Trip to Bangkok or iPad?

As early as December last year, I have already booked our flight to Bangkok. We're supposed to stay there from June 18-22 and celebrate Father's Day there like last year in Hong Kong. But that may no longer happen due to current political turmoil in Bangkok.

If our planned trip to Bangkok will not push through, I might just use the extra budget to buy an iPad.



iPad 16GB (wifi) cost only US$ 499 from Apple Store (US) but it is being sold locally for P33,000.

I really want this gadget. It's perfect for my job, especially during my one-on-one presentation with clients. My ASUS K42F notebook is too heavy to always carry around and my ASUS EEE PC is too small for presentations.

Yes, I want this gadget. But I'm not sure if I'm prepared to pay P33,000 for it. Got to find a way to get it for US$499 only. :-)

Whether it's trip to Bangkok or an iPad, this will be both great Father's Day gift from me to myself. :-)

Using my SE608i Smart 3G phone for my ASUS EEE PC internet connection

I was able to connect to internet using my Sony Ericson 608i as dial modem for my ASUS EEE PC. Although I have a limited knowledge using Linux, I was able to configure it easily.


Here's how I was able to do it.

Following the instructions here and here, here's the step-by-step way of doing it.

The idea here is to create a dial up profile using your 3g phone.

1.Plug your SE 608i into your EEE PC via USB

2.Create a dial up connection using the network connection tools. Use *99# as the dial up number and complete the network creation wizard

3.Launch a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) to edit the following files:

a. /etc/ppp/peers/dialup1 - the last few lines should appear like this:

modem
/dev/ttyACM0
460800

b./etc/chatscripts/dialup1 - the file should look like this:

ABORT VOICE
ABORT BUSY
ABORT "NO CARRIER"
ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
ABORT "NO DIAL TONE"
TIMEOUT 120
"" ATZ
OK ATV1E0
OK AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet"
OK ATD*99#
CONNECT \c

4. Don't forget to save the files. :-)

5. Connect using the dial up profile you have created.

Read my ASUS EEE PC wi-fi problem entry if you're experiencing similar problem.

ASUS EEE PC Wifi Problem No More

Salamat sa mga tips mula sa EEE User Forum, nagawan ko na ng paraan ang wifi connection problem ko. Sa dami ng kinalikot ko, hindi ko tiyak kung alin talaga ang solusyon. hehe!

Pero sa palagay ko, yung network settings lang ang dapat baguhin kung may kahalintulad kayong problem gaya nito.From the network settings, simply change the default channel from 6 to Any.

I also followed this instruction:

open a terminal and type:
sudo dhclient -r
let that complete, then type:
sudo dhclient

I also edited the file, /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/0001xandros-wireless-tools, by launching a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and by following instructions here.

So there. This entry was posted using my ASUS EEE PC.

Ang hirap mag type! hehe!

I've got a new toy: ASUS EEE PC

Sa wakas! Nakabili na rin ako ng ASUS EEE PC!

Nakakaaliw, mas malaki pa ang Sturbucks planner ko sa laptop ko. hehe! Kasya pa nga sya sa clutch bag ko.

Pagkagaling sa Watering Hole kagabi kasama ang kaladkarin kong kaibigan, excited akong umuwi para subukan ang bago kong laptop. Liber ang internet connection sa bahay courtesy of kapitbahay.com. Dalawa ang wi-fi access na nasasagap sa bahay kaya masaya! hehe!

Pero bad trip.

Hindi ako makapag internet dahil may problem ang wireless connection. Una akala ko ay dahil mahina lang ang signal. Pero gumana naman ang desktop sa bahay, nakakuha ng internet connection gamit ang parehong wifi access. Medyo naiisip ko na nga rin na mag-subscribe sa smart bro. Ang isa pang alternative sana ay gamitin yung smart 3g phone ko for internet connection. Haaayy.. sana ganun kadali. Tsk!

Tapos sinubukan ko yung wifi access sa office. May ganitong error message naman.

Configuring interface ath0=lan2 (inet)
run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d
Starting WEP wireless connection...
ifconfig $IFACE up
dhclient3 -cf /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.$LOGICAL.conf -pf /var/run/dhclient.$IFACE.pid -lf /var/run/dhclient.$IFACE.leases $IFACE
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/ath0/00:15:af:46:5b:a7
Sending on LPF/ath0/00:15:af:46:5b:a7
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-up.d

Syempre, nagtanong ako kay kaibigang google.

Madami palang nakakaranas ng ganoong problema. May mga suggestions naman kung paano gawin kaya lang nosebleed talaga ako pagdating dito.

Mamaya susubukan ko ayusin. Pag di ko talaga kinaya, babalik ako doon sa pinagbilhan ko.

Puyat na naman mamaya.

Kainis.