the linksys nslu2 is a fun thing to hack around with, not only can you change the firmware and do things like telnet to it, but with this guide it can act as an itunes server and stream music to any of your computers running itunes.
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there are a few reports floating around that suggest that bittorrent is 35% of the internet’s traffic, which seems like bs, regardless, if you do use bittorrent here are some helpful hints on configuring your router to get the best download speeds.
also here’s how to configure an apple airport extreme base station (aebs) and apple macintosh computer for firewall port forwarding. the apple airport extreme base station includes a built-in firewall that will decrease your bittorrent download speeds unless you enable port forwarding to your mac.
here’s a fun one, not really a hack, well, we suppose it could be used for all sorts of things, like blackmailing your friends and family, or at least embarrassing them. if you and your friends use aim (aol instant messenger) or ichat you can send an aim “bot” to go and chat with your pal(s) and then have the conversation emailed back to you. this can be a lot of fun since you can choose the name of the “bot” like stacey, age, as in “17” and location– the classic “asl” (age, sex, location) you see in those chat rooms no one ever admits to visiting.
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the linksys network storage unit is a neat little device that allows you to add just about any type of usb storage device to your network as network storage for all your computers to access. i picked up one of these and then when i started to tinker and google around i found out there’s a whole lot more hiding inside there
