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- Address:
1633 N Halsted St
Chicago, IL 60610Neighborhood:
Lincoln Park
- Cuisine:
ItalianPrice: $30 and under
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://balenachicago.com/
- Phone: (312) 867-3888
- Hours of Operation:
Open for Dinner Monday through Thursday 5pm until 10pm.
Friday and Saturday the kitchen is open until 11pm.
Saturday and Sunday the kitchen opens at 4:30pm.
- Payment Options: AMEX,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Italian, Pizzeria
- Executive Chef: Chris Pandel
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Beer, Chef's Table, Farm to Table, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Wine
A word from Balena
Balena is first collobaration between Boka Restaurant Group and The Bristol Group. Led by Execeutive Chef/Partner Chris Pandel, the restaurant serves what he calls "Honest, Italian cooking." Balena's many accolades include Best New Restaurants in America by Gayot and Bon Appetit, 3 stars by the Chicago Tribune, and a James Beard semi-fnailist position for Best New Rstaurant at the James Beard Awards.Continued
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Balena reviews from OpenTable diners
292 reviews since July 27, 2014
- Food4.2Service4.3
- Ambiance4.3Noise LevelModerate
fit for foodies (192)special occasion (127)romantic (110)neighborhood gem (104)notable wine list (101)good for groups (90)hot spot (79)vibrant bar scene (40)late-night find (14)kid-friendly (7)great for outdoor dining (3)scenic view (2)great for brunch (1)great for lunch (1)Show More
- Great food but spotty serviceChikindVIPDined on 11/19/2014All dishes were great, but we would have huge intervals of time between our waitress' visits. Wine list excellent and unique. Beautiful space.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- JandBVIPDined on 11/16/2014We enjoyed dining at Balena following a performance at the Royal George next door. We took the suggestion of our server and shared two pasta dishes and a salad. We ordered the massive steak and shared that too. A wonderful meal.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fresh and fabulous!OpenTable Diner Since 2008VIPDined on 11/15/2014Pasta dishes seem small but they are so flavorful and filling don't let your eyes fool you -- it's more than enough. I ate the lemony with kale pasta -- amazing but very lemony! The pizza was simple yet full of the most amazing flavors -- we had the fennel sausage. Delightful!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great pastaNsideVIPDined on 11/11/2014Went here for a quick pre-theater meal. I believe all their pastas (or most) are homemade. Delicious. The orrechiete with kale is a must!Special Features:
- Favorite spotPaulMVIPDined on 11/5/2014Eat here every time I am in Chicago, sometimes multiple times. The meno offers many choices and satisfies every palette. At least of mine. The service is impeccable and the drinks are mixed to perfection. Even when changing ingredients.Special Features:
- Always excellentOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 11/4/2014Service, food, wine and ambiance are always great here.Special Features:
- YummmmmmmLml3800VIPDined on 11/4/2014Was recommended here from a local - we were entertaining a guest from Milan. Outstanding food, service was great and focused without being intrusive or overbearing. Had a very enjoyable night and a fabulous experience...we will be back with others the next time we are in Chicago! Also got excellent reviews for authenticity and technique from our Milanese guest - which in my mind just reinforces the right approach!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great for Dinner Before TheatreFromCalgaryDined on 11/4/2014We had dinner at Balena before going to the Steppenwolf Theatre down the street. Service was prompt and attentive, but not intrusive. The lamb liver bruschetta and kale salad were both great appetizers. I enjoyed the fazzoletti pasta with lamb, but my wife found the flap steak retolo tough in places. The waiter recommended the baked polenta as a side, and it was a good accompaniment for our meal. The desserts (croccante and caramel budino) were an excellent end to an excellent meal.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Service!lynnDined on 11/2/2014Always a great time here. Our server was delightful! We were a group of 3 ladies, who weren't drinking and had a hard time choosing our dishes...every server's nightmare! There was confusion about what pizza we ordered and we ended up getting the wrong pizza. The server apologized and claimed responsibility for the mistake, pretty sure it was our fault for being so confusing and indecisive. We kept the pizza, enjoyed it completely and when we were presented with the check, the pizza had been removed!Special Features:
- Horrible!SimhaiVIPDined on 10/28/2014I wish I could leave 1/2 a star just because we actually got served food. Where to start! Some highlights: -steak was inedible, sent back and still inedible -we were served our bottle of wine 20 mins after ordering it -no adjustment made on bill for steak, like ZERO! -the waiter actually told us that he a chilled shot of tequlia was not possible and could only be served neat. With all the great reviews, I am at a loss for words. This was truly one of the poorest meals with some the poorest service I have ever experienced. I don't like to leave bad reviews, but this place truly deserves it. Horrible!
- DeliciouscarrieDined on 10/26/2014I'm still thinking about this meal. The duck fat potatoes are the best potatoes I've ever had. The server made great recommendations and I have no complaints whatsoever. The lamb pasta was to. die. for.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Atmosphere - Delicious FoodmarciathematchmakerVIPDined on 10/26/2014We had a wonderful pizza and some tasty beverages and wine. Service and staff very friendly and attentive. We will be back!Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 10/26/2014Food was fantastic, our server (Rachel) was one of the best we have ever had!Special Features:
- DisappointingLuvfreshandlightVIPDined on 10/26/2014May have been an off night.....restaurant knew we were going to theatre...nonetheless the entrees arrived at different times.....2 of us were finished before a third received his entrée. Noone came by to check. Also the menu is extremely limited for those who don't want pizza or pasta. Other good alternatives close to Steppenwolf Theatre.
- Exceeded expectationsadeutschDined on 10/26/2014I heard that Balena was good, but it definitely exceeded my expectations. Great food, great service, I will definitely be going back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Sophisticated Diningdrummer5Dined on 10/26/2014Just the kale salad with citrus vinagrette was outstanding. Lamb pasta dish and pear/apple tart were fantastic too!Special Features:
- best pasta dishsummahouzDined on 10/25/2014We come to Balena mostly for the lemon/kale/chili orrechiette pasta dish! They have good pizzas as well. The atmosphere is trendy and it's not too expensive but not cheap.Special Features:
- Yummy!LuvGudFoodDined on 10/23/2014Divine atmosphere, wonderful drinks and mocktails for those who don't. Excellent pasta- love how everything is made in house!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Big disappointmentDhanaVIPDined on 10/23/2014Food descriptions are over the top & ostentatious.Overpriced menu. Sewage stench throughout restaurant.
