Category: Routers & networks
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Azureus configuration
In the world of P2P, Bittorrent is clearly the protocol of choice for big file transfers. This is true for videos (pirated or not), for GNU/Linux dsitribution CD-ROMs, for collections of photographic images, etc. Among the Bittorrent-compatible P2P software applications, Azureus is clearly the one that receives the favors of the greatest public. It is…
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Testing RAID-1 on OpenSUSE
As I described in another post, I wanted to test RAID technology on my GNU/Linux OpenSUSE configuration. In the previous post, I have shown how to create/install the RAID array. Now my intent is to see what happens when a hard drive fails, as it is supposed to protect me against it. But I prefer…
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PC intensive care
I am currently in the middle of a string of problems quite annoying on one of my home PCs. Apparently randomly, and more and more often, it stops, locks down or reboots without warning. If I don’t use the PC, it may take a long time; But when I am trying to work (with OpenOffice,…
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Creating a RAID-1 on OpenSUSE
L’article existe aussi en français I have always be willing to test-run RAID technology for the storage of the files on my personal LAN. This technology has the advantage of being far more secure than the usual hard disc storage. By using more than one disc drive, RAID allows to gain additional security. In short,…
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Windows 2000: Network drives are much faster than network shortcuts
I just noticed a small thing in Windows: Everything points to the fact that if I connect a network drive to a server directory (from the Tools… menu of the file explorer), the acess to this newly created drive letter (R:\) is much faster than access to its direct equivalent shortcut (\\Server\directory\). I don’t know…
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ThePirateBay wants to buy Sealand
Last Summer, you read the saga of The Pirate bay, Swedish Bittorrent tracker that was raided by the local police force upon request/complaint of the music industry majors (there is indeed a large number of links to pirated music and video on http://www.thepiratebay.org/). But after moving quickly to Netherlands, the server came back to Sweeden…