Motu dictionary online form

We are glad to have on our Motu Dictionary Project team the expertise of Amuthageetha Nagarajan who has created an online form hosted on dwuonline that end users can use to add Motu Words to the dictionary.

The Wiktionary project is a collaborative project and we aim to involve as many people as we can. In the effort to do this, Amutha has created an easy-to-use online form from the same format as the java applet interface.

You can now add words by simply going online here and adding a word to the Motu Dictionary.

Please feel free to share this with your colleagues.

Online form to add a word to Motu Dictionary

The end-user java applet for mobile compatibility

Setting up dialer for WiMAX VPN Connection

This tutorial was done as a how-to guide for Lab114 Telikom WiMAX CPE Equipment Setup. There is quite a number of devices that are used for WiMAX connectivity however, the setup steps are somewhat similar.

1.      Click on network connectivity icon in the taskbar. Select Open Network and Sharing Center.

  

2.      Click on Set up a new connection or network

3.      Choose the option Connect to a workplace. Click Next. We are going to set up a VPN connection to the internet using Telikom WiMAX.

4.      Select No, create a new connection and click Next

5.      Click Use my Internet Connection (VPN)

6.      Type in the Internet address for the server provided by the ISP. In your case you will use IP address provided by Telikom. The Destination name is can be your own VPN name. Click on Next

7.      The next dialog box will ask you for a username and password. This is provided by the ISP as well. Domain is optional. In a later article, I will show you how to connect the VPN to a domain. This tutorial covers only the client setup. Click on Create.

8.      The connection is ready to use. Click on Close. We are not done yet. Telikom VPN uses the L2TP/IPsec protocol for its VPN connections so we need to specify that in the dialer settings. Follow the next steps.

 

9.      Right-click on the dialer as shown below and select Properties.

10.  In the properties dialog box, the first tab to appear is the General tab. In here you can see the IP address we entered earlier on.

11.  Click on the Security tab. From the “Type of VPN” list, select Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPsec (L2TP/IPsec)

12.  From the “Data encryption” list, select Optional encryption. Also select the last two protocols CHAP and MSCHAP v2 as shown below. Once done click OK.

13.  When all is done, go to the taskbar and connect to the VPN.

In the next how-to-guide we look at enabling L2TP/IPsec for the VPN to work.  

All images copyright Picky Airi 2014

Configuring and troubleshooting a WiMAX VPN Connection

When I first joined DWU as a tutor with the Department of Information Systems, one of the biggest challenges given to me was to look after the departments practical computer lab. I have looked after computer labs in my last job with Daltron Training but with technical assistance from ICT department. For this lab we needed to have our own network setup which we will have to manage and monitor ourselves.

This has been quite a challenge for me and to get things started I had to first setup the WiMAX VPN connection. The WiMAX CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) was bought from Telikom PNG a year ago. Telikom managed to get it setup but as soon as they left everything seemed to have stopped working (at least that's what I was told). Anyway, so far the past one year they haven't been using it.


I honestly didn't know what was wrong, had a few possible problems in mind but then set out to troubleshoot from the very beginning of the entire configurations. I checked with Telikom to find out if our WiMAX account was still active and we were told it was. With the WiMAX CPE (original product from Alvarion) you can tell by the orange light on the device that it is registered and still active.


I consulted Telikom to come over to the Lab and assist me by going through the whole process of configuration. I soon realized that it was just setting up the dialer. Well all went well but this technician from Telikom couldn't get the WiMAX connection to internet working on one of our machines. It worked fine in his laptop but couldn't get it connected to our machine.

He tried a few troubleshooting tips and tricks to no avail. So we decided to call it off. I was so curious and wanted to know WHY? this connection was not working.

I went through the whole entire process again and of course had to do some research and reading on you know where GOOGLE but the solution was somewhat obscure. It came to this AHA!!! moment when I realized it must be the firewall. And that's where it all became very clear. I  decided to enable the VPN protocol Telikom used for this WiMAX connection (L2TP). And tada!!... it was all good.

So I decided to do a how-to-guide just for future reference in-case things get messed up again.

There are two parts to the guide;

1. Setting up a dialer for the WiMAX VPN connection
2. Enabling L2TP protocol on your Windows machine (see below)

Enabling L2TP protocol on your Windows 7 machine

If you would like to download this PDF file...place a comment and I'll forward the PDF to you...