- Never disappoints!VickiDined on 10/21/2014Good food and wine list and moderate noise level make for a good experience.Special Features:
- Nice pre-theater optionbanditaVIPDined on 10/21/2014A civilized place to have a drink, an appetizer or, if carefully chosen, a pre-theater dinner. Good service and nice ambience; striking decor that is still warm-feeling. The blistered peppers appetizer we tried was excellent, and my husband enjoyed his chicken and greens entrée. My pork entrée was a miss; unexceptional sausage and pork cheeks that were fried into a tasteless fishstick-like square.
- invisableVIPDined on 10/18/2014Again, service is fine until you order, then the waiters drift off. We were clear we had theater tickets, which the waiter acknowledged - but with 30 minutes to go to the curtain, he was no where to be found and continued to be AWOL until left one person behind to pay the bill while the others went to the theater with 5 minutes to spare. Food fab, a bit noisy downstairs but then the experience is always in peril at the end.Special Features:
- Perfectly paired.bourdeauxDined on 10/18/2014Fantastic service. My boyfriend and I had reservations and I was a little disappointed with the table given. It was a two top in the middle of the main dining area and seriously lacked privacy. I voiced this to the hostess and she was extremely professional, went back to the hostess table to find a more romantic spot for two. When she came back she guided us to a table upstairs along the wall, perfectly intimate and paired with our expectations. Given the exceptional customer service, we were eager to enjoy our bottle of wine, cheese assortment, pasta dishes and dessert. I knocked off one star because the Tiramisu was more of a cake rather than a spongey, layered piece of goodness that my palate is used to.Special Features:
- Different and deliciousToscanadinerDined on 10/17/2014The mortadella pizza was fantastic. So good! Interesting pasta dishes with unique ingredients. Chef has been written about highly in many articles and for good reason!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DisappointingrivadivaVIPDined on 10/16/2014I have eaten in Italy many, many times, and the food at Balena does not taste like any authentic Italian food I have tasted. The tiramisu was good, but the entrees were just fair.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 10/14/2014Great pasta -perfectly al dente. The pizza was fine, but I wouldn't come back for it.Special Features:
- Above and BeyondwillbebackDined on 10/11/2014I made a note in our reservation that we would be celebrating our 1 year wedding anniversary. The staff went above and beyond to acknowledge our special day. They even signed a happy anniversary card and provided dessert with a candle. Very thoughtful!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2005VIPDined on 10/11/2014I think this was my 5th visit to Balena. I brought 3 out of town guests for a pre-Steppenwolf dinner. They all loved the restaurant. We returned after the play for dessert.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Anniversary dinnerDe123Dined on 10/11/2014The pizza and pasta were 10/10. The restaurant was so pretty and the server was super nice. We even got a card that said Happy Anniversary and it was signed by the staff. It was such a great experienceSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The New BalenaCityGirlVIPDined on 10/11/2014We had not been to Balena for a while and were pleasantly surprised by it's new look. We actually liked the previous look, but this one is an improvement. The upstairs is especially attractive. Our hostess said it would be quieter upstairs, but it was quite noisy. Otherwise, a very pleasant experience.Special Features:
- Great service and delicious foodOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 10/9/2014We had a wonderful dining experience mid week. My dining companion was very particular and the staff did everything to make our experience perfect. The food was excellent! I will be back oftenSpecial Features:
- BalenaBob46VIPDined on 10/7/2014Very good Italian food, with excellent service and a very pleasant decorSpecial Features:
- Delicious food. Great service.kkpieDined on 10/3/2014We had play tix at Steppenwolf and wanted a nice place for dinner before the show. Balena was perfecto. Delicious eclectic food. Great drinks. Excellent ambience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DeliciousLisa4Dined on 10/2/2014I've eaten here twice in the past 2 months and I think it is fantastic. Menu was completely different, but equally as good.Special Features:
- Best experience this yearJPayksDined on 9/30/2014All in all, this was one of the best nights I've had all year. My guest, the birthday girl, and I sat at the new Chef's Table. She said this was the best food she's ever eaten. I cannot thank the staff enough for giving her that experience. I look forward to my next experience at Balena. It's really Chicago's best restaurant.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Loosing Lustre?KrugieVIPDined on 9/30/2014I've always enjoyed Balena,the dishes,the service,the ambiance,everything.This year went with a friend to celebrate our birthdays and it wasn't the Balena I remembered.The service was abrupt and rushed,although the place was not crowded.The Burrata w Eggplant for $18 adorned 3 tiny pieces of eggplant,perhaps 4 leaves of mustard green and 2 toast points.Ridiculous.For our entree we ordered the Trout,which again was a very small portion,overcooked,and lentils that looked as though they had been in the pot for days.To close,our server ran our bill thru 4 times!And it was still a problem.So much so,that my credit card was put on hold for possible fraudulent activity.Not fun.The best part of the meal was the birthday card they made.Special Features:
- Friendly, Fast and FunOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 9/30/2014Great service coupled with intriguing and varied food choices served artfully in an interesting and entertaining environment.Special Features:
- Great date spotloveitorleaveitDined on 9/27/2014Balena is a great spot for a swanky girls night out, or an intimidate date night. The ambience was beautiful and the food was perfect for sharing. I'd definitely recommend this place to friends.Special Features:
- Not ImpressedZeta919Dined on 9/27/2014I absolutely love trying new places around the city. I saw the reviews about Balena and was excited to try it. Unfortunately, our service was VERY slow. It took 3 and a half hours for four people to eat dinner, not to mention we had 1 app, 1 pizza and 1 meal at our table. It wasn't like we ordered a ton of food. The prawns were disgusting! The eyes were still on the shrimp and the aiolia sace was terrible. If I ever was forced to go back, I'd stick with their drinks--not the food.Special Features:
- BalenaJulesMack1Dined on 9/27/2014Pasta was quite salty. ( had the lamb pancetta) number one complaint is we must of had 4 different people serving us, so it was difficult to decide what/who to tip! Waitress changed from the beginning to another one, who was good at first, but then became MIA then we had the bartender, manager, and another server coming around. They need to figure this out, as it's confusing and not personal. Other than that, ambiance is great, pizza we had was good, and my friends meal was wonderful they said.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Ping-Pong, Sauna, Fitness Center
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Non-smoking Rooms, Elevator, Soundproof Rooms, Heating, Hypoallergenic room available, All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)
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Forenom Pop-up Hotel is located in Helsinki and offers self-catering accommodation with an easy, keyless entry system. Free WiFi access is available.
