Static And Dynamic Using Linksys Router

UPDATE: A rewrite of this guide is up. The new guide explains it in more detail.

So i am pretty sure many of you have encountered this problem before. You are using a router to share internet connection amongst the various computers in your home/office and you want to configure it such that some of them have static ip while other computers have dynamic ip address. You might need static ip because you want to run a bit torrent client or a server application(vnc server, webserver etc). So how would you go about achieving it. For my explanation, i will be using the Linksys BEFW11S4. Most other routers should work in a similar manner. But the important thing is the idea behind it.

First, you must login to your router(for mine i enter 192.168.1.1 in my webbrowser address bar) and then a dialog box should pop up asking for your password. After this is done, you will see a window similar to this
Then click on the DHCP tab, which would bring up a screen that looks something like this
Since local ip address usually starts at 100(i.e it starts at 192.168.1.100 for mine), you will change the starting ip address depending on how many static ip u have setup. So if u have 3 computers and 2 of them have static ip, you can put in 192.168.1.102 under the "Starting Ip Address" field(or higher if you want but i am assuming you have as static ip 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.101 for those 2 computers). So when the other computers dynamically asks for an ip from the router, it will only hand out ip address that is 192.168.1.102 or higher. This achieves our goal of having both static and dynamic ip addresses.

Note:

• Difference between Static and Dynamic IP.
  
• If you wanna know how to setup static ip, microsoft has an article on it.

Mac News RoundUp

Apple updates the Macbook Pro to Core 2 Duo - Along with a new processor they have added more memory(1 gb on the low end and 2 gb on the higher end with max ram bumped up to 3 gb), bigger hard drive and firewire 800. Apple claims that it runs 39% faster than its previous core duo
version.

MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.1 - " The SMC Update improves the MacBook’s internal monitoring system and addresses issues with unexpected shutdowns." Hopefully this will resolve the random shutdown syndrome(rss).

Optimized Firefox 2.0 for G4, G5 and intel mac

PicLens - "PicLens delivers an immersive full-screen experience for viewing photos on the Web." Some sites it works with are

• Flickr
• Photobucket
• Facebook
• Google Image Search
• Yahoo Image Search
• Ask.com Image Search

Skype For Mac 2.0 - Skype version 2 just came out of beta and it has added video calls capability.

Cool Outage Message

Spaceless Email!

Apparently it seems all my email does not occupy any space in Google's vast/limitless webserver. I logged onto my gmail account to see if there are any emails in there, and this is what i see

You are currently using 0 MB (0%) of your 2774 MB.

And you would think that my inbox is empty, but this is not the case, i have just over a hundred email messages. Huh. Thats exactly my reaction. I am in no way complaining, just curious.

Free Phone Call?

If you are looking to call for free(and you happen to live in Canada or the states), you are in luck my friend! Ok so here it how it works, Futurephone is offering you free calls to over 50 countries but the catch is that you have to call their gateway number which is based in iowa. But if you "have unlimited long distance or nationwide long distance plan’s with their cell or local service provider, yes it will be FREE. If you do not have one of those plans the international long distance portion of the call is free, and you would just pay your normal rate for a domestic long distance call."
But fear not, if you like in US or Canada, you can use skype's free call within Canada/US to call FuturePhone's Gateway number and then get connected to your destination.
The list of countries where you can make free call to is:

ARGENTINA | AUSTRALIA | AUSTRIA | BANGLADESH | BELGIUM |BULGARIA | CANADA | CHILE | CHINA | CHRISTMAS ISLAND | COCOS ISLANDS | COLOMBIA | CYPRUS |CZECH REPUBLIC| DENMARK | ESTONIA | FINLAND | FRANCE | GERMANY | GREECE | GUAM
HONG KONG | 'HUNGARY | ICELAND | IRELAND | ISRAEL | ITALY | JAPAN | LUXEMBOURG | MALAYSIA | MEXICO | MONACO | NETHERLANDS | NEW ZEALAND | NORWAY | PANAMA
PERU | POLAND | PORTUGAL | PUERTO RICO | RUSSIA | SAN MARINO SINGAPORE | SOUTH KOREA SPAIN | SWEDEN | SWITZERLAND | TAIWAN | THAILAND | TURKEY | UNITED KINGDOM
US VIRGIN ISLANDS | VENEZUELA

Definition of Talent

She was a contestant on Xperimental entertainment search for the next Asian American Superstar. Her name is Jeanie Cha and her version of "Angel" is better than the original. Just listen to it.

