Due to the high volume of people, I have thought of how best to go about describing my issue with my DSL router and why I”ve disabled IPv6!!! First off, I have a VISTA Premium System, with an OEM license. That isn’t nothing new. The problem is that if I use IPv6, I would constantly get no internet. I would always get local but not Internet. I didn’t know why until recently, and that was IPv6. It isn’t to say I don’t stop getting this. I still do but it is less of the problem. I could re-install the system and see if that fixes the problem.
Would that fix the problem?
Yes it probably would if it is a driver issue. I say it isn’t because if it was a driver issue I could just downgrade to an earlier driver, which there is none. I am going to guess that no one has done any new drivers for the IPv6 Since Vista came out. I don’t know why but with my DSL it has been an issue when I was on my cable. I recently switched, I had no problems.
Could it be my DSL Provider?
It is also a probability. I do know like any DNS providers with the latest scare. Is your DNS Safe? I talked about DNS cache Poisoning and how to fix it. I talked about OpenDNS. I have been using OpenDNS since I’ve gotten DSL and if it was an DNS issue, I’ve read reports that Open DNS has never had this type of issue. So it can’t be my DNS although, there is always a chance the DSL provider could be having problems with the IPv6 Protocol. Check out Failing to plan is planning to fail post about this same type of issue.
Could I have a bad DSL Modem?
Let’s just say this, If it is the modem then that would be a problem. You try telling you provider that you are having problems with IPv6. I am sure they would be scratching there heads like what is that and how do you know? So I would love to flash the DSL modem with the latest software but for some reason I can’t find any updates. It’s a Westell 325W and I looked and can’t find anything!! I could see if I couldn’t find a Linux distro to flash into but I am not that good at this stuff. So If you know how to fix that problem. By all means tell me.
The only problem I see with this that it would slow me down even more. I only have so much bandwitdth to worry about. Having to Tunnel this through a service would hinder me. So I can’t think of any reason why I would want to slow me down. I am really not concerned with IPv6 because when they do go into being required, they should have this fixed. Will they fix the problem soon, I hope but I hold no definite answers on that one!!
So I’ve had so many people tell me. I’m wrong on some of these ones I say are coming out. Just like last week the tiny URL was going to Dick Van Dyke Season 3 and they replace it with the Facts of Life. They used the Tiny URL system to give us hints. Anyways, back to the topic at hand. <See July 14-19 Post>
This is all speculation and theories, Read end of post for more details!!
Why does Hulu promise one thing and do another?
It’s really not Hulu’s Fault, They have a lot of things going on at one time. You see when they give use a week of clues, they have made Tentative Agreements, sometimes it’s a written agreement with a clause. They have a clause? Well let’s put this in terms you can understand. If there is any reason from either the publisher, or Hulu, they can’t or won’t publish the movie or show.
What does this mean and how does this affect the clues?
Having these agreements they have a duty and a right to keep the publisher happy. If you don’t keep the publisher happy, they won’t keep there stuff on Hulu. Hulu will start to loose publishers. This is why it is so CRUCIAL that they keep the publishers happy. They have to worry about the quality and how they present it with the ads to keep the publisher happy. This isn’t always easy because sometimes in the process of getting the video on HULU there’s flaws in the video or something is wrong with the video.
Like any data on a hard drive, you can get bad sectors to prevent a video from showing up right. It can also be the case that sometimes the ads for the shows are not showing up or some other small problems on the videos.
How can I support what Hulu is doing with the videos?
That’s easy, make comments in the Hulu blog praising Hulu’s hard work. Also make sure to praise the publisher too because they have to composite and transcode the video for Hulu.
What? Hulu does not do this?
Well in most cases, No! Hulu has to worry about Copyrights, so they let the publisher do this. This is speculation but I am sure this is a plausible reason. The publisher does all this to make sure they have total control and so no unauthorized copies of the publisher gets out.
So what does Hulu do?
In most cases, puts the file on there server and does some preliminary tests to make sure all is well with video. I am guessing they get a DVD or CD copy of the publisher’s work. This is for backup purposes, in case there is a failure in the server. In the end, they only handle the end product like a Television studio. They put it on the server and let it roll.
How do you know about this?
I don’t, This is all speculation and theories. I don’t work for Hulu, or any of the publisher. I do know how they think and act. All of what I’v said is my own work and what I believe is going on at Hulu. I’ve not even talked to them about this because I understand how hard it is for them to talk to anyone. They’d have a problem talking about this because they’d be worry about the publisher. I am sure they are always going to worry. The publisher is the one calling the shots. They have the Right’s to do whatever they want with the video because when it comes down to it. They are the Boss. I’m sure someone is going to tell me I’ve either dead wrong or on the Mark. Either way, I’d like to hear how they do this myself. I’d like to have an active conversation with them and find out all the facts, nothing but the facts!!