Score from 316 reviews Very good
On Helsinki's Katajanokka Island, this hostel is a 10-minute tram ride from the center of the city. It features free towels, bed linens and a morning sauna, plus access to guest kitchens.
Score from 1282 reviews Good
Set a 10-minute walk from Helsinki Train Station, this hostel offers free Wi-Fi access and a fully equipped communal kitchen. Esplanade Park is 600 metres away.
Score from 343 reviews Very good
If you don't mind walking a bit, this hostel is in a great location. The staff was very helpful and absolutely willing to accommodate.
The hostel was largely dominated by an older crowd, which didn't make for a bad experience at all, but it also wasn't a hugely social hostel.
good location, clean, value for money, parking facilities
very small space in shower
Very Convenient location
Everything just good
Only one bathroom. Bad wifi coverage in bedroom.
Good environment and people. Love everything there.
Go and enjoy you have my words.
The location was quite good, as were the beds and the common areas.
The staff was extremely rude and unhelpful. They were literally the rudest people I met in Finland. The WiFi signal was inexistent in the rooms.
Staff are very kind. And Hostel also comfortable
The staff were really helpful. The bed was comfortable. It was in a great location. It had an elevator. There was always coffee available and there was very good internet.
There is only one shower.
It was easy to find, the sauna is cool too. The beds were comfortable and the living room+eating room make it really feel like a big home
Due to many bookings in the hostel, we were put in a sort of corridor and it was kind of a hospital situation with only curtains separating our bed from the corridor. People didn't really know we were there and were absolutely not being cautious after leaving their room... Really avoid being there
The staff were extremly nice. It seems that a couple owns and runs it and they are adorable. Coffee and Tea were free. Location was good, very close to ferry terminals. We checked in early.
There was only 1 shower and it was in the middle of the corridor. There were only old people, it wasn't a very vibrant hostel.
Very cozy environment, helpful staff, quiet & friendly
I liked everything about the place. It was clean, small, but not too crammed up, and it was quiet at night. Oh, and the kitchen was very nice, too! ))
Great location, near tram stop, grocery store and harbour. About 15 minutes from city center. Price was also good.
Just one shower for all guests.
very nice staff with free wi-fi, free coffee and tea, free hot water boiler! even the milk is free!! love it~
maybe a little noisy in the pathway dorm
Everything. Beside being perfect in everything which hostel offers free laundry, free gym and free Sauna?
Very nice staff, clean hostel, free sauna and gym included into the price
Poor internet connection, only one shower
great friendly staff, excellent location, lot of free coffee :)
really, nothing at all
The bathroom could be better organised (more hooks, for instance).
very cosy atmosphere and kind staff. feels very homy.
Had a very pleasant stay. Had all the facilities I required. Great location, walking distance from centre with tram and supermarkets also very close.
WiFi was a bit unreliable.
The staff are really helpful and friendly. They provide tea and coffee for travelers, and the room is clean and comfortable.
Slow wifi
I liked the friendly staff and a convenient location
Did not like smelly toilets and showers the exact size of a spacy coffin. Also, there was a budget "room" in one of the corridors which was essentially 2 beds behind a curtain. It resembled immigrant camp in a bad way.
I've stayed in a lot of hostels, but this is certainly the best. Very homely and comfortable. We had a private room which was great, though the dorms looked excellent too. Highly recommended! Staff also very helpful
Only one shower?
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For more than 75 years, long before it became fashionable, Alvita was championing the profound health-giving properties of herbal teas. We travel to the far reaches of the globe for the finest herbs, the best growers, the most precious sources.
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We thank you for choosing our product, but more importantly, we thank you for the trust you've put in the herbal values that we all share.
Native to the cool, temperate climates of Europe and Asia, Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) is a tall, yellow-flowering plant often growing wild in Britain and North America. Mullein is also known as Lady's Foxglove, Velvet Plant, Shepherd's Herb and Old Man's Flannel. It has an interesting history of practical and cosmetic use. Anciently, fresh Mullein stalks were dipped in melted fat, ignited and carried as flaming tapers in ceremonial processions. The large, soft, hair-covered leaves were used as diapers by some early Indians and the leaves were also stuffed in shoes to keep thinly shod feet warm in the winter. Today, Mullein can be used as a floral rinse to brighten blonde hair. The leaves and flowers contain mucilage and are valued for their soothing effects. Mullein is usually made into a tea either by itself or with Sage, Marjoram or Chamomile. It is enjoyed by many boiled in milk and sweetened with honey.
Suggested Use
The best way to make a good tasting cup of tea is by the infusion method. Place one tea bag in a cup and add no more than 6 oz of boiling water. Let steep for 3 minutes. Press the bag before removing to enhance the flavor.
Add honey to sweeten.
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A few weeks ago, I felt inspired by articles from Jeff
Kreeftmeijer and Armin
Ronacher. I took some
time to configure and fine-tune my Vim environment. A lot of new stuff made it
into my
.vimrc file and my
.vim directory. This blog post is a summary
describing what I've added and how I use it in my daily work.
Before doing anything else, make sure you have the following line in your
.vimrc file:
" This must be first, because it changes other options as side effect set nocompatible
Step 0: make the customization process easier ¶
Before starting configuring, it's useful to install
pathogen. Plugins in
Vim are files that you drop in subdirectories of your
.vim/ directory. Many
plugins exist of only a single file that should be dropped in
but some exist of multiple files. For example, they come with documentation, or
ship syntax files. In those cases, files need to be dropped into
.vim/doc and
.vim/syntax. This makes it difficult to remove the plugin afterwards. After
installing pathogen, you can simply unzip a plugin distribution into
.vim/bundle/myplugin, under which the required subdirectories are created.
Removing the plugin, then, is as simple as removing the
myplugin directory.
So, download
pathogen.vim, move it into the
.vim/autoload directory (create
it if necessary) and add the following lines to your
.vimrc, to activate it:
" Use pathogen to easily modify the runtime path to include all " plugins under the ~/.vim/bundle directory call pathogen#helptags() call pathogen#runtime_append_all_bundles()
Next, I've remapped the leader key to
, (comma) instead of the default
(backslash), just because I like it better. Since in Vim's default
configuration, almost every key is already mapped to a command, there needs to
be some sort of standard "free" key where you can place custom mappings under.
