Re: [H] Replacement UPS battery

2009-08-16 Thread Richard Kim
I've used 3rd party batteries on a bunch of APC backUPS for over 3 years now with no problems what so ever. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Scott Sipe Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:07 AM To: The Hardwar

[H] Replacement UPS battery

2009-08-16 Thread Scott Sipe
Need to get a couple new batteries for several models of APC and CyberPower UPSes. Any collective opinion on whether to go straight through the manufacturer or 3rd party? 3rd party seems a lot cheaper... Scott

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread Jeff Lane
I believe their severs are in Florida, where they are located, but I could be wrong. They are very responsive so you could ask them. If you subscribe and download to a USB drive you can go anywhere with it. As I said, they maintain no records of when or where you log in. I would suggest that you

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread billsf
Other questions to ask would be 1) Do they log? And if so, what? Content or connection? 2) What jurisdiction are they located? Location of servers makes a huge difference. Bill Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Jeff Lane" Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:31:2

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread Winterlight
I signed up for a month and I will see how it goes. This seems to do exactly what I wanted and I like having a VPN for public hot spots. I just didn't realize you could do it this cheaply. m At 03:46 PM 8/16/2009, you wrote: Another option is to use a service like Swiss VPN. They give you a

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread Brian Weeden
I stay away from services that require additional software or special dialers to connect. It means that I can only use them on machines where I have installed it, which may not always be the case. And I wouldn't let any software made by some shady group in Russia within 10 feet of my PC. That's

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread Jeff Lane
Bill, You bring up a great point. That is one very important thing that CovertSurfer does, or I should say does not, do. I talked with the owner, and as he said, and they publish, they do not know where you are going or what you do. They do this so they cannot be subpoenaed against their clien

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread billsf
You have to determine whether it is privacy you want, or anomymity. And what you seem to be seeking is anonymity. Only you can answer: anonymity from whom? That will ultimately determine your choice. Tor might certainly fit the bill. It will achieve exactly what you need. And it's free. Person

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread Winterlight
At 03:28 PM 8/16/2009, you wrote: You always need an IP. Whatever you do on the Internet, or on a TCP/IP network, you need an IP address. You can't just trip it, you have to replace it with something that can be used for routing across the Internet. Yeah, right... that is what I asked for ... e

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread Brian Weeden
Another option is to use a service like Swiss VPN. They give you a VPN tunnel from your PC to their network. Then they swap your IP for one of theirs and that is the IP that is out connecting to other machines and websites. As far as anyone can tell, you're coming from Switzerland. I think you

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread Jeff Lane
I use CovertSurfer. You use their proxy servers and no one knows, including your ISP, where you are or what you are doing. All your ISP knows is that you are online. It even has a neat little box that tells you what others can see and it shows the outgoing IP. Where you have been doesn't even sh

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread Neil Davidson
You always need an IP. Whatever you do on the Internet, or on a TCP/IP network, you need an IP address. You can't just trip it, you have to replace it with something that can be used for routing across the Internet. This is what the proxy does. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@h

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread Winterlight
At 02:51 PM 8/16/2009, you wrote: Sounds like you want an Onion Proxy I don't think so because it strips the IP. I want to hide it but replace it with a random IP address.

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread Neil Davidson
Sounds like you want an Onion Proxy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: 16 August 2009 21:55

[H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-08-16 Thread Winterlight
I know there are a few IT gurus in HWG so if there is a way to do this, you guys will know it. Is there a way to repeatedly mask your real IP address with another random one, that changes every time you log into the same site. To clarify... a site tracks visitors by IP addresses. You log on b

Re: [H] Cable Modems & Splitters

2009-08-16 Thread maccrawj
You can use taps with DA same as splitter, key point is taps split passing 0db insertion loss to the next split down the segment (which has it's own loss) where splitters evenly apply loss to each of N legs. Return loss I have not looked into as we have our modem on 1st tap and no digital cable.

Re: [H] Vintage Antenna Amp. WAS: Re: Cable Modems & Splitters

2009-08-16 Thread Rick Glazier
Thanks for the reply, but this was for an antenna in my attic. See subject line. -- I miss stuff in there too... ;-( I don't know the actual OTA frequencies "we" are currently using and I guess that is a major part of my question. (And if 450M is still high enough.) I did not test this "set-up

Re: [H] Vintage Antenna Amp. WAS: Re: Cable Modems & Splitters

2009-08-16 Thread maccrawj
Of you're talking digital cable you will need a distribution amp that covers 1ghz, same with spitters & taps. 900mhz was the older CATV standard and I'd imagine that 450Mhz is old OTA broadcast spectrum. Not having much output gain is not a biggie if your demarc signal is strong. Main advantag