We got a new server “Lithium” witch is in the UK this will provide UK people a faster connections. Take a look at the speed update.

User 1 UK:   User to RedFire(US): 270 ms, User to Lithium UK: 32 ms.

User 2 UK:   User to RedFire(US): 589 ms, User to Lithium UK: 106 ms.

Now if you add Lithium to Hub its +89.1 ms.

This is a big update for TechToKnow, and to keep you connected to the fastest IRC Server you will be tested before you connect each server will ping you for the fastest server and load you to it. So You will know your chatters will always have the fastest server and if the ping fails we will load a default one.

Also like to take a Look at your ping to it? take a Look at the Servers page of TechToKnow IRC we added it so you can look at your ping, Its not Open for Public use yet but will be up ASAP.

Have Fun and happy chatting!

~RCP

I have all my Logs from my Firewall, antivirus and router logs sent to me every day.

For this I used

NETGEAR WGR614v8(Comcast gave me).

Avast(I use the free it work nice).

hMailServer(Very cool Mail Server for windows)

For the Server I’m using IP: 192.168.1.100 and port(s), 25, 110, and 143. Now Install hMail Server on a windows Computer after installing it,

Log into the admin panel

1. Domains
2. Click “Add”
3. Domain: homenetwork.local
4. Click “Save”
5. Under Domains “homenetwork.local” click “Accounts”
6. Click “Add”
7. Address: network
8. Password: thepassword
9. Maximum size (MB): 25 (That will do for now)
10. Click “Save”
11. Your set just Config your Email client to this server

Now Install Avast on Computers

Then after its done installing…

Restart -> Right click the blue “a-ball” in the bottom right corner of the screen, then left click “Program Settings..” -> STMP.

Then we just add our new Mail Server’s info.

1. Server address: 192.168.1.100
2. Port: 25
3. From address: PC-NAMEHERE-advast@homenetwork.local
4. SMTP server requires authentication: Cheak Box
5. User name: network@homenetwork.local
6. Password: thepassword
7. Click ok

Right click the blue “a-ball” in the bottom right corner of the screen, then left click “Program Settings..” -> Alerts.

1. Click “Add” then SMTP
2. Net alert address:  network@homenetwork.local
3. Click ok
4. Then Click “Test all”

There you have emails when your computer get’s a Vrius.

Now in my Router I set it up to send the router logs aswell

1. http://192.168.1.1/ (This is the ip of the netgear I have)
2. Login -> admin -> Password
3. Then when logged in go to -> Email
4. Click “Turn E-mail Notification On”
5. Your Outgoing Mail Server: 192.168.1.100
6. Send To This E-mail Address: network@homenetwork.local
7. Click “My Mail Server requires authentication”
8. User Name: network@homenetwork.local
9. Password: thepassword
10. Click “Apply”

Now you have your router sending you emails when issues comes up.

Now I have also set this up on my SonicWall TZ 180 But cause most of you don’t have $400+ for a SonicWall I don’t think your going to need to know how to set that up.

The Firewall Emails:

12/18/2009 01:55:30.433 - 	Gateway Anti-Virus Alert: OnlineGames.ZWG (Trojan) blocked - 	76.208.39.148, 57135, WAN - 	192.168.168.65, 52568, LAN -

12/18/2009 00:32:17.216 - 	Possible port scan detected - 	70.42.186.83, 443, WAN - 	192.168.1.3, 64929, WAN - 	TCP scanned port list, 64913, 64919, 64923, 64925, 64927

and I have not had a virus so, the only email I got was the test email

I have made a Computer with Windows XP Pro on it… that I use for a Small media/Server, Now I have a SonicWall Hardware Firewall Hooked up to it so it cant be hacked/gotten into…

The Server on the firewall can only output on HTTP only Min 50 kbs – 350 kps this is to keep bandwith low and my rest of the home network fast.

I’m on a Comcast home internet Service and that firewall gets hit 250 times a day with port scans, ICMP/SYNC flooding so that firewall works very good.

So back to my home server its a CPU: 933 MHZ  P3, RAM:  368 MB SD, HDD: 10 GB Seagate something, Connected to a SonicWall Hardware firewall(Sonicwall TZ 180) on Port E1, at 100 MB.

What do I run on this? Well Right now…

1 IRC Bot(MIRC).

1 VLC pumping a shoutcast stream to a Ventrilo I have running to Our Ventrilo server.

1 Ventrilo(Said Why above).

1 XAMPLite(with PHP and MySQL) used for Webserver.

1 Weather Bug(Used for a PHP Script I made).

1 Bittorrnt So if I need to torrent anything.

1 VNC  So I can easily remote into it to fix somthing.

1 hMail Server I can can send email locally with firewall and antivirus.

Thats it!

To Keep this Always on I have it up to a UPS and… I have a Generator if need to be…

The Screenshot(Taken with VNC),

(Real Size of Screen)

I will Take More Pictures  of it soon

We All know IPTables and well be a bitch… so by adding the following lines to your /etc/bash/bashrc   and/or ~/.bashrc

You can easy block ips on the Table Level Thats(PINGs, and all Data in and out) You wound really need a fast way to add Ip blocks and Table Level when a DDos, Floodnet, Clonenet eg…

How to Use,

First Your Going to need to have iptables installed
Gentoo: emerge iptables   (Must be  Root to use/install iptables)
Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install iptables

• “blockedips” Will Show all Blocked hosts
• “blockip IPHERE” Will Block that ip
• “unblockip IPHERE” Unblocks that ip

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Enter this code into /etc/bash/bashrc or ~/.bashrc   then source /etc/bash/bashrc  and/or ~/.bashrc
Code:

# http://thegeekoftheworld.com/
alias blockedips=”iptables -L”
alias blockip=”iptables -I INPUT -j DROP -s ”
alias unblockip=”iptables -D INPUT -j DROP -s ”

#Code  Thats it!  TEST….