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Compact Universal Remote

Rahman — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:26:21 +0000

Latest quest of mine was to hunt for a new compact Universal Remote without costing me my arms and legs. After my fully touch screen 16 device Remote failure, I was using all native remote which took up lot of space on our living room coffee table.

Previously I used to have which was sort Suwave SRC 3060, but they don’t manufacture that model any more, Sunwave SRC 3060 is the new version. However I was unable to get SRC 3060 from any Australian supplier, hence I got the compact SRC 600. It looks very promising by the book, however when I get it on my hand I’ll be able to give you my proper hands on review.

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TeraCopy: Why and How

Rahman — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:48:28 +0000

Many of you may have heard the name TeraCopy, why do you ask it is needed at all? TeraCopy gives you superior control over the data that you copy over from one location to another (it may be a simple from one drive to another drive of your PC or your local drive to a Network drive). Here is some basic task that TeraCopy does for you:
•Operation: Copy|Move|Delete|Test|Check
•Source: File or folder
•Source: Path to filelist
•Target: Destination folder

In addition the features I use the most is, how it shows you the current through put and if there is any issue coping a particular file it will keep a record for you to review later. This is a great free tool for managing large amount of file to your NAS or Server.

I personally use TeraCopy Portable where I have two explorer window open and drag a file to the TeraCopy window and hit Copy/move to execute the command.

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Huawei E858 Setting up for TPG (Optus)

Rahman — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:26:14 +0000

Huawei E585

Once you have a unlocked device (Huawei E585) you should be able to put in any 3G enabled SIM in your pocket wifi modem. Next thing you need to do is to setup a new profile and you are all done. See the steps below:

Login to your Wifi network
Login to ACP, default user ID: Admin & Password: Admin
Go to Advance Setting from the left hand navigation
Select Connection Settings
Select Profile Settings
Select New
Go to http://is.gd/2sDt32 to find your Network provider settings

In my case I have TPG Pay as you Go SIM and I selected

Profile Name: Optus (or anything you like)
User Name: blank
Password: black
Authentication: PAP
APN: Static & in the text field enter internet
IP Address: Dynamic

User Guides:
http://mymobile.three.co.uk:8080/mymobile/Huawei/E585/img/1087101%20User%20Guide%20HiRES.pdf
http://mymobile.three.co.uk:8080/mymobile/Huawei/E585/img/1087201%20Helpcards%20HR.pdf

Further Reading:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1504315
http://www.slrist.com/reviews/huawei_e585/index.htm
http://www.unlocked-dongle.co.uk/How-To/change-huawei-e585-access-point-name-apn-settings.html

Australia mobile network APN’s

Rahman — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:10:35 +0000

Virgin Mobile (900/2100Mhz Optus network)
APN: VirginInternet
Username: Guest
Password: Guest
DNS: 61.88.88.88
MCC: 505
MNC: 02
APN (BYO broadband): VirginBroadband
Username: (blank)
Password: (blank)
MCC: 505
MNC: 02

Vodafone Australia (850/900/2100Mhz)
APN: vfinternet.au
Username: (blank), Guest
Password: (blank), Guest
DNS: 192.189.54.33, 210.80.58.3
MCC: 505
MNC: 03

Telstra (850/2100Mhz)
3G/EDGE/GPRS
APN: telstra.iph
Username: (blank)
Password: (blank)
MCC: 505
MNC: 01
GPRS APN: – telstra.internet
Username: – (blank), guest
Password: – (blank), guest
DNS: 139.130.4.4, 203.50.2.71
3G data bundle: – telstra.datapack
Username: – (blank)
Password: – telstra
DNS: 139.130.4.4, 203.50.2.71
3G pay by time: – telstra.pcpack
Username: – (blank)
Password: – telstra
DNS: 139.130.4.4, 203.50.2.71
3G prepay: – telstra.wap
Username: – (blank)
Password: – telstra
DNS: 139.130.4.4, 203.50.2.71

Three (850/2100 Mhz)
APN: 3netaccess
Will give you public IP which means you have direct access to Internet, someone can connect to you and you can do port forwarding. Which also means you cannot access Planet3 with your browser.
Username: (blank), guest, a
Password: (blank), guest, a
DNS: 202.124.68.130, 202.124.76.66
MCC: 505
MNC: 06
APN: 3services
Will give you a private IP (using NAT), so you will not be able to forward ports or get direct access to Internet (which means someone cannot connect to you if you need to run P2P or a server), but you will be able to access Planet3 with your browser.
Username: (blank), guest, a
Password: (blank), guest, a
DNS: 202.124.68.130, 202.124.76.66
APN: 3service
No access to internet, internal 3 network only, ie: Planet3, 3 Web mail, etc.
Username: (blank), guest, a
Password: (blank), guest, a
DNS: 202.124.68.130, 202.124.76.66

More to come on Network Music Player

Rahman — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:54:27 +0000

In light of recent demand I was looking into network music player and came across few brands but I’ll only high light two brands: Sonos and Logitech.

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XBMC on ATV2G

Rahman — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:17:56 +0000

Recently I had to look for a solution that will accommodate our master bedroom media needs, ATV was around for while however I never could justify the price [keeping in mind I could get a Mac Mini for little more]. I always loved XBMC and was wondering when XBMC is going to run on iOS, without waiting for a proper jail break I got myself a ATV2G anyway and finally I was able to JB the device and put XBMC on it.

HDMI Cable

Rahman — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:28:21 +0000

After long search I was able to find Good Quality HDMI cable within a reasonable price. The Online Shop is called Jamell HDMI Cables.

Astone AP-110D

Rahman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:11:40 +0000

XBMC

Rahman — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:36:45 +0000

XBMC(XBox Media Centre) originally developed for XBox later on made available for PC, Mac, Linux & portable Thumb Drive is one of the best looking Media Centre in existence.

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