This is called the "mapleader", and can be defined like this:
" change the mapleader from \ to , let mapleader=","
Once that is done, this is a little tweak that is a time-saver while you're
building up your
.vimrc. Here, we start using the leader key:
" Quickly edit/reload the vimrc file nmap <silent> <leader>ev :e $MYVIMRC<CR> nmap <silent> <leader>sv :so $MYVIMRC<CR>
This effectively maps the
,ev and
,sv keys to edit/reload
.vimrc. (I got
this from Derek Wyatt's
.vimrc file.)
Change Vim behaviour ¶
One particularly useful setting is
hidden. Its name isn't too descriptive,
though. It hides buffers instead of closing them. This means that you can
have unwritten changes to a file and open a new file using
:e, without being
forced to write or undo your changes first. Also, undo buffers and marks are
preserved while the buffer is open. This is an absolute must-have.
set hidden
These are some of the most basic settings that you probably want to enable, too:
set nowrap " don't wrap lines set tabstop=4 " a tab is four spaces set backspace=indent,eol,start " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode set autoindent " always set autoindenting on set copyindent " copy the previous indentation on autoindenting set number " always show line numbers set shiftwidth=4 " number of spaces to use for autoindenting set shiftround " use multiple of shiftwidth when indenting with '<' and '>' set showmatch " set show matching parenthesis set ignorecase " ignore case when searching set smartcase " ignore case if search pattern is all lowercase, " case-sensitive otherwise set smarttab " insert tabs on the start of a line according to " shiftwidth, not tabstop set hlsearch " highlight search terms set incsearch " show search matches as you type
There is a lot more goodness in my
.vimrc file, which is put in
there with a lot of love. I've commented most of it, too. Feel free to poke
around in it.
Also, I like Vim to have a large undo buffer, a large history of commands, ignore some file extensions when completing names by pressing Tab, and be silent about invalid cursor moves and other errors.
set history=1000 " remember more commands and search history set undolevels=1000 " use many muchos levels of undo set wildignore=*.swp,*.bak,*.pyc,*.class set title " change the terminal's title set visualbell " don't beep set noerrorbells " don't beep
I don't like Vim to ever write a backup file. I prefer more modern ways of protecting against data loss.
set nobackup set noswapfile
There have been some passionate responses about this in comments, so a warning may be appropriate here. If you care about recovering after a Vim or terminal emulator crash, or you often load huge files into memory, do not disable the swapfile. I personally save/commit so often that the swap file adds nothing. Sometimes I conciously kill a terminal forcefully, and I only find the swap file recovery process annoying.
Use file type plugins ¶
Vim can detect file types (by their extension, or by peeking inside the file). This enabled Vim to load plugins, settings or key mappings that are only useful in the context of specific file types. For example, a Python syntax checker plugin only makes sense in a Python file. Finally, indenting intelligence is enabled based on the syntax rules for the file type.
filetype plugin indent on
To set some file type specific settings, you can now use the following:
autocmd filetype python set expandtab
To remain compatible with older versions of Vim that do not have the
functions, always wrap those functions inside a block like this:
if has('autocmd') ... endif
Enable syntax highlighting ¶
Somewhat related to the file type plugins is the syntax highlighting of
different types of source files. Vim uses syntax definitions to highlight
source code. Syntax definitions simply declare where a function name starts,
which pieces are commented out and what are keywords. To color them, Vim uses
colorschemes. You can load custom color schemes by placing them in
.vim/colors, then load them using the
colorscheme command. You have to try
what you like most. I like
a lot.
if &t_Co >= 256 || has("gui_running") colorscheme mustang endif if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running") " switch syntax highlighting on, when the terminal has colors syntax on endif
In this case, mustang is only loaded if the terminal emulator Vim runs in supports at least 256 colors (or if you use the GUI version of Vim).
If you're using a terminal emulator that can show 256 colors, try setting
TERM=xterm-256color in your terminal configuration or in your shell's .rc
Change editing behaviour ¶
When you write a lot of code, you probably want to obey certain style rules. In some programming languages (like Python), whitespace is important, so you may not just swap tabs for spaces and even the number of spaces is important.
Vim can highlight whitespaces for you in a convenient way:
set list set listchars=tab:>.,trail:.,extends:#,nbsp:.
This line will make Vim set out tab characters, trailing whitespace and
invisible spaces visually, and additionally use the
# sign at the end of
lines to mark lines that extend off-screen. For more info, see
:h listchars.
In some files, like HTML and XML files, tabs are fine and showing them is
really annoying, you can disable them easily using an
autocmd declaration:
autocmd filetype html,xml set listchars-=tab:>.
One caveat when setting
listchars: if nothing happens, you have probably not
list, so try
:set list, too.
Pasting large amounts of text into Vim ¶
Every Vim user likes to enable auto-indenting of source code, so Vim can intelligently position you cursor on the next line as you type. This has one big ugly consequence however: when you paste text into your terminal-based Vim with a right mouse click, Vim cannot know it is coming from a paste. To Vim, it looks like text entered by someone who can type incredibly fast :) Since Vim thinks this is regular key strokes, it applies all auto-indenting and auto-expansion of defined abbreviations to the input, resulting in often cascading indents of paragraphs.
There is an easy option to prevent this, however. You can temporarily switch to "paste mode", simply by setting the following option:
set pastetoggle=<F2>
Then, when in insert mode, ready to paste, if you press
<F2>, Vim will switch
to paste mode, disabling all kinds of smartness and just pasting a whole buffer
of text. Then, you can disable paste mode again with another press of
Nice and simple. Compare paste mode disabled vs enabled:
Another great trick I read in a reddit
is to use
<C-r>+ to paste right from the OS paste board. Of course, this only
works when running Vim locally (i.e. not over an SSH connection).
Enable the mouse ¶
While using the mouse is considered a deadly sin among Vim users, there are a few features about the mouse that can really come to your advantage. Most notably—scrolling. In fact, it's the only thing I use it for.
Also, if you are a rookie Vim user, setting this value will make your Vim experience definitively feel more natural.
To enable the mouse, use:
set mouse=a
However, this comes at one big disadvantage: when you run Vim inside a terminal, the terminal itself cannot control your mouse anymore. Therefore, you cannot select text anymore with the terminal (to copy it to the system clipboard, for example).
