Tag Archives: netgear

Netgear STP bug (or something)

Posted on 27 February 2014 by stuff writer

I found a fun bug today. We have a stack of netgear switches in our office – and we keep getting disconnected at odd times. I already found a switch which did not have STP enabled, and turned that on, … Continue reading →

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Compiling Netgear Firmware

Posted on 23 April 2013 by stuff writer

Having ranted about Netgear’s terrible support for their old stuff, I have finally managed after many moons to recompile the software they provide, so that I can brick my router.  The trick is to do the compiling as root on … Continue reading →

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Can’t send mail because of iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp –tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS –clamp-mss- to-pmtu

Posted on 18 October 2012 by stuff writer

So, you have a Netgear DGN1000 N150 router or possibly any other Netgear router, and you have it set up with: DSL – VPI=8, VCI=35, LLC, PPPOE Wireless Ethernet One day, as you are sending mail, you notice that mail … Continue reading →

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