Dictionary workshop

In my last post, I mentioned about the dictionary workshop we have been planning for the past weeks. Its been finally done! Thanks to the hard work of Mr. Kari Totona and the support from Central & NCD Students Association.

The workshop was held on Saturday 15th here at DWU, Madang. Mr. Totona sent an open invitation to other staff to join us for an interesting session on the software that SIL use to create simple dictionaries for local languages. Mr. Ray Stiegemen was the facilitator of the workshop.

l-r: Mr. Matbob, Mr. Mahap, Mr. Totona, Mr. Stiegemen, Dr. Sai, Ms. Barnabas

We were glad to have other staff from the CA, PGIR, and Physiotherapy join us. From the Team, only myself and Mr. Totona were there to be part of the workshop.
The one day workshop introduced the software WeSay and its basic functionality in adding, editing words, definitions and all the other language semantics. Apart from that we were glad to learn that you can add images and sounds to the dictionary for pronunciation and example sentences.

All who attended were glad to be part of an enriching experience in the use of software to record our local languages. 

The software is called WeSay ver.1.4. For installation you also need to install Prince ver.9.0 platform and the ArtOfReading3FreeSetup which is a free tool.

Here is a screenshot of the WeSay application window. A great tool indeed.

For ease of download, I have added both the WeSay and ArtofReading to my blog library on Google Drive which you can download here...

• WeSay ver1.4 (21MB)
• ArtOfReading3 (will add later, 297MB)
• Princever9.0 (10MB)

Visit this sites for more information on the software

• http://wesay.palaso.org/

• http://www.sil.org/resources/software_fonts/wesay 

ICND1 and ICND2 Training Guides

Thought I should share these materials with the networking professionals if you are interested in studying for your ICND1 and ICND2 Certifications.

ICND1 

 


ICND2 


These materials are purposely for those who are intending to do their CISCO certification.

Please feel free to share this link with your colleagues who might also be interested. If you would like a copy of this PDF please comment below and I'll share the download link which is on my Google drive.

Regards,

MS Office Cheat Sheets

Not long ago MS Office 2007 was the productivity tool of the day. While most of us where trying to get a grip on every part of the MS Office 2007 application suite, the 2010 version came out. And as if that wasn't enough, 2013 came out and is on every Windows 8 OS installed machine that you find in the computer shops out there.

While much is said about the advantages and disadvantages of the MS Office 2013 application suite, one thing is for sure, that many of us are still trying to get a grip on Office 2010 again.

Whether you are well acquainted or a beginner with Office 2010, I hope this cheat sheets will be helpful to you as a refresher.

I got them from this online learning site which you have to be a member to get them www.customguide.com

THIS BLOG claims no credit for the resources that you are about to download. They are not my own work but sharing them as they are free and in the public domain. You can visit the site for more information.

 


Cheers,

Workshop on language software for dictionary

Plans are underway and progressing well to bring a linguistic expert from SIL Ukarumpa, Goroka to run a one-day workshop on the use of a language software.

We are currently arranging the logistics at our end here. Will sure post some more info and pics soon about the progress of the planned workshop.

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Download link for the Android English-Motu App beta version developed by David Sikar (MCS Yr4 student, DWU)
Download link here Android Motu App 1.0
You can review it and leave your comments at the end of this post...this is still under development as we look at adding more features and more words.

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In the meantime, please do take part in our online survey to gather information on the usage of the MOTU language among our Motuan people.

Take the ONLINE SURVEY

You can download the survey here and complete it offline and email to pairi@dwu.ac.pg 

Pacific Island Chapter of Internet Society - 2014 Board Members

Glad to share the news on my blog about the new board members for year 2014, PICISOC.
Two female Papua New Guineans are proud members of the Board;

• Priscilla Kevin 
• Winifred Kula Amini

You can find out more infor about them on the PICISOC website 2014 Board Members

I am currently a member of the Internet Society Pacific Island Chapter and a member of the Education Special Interest Group.

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs) have been established at times to develop the interests, knowledge and skills of a specific group of technically engaged PICISOC members.

It is a very informative and dynamic affiliation to be a part of as you learn from the expert advice from people all over the Pacific region on anything and everything technology in the Pacific region.

If you would like to be a member do visit JOIN PICISOC!

Repost: Bigger better network

Thought I should share this here on my blog. This post was my response to a discussion on our DWU forum about the soaring prices of data rates by Digicel compared to the other Telco's in the country. 

