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I recently wanted to do a few changes on my home network and needed some simple and cheap devices supporting VLAN and preferably having a bit of WiFi and some VPN. After a short look on eBay I decided to go for a Cisco Small Business WiFi Routers. Random clicking and bidding resulted in buying one RV110W , one RV120W and a RV215W . As they didn’t quite perform as I wanted, I needed a few alternate approaches….

As previously mentioned, the EasyShopper is able to navigate customers towards the product they’re looking for. To be able to do so there is a store wide positioning system in place. This post covers the basics of the used solution.

Having been grounded for a while now and mainly going out to do some shopping, the electronic shopping carts in our local grocery store offered a very welcome change. Although, only having access to the carts while being out shopping and being permanently “supported” by the staff doesn’t make the “physical part of looking at things” any easier, they’re new, interesting and fun devices to have a look at…

Although written end of 2016, I’ve finally managed to actually place some notes on my cellular lab setup here. Hope they’re helpul. - Cellular Lab Setup

During a recent search for new networking equipment I stumbled upon “locking” RJ-45 jacks. Due to a round of lost in translation the word “locking” as in fixating or fastening was translated to “abschließbar” - “lockable” as you’d do with a door. The description also stated enhanced security for areas with higher security requirements such as banks, airports and schools. Costing only 4€ and an extra 4€ for the “key” I just couldn’t resist to give the security benefits a test drive.

I’ve recently had a short look at receiving satellite images from the NOAA weather satellites. A short HowTo and some results can be found on the Receiving NOAA Satellite Images page .

Just the very first post in the system.