[linksys wireless-g range expander help]

its not an issue but is there a way of hacking it to allow it to receive internet packets or maybe something like the fon router

Now that we know what it is you're curious about there is sure to be someone who can help you. I personally cannot help because you're request is outside what little I know about modding, sorry.

[MAC,PC,LINUX]

I run a mac myself and have very few problems with it. My biggest problem is finding software for certain tasks. After searching though you can usually find the software you need or you can find an equivalent. To a certain extent I believe that mac is able to be *loosely* described as a windows version of unix. OS X has several of the powerful tools available to the various *nix users with an ease to operate similar to windows. Some others may disagree with me on these points but in my opinion macs are better than windows and comparable to *nix. I am planning on buying me a new laptop soon and I'm gonna run a linux distro on it instead of windows. Hope that this bit of rambling was helpful.

[linksys wireless-g range expander help]

I'll ask again what is it you are wanting to do? There's several things you can do to mod/hack it, anything from taking the guts out and putting them in a cool looking case to boosting signal range. In order for someone to help you it might be helpful to have an idea of what your thinking about doing with it. We don't know what you might be thinking so we can't give any real good advice to help with your issue.

[Need help with addition in C]

Ok I'm confused about the casting but I will look into that and do plenty more studying. Obviously I am not ready to write anything of much use at the moment since I had issue with such a simple program lol. I cant wait for summer so I can start classes. Then I will be able to do a little more. :)

Thanks everyone.

[linksys wireless-g range expander help]

How are you wanting to make it better? If you want it to have increased range so you can reach further in one direction I would suggest building a biquad antenna and replace the factory one. I haven't been able to build and test one myself but I have read in several places that the biquad will give you up to 12db gain. With that kind of gain you should be able to blast a signal through some walls of your house that you can't currently. They are relatively easy to construct and would be a good make for a good rainy day project, the only potential downside that I can think of is the fact that it is unidirectional.

[Need help with addition in C]

i cant believe I didn't notice that little issue lol. it's working fine now thanks. It's just a matter of time now before I have to post again with more problems as I try to develop this to a more functional calculator. Hopefully I'll manage more than I did up till now before I have to bother anyone again. :)

[Need help with addition in C]

H@L0_F00, I tried what you suggested and ended up with more errors than what I started with. :( Here is a copy of the errors gcc reported to me.

adder.c:5: error: syntax error before ‘{’ token
adder.c:8: error: syntax error before string constant
adder.c:8: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘printf’
adder.c:8: error: conflicting types for ‘printf’
adder.c:8: note: a parameter list with an ellipsis can’t match an empty parameter name list declaration
adder.c:8: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
adder.c:9: error: syntax error before string constant
adder.c:9: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘scanf’
adder.c:9: error: conflicting types for ‘scanf’
adder.c:9: note: a parameter list with an ellipsis can’t match an empty parameter name list declaration
adder.c:9: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
adder.c:10: error: syntax error before string constant
adder.c:10: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘printf’
adder.c:10: error: conflicting types for ‘printf’
adder.c:10: note: a parameter list with an ellipsis can’t match an empty parameter name list declaration
adder.c:10: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
adder.c:11: error: syntax error before string constant
adder.c:11: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘scanf’
adder.c:11: error: conflicting types for ‘scanf’
adder.c:11: note: a parameter list with an ellipsis can’t match an empty parameter name list declaration
adder.c:11: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
adder.c:12: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘answer’
adder.c:12: error: ‘num1’ undeclared here (not in a function)
adder.c:12: error: ‘num2’ undeclared here (not in a function)
adder.c:12: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
adder.c:13: error: syntax error before string constant
adder.c:13: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘printf’
adder.c:13: error: conflicting types for ‘printf’
adder.c:13: note: a parameter list with an ellipsis can’t match an empty parameter name list declaration
adder.c:13: warning: data definition has no type or storage class

To ensure that I didn't accidentally cause a problem due to my own negligence I copied and pasted a few times and recompiled every time.

Not that this should matter but for sake of reference I am running OS X 10.5 with gcc 4.0.1.

[Need help with addition in C]

int num1 = "0";
int num2 = "0";
int answer = "0";

this should be

int num1 = 0;
int num2 = 0;
int answer = 0;

otherwise your trying to assign a string value to a int.

