Archive for the ‘blog’ tag
Netgear DG834G and NAT loopback
Yesterday I made the decision (read: mistake) to update my Netgear DG834G router (hardware v4, firmware v5.01.09) to firmware v5.01.14 – and, as is the way with these things, it brought trouble. After the upgrade I couldn’t reach www.nikrivers.com from the LAN side of the router.
The problem is caused by the way the router handles traffic coming from an internal IP address and destined for the WAN (i.e. external) IP address. In this situation it requires that the router first transfers the traffic from the internal network to the external network, and then immediately passes it back whilst applying any firewall or routing rules that are relevant to incoming external traffic.
Popular pages
This website is a sort of personal project, rather than a proper blog – the reason I make this distinction is because I usually don’t have anything interesting to say; at least, nothing that would be of any interest to anyone who doesn’t know me.
An overdue update
A lot has happened in the several months that have passed since I last had time to write a blog entry.
The fruit of over a year of preparation took place in late December: our wedding. It was the perfect day, and it went with no hiccups, no problems, and no disappointments. It feels like it happened only a few days ago, but it was 13 weeks ago tomorrow. We don’t have the photos back from the photographer yet, but as soon as we do I’ll create an album in the gallery for them; and I’ll also try to collect together any photos that other people took – there are already some on Facebook and other places.
Today: Blog Action Day
Well, contrary to my expectations, Google continued working as normal today, with no strange or spurious results. This is either due to Google’s relevancy algorithms, or Blog Action Day (BAD) not being used to boost website traffic to otherwise irrelevant sites.
Tomorrow: Blog Action Day
I just found out from StatCounter.com that tomorrow is Blog Action Day ‘08, a well-meaning attempt to turn the online community’s attention to the topic for this year: global poverty.
