Archive for the 'Wireless' Category

31st July Comments

Use your Android Phone as a Wireless Hotspot (Rooted Phones Only)

Posted on July 31st, 2010 at 7:35 am

  We have recently covered how to use your Android phone to access the internet on your computer. This process is known as tethering. By connecting your phone, via a USB cable, to your computer you are able to use the phone’s data connection to browse the web on your computer. In places where there [...]

10th November Comments

Well I Got One

Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 6:27 am

Yup I got a Droid not the big one but the Eris for one reason it seemed to fit my hand better. The only feature I lost is 8 gigs of storage but hey I can live with the base of 8 vs 16 gigs. As you can guess the learning curve is not all [...]

10th November Comments

Worm attack bites at Apple iPhone

Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 5:36 am

  “The first worm to infect the Apple iPhone has been discovered spreading “in the wild” in Australia.”http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8349905.stm Boy am I glad I got a Droid, Baldy Worm attack bites at Apple iPhone

26th May Comments

Wireless Linux Drivers

Posted on May 26th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

Okay you all have had that perfect install only to find out that the darn wireless card would not work and no matter what you did the darn thing just sat there and laughed at you. Okay maybe not really laughed but it seems like that some times. Well here is a great site to [...]

13th May Comments

Top 7 Wireless Apps for Linux

Posted on May 13th, 2008 at 6:05 am

Assuming you have managed to find a wireless card that is working well with your Linux distribution, or perhaps you just settled for a hack-n’-hope solution with NDISWrapper, you need to settle on an application that you can use to connect to your wireless network. For vanilla GNOME and KDE-based installations, you are provided solutions [...]

9th April Comments

Ralink Wireless Woes Explored in Linux

Posted on April 9th, 2008 at 6:17 am

A lot of people have been reporting issues with Ralink (rt61, especially) chipsets and the Gutsy upgrade. Some users are struggling so much that they have gone ahead and reverted to using NDISWrapper and the Windows driver for their Ralink chipsets. Guess what – I’m typing this article in Open Office, on Gutsy using an [...]