I have been working on some xDSL sync issues and and here are some of my findings to boost the xDSL Sync rate and have a stable line.

Option 1

First of all, make sure which standard your ISP’s DSLAM running on. This is important because some standards have limitations which will create a bottleneck when it comes to the hardware you are using. First rule of thumb for people who are not sure is to use the ISP’s provided hardware.

For example ITU G.992.5 (ADSL2+) will have an upload limitation of 1.3 Mbps, you might have a line which is capable of handling more than 1.3 Mbps but the hardware you use will cause a limitation. This is why you need to make sure which standard the ISP is running the DSLAM on. If the ISP happen to run ITU G.992.5 Annex M (ADSL2+ M) you are likely to get an upload speed of more than 1.3 Mbps, thus having a router which is capable of supporting Annex M will be beneficial.

Option 2

Run your ADSL line from the Master Socket. This way, you are likely to eradicate any noise on the line which will affect the DSL connection.

Option 3

It is highly advisable to remove the ringer cable on the phone line. This cable causes a lot of noise on the line and no longer required because the DSL Micro-Filter takes care of the ringer.
Only connect the wires on (2) and (5) on the BT NTE5 box and disconnect all the other wires. This way, there will be no static looping back via the ringer cable.

I would recommend going through all three Options above to make sure those are ticked and If you require any further assistance, I recommend you to do a Google Search and there are plenty of information out there which explains in more detail.

Doing visudo you get nano instead of your favorite text editor?
Mine is vim therefore I issue:

DEBIAN/UBUNTU way

# update-alternatives --config editor
There are 4 alternatives which provide `editor'.
  Selection    Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
          1    /usr/bin/vim.tiny
          2    /bin/ed
*+        3    /bin/nano
          4    /usr/bin/vim.basic
Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:

Selecting 4 I’m ready to use my full syntax colors when I edit any file.

OTHER DISTROS
Edit your .bashrc file and add the following:

EDITOR=vim
export EDITOR

Next login you will have your VIM working.
If you want to have it immediately and only for this session just type

# export EDITOR=vim

and press enter.

Setting multiple IPs on Linux or in this case Debian is rather straight forward… All the network info is stored in the file /etc/network/interfaces and you just need to add the info to the file…

Before making changes to this file, I recommend you check your values at least 3 times! If you have made a mistake and trying to do it from a remote location, YOU WILL LOCK YOURSELF OUT!

This is a sample configuration with device eth0 having the IP address of 192.168.1.2 on a Class C Network with 192.168.1.1 as the default gateway.

/etc/network/interfaces:

# /etc/network/interfaces – configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# the loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static

address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.1

In order to add multiple IPs to the same interface, In this case eth0 You need to add it in the following method…

auto eth0:0
iface eth0:0 inet static

address 192.168.1.3
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255

auto eth0:1
iface eth0:1 inet static

address 192.168.1.4
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255

auto eth0:2
iface eth0:2 inet static

address 192.168.1.5
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255

Thats it, after you have made all the necessary changes, you need to restart the networking by issueing the following command…

# /etc/init.d/networking restart

This is a common issue and I have come across of this question numerous times on the ASUS Forums, so I have decided to post some info regarding this issue.

If your system has 4GB of RAM or have upgraded to 4GB (Or more) and running a 32-Bit Operating System, It will most likely say you have around 3GB of RAM. Unfortunately there is no way you are going to see all the RAM you paid for.

On the other hand, if you are running a 64-Bit Operating System (Which is designed to support 4GB more), you might be able to see all the RAM but it depends on your motherboard Chipset and the BIOS need to support memory remapping feature.

If you really need to have 4GB or more RAM, you need to check whether the motherboard chipset support at least 8 GB of address space and it must support 64-Bit architecture.

Furthermore, you need to run a 64-Bit Operating System such as Windows XP 64-Bit or Vista 64-Bit to utilise all the installed RAM.

I would recommend you read through the following URL Here.

Windows Live Messenger sometimes doesn’t show the music you play on Windows Media Player even though you set it to show.

The work around is the following…

Open up Windows Media Player, and go to Tools => Options (You might need to hit the ALT key to see the hidden menu)

Click the Plug-ins tab, then on the Category Column, Click on Background and make sure Windows Live Messenger Music Plug-in is ticked. If not, tick it and Apply then OK.

