I had a small Technical Epiphany the other day that I wanted to share. I got Ethernet Aliasing to work with Ubuntu Gutsy Linux and it turns out to be quite simple in retrospect. Why might you want to do such a thing? In my case, to tweak my Wireless settings while I used the Internet. My Buffalo AirStation Wireless Bridge was working poorly and I needed status to help debug it. I really wanted to access two different IP networks, without routing, on the same physical wire at the same time without buying a new Ethernet card - which in the dark past would have been the "proper" way to do this.

Installing fax modem on Ubuntu Dapper LTS

• Hardware: U.S. Robotics 56K FAX EXT V5.4.62
• Software: efax-0.9a

Modem testing

• minicom -s
• Serial device: /dev/ttyS0
• Exit
• ati - 5601 expected

Printer setup

• System, Administration, Printing, New Printer
• Network Printer, HP JetDirect, host:localhost, port:9900, Forward
• Manufacturer: Raw, Model:Queue, Forward
• Name: fax, Apply

Software setup

• apt-get install efax-gtk
• Application, Office, Efax-gtk
• File, Settings
• Identity: Name:, Number:
• Modem:, Serial Device: TTYS0
• Logging:, Log file: /home/...
• Page, Page size:, Letter
• OK

Address Book Setup

All aspiring webmasters with a keyboard like to think of themselves as "professionals". http://vekon.com is about a professional consultant not about a professional webmaster.

The content is all about the owner of the website not the people implementing it. In this case, Rob Varley has written dozens of articles about the economics of international development. His portfolio is best rendered, in large part, as a bibliography. His interests are best served when individual citations can be downloaded and incorporated into new articles. The greater the number of references, the better search position. Better search position leads to more retainer possibilities at better rates.

So how did we do it?