz!Box 7270 and 7240 models. The firmware version 54/74.04.80 brings much needed features: stabilized DECT connectivity listen to ongoing answering machine recordings, pickup calls from the voicemail service … Continue reading
2009/12/08
by Marc
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In 2007 the European Commission introduced the pan-european national short codes 116xxx called “Harmonised service of social value”. Assignees of this type of numbers should be organization active in the social sector, so usually these are non-profit organizations. This causes … Continue reading
2009/11/02
by Marc
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A few days ago Twitter announced a new feature called “lists”, which let’s you organize your followers into lists. The funny thing about the Twitter lists is that every person you add to a list can see just that. So … Continue reading