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Comparing web hosting packages

Comparing web hosting packages is harder than it seems. When searching for the best deal there is a huge list of companies claiming to offer all the features you could ever want and more bandwidth than you need. Unfortunately, most of these offers are useless. The small print usually contains one or more vague clauses […]

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niels / Hardware /

Windows Mobile 5.0 on HX4700

After many delays HP finally released a Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrade for the HX4700. Normally I wouldn’t care about the Windows upgrades, but unfortunately Linux does not support the built-in WiFi of the HX4700 yet. Running the upgrade from VMWare caused too many problems with the USB passthrough. It got to 50% once out of […]

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niels / Hardware / #voip

Addpac 200 with Asterisk

After telling you how to turn a Pilmo Voicefinder into an Addpac 200 I noticed some people are looking for an actual configuration example. Some fragments might not be needed in your setup. The Addpac 200 configuration: version 8.12 !hostname AP200 !no ip-share enable ip-share interface net-side ether0.0 ip-share interface local-side ether1.0 !interface ether0.0ip address […]

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niels / Code / #php

Geo DNS

There are many databases and pieces of code out there that allow you to detect which country (or even city) a visitor to your website is from. Most of this code is intended to allow you to adjust the content of your website. Very useful. Really! There are instances however where adjusting content is not […]

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niels / Software / #voip

Asterisk 1.2.4 with Sarge

Of course this had to happen: I finish my 1.2.4 packages and the Asterisk team releases 1.2.5. Oh well, the Debian VoIP team will probably follow soon enough and so will I. When upgrading, make sure you choose the correct version of asterisk: asterisk-classic or asterisk-bristuff. Also, H323 support is removed and chan_capi is included […]

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niels / Software / #voip

Bristuff 0.3.0-PRE-1f and XS4ALL VoIP

A small update to the Asterisk packages: bristuff is updated to 0.3.0-PRE-1f a oneliner related to XS4ALL VoIP is included: http://www.asteriskguru.com/board/here-vp1519.html Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://debian.peen.net asterisk/

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niels / Software / #email

Postfix with Cyrus, Clamav and Spamassassin

This is a quick howto on how to get it all running. Most of the software used is a lot more powerful than this howto suggests. Once you have it all up and running make sure to spend some time checking out the full potential of your setup. Get all the packages: Include deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/ […]

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niels / Software / #email

Plesk with Clamav

Written while using Debian 3.1 (sarge) and Plesk 7.5. Clamav Install the Debian packages clamav, clamav-daemon and clamav-freshclam. plesk:~# apt-get install clamav clamav-daemon clamav-freshclam Download and extract qsheff and ripmime tar balls. plesk:~# cd /usr/local/src/ plesk:/usr/local/src# wget http://www.enderunix.org/qsheff/qsheff-1.0-r3.tar.gz plesk:/usr/local/src# wget http://www.pldaniels.com/ripmime/ripmime-1.4.0.5.tar.gz plesk:/usr/local/src# tar zxvf qsheff-1.0-r3.tar.gz plesk:/usr/local/src# tar zxvf ripmime-1.4.0.5.tar.gz Building and installing ripmime is straightforward: […]

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niels / Software / #voip

Bristuff 0.3.0-PRE-1d

As bristuff still seems to be the most popular way to use HFC Cologne based ISDN cards I’ve patched Asterisk with the lastest bristuff patches from Junghanns. Updated packages for Debian Sarge can be found at their usual location: Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://debian.peen.net asterisk/

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