tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158362382012-02-16T01:18:49.160-08:00This Blog brings original reviews and Hackz on new technologies. Home Networking will be a common thread.Francesco Caggionihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756605082908850601noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15836238.post-89206396924638855322009-04-14T06:44:00.000-07:002009-04-14T06:54:17.548-07:00

Interesting report on testing Chevy Volt.CNN Article on Chevy Volt Mule TestOne thing that did struck me was this sentence:The 40-mile pure-electric range was specifically selected as a goal by GM engineers because most Americans drive less than that on most days. That means, assuming they charge the car every night, they could go for months without needing to fill the tank while, at the same

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Swoopo.com allows you to bid on items (much like eBAY) but you will pay for each bid you make.Usually price increases 0.15$ for each BID that somebody makes.Each bid will cost you a wopping 0.75$When you look at the price of the sold items, you are extremely tempted to try your luck.Lets say a WII console costs 250$ and it usually sells on SWOOPO for 120$You only bid once for 123$, and you end up

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Feel free to contact me.lemmingreviews (NO SPAM) @ (NO SPAM) gmail (DOT) com65$ for 1120$ for a pairIncludes Power Supply, Ethernet Cable and NIM100. And I guess that the site will serve as a manual.

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Here are the snapshots of the main Web Interface pages available in the NIM100.Note: Click on the images to zoom in.Firmware Upgrade Advanced Link StatusPasswordSecurityStatusSetupHappy hacking, and please post a comment if you decide to do something with this !!!

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Now that we have root access, how do we change the configuration so that we can manage this NIM100 for our needs?http://169.254.1.1 from your web browser of choice will get you to the web interface of the NIM100.Oohps, Password required ....A quick check of ./etc/passwd gives us the password "entropic" no quotes.... and voila' we are in.Happy hacking, and please post a comment if you decide to do

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Now that we see the boot process, we can see that NIM100 is running a IP host, which out of the box is 169.254.1.xIf you are connecting from your computer to the NIM100 and the NIM100 is not connected to anything on the COAX side, the IP address will be 169.254.1.1 but if more NIM100 are connected together over COAX, the various NIM100s will get different IP addresses starting from 169.254.1.1

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Here is a log of the Boot process as observed from the Serial Port RS232:�+ECB InitPerforming boot FlashBase=0x50000000 FlashPartitionTbl=0x0003FE00...Flash Memory Size=0x00800000, BlockSize=0x00020000PartitionName: boot, Base=0x00000000, Size=0x00040000PartitionName: otpd, Base=0x00040000, Size=0x00020000PartitionName: bcfg, Base=0x00060000, Size=0x00020000PartitionName: acfg, Base=0x00080000

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In the previous post we discovered where the RS232 is accessible inside the NIM100.Now we need a RS232 cable to get to it. Since the signal is not in standard RS232 12V but TTL logic, we will need a converter. The easist way to build one is to use a Radio Shack (Future Dial) "Mobile Phone Data Cables" .Almost any of the FutureDial cables which have a small box in the middle like the one above

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NIM100 from Motorola, as explained in the presious post is the device required to transform regular Ethernet over CAT-5 to a signal capable of crossing the existing COAX wiring infrastructure inside the house, based on MoCA specifications.NIM100 is not for Sale to the Public and it was used by Verizon in the first FiOS TV installations to support VoD to and from the set top boxes.But since it

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FiOS TV from Verizon uses a new Home Networking technology based on MoCA, a Standard defined by a consortium of companies. The founding company of this consortium, and MoCA Pioneer, is Entropic Communication which sports the venerable Andrew Viterbi as one of the Board Members.This Technology Converts regular Ethernet traffic to a Signal that is able to traverse the COAXial wiring infrastructure

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