UPDATE 18th April 2010: Netgear have since released a firmware update for the DG834Gv4 which supports NAT loopback. It took them long enough!
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.
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I’m nearing the end of the 18-month O2 contract I took out with my Viewty. With new technology reaching obsolescence after only a short life, why post about something that is so old?
Because when the Viewty first came out, people seemed to be falling over each other trying to be the first to review the phone. They hadn’t used it in anger. And boy, this phone makes me angry. When people ask me “is it a good phone?”, I struggle not to begin ranting. It is still widely available, so if I cause just one person to stop and reconsider the purchase of a Viewty, I will consider this post to be worthwhile.
The technical details, pictures, and many reviews of people singing the Viewty’s praises are everywhere. Just google it. I’m going to skip all of that rubbish, and tell you why you should have stuck with Sony Ericsson.
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At the weekend I decided to make a major update to the photo gallery, since a large number of photos weren’t up yet. Although a bit clunky, the gallery software I was using (Gallery2) did the job nicely – and it even has an accompanying desktop app which lets you upload photos en masse.
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I have no idea what the space time continuum is, but it sounds like something that could explain why my days are currently 43.5 hours long. Well….that’s what they feel like anyway.
I’m winding down at work in time for holiday next week. Having been uber productive and finished all I was supposed to, I now find myself getting involved in discussions such as “Where IS that image for our exotic chutney on site” along with other gems “Why does the new office smell like manure” (a question that prompted a less-than-healthy debate on the finer points of paint, carpet glue and mould) and my personal favourite “If someone came into work with a bogey on their lip, would you tell them?”.
The prospect of a brand spanking new leather bed is also not very conducive to working.
Ho hum…the clock ticks…11:11….
Yet another day of hum drum at the office, punctuated only briefly by glimpses of hysteria brought on by an incredibly hot office, and gallons of “Fanta: Fruit Twist”.
Had a visit today from my 2 best friends (Butch & Greengrass) from the old days down the road who cheered me up no end, but who made me miss lunch, leaving me sitting here with nothing but a soggy pasty.
Am bored. Deathy bored, and annoyed at having to work through. Never fear however, as I will be leaving the building at 16:00 on the dot.
In short – working lunches….don’t.