Secondly, your return should be withing the {} of main. and should not equal 0, but return 0.

return(0);
}

Thanks for helping so quickly. I thought that the return looked funny (i used to be capable of getting a few simply programs working about a year ago) but I couldn't pinpoint the problem. The other suggestions helped some also but I'm still getting the errors on lines 15 and 17 saying "too few arguments for format". What do you mean assigning a string value?

I have thought about just looking on the net for source code for a calculator program (which is what I want to eventually turn this into) but didn't like the idea because it's too easy to just copy and paste and not learn how to do the problems. :)

Again thanks for the help you gave thus far.

[Need help with addition in C]

I have plan to start college this fall but I wanted to get a jump on some of what I will be studying and I have run into some problems. I have a very basic understanding of programming and I have a book I am reading but it's moving too slow and it's so dry I decided to try to do a few things that aren't in the book. This is one of my failed attempts at a simple program. Anyone with any schooling in C should be able to see what I'm doing. I also have included, below the code, the output from gcc tellng me my problems. I just hope someone can help me with this.

#include <stdio.h>;

int num1 = "0";
int num2 = "0";
int answer = "0";

int main(){

	printf("Enter first number to be added");
	num1 = scanf("%s");
	printf("Enter second number to be added");
	num2 = scanf("%s");

	answer = num1 + num2;	
}

return = 0;

adder.c:8: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast
adder.c:9: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast
adder.c:10: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast
adder.c: In function ‘main’:
adder.c:15: warning: too few arguments for format
adder.c:17: warning: too few arguments for format
adder.c:20: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
adder.c: At top level:
adder.c:22: error: syntax error before ‘return’

Thanks everyone for your help.

[Laptop Suggestion]

you can get the mini note 2133 for 399 now. thats your best value right there. i paid over 800 dollars for each one of mine when they first came out a few months ago. the specs are very nice and it has SOLID construction. i have two of these and they are very very nice.

Even though alot of these are as inexpensive as they are I have to save for it. My only income is less than 200USD/month and has been that way for a while so I have no savings. :( Once I get enrolled in school though the lack of income won't matter anymore.

A problem I have though, I have to like the way something looks before I buy it. That being said I like some details of the mini note I find a few I don't like. I know it's a pathetic reason to not buy something that I need lol.

[Laptop Suggestion]

I will not be putting windows on any of my computers. I became converted to *nix a few years back and the only time I mess with windows is if I have to use someone elses computer for whatever reason. Which caused me to have alot of fun when I went to Iraq in '06 cause the US government uses windows on alot of the workstations. I work in the communications dept so I had to relearn xp while I was in Iraq then reforget it once I got back home lol.

I have decided to start school next year (summer time) so I am going to have to pinch every penny I can to save up for a laptop and I'm leaning towards the aspire cause I like the dual sd card slot.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

[Creating my own personal Linux distribution for Penetration Testing and White-Hat Hacking]

I just got back from the bookstore (BaM) and figured I should pass on some information. I was just looking around trying to find a hard to find mag when I stumbled across a magazine from the UK that may be able to help you. It's called

Linux Format it's the Christmas 2008 issue (number113). In it there is a section on building your own distribution. Here in Alabama,US it costs $16.99 which IMO is a fair price if there is any helpful information in it. It also had a CD with about 4GB (I think) of stuff in it.

If you don't mind let me know if you find it and if it's useful. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get it today I ran out of money with the other stuff I bought lol.

[Laptop Suggestion]

those pandoras are kids toys. if you want a mans toy get an HTC shift or HTC advantage x7510. those are pimp shit

Your right those are definitely nice but over $1k, that's well beyond my budget at the moment lol. Also I wouldn't even know how to begin running any linux on it and I'm not going to get somethin I'm going to get confused by as soon as I open the box. I made that mistake too many times in the past and refuse to make it again. :)

[Home Network Problems]

Ok I'm not sure what happened i just plugged my router back in to test what you said and its working now. When I plugged it back in the "internet" light turned green this time instead of staying amber and I tested with my browser and got a quick error message from the main router it told me to restart my router and then restart my browser and it's working beautifully now.

But to answer your questions my router is not the main one. The main router is upstairs in the main house whereas I'm down in the basement. And the cable that I had plugged into my mini is connected on the other end to an adapter that plugs into the AC line in the wall. I don't know how it works other than it does but the router upstairs sends the signal through ethernet cables as well as any computer that has the wall adapter sending the signal through the AC mains in the house. The wireless signals from the router upstairs doesn't get through to my computers well enough to use because it travels through too much material plus there is a bunch of interference where I'm located in the house which I haven't yet figured out where it's coming from.

