Mobile broadband from the command line in Ubuntu

For people who want to use their HSDPA connection from the command line in Ubuntu – Perhaps you have a server you want to use it on, or perhaps you want to do it from the command line for the craic – This is for you. There are 3 files involved “/etc/ppp/peers/provider”, “/etc/chatscripts/pap” and “/etc/ppp/chap-secrets”.

Setup DNS, DHCP and Content Filtering using DNSMASQ and HAVP in Ubuntu.

The idea here is to setup DNSMASQ and HAVP to provide DNS, DHCP and content filtering in a Windows 7/Vista/XP client environment on Ubuntu Server Edition. DNSMASQ is a light package which will provide DNS caching and DHCP to a network (amongst other things). HAVP is a proxy server which uses a third party virus …