Posts tagged: Hardware
Install and Configure pfSense in Your Home Network
(20180226 – This post has been amended to reflect changes in pfSense version 2.4.2 — iceflatline) This post will describe how to install and perform initial configuration of pfSense for use in a home network. pfSense (i.e., “making sense of packet filtering”) is a customized version of FreeBSD tailored specifically for use as a perimeter […] Read More →
Fixing Ethernet Connection Problems on the Lenovo ThinkPad T410
Earlier this year I purchased a Lenovo ThinkPad T410 laptop. Nice box. But shortly after purchasing it I began to notice that its ethernet adaptor would lose connection on a regular-yet-random basis regardless of the network I happened to be on. I dual-boot with this machine and I did not seem to be experiencing the […] Read More →
Intel Core i7 Build: Overclocking the Intel DP55KG and Core i7 860
This is the third post documenting my upgrade to an Intel Core i7 Lynnfield system. In my first post I discussed the components I selected and why. I talked about assembling the system and some of the challenges I encountered in my second post, and in this final post I’ll be discussing my efforts at […] Read More →
My Intel Core i7 Build: Putting It Together
Recently I decided it was finally time to upgrade my gaming computer. I had skipped over Intel’s recent spate of chipsets, as well as Windows Vista, so my computer – still based on the Intel x975 chipset and Windows XP Pro – was definitely in need of an upgrade. This is the second post documenting […] Read More →
My Intel Core i7 Build: The Parts
I’m fortunate (or cursed) enough to be able to upgrade the desktop computers here at the iceflatline compound fairly often. The way this usually works is that my personal desktop computer gets overhauled and then the older parts are used to build, upgrade and/or maintain the other machines in the house – call it the […] Read More →