Fifth part, conclusions, random gotchas and todos Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 My setup can certainly be improved given I can find some spare time to spend but at the moment I am overloaded with work and will use it as it is. Naturally the complexity and elevated costs can be a … Read More →
Fourth part, The MPTCP Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 5 There is an ongoing effort by IETF to develop standard for Multipath TCP that should overcome the aforementioned problem of having the same IP address to be able to communicate over different paths. In a nutshell what it does is creating simultaneous streams … Read More →
Third part, where I get two ADSL lines and do the final bond Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Part 5 By the time I’ve got my working prototype I already knew that my current provider will do nothing to improve the situation. Even worse, they’ve offered to see what happens if they lower the … Read More →
Second part, where experiments with VPNs start Part 1 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 So, for the starters. I have a small LAN here with about a dozen of devices that speak to internet. A couple of notebooks, an HTPC, one desktop and various smartphones and tablets. When it comes to the users number it is … Read More →
First part, the obligatory prologue where I explain why I needed it and what were my options in general. Skip this part if you are not interested in random rants and baseless assumptions. Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 I live in Italy, In suburban area of Milan which is considered the industrial … Read More →
Nobody can hope to get anything decent for €5 on ebay so I knew I was buying some piece of junk. But who cares about €5? Though this specific piece of “Made in PRC” junk is even worse than junk. Three problems were discovered before I gave up an stuffed it into a remote box of … Read More →
A friend of mine was using this NAS for some time. For three+ years to be more precise. And he was considerably happy given the price he paid for it. A week ago he called me telling the thing is dead and he has run out of ideas. He is a smart guy but he … Read More →
