March 22, 2008 · Networking · 1 comment

Make sure you use the appropriate version of the drivers for your version of Linux. If you're using a 64-bit version of Linux, you must use 64-bit drivers. You can check this using the following command:

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March 3, 2008 · Networking · 2 comments

slurm started as a pppstatus port to FreeBSD. As I ripped off several functions here is an overview of the features:

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March 2, 2008 · Networking · (No comments)

Full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool.mtr combines the functionality of the ‘traceroute' and ‘ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool.

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February 20, 2008 · Monitoring, Networking · (No comments)

Traffic monitor applet for GNOME.Netspeed is an applet that shows how much traffic occurs on a specified network device (ethernet card, wireless LAN card, or dial-up).

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February 8, 2008 · Networking, Server · 12 comments

Parallels Workstation is empowered by a lightweight hypervisor, a thin layer of software that "works" between the host computer’s hardware and the primary operating system. The lightweight hypervisor controls some of the host computer's hardware resources, which results in dramatically more stable, secure, and higher-performing virtual machines.

Parallels Workstation sophisticated virtualization engine enables each virtual machine to operate similarly to a physical computer. Each virtual machine has its own set of virtual hardware: processor, RAM, floppy, CD and DVD drives, I/O devices, and hard disk. See the Virtual Machine Hardware topic for the full list of Parallels virtual machine devices.Intel virtualization technology (VT-x) is fully supported by Parallels Workstation.

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