Crack-ified implying the old version took some crack and now it is this new version – just to clarify.
i can’t seem to get the Shoutcast monkey off my back. I keep trying to top my old web management apps – but a programmer is never satisfied. Anyway I shitted this video out during some CPU intensive stuff and it is a bit sketchy – but you can see what I am up to. This new version is going to rock your pants!
If you want this app when it is done and the bugs are squashed, I am selling it for 50 bucks – let me know if you want it.
I have about 12 clients on my LAN and I like them the way they are – so when I had to setup a mini network to fix a Phone I was pissed.
Instead of tearing my nice tomato configuration a new one, I decided it would be more fun to go through my junk and construct a router / firewall – plus get a chance to step away from the keyboards for a few.
So I started with a busted old 12 port switch chassis we pulled out of the dump last year – I salvaged the optic modules and gutted the rest, I wanted to have a slick 1U chassis for my new “appliance”. I also decided to use a 17 Port (24 port, most do not work) D-Link hub that has been waiting to see a hammer for months.
I call them the dynamic Duo
Actually it isn’t anymore. I am sure that somewhere hidden deep inside the tubes one may find the solution (not me), I didn’t feel like wasting that much time – instead I just called Grandstream.
A Brick (I probably do not have permission to use this)
If you are suffering the loss of a beloved GXP as well, do not fret – geekhut has the fix!
What you need :
- A router that is not currently serving you data (I used m0n0wall on an old p3) <= we will discuss that later.
- Firmware
- Sailor hat, for absolutely no reason
Procedure
- Plug your router in as you normally would, internet access is not needed at this time.
- Plug your phone into any one of the LAN ports
- Configure your router’s IP to : 168.75.215.1, Subnet : 255.255.255.0
- Plug a computer into the LAN port of the Phone (it didn’t seem to work for some reason when I plugged it into the switch…)
- Install a TFTP server on that computer, Windows sure has a lot of shitty ones – instead I temporarily loaded my tftp.plist (I think i used -f) on my Mac.
- Unzip the Firmware you downloaded earlier into your tftpboot directory, Leopard is funky and puts it under /private/tftpboot.
- Statically set your Computer (the one plugged in behind the phone with TFTPD) to IP : 168.75.215.188 (same subnet as above.)
- Cross your fingers, power cycle your phone – read the screen carefully.
* Things are strong because they matter.
I hope you now have a working phone again, you can send your love in comments.
Back in the day Trixbox bundled an awesome wake up call AGI script however it was removed as the developers thought it to be too much clout. I find this feature to be super useful especially considering my memory is crap, I use it for everything.
There are a million how-to’s out there for those who love dicking around writing your own script, but I don’t have time for that – that’s why I use this. I have lost this link so many times, it is definitely worth bookmarking.
All you have to do is upload the tgz to your local modules in FreePBX and then click install / enable – no coding, no headaches plus it works very well.
There is one step not documented and it pisses a lot of people off – so if you plan to use this script, run the following as root :
mkdir /tmp/wakeup
chmod 777 -R /tmp/wakeup
chown asterisk:asterisk -R /tmp/wakeup
You now have a hotel quality wake up module – just dial *62.
Enjoy!
XBMC has got to be the single greatest media centre application ever written, and now it is easier than ever to install on any Ubuntu based distribution.
Personally we use Linux Mint here at Geekhut for several reasons (the biggest being the no nonsense media support and overall stunning graphics) so we were ecstatic to find that XBMC was available in third party repositories.
Compiling XBMC is a trivial task however it is nice to have that spectacular package manager they call APT to manage all of this for you – plus it could compell the on the fence Windows users to finally make the switch (yes I know it is available for Windows…). I am currently installing it on my P4 desktop with bleeding edge Nvidia drivers, I am sure it will go off without a hitch.
Here’s a quick reference for those who think they may be interested :
Add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc-hardy/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc-hardy/ubuntu hardy main deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/xbmc-addons/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/xbmc-addons/ubuntu hardy main
Save and exit, then type :
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xbmc sudo apt-get install xbmc-skin-* sudo apt-get install xbmc-eventclients-* sudo apt-get install xbmc-scripts-*
That should be it – we always appreciate comments.
( The original source of these instructions can be found here )