The DNS is like a big Phonebook to where you tell it who you want to call, in this case go, and it finds the numbers and takes you there. It’s like telling a cab driver where you want to visit, just like telling the cab driver to come to my site. When you enter http://www.tech-linkblog.com into your browser, your telling DNS to go fetch the ip and direct your connection to this site.
So how can I fix this flaw?
Simple, You will need to direct yourself to OpenDNS. Has Fixed the flaw to help protect you. How do you use it? You will tell your system to direct all the DNS queries through that then your ISP DNS.
So by using the openDNS, you will be bypassing the DNS flaws that you might of have. If you want to use that DNS server go to there website and it tells you step by step on how to do it with your own system.
The Nice thing about OpenDNS is they have so many features, You can prevent phishing, adult sites, Domain blocking, and much more. If you use this, you can prevent you kids from getting on the sites that you don’t want them to get on. It lets you have control over what you want to do. I recommend people to use OpenDNS.
Two things to understanding your wireless router is: secure your router and figure out what you router IP is. This can be difficult because a variety of routers use what they called the internal house IP’s. Check this site out for several brands of Routers, to figure out your router IP:
BTW you can see the default user and password for most of them, so that tells you how important it is to change those ASAP. <VERY IMPORTANT>
Now what are these used for? I’ll break it down for the novice users, these are used for your location router. A router monitors the network and directs traffic from the Internet to the computer needing that information. It then has to figure out which computer is asking or sending out packets. How does it know each computer, the router uses its’ own internal ip. It gives each computer a number, usually like something like this: For Example, A Belkin Router:
192.168.1.2
192.168.1.3
192.168.1.4
so on until 192.168.1.255
Although you will probably not get to the last one if you did, the router would then use 192.168.2.2, 192.168.2.3, 192.168.2.4, and so on same as the ones up there but it would add a 1 to the 2nd ip number. So what does this tell you. Each computer has it’s own internal IP for the router. Onces the router sends out the information on the net, it strips the internal ip and puts your private ip instead, this way the Internet knows where to send the requested packets or information too. Then like I said the router does what it needs to do to get your information to the right computer.
Now why tell us about internal IP’s? It is to better understand how your router works for you to get what you need to do out of it. Now you might be asking how do I access the router directly from a browser, that’s simple. You would just put in your internal IP, use the list that I provide you to find out your internal ip and direct your browser there. Some routers have what I call a self DNS, that is if you put in the address bar “http://dslrouter” or “http://cablerouter” you would be taken to your routers setup page. Althought this isn’t on all routers it however is on some of them to better make it easier for you to get to it. Refer back to my previous post on 10 ways to keep your wireless router secure!
I’ve been talking to my friends at work and in other places, they’ve all asked the same question from time to time. “Is privacy on the internet a possibility?” and in short my answer is “No, you’ve got no privacy on the Internet!“ This is what I like to refer to as people wanting privacy to be on the internet. Let’s face it folks, there is no privacy on the internet. People are worried about Youtube debacle and I understand! In today’s society and time there is no privacy. If let’s say you’ve come to my site. What would I find out you?
I don’t tell you this to make you not want to visit my site. This type of stuff is always going to be recorded by almost 95% websites you visit. It’s always going to be an unspoken understanding. I have to keep up to date on what happens on my site. It’s just normal to get the information and be able to see where everyone is coming from.
Why do sites have statsictics? It’s to find out how well there site is doing. It can also be used to keep up-to-date on what happens with search engines and what is popular. So these sites can become a better site. Yes it is true that most sites decide well in advance what looks like a popular topic. I understand this and now you can too. They want people to come to there site. I hope you understand that to, most bloggers, and I include myself in this, want a discussion about topic at hand. I love to find out what people think of my site? Here’s a little secret,a hot topic brings out the comments because the ones who are passionate about a topic will comment about it. It comes in waves though so there will be days that nothing happens and there will be days you get a ton of people coming to my site.
It’s the nature of the beast, or I should say the internet. “Do we need to worry about what we do on the Internet?“ and I say whole heartedly “Yes!!“But if you take my advice and understand this, everyone wins. Bloggers figured this out in the early days of blogging. They’ve know about stats before we even had the internet before blogging was an option. This is something that has to be present to make these website a better place for people of all nations.
