wormeyman

I'm a Husband, Minster, Web Devloper, and all around geek.

Override WebPagetest.org dns settings

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Super useful for testing a non-live site to see if the new server or settings is fast enough.

Source: https://www.webpagetest.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=14066&pid=27237#pid27237

Script:

setDns	mytestedhost.com	123.234.123.234
navigate	mytestedhost.com

Notes:

  • Use Tab stops not spaces
    • I copied the above code into VSCODE and changed it to tab stops to get it to work.
  • Paste into https://www.webpagetest.org/#script

How to install LinSSID on Ubuntu 12.04

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I needed to do a network survey the other day to see if wifi was working as expected and I decided to use my Ubuntu laptop for the purpose, I ran into this handy tool called LinSSID that allows you to do a wireless survey. The reason I am using Ubuntu 12.04 is that I feel that the LTS releases are the most stable and have the broadest install base so that is what I tend to use on my computers.

  1. Install LinSSID from it’s download page.
  2. After it is installed I found that I got an error stating that it could not see any wireless devices so I installed IW by typing the following command into the terminal[shell]sudo apt-get install iw[/shell]
  3. I was then able to run LinSSID by typing[shell]sudo linssid[/shell]

    in the terminal.

  4. (optional) If you would like to try combining steps 2.1 &3 try[shell] sudo apt-get install iw && sudo linssid[/shell]

Let me know in the comments if it works!