To be able to have the best of both worlds, I wrote this simple Vim plugin:
vim-togglemouse. It maps
<F12> to
toggle your mouse "focus" between Vim and the terminal.
Small plugins like these are really useful, yet have the additional benefit of lowering the barrier of learning the Vim scripting language. At the core, this plugin exists of only one simple function:
fun! s:ToggleMouse() if !exists("s:old_mouse") let s:old_mouse = "a" endif if &mouse == "" let &mouse = s:old_mouse echo "Mouse is for Vim (" . &mouse . ")" else let s:old_mouse = &mouse let &mouse="" echo "Mouse is for terminal" endif endfunction
Get efficient: shortcut mappings ¶
The following trick is a really small one, but a super-efficient one, since it strips off two full keystrokes from almost every Vim command:
nnoremap ; :
For example, to save a file, you type
:w normally, which means:
- Press and hold Shift
- Press
- Release the Shift key
- Press
- Press Return
This trick strips off steps 1 and 3 for each Vim command. It takes some
times for your muscle memory to get used to this new
;w command, but once you
use it, you don't want to go back!
I also find this key binding very useful, since I like to reformat paragraph
text often. Just set your cursor inside a paragraph and press
Q (or select
a visual block and press
" Use Q for formatting the current paragraph (or selection)
vmap Q gq
nmap Q gqap
If you are still getting used to Vim and want to force yourself to stop using the arrow keys, add this:
map <up> <nop> map <down> <nop> map <left> <nop> map <right> <nop>
If you like long lines with line wrapping enabled, this solves the problem that pressing down jumpes your cursor "over" the current line to the next line. It changes behaviour so that it jumps to the next row in the editor (much more natural):
nnoremap j gj nnoremap k gk
When you start to use Vim more professionally, you want to work with multiple
windows open. Navigating requires you to press
C-w first, then a navigation
command (h, j, k, l). This makes it easier to navigate focus through windows:
" Easy window navigation map <C-h> <C-w>h map <C-j> <C-w>j map <C-k> <C-w>k map <C-l> <C-w>l
Tired of clearing highlighted searches by searching for "ldsfhjkhgakjks"? Use this:
nmap <silent> ,/ :nohlsearch<CR>
I used to have it mapped to
, but some users kindly pointed out
that it is better to use:nohlsearch@, because it keeps the search history
It clears the search buffer when you press
Finally, a trick by Steve
Losh for when
you forgot to
sudo before editing a file that requires root privileges
/etc/hosts). This lets you use
w!! to do that after you
opened the file already:
cmap w!! w !sudo tee % >/dev/null
Use plugins ¶
Ah, finally. Arrived at the magical stuff that is Vim plugins. This is a listing of the Vim plugins I depend on most and that really offer added value when you work with Vim every day.
Almost any person I know who owns a Mac has at least tried or purchased the TextMate editor. It is a great programmer's editor that has a lot of nice features, but of course, lacks Vim-style navigation :)
Some of its features have inspired Vim plugin developers to clone the awesomeness. TextMate's best two features (super-quick file opening and snippets) have been "ported" to Vim plugins.
Command-T: TextMate-style file opening ¶
I used to have a whole discussion on the NERDTree explorer plugin here, but I was pointed towards Command-T by a few readers. Once I tried that plugin for a few minutes, it became clear that there would be no need for NERDTree anymore.
The name Command-T is a reference to the original shortcut for "Go to File" in TextMate, which opens the quick file opener. Setting up this plugin is a bit more tricky than usual, because some files need to be compiled, but the instructions on the website are very clear and simple. There's even a screencast for Windows users.
The plugin registers itself under
<leader>t (in my case that's
,t). And if
it does, it shows a list of all the files from the current directory and
a search box in which you can type any character progression. By typing more
characters, the list of files is narrowed down to contain only files that have
that string as a subset. But here's the real added value: you can type any
sequence of characters that are in the file's path, they don't have to be
subsequent characters. For example, if you have the following list of files:
foo/bar.py foo/qux.py tests/test_foo/test_bar.py tests/test_foo/test_qux.py
You could type the sequence fb to select the file
foo/bar.py, or tfb
to select
tests/test_foo/test_bar.py. As you can imagine, this is a huge time
saver. There is much more goodness in there. For that, please refer to
Wincent's screencasts, or his website.
You can download the plugin at vim.org.
On Vim instances that don't have Ruby support enabled (type
:version to check
this), the Commant-T plugin won't work. If it isn't an option to recompile Vim
to add Ruby support, the NERDTree
explorer still is a good
Snipmate: TextMate-style snippets for Vim ¶
Another killer feature of TextMate are the intelligent snippets: you type some text, press Tab and TextMate creates a snippet for you, with placeholders at key positions within the snippet. The first placeholder is selected, your overwrite it with the text you want, then press Tab to select the second placeholder, etc. This lets you enter code super fast.
Now it's available to us Vim users, too, in the form of the snipMate plugin (dubbed after TextMate). There's a great introductory screencast to get you excited about it.
Writing your own snippets ¶
There are already lots of specific language
snippets for snipMate
available, but writing your own is simple in case you ever miss functionality.
Just create a file called
~/.vim/snippets/foo.snippet, where
foo is the
filetype you want to load the snippets for.
Then, declare your snippets. That's really as easy as this:
snippet def def ${1:fname}(${2:arg}): ${3:pass}
If you declare this, you can simply use
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Other cool plugins ¶
In order to make the article not any more longer than it already is, here's a list of other plugins that are really worth checking out (I use each of them regularly):
- localrc: lets you load specific Vim settings for any file in the same directory (or a subdirectory thereof). Comes in super handy for project-wide settings.
- Sparkup: write HTML lightning fast by jotting down a "CSS selector"-like line and pressing a shortcut. Super time saver when you edit HTML manually. Go see the demo video.
- YankRing: quickly cycle through your registers when pasting, to select the appropriate paste. How often have you "cut" a line, then "deleted" a line, only to find the "deleted" line in your last paste register?
- Pastie: lets you visually select a piece of code and submit it to pastie.org. It even has automatic filetype recognition.
- surround: quickly
change surroundings of a piece of code. For example, to change
dict[mykey], put the cursor on
mykey, then type
cs(](change surroundings from
- repeat: lets you
repeat the changing of surroundings using the default Vim repeat operator
- abolish: bulk-define
autocorrections (abbreviations) for many conjugations of words and smart
conversion of words from snake_case (
crs) to camelCase (
cr_) or MixedCase (
crm) to UPPER_CASE (
cru) and vice versa.