In the near future, I’ll be discussing how you can prevent people from finding out some of this information by clearing your cookies and your cache. That doesn’t mean, by doing this you’ll be anonymous it just means that no one, will know certain things about you. For example, have you been to this or other sites before? I’ll be explaining this in detail soon, so be watching for it!
Although I’ve been collecting this data about my visitor I do no have access to other sites so in that respect I only know so much about the people who visit my site. Now I must point out I do not nor shall I ever keep a log of what people do on my site. The statistics that I have been gathering, I’ll on occasion just delete them and start a new. My statstics are rolling, so I only gather so much data before the new data kills the old data. So in essence, you are somewhat protected from people looking over you shoulder, but the truth is. Someone somewhere sometime is going to be watching everything you do at some point. So lets sit back and relax and imagine we are sitting on a desserted island and you can call me Skipper and I’ll call you Gilligan.
While looking around the internet, I found this one article that looks somewhat truthful about the Youtube and Viacom lawsuit debacle. I thought I’d share it with you and let you decide for yourself!!
I’ve been talking to my friends at work and in other places, they’ve all asked the same question from time to time. “Is privacy on the internet a possibility?” and in short my answer is “No, you’ve got no privacy on the Internet!“ This is what I like to refer to as people wanting privacy to be on the internet. Let’s face it folks, there is no privacy on the internet. People are worried about Youtube debacle and I understand! In today’s society and time there is no privacy. If let’s say you’ve come to my site. What would I find out you?
I don’t tell you this to make you not want to visit my site. This type of stuff is always going to be recorded by almost 95% websites you visit. It’s always going to be an unspoken understanding. I have to keep up to date on what happens on my site. It’s just normal to get the information and be able to see where everyone is coming from.
Why do sites have statsictics? It’s to find out how well there site is doing. It can also be used to keep up-to-date on what happens with search engines and what is popular. So these sites can become a better site. Yes it is true that most sites decide well in advance what looks like a popular topic. I understand this and now you can too. They want people to come to there site. I hope you understand that to, most bloggers, and I include myself in this, want a discussion about topic at hand. I love to find out what people think of my site? Here’s a little secret,a hot topic brings out the comments because the ones who are passionate about a topic will comment about it. It comes in waves though so there will be days that nothing happens and there will be days you get a ton of people coming to my site.
It’s the nature of the beast, or I should say the internet. “Do we need to worry about what we do on the Internet?“ and I say whole heartedly “Yes!!“But if you take my advice and understand this, everyone wins. Bloggers figured this out in the early days of blogging. They’ve know about stats before we even had the internet before blogging was an option. This is something that has to be present to make these website a better place for people of all nations.
In the near future, I’ll be discussing how you can prevent people from finding out some of this information by clearing your cookies and your cache. That doesn’t mean, by doing this you’ll be anonymous it just means that no one, will know certain things about you. For example, have you been to this or other sites before? I’ll be explaining this in detail soon, so be watching for it!
Although I’ve been collecting this data about my visitor I do no have access to other sites so in that respect I only know so much about the people who visit my site. Now I must point out I do not nor shall I ever keep a log of what people do on my site. The statistics that I have been gathering, I’ll on occasion just delete them and start a new. My statstics are rolling, so I only gather so much data before the new data kills the old data. So in essence, you are somewhat protected from people looking over you shoulder, but the truth is. Someone somewhere sometime is going to be watching everything you do at some point. So lets sit back and relax and imagine we are sitting on a desserted island and you can call me Skipper and I’ll call you Gilligan.
While looking around the internet, I found this one article that looks somewhat truthful about the Youtube and Viacom lawsuit debacle. I thought I’d share it with you and let you decide for yourself!!
On August 2, 2007, an individual named David W. Liu filed to protect the trademark Google PC. There are several men named David Liu that Mork found in his research. One is an investment banker. One is CEO of TheKnot.com. Another is Sr. VP of AOL Portals. But a Spoke profile identifies a David Liu as Legal Council for Google, Inc.
Another interesting thing: a Google Maps Street View search for the address listed in the filing — 6363 Wiltshire Blvd in Los Angeles — shows a small 5-story building with two trees in front of it. If you move the camera in front of the building and zoom in, the word “Google” appears (real or Photoshopped?) in the bottom floor window of the building.
Its been a long while since there have been any substantial rumors about the Google PC, so Mork thought it was worth mentioning this latest discovery.
I wonder if this for the 700 mhz maybe a Desktop for anyone who can pay 100$ or something like that? What do you think?
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