Very slow connection to a SSH server

A problem with the DNS configuration on a server can cause the login to the ssh server very slow. I can be fixed by adding the following line UseDNS no

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Exchange large files for free

When it is time to transfer files, e-mail has its limitation. Most of the time, e-mail size is limited to 5 megabytes or so. The site FileConvoy lets you share

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Arduino Ethernet Shield example WebServer.pde no longer works after upgrading Ubuntu to version 11.10

This patch must be applied to w5100.h located into library/Ethernet/utility. — w5100.h.orig 2011-10-03 13:43:10.536833701 +0200 +++ w5100.h 2011-10-03 13:47:26.764844567 +0200 @@ -258,7 +258,10 @@ } \ static uint16_t read##name(SOCKET _s)

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VPN connection times out under Ubuntu 11.10

After upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), some VPN connection using Shrew (2.1.7) times out. Nevertheless, Shrew 2.1.5 still works under Ubuntu 11.10. The challenge is to uninstall version 2.1.7

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