- LustyJuggler: a quick buffer switcher and a great companion to Command-T. See this screencast (Lococast) to get excited.
Other resources ¶
Some of the resources from where I have collected inspiration for my
file, plugins, and tricks:
- Vimcasts
- Lococast
- Derek Wyatt's videos (on Vimeo)
- Steve Losh blogged about moving back to Vim and has some great tips and tricks.
I hope you like these tips. Please add your comments below if you do, or if you have any Vim improvements or tips you'd like to bring on yourself. You can have a look at my full Vim configuration in my Github repo.


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My guy doesn't like me being on top?
I've been dating my boyfriend for over two years and this issue has always kind of bugged me. it has never been an issue in any other relationships I've had. I just want to know if it's a common thing amongst relationships. I've always thought that guys like it when girls do the work. but whenever I try a girl-on-top position, he moves and changes to a different one within a few minutes. he tells me that it's because he feels like he's not in control and that he can't control when he cums. but I just wanna know if any of you guys are ever like that or if you girls have had this happen. thanks!
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Yah you might need to to him up so he doesn't squirm away, bit of a tough one maybe try training him, try and stay on him a little longer each time, kinda fun when you think about it like being in a rhodeo. The longer you stay on the more likely you will win... every one is different either talk to him if you cant, train him if that fails, tie him up, or get someone on the side or trade him in...
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All guys are different. Not every guy wants to be the submissive one. You said he likes to be in control so that's why he doesn't want you to be on top. I mean if you really really wanna be on top that bad then just tell him how you feel. Say that you want to be in control too sometimes.


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Talking with Lyle Lovett on the phone in 2012 is little different from talking with him shortly after his career began. Even after a string of critically acclaimed albums, working with great film directors (most notably Robert Altman), a brief marriage to one of the most popular movie stars in the country (Julia Roberts) and becoming one of the most consistent touring artists in music, Lovett seems as natural and unaffected as when he was a young upstart in the young country movement of the mid-1980s.
What's worked out well for me is that I've always gotten to be myself, Lovett says while traveling to his sound check at the Ram's Head in Annapolis, Md. I've always gotten to play music that I liked. I've never had to do things that I don't like to do. I've never had to play any kind of show-business persona that's not true to my own life and character. I couldn't be happier.
Lovett credits music-business associates with making that possible, including Tony Brown, who headed MCA Nashville and first signed Lovett, and Paula Batson and Al Teller, who worked with Lovett when he seemed a better fit for the Los Angeles arm of the company and his publicist, Ken Weinstein.
They let me be myself. To get to be yourself and be what you want, it's kind of a good deal.
Lovett has been touring with a four-piece acoustic group promoting his recent album, Release Me, the last album in a contract he signed more than 25 years ago.
I used to joke early in my career that if you didn't like your record company, all you had to do was stick around because in a few years it would be a completely different company anyway, he says.
That has certainly been true over the course of Lovett's career. Twice while recording an album he has gotten calls from record-company presidents telling him they were being let go and that he was being moved to another subsidiary.
Lovett says he's still trying to decide how he'll release his future work.
Actually, I'm grateful for the deal that I had with Universal and Curb, but since I signed my deal in 1985 the business has changed so much. I think it's important to move forward in a way that's modern and up to date, businesswise. Whatever I do, it won't be a record deal that lasts 25 years, not that those even exist anymore.
Touring has changed as well.
It really comes down to what you can sustain with the length of the tour, Lovett says. Economically, summertime is about the only time you can put together a tour with the Large Band, because you're able to play those outdoor shows.
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If you can please anybody, you're doing pretty well! I try to do what suits the group. I actually enjoy it when people holler requests. This group can pretty much handle anything.


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Sky Broadband puts the fault into default Wi-Fi security
Sky Broadband advises customers to consider changing their default Wi-Fi passwords - because the apparently random network keys are guess-able. The ISP issues customers with a wireless router that is pre-configured with wireless security switched on, and an apparently random network key. This sounds like a good plan. However, …
"Default" password...
Why would anyone NOT change their wireless password? I must admit, I never read the instructions that came with my wireless router but pretty much the first thing I did was to change the password.
And yes, I use Sky Broadband and in general it seems to be a decent service.
Yeah, because that worked so well for the gmail switchover...
Sending out a notice that your WiFi key is easily compromised to your userbase that's *already proved* it's unable/unwilling to perform technical tasks (see switch to GMail's email servers for proof) seems something of a waste of time.
What are the chances of someone war-driving past your house AND you having Sky broadband AND it having a weak key AND they stop long if enough to figure out the MAc -> key algo AND can be bothered to download something before driving up the road for a pint and a pasty?
Mines the one with the aerial sewn into the sleeve and strange chalk marks on the back...
Why bother?
I agree with Paolo and in my house I can pick-up about 4 different wireless networks with no security so as mine is the only one with a password I'd presume any local hackers or network thieves would just jump on someone elses!
Thats a bit strange, my sisters router was completely open to teh world, default sky admin password, SSID being transmitted as, strangely enough "SKY" and no wireless security enabled at all.
Re: "Default" password...
Those who have a clue about computers may change the password but I'd guess a lot of people don't bother.
Certainly seems the case with BT and their Home Hubs (which are based on the MAC also? and default to the less secure WEP instead of WPA).
More than security problems
On top of this, the re-badged router/modem which comes with Sky broadband is a hunk of junk and constantly drops connections if you try to use any kind of P2P software (this includes the BBC iPlayer, and even the World of Warcraft update installer).
Although it breaks Sky's Ts&Cs, I'd highly recommend doing a Google hunt to find out how to program a good modem/router to work with your Sky broadband account. There are a few very easy to follow walkthrough's online. I actually found after doing this that my top end download speed also increased when I replaced the shoddy hardware.
A Consultant Post Beckons...
Ok, 40k and ludicrous benefits if you please - if you used the MAC address from the PREVIOUS router you were configuring, in order to generate the secure key for the current router, surely you would have avoided any such problems?
@Ramzi Yakob
Is this ALL DG834s or just yours?
I've been supplying these since they had no letters after the numbers and must have installed about 200. So far (in all that time) I've only had to replace 1,
In 10 minutes time I'm off to install another.
