Re: [Emc-users] WIFI cards and Ubuntu 6.06
Paul, Just a follow up, I bought on of these http://www.devolo.co.uk/uk_EN/produkte/dLAN/mldlanduosk.html and just plugged them in, connected the cables and hey presto network comms and internet in the workshop! - Happy Days. Just got 200Mb of updates now. Regards Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Fox Sent: 09 March 2007 22:18 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] WIFI cards and Ubuntu 6.06 andy wrote: Another question - Has anyone successfully installed a WIFI card under Ubuntu 6.06. My CNC PC is out in the workshop and it's a pain to drag it in to the house and connect it to the router via a cable everytime I do you already have wireless in the house? if so, another option (besides installing a wireless card in your emc linux pc) would be to install a wireless bridge in the shop. the ethernet on your PC connects to the bridge, which connects via wireless to your home network. the advantage would be that it avoids having to do any configuration on linux -- your linux box only has the ethernet. a friend has one of these and really likes it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833180021 paul =- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 25.3 degrees) - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] WIFI cards and Ubuntu 6.06
Paul, That looks like a good idea. I'll have search around. Many thanks, Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Fox Sent: 09 March 2007 22:18 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] WIFI cards and Ubuntu 6.06 andy wrote: Another question - Has anyone successfully installed a WIFI card under Ubuntu 6.06. My CNC PC is out in the workshop and it's a pain to drag it in to the house and connect it to the router via a cable everytime I do you already have wireless in the house? if so, another option (besides installing a wireless card in your emc linux pc) would be to install a wireless bridge in the shop. the ethernet on your PC connects to the bridge, which connects via wireless to your home network. the advantage would be that it avoids having to do any configuration on linux -- your linux box only has the ethernet. a friend has one of these and really likes it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833180021 paul =- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 25.3 degrees) - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] WiFi cards and Ubuntu 6.06
This is my setup to use wireless networking Dell Optiplex GX150 Linksys WMP54G Ubuntu 6.06 LTS In my /etc/networks/interfaces file I have commented everything except these lines: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto ra0 iface ra0 inet static address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Substitute the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx's with the addresses on your system I have also found that if I try to configure the network with System-Administration-Networking it will rewrite the interfaces file and your wireless will not work until you restore the interfaces file. In my rc.local file I have: iwconfig ra0 essid XXX mode managed Substitute the XXX with your essid name. Be sure you have the line exactly as it is shown with the . When you have the files as shown you can restart your computer and the network should show up. You can type: ifconfig- this will show lo and ra0 configured iwconfig - this should show (Access Point:) with a MAC address. This address will be the address of the wireless access point it has found. look at the man pages for ifconfig and iwconfig to enable and configure the security features you want Stuart - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] WIFI cards and Ubuntu 6.06
I have had good luck with this setup for point to point links: http://www.trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm Here is my version: http://www.wallacecompany.com/cnc_lathe/DCP_0447-1a.JPG (DWL-G730ap) http://www.wallacecompany.com/cnc_lathe/DCP_0443-1a.JPG http://www.wallacecompany.com/cnc_lathe/DCP_0445-1a.JPG (DWL-G820) This bridge connects (CAT5) to a Linksys WRT54GL router (running Linux of course) which automatically logs into my Poptop VPN server (via WiFi). No WEP to worry about. On the remote (shop) end, I can use CAT5 or Wifi to connect workstations to the Linksys router. ~~ On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 10:04 +, Andy Ibbotson wrote: Paul, That looks like a good idea. I'll have search around. Many thanks, Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Fox Sent: 09 March 2007 22:18 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] WIFI cards and Ubuntu 6.06 andy wrote: Another question - Has anyone successfully installed a WIFI card under Ubuntu 6.06. My CNC PC is out in the workshop and it's a pain to drag it in to the house and connect it to the router via a cable everytime I do you already have wireless in the house? if so, another option (besides installing a wireless card in your emc linux pc) would be to install a wireless bridge in the shop. the ethernet on snip - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] WIFI cards and Ubuntu 6.06
Hi, Another question - Has anyone successfully installed a WIFI card under Ubuntu 6.06. My CNC PC is out in the workshop and it's a pain to drag it in to the house and connect it to the router via a cable everytime I need to update files via the internet (not to mention the grief received from the Wife re. swarf on the carpet). Unfortunately my Linux skills are v. limited so the install must be fairly simple. Regards Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Wille Padnos Sent: 09 March 2007 21:13 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] StepTimingCalculator.ods John Kasunich wrote: Andy Ibbotson wrote: Hi All, Does anyone know where I can obtain a copy of StepTimingCalculator.ods? I've followed the link in TweakingSoftwareStepGeneration but only seems to down load a zip file full of .xml files. [snip] What kind of system are you downloading it with? On a Windoze box, it comes up as an archive full of XML files. This is because windoze is clueless about Open Office. As is Linux, until OO is installed. On my Linux (Ubuntu 6.06) box with Open Office installed, the system understands that it is a spreadsheet, and opening it works perfectly. This also functions perfectly on a Windows system with OpenOffice installed, for what it's worth. - Steve - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] WIFI cards and Ubuntu 6.06
