Accessing your files at home from your office

Assume you are at work and you would like to access your files at home in a secure way. There are many ways to accomplish this, for example by remote desktop. In this article I will unveil another approach namely via SSH (Secure SHell) and mounting your remote home-directory at your computer at work. Example… Continue reading Accessing your files at home from your office

Smart meter

Some weeks ago, new electricity and gas meters were installed. Yes, it was time to install the smart meter variants (‘slimme meter’). Enexis is the distribution network operator and selected in this case the Sagemcom XS210 as smart meter. The great thing of these meters is, that there is a possibility to read out the… Continue reading Smart meter

FRITZ!Box running as LAMP-server (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP)

In this tutorial you will learn how to run a complete LAMP-configuration (Apache, MySQL and PHP) at your FRITZ!Box. In this article a ‘FRITZ!Box 7360’ is used. However you can follow the same steps for other types when it is supported by Freetz besides of that, there must be enough memory and CPU-power available in… Continue reading FRITZ!Box running as LAMP-server (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP)

Volkswagen Passat Highline 2.0 TDI DPF (B6)

This stylish dark gray Volkswagen Passat sixth generation (B6) is equipped with a diesel particle filter and a 2-liter diesel engine.   Features First registration: July 17th, 2006 Mileage (end of November 2009): 105.000 km 103 kW / 140 pk 2.0 TDI (1.968 cm3 diesel) Manual gear (6 gears) Front wheel drive Diesel Particle Filter… Continue reading Volkswagen Passat Highline 2.0 TDI DPF (B6)