Computers Suck
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rousie13
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Computers Suck
My desktop is screwed up yet again. For some reason it won't connect to the internet and it's being gay. I called the school help desk and they couldn't solve the problem, so I had to take it to the service center for them to fix it. You get one free visit per year, so there goes mine. I think its about time to start thinking about a new desktop or buying new parts for this case, whichever. Computers suck and I hate when they break over something stupid. AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
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BoostFab
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Re: (Mr1der)
dns can be an issue & slow web trafficsMr1der wrote:swear...I've been in a power struggle with my router...it's acting slow as ****...
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Re: Computers Suck (rousie13)
I cheat. I built my own....hehehe
But even they have problems. The hard drive in it crashed last night. So I know what I will be doing tonight when I get home.
The one(s) I build for myself and my family are a hundred times more secure, powerful, and extensible than you could buy from anywhere unless you were willing to chunk down cash for an enterprise grade router/firewall combo.
But even they have problems. The hard drive in it crashed last night. So I know what I will be doing tonight when I get home.
The one(s) I build for myself and my family are a hundred times more secure, powerful, and extensible than you could buy from anywhere unless you were willing to chunk down cash for an enterprise grade router/firewall combo.
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Re: Computers Suck (Kalok)
ditto!! still running strong here.Kalok wrote:I cheat. I built my own....hehehe
ad aware is a great tool, do make sure the definition file is up to date.
syslink & linksys are POS...
Re: Computers Suck (BoostsFed)
Most of the time, I'm inclined to agree that Linksys routers and the like such, but some of their wireless access points/routers run Linux, which isn't a bad thing, especially with the ease with which the firmware can be modified. Though, when I finally get around to replacing the Linksys router up at home, it'll be running either FreeBSD or OpenBSD on an Alpha machine, or possibly NetBSD on an older Mac . . . security through obscurity might not be the best idea, but given all the targets for the x86 platform, and the fact that the other platforms are an order of magnitude greater than x86, I'll be happy with that.
Re: Computers Suck (elbles)
Yeah, OpenBSD and FreeBSD rock for firewalls. Mine use Linux that I put through some hardcore tweaks to get it more "secure". I get so carried away that I've had to create a document for myself so I can keep track of it all.elbles wrote:Most of the time, I'm inclined to agree that Linksys routers and the like such, but some of their wireless access points/routers run Linux, which isn't a bad thing, especially with the ease with which the firmware can be modified. Though, when I finally get around to replacing the Linksys router up at home, it'll be running either FreeBSD or OpenBSD on an Alpha machine, or possibly NetBSD on an older Mac . . . security through obscurity might not be the best idea, but given all the targets for the x86 platform, and the fact that the other platforms are an order of magnitude greater than x86, I'll be happy with that.
The main reason I use Linux is because I like IPTables better than PF, it's just a personal choice because I know it better, not because it is necessarily better. IPTables is a pain to compile and run on BSD.
What I do need to do though is set up a hot-swap spare box. My firewalls that I built for myself and my family are made out of old IBM PC 300GL Pentium 3 machines running 512M of RAM and 10G hard drive with three NICs.
The hardware is WAY overkill, but they were free, and I also run Squid Proxy and DansGuardian content filtering on them, so the extra horsepower is nice to have.
Re: (Mr1der)
As long as you have the know-how it's pretty simple.Mr1der wrote:how does one go about building their own router?
I created a document for myself so that I could keep track of all of the little tweaks and such that I do to make it more secure and such.
I am thinking about actually turning the quickref that I made for myself into an actual HOWTO document for people that would like to try it on their own.
