Ten Must Have Free Nokia Applications – OVI

Lets take a look at 10 must have applications for Nokia cell phones available via the OVI store.You can download these applications directory from your phone or send them to your phone using the website. Only Free applications are listed here and most are available for all Symbian models. 1) Facebook for Nokia Lets be …


Garmin Nuvi QWERTY Fix

If you have an early Garmin Nuvi such as the 200W you will notice that there is no way to set the keyboard to QWERTY which can make typing address information very annoying. However thankfully you can manually edit a language file to enable to qwerty keyboard on your garmin Nuvi. Plug you Garmin Nuvi …


Improve FreeNAS SMB Performance

Just a note on a common fix for slow SMB performance when using FreeNAS, these options are disabled on default FreeNAS installs but they can make a big difference if you are experiencing slow smb access or very high cpu usage in FreeNAS Under the services – SMB page you just need to enable the …


Configuring DAAP in Freenas – iTUNES Database

Keep in mind that the newer versions of iTunes no longer support DAAP so you will need to use Apple iTunes version 6 or earlier. Setting up your own Freenas DAAP server is really easy though if you are using FreeNAS, there are only two steps. The first thing to do is enable the ZEROCONF …


Rebuilding a degraded RAID1 array in FreeNAS

If you have a degraded RAID 1 array in FreeNAS you may need to replace the disk and trigger the rebuild on your nas device. Thankfully it is really easy to repair broken raid in FreeNAS. If you go to disk > software raid and click on tools you can send commands and if you …


pfSense Load Balancing (Dual Wan)

An update to my original BSD Dual wan routing guide showing the basic configuration requirements for load balancing Internet connections on version 1.2.3 of pfSense. The last dual wan routing guide was based on an early alpha so things are a lot more stable and quite simply just work. The old days of failed load …


WIFI Roaming / Wireless Roaming

Setting up your wireless network with multiple access points can be painful if you do not know a trick or two to set up “wireless roaming” In order to avoid dealing with multiple SSID’s on a wireless network with multiple access points you simply have to give all the access points the same SSID & …


Garmin Map Naming Scheme

If you have ever wondered how the map naming scheme works on Garmin devices it is really simple and can be used as a way to avoid merging maps. Here are the map file names usable on a garmin device or simply put the GPS internal map names gmapprom.img – Primary/Pre Installed Mapsgmaprom1.img – Secondary …


Understanding the Garmin Basemap

If you are unsure what the purpose of a basemap is for Garmin navigation devices this page should shed some light on the subject. So then, what is a garmin basemap and do you understand basemaps? Basemaps are loaded on Garmin Devices in order to provide a bare minimum map on the device. They normally …


How to take Garmin Screenshots

For anybody that has ever wondered how screenshots can be taken on a Garmin GPS you will be pleased to know that it is actually a built in function and all you need to do is follow this guide to enabling and taking screenshots on Garmin NUVI devices. All you need to to do is …