See the following screenshot for more info…

Now you should be able to Show what you play on Windows Media Player.

It is pretty easy when it comes to gaining root password to any Linux System as long as you have physical access.

This is how to change Fedora’s ROOT Password.

When your box starts up, You will see the GRUB screen…

What you need to do is, press the a Key instead of Enter

You will see something like the following…

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=on rhgb quiet

Add 1 at the end of that… So it looks like the following…

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=on rhgb quiet 1

This will make the box boot into Runlevel 1

You simply type

passwd

Enter the new ROOT password and reboot the machine.

Same thing goes for Any Linux System as welll… All you got to do is, add the following kernel argument…

init=/bin/bash

And then just change the password…

I had a problem installing the BisonCam Driver on my ASUS Laptop running Windows Vista, The XP driver didn’t work at all and I expected that…

This is how I got it working…

Download the driver Bison_Camera_Vista32_NB.zip from MSI and install it.

Then you need to Reboot. Do NOT avoid to reboot because you are too lazy, otherwise it won’t work!

After that, you need to make some registry modifications. Easy way to do it is to copy the registry code into notepad and save it as a .reg file. After that, just double click the .reg file and apply the registry modification. (Copy the code in between Registry Info tag)

The Cam might show the picture as upside down, All you got to do is a Verticle Flip, Its on the Option ==> Video Capture Filter ==> Rotation

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cam5603D]
“SensorType”=dword:0000000a
“LensType”=dword:0000000c
“ImageSize”=dword:00000001
“ViewSize”=dword:00000a50
“SnapItem”=dword:00000000
“MPTest”=dword:00000000
“RGB24″=dword:00000000
“WideScreen”=dword:00000000
“DeviceOffOn”=dword:00000000
“CpuUsage”=dword:00000000
“DcOffset”=dword:00000000
“AeTable”=dword:00000000
“PCB_SIZE”=dword:00000001
“PropShowItem”=dword:00000000
“SXGASize”=dword:00000001
“BlockS3S4″=dword:00000000
“AETarget”=dword:00000000
“FlikerLim”=dword:00000000
“InterpolationMethod”=dword:00000000
“ADC”=dword:00000000
“DC_Level”=dword:00000000
“Gama_Offset”=dword:00000000
“ImageEffect”=dword:00000000
“ChkPacketHdr”=dword:00000000
“SaBase”=dword:00000006
“SaDivitor”=dword:00000006
“SensorYUYV”=dword:00000000
“AvgAE”=dword:00000000
“Timer1″=dword:0000000a
“Timer2″=dword:0000005a
“PowerDown”=dword:00000000
“DoXPC3″=dword:00000001
“Do2KC3″=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BisonCam]
“AgcGainType”=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WebCam\M2000]
“StillImage”=dword:0000000a
“MultiLangID”=dword:00000009

I have been experiencing some strange issue with Adobe software, when I launch it, there will be a program called AdobeUpdater.exe will automatically executes.

This .exe will use about 99% of the CPU runtime and will not be able to kill it via Process Kill, which means a reboot is eminent.

I have tried two methods, one worked, one didn’t

I Renamed updater.api under C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\plug_ins

That didn’t work at all…

Than I tried renaming AdobeUpdater.exe to AdobeUpdater2.exe under

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater5

Which seems to work and hence this is a temporary solution.

According to my research, Adobe is aware of this problem so, I guess they will be releasing a patch soon…

Go to Start –> Control Panel

Open up Scheduled Tasks

Click on File –> New –> Scheduled Tasks

Name it whatever you like, I named it Auto Lock

Open up Auto Lock Under the Task Tab, add the following to the Run: Textbox

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation

Click on the Schedule Tab

Under Schedule Task: drop down menu, select When Idle

On the Schedule Task When Idle option, set an appropriate Idle time, I set it as 10 Minute(s)

Click Apply, and you will have a popup to add password. Type in the password and confirm it. (I use the same password as my XP login password)

That’s it, It should auto lock your PC after it reaches the set idle time.

If you want to shutdown a computer running XP by a click of an icon, follow these rules…

Create a Shortcut by (Right Click -> New -> Shortcut ) and add the following to the location of the item…

shutdown -s -t 0

And Click Finish.

That’s it, when you double click the Icon, your machine will shutdown automatically!