Risharde's Blog I AM THE FUTURE

Thanks for reading my blog. I've decided to simultaneously build a proof of concept application that works with the r Communications Server Enterprise server application I've been building. The good news is that I have been making progress. So what's the bad news you may be asking? Well, as with all relationships, development hasn't matured yet since its been only 4-5 days of coding.

So, how much code have I done in 4-5 days? The server application is over 500 lines of code. The rCSE Chat Client is about 200 lines of code so far. How much more code to go? Trust me when I say... A LOT!

There's 1 major problem I have not solved and that's how to create a "cloud" or multi-server communication environment and that won't come out in the first version. I am of course contemplating on if I should release the server as yet and further more, should it be free or not.

For the major reason that Royal Bank Trinidad can be intensely retarded from time to time, my dad's CC is blocking me from buying a cheap server account to run the DNS service. Thus I have no means of a static ip address server and thus every time my local computer's ip address changes, I have to keep updating the DNS records which is very time consuming. Thus, its going to be delayed until I can get a static ip address server and of course, since no one has bothered to contact me to lend me some development space.... it seems like yall will have to pay for DNS services until I can ever provide it for free.

--Risharde

I've taken upon myself to design risharde's Communications Server Enterprise that allows users to broadcast messages to others, it looks promising and I'm developing it in JAVA. I'll be running it on my machine as soon as possible for testing.

How is this going to be useful?
Well, I'm trying to make it as simple as possible so that it can be used in multiple implementations - in other words, it will be used for building your own website chat or a stand alone chat program. You make it happen or perhaps.. I will make it happen!

I cannot wait to deploy it but I have to build some security features first :)

-- Risharde

So its begun and its going to be one of my biggest projects yet... DNS for all... DNS to power your websites with unlimited updates and access 24/7 to edit them! Perhaps later on, I might even go for dynamic dns...

If you have a linux or windows box and would like to sponsor a nameserver, give me a buzz, please especially since its a free project!

Thanks

risharde@gmail.com

Well firstly, we need to understand that are basically 2 ways your Internet Service Provider (ISP) allocates IP addresses. For most home users, ISPs such as TSTT, provide an automatic allocation so everytime you connect to the internet via your dial up account or your DSL account, the ISP gives you a random IP from the list of IPs that they leased (rented). This type of IP address is referred to as a Dynamic IP address - key word here is "dynamic" which can be interpreted as "always changing" or random.

ISPs such as TSTT offer Static IP addresses to business DSL and this allows you to have a specific IP address that does not change which is highly useful if you would like to run a service such as a mail server. Also, these IP addresses are generally not tagged as SPAM related IP addresses. Talk to your ISP to find out more about static IP addresses.

This is a well overdue article in which I will attempt to open the eyes of my readers towards facebook. Firstly, I am not here to tell you whether you should or should not use facebook - this is purely up to your decision but I will attempt to show you as much pros and cons, the positive and the negative impacts that facebook has on the life of a technologist as well as the average person that will use facebook.

A Technologist perspective (perhaps we call call this MY PERSPECTIVE)

PROBLEM:
VMWARE SERVER 2.0.2 and Windows Server 2003 Network Card Bridge Mode Problem where you get the error :
"This device cannot start. (Code 10)"

FIX:
Download the updated AMD PCNET FAMILY NETWORK ADAPTER drivers (for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003).

Mount the ISO as the CDROM drive in VMWARE and install the drivers.

Thanks to the users at OhJeah for this fix:
http://www.ohjeah.net/2009/02/16/vmware-windows-amd-pcnet-family-adapate...

I noticed alot of people have been looking for the latest firmware updates for their TSTT ADSL Blink modems/routers. Well, since I have a Zhone, I can only help you with the Zhone firmware updates

You can get the Zhone firmware updates at
http://www.zhone.com/support/downloads/cpe/

I haven't tested the latest update but if you have, drop me a line if all goes well

--Risharde

I wrote this post for TSTTPROBLEMS
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I have bought more than 4 different version Linksys WRT54G modems and never had this problem ... they suppose to be one of the most stable routers out there. Doh say router yet until you try the following but beware, don't blame me if ur not a relatively experience network person

BEFORE YOU GO THROUGH THERE STEPS
Sometimes current affect these routers, I've seen that happen when their is a surge in current, try plugging it into your UPS.

ELSE
TRY THIS
1. Connect your PC to Ethernet Port 1 on the router
2. For simplicity sake, make sure the router ip is 192.168.1.2 subnet mask 255.255.255.0
3. By default Linksys router will have DHCP, switch it off... yes, I told you right.. switch it off.
4. Set your computer network connection with IP: 192.168.1.3 SubnetMask:255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1 and DNS: 192.168.1.1

After doing a google search and realized that some idiot in the past created an application called rirc which is a backdoor. I want to assure you that once you download from RISHARDE.COM, rIRC IS NOT A VIRUS/BACKDOOR - in fact, its not the same application whatsoever! I have coded this application myself so I know every little bit and piece of code put into my application.

I do suggest that you always run a good virus scan and firewall just so you know my applications are safe and does what it says it does.

--Risharde