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I like to work with screen because I can easily switch between different virtual consoles and attach them somewhere else if needed. So here is how I setup my screenrc:

vbell off                  #Don't display the wuff wuff stuff
defutf8 on                 #Turn on UTF-8 by default
shelltitle "$ |bash"       #Standard Shell title will be replaced by bash
caption always             #I never use split view but like the caption
caption string "%{= wk}%w" #Show me all opened consoles with white on black

Add this to your .bashrc to get nice console names (usually the runnig programm):

export PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\ek\e\\"'

Here are the keystokes I use very often:

Create new console:        ^A c
Get to next console:       ^A n
Go to last console:        ^A a
Go to specific console:    ^A <consolenumber>
Deattach screen:           ^A d

What I'd like to do is to observe a file with growl (the apache error_log in my case). Getting inspired by this article I wrote a little script called tailf2growl just copy it to /usr/local/bin/tailf2growl or something:

#!/bin/sh
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Missing filename"
    exit 1
fi

tail -n0 -F $1 | while read; do
    echo $REPLY | growlnotify -a tailfgrowl -t $1;
done

The usage is simple as hell just do it like this:

tailf2growl /var/log/httpd/error_log 

So here is what I wanted to prevent a cable between our cablecom connection, where our first router is located and our office.

    +---------+                                   +--------------+
    | OpenWRT |     <--- WPA secured WiFi --->    | Existing     |
    | bridge  |                                   | access point | -- (DHCP server)
    +---------+                                   +--------------+
     |   |   |
     PC  PC  PC

This graphic and most of the configs are from http://wiki.openwrt.org/WirelessBridgeWithWPAHowto I just changed it to match WPA1 and my WRT54g. This Script will turn your router into a wireless bridge, but with an IP on the LAN and on the wireless side assigned so you can still configure it.

#Remove unused services:
rm /etc/init.d/S45firewall
rm /etc/init.d/S50dnsmasq
cp -f /rom/etc/init.d/S40network /etc/init.d/S40network
sed -i "/ifup wan/d" /etc/init.d/S40network

#Configure wifi:
ipkg install nas
ipkg install wl
nvram set wl0_radio=1
nvram set wl0_infra=1
nvram set wl0_mode=wet
nvram set wl0_ssid=ebiwireless
nvram set wl0_akm=psk
nvram set wl0_crypto=tkip
nvram set wl0_wpa_psk=fsckingunsecure

#Configure the interfaces:
nvram unset wan_ifname
nvram set wan_proto=none
nvram set lan_ifname=br0
nvram set lan_ifnames="vlan0 eth1"
nvram set lan_ipaddr=192.168.2.253
nvram set wifi_ifname=eth1
nvram set wifi_proto=static
nvram set wifi_ipaddr=192.168.2.252
nvram unset vlan1ports
nvram unset vlan1hwname
nvram set vlan0ports="4 3 2 1 0 5*"

#Save that stuff and reboot
nvram commit
reboot

Our sweet little drNabaz got a friend who's taking place at my home
soon :)