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I’ve always had problems with Linksys products, don’t ask me why, but it’s true. The latest round is with the much-heralded WRT54G wireless access point/router. I’ve been having major issues with it, using the default Linksys firmware as well as Sveasoft’s Alchemy firmware when using BitTorrent and when transferring a large amount of files. Basically, the WRT54G would just shut off the Wireless connection, that or the file transfer would just stop. I was only using the WRT54G as a 802.11g wireless access point only, too. I can’t believe Linksys releases crap like this and get away with it.

I’ve since found that the free HyperWRT firmware does help a bit, but there’s still some issues of pausing when doing large transfers. But it’s tons better than the stuff from before. Also added the following to the Startup script (found on this LinksysInfo.org thread) :

echo 4096 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses
echo 512 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/default/gc_thresh1
echo 2048 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/default/gc_thresh2
echo 4096 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/default/gc_thresh3
echo “600 1800 120 60 120 120 10 60 30 120” > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_tcp_timeouts

I’m eagerly waiting to join a class action suit against Linksys and their faulty products…

So, I was watching one of my favorite shows Veronica Mars (something about high school kids always gets me, or something…), and low and behold, I see Veronica Mars has a GMail account! For all those curious, the email address shown (I had to rewind this a few times as it only showed up for a quick second) is vmars1987@gmail.com

I just sent off an email to the address and it hasn’t bounced yet, so I assume it’s good. Also just checked the availability of vmars1987 and it is indeed taken. For a show that’s written so smartly and geekily (they referenced the Star Wars kid and Paris Hilton as being Internet download laughingstocks), it’s no surprise that they’d drop in a GMail reference on her Powerbook. Though, technically, she was going to use it to spam everyone to get revenge for Carmen in the episode. I wonder what Google thinks about that? Thank you UPN for picking up the show for a second season!

So, fine, Shirley Manson and crew had to postpone last Friday’s show at the Paramount in Seattle due to sickness. That’s fine, and us fans can understand postponing a concert, but there’s no word on it anywhere on Garbage.com, the band’s official site. Not one “sorry, we’ll be back” or even word on why they cancelled. It’s disappointing enough that the show was postponed, it was after all the first US tour date on Garbage’s Bleed Like Me tour, but keeping your fans in the dark just ain’t right, especially for such an Internet-friendly band. Since missing the gig, the band has put up several updates on their site, such as a Stupid Girl video, and the news that Why Do You Love Me hit #7 in the UK charts. But c’mon now, us fans in Seattle were waiting all weekend to hear if the show would be on anytime, since the Seattle P-I reported the show may have been rescheduled for Saturday night. A simple, “we’re sorry, we’re sick, we’ll reschedule” would have sufficed. Oh yeah, and Ticketmaster called me today, to let me know that the show was postponed. Well, gee thanks, if only you’d told me BEFORE I drove all the way out to the Paramount for nothing.

So Shirley, to make it up to me, I’ll take a private concert from you and the boys next time you’re in town…