Acer Revo M1-601: How to install Asterisk & Freepbx

acer-m1-601To begin you need to install Debian 8.1.

Critical step in the installation process.
Non-free firmware
When the installation process ask for “Some of you hardware needs non-free firmware  – the missing firmware files are rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw”, you need to download from Debian Packaged web site package named firmware-realtek (see linkografia), uncompress it to an USB stick (using 7zip for example): after that you can insert USB key in your Acer and continue with installation process.

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Disk Partition
My choice: Guided – use entire – all file in one partition

Software Selection
My choice: SSH server and standard system utilities

Root SSH Access
You need to permit root user to get via SSH in order to facilitate the configuration steps.

> sed -i 's/PermitRootLogin without-password/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> service sshd restart

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PfSense NanoBsd-based: issue after upgrade to 2.3

PfSense-Vers23Some days ago I’ve upgraded my pfSense installed in the office to new release 2.3. This device is running is a mother board PC Engines ALIX-based with compact flash: for this reason pfSense is based on NanoBSD image.
Usually this process is flawless, but now I’ve noticed after the upgrade lot of slowness: some page take long time to respond or do not load at all.
After some search I’ve found the solution in page “Upgrade Guide-pfSense”: pls see linkografia. Continue reading