Re: compatibility problems

2008-01-06 Thread Chris Lale
Håkon Alstadheim wrote: John Hasler wrote: [...] If the modem provides straight ethernet (no pppoe or other specialities required), then the docs that come with your modem will usually tell you what ip-address the modem will have. [...] In my (limited) experience, the IP is usually

Re: compatibility problems

2008-01-01 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
John Hasler wrote: Andrei writes: There are modems that also do the pppoe part. This is true. Those ones also usually also handle NAT and DHCP. They are often plug and play with any operating system (except for entering the username and password the ISP gave you via the Web server

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:01:34PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: Don Harwood writes: att sells the modem to you. when i was talking to them they said there was a driver disk that i needed to load You don't need any drivers on Linux and you almost certainly don't need any on Windows either.

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-31 Thread John Hasler
Andrei writes: There are modems that also do the pppoe part. This is true. Those ones also usually also handle NAT and DHCP. They are often plug and play with any operating system (except for entering the username and password the ISP gave you via the Web server in the modem). The driver ATT

Re: Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-30 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 07:05:57PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 03:25:00PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: the synergy program comes with cad thus an integrated cad/cam system. i used autocad 10 but that was years ago. actually the driver for the cnc is emc2, this

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-29 Thread Chris Lale
Don Harwood wrote: yes i downloaded the net install cd on my friends dialup this week end i hope to try my first bootup, i wont get the dsl installed until next year so i wont be able to get the full package until then my fingers are crossed This NewbieDOC article [1] may get you started

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-29 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 05:05:57PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: The keyboard is a slightly different issue as all wireless stuff tends to be. If it has a driver in the linux kernel supplied by Debian (i.e. not excluded due to tainted licensing), then it too

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-29 Thread Joe
Don Harwood wrote: thanks for the understanding with us newbies, i will probably drop the wireless kb, thanks for the heads-up about security As a minor point, keyboards and USB have to be fairly OS-independent, as if you need to 'press F10 for setup', you need to do it before the BIOS

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-29 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Don Harwood wrote: hello world I'm a new convert to the debian linux world however I'm starting to get cold feet with compatibility issues, i just purchased a CNC mill that is run by a amd64 box with

compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Don Harwood
hello world I'm a new convert to the debian linux world however I'm starting to get cold feet with compatibility issues, i just purchased a CNC mill that is run by a amd64 box with debian linux, i also just had a new box built for me to do my cad/cam work on. figuring that since one box is linux

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:17:00PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: hello world I'm a new convert to the debian linux world however I'm starting to get cold feet with compatibility issues, i just purchased a CNC mill that is run by a amd64 box with debian linux, i also just had a new box built

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: If the DSL modem they provide connects through an ethernet port then you should have no problems. My modem handles all the connection stuff and even has an integrated firewall. Ironically it is probably running on linux

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:17:00PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: I'm a new convert to the debian linux world however I'm starting to get cold feet with compatibility issues, i just purchased a CNC mill that is run by a amd64 box with debian linux, i also just had a new box built for me to do my

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 28 2007 15:17:00 Don Harwood wrote: hello world I'm a new convert to the debian linux world however I'm starting to get cold feet with compatibility issues, i just purchased a CNC mill that is run by a amd64 box with debian linux, i also just had a new box built for me to

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:59:17PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: If the DSL modem they provide connects through an ethernet port then you should have no problems. My modem handles all the connection stuff and even has an

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread David
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: If the DSL modem they provide connects through an ethernet port then you should have no problems. My modem handles all the connection stuff and even has an integrated firewall. Ironically it is probably

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Raquel
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:17:00 -0800 Don Harwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the next troubling thing i got was when i called att to get dsl service, they also say they don't support linux. what can be done with this? All that means is that they don't know how to help you if you have questions. I

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 28 2007 16:14:32 Ken Irving wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:59:17PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: If the DSL modem they provide connects through an ethernet port then you should have no problems. My

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 02:26:49PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: On Debian lists, we usually keep things on the list. FYI, read the code of conduct at lists.debian.org. i currently use Bently microstation V8 at work, however at home with my new CNC system from Sherline i will be using Synergy by

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread John Hasler
Ken Irving writes: Really? They're providing a service (however lamely), and I can't see why they'd be compelled to provide all the details because of that. AIUI, they'd need to provide the source code if they modified the GPLd software, but I don't think mere use of it requires disclosure.

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:14:32PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:59:17PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: If the DSL modem they provide connects through an ethernet port then you should have no

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread David
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:14:32PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:59:17PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: If the DSL modem they provide connects through an ethernet port then you

Re: Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Don Harwood
the synergy program comes with cad thus an integrated cad/cam system. i used autocad 10 but that was years ago. actually the driver for the cnc is emc2, this translates the g-code into stepper pulses so i don't just reply in my email i need to go the list or is cc to

Re: Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Don Harwood
yes i downloaded the net install cd on my friends dialup this week end i hope to try my first bootup, i wont get the dsl installed until next year so i wont be able to get the full package until then my fingers are crossed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Don Harwood
att sells the modem to you. when i was talking to them they said there was a driver disk that i needed to load, i told them i was on a linux box and they said they don't support linux i asked them about unix servers and there tech dud was dumbfounded, so I'm hopping things go well -- To

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread David
Don Harwood wrote: the synergy program comes with cad thus an integrated cad/cam system. i used autocad 10 but that was years ago. actually the driver for the cnc is emc2, this translates the g-code into stepper pulses so i don't just reply in my email i need to go the list or is cc to

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 08:12:57AM +0900, David wrote: They're distributing to you the software in binary form in the media of the modem's memory. Whether or not they modified the GPL code (i.e. to handle their own hardware) we don't know. There would /have/ to be some modification,

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Don Harwood
On Friday December 28 2007 16:48:10 Don Harwood wrote: Hi Ron i hope I'm doing this email thing correctly So far. Except that you completely snipped off my reply. (Not too much of a big deal.) the mill comes with a box pre configured with a built in g-code stepper driver to run the 4

Re: Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 03:25:00PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: the synergy program comes with cad thus an integrated cad/cam system. i used autocad 10 but that was years ago. actually the driver for the cnc is emc2, this translates the g-code into stepper pulses so i don't just reply in my

Re: Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 03:32:15PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: yes i downloaded the net install cd on my friends dialup this week end i hope to try my first bootup, i wont get the dsl installed until next year so i wont be able to get the full package until then my fingers are crossed

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread John Hasler
Don Harwood writes: att sells the modem to you. when i was talking to them they said there was a driver disk that i needed to load You don't need any drivers on Linux and you almost certainly don't need any on Windows either. If your modem is anything like most others it contains a Web server

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:05:58PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: from what i have been able to find out things may not be so easy, some of this stuff is overwhelming maybe i bit off to much The tenor of your conversation screams newbie. Thus, I

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:05:58PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: ...snip confusing quoting... yes i am a total newbie to the linux world, the reason i chose debian is because the cnc system is debian, after doing some minor research into it i decided to keep it simple {yeah right} i will make

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 28 2007 18:01:34 John Hasler wrote: Don Harwood writes: att sells the modem to you. when i was talking to them they said there was a driver disk that i needed to load You don't need any drivers on Linux and you almost certainly don't need any on Windows either. If your