Linksys CURL Command to Release and Renew WAN IP

Someone asked me to provide the cURL commands to release and renew the WAN IP on Linksys routers so here they are:

Release WAN IP:
curl http://username:password@192.168.1.1/apply.cgi -d "submit_button=Status_Router&submit_type=release&change_action=gozila_cgi&wan_proto=dhcp"

Renew WAN IP:
curl http://username:password@192.168.1.1/apply.cgi -d "submit_button=Status_Router&submit_type=renew&change_action=gozila_cgi&wan_proto=dhcp"

Android Disable Fastboot

I made this post because I didn't know where to disable FASTBOOT on Android phones. During 2 different versions on Android I noticed the option was moved so it should be in either of the following places:

1) Go to SETTINGS -> POWER and scroll to the bottom it should be there.

2) Go to SETTINGS -> APPLICATIONS and it should be at the bottom.

Those are the two places I have found this option, If I missed some other places please let me know and Ill add it.

Free Sim Unlock

Here is how to unlock HTC Desire HD and other HTC models. First of all I take no responsibility if you damage your phone, I have tried this myself and it works, and easy. 2nd thank you goes out to the maker of this Root/Unlock script. Please donate to him if you like it, half the value of the unlock code would be a decent amount. I am not the creator of this, I am just happy he made it and would like to show him gratitude.

To be safe I'm not posting it here or a URL, so Google Advanced ACE Hack Kit. Thats the tool you will need, the instructions explain everything.

Pandigital WiFi Problem

Ok, so I bought a Pandigital Novel 7" e-reader with android OS. I will be writing a review about it soon, but I am making this post now because I had a problem with wifi disconnecting on this.

So you have a Pandigital tablet and your WiFi disconnects/drops and doesn't reconnect unless you do it manually? Well here is how I fixed it.

Log into your wireless router from your computer(by typing 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0. 1 in your web browser, google your model router for management IP and username and password.), once you've logged into your router go to "Wireless" settings, then under "Channel:" it will most likely have "Auto" selected. This is where you choose a channel number(I chose 8, you can experiment with different channels for speed and signal strength, different channels will offer different speeds and wifi range) Once you've chosen a channel click save.

Now that you've saved your channel, connect to WiFi using your Pandigital e-reader and it should no longer disconnect, and if it does it will Auto reconnect very quickly. No more wifi dropping on my Pandigital tablet.

Enjoy and leave a comment if this helped!

Embedded Zoneminder Stream

Here is how to embed a IP camera stream from Zoneminder into your own website (I recommend only use it for local site(site accessible only internally), since the password and username is visible.)

<img src="http://zoneminder-server-ip/cgi-bin/nph-zms?mode=jpeg&monitor=1&scale=100&maxfps=10&buffer=1000&user=username&pass=password" width="640" height="480">

Dont forget to change the ip to your zoneminder server ip, and the username and password. I recommend creating a non admin account for this. and monitor=1 to the camera you want to view from ZM. 1 would be the first camera hover over the camera url in ZM to find out the monitor ID.

N770 Browser Crash

Here is how to fix the N770 browser crash problem. When you load the browser on N770 or enter a website url it crashes. You cant visit any websites using the browser. Browser closes when you try to edit settings. These are all symptoms of a corrupt download.dat file.

Close the browser

To fix this open Terminal (Osso Xterm) type rm /home/user/.opera/download.dat

Once thats done, open web browser again and it should work.


Credits go to the person that discovered this fix.

If your having trouble connecting you N770 to wifi, dont forget to try covering(shielding) it while connecting. A metal bowl works best.

Jpeg to Video

If your using linux and have a bunch of jpeg images you want to convert to video/movie file then just use mencoder in command line. Its quick and easy. Note the following command has to be entered from the directory the images are in.

mencoder -ovc copy -mf w=640:h=480:fps=16:type=jpg 'mf://*.jpg' -o output.avi

 You can use all the image captures captured from your IP Camera to your ftp server or email and compile them into a video that is seek-able by using the command above.

Just copy all the images you want to compile into a video and put them in a folder on your desktop. Open terminal then cd to Desktop and cd to the folder the images are in, then use the command above.

If you captured images in 320x240 you would put that instead of 640x480 respectively in the command above(not mandatory). Also if the video output is playing too fast for your liking just change the fps to a lower number and try again. So if you want to slow it down change the fps from 16 to something lower and if you want to speed it up the playback of the video, increase 16 to a higher number.

Convert ip security camera captured images to video.