Router on El Taller del Admin

Types of Network Devices Router, Hub...

ruben0909@gmail.com (Rubén Infante Docio) — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 18:16:06 +0000

Summary table of network devices: switch, hub, router, bridge, repeater, and gateway, and what each one is for.

What Your Router Can Do for You - I History

ruben0909@gmail.com (Rubén Infante Docio) — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 18:49:57 +0000

In these posts we will talk about everything that a “generic” router can do, one of those that telecommunications companies give away when you contract an ADSL. We will start with a little history, commenting on how thanks to open source licenses today we can have a free router with functionalities that sometimes not even the most expensive dream of.

History
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This story begins in December 2002 with the launch of the WRT54G router, a router that became known because it offered 802.11g (54Mb) wifi connectivity instead of 802.11 (11Mb), the most used in those years and also at an affordable price.

Because of this, a small company like Linksys at that time began to become known, however its biggest leap was yet to come. Some hackers related to the FSF began to do a little reverse engineering to find out what was under the hood of their router and of course they were surprised to find out that it was a modified Linux OS that it used to work.

Domains + DDNS 7 ways and update the old one

ruben0909@gmail.com (Rubén Infante Docio) — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:00:00 +0000

After the end of free DynDNS accounts, 7 ways to access your home server with dynamic DNS, with its advantages and disadvantages.

Wake on LAN Part 5 Through the Internet

ruben0909@gmail.com (Rubén Infante Docio) — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:28:59 +0000