How to find ethernet / MAC address on Linux

September 11th, 2007 Most guide to adding multiple IP addresses on Linux starts with the Microsoft-like solution of using ifconfig. While the solution is correct it doesn't survive a reboot or even a network restart.

June 22nd, 2008 The Linksys Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera WVC54GC is a Linux based wireless webcam with its own streaming web server built in. Windows users can view the video stream through their browser without the need to install any extra software other than allowing the supplied Active-X control to run.

July 22nd, 2007 I am going to describe a simple no-brainer way to share your BSNL Dataone Broadband internet connection over wireless network. The same principles can be used with other broadband connections too.

April 22nd, 2007 BSNL DataOne provides software for connecting to Linux. However I found that you can setup much easier and without using their custom software.

May 1st, 2005 Fellow blogger laments: "But it isn't really the blog that annoyes me, it's my lack of concentration and my inablity to stay focused. This weakness shows in almost all facets of my life.

July 1st, 2007 Rapidshare is a popular site for sharing files. With free access you can only download 1 file per hour.

January 3rd, 2009 Amongst the very few irreplacable products that Microsoft Windows have come up with, Microsoft Office 2007 is one very close to it. It has so many features and standardized options that I can not think openoffice as an alternative to it.

September 9th, 2007 Run the command: ip address show In the output you will find lines like these: inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo inet 192.168.1.10/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth1 The highlighted portions are your (ipv4) ip addresses. The /8 or /24 represents your network.

August 28th, 2009 We often come across a lot of inquires on Linux systems. One of the most commonly asked questions is how to find the hardware specs /details on Linux.

April 27th, 2009 Suppose you want to change and enable the remote access to MySQL DB on your linux server (Debian). By default, you don't get such privileges so you will have to work your way through this.

October 9th, 2009 CentOS Enterprise Linux 5 is built from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code. Other than logo and name changes CentOS Enterprise Linux 5 is compatible with the equivalent Red Hat version.

April 16th, 2007 FireStarter is for Linux what ZoneAlarm is for Windows, a simple to use but fully functional firewall for small business and homes for free. The simplicity of firewall even surpasses ZoneAlarm, even a novice can set it up properly with very minimum knowledge.

October 16th, 2007 Network masks is a notation to group IP addresses. Let's take a familiar analogy.

June 23rd, 2008 While running some Java applications (like Thinreader) you may see this strange looking error - Couldn't find per display information. You may find this error when running such applications in JDK 6 or later.

October 10th, 2008 Most techies and developer prefer using the terminal on Linux. If you are like me a heavy command line interface (cli) user than you will find these simple tips useful.