Archive for the ‘ISP’ Category
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/02/19
I wrote this post because the xs4all->KPN transition was messy, especially on the VoIP side.
Emails and letters were incomplete lacking some essential information for manual configuration; 2nd line help desk did not return calls; pointers to where to find correct information were lacking.
This kind of is a catch all post with most of the links I found without much of their content so I can refer to them later when writing a more detailed post on how I did get VoIP to work.
So: for my link archive, almost all posts in Dutch.
Found posts
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/26
A long time ago, I wrote about Wifispots instellen | Klantenservice | Ziggo « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff.
For that, you need a Ziggo VPN certificate, which you can download from [Wayback] www.ziggo.nl/content/dam/www.ziggo.nl/tools/WifiSpots certificaten/WifiSpots certificaat Android en Windows Ziggo.crt .
On many Android phones, that does not install the default way any more as back then.
The reason is that it is a CA root certificate (in this case identifying Ziggo as certificate authority) thereby allowing them to issue any certificate. This can be a serious risk, so you have to be really sure to trust them before installing the certificate.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2023/10/11
I had speedtest-cli running on MacOS and various Linux machines, but not yet on Windows (see for instance my post Ubuntu: Fixing the myserious “Failed to stop apt-daily.timer: Connection timed out”).
[Wayback/Archive] Install and Test Internet Speed with Speedtest CLI Command Line – NEXTOFWINDOWS.COM reminded me there is a Speedtest CLI for Windows download at at [Wayback/Archive] Speedtest CLI: Internet speed test for the command line, but I am a an automation/scripting/devops person, so luckily there are also [Wayback/Archive] Chocolatey Software | Speedtest by Ookla (don’t get [Wayback/Archive] Ookla.Speedtest download, as that is the GUI version).
Both the Chocolatey and winget packages are named the same, so that is quite confusing. This is how I have set them apart:
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Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, Batch-Files, Chocolatey, DevOps, GDPR/DS-GVO/AVG, Internet, ISP, KPN, Notepad++, Power User, Privacy, Scripting, SpeedTest, Windows, xs4all | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2023/03/31
This post is a reminder to myself to check if Fritz!Box 7490 can be upgraded to the FritzOS (sometimes spelled Fritz!OS or FRITZ!OS) 7.50, which is the firmware that introduced WireGuard on various Fritz!Box models.
Initially it wasn’t available for the wildly popular Fritz!Box 7490 series which, at the time of writing was still a current Fritz!Box model, has been very popular in The Netherlands because of (now defunct) internet provider XS4ALL started shipping it to customers almost 10 years ago ([Wayback/Archive] Property:XS4ALL – BoxMatrix). Currently Fritz!Box products are offered by KPN, Solcon and Freedom Internet.
So I asked [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers @wiert@mastodon.social on Twitter: “Is there any information if (and hopefully estimate when) the @AVM_NL @AVM_DE 7.50 firmware is going to be available for the (in The Netherlands very well sold/distributed) Fritz!Box 7490 model? FritzOS 7.50 supports @WireGuardVPN: a big step forward.”
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/09/04
For posterity these two tweets from xs4all unixbeheer dudes:
For me it is a strange feeling, but for Cor, Jan-Pieter and some others that also stayed until the very last it is even stranger: after so many years (or decades) at xs4all their life suddenly is very different.
I wish them well and hopefully be able to meet up every now and then.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2021/03/22
If you use xs4all VoIP from any Fritz!Box device, then keep the “Telephone Number Format” for “Country code” on “No”, and “Area code” to “None”:
If you have changed these to “With prefix” like I did:
combined with VoIP settings to block international numbers on the right, then when you dial a number outside your area, you will get a friendly voice telling you “this number is blocked”
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/10/08
Voor mijn link archief, dit lijkt op de integratie van xs4all:
KPN komt met nieuwe abonnementen met de naam Hussel. Onder die naam zijn zowel vast en mobiel internet als bellen en tv beschikbaar. Ook zijn er losse mobiele abonnementen. Onbeperkte mobiele data is alleen mogelijk in combinatie met vast internet.
[WayBack] KPN vernieuwt abonnementen voor vast en mobiel internet, tv en bellen – IT Pro – Nieuws – Tweakers
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/09/09
Voor mijn link archief: [WayBack] KPN legt voornemen om te stoppen met Xs4All voor aan ondernemingsraad – IT Pro – Nieuws – Tweakers
- xs4all doet fixed IP (eventueel zelfs een subnet) met reverse DNS
- een alternatief is wellicht ExtraIP:
https://extraip.com/ is natuurlijk ook een optie.
–jeroen
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