From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Using the Linksys SPA-3102 as a VOIP ATA

12 March 2009

In other blog entries I’ve been discussing a larger project of setting up a personal Voice over IP (VOIP) Asterisk server using the Linksys SPA-3102 VOIP gateway device. An ATA (Analog Telephone Adapter) allows one to use old fashioned phones on a voice over IP network, or you can just use IP phones. An ATA [...]

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Getting around Comcast port 25 block

8 March 2009

Comcast started blocking outbound port 25 on my cable modem yesterday. I can understand why — it stops a lot of infected machines from spamming the world. But it also broke the ability of my security webcam from sending me pictures to my server whenever it detects movement, and the cam firmware has no option [...]

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BCBSDE website stupidity

8 March 2009

In this morning’s News-Journal paper I see an advertisement for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware’s website where it lists all the wonderful things you can do on it, like order a replacement ID card. When reading this, I had to let out a little chortle because last Sunday my wife and I were looking [...]

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