Monthly Archives: January 2008

Ubuntu (Gutsy): DynDNS Client Setup

Hello again, this time we’re going to setup a DynDNS client so your computer/server can be reached from anywhere.
Step 1
First, you need to create an account with DynDNS to do so follow this howto: https://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/howto.html.
Step 2
First we’ll install ssh and ssh-socket so we can send our DynDNS user and password encrypted instead clear text:

$ sudo [...]

Linux: Configuring a Server for Static IP

This mini HOWTO explains the required configuration for a static IP.
Before proceed we must know the following configuration of our network:

The IP Address to be used for our server;
Netmask of our network;
Broadcast IP address; and
The gateway IP address.

First, we must open for edit the file /etc/network/interfaces:

$ sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces

Once there, we must find the network [...]

Configuring 2Wire as a Bridge

This HOWTO helps you to set your 2Wire ADSL modem as a brifge.
I was faced to use a 3com router over 2Wire ADSL modem cause it supports content filtering. We required this functionality to avoid users from browsing freely on the web, but 2Wire modems doesn’t support that functionality. So we’ve set our 2Wire ADSL [...]