How to Block IGMP Multicast Flood on a WLAN When Watching Telus Optik TV (IPTV)

After being a Shaw TV and Internet customer for several years, I recently made the switch to Telus Optik TV and Telus Optik High Speed Turbo Internet. While I’m very happy with both the Optik TV and Internet so far, there have been a few bumps along the way. For example, the other day I hooked up a DD-WRT powered wireless router to the network and experienced an IGMP multicast packet flood when I turned on the TV. In this article I show you how to use ebtables to block an IGMP multicast packet flood on a DD-WRT WLAN when watching IPTV. Continue reading » How to Block IGMP Multicast Flood on a WLAN When Watching Telus Optik TV (IPTV)




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Flying with wifi

A nerdboys blogger blogging at 36103 feet going at 436 mph?! … seem impossible?  Among some of the odder offerings of Virgin airlines (mood lighting, linux-powered in-flight consoles), they also offer in-flight WIFI.

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