Monthly Archives: December 2010

Is Python for me?

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Chris Sullivan

I have decided to learn Python, after a not-so-thorough investigation of available languages. Of the 3 “P” languages, which include Perl & PHP, I think it’s the most readable and also for small to medium scale implementations, has the most … Continue reading →

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Running dnsmasq

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Chris Sullivan

In my post about setting up my home DNS server, I received a reply from Mark recommending I check out dnsmasq.  I did. First I wanted to see if Centos knew about it using yum, and it did. In fact, … Continue reading →

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Setting up my home DHCP server

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Chris Sullivan

The first question is why do it? I have a Cisco/Linksys wrt610 router which is perfectly capable of serving up DHCP on my home LAN. Unfortunately, the implementation is quite limited, and there are many DHCP parameters which it cannot … Continue reading →

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NTP – The network time protocol

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Chris Sullivan

Setting up an NTP server under Centos 5.5, my current linux server, wasn’t that hard. For the software installation, I used yum rather than installing from a tarball, as the version numbers were fairly close to each other (4.2.2 for … Continue reading →

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Frustration

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Chris Sullivan

Despite being a technical hobby and having some brilliant software available in various forms, putting it all together into something worthwhile is proving to be difficult. Some of the most useful and popular software comes in closed packages with proprietary … Continue reading →

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