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In reality, the broadband internet access provided by ISP's (Internet Service Providers) like Telikom, BMVodaphone, and Digicel especially via this different packages is really not the same for Mobile phone usage and USB dongle usage. For instance, customers can access the internet via mobile phones or a USB dongle connected to a PC; and although the data rates look the same there are bandwidth caps (aka data caps) that limit the transfer of a specified amount of data over a period of time. The same amount of megabytes per second for mobile phone usage will be much less when used in a PC through the USB dongle.


ISPs normally apply this to ensure the network usage that's intended to be shared by many users doesn't become overloaded, or may be overloaded, by few users. These few users might be streaming video, downloading movie files or file sharing and when the use is continuous at high rates for hours at a time, it may seriously impair the service of others.
ISPs do not tell you this but they try to manage it in a way that enables the network to be shared fairly by all consumers or else we complain that network is slow or clogged up.
 
They do not do this using data caps alone.
 
1. Firstly, they ensure you as a customer see that your expenditure is capped (not by way of data cap but by knowing in advance that you can never be charged more than a certain amount for a 24hr, week or month long period.) Thus it reduces your nervousness in receiving a high bill but encourages you to take advantage of the package. That is why internet usage has soared.
 
2. Secondly, they will never cut you off from the internet access during the time frame you have purchased the service. A cut off may mean that you have to wait for a day to renew the service as in Digicel's Day pass prepaid plan. This I believe is a network management strategy.
 
So how do you as a customer get best value for your money?
 
I have come to realize that in order to keep costs and therefore prices for consumers down providers like Digicel configure their networks for what they believe should be a reasonable average level of usage by customers.
 
Thus for example , for a hypothetical network, every customer might be given a service with a maximum theoretic speed of 12 Mbps. If the technology allows for a maximum theoretic download speed of 12Mbps, the provider will aim to dimension the network to meet the usage levels of the large majority in order to keep costs and prices for everyone down. In this instance the provider might for example assume that the network should be configured to assume 1Mbps download on average at all times for all customers.
 
Now you all know the demand in Internet usage especially with download rate and speed. So for example, if the provider is forced to provide a network that could handle 12Mpbs download for all customers continuously, that would drive up the costs of the network and prices tremendously. The consequent increase in prices would leave many people unable to afford Internet Access packages from the provider and I believe this is what's happening with Digicel now.
 
Simply put, the bridge built from vines cannot hold 12 people walking across all at the same time, so what do you do? build a "bigger better" bridge with steel...and dat wan u no oledi.... will cost more...:)
 
My 2toea comments.

Installing Oracle VirtualBox

As I mentioned before in the earlier posts, I have been trying out several Linux distro's on my machine (but obviously not installing and uninstalling every time I try an OS).

I was using MS Virtual PC before but recently switched to Oracle Virtual Box for various reasons I shall highlight later on in this tutorial.

Well as a technology newbie trying to get your hands on different OSes and experience their capabilities and features, what better way to do this than using a virtual machine. You wouldn't want to install a new OS on your laptop or desktop machine every time do you? So, enough of talking too much and let's head straight into installing Oracle VirtualBox. 

Installing Oracle® Virtual Box
This tutorial will show you how to install Oracle Virtual Box. Virtual box is similar to Virtual PC however, there are various advantages and features of VBox over Virtual PC.



One of the main advantages is that

• Virtual PC can handle up to a limited number of .VHD files unlike Virtual Box plus it is compatible with VMWare Player (well as long as you format the disk correctly plus you have a VMWare Convertor. I'll touch on these in a later tutorial).

What you need:

• Oracle Virtual Box installation file (we will use the Virtual Box 4.2.6 version). You can download this from their website oracle virtualbox download
• At least 1 GB or better still 2GB or RAM
• At least 20 – 40GB hard disk space specifically for the Virtual Hard Disks. Your host machine or laptop HD should be enough to create several virtual machines. Not to worry recent machines come with more than enough HD space.

The setup is pretty much simple. Just follow the screen dumps below.

Step 1 Right-click the setup file and select Run as administrator.

 

Click Next on the next dialog box.

Step 2 Click Next to accept the default installation location. Click Next again.

Step 3 Virtual Box will reset the network connection. Proceed with installation by click Yes. Click Install

Step 4 Once installation is complete, click on Finish to launch Oracle VM VirtualBox.

If you can this same dialog box on your screen, you have successfully installed Oracle VM VirtualBox on your PC. In a later tutorial we will look at adding a virtual machine.

Till then, thanks for reading...