Author Archives: Matthias Scheler

Gigabit Ethernet at last

Posted on 3 February, 2008 by Matthias Scheler

Ever since I got hold of my Ultra 60 workstation I have been trying to get a Gigabit Ethernet PCI card working in it under NetBSD. But neither a 3Com 3C996B-T nor an Intel PRO/1000 MT card worked in that … Continue reading →

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An unintended Lecture

Posted on 13 January, 2008 by Matthias Scheler

Never volunteer on a mailing list to give somebody a quick introduction into OpenLDAP! You could end up with twenty people listening to a presentation about LDAP in general which you have to come up with off the top of … Continue reading →

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The Sound Of Silence

Posted on 9 January, 2008 by Matthias Scheler

For the last twelve days we had visitors from Germany: two good friends from University and their lovely daughters. They left very early this morning to catch their ferry home in Harwich. Now that they are gone the house feels … Continue reading →

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