Thanks for your help anyway :)

Now once I get my file server up I'll be good to go.

[Home Network Problems]

Possibly partial answer -

If you want all the machines on the network to use the internet (and this is the normal easy way to use it) - simply connect your incoming internet connection (The one currently directly into your mini) to the internet/wan port on the router. This will allow the router to do what it's named for - route. Everything else connects to the other ports on the router. The router will tell the connected machines everything they need to know to contact the internet - but will generally keep them safe from direct access by the outside world. (I'm glossing over some, but that should be ok).

I actually have tried doing it that way but I am actually settin up this network on the other end of the house and a different floor than where the main router is and I get my ethernet connection from an adapter plugged into a wallwart. I tried to run that cable into the netgear router i have but i cant get it to see the internet. The setup goes fine as far as i can tell but the light indicating internet connectivity is amber instead of green and none of the computers can access the internet. That's the reason I'm tryin to do it this way.

BTW thanks for the response I may still be able to use some of that information in a different setup should the need arise.

[Home Network Problems]

I am trying to setup a network here at my house using an old PC and Linux. I want to be able to use it as a file server for my other computers (Mac os x) and don't want to wire everything to it. I have a wireless router (Netgear WGR614v7) that I would like to use, however when I tried to do the setup I got myself extremely confused. It has been a long time since I set up a network with a server, and I have never tried to do it like this.

My main problem is where to plug in the server. Should I plug it into the "internet" jack or should I put it in one of the others?

I would also like to share my internet connection I have on my Mac mini with the networked computers through my wireless connection (signal comes into mac mini through eth and out through airport), that is of course that it's possible and not so hard I'll fry my brain in the process. lol

Any and all suggestions are welcome and greatly appreciated.

[Creating my own personal Linux distribution for Penetration Testing and White-Hat Hacking]

You might not want to read this but I think a good way to go about this would be to use a small but powerful distro like DSL I have yet to have any issues with it. With the small footprint (about 50MB) you don't have to worry much about all the extra garbage to take out. Just look for the things you want to include and customize it. That's what I'm doin. And since DSL is a Debian based project you shouldn't have too many issues findin somethin to go on it.

PM me and we can compare notes.

[Laptop Suggestion]

It looks cool and also impossible to get. Since you said you weren't interested in gaming, I'm not sure this gaming handheld is what you're looking for. Can't imagine typing whole papers on this, but I might be a bit keyboard-size obsessed.

Great comparison shot:

I don't know maybe it's just the idea that I could stick Pandora in my pocket is what I find to be so great about it. Impossible to get, yeah for now but hopefully they'll put them on the market soon. If I had the money and could have found out about them sooner I would have tried to get one when they first put them out for dev/testing. I could definitely run it through the mill and if it would survive a month after I got my hands on it I wouldn't be lookin at buyin another laptop.

What is the small laptop you have in the pic? I can't quite tell what it is.

[Laptop Suggestion]

I have looked at the suggestions and am quiet fond of the eeePC 901, it looks like it may do just what I want/need. However during some other lookin around on the net I found a link to a product that is due for release soon and I think it might just be more of what I want. Has anyone here heard of Open Pandora? It looks like a very handy piece of hardware.

[Laptop Suggestion]

I didn't think that anyone would help lol I'll look at the acer since I don't really know alot about it. Thanks everyone for their help.

[Coding challenge]

Erm, writing CSS isn't programming, its web design.

I second that.

[Coding challenge]

Is there nobody interested in this anymore? I quiet enjoyed readin what was going on and trying to glean a little knowledge from those that posted. Hopefully I will be able to play along myself within the next few months since I am just gettin started learning how to program.

[Laptop Suggestion]

I have recently been doin a little browsin the net to find a new laptop and cannot make up my mind about which to get. I was hopin that someone here might be willin to give me some suggestion.

I have been seriously considerin the Dell Mini 9 or Mini 12, but I don't know if it'll be quiet what I want.

For the most part this computer will be used for mobile computing (obviously), stuff like wardiving/stumbling, working on various papers I'm researchin and the such. There will be no gaming and no movie watching. I will probably be runnin Damn Small Linux or Backtrack.

Any and all suggestions welcome.