Dr Hard Drive

Noises that indicate a defective drive
The Story of Hard Drive Failure and Data Recovery

P.S. The hard drive picture is courtesy of Wikipedia.

Call For Help Cartoon

Ok let me fill you in on what Call For Help is? Call For Help is a technology show broadcast on g4techtv in Canada that talks about software, hardware and everything that has a chip in it(according to Professor Laporte). The show's host is the king of tech Mr Leo Laporte and his cohost used to be Amber Macarthur(she's move on to CityTV). If you have never watched the show before, i highly recomend u watch it. It makes learning fun. You can purchase the show on Google Video for about $0.99.
The comic below was taken from Mike Lazzazzzzera's blog.

If you are inspired to create your own comic, you can make use of this tool to help you put comic style caption on your pictures and then join those pictures to make a comic strip. Not sure what Sean Carruther's used to do this?

How To become Rich!!

Didn't the title make u wanna read whats this is all about. If only i could charge people such exorbitant fees for so little work, i could be a bazillionaire(ok not a bazillionaire but little bit more than i have). So next time someone provides you with computer help, just think how much money they saved you.
Top 10 Ways Best Buy Will Fix a PC

QuickSilver - Is it as good as it is made out to be?

Many a mac folks have professed/confessed/swore by quicksilver! But is it as good as it made out to be hmm? Well sorry, i dont have the answer to it yet. It seems that in order to reap its rewards, there is some work that has to be done. So u ask me, what is it that i need to do to be one of those quicksilver master/fanboy? Hmm, the answer is u need to do some research aka read manual/tutorial etc. It seems that the learning curve is really steep but once u get a hang of it, it will be a breeze. So me been a brave soul that i am, i have taken upon myself to venture into this crazy experiment and prove once and for all(ok just prove it to myself) if its really that good.

Quicksilver: Setup & Troubleshooting - Start here, this article will help u get your feet wet with quicksilver.
Merlin on MacBreak: Intro to Quicksilver - Leo and Alex were kind enough to ask me to drop by MacBreak to talk a little bit about Quicksilver.
Six cool Quicksilver plugins you might not know - From 43folders, "Just a quickie to bubble up some novel Quicksilver plugins that are new-ish or even a bit esoteric."
5 handy Quicksilver triggers - "Quicksilver triggers might seem like one more enigma inside of a riddle from the mind of our mysterious benefactor,..."
Quicksilver’s Append: An updated appreciation + Robert’s troubleshooter - "The Quicksilver feature that will most dramatically change how you work is probably “Append to…” (or, when you prefer, “Prepend to…”)."
“Send to Quicksilver” returns in 10.4.4 - "For me this means I can type a bunch of crap in any old text file, select it, hit CMD-Escape (thus passing it off to the first pane in QS) and then TAB to “Prepend to... > 5ives_ideas.txt“..."
5 Ways to use Quicksilver - From academhack.

Intermediate Tutorial
More Quicksilver Power Tips
Quicksilver: From A Better OS X To Even More
Another Quicksilver Tutorial: Gold Trigger

Ultimate Goal - Learn To Fly

I have always been fascinated by airplanes...And hopefully one day when i get the chance, i wouldn't mind getting a private pilot license...Flying is fun :-D. For now, i can just dream about it.

Learn To Fly: Happy Birthday, Kristin! - "When Kristin Henry’s dad bought a Cessna 152, he offered his young daughter the opportunity to learn to fly. Not only did she grab it, but she took flight training further than most people her age even imagine."
StudentPilot
Aviation Forum
Airliners.Net - This site has some spectacular pictures of airplane's performing acrobats. Actually it contains pics of pilots doing something spectacular/stupid.

P.S Photo courtesy of inmagine.

PwdHash

PwdHash - "PwdHash is an browser extension that transparently converts a user's password into a domain-specific password. Automatically generates per-site passwords if you prefix your password with @@ or press F2 beforehand." This way u can easily use one common password but it generates unique password because it hashes the password using the domain name and the password. It is available for the Mozilla/Firefox/Opera/IE . This extension came out of a research from Stanford University. Brilliant idea.