@ Ramzi Yakob
Possibly only the original router?
I've got the new Sagem router and I get no issues with P2P or iPlayer.
Wireless reception/strength is also much better than my old Netgear router (as used with Nildram before I moved to Sky).
Re: ""Default Password""
By the very fact you've posted a comment on a IT related website and changed your router password without reading the manual, it indicates that you either work in IT or have an interest in IT.
Sky broadband is aimed at everybody, and although the populace is getting more IT aware, the average man in the street is not going to be so savvy as to automatically change router passwords.
I think that there is a responsibility of the provider to educate their customers whenever possible.
After working in IT for far too many years to mention, I know that there is sometimes an assumption that everybody knows a more bit about IT than they actually do.
So before berating the end-user, think about it, for example a person could be the best plumber in the world why does he need to know about router configuration or security, they are paying a service provider to do that on their behave.
If the service provider doesn't do this or correctly inform the customer about it, then they are not doing their job properly.
@ Ramzi Yakob
I think you must be in a minority on this one. My entire family is now using sky broadband and the rebadged netgear wireless router. 80% of my friends have also switched to sky.
We've all done this because of the price, rather than the service. But I've been very impressed with the 8mb service I have and everyone else has too. I regularly get 700+k/s from P2P, my connection doesn't keep dropping nor does anyone elses.
The only issue I have come across is with my parents setup, where their wireless dongle (netgear one supplied by Sky) sometimes doesn't reconnect when booting the PC. But I suspect this is more to do with the fact their PC is USB 1 rather than the preferred USB 2 as plugging it back in and telling it to reconnect works fine.
First thing I did when I got mine setup (and my families) was change the default password to gain access to the router and the WPA key.
@Ivan Headache
It just seems to be the Sky supplies ones.
My old man had connection problems with Sky, when I replaced his Sky supplied DG834s with one purchased from Amazon the problems went away and the conenction seems to be faster.
I guess Sky has poked about inside the router and stuffed it up.
Have you tried to crack WEP
I is important that you cannot algorithmetrically guess a WEP password, because even 64 bit WEP is enough to deter casual bandwidth-stealers.
I made an attempt to crack a 64 bit WEP key on one of my wireless routers recently, just to see how long it would take.
I used airmon, airodump and aircrack, and read that I would need something over 200,000 packets before aircrack would be guaranteed to recover the key. I found that it was not the power of the machine running the crack, but the amount of traffic on the network which determined the amount of time to crack the key.
After running the whole weekend, I had nowhere near enough packets with just surfing running on the network (I admit it was a quiet, but not idle network), so I suspect that most war-drivers will not bother to hang around to attempt to crack your 64 bit WEP unless you are a big-time P2P user, or throw large media files around your wireless network.
Of course, the 15 year old h4x0r or script-kiddie in the next road, trying to get porn without their parents knowing might be a different matter.
@Peter Gathercole
I'm not going to post the details, but what you did is known as passive monitoring. It is trivially easy for an external computer to massively increase the network traffic (and not just specific network traffic, but one particular type where the content of the packets is largely known) when trying to get a WEP key.
I suggest looking into this simply because it is an interesting topic, but I assure you that claims WEP can be cracked in minutes are not lies.
RE: Have you tried to crack WEP
Yes, I have. Not 64bit, actually, I only tried 128bit. On a near-silent network it takes a few minutes to pick up enough IVs to start injecting your own. After that 128bit WEP can be done in under five minutes using the current aircrack-ng. And I am twice as old as your 15yo script kiddie.
The simple truth is, you don't need to hang around to get into a protected network - you create the necessary traffic yourself. And 40,000 IVs will do even for WEP128 with current cracking software. I encourage reading the tutorials on aircrack-ng's website. It's not difficult to do if all you need is in one place...!
And for Paolo and Matt: It's much more interesting using someone's wireless network who believes themselves to be secure rather than using the already unprotected one. Granted, unprotected is easier (and thus will be used often enough by someone else), but owners of protected networks have things like network shares and all sorts of other things they find they can "trust" their own network with...
call me paranoid but...
My wireless router sits behind a dedicated BSD security box, it runs WPA2, has no default anything, and I change the passwords randomly (but often).
The BSD box will only accept connections from known Mac / IP combinations and anyway, logs all traffic and connections/attempts. I get a graph in my inbox every morning with all usage.
And then, if you do get past all that, there's not a single 'doze box on the network, only secured Macs.
Granted, this is not typical. But it's at least moderately safe.
[Why would anyone NOT change their wireless password? I must admit, I never read the instructions that came with my wireless router but pretty much the first thing I did was to change the password.]
lol. Sky don't provide any info on how to log in to the router, including IP addr, username or password. Most people wouldn't even know you CAN log in and reconfigure it. So that's whay. Jesus...
I saw my PCs IP addr and guessed the routers IP addr (extremely simple with even the most basic understading of subnets, but my parents wouldn't have a clue), I then guessed the login and password (took 2 attempts - admin/sky if you want to know) I was then able to change the encryption key, change the routers password, disable SSID broadcasting and add a couple of firewall rules.
The vast majority of users aren't going to even consider that tho are they without the manual telling them it's even possible.
Frankly the router Sky provide is reasonably secure out of the box (the default login/password is a big risk tho) It's good to know that the encryption key can be calculated from the MAC, but given the number of open Wi Fi points out there Sky users are still way down the list of people to steal Wi Fi from.
I know 8 people on sky broadband
and all the routers are sent out with the default settings for the router being admin and sky as the password. No word of a lie.
Plus the firmware on those netgears are complete shit and they will not supply you with account details to use your own third party hardware. If you look in the T&C's it actually states in doing so you void your contract.
It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact that they bloody use MAC cloning like cable routers a la Virgin, which has got to be the eeeeeeeeasist of things to replicate.
I sincerely hope their satelittes have better security than their tera firma gear.
Crass ignorance and willful neglect of a duty of care
What is perhaps more worrying than either the ignorant arrogance of the Sky spokesperson or incompetence of the team that dreamed up the router's release configuration, is the whole issue about the security (sic) of WEP per se.
With claims that a 64bit can be broken in minutes, I don't see why any router manufacturer/ISP wouldn't want to see, as standard, a "WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES]" key set up, say, with an automatic 64bit random key generator button right there on the interface.
Of course that wouldn't make everyone use the security afforded, but it might make the few that do a little safer and certainly Sky wouldn't be open to the charge of crass ignorance and willful neglect of a duty of care, as they are now.
Consumers have a responsibility too
I's all very well saying that the company who sells something should do this or that but the consumer has a responsibility to educate themselves as well. Buying without knowing what you are really buying and it's caveat emptor. Anyone how has broadband has the means to educate themselves i.e. the internet. Most people are too lazy to read beyond the quick set up guide. If that's the case then it's their own fault. Manuals are put in boxes not to chew up rainforest but to allow people to better understand their equipment. I'm sick to the back teeth of people asking me dumb a*ssed questions about how to do this that and the other on their new piece of crap that they bougtht because it was shiny. All the questions are answered in that manual the threw away.
Far too much spoon feeding of people is done these days. It wouldn't surprise me if more than half the population could even wire up a plug.
Cracking WEP
I wondered what I was doing wrong. I was just working from the original aircrack manual pages.
Of course (having looked around a bit), it would help if my laptop did not have a Intel 2200BG chipset. I know I'm wimping out here, but for a quick investigation, I am not going to go down the route of re-compiling the ipw2200 modules. Oh well, looks like I need the backtrack2 livecd.
@Cracking WEP
Firstly, it is important to note that aircrack and aircrack-ng are two different things. You want the "-ng"! Secondly, you also want -z option available in more recent versions of aircrack-ng, which has the "break 128bit WEP with just 40,000 IVs option". That feature is not available in backtrack2, yet, though. And even if it was, that would not help with your unfortunate choice of chipset, anyway, because backtrack is simply a Linux system that boots off a CD and not a magical solution to having the wrong hardware.
In the end, I found it easier to setup a Debian system with exactly the stuff I need than dealing with backtrack2. If your chipset *is* functioning nicely for injection, the patched drivers are out there available for download already.
I find it necessary to point out that I do WEP cracking for testing purposes only and always only attempt breakins into networks I own or administrate...!
Just Jailbreak it!
I got rid of the sky software altogether and the speed increases are notable!
Using netgear's update service won't get you sky software free though - use the recovery program on netgears website and manually download the firmware file, then run recovery program and update away - one debranded Netgear DG834GT!
Apart from the hardware, my broadband connection is both reliable and doesn't suffer connection drops anywhere near the BT Home hub!!! very happy Sky customer!
Sky router firmware flaky, no more
It is well known at least in the Sky user community that the "phase 1" Netgear routers have firmware that is flaky at best. It is also known that Sky are preparing a firmware upgrade to resolve all of the known issues attributable to that firmware. The firmware is written by Netgear and they nobbed it up in respect of the Sky customisations. Perhaps a lesson to the wise is not to customise firmwares beyond the absolute minimum required.
Anyroadup, the bugginess does not affect Phase 2 Netgear or Sagem Sky routers.
On topic: Isn't it about time that those who use IT got the hang of the basics like security? Or are these the same people who still hang their front door key on the inside of the letterbox on a piece of string?
ISP provided kit has to be secure out of the box
I've had Sky broadband more-or-less since it launched. The first thing i did when i got my sky broadband router was put the manual and CD in a draw (i never install ISP provided software), found the IP address of the router from the IP it gave my laptop via DHCP, guessed the admin login (admin/sky), changed from WEP to WPA, changed the SSID, changed the WiFI password, changed the admin password, disabled DHCP, enabled MAC filtering etc. etc.
But how many of sky's customers even know how to change router settings? A lot of folks get the box, plug it in and trust the ISP to know what they're doing.
Router's firmware is totally crap
Even with the 'new' version 2, you get frequent drop offs, meaning you have to reboot the router at least twice a day.
Injecting the line:
into a web browser and then saving the cfg file, opening with any text editor will reveal your username and password, making configuring any other router so much simpler.
Then there are no drop offs, constant reboot etc..I know because I've alrady done it.
AC because I don't want Sky to know I've broken my T&Cs.
@Ramzi Yakob
Sugar's special.
Loss leaders or what? The original SKY malware was the stuff made for them by a certain "entrepreneur" famous for his pig ignorance.
Nothing seems to have changed.
Sky netgear ADSL Router
I can confirm I'm someone else who had nothing but issues with the netgear ADSL Wireless Router provided with sky. It would drop connections for no clear reason (i even checked for interference by borrowing a airdefence sensor from work etc.)
Once I replaced that with a seperately bought ADSL Router the sky adsl has been rock solid for me.
As for voiding terms and conditions, I'm sure sky are well aware of how many non-netgear adsl routers are connecting. I doubt many of us bother modifing MAC addresses on our ADSL routers.
That's not all
I am a Sky customer, I noticed that the WPA key was too short and all upper case. Not to hard to brute force or use some lookup tables on.
Furthermore, Sky put their own firmware on the netgear router and change the default netgear password so I was unable to log in. The router comes with no information whatsoever about how to login and configure the router, and no username and password combination.
I was terrified when The router arrived since I did not want Sky to dictate my configuration. Luckily the username and password is easily found on forums. It appears as if Sky thought that their one size fits all configuration was sufficient for all customers. There are numerous changes that need to be made to the router such as: turning UPNP off (I don't trust it) Closing some firewall ports that are open despite having a single DENY ALL rule, setting up logging, adding inbound rules (yes Sky, some people do like to have connectivity in to their home network).
Whats more disturbing is that the ISP credentials are hidden and you are not supposed to change the router (There are ways around this but not if you want to adhere to the ToS). The router is not the best choice as it has multiple known vulnerabilities, I have to whack another firewall behind it to protect my internal LAN.
Sky seem to assume that all their customers know absolutely nothing about security or IT, I found that with the extremely unknowledgable technical support staff at all three tiers of support. I was given many pieces of incorrect technical information and even was told to change my WIFI security to WEP after I asked for a replacement router as my wireless was not working. I informed them that I have plenty of experience troubleshooting wireless and that the router was definitely faulty.
I really could go on for ages about Skys lack of technical and security awareness...
@ @ Ramzi Yakob
Well it does look like I'm in a minority with the shoddy netgear router. The strange thing is I've had two similar netgear routers in the last 3 years and both have ended up in the bin within a week because they would drop connections.
Although having said that, although I may be in a minority when it comes to the contributors to this thread - I definitely share my pain with hundreds of other people who have looked, found, posted, and discussed how to use 3rd party hardware with a Sky broadband account.
Cheers all
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