Here I would like to take you through the steps to configuring and securing a router (In this case we will use the WRT54G as an example) for your home or small office setup. 
Securing a router can be very important especially when the wireless function is enabled.  Likely the most important reason is to [...]

In the not so distant past, there has been an explosion of ISP's on the web which caused the only thing all of them could: dirt cheap hosting.  In fact, the web is virtually flooded with ISP's offering everything imaginable under the sun and space has literally become a door prize.   But what really [...]

PROBLEM
You receive random errors failing to initialize your network card at boot time or during manual restart that look like the one below:
$ifup eth0
via-rhine device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
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SOLUTION

Working remotely from various places, I needed to have access to my Linux machine at home. Unfortunately for me, my DSL IP was dynamic and at the time my ISP would change this IP several times a day. That was good for maybe only a few hours and then it would change to something [...]