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RIM’s patch manager 2.2 failed to download 2007 DST patch

February 28, 2007 late at night · Filed under BB7270, BES, DST changes, MDS, RIM, blackberry

I pushed the 2007 DST patch manager 2.2 to a dozen of Blackberry 7270 handhelds from our BES using Software Configuration policy. Under Options/2007 DST Patch, the patch manager complained it could not find the patch, or couldn’t download the patch, and will retry at a later time. All test units complained one way or the other. Read the rest of this entry »

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Netgear WGR614v6 wireless access can’t be enabled by manual configuration

February 9, 2007 around lunchtime · Filed under WAP, blackberry, netgear, wireless router

This morning I started to configure yet another Netgear WGR614v6 wireless router (WAP) for a customer site. As experienced as I am with Netgear wireless routers, I opt to run neither the installation CD nor the setup wizard. I hooked up my laptop to one of the four RJ-45 ports on the router, then pointed Firefox to “www.routerlogin.net/start.htm”.


Everything works fine except:

  • I had to power cycle the unit when I changed the subnet for the LAN. simple “ipconfig /renew” on the laptop picked up old subnet range.
  • wireless radio is disabled and no obvious way to turn it on. The check-box was shadowed. Wireless options can be configured just fine, such as SSID/WPA-PSK/channel. Read the rest of this entry »

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Today T-mobile SMTP server starts to validate sender domain for BIS accounts

February 5, 2007 in the early morning · Filed under T-Mobile, blackberry, email, fedora core linux, linux, postfix

We had a major software release to our ASP platform early this morning. The ASP services have been monitored closely by an internal Hobbit monitor. During the maintenance window or after, no alert emails ever reached our duty pager, a blackberry 7290 with a T-mobile BIS (Blackberry Internet Email) account. Other alert venues worked as usual. After checking around, I found that the culprit is tmo.blackberry.net, T-mobile’s SMTP server for its BIS accounts. Out of blue, it starts to validates sender domain this morning and rejects any email whose SENDER field fails the new validation. Also described below is how to fix it for Postfix. Read the rest of this entry »

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