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PBX server and Media Gateway arrived

Today the PBX server as well as the Media Gateway arrived. DELL PowerEdge R310 (PBX server) Intel Xeon X3440 (4C, 2.53GHz, 8MB cache, HT) 4GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM (2x2GB) RAID 1 with PERC H200A 2x 250GB SATA PATTON SN4638/5BIS/EUI (Media Gateway) … Continue reading

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Firewall-Server arrived

Today the firewall server arrived. In the near future it is going to run pfSense to provide the services of three WANs to our internal network: HP ProLiant DL360 G4 2x Intel Xeon 3.0 GHz (64 bit) 2 GB RAM … Continue reading

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First parts arrived

Today the first parts of the new PBX arrived: PoE injectors (3x DIGITUS DN-95102) ATA (1x Cisco SB Pro PAP2T) To be continued tomorrow, hopefully 🙂

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The value of a prototype

After Google announced to give away a predecessor (called “CR-48”) for the coming generation of notebooks with ChromeOS for free in December 2010, we could sense a significant amount of excitement even here in Germany. But that stopped suddenly when … Continue reading

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Hello World! (again)

I have taken the chance to exchange my static blog for this one with WordPress and I am starting right now to convert all old articles to this new platform. This blogpost is very important to me because it poses … Continue reading

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Geiger-Mueller counter in Germany on eBay

Nach der furchtbaren Katastrophe von Fukushima Daiichi vom 11. März treibt vor allem der Diskurs in Deutschland teils seltsame Früchte. Wer die Nachrichten verfolgt, kann lesen, dass Geigerzähler hier in Deutschland (!) momentan Mangelware sind. Originell ist auch, dass alte … Continue reading

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Issues with the resolution of Dell IN2010N / IN2010NB

The following problems occured with two monitors from different shipments of the type “Dell IN2010N / IN2010NB”: after a cold start of the PC into Windows (no matter if Vista / 7) the correct resolution (1600×900) was selected, but the whole … Continue reading

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Vodafone Mobile Connect USB-Stick (ZTE K3565-Z) unter Windows 2000 einsetzen

Nachdem ich letztens einen alten Rechner (Jahrgang 2002) wieder flott gemacht hatte, stellte sich für den Einsatz am Bestimmungsort die Frage nach dem Internetzugang. DSL? Fehlanzeige. 56k Modem? Gähn. UMTS-Stick? Gekauft. Aber Moment mal: ich habe für den Rechner nur … Continue reading

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