andy wrote: Another question - Has anyone successfully installed a WIFI card under Ubuntu 6.06. My CNC PC is out in the workshop and it's a pain to drag it in to the house and connect it to the router via a cable everytime I do you already have wireless in the house? if so, another option (besides installing a wireless card in your emc linux pc) would be to install a wireless bridge in the shop. the ethernet on your PC connects to the bridge, which connects via wireless to your home network. the advantage would be that it avoids having to do any configuration on linux -- your linux box only has the ethernet. a friend has one of these and really likes it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833180021 paul =- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 25.3 degrees) - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] WIFI cards and Ubuntu 6.06
Gene Heskett wrote: Everybody in the neighborhood now has a dsl modem with wifi in it and apparently enabled, I can see anywhere from 2 to 4 with a pocket sniffer here. Not trusting to have a wifi on my side of the firewall, I took the chicken way out and ran a hunk of cat5 to the shop, hanging overhead across the yard. Std, out of the un-real box indoor cable from Belden, its been hanging there for 3 years now, good as ever the last time I used adept to update that box. If the weather does kill it, well, cat5 is cheap, at least for me. This is really dangerous! You must not have lightning like we do! I have had the ethernet port blown out on a computer INSIDE my house. There was about 50 feet of cable, mostly in the walls, between the hub and the computer. No way would this last long here in MO, with several hundred feet hanging overhead. Most likely, whatever was at both ends would be reduced to a smoldering hulk the first time a storm came over. Jon - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] WIFI cards and Ubuntu 6.06
On Friday 09 March 2007, Jon Elson wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: Everybody in the neighborhood now has a dsl modem with wifi in it and apparently enabled, I can see anywhere from 2 to 4 with a pocket sniffer here. Not trusting to have a wifi on my side of the firewall, I took the chicken way out and ran a hunk of cat5 to the shop, hanging overhead across the yard. Std, out of the un-real box indoor cable from Belden, its been hanging there for 3 years now, good as ever the last time I used adept to update that box. If the weather does kill it, well, cat5 is cheap, at least for me. This is really dangerous! You must not have lightning like we do! I have had the ethernet port blown out on a computer INSIDE my house. There was about 50 feet of cable, mostly in the walls, between the hub and the computer. No way would this last long here in MO, with several hundred feet hanging overhead. Most likely, whatever was at both ends would be reduced to a smoldering hulk the first time a storm came over. Jon My day may well be coming I suppose. I did consider that when I strung it, but both ends of the system are bonded quite well to ground at the powerline interface. Here in the coyote.den, this whole room full of electronics all runs on a single wall plug, and all the phone lines etc go through a huge surge arrester on the wall, which is itself plugged into a 1500VA UPS. Having lost a couple of modems to lightning surges, I was bound and determined to make this whole room bounce in unison if a nearby strikes EMP induced a jolt. In 6 years now I've had NO further surge problems just because everything is bonded to that single plug, plugged into one duplex that I opened up when I set this up, and made sure all its joints clear back to the service were well soldered. The situation at the shop is similar, its about 65 or 70 feet from the 200 amp service which was new 3 years ago and whose grounding exceeds the NEC requirements by quite a bit. There at the shop, the last 10 feet of the buried 6/3 cable are inside a piece of 1 emt, and that emt is welded to the breaker box in the shop so it has a a decent real earth ground too. All the fancy stuff out there is plugged into a 6 plex plugged into one duplex, which as a 300 joule surge arrester in it. Again, the single common point for it to bounce from, all in unison even if its several thousand volts of bounce. I could get tagged by the open loop between the ground and the about 8 feet height of the cable at midpoint of a 45 foot span. Its been pretty noisy here several times, including one strike about 2 years ago that hit the top of the pole holding my service transformer, it was blinding and the crack was only a few milliseconds after the flash. They had to come and replace the street light fixture about 70 feet from my house, but I was home free. And I believe all 8 ports on my switch are still good after about 4 years of service. That cable is plugged into it. That thumping sort of a noise you hear Jon? That's me, knocking on wood. :) I do intend to go for an 802-11 connection eventually, but its going to have to be a heck of a lot more secure than the WEP keys my WAP-11 uses. -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) User was distributing pornography on